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Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#382276: Oct 16th 2023 at 7:23:08 PM

The Cauldron

...

Poachers. Ruinous defilers of what was natural. This world is broken, and the answers he is searching for do not exist.

There is nothing else. He must have faith in The Architect.

And violence like this must be met with violence in turn.

So, he has waited. Watching, because the arena is nothing if not saturated with do-gooders who will waltz to their deaths if given a chance.

He is not a do-gooder.

But dying does not frighten him at all anymore, either.

That's why he's here.

A razor-thin beam of ice ether energy emerges from the chaos of battle. It is continuous, barreling through poacher and Ork alike on its targeted path to Gor-Rok. Amalthus will hold his attack upon him for as long as it takes, firing a laser from a pale-white Ether Cannon

Due to the continuous nature of the beam, dodging it is all but out of the question. Blocking, or even just outright tanking it, certainly are not out of that question, and that's not to say evasive maneuvers won't reduce the amount of time Amalthus can keep the beam on target.

And that is not to mention the clusterfuck he's just entered, either.

He'll stop firing on Gor-Rok for as long as it takes to redirect his attacks at anyone that wants to interrupt him. Continuous fire from an ether cannon like this is not as lethal as it looks, but it still can easily kill a regular person in only a split-second of exposure.

Those hit will be decayed by frost, like erosion viewed in fast-forward.

Helpful!


Hub Centralis

oh for fuck sake HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE???

I mean um

Showing up a little late to see Sarah's whatever-the-fuck, is Glimmer, who is actually just here to see if Sarah is for real for real because Who The Hell Does She Think She Is Anyways?

Of course, Sarah may notice the conspicuous emerald core crystal on her chest. Which like. This Glimmer isn't specifically Angel's kid, she's a different Pyra's daughter. But at the same time, Angel definitely did have a Glimmer of her own at one point, so what are the odds???

Hah.

Huh?

"You what?"

Glimmer resists the urge to try and snatch one of those coupons directly out of Sarah's hands.

She backs off.

"Fine. I'll join this stupid game. For the coupons."

She crosses her arms with a scoff, glancing at Albaz as he introduces himself, then at Artemis, then at Icarus...

Before finally, she introduces herself.

"My name is Glimmer. Honestly, I'm only sticking around for the coupons. Why's food have to cost money here, anyways?"

Yatta!
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#382277: Oct 17th 2023 at 5:31:36 AM

Hi! I'm glad to see you all seem exi-nearly all of you seem to be excited. That's good! And being able to engineer in a literal rule or two would help, thanks! Sarah eyes the newcomers, who all seem rather coy about their powers. But she didn't mind: she herself hadn't said or shown anything much, hasn't she?

She does wonder if she won't be getting in over her head given Glimmer seemed to have an Angel-like crystal and all but, bah, she decided she'd focus on that later. Worst come to worst, she could have fun trying to get rid of the stampede.

I'm satisfied with the group we have now. I'm going to get over to the spot now. You can folloy me or I can carry you if you don't mind, she shrugs, levitating off the ground and looking at Icarus's tank. I'm fairly strong and all. I can bear the weight. And it was another occasion for them to either be coy or show off their abilities. But either way, Sarah will take/lift anyone who needs it without so much as a grunt, even Icarus's tank, and fly off...

... To a general barren spot in Skyrim, where she'll set down whoever will need it.

Alright.

She cracks her neck twice and step off to a safe distance, with her hands spread out invitingly.

Gimme your best shot.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#382278: Oct 17th 2023 at 6:16:33 AM

Skyrim

-and there Artemis is. She takes a deep breath, before...

System initialization complete. [World Barrier] is in effect.

Then, anyone entering gets this message on a small floating screen.

Notice: This field is under a ruleset.

And then a list.

  • Fatal damage to unconsciousness.
  • Item Restoration.

Artemis sighs and stands there for a moment... Before suddenly rushing forward with a resounding BOOM as she quickly closes the distance. Spells? Nah, she wants to try out something she hasn't used yet.

One of her arms forms into a long, rapier-like blade as she shifts both her body and soul- something she managed to copy from Mahito. Idle Transfiguration... something unique, that's for sure.

"I'll give it my all, alright!"

She stabs out with a flurry of strikes, not boosting her speed yet but also not moving slow either- each strike is going more than fast enough to be seen as a bullet.

Artemis Solopost

Meanwhile, after the events at the Church but before the sparring with Sarah...

"...so the Arena limits this power while I'm inside it. But here..."

Artemis is back in her Soul Vault. A large, crystalline tower floating in a starry void. She looks out at the stars.

"...here, this power works unconstrained, just like World Barrier does."

She smiles coldly to nobody in particular. Then...

"Let's run a universe scan, shall we..? High soul density, low magic... no connections to the Arena... Ah, here's a few."

Artemis snaps her fingers. The dying breaths of billions, inaudible to her. She quickly sets up some sort of chamber in her tower. She strips the souls that start getting funneled in- making them blank slates at the cost of much of their soul's 'bulk'. Once she's gathered it all, she focuses the now-massive amount of energy into forming a singular soul. Then their body.

A black-haired man in a dark suit, eyes a pale grey. He has a rapier by his side, held in an ornate scabbard. He also wears an ornate, flowing black cloak. Their alignment is to Artemis, but she will not be known as that, no... not to him, anyway.

"My Archangel. It is a pleasure to serve you."

Artemis smiles to herself as this man kneels to her.

"Ris. My creation. I have a job for you."

Ris looks upwards, his grey eyes focused as he listens.

"Anything for you, oh great Archangel."

Artemis smiles again.

"Good. I need you to establish a physical hold in the Arena. I intend to build our forces and house them there... And while we're at it, build a following. I believe gaining power through worship will work here..."

"Yes, my Archangel."

Ris disappears from the Vault. Heading into the Arena.

Artemis, meanwhile, continues watching her drones, that ever-present smirk on her face never fading. She'd probably be seen as a monster for what she just did to those universes... but would anybody ever find out about what she's doing?

I'll make an open post focusing on Ris when there's less going on.

Edited by RainbyPlays on Oct 17th 2023 at 9:57:10 AM

aeiou: the second
josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#382279: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:06:58 AM

Sarah Fight - Albaz

Albaz follows Sarah all the way out to the barren spot in Skyrim. That boy must be real desperate for a fight if he did that. Thank god, Ecclesia is not here to see this. She'd call him a real muscle head and stuff.

Upon hearing Sarah say to unload on her, Albaz sighs, "   Let's get this over with.   "

Without warning, Albaz activates the brands located all over his body and transforms into Bastard the Incineration Dragon, a dragon clad in holy titanium armor. He attempts to roast Sarah with dark fire.

KrampusTheTherapist Filia, Final Lucifer. from A Galaxy Far, Far Away (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Filia, Final Lucifer.
#382280: Oct 17th 2023 at 8:13:33 AM

Estraole - Sacred Pinnacle

Shrines to old gods were no strange place for Kratos to find himself, but he hadn't expected to come to one searching for a beast. The God of War is here for the Stained Zinogre, another poor monster taken hostage by a visceral, mind-bending infection. It reminded Kratos too well of his bondage to Ares, an infuriating reminder of the past. His rage would feed his strength, the surging adrenaline dulling him to the biting chill of the wind.

Marching onto the scene, Kratos sees the beast already being attacked by faster warriors, a grunt passing his lips. He rushes forward, drawing the Leviathan Ax and tightening his grip on the handle. Ice encrusts the blade, and Kratos whips around in a circle before tossing it at the Stained Zinogre. While slower than the Leviathan Ax in transit, Kratos would end up attempting to smash into the Zinogre with a wild haymaker, channeling his godly strength.

ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#382281: Oct 17th 2023 at 8:32:50 AM

Archimedean

Glancing down at the tear in his abdominal plating, the soldier grumbled quietly as though he had forgotten what had happened entirely.

What had happened? Much to his dismay, Jamis couldn’t remember exactly what it was that had attacked him, that had left him for dead. The man tried for a moment or two but swiftly found that his efforts at recalling the events prior to his near-death would be met with only disappointment.

"There’s an armory near here," He explained. "With luck, there’ll still be armor left over…and guns. Lots of guns." The last addition to his statement seemed almost as if it were a prayer, calling out to some god above in vain hopes of altering what they’d find if they reached the armory. Regardless, he looked over the results of the thermal scan and sighed. "Those things moving down in the bay…Those must be Masalalo’s. I kept telling him not to bring them along. ‘Course, he never listens.."

The soldier glanced around him: in the hallway were two doors, one at the end and one on the left. He held his hand out and pressed the palm flat onto the wall next to the door with fingers splayed out. A green and holographic lock appeared over the barrier, before an animation played of it "unlocking" and the door slid open to reveal a dark office room. According to the map, one of those very faint heat signatures resided within, in the corner.

——

Coral Highlands

"Haha, wonderful!" The Seraphon exclaimed with glee. "Keeping the subjects in place as I test them would be greatly helpful! And you—bug lady, ask away! Insects see such strange things, after all."" Benja-Min then approached Noah in particular, looking the man up and down with curious but scrutinizing eyes.

"There’s only target left for my experiments up here anyways. The people in the region call it a "Coral Pukei-Pukei"."

——

Kain Vs. Filia: Dawn of Justice

Filia’s frozen barricade resulted in Kain smashing into the ice—but also through it, a sinister power engulfing his right hand as he drove it into the wall and produced an explosion of shattered ice and hateful malevolence. This same hand, now thrown ahead the rest of his body, spread its fingers and reached to Fucking Grab the falling Filia by the leg.

Zap!

The hideous creature disappeared amidst the crackling branches of fulgur energy, without so much as trace of his existence left behind as Filia returned to the broken lake below. There, beneath the shattered and destroyed water, Filia might have been met with only the freezing, slushy currents bouncing about the lake after being shaken from their placid positions by the Lucifer’s meteoric landing.

The water slowed.

It grew from slushy to thick, viscous. A liquid crimson stain spread across the waves. Finger creeped around Filia’s calf from below, a slow but tight grip as the hunter’s twisted face emerged from the murky red sea beneath her.

——

Hub Centralis

Wandering, impossibly azure eyes of a traveling man in robes and a hood found the sign in the sky. A fight? Well, he had been wanting to test the limits of his own strength…where better to do that than the event being advertised? Later that day he arrived at the gathering atop the roof, though perhaps a bit too late; as the man watched the group depart towards Skyrim.

No problem.

Lifting his arms to the sky, the man exploded from the empty street, his tattered rags burning off from the friction of him burning through the air. What lay beneath the rags remained: a deep, navy blue jumpsuit that lacked sleeves and revealing the powerful muscles lining his form. His long, flowing hair was an unstained shade of ivory, though as a cobalt aura engulfed him and he began to rocket towards the battle in Skyrim, it grew hints of azure.

Skyrim

Cittufeni quite literally exploded onto the scene, aiming to dropkick Sarah into the earth beneath to finish up his rapid diagonal descent. Regardless of if the kick landed or not (and if he wasn’t immediately interrupted), the Android would slide along the dirt and kick up plumes of mud as he did. When he’d finally come to a halt, he’d look back at the others with a smile on his lips.

"This is the fight, right?" He called out, deeply hoping he hadn’t just accidentally ruined someones birthday party.

With great power…you know the rest.
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#382282: Oct 17th 2023 at 8:45:04 AM

Archimedean

"Right."

Aniyah nods silently and follows alongside Jamis, her rifle raised as she enters the room. Her helmet's light sweeps the room, before she looks toward the source of the faint heat signal.

"Right... I get this feeling..."

She mutters under her breath, expecting a corpse. Hopefully not an animate one.

Coral Highlands

Noah nods before stretching his arms slightly.

"Well, just lemme know when you're ready! I don't have anything I need to be doing right now."

Edited by RainbyPlays on Oct 17th 2023 at 11:46:35 AM

aeiou: the second
Icyheights Athva Rovium Since: Mar, 2019
Athva Rovium
#382283: Oct 17th 2023 at 8:50:42 AM

Ikaros

Ikaros would step through a portal, reemerging a moment later on top of a magic carpet, following Sarah on top of it as they reached their destination. As she landed, another portal would appear and she would roll up the carpet and toss it through. Before closing it up as she dusted herself off.

"Alright! Let's get starte-" She would be cut off by everyone throwing their attacks.

As everyone else unleashed their attacks, Ikaros just tapped her chin thoughtfully, opting to instead open up a portal. The portal would glow a soft purple color as she stepped through it.

She would then reemerge out of a very similar portal, high above Sarah, holding an RPG-7

She would take aim, although it wouldn't be that hard considering she was above the fight, although in order to avoid friendly fire, she would aim behind Sarah, letting the explosive fly towards the ground, hopefully this would stun her enough so the other's attacks could hit.

"Just a humble peasant looking for work~"
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#382284: Oct 17th 2023 at 9:17:12 AM

Sacred Pinnacle

The Stained Zinogre proves to be faster than they might have expected. Immediately upon them landing, it leaps away and out of reach from their opening attacks before roaring. Zystak's drop presumably happened after that though and he manages to cling on, though this might be a slight miscalculation.

Stained Thunderbugs all turn around to look at this weird alien stabbing their home and charge up before flying at him like a swarm of flying electric piranhas. At the same time, the Stained Zinogre tries to shake him off. This leaves it too distracted to dodge Kratos' attacks though, growling as it stumbles.

It howls before spinning around to try and smack Kratos with its tail, at the same time sending two black orbs of thunder to try and fry the Artemises (Artemi? whatever) to a crisp. If Kratos dodges it goes to follow up with a swipe of its claws.


Coral Highlands

Wriggles shrugs before reaching out to the native insects, commanding beetles or moths or any arthropod that isn't a CRAB nearby to tell her anything strange they might be sensing.

Edited by shroobot3000 on Oct 17th 2023 at 7:18:47 PM

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Icyheights Athva Rovium Since: Mar, 2019
Athva Rovium
#382285: Oct 17th 2023 at 9:25:45 AM

The Hunter

As all hell broke loose, the Hunter stayed calm, their eyes setting upon the beast, spinning both of their revolvers around, they took aim at the Stained Zinogre, shadows coalesing in the cylinders of the guns. The Hunter would take a look around first, making sure that this barrage of fire would not hit any of their allies.

Then, they would unleash hell, 6 shots from each gun, each enchanted with the witchcraft from the Bayou. If they found their mark, the shadows would seep into the beast, hopefully slowing it down.

After that attack, the Hunter would calmly put the guns back in their holsters, before pulling a long gun off of their back, going prone, and waiting for their next opportunity to attack.

"Just a humble peasant looking for work~"
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#382286: Oct 17th 2023 at 9:39:07 AM

Stained Zinogre

Hunter!Artemis pulls out a Wirebug and zips forward, not letting up on her attack. Thankfully, this also puts her out of reach of the orbs of electricity. She attempts to land her twin blades right in the Zinogre's face. I see no way this can go wrong.

"-ah, crap."

Meanwhile, Curse simply reforms her arms into a giant shield to tank the orbs before taking a different approach. She sprints around back before opting to instead fire a strong beam of Cursed Energy at the Stained Zinogre, hoping to catch it off guard.

Edited by RainbyPlays on Oct 17th 2023 at 12:39:50 PM

aeiou: the second
KrampusTheTherapist Filia, Final Lucifer. from A Galaxy Far, Far Away (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Filia, Final Lucifer.
#382287: Oct 17th 2023 at 10:35:19 AM

Filia

Filia's heart paces, thumping nearly out of her chest as she sinks into the lake. Did she strike him hard enough for this to be over so quickly? She couldn't make out any shape beyond the icy water, but paranoia took over, the demoness wildly swinging her head in the water as the flow of it began to slow. Incorrectly assuming it to be her natural aura returning, Filia relaxed, disturbing the water by releasing a deep exhale. She watched as the air bubbles slowly turned to an insidious crimson, and her eyes widened. Late on the realization, the demoness's head snaps downward once her foot is grasped, matching Kain's gaze.

Her widened eyes reflected surprise, not terror, as perhaps he had hoped they would. She's not so dexterous in the water as to maneuver out of the beastly hand that holds her, but she's nigh immune to something Kain likely isn't. Something non-conductive, ice. Filia clenches a fist, encasing herself in a block of ice. Kain would have but a moment to move his hand before it was frozen in, assuming he saw what was coming. If not, his grip remains strong enough to hold her under, pulling the Lucifer deeper. Exactly what she's hoping for, but either way, the block of ice cracks from another magic that begins to surge through it.

Lightning, naturally. It surges into the water, electrifying the viscous lake in an instant, turning the dark depths into a brightly, deadly colored light show. Red would meld with the blue lightning forming purple flashes of light that would grow brighter and brighter as the lightning became stronger. Fortunately for Filia, she's still safe in the ice block, looking down at Kain with disdain.


Kratos

The God of War reacts to the tail, raising his shield arm as it unfurls to tank the blow, sending Kratos skidding backward, uprooting the ground, and sending dirt flying behind him in a plume of brown. Huffing, he prepares to counter until Zinogre swipes at him with its claws, sparks flying from his shield as blow after blow connects. Kratos grits his teeth, the overwhelming strength of the beast before him sending him careening into a nearby tree and through it. Yelling as he slides across the ground, he takes inventory of his injuries.

Nothing severe, to Kratos's eye, anyway. The God of War recalls the Leviathan Ax from Zinogre, placing it on his back. The fallen tree is his next weapon of choice, grasping it tightly with both arms, cracking the surface bark into splinters. With a fierce roar, Kratos takes off running once more, attempting to use what remains of the tree as a battering ram to knock Zinogre over!

StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS
#382288: Oct 17th 2023 at 10:57:34 AM

Sarah

Icarus nods at Ikaros. "'Bout time I met someone with a similar name!" He laughs, then climbs back into the tank and calls in a jet to carry him.

ETA of transport: 00:31:15

That's... way too long. He could activate a certain feature of the tank... but it's probably a bit too early for that. So instead, he decides to let Sarah carry it, after cancelling the transport.


Gerudo Town

The tank gets flipped sideways by the punch, getting stopped by a piece of sandstone wall. Protos!Anna isn't used to being tossed around this much, but it's nothing she can't handle.

"That was weird... thanks for the assistance."

She glances around using the external cameras. The car's frame has a slight dent to it in the front. Around the town, the ambushers still have a surprisingly large opposition. And Engage!Anna is in some mild trouble.

Protos!Anna sighs and exits the tank, but not before retrieving a heavy plasma cannon and discretely charging a shot.

Edited by StepexNo2 on Oct 17th 2023 at 8:43:20 PM

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#382289: Oct 17th 2023 at 11:14:53 AM

Oh Shit Already?

Glimmer, despite the hype she inadvertently generates in Sarah, isn't even able to fly. She looks somewhere between astonished and indignant when everyone goes flying off without her. The way Glimmer dangles with her arms crossed may remind Sarah of a cat, as she lifts her all the way to the middle of nowhere.

She's already realizing she's in over her head, but, Glimmer has heard a thing or two about the arena prior to entering it, so she also knows she might not be totally useless here, too. It's a gamble. She definitely won't be running away.

That doesn't mean she's going to try and attack Sarah, though!

Glimmer summons her Wildfire Kithara, and places its head against the ground. Strings of fire connect its base to its head, allowing Glimmer to play a note upon what is, evidently, some kind of fusion instrument and weapon!

This quick, deep note creates a large, circular field that boosts the attack of Glimmer's allies. It's a minor effect, but it may prove handy.

Yatta!
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#382290: Oct 17th 2023 at 12:38:28 PM

Sarah loves many of the finer things in life. Most obviously her family and friends, of course, but she'd also taken an interest to reading, sightseeing, exploring and generally just kicking back, putting her brain on autopilot and flying across all kind of landscapes, taking in their beauty. And, sometimes, she found herself quite devoted to her potted little plants at home.

But as she sees Artemis growing her sword-arm, as she sees Glimmer put forth a fiery music note for the ages, as she sees Albaz becomes a draconic being wreathed in flames and as she sees Ikaros or Icarus (lol) readying themselves, Sarah remembers that, nearly above all these things besides her family, it was truly battle that gave her joy. Not meaning, she'd found her own, but as she saw the weapons and powers coming her way, it was difficult for Sarah to restrain her smile, as she felt her blood heat up in her body.

Give me your best shot... then your even better shot right after! Her eyes are wide and focused, unblinking as she enters her zone.

As Artemis attacks, Sarah smoothly slide out of the way of her stabs, being aware that Artemis must be holding back to some degrees (because so does she) and taking the time, while dodging these quick stabs, to see what the others were doing.

Ikaros had vanished in a portal : her enhanced senses and radar, via her electromagnetic powers, could keep track of her even when she'd left Sarah's vision. Albaz was preparing an attack with black flames and Glimmer and Icarus were staying behind, to support or just attack at the right time.

I guess she has Tilra's stamina issues, meaning a prolonged fight is harder. So she must be boosting them up to conserve energy for later! Clever, Glimmer! Heh, it rhymes.

Well, Sarah wanted to see them in action first, but she didn't want to just be passive either. Raising her index and middle finger together, with only the smallest split in-between them, Sarah attempts to trap the tip of the sword between her fingers, stopping it in its track. It's not that Artemis was simply that weaker than her: the redhead could simply leverage her strength well even when the gesture looked casual. However, her grip was like (alien) iron, and difficult to escape from.

And she'd apply a shock through the blade, using her powers to try to strike Artemis with a bolt of lightning. Since the sword is part of her body, that could hurt. And Sarah, regardless of success, attempts to pull Artemis towards her with a firm jerk backwards, although she takes a step to the side to avoid hugging her outright. Her movements are fluid and precise, moving eerily fast even to the eyes of her equally-superhuman foes.

It doesn't look like she's moving so much as she's going from one position to the other, with almost no movement in between her dodge and subsequent strike. The herb at her feet even ignite!

You're pretty fast. So I'm also gonna show off!

And to extinguish it, Sarah moves with extreme speed and attempts to knee Artemis in the guts, with enough force as to send her flying into Ikaros's missile. And mayhe even through the missile and into Ikaros. It didn't matter much to her. With a cool explosion behind her, Sarah dash towards the black flames themselves, a smirk on her face.

But of course, should Artemis evade the grab attempt, Sarah's tactic is to try to deflect the sword with a swing of her fingers, her skin being tough enough to withstand such a hit. However, thanks to Glimmer's buffs, it does cut pretty badly into her fingers. Not enough that she can't take a step forward to try to stomp on Artemis's left foot before trying to shove her in the face though, with enough strength to throw her back... into the wall of dark flames!

And she then dash towards her, meaning to shove her through it, perhaps? Either way, the rocket goes off behind her.

Sarah is as strong as she is fast. Each of her attacks are precise but they hurt, with shockwaves coming off them. Both of those things are useful to her in intercepting the latest newcomer: as he comes down from the sky, Sarah is forced to switch from attack to defense as she raise an arm to him. And even then, he's able to shove her quite deeply underground. As Sarah start to slide past dinosaur bones, radioactive barrels and Bolded's interest in My Hero Academia, she notices, with glee, that her left arm is throbbing.

She clench her fist to calm it down, and stop her descent by simply kicking the ground. And, as she stops, she gives the light at the end of her tunnel a coy smile.

Nice punch.

Meanwhile, on the surface, Sarah's counter-strike is swift. Next to Glimmer, the party's "support", the ground cracks as something burst out of it. It'll miss her unless she deliberately run into it though. And, should any of the fighters have enhanced senses themselves, they'll quickly notice that the object is simply a pebble that Sarah picked up and threw with superhuman strength, hoping to trick them into thinking she was bursting out near Glimmer.

Meanwhile, Sarah's superhuman senses and radar means she can perfectly see who's where on the surface, helped by the newcomer's introductory quip. As such, her hands next burst out of the ground, attempting to wrap themselves around his feet to drag him underground as well. And, briefly, out of his allies's reach.

Staying underground is lame and Icarus could definitely spot me with his technology, nevermind the others.'

Not that dirt could stop any of them from helping though, so Sarah attempts to make Cittufeni's stay underground as short as possible. Having pulled him down to about her level, Sarah greets him with a direct uppercut.

No! You're right where I want you to be, friend! She says, while punching him, not before punching him. Because that'd be dumb.

The ground explode out in a pillar of dust as dirt and stone debris are flung high into the air. Amongst them are Sarah and, if her punch worked, Cittufeni, whom Sarah attempts to keep flinging upwards with a series of spinning kicks, meaning to hit him with four small ones and a fifth powerful upwards kick, meaning to blast him higher into the air, although still within Artemis's bubble reach.

And this time, Sarah doesn't allow her blows to create big dumb shockwaves. In the hopes that the cloud will disrupt the party's attempt at reaching her.

If he avoids or block her in a way that doesn't propel him, Sarah still ascends to the sky. She doesn't seem ready to abandon the fight but either way, she wants to see who's going to try to reach her and who's staying grounded.

Edited by Bolded1 on Oct 17th 2023 at 9:54:22 PM

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
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#382291: Oct 17th 2023 at 1:00:18 PM

"Oh, the fight's started? Well, here goes."

The crab tank scuttles backwards and fires four guided missiles upwards - all four of these are manually controlled, and will only explode once they're close enough to Sarah. Not wanting to wait on her response or leave her breathing room, it sits up on its six hind legs, tilts backwards, and fires a spray of machine gun bullets. Its front two claws, it raises defensively to cover its head.

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#382292: Oct 17th 2023 at 1:13:11 PM

Fight fight fight

He feels the tremors in the ground beneath his feet, senses the location of the mighty force in the earth below. The greatest minds of the long-gone robotics company and its allies had all worked in tandem to fit as many devices and gizmos inside his metallic dome as possible, and as such Cittufeni was granted a clear image of what was really going on below. Even as Sarah grew nearer and nearer to him, wrapped her hands around his ankles, he did nothing to avoid it or move.

The Android had come here to test his own strength, after all—and strength went far beyond simply punching hard and goodly. The following uppercut was powerful, and the moment it hit, kinetic bracers in Cittufeni’s jaw calculated the exact amount of power behind it, coming to one conclusion: DAMN!

Cittufeni tumbled into the sky and took the next four kicks as they were meant by the woman to be taken: with relatively little damage, only serving to lift him higher. Over the last few seconds his analytical and artificial mind has worked in tandem with external and internal sensors, thinking up in that short time the same amount of thoughts that it’d take an average human a lifetime to conceive. At last he noticed the quickening of the pace of her heart, the tightening of muscles in her thigh exceeding the previous quartet of kicks. The next one would be a big one, and Cittufeni thought it smarter to try and avoid this one. His back, his entire body bent in a way impossible for any normal man to achieve as his dodging of the kick was so narrow that a speck of paint was torn from his cheek.

The Android flipped backwards through the air, eventually stabilizing himself and hovering as he glanced at the still-ascending Sarah above him with a grin. The man gave chase, around his hands forming blue spheres of energy which he proceeded to lob at the woman.

——

Giblabligm

Scorpion notices the frenzied Baiken attacking Haru. He considered for a moment staying where he was and just launching some fireballs at Gaismagorm, but while they could tear through the skin of a man with ease, range was not their speciality. So instead, he dashed towards Baiken from behind and drew his katana in one of those things where you draw the blade and attack in the same motion i forget what its called

Edited by ISZATSO on Oct 17th 2023 at 4:18:47 AM

With great power…you know the rest.
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#382293: Oct 17th 2023 at 1:26:05 PM

You know it's easy to forget that Sarah is actually busted strong

Glimmer is a little shook by what's going on here. Of course, she had an idea of what the arena was like, and knew that she'd probably encounter beings with power far beyond anything her world produces- but, hearing that and seeing it are two very different things.

It's a common predicament for arenagoers. She's getting over it.

Doesn't stop her from fully falling for Sarah's trick, jumping away from that point in the ground like she's about to be menaced by Sarah herself. Of course, it's just a rock, so she doesn't actually do that, but still.

Glimmer fails to recognize exactly how she's been duped, on account of how out-there it is to her grounded sensibilities, but at least she knows a dupes been done.

Its not like she can fly, though, and her only attack with substantial range is her talent art- which isn't charged yet.

So, Glimmer takes her Wildfire Kithara, and plays another note.

"Daybreak Hymn!"

When the note plays, a small burst of green ether flows from the instrument, healing Glimmer's surrounding allies. Not by a huge amount, but it'll heal them all at least a little. Potentially even a lot.

"How in the architect's name are you that fast!? Urgh!" she complains with a groan, lamenting her inability to even get close enough to Sarah to try and hit her.

This may become a pattern.

Yatta!
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#382294: Oct 17th 2023 at 1:26:27 PM

Onyxis

Upon being evaded, ruinborn afton stops for a moment before turning around, about to continue his assault.

But then the fire reaches ruinborn afton, and it sets him ablaze. His mouth opens as flames consume him, but no sounds escape him. Which is confusing considering that he can talk.

Stunned by the flames, the shard of Glintstone hits and crushes him completely, going splat with parts of him flying in several directions in the form of black gooey liquid. This liquid disappears near-instantly, and even if any of it lands on anyone it won't do anything to them, simply disappearing as well.

... well, that's over with-

"i'm ruinborn afton, i always come back."

... wait, was that his voice in the distance?

It's coming from behind the spot Doom and Gojo are at, and any of the four looking in that direction will reveal to them ruinborn afton in the far distance, running straight back to their location.

... how the fuck?

Edited by DevilPsyco on Oct 17th 2023 at 10:26:49 AM

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#382295: Oct 17th 2023 at 1:50:41 PM

Sarah Fight

Artemis's blade is stopped in its tracks quite easily- though she wasn't putting much power behind her strikes anyway. A mistake she won't repeat, as...

...her shoe takes the brunt of the lightning? Huh?

Artemis had realized what was going to happen at the last second and simply made a path of superconductive material along her body, into her right foot. Her shoe and lower pant leg got entirely scorched in the process, though, but she's unharmed.

Then she gets kneed in the gut. On a normal human, this'd knock the wind out of them. Or make them throw up. But Artemis doesn't have organs.

"-wah!"

She goes flying backwards before simply stopping herself by means of teleporting herself out of the way. She takes a moment to recover, enough to see the result of Sarah's attacks on the others. Artemis smirks a bit.

"Well then! You really are faster than I thought at first!"

With that, Artemis teleports right behind Sarah and makes a swinging kick at her side. This one's fast enough to leave a notable shockwave if it does hit- enhanced by her abilities and general diamond-rank reflexes.

Then, if Sarah happens to make an effort to dodge or block... (Or even if she doesn't...)

"Ris! You're up!"

"Yes, my Archangel!"

...comes a voice from the side of wherever Sarah may end up, the black-haired man's rapier coming at a more superhuman speed than Artemis's first rapier flurry. After his strike, he immediately backs off, taking his place beside Artemis in a duelist's stance. Thankfully, he can fly.

Onyxis

"What."

Avi stares at the rapidly-approaching ruinborn afton and just lets out a long sigh. Ranni facepalms.

"I thought we disintegrated him. It appears not."

Avi twirls his brush again before sending out another whirlpool, his face looking irritated now.

"We killed you once, we'll do it again."

aeiou: the second
ReynTheLord Since: Aug, 2017
#382296: Oct 17th 2023 at 2:09:16 PM

Kakariko Village, Solopost

Mar nods his head. "That's right. Although we're seperated by over three thousand years, I'm related to marth. But... How do you know about him? Brodia's not on any maps, and I doubt you've met him here..."

Alcryst shakes his head.    "I know it sounds odd, but... I'm sorry, I don't have the time to explain this. Maybe after everyone gets some sleep. I'm so so so very sorry."   

Mar looks at the night sky outside, before replying "You're right. My men can likely handle your next guard shift. Get some rest."

   "But... I don't want your men to loose sleep over this. I can stay up, you probably need sleep"   

Mar decides He's too tired to argue. "Alright, but make sure to get some sleep too. We're staying here together, so, make the most of this."

Mar heads off to a bed as Alcryst heads outside, and Mar, rather tired, quickly falls to sleep.


    Mar's Nightmare 

A memory of the past unfolds within mar's dreams.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen. Time to go over the basics of how we handle things in the Ylissean Shepherds Division again. Those plegians aren't going to make a mockery out of us again."

Mar loads an gel rifle, grinning. The Ylissean forces and plegian forces are participating in joint training, and are about to engage in a mock battle.

"Everyone, make sure you packed enough ammo, some mock medical supplies, and whatever other equipment you need."

A few soldiers ready up with gel gun ammunition, various gel guns, and foam close quarters weaponry, some picking up foam swords, axes, and even one of them picking up a foam spear.

A mock battle commences, in which mar instructs his soldiers on flanking, stealth, detecting hidden enemies, and use of various equipment. All is well, until he recieves a phone call.

"What is it? I'm in the middle of a training exercise, I can't be on the phone now. If I was in the middle of an actual battle, your call could have killed my entire squad-"

"My prince. Your father has been found dead in his chambers. It... appears that he took his own life."

Mar drops his phone... and the dream fortunately ends early.

josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#382297: Oct 17th 2023 at 2:59:08 PM

Albaz - Sarah Fight

Even in his draconic form, Albaz watched in horror as Sarah demonstrated a sample of her limitless might on him and his fellow fighters. Speed and power in a human-like frame is a deadly combination. If Albaz had to guess, this Sarah could blitz the strongest fighters on the Abyss Continent with ease. Shuraig, Fleurdelis, Ferrijit, Rugal, Regulus, Aegirine, and Sargas are dead meat, even if they teamed up.

Fighting his fears, Albaz tries to slash up Sarah with his claws, even knowing what she could do to him.

shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#382298: Oct 17th 2023 at 3:12:29 PM

Onyxis

"Huh." Yuki blinks at ruinborn afton asploding into goo only to respawn in the distance.

"I've heard of immortals who keep coming back when you kill them, hope this guy's not one. He's creepy." Yuki adds before conjuring another fireball and throwing it like a baseball at ruinborn afton.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#382299: Oct 17th 2023 at 3:27:39 PM

No way. Gojo cackles as he sees, but doesn't try to stop, Ruinborn Afton barreling back into the fight.

...

   You shouldn't have gotten yourself hit by that.    Sukuna quietly chides, even as his foe appears to recover quite easily from his arms being turned to waffle. This causes the king to raise an eyebrow though, seemingly amused by this use of cursed energy to achieve an outcome usually best left to its counterpart.

   It's pretty much like healing a gash with the blood-soaked knife that created it in the first place... Hehe, do you even know what you're doing, brat?    Sukuna notices the cooler wind as well as William charging up a move: bad business. And while Sukuna has a trick up his sleeve, he wants to further refine William's usage of his Cursed Energy first. And test out how his Personas worked even more.

As William lash out, Sukuna appears to have the actual speed and skill to contend with an insane bullshit attack like the Waterfowl Dance. And while he does get hit, he can at least reduce the damage to slash wounds. They bleed, but they aren't as bad as getting a limb outright chopped off, wouldn't you say? Except that this literally happens to him when William manages to sever his right arm!

Sukuna can only watch in frustrated indignation as his arm is lopped off and torn to pieces by William. And then he has to back off from the last barrage, looking up at the young man with a frown... that he converts into an amused smile.    I can heal limbs too.    He raises his bloody stump and the flesh at the end of it twists and knot into an organic mess of bones, tendons, muscles and skin before sprouting out as an arm. He clench its fist as he flex it, proud of his handiwork.

   ... But that wasn't a bad move by any mean. This host body is weak but you'd have made mincemeat of a careless Sorcerer all the same, even in my era.    Sukuna flex his arm again and drop it. Regenerating it did take a hefty toll out of his considerable reserves, but he thought it prudent to not fight on one arm. Even if he was letting his Persona do all the work.

   .. But my attack wouldn't leave so much as a molecule of you behind.   

Summoning Chi-You again, Sukuna has it cast Concentrate, causing a pink aura to rise around him before he shifts to one side, raising his right hand overhead slightly as he slowly begins to bring it down, like a karate chop but much slower.

   Dragon Scales. Repulsion. You should dodge. Paired Falling Stars.   

Sukuna brings his hand down much faster.

CLEAVE

The area around William is split asunder, literally split asunder, as Sukuna brings down an enormous Cleave upon the area where he was. It's so large that, even with them both flying, the fin-like attack tears a gash through the forest below them, destroying trees and badly carving out the ground beneath them. Being enhanced by Sukuna's chant and his Concentrate, it's power is increased by at least four times too! Beyond a Black Flash!

   You still alive?   

Edited by Bolded1 on Oct 17th 2023 at 1:07:37 PM

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BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#382300: Oct 17th 2023 at 7:22:49 PM

"Dying to that move enough times is a surprisingly effective way of learning it!"

The flurry ends and with good amount of the energy from the blade returning into himself. When asked by Sukuna on what William's doing to regenerate, he puts it in Sukuna's words.

"Energy is energy, cursed or not."

Witnessing the regeneration of the chopped off limb, William was about to start piecing parts of his theory again until Sukuna plainly answers nearly every question he has about him. He waits for his next move, doing nothing to really interrupt it because. Especially after revealing his knowledge in sorcery. Which is timed with Sukuna beginning to chant, it's clear in William's eyes he's taking this attack with a sense of urgency unseen before.

"Oh... No-"

The ante is upped enough to where William's preparing to teleport away from the persona-enhanced potentially-magic-amplified cleave. Once the attack goes off, he vanishes from sight. Although the king of curses can probably sense where, with a massive spike of energy appearing behind him. William — with his armor heavily damaged from poorly timing the teleport with the cleave — points his with a hollow stub where his arm once was.

A glowing ball forms and charges quickly before a plume of energy amplified with cursed energy comes out the hole, intending to blast Sukuna with enough explosive to send him tumbling in the sky. Seems he's getting more accustomed to using this newfangled energy he took in moments ago.

"I'd rather not elaborate in what it means to be alive."

Seeing how he has very 2 very different types of energy flowing in his body now, he might as well assign one for offense and defense/evasion for now.

Edited by BoniniBanana on Oct 17th 2023 at 10:25:39 PM

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