Enter The Arena As Your Avatar -- The Spinoff!

Kana keeps walking, doing as told by the queen Frilda but otherwise not contributing much to the discussion. She should, it seemed like they were going to be sticking around for a while, but she need focus on the water circlet and - and she just wasn't in a mood where she found stuff they could talk about.

It was pretty damning, she knew. But she imagined they could talk about their favorite colors or books afterwards, once they're all safe. Mulling about this make a thought finally crawl back to her, like a wooden stick eventually coming back to the surface of a river - she checks into one of her pouches and pull out a Vulnerary, a healing potion which she holds to the queen out as she raise the ring of water.

Here. For you. It'll help with your wounds. She realizes it could sound like it's poison because she could have offered it earlier but Kana justify it to herself as her simply deciding that she'd look sussy handing out potions to the queen given what happened. At least now, it could be argued that Kana was more trustworthy.

Oh, and Mordor? Well, she was born in what could be considered her world's Mordor. But she knows that Nohr was in a considerably better state by that time. And not every Mordor is the same so...

As they arrive to the getaway, Kana considers telling the group that she has no one she can report the exit to but thankfully, she keeps her foot out of her mouth for once. Straightening up, and narrowing her eyes a bit, she try to talk in a tone she think her mother would use. I'll tell no one.

Edited by Bolded1 on Mar 28th 2024 at 2:21:31 PM

DNC

Kaisui takes the rear as everyone enters the passage, the orb with the angler fish orbiting around her every so often.

"I don't have anyone I would tell. Just seems kinda rude."

The old, unused corridor makes Kaisui wrap her kimono a bit tighter around herself, as she shivers slightly. Then...

Achoo!

Dusty, huh? Kaisui gets a sheepish look on her face as she wipes her nose with a small cloth.

Delivery

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• “Pyra”’s Delivery Service

It’s Saturday, and “Pyra” is working for the Dededelivery to deliver goods across the district they live in with their trusty bike the Typhoon - the same one they ride to school, even. (Considering that this is Hub Centralis, their employers decided that personal bikes are okay as long as they return in one piece. can we get much higher, so high)

First delivery, ingredients and cutlery to a noodle place called ”Min Min’s Place”.

Loading everything into the carriage compartment, “Pyra”’s ready to go.

With Ui inside their phone opening a map automatically and Ravenos flying in front to scout the route, “Pyra” weaves through the streets and arrives at an open place by a waterfront park.

Unloading the goods and handing it to the place’s owner, “Pyra” returns to their bike as they crash into someone.

| You |

“I-I’m sorry!”

Azura gives a sigh, watching her attackers as they prepare to tackle her. Her eyes glow green, allowing her to glance at the future. A mud attack, Icarus's Jack divebomb, Artemis teleporting... She decide that she better address those quickly. And though she hears what Cittufeni has to say, Azura frowns, his words hitting perhaps deeper than he had hoped they would.

There was an odd fog to what had happened back there - before the fight. She knew what had happened but she just doesn't remember feeling anything during it. Her memories were like smooth glass. Just what had happened to her?

Gor would want me to fight until the end. She replies to Cittufeni, almost apologizing, only to immediately have to deal with Artemis. Azura being ready for her means that she just clash her armor with her sword, said armor proving tough enough to handle the initial blows before she end up getting cut anyway, with the armor on her arms being sliced in half as her sword mark cuts into her flesh, black flames burning at the very edge of them.

Azura "tsks" (a verb) and clad her arms in blue energy and her fists with green energy. The very next swing, Artemis's swords simply pass through her arms as Azura attempts to punch her straight in the chest once. Before trying to nail her in the face with a direct jab. Her fists are coated in time magic and her arms are coated in two different magics at once : Space Magic to make them intangible and Velocity Magic to increase their speed, the speed and power behind Azura's strikes raising with each second, her arms becoming like a blur.

Each punch goes off like a gunshot, attempting to crater up Artemis's body - while slowing her movements down until she's completly frozen over. And of course, being hit by a punch each time will make it harder for her to dodge the next one.

A quick death?! You're perhaps more merciful than I am! Azura snarls. As she says that, the mud successfully free up Bely and Flandre, but Azura is able to move out of its way, ducking beneath and stabbing her fingers into it before making a slicing motion. Using Blast Magic and even Matter Magic together, she altogether change the mud geyser into raw energy that she direct at Flandre to try and cause her to be caught at the heart of an explosion of energy!

This leave the fingers of that hand shredded and bloody, the nails torn off.

It was this church that stood against the Greentide! It was this church that stood against the tide of vermin at Hyrule Castle! We have done nothing to warrant such aggression to start within! SO LEAVE US A- Azura rears her arm back to try to spear Artemis right through her mana crystal. Not that she'll really need to, because she can see Jack rearing up his attack.

She'll dodge at the last moment after spearing Artemis. And Jack's output will then detonate whatever else Artemis could possibly leave behind. Quick, clean, ea-

Gahhh! Azura is tackled by Bely, having dismissed her future sight too early to see her coming. The young woman's attack smash Azura right through the dune, sparing Artemis (if she was caught) and Emma. But there's more than that : not having steeled herself for any sudden pain, Bely's slam unwittingly make Sarah freed from Azura's mind-control prison.

Speaking of Sarah, she is indeed bashed by the shield and held down by Ovarr's power, the Sister falling on her knees and grunting in pain and frustration. When the mind control clear, she... doesn't stop doing that because she's caught in a pretty vicious move, but has the strength to barely raise her arm as a signal. Okay, she doesn't have me under her spell anymore! Sarah says, waiting for Ovarr to dispel it.

Should he do so, Sarah get up on her feet unprompted, dusting her knees and below off. I hate being mentally messed with, that bitch is gonna eat a knuckle sandwich before... Call it experience for fighting with and against Tilra, call it just supernatural senses, but Sarah stop speaking and turn to Tilra, still shielded by Icarus. She can see the faint warping sensation around her, a hint at an attack that might be coming next.

One that Sarah knows would probably take her out in one strike. And while she's fairly humble in regards to her own power compared to the team -as in, she's well-aware quite a few of them can match it-, Sarah knows that none of them are in a state where they'd be walking away from it as well, especially with quite a few of them strained. And she knows Tilra would be careful about collateral, and she also know that the attack may be smaller in scope than she think but...

... Well, she didn't want something bad to befall her team.

Icarus, I think Tilra is about to swing in with a big attack. You should prepare to get out of the way. Azura could maybe hear it, and an advantage to the current fight around her was that she was too caught-up to notice, so Sarah just point to Tilra, hoping Ovarr will have the senses to perceive the attack. Then, she points to Azura, make a punching motion, and take off.

Attack or not, she wanted a piece of her anyway. Just as revenge for screwing her over twice.

Meanwhile, Azura get up and try to angrily slam Bely into the ground, raising her leg to stomp her down... only for Icarus's projectile to finally hit her, leaving Azura to stay stuck in that position, unable to move. A very bad time when Jack is charging her with an explosive move of his own, you'd agree. But Mamahito didn't raise no quitter. And with her space and time magic both at a cooldown due to having to use them together on a target at once, Azura's simple but boring answer is to order several rows after rows of rectangular purple barriers using Barrier Magic. There's about 25 of them, soon 50 when she use Double Magic to create even more of them for the sake of quantity.

A mistake - Jack's kick barrels down through them, shattering the barriers as if they were nothing. At least for the first dozens barriers : the later barriers prove sturdier, soaking up more of the impact, but not to a point where Azura want to get hit by his kick anyway. As the last barriers are torn down, Azura is able to buy herself just enough time to clad herself in a shell of energy, deciding that the enemy team is weakened, but not weakened enough.

With a roar of defiance, Azura spreads her arms out and let her energy explode into one huge, if focused, purple pillar. And Azura's screams fill the air as the tip of the pillar spews fireballs, in a move that's perhaps a well-known classic, but something effective : bombarding the terrain in front of Azura until everyone drops dead. Or at least, is cleared out enough that there'll be less enemies for her to handle.

Seeing this, Sarah use the necrosword, peering down at whoever seems the worst off in the team and extending the necrosword down as an umbrella of a sort to take attacks. She aims for where Flandre and Cittufeni are owing to their injuries, but will try to snatch Bely, Artemis or Emma mid-flight if possible. She call forth a ray of light over that area, encouraging Icarus or others to get there if they need protection.

However, she can't do much more than this. The barrage is unexpectedly powerful, and Sarah has to use all her strength to keep the necroumbrella going.

I'll handle those blasts things - if you guys wanna go in, just say the word!

Church

Got it, clearing the area.

Icarus doesn't know what exactly Tilra is planning, but his sensors do register her light. And if Sarah says he should clear the area, that's a pretty good sign he should clear the area.

With the ground being safe again, he sets her down and speeds off to take cover under one of Sarah's shields, where he has nothing to do but wait - much to his regret, no stream of plastic or a shot from the machinegun can make its way through the energy barrage, much less have an effect on the fight. If only this fight was taken out in the Arena, he could summon his fleet for backup, or place steel barriers for defense, or provide medical aid to those who needed it... It's frustrating, but you can't always have everything. If anything, this fight is a lesson for Icarus to diversify his toolset.

Though there's one thing missing on the scene, a pair of fighters who have seemingly vanished from the battlefield - and they're not the ones that Icarus knows have been defeated.

Thor and that caped guy, where did they go? Anyone have an idea?

Pica-Verse

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"The hunter and wolf for sure. Emi and Mirage Sigurd—" she points out TMS!Emi. "Then that Nacho, and... that Belén." She points at 80s!Nacho and Drawing!Belén.

She's not sure what they can actually do, but if she doesn't give them a chance, she'll never find out.

Narktus vs. Raex

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Narktus parries Raex's jabs with Ultima Weapon, but he is unprepared for the full-force swing to be faster than before. The impact makes a shockwave and an earsplitting noise, and Narktus, caught off-guard, gets sent flying away.

He doesn't go far before he rights himself in midair, stopping to hover high above as he catches his breath.

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Min Min's Noodle Shop

"Waugh!"

The other side of this collision, Kirike, stumbles back and falls on her rear. She winces, clutching her gut.

"S-sorry..."

Edited by KiriK on Mar 31st 2024 at 2:44:33 PM

Church

"Forgive me for not feeling too sympathetic for killing a shapeshifting brainwasher." Flandre says, scoffing at Azura and recalling the info on Mahito. "And helping slay that disgusting bundle of demons."

Veilman was just a guy really. She admittedly didn't know his deal.

Anyway big explosion heading her way. She quickly calls upon Metal magic from Laevateinn and Wood magic lingering from Thor's many thunder attacks (Don't ask me why that counts as Wood magic I'm just following the lore).

Metal Wood Sign "Elemental Harvester"

A spell card made by Patchouli that uses a synthesis of metal and wood. Protects the user's immediate vicinity with gear-shaped blades. A defensive spell that can intercept energy attacks or simply slice into people who try to close in. In this case she has four gears appear to absorb the explosion. One of them admittedly cracks and falls apart under the barrage but the other three hold up. She then directs them to fire back the gathered energy, essentially sending 3/4s of Azura's mud-explosion back at her.

Begrudgingly she lets Sarah handle the fireballs.

Church.

Tilra's eyes shoot open.

Return Of The Son Of Nothing - 8/8

All the lights blink off.

Antipathy

Selfishness

Disconnect

The sand turns grey, submerging the infinite world in murk and darkness like an unlimited ocean, particles of rot and dust drifting into suffocating view. The bones of carcasses the size of star systems, nebula, galaxies lumber into view across the endless distance, their empty sunken eye staring, thoughtless.

Then comes the wailing and the sound of crows. Everywhere and nowhere and completely unavoidable, a pathetic and lonely sound, agonized and screeching. Tilra becomes visible through the thick dark.

The son of nothing. The daughter of death.

She looks no different.

   .It doesn't matter.    she responds to Sarah.

   .I have this handled.   

   .It is over.   

Her voice overlaps itself, and she takes a step towards Azura. They are now in Tilra's world, the entire dimension reshaped into an existence defined by the aching despair of loneliness. As such, she has only to command it, and Azura is assaulted by the world itself, her powers nullified from angles inconceivable, while other powers still keep her from fleeing or secluding herself outside of this world.

That is not the extent of it.

Tilra raises her hand, and clenches it into a fist.

A pillar of light like a searchlight descends upon Azura, which will instantly obliterate her with unfathomable, inexorable power. Cold, raw dispassion.

To Saitama, Tilra grants another fate. Looking his way even so endlessly far out, she stops his heart, and keeps it stopped. A suitable, intractable help for their most important ally.

The grey begins to melt out from the fringes of the world, the endless titanic bones sinking into the fabric until they are naught but memories. The loneliness of the son of nothing is devoured by Tilra's body, and her technique comes to an end, reality resumed to its usual state.

babygirl it is with full sincerity I ask:

what the fuck

Church of El Gor

Once Sarah says that, Ovarr dispels his spell's hold on her. A trusting one, though thankfully that won't bite him in the ass this time around because Sarah's speaking the truth.

He doesn't seem to immediately sense what's about to happen, so he just crosses his arms and nods.

   "After today, I've learned I despise it too."   , he says.

When Sarah physically points it out though (by pointing to Tilra), Ovarr pays attention and seems to notice, judging by his eyes widening.

   "Shit... you think getting team killed will still get me brainwashed?"   , he asks, showing he's unsure about if he can survive in his current state.

As Sarah takes off, Ovarr stays on the ground for now to rest a bit, keeping his distance a bit more. His book and shield fly back into his hands and he attaches the former to his belt again.

When Azura's meteor rain of fireballs comes down on them all, Ovarr just brings up the shield to protect himself. He's surprised by the strength of the attacks, but he still has it in him to stay standing without faltering. But his energy is running out fast, so he starts running towards Sarah's barrier in the hopes that it'll be enough.

Thankfully he'll make it, and once he does he opens his book again and starts channeling a weak heal spell, aiming it at Sarah. He doesn't have enough magic energy left in him to heal everyone, and Sarah's the one keeping the barrier up, so she clearly needs it the most out of all of them. It's not a significant amount of healing, but every little thing helps, right?

Regardless, after this his tome dims in color and stops floating, prompting Ovarr to pick it up. Looks like it's not gonna be helping him during the remainder of this fight. If he keeps it pocketed for a bit, he may eventually be able to squeeze a one-man warp spell out of it, but other than that he has nothing left.

After that, all he can do is simply watch as Tilra's charged attack goes off.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Mar 28th 2024 at 9:13:39 AM

Min Min's

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• "Pyra"'s Delivery Service

| You |

"A-are you okay?"

"Pyra" also proceeds to give the other person a hand. There's an odd feeling that they've met before somewhere before, though what's important is that they're not injured.

Fallen Planet Mira, New Los Angeles, Residental District

Red Hood walks into the house he had claimed as his base of operations with a bag of fast food in tow, having just returning from scouting out Hub Centralis. The most notable thing that caught his eye during the visit was an advertisement from this weird-looking guy with a huge stitch on his forehead about some kind of mission. If the guy was as sketchy as he looked, chances are it was probably a trap, so he'd made a mental note to see about joining this little quest in order to learn what might really be going on. And if need be, put bullets in deserving skulls.

Removing his helmet to reveal a headful of black hair with a streak of white◊, Jason plonks it onto a nearby table before making his way to the kitchen.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Mar 28th 2024 at 1:54:28 AM

Fallen Planet Mira, New Los Angeles, Residental District

Jason may suddenly get the feeling that he's being watched. And sure thing, a mere glance towards one of the kitchen windows will let him see someone quickly ducking as if not wanting to be seen.

Realizing that someone was watching him, Jason sets his fast food bag aside on a countertop before drawing one of his pistols. Had someone tracked him down already?

"Who's there?" he asks, stalking towards the window and throwing it open, his gun at the ready.

There's no verbal answer, but going by the sound, it seems like whoever's outside somehow got all the way up to the roof in an instant. Do they think they can hide there?

As he climbs out the window, Jason wonders if whoever was spying on him might be another member of the Batfamily. If so, could it be Bruce himself? Dick? Tim? Barbara? Cassandra? Damian? Well, there was only one way to find out.

Leaping to the roof, he grabs onto the edge and pulls himself up, then looks around for his unexpected guest.

"We done playing hide and seek yet?"

There's nobody in sight, but there is a chimney right there.

... ah, hold on a second. Some red cloth is visible, barely peeking out from the side. A regular person probably wouldn't spot it. But Jason isn't a regular person.

Jason does indeed spot the red cloth emerging from his house's chimney. After making his way over, he taps the barrel of his gun against the chimney's edge to catch the new arrival's attention.

"Busted. Did Bruce send you to check up on me?" he asks.

The one who was following Jason lets out a quick yelp of surprise. Realizing the jig is up, he now shows himself. Jason may be surprised to see he looks like a child version of Superman.◊

"... Well... no...", he mutters. At least he's honest.

"Sorry, I just saw your outfit, and... you're Red Hood, right? It's the only thing I recognized since I got here, so I wanted to know where you were going.", he says. He looks a little timid, but he also looks awed, probably because he's talking to the Red Hood.

Upon realizing who the newcomer was, Jason actually drops his gun in surprise. That said, he quickly manages to regain his composure.

"Yeah, that's me. God, I almost thought you were Damian for a second," he replies, picking up his dropped firearm and returning it to its holster. "You're Superman's kid, right? Not Conner, but... Jon, that's it."

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Mar 28th 2024 at 3:01:24 AM

He looks surprised that Jason knows who he is.

"Yeah, that's me! Did Damien tell you about me?", he happily asks, sounding curious too. "He's told me a lot of things about you too... half of them I suspect he made up to be honest, but still!"

Jason answers Jon/Superboy's question with a nod.

"So, what did Damian tell you about me?" he inquires, leaping off the roof and heading back inside. "If he said Darkseid sent me to Earth in a rocket and Bruce adopted me without telling anyone my real heritage, that's definitely something he made up."

Jon jumps off too, landing without much issue. He's staying outside, peeking through the window.

"Well, he claimed you're a zombie, that you can summon blades out of nothing, and that you can paralyze people by poking them in certain spots.", he says, counting on his fingers. He then smirks a little.

"I believe only one of those things."

Reaching into his bag of fast food, Jason pulls out a burger with a side of fries.

"Yeah, that does sound like stuff would Damian would come up with," he says, unwrapping his burger and taking a bite. "So, which one do you believe?"

He then offers Jon some of his fries.

"Probably the paralyzing thing.", Jon says. He happily accepts a single fry with a 'thanks!'.

"It sounds like a handy technique to learn.", he continues before eating that fry. "And from what I know about your family at this point, you're all pretty much ready for anything."

Surprised that Jon only wanted a single fry, Jason shrugs and pops the others he offered into his mouth.

"Yeah, that's Bruce for you. He's all about his contingencies and being ready for damn near anything," he replies, taking another bite out of his burger. "I'm guessing you already know about the Hellbat. That's his mech for handling the likes of Darkseid."