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IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#387151: May 24th 2024 at 9:38:16 AM

With the boys' plan foiled, Wanda grits her teeth. How could she have forgotten about the Time Stone? Strange literally has it hanging around his neck! Just as Strange Supreme tries to make a bid for her power, though, something happens that leaves the corrupted sorcerer down a hand.

Before either she or Pietro can begin processing what had just happened, Strange Supreme forcibly separates the party by bringing them into the Mirror Dimension. With neither her family nor Ken in sight, Wanda looks on as Strange recreates his erased hand before transforming into a more monstrous-looking form.

"I was just wondering that myself," she mutters in regards to her enemy's confusion about the attack that caught him off-guard mid-time reversal. Clearly, the Darkhold was full of surprises even she wasn't aware of, assuming its power had indeed intervened. But now was hardly the time to ruminate about it; not with the fallen Master of the Mystic Arts still menacing her and her family... and the kid who had behaved a spoiled little wannabe bully at the Pizzaplex but was now aiding them.

"This place can't hold me, Strange. I've gotten so much stronger than you can imagine since Ultron."

When the flames come rushing toward her, Wanda telekinetically catches and redirects them with all the skill of a seasoned firebender. The shackle-rings, however, catch her by surprise and successfully bind her. Quietly cursing to herself, the Scarlet Witch merely fixes Strange Supreme with a defiant snarl.

"You still haven't gotten it through your head, have you? You have no idea what I'm capable of."

As her fingertips start to blacken a little more, she unleashes a massive scarlet wave of Chaos Magic in order to shatter her restraints. Regardless of whether or not Strange Supreme is subsequently hit by said wave, Wanda follows up by teleporting right in front of him, planning to capitalize on her previous move by attempting to perform a Facepalm of Doom on her enemy and discharge an entire cluster of explosive red bolts right in his face.

-

Pietro looks around, having wound in the same area as Billy.

   "Oh yeah, he used the same trick back when we were fighting Ultron,"    he murmurs.    "God, what I wouldn't give for another set of Stones right about now."   

His musings are interrupted, however, when he notices that Billy was currently being pursued by Strange Supreme's Cloak of Levitation. Dashing after his airborne nephew, he conjures a Chaos Flamethrower before raising it upwards and firing on the cloak.

   "I'm not losing my nephews to a crazy wizard's blanket of death!"   

ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#387152: May 24th 2024 at 9:40:33 AM

Being able to tell that the lookouts had been dealt with, Pucci emerged from the door and out into the armory. He took nothing, but heard an unfamiliar voice speaking:

"Well, Pyre, looks like your people did pull through. Could be we’re not gonna rot to death in this shithole." Joseph mused aloud, drawing away from the bars. The mention of magic from Shadowheart took him by surprise for a moment, before he remembered that, indeed, magic did exist in this odd world.

But regardless of his surprise, he managed to summon the energy to smile—for the first time in a very long while—at Vi as the woman helped him to his feet. "No word has ever sounded so sweet to me than payback. I may not be magic, but I’m capable. I got your backs. First, though.." He moved his attention to the miniature armory and—after making sure to kick the Nurse’s corpse in the ribs—swiftly made his way there.

"'Scuse me, mister."

   "Hm?"    Pucci felt someone brush past him and heard a clattering, as Joseph took one of the katanas.

Never used one of these, but it’ll have to do. The wastelander drew half of the blade from its sheath. He managed to force himself to look at its stainless metal, and the strange, slovenly creature that stared back, before he could bear the sight no longer and slid it back in up to the hilt. He slung it onto his left shoulder. "There’s more upstairs, but before we head up…" He grinned. "Any of you fine folk got a spare gun?"

Edited by ISZATSO on May 24th 2024 at 12:41:15 PM

With great power…you know the rest.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#387153: May 24th 2024 at 10:14:29 AM

Mission: Pursue the Giant Monster

Bombon said he was dropping out, so he was not obligated to post.

   Gotcha now, bitch.   

Godzilla twists Middle as he charges up again, readying another Nuclear Pulse at point-blank, beyond Desghidorah's ability to dodge. It's not as powerful as the Thermonuclear Pulses he can unleash as Burning Godzilla, but Desghidorah also isn't as powerful as the King Ghidorah he fought as Burning Godzilla. He's threatening Left and Right to fire their shots, fuck around and find out.

Now that Godzilla is wrangling Desghidorah, Primordial Malzeno shakes the lava off before it can harden and flies up to the raven-haired mage?'s position.

Being suddenly face-to-face with a large, imposing, silver-scaled dragon whom she no doubt saw using his wings like swords might be a little scary, but then Malzeno speaks. "Who are you? Are you after the bounty, or did you merely see the commotion and choose to intervene?"


Hub Centralis - The Baritone Bar

Katie stops outside the bar and takes note of the advertisement on the sign. Fascinating.

She decides to run a scan to see the ratio of machines to organics inside. This scan also happens to pick up on...something else inside the bar.

She turns and notices Tayden also arriving. "... Nice jacket."

"Might be dangerous in here," she comments, pointing a thumb toward the inside. "Won't stop me, but I figured I should warn you, organic."

She's seen what her scans registered as 'human' and been corrected on that one time too many. Regardless, she then goes inside, calmly surveying the situation.

Edited by KiriK on May 24th 2024 at 1:43:33 PM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Hotpizza (Searching for Spock)
#387154: May 24th 2024 at 10:26:16 AM

Baritone Bar

Even outside, Taye starts bobbing her head to the music - it's a good soulful tune. She may even be able to sing her - or his - own song in there. Combined with the nice decorations, it's enough to make her turn her feet towards the bar.

"Mechanoid friendly menu", hmm... sounds like an opportunity to see what the Arena's robots can be like, even if she isn't one herself. She does try to make friends of the non-human variety.

And sure enough, a lady approaches her, calling her "organic" with a distinctive voice. And was that a flash of text on her new friend's eyes? Still, best not to comment on that just yet.

"Thank you, I worked hard to get it." Tayden adjusts her jacket carelessly, yet nothing untoward appears. "Danger, you say? That's exactly what I'm for."

She turns to look at Katie properly. "I'm Tayden. Energy being shaped into organic flesh. Adventurous odd-jobber. Nice to meet you."

Upon her skintight leather pants, are a pair of handguns sitting within leg holsters. Were those guns there just now? Does it matter?

"If you're going in, I'm right behind you."

Edited by Hotpizza on May 25th 2024 at 1:27:32 AM

Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#387155: May 24th 2024 at 11:02:06 AM

Ashes of Nohr - Severance

Moonrise Crypt - Prison.

As the creature sees Link prepare to deal with the cage, it find itself dismayed at his solution to it. Not because it thinks he's stupid, but because it think that Link is wasting his resources and his time on a simple solution for too complex a problem. I appreciate the thought but I can tell you that- The silencer sphere breaks, and the Mind Flayer blinks, confusion washing over its monstrous visage as it adapts to what it had just seen. That I thought wrong! Now, please, do not be frightened. For I am about to leave the cell door. Omeluum focus - even with his powers back, he had taken more abuse from the nurses than he should have. And having his psionic abilities return to him all at once after being muted for so long was almost overwhelming to his mind.

It was very much like being starved for days and then being fed a full banquet - nevermind that he had not consumed a brain or substitute in long, making the analogy unexpectedly more painful than intended. Still, he's able to summon his psionic powers to teleport himself away from his cell and next to Link, nodding gratefully at him. The trenchoat man balks in his cell, yelping in surprise at the sight. I thank you for your kindness, stranger. To whom do I owe my life?

You have got to be kidding me! A Mind Flayer?! Omeluum turns around and find the tip of a spear pointed at its chest, prompting it to fly back in surprise. It's Shadowheart, who has made her way down to the second level. It's just one after the other! And you! Why'd you even leave it out of that cage?! She says, glancing at Link.

Calm down, Shadowheart! Whatever this creature it, it's obviously intelligent and sapient. We are here to recruit the prisoners - not dispose of them for Ketheric.

Please, hold. Omeluum hold its hand out, desperation in its deep voice. Strangely, everyone will be able to hear its thoughts, with no need for it to first open up a way. It actually seem briefly confused by this, but decide that it need to insure it won't be stabbed. I understand your concerns with my kind. But I can insure you - I have broken free from the yoke of an Elder Brain a long time ago. And I stand here not as your enemy, but as Ketheric Thorm's. The same as you, I would suppose.'

I do not know what this creature is - but I must remind you that we are not in a situation where we can be picky with our allies. Besides, I will be able to easily shield your mind against anything it could do, should it be deceitful. Gunter advises the group. At the same time, Kusakabe decides to cough to get everyone's attention - he fails to get Shadowheart, who doesn't let Omeluum out of her sight, even if she at least point the spear away from him.

Hi. My name's Atsuya Kusakabe. Would love to contribute to the... Mind Flayer debate but could I be let out of my cage first? He try keeping his cool, but his shaking-to-the-point-of-vibrating-in-place tactic combined with the sweat on his face are subtle clues to indicate he's not really comfortable with being stuck in a jail cell.

Meanwhile, with "Pyra" having showed up prior to open the cell door, its "denizens" are baffled to see a badly burned person show up to miraculously open their cell door. Zuko winces a little but say nothing about it yet, knowing very well that such scars tend to carry a history one doesn't share easily.

What's with the burns? Was the guardian of this prison an angry oven? Zuko hits Joseph in the left rib, and Choso, apparently approving little, also hit him on the right rib. Joseph winces.

Thank you for your help. I'm Zuko, would you mind telling us your name? He's a bit confused with processing what happened, and even Gortash look baffled at what happened. Zuko try getting to his feet, but his sides ache and he end has to lean his back on the wall. His wounds from the beatdown that got him there are still severe.

Hi, Zuko here. I think we're all in agreement with Kusakabe. But do you have any healing-wait-we're already- Zuko sticks an hand out of the bar to try to stop Rumia. But presumably it fails, as she try to violently tear it out. And because it was opened by "Pyra" earlier, the bars... don't quite fly out, but the door instead lamely open, to the crew's muted shock. You could have waited before doing that...

Zuko grumbles. Choso decides to walk forward, looking around at the room and briefly tasting his freedom before turning to face his rescuers.

My name is Choso. I'll help you kill Ketheric Thorm for freeing me from jail. He thought it'd be a wise move on his part not to look like an unstable lunatic - he was really not in a situation where he could really not accept help, even if he'd like to do without it. That said, he didn't want to show his actual desperation. And he stood stoic. But Jo Jo didn't, running out of the jail cell and kissing the cold damp ground, only to stop at the realization he was kissing a puddle of dried blood, causing him to screech in disgust.

You imbecile. Interject the Death Painting, glancing down at Jo Jo's writhing form with a raised eyebrow - after getting a fair bit more startled than he'd like to admit, eyes all wide.

Yeowch!! Who the hell left that in there?! Jo Jo complains, clutching his leg. Blood puddles?! Seriously?! How is that hygienic for anybody?! All doctors I've met are super uptight about this! Why can't this one be clean at least?!

I don't think he's a real doctor.

I figured, moron! Gortash chuckles at Jo Jo's pain, but stay on his part, even if he raise to his feet to at least look presentable to the others as he steps out of his cell.

As you can see - most of us have kept all of our sanity and have a grudge against Ketheric. Qualities you'll find useful in an ally, I'm sure.

Yeah, I really want to go kick Ketheric Thorm's ass. Kusakabe whines, left alone in his cell.

Is that... Shadowheart frowns and walk up to the cell, tilting her head and ignoring Kusakabe. Jo Jo stands in front of her, quickly wiping his mouth and unconsciously blocking her way while doing so, but Shadowheart simply walk a bit to the side, a bit to the left, stand on the tips of her toes, and finally see... Lord Enver Gortash? She raise her hands to her eyes and mimic rubbing them. I can't say I'm surprised to see a politician in prison. Just not... this prison.

Gortash does a shrug in good humor. Would you believe I was arrested for trespassing instead of something more... stereotypical? It's a story I'd love to share, once I'm somewhere safer to share stories.

There are two more prisoners in cells of their own, though they are paralyzed and helpless. And I should be able to manage... about three more teleportations in and out. Omeluum hold up two fingers in case the team can't compute this. It's a spell I've refined to escape scenarios like these - It help me teleport to any place I can clearly visualize, and I can bring people I'm in direct contact with along.

As Shadowheart move to glance at the freed prisoners, Gunter wonder how the situation could be used to their benefit.

They have Omeluum, a telepath who can teleport up to three times to any place he can visualize. They have three but only one key. Cardboard has a Dragon Scale and the Orb. Law and Kidd are currently trapped in water deep enough to submerge them whole - but are held up to it by the waist.

On top of that, screeches can be heard all around the prison - above and below both. The Nurses are coming, meaning the group will have little time to figure out how to save everyone in time. Curses... I am not proficient at fighting. Omeluum say, sounding slightly frightened.

I-I can still fight and defend myself if you free me! Just give me a sword or at least something to defend myself with! Kusakabe says,

I don't need weaponry to keep up. But I'm a bit too drained to fight. Zuko says, wincing as he try to nonetheless put up a stance. You wouldn't happen to have anything to heal me? I wouldn't mind.

... I can keep fighting. And I don't need weapons. Choso enters a stance, looking much more battle-ready.

I need weapons and I'm very worn out right now! So you better bring me a Toomy Gun! And a very good nurse! But n-not like the ones about to swarm you guys like picky women at a clothing store!

Likewise. Though without the clunky analogy. Gortash says, staying in his cell to try to get as much distance as possible.

Shadowheart steps back, observing the no less than four ways the Nurses can take to break into the room. She prepares herself, though it seems having to fight with a mind flayer at her side is throwing her off a little.

Meanwhile, on the first floor, just a minute ago, Salazar glances curiously at Cardboard. He glances at the side and then point down at the second floor, where Shadowheart discover that Omeluum is a Mind Flayer. Erm, not to be rude, senorita, but you have the orb and the dragon scale. Shouldn't you be on the level below? There's no benefits to you staying here.

He then goes down to the second level, where he mostly take a look around in silence, though he'll hold up the key he has when asked. When Joseph (Irish) ask for a spare gun, Salazar grins and check into his mallet, pulling out the 'SG-09 R, a handgun capable of critting on headshots, capable of shooting more ammo than usual for an handgun due to some modifications, with a laser sight for easy aiming. It comes fully loaded and he bring a clip of ammo with it.

Hihi! What an odd little group we're going to have running! He says, unfazed by the sound of the Nurses screeching.

In one post, they'll start swarming from EVERY ENTRANCE INTO THE ROOM

The room itself is about 15 meters wide or so. Just large enough for the group to fight in - but they'll need to consider clogging a few entrances to prevent themselves from being overwhelmed.

SHADOWHEART - HEALER/ATTACK - AVAILABLE

CHOSO - SNIPER/ATTACK - AVAILABLE

JOSEPH JOESTAR - ROGUE/SNIPER - UNAVAILABLE

ZUKO - ATTACK - UNAVAILABLE

KUSAKABE - ROGUE/TANK - AVAILABLE (if he has a katana)

SALAZAR - SNIPER/ATTACK - AVAILABLE

If the UNAVAILABLE units are healed or given weapons, they'll be AVAILABLE and can be used into the fight.

Shadowheart frowns as she prepare her spells, banking on either casting a wall of fire or healing everyone's wounds at once.

Ashes of Nohr - HQ

Milin is right - but the actual attack that targets her very specifically doesn't come down from any of these directions. It comes from above, as something brutally crash its way through the roof of the building, with intent of squashing her flat like a bug on impact. But who could it be? She'll barely have time to see that the shape that attacked her is not human before something else yet again come crashing through, attempting to land on her with enough force to crater the ground at his feet, Milin included.

Desperate Surprise Battle

VS KETHERIC THORM - Ruler of Moonrise Crypt

Ketheric Thorm doesn't waste time in introducing himself or even dropping so much as a single word. Regardless of the result with Milin, he call his hammer to his hand. Though if he's failed to catch her, he'll do so mid-leap, the weapon coming back to his hand as he already perform the swing meant to finish her off. A bolt of divine green lightning catch the hammer just as it's being swung. Making Ketheric's hit a Divine Smite.

Searing green light engulfs the area around Ketheric as he attempts to smack Milin down to size with it, the entire area shaking wildly before the sheer strength behind Ketheric's swing. The area in front of him is transformed into a hole, with cracks spreading from it to cover the entire floor - even climbing up to the walls to let slivers of silver light peer into the room.

Ketheric's target is Corrin - but he want to take out the people most likely to pull off an easy save.

His face is completly blank, though his eyes are locked into a cold glare. He gives a brief sweep of the room to see if there's anyone he should be looking for but then, if Milin has managed to escape or survive, he simply start running at her again to hammer her in.

K-Ketheric! Ketheric has broken in! KETHERIC HAS BROKEN IN! Gunter shouts in a panic, moving away from Ketheric and attempting to get into a good position to coordinate things, floating off to the right of the room.

brief Prison interlude

And naturally, those in the Prison will be hearing this... Before the communication grows cold. Wowzers! Just as we're stuck fighting these demonic nurses!

Could you be less... unconcerned about this?! Shadowheart scoffs.

Back to HQ

ALLY:

GUNTER - ROGUE AVAILABLE

Over here, you god-worshipping fu- Leonidas try to step in, but on the side where he and Bucky are guarding the door, said door suddenly explode as Morgan make a break for it into the room!

Vs "MORGAN" - THE LACKING LACKEY

Prioritizing Leonidas, he wraps his arms around his waist while his back is turned, and proceed to suplex him off into the ground behind him - where a bunch of nasty wooden spikes have suddenly emerged. Hello! He cheerily greet, slamming Leonidas face-first into the spikes, expecting it to be the end of the Spartan...

... Only for the spikes to break on Leonidas, though the Spartan is still tossed off into the ceiling, with small bloody marks all over his body. He hit the ceiling and bounce off it, landing on his face, glaring up at Morgan as he starts getting back up on his feet.

Morgan has a good laugh at that, having used the momentum of his suplex to smack the ground with his head and get back on his feet. Whoah! Look at him go! He's tough as a rhino! Morgan glances at Bucky, Wow! You have a metal arm! You're super cool! He swing his arm back, as if preparing for a clash with Bucky. But in truth, he has a particularly thick wooden branch burst out of the wall behind Bucky, attempting to wrap itself up around his waist before slamming him into the thick stone wall in front of him.

At which point, the tree pull back and try to slam him about two more times, to Morgan's audible glee.

You're all sooooo durable! So scary! I'm really going to have trouble killing you two misters!

Fucking shit-weasel...

ALLY

LEONIDAS - TANK/ATTACK AVAILABLE

The ruckus caused by Ketheric get Beruka and Corrin to look away for a second. A literal second. And as Beruka is first to realize her folly, all she and Corrin hear is...

And then, Beruka feel more than she hears. For a cold silver blade pierce through her chest in an instant, bypassing flesh and armor as if it had not been there. A thin trail of blood begin to run down her mouth as she stands agape, eyes moving down to the blde in her chest in horror. She glances at Corrin, and then is yanked straight to the Astral Sea. And right after she goes through, Azura explodes out of the water, arms held to the side, eyes white and mouth opened in a disturbing grin.

Time goes slowly for Corrin as he visualize it all - it happens so fast and yet so slow at the same time. He's too slow to save his wife from getting stabbed, but the moment goes through as if it were an eternity. And the word he mean to immediately yell out in sheer helpless panic take decades to burst from his quivering lips, tears streaming down from his eyes in an instant.

BERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Vs "AZURA" THE FRIEND YOU LEFT TO DIE

Corrin doesn't hesitate - he leaps into the water after Beruka, leaving Mark (who was probably the closest to them) to watch as Azura's eyes turn to him, malicious golden orbs briefly fixated on him. And then Azura's feet hit the air to cause her to brutally change directions, her whole appearance becoming a white-and-blue blur, with those piercing yellow eyes of her distinct nonetheless.

And to accompany it...

The stab is as fast as Azura - barely perceivable even to the superhuman eye. And if it hit Mark, it'll ignore the Blades of Chaos, the Vallite weaponry phasing through matter to directly impact the soul of whatever it hit. The very tool that had toppled Garon so long ago has now been turned against its former users. And if Mark get hit, he luckily won't be knocked out so long as he'll feel his stamina sapped away from him as his soul get beaten up.

He'll see Azura's face whenever she attacks - cold and completly devoid of emotion one instant, torn into a maddened grin the next.

And there's that damn everytime she swing her naginata. Unless Mark visibly flinch, or otherwise slow down. At which point, Azura becomes visible, hunched over a little, left shoulder facing Mark with her naginata on her right hand, blade pointed towards the ground. you weren't with corrin and beruka - that means you aren't trying to steal him from me Her voice is very measured, almost melodic, but her face is contorted into a wrathful grimace, veins encircling her yellow eyes.

She lurch forward, now slower (but still fast) but with much greater strength behind her hit. And if Mark is hit, black sparks with red edges will fly out of the point of impact as Azura try to shoulder-bash him with extreme force right into the stomach.

   BLACK FLASH   

   B   

   L   

   A   

   C   

   K   

   F   

   L   

   A   

   S   

   H   

Corrin is mine. If Mark is hit, the attack will be strong enough to punch a hole through the wall leading outside, stones being violently flung out as an opening is forced open into the side of the tower. This could result in him being thrown into the abyss below - unless he does something to get back into the fight in time.

Azura speeds out of the room she was in to go up directly to Nina and Sawdust, attempting to use her free hand to grab the latter by the head and swing her overhead. She then try to smack her Sawdust to send her flying into nearby furniture, causing it to explode into a million little wooden pieces. And Azura try doing the same to Nina's face by slamming her into the nearest wall.

you are all great warriors - you will live quickly and with dignity she says, a coy smile on her lips as she try to let go of Nina by flicking her over her shoulder, turning to stare at the rest of the group. She spins her naginata, using naught but her index and middle finger to make the weapon rotate a few more times, taking calm strides towards Gunter.

With every step, she whistle and stop, before taking another calm step forward. Her face goes back to being completly plain. But her eyes move in their socket, very precisely looking at everyone facing her. And then she turns her head to Kaa, the young woman rushing towards Azura with her sword drawn. Azura's stern façade crumble into a wrathful glare at her approach.

You. She hisses.

Leave my parents alone!

Astral Sea

No no no no no no In the chaotic landscape all around him, Corrin make his way to Azura, smoke-like blood escaping from the wound on her chest as he try to catch her.

Not you! Anyone but you! Please! Not you!

Meanwhile, back on The Arena, the scene splitting has "forced" Mahito and Kenjaku to watch the ensuing events on multiple different screens, both giggling like schoolgirls before the ensuing developments. Sukuna is in the background, watching but not partaking. Truth to be told, watching Jeridan's defiance has made him want to see if that confidence was warranted.

That, and he had time to plot what he meant to do. With his new ability to travel the worlds, it'd be easy for him to get to that place.

Still, seeing Beruka get stabbed, he can't help but chuckle a little. So much for uplifting the cattle.

How can he scream like that?! "Beruukkkaaa!" And here I thought Itadori was the noisest person I'd met in my life! Mahito laughs, well-recovered from his harrowing experience at the Church. It only took seeing other people be miserable.

As for Kenjaku, while he giggles, his interest is more academic. It's a bit of a plot hole to the story that Kenjaku and Azura don't bring Garon, Balthazar or undead soldiers, I'll admit. But it make the misery easier to see, don't you agree? Plus, we can't be stacking the odds against them too much. Or else, where's the point?

   You're just an awful storyteller, Kenjaku. Don't try to make excuses,    Sukuna yawns, as if trying to hide his earlier amusement. He then checks his nails, glancing at the screens only with his smaller eyes.    The actors are really carrying the lousy script you've got going.   

Edited by Bolded1 on May 24th 2024 at 12:59:19 PM

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RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#387156: May 24th 2024 at 11:32:36 AM

Ashes of Nohr

Guard Duty

"Oh, sonofa-"

Milin dashes to the side in a burst of speed, dodging the initial slam before focusing her mind.

Come on!

Milin envelops her body in a shimmering telekinetic barrier- one strong enough to resist even nuclear explosions. The clash between it and the hammer makes a resounding CLANG ring out, breaking the ground underneath Milin and making her drop down to the level below. Ketheric is already on her again.

I can't keep buffing you guys when he's focusing on me like this- I'm sorry!

Millin's Network Effect is no longer in effect.

Instead, Milin starts to enhance herself- burning through her bionic energy to buff herself. Just as Ketheric is about to hammer her in again, she swings upwards with her gauntleted fist, enhancing her strength and speed through means both psionic and technological. Her muscles hiss with hydraulic power as she does.

"Bring it on, you undying corpse. I just need to hold you off long enough."

Milin is shimmering with psionic energy...

3/3 turns of bionic power left.

Prison

"Oh, godsdammit."

Pyre gets into a fighting stance before clasping her hands together.

"By the Moonmaiden's guiding light, we shall prevail!"

A wave of healing light pours out from Pyre, moderately healing everyone close enough to her. Next turn, this healing will proc again with the same strength.

Pyre doesn't have her sword back yet, but she has her claws. They burst into flame as she takes a fighting stance once more, rushing forth at some of the oncoming nurses and slashing with a seemingly reckless abandon- though she's ready to leap right back at a moment's notice.

"BRING IT ON!!"

Edited by RainbyPlays on May 24th 2024 at 2:40:28 PM

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Ashes of Nohr

Moonrise Crypt, Hallway

Hearing the commotion upstairs as well as Gunter yelling somebody's name through the psychic link he established, Jeridan immediately transformed back into a wolf and ran like he never ran before in order to get upstairs. However, with the old man trying to coordinate a battle, the Summoner is on his own, forcing him to have to find a shortcut toward the upper floors himself as soon as possible.

Instead of tracking their scent, however, he ran straight towards the end of the hallway as fast as he could. "MAVERICK!" Crying out what seems to be a name, Jeridan called upon a futuristic white hotel door before him, where a massive mechanical fist reached through and slammed into the nearest wall before both objects de-manifested, leaving him with a hole in the crypt where cold wind blew through and pelted his cobalt fur.

With a display of amazing agility and speed, the Summoner followed the sound of battle by quickly but steadily scaling the walls as soon as he climbed outside, burying his sharp claws into the magic-protected stone with every step. As much as he wants to speed up, he's unable to do so when climbing a wall in this manner is already difficult, requiring him to neither dig too deep nor too shallow, lest he wants to slip and fall.

Moonrise Crypt, New HQ - GUARD DUTY

Meanwhile, Charlian is not remotely prepared to deal with what happened next. So far, the Necromites and the Demented Spirits have been opponents they're able to take down relatively easily, and they were able to fend off Garon and regroup in a new HQ. The attacks launched by Ketheric, Morgan, and Azura is akin to being ambushed by three opponents that are stronger than even the spider that crushed their resistance earlier, and the situation just took a turn for the far, far worse.

I CAN TELL, GUNTER! The young man cursed in his head as he involuntarily froze in his position and watched the scene unfold: Morgan suplexing Leonidas into a spike trap and Beruka is stabbed through the chest and dragged off into the Astral Sea and Corrin is screaming and he's gone and Azura is ATTACKING MARK and Beruka is DYING and everything is GOING TO HELL and there is NOTHING HE CAN DO-

"GOD-" The Replicator bolted into action, activated his boosters, and rushed right at Azura with speed that he, with his current height and weight, shouldn't possess. "FUCKING-" He screamed nearly incoherently as he immediately sped right up to Azura as she's confronting Kaa, taking advantage of her confident and flighty attitude momentarily cracking upon seeing the daughter of Corrin.

"DAAAAAMN IIIIIT AAAAALL!"

(Dark Knight - SRW OGs)

Without a single ounce of hesitation, Charlian immediately fired a Seiryurin, a surge of energy that streaked right at Azura, not even bothering to call out its name. It's fired with a single hand and wasn't even properly charged, greatly reducing its effectiveness and slightly shortening its reach, making it look like an attack that's haphazardly thrown due to anger overwhelming his senses.

However, it's not intended to hit. Its true purpose is to get her to move away from her spot and allow him to catch her mid-movement. Extending two blades from his elbows, the Replicator charged right at the blue-haired Demented Spirit with even greater speed, before his movement suddenly blurred into a series of afterimages. Then, he dashed at her from a multitude of directions and slashing her with his elbow blades, with each slash having the intent to kill.

Soulgain's Mai Suzaku technique typically involves one final slash, but Charlian isn't going to bother with that because Azura will absolutely have the speed to dodge that one, so he's going to cut her down to size with a multitude of attacks from many different directions instead. While he's finally pushed past his tipping point, the Replicator is still practical, which is why he won't bother with theatrics this time around, as well as why as much as he wants to help Corrin right now and replicate something to heal Beruka, he is very aware that one less fighter in the room is exactly what this fearsome trio wants.

"LEONIDAS! Keep that little piece of shit Morgan occupied!" Charlian called out to the Spartan warrior without even glancing at him as he continued his assault on Azura, and he's not going to stop until he see her limbs severed from her shoulders and hips and her bones exposed to the acrid air of this god damned crypt.

Normally, he wouldn't lose his composure and temper so easily, but being overwhelmed out of absolutely nowhere by three of the strongest enemies in the Moonrise Crypt and seeing Beruka stabbed through her chest is the biggest blow against the dam that held back his more explosive emotions, creating a massive rupture where his anxiety and anger leaked through like a violent flood.


Charlian

Soulgain (Aspect Replication)

  • Height: 4.57 meters
  • Weight: 14.27 metric tons
  • Weapons: Seiryurin, Byakko-Ko, Genbu Kongou-dan, Mai Suzaku, Kirin

Buff(s):

  • N/A

Acquired Weapon(s):

  • Leviathan Axe

Jeridan

Activated E.G.O:

  • Cerulean Moon - The Volition to Choose Your Own Path
  • Alfar Woodland - The Rationality to Differentiate Blessing and Curse: Nature's Blessing

Edited by cyzja922 on May 24th 2024 at 12:39:39 PM

shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#387158: May 24th 2024 at 12:44:14 PM

Baritone Bar

The bar is reasonably fancy inside, the decor and music making for a comfy atmosphere. Despite that, the staff and some of the customers seem antsy. An Omnicon Mini-Con gives the two the stinkeye as they enter but goes back to his purple drink while two Sniper Joes are enjoying Energy Tanks at another table. The more nervous looking staff and clientele are the ones near the bar, a few B1 Battle Droids (don't ask how they're going to consume anything) at a table glancing at it.

At said bar is the bartender of course. A reploid with a body colored and designed like he's wearing a tuxedo. He's currently nervously pouring a purple drink like the Omnicon's into a fancy whiskey glass for an intimidating blue reploid.

Despite the obvious stress he's causing by his presence, the blue reploid casually inspects his drink. He only briefly spares a glance to the doorway when he hears it open.


Mission: Pursue the Giant Monster

Desghidorah sort of just ignores Albaz' attack in favor of the more pressing danger. The other heads blast Godzilla several times with their charged up Pyroclastic Shots to try and force him off.


Ashes of Nohr - Jailbreak

Rumia is a bit annoyed her cool jail breaking method is ruined by Pyra and huffs, pulling out the clackers to idly play with them to deal with her frustration. Jojo might notice their familiar design. Rumia is thinking who to free next and how only to get the communique from Gunter.

Well. That Ketheric guy breaking in can't be good. But right now they have more pressing problems as she starts charging up a big blast attack.

   "Can somebody help me bring down one of the doorways?"    she asks, being smart enough for a change to figure she can't blast the ceiling in them down by herself with just one shot.

> Choso help please.

Edited by shroobot3000 on May 24th 2024 at 11:15:21 AM

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#387159: May 24th 2024 at 1:20:51 PM

Mission: Pursue the Giant Monster

The boy is still observing, no longer worried since they'd moved back to a safe distance... hopefully.

To be honest, he's starting to feel less sure again that they're far away enough.

"... Target's radioactive power output continues to exceed expected parameters. Adjust minimum safe distance accordingly."


Baritone Bar

Little do any of them know that the bar is currently being watched by a certain moustached professor. From afar, of course, he's not stupid enough to do there personally.

Why would Eggman Nega be watching? Well, because that blue reploid looks a lot like a robot described by Dr. Wily, and it had piqued his curiosity. Plus, he figures that this so-called 'Mega Man X' would be showing up in response to this at some point, and he'd like to have a little bit of extra intel against a (to him) mysterious enemy.


VS Strange Supreme

Strange Supreme waves a hand to send his redirected flames flying away to the sides. His eyes and mouth start to glow in preparation, but then Wanda unleashes another massive Chaos Magic wave, stunning him for a moment and allowing for her to give him quite the explosive hand, sending him flying into a nearby island.

-

The cloak suddenly swerves to avoid Pietro's attack. Yeah, Pietro may not know it, but this cloak, just like the original one, is a living, conscious entity, and as such it can react to incoming attacks.

The cloak turns and suddenly charges at Pietro, seemingly not afraid in the slightest. However, it's suddenly held in place by Billy's telekinesis, who had done some quick thinking after Pietro got it to stop following him.

"Uncle P, you should attack it, but don't destroy it. 'Cause it'll probably go back to that creepy guy and lead us to Mom that way!", he says to Pietro.

-

... well, what else is he gonna do? Just sit here? No, not when his family's in danger.

Tommy takes a deep breath, starts running in circles to build up speed, and then-

Then he gets to experience his own Dash moment as he succeeds in running across the water. At first he's surprised, then he grins with excitement as he speeds off in search of the others.

And who happens to see him doing so but Ken in the distance. The boy stares in stunned shock at what he's seeing. Tommy can run across water!?

"... I'm taking the longest nap of my life after all of this is over.", he says as he starts heading in the direction of where he sees Tommy running towards.


Ashes of Nohr

PRISON, SECOND FLOOR

Vladek and both knights don't really comment on the looming conflict (courtesy of Shadowheart), but are startled when they hear yet someone else's thoughts. For a power they had never considered existing before arriving here, they're sure running into a lot of people who can use it.

Anyhow, now Vladek speaks up.

   "I agree with Gunter. We came here to save the prisoners. It doesn't matter who they are or where they come from, as long as they are loyal during this battle."   

Huh, is that the first time Vladek has actually called Gunter by his name out loud? Regardless, if nobody else moves to help Atsuya out of his cage, Vladek will do it himself; by slashing the door in half with his blade, to be precise.

   "There is no time for personal arguments as long as we are in enemy territory."   , he reiterates.

The other prisoners start to gather too. Vladek, Karzon and Dracus all wear heavy armor, they're not going to be of much use in helping out prisoners kept partly submerged in water.

Though then the screeches of the Nurses echo. Now that is something they can help with.

   "I'll slow those freaks down with traps. It will buy you all time to get everyone ready."   , Karzon says.

Karzon quickly puts together a wall-spike trap and attaches them to the entrance. The first few Nurses that come through will have to deal with spikes shooting out at them from the sides, aiming to impale them, after which they'll break off.

Vladek groans. He'd change his mind and bring his Shadow Knights here, but there is far too little room to make use of them-

Then Gunter's panicked message comes through, and... well, it's a good thing there's no room here for the Shadow Knights.

Because it sounds like they're gonna be needed up there with the other group.

   "This is a seriously bad situation..."   

HQ

The spell Vladek left behind activates, summoning Shadow Knights in response to the incoming threat. The Shadow Knights appear, creating a protective formation in front of Gunter. Some of them stay in that formation while others charge at Ketheric. They, uh... may not actually be aware that Ketheric is immortal.

They meant to also try to protect Corrin and Beruka, but... well, as we can all see, they weren't spawned fast enough to make a difference.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
TheTropingAlliancer Kheshig, the Nonsense Man from Inside a PriPara (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Raising My Lily Rank With You
Kheshig, the Nonsense Man
#387160: May 24th 2024 at 1:22:53 PM

Interactions of Nohr

Save

  • > Ashes of Nohr - Prison Break
  • Band Practise

Joseph's remark, while a bit insensitive, just elicits a "...what?" expression out of "Pyra". Zuko's question is the one that briefly concerns "Pyra", not sure which of their two aliases to introduce themselves as.

Well, they DID use both introducing themselves at school...

|You|

"Ah. M-my name is Clover Si but y-you can just call me "Pyra"..."

Hearing the Nurses screeching and noticing the Squad signalling them about the upcoming swarm, "Pyra" suddenly kicks into "Combat.exe", being ready for the swarm of foes about to rush them.

However, the inmates also need healing. They can't just be left alone in an injured state when there are enemies about to rush them and make these injuries worse.

"Pyra" checks the Typhoon to see if there's any form of healing with them. Ah! The 3 Concoctions that was in their FE Mode inventory!

The confidence boost when shifting into gear means "Pyra" stutters less when announcing the following.

|You|

"I have some healing potions that says "Concoction" with me here, though I am not too sure how to use them. Does anyone in here know how to use a Concoction?"

Well, their only experience with healing items is using a hard drive on themselves on the Metro...

Wait, there's a label on the bottle.

[Usage instruction: Administered orally.]

Ah well.

"Pyra" carefully hands the Concoctions to Zuko, who is both close enough and probably needs them the most right now.

Meanwhile, the Squad draws their weapons ready for combat, Ui turns on a Combat UI for "Pyra" and Ravenos readies themselves to scan the arena.

"Pyra" will also have to stance up, pulling the Hammer out of the storage compartment as well. Hammer in their main hand ready for experimentation (hey, it's always good to find different methods in combat to work around enemy counters) and Deckskeeper secure on their left hand, "Pyra" saves twice and prepares themselves as Nothing to Lose starts playing in their head as the battle theme.

Du-Du-Wa-Do-It, Arena Katsudou
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#387161: May 24th 2024 at 2:44:54 PM

The temple was dilapidated; ruined beyond repair. A lone pebble rained down from the crumbling walls and settled amongst the grass. A lone rabbit hopped across the old hall, weaving in and out of shadows cast by what little remained of the roof. Its sole observer sat upon an ancient tomb, half-claimed by the earth, beneath the towering facade of some nameless king, long-forgotten by his subjects. 

The Gray Man seemed almost a statue himself as he rested there, elbows on his knees and fingers met in the middle. Any onlooker might’ve even mistaken him for one, had his eyes not moved to trace the hare’s every hop. The rabbit wandered near to him, grazing amidst the weeds growing at his foot. He slowly reached down, and the rabbit froze suddenly with fear. The man of stone’s cold fingers brushed gently against the hare’s back. It bolted suddenly, disappearing in the blink of an eye. The Gray Man saw it scuttling to safety through a crack in the walls, turning once safely settled within and peeking out from the dark. He sighed.

   ”I don’t blame him.”    Kain loudly announced his presence as he strolled into the church, arms spread wide.    ”I’d be scared of you and your ugly mug, too.”    

The Gray Man glared at his accomplice; it was as though he could actually feel the peace leaving the moment Kain walked into the room.    ”Cardell?”   

   ”Every bit as tough as you told me, and faster, too! Even I couldn’t keep up, at times!”   

   ”Dead?”    

   ”Of course not! Come on, what kinda friend do you take me for?”   

   ”I don’t take you for a friend at all.”    He answered plainly, with a snarl. He was glad, at least, that Kain hadn’t killed Cardell; though he couldn’t help but wonder whether it was because he knew that ‘’he’’ wanted to be the one to end the human’s life, or because he simply couldn’t. The Gray Man suspected the latter.    ”And your…minion?   

   purple:”Got his shit kicked in by the girl and a bunch of other assholes who showed up to help her.”   ]] Kain shrugged, then grinned. He held out his hand to reveal the tiny piece of flesh he had taken from what little remained of his goon’s corpse.    ”But he’ll get better!”   

The Gray Man grunted his indifference. Kain’s eyes wandered to the rabbit staring at the two, and clapped his hands together with a excited smile. The hare’s head exploded into a rain of gore and violence; a crimson broth mixed with fragments of bone and ran across the dirt, as the headless rabbit’s legs spasmed once or twice in a post-mortem effort to escape the death that had already befallen it, before going still. The Gray Man leapt to his feet suddenly and stormed towards Kain, rage writ upon his stone face as he yelled:

   ”Why did you do that! Wretched little creature, why! What do you gain from your cruelty!   

Kain stumbled backwards, as though genuinely surprised, before the shock in his expression was replaced with a smug malice.    ”I don’t know. He was looking at me funny. Didn’t think you’d care so much about a stupid little rat.”    

By this point the Gray Man already stood, looming tall over the Vampyr, with his thick hands entwined around Kain’s velvet neck. The golem seethed silently, before deciding that it wasn’t worth the energy to kill a man who would simply return a moment later anyways. He huffed and shoved his hands off Kain, sending the wretched thing staggering back a few feet. 

Kain rubbed his neck, an act meant more for show than anything, as he spoke again.    ”Now, are you gonna keep bitching about this rat I killed, or can we talk?   

   ”Speak your questions and speak them fast, bloodsucker. I will not suffer your presence any longer than I must.”   

Better than a countdown to kill me, at least.    purple:”For starters…what did you actually take from that place? I saw weapons lining the walls that would make any warrior orgasm. God-slaying armaments, ancient tools of destruction, the McGuffin of any Indiana Jones movie…but you took, what, a doll? Oh, please don’t tell me it was sentimental. If I have to hear one more diatribe about your stupid dead daughter…”   ]]

The Gray Man could pardon Kain’s insolence no longer, and swung a heavy fist at him, smashing his head off his shoulders instantly and decorating the left wall with his brains. Before the body even hit the ground he heard Kain’s voice again, sitting on the tomb behind him with legs crossed and his hand resting again his chin, bored.    ”You know, someday you’ll kiss me instead of killing me.”   

   ”Quiet, creature.”    Gray Man sighed and  glanced at his hand, bloody with Kain’s head. He unfurled the fingers to reveal a clay effigy, carved in the shape of a withered and burnt human, curled up in the fetal position.    ”This is what I came for. The Idol of St. Lucia.”   

Kain’s eyes widened, and a genuinely excited expression crossed his face.    ”Wait, like, the Saint Lucia? The worldbreaker? Brainfucker? Lucy-In-The-Sky-With-Diamonds? And you’re going to free her? Hahaha! She’s almost as crazy as me!   

   ”And hopefully not nearly as talkative.”   

   ”I thought those Children of Man goons had her locked away somewhere?”   

   ”They do. But with this…we shall find her, and free her.”   

   ”And when she’s freed…”    Kain’s voice was giddy with excitement, though the Gray Man remained stoic as ever. But even he allowed himself the faintest smirk.

   ”The Children shall burn.”   

With great power…you know the rest.
josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#387162: May 24th 2024 at 4:02:10 PM

Ecclesia - Vs. Ketheric Thorm

In an instant, Ecclesia tries blasting the furious undead baddie with holy magic balls from her hands. Good will triumph over evil today!

Albaz - Vs. Desghidorah

Now that Desghidorah is completely busy with Godzilla, Albaz changes back to his human form and looks around for any survivors. After all, collateral damage happens in a kaiju fight and poor civilians might be in the line of fire.

KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#387163: May 24th 2024 at 4:13:58 PM

Baritone Bar

"Katie. Robot designed to kill people. Don't point a weapon at me and we'll get along just fine."

Katie walks in and orders a club sandwich—which might be weird since she has some visible robotic aspects. She deliberately acts indifferent to the obviously tense situation, while also occasionally glancing at the big scary blue guy, frequently enough for him to notice.


Ashes of Nohr

Guard Duty

KSSHEEEEN

Thel 'Vadam readies the Prophets' Bane. He doesn't have a complete grasp on any of what's happening, but...

Azura has just made herself look the fastest, deadliest, and most unnerving. So that's his target.

He dashes in at top speed, performing a twisting leap for a falling diagonal slash with his energy sword as he gets close. Upon landing, he quickly swipes the blade of plasma upward.

Prison

Link scoffs as Omeluum gets shown up, his estimation quickly proven wrong.

  • I'm Link.

Cue Shadowheart. Link reaches out with the Master Sword, its light reacting to the presence of evil. Right now, it's about half-lit—both Shadowheart and Omeluum are morally gray, but not completely wicked.

Of course, neither of them automatically know that's what it means, but it does incentivize Link to equip a Royal Shield to his sword arm in addition to his usual Hylian Shield and stand in between them, holding up one shield in each direction to get the message across that neither of them ought to fight the other.

  • Truce, pretty please?
  • I think you two have a common enemy.

Edited by KiriK on May 24th 2024 at 9:12:19 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#387164: May 24th 2024 at 5:50:16 PM

With the element of surprise no longer on their party's side, Red Hood removes the silencer from his pistol before tossing the weapon to Joseph. He had a whole armory in his basement, after all; replacing that gun would be easy once he got home. Besides, Joseph would need all the weapons he could get.

"Crap. So much this being a stealth mission. Alright, look sharp! We probably won't have long before those undead things storm this cellblock. Stand your ground and get ready to put their rotting asses back in the dirt!"

After his brief speech, he decides to give Rumia a hand by hurling a grenade at the ceiling of whichever doorway she was targeting.

Vi, remembering that Salazar had a key, taps him on the shoulder and points her thumb at Kusakabe's cell.

"As long as he pulls his weight, I think we'll all get along just fine," she says, hoping Kusakabe wasn't the type to chicken out when push came to shove.

While Salazar is presumably freeing Kusakabe, she makes her way to the first floor and tears the door to the nearest cell right off its hinges, then uses it to barricade one of the entryways. Hopefully, that would buy them at least some time.

As the Zaunite brawler puts her gauntleted fists up, Jason leaps down to the first floor, his All-Blades at the ready as the pair stand back-to-back in preparation for the battle to come.

"These better be the only things my guns'll need magic bullets to be useful against."

"You've still got bombs, right? Might be hard for them to just get back up if you blow them to pieces."

Then Gunter's message about Ketheric and his lieutenants attacking the group standing guard reaches them.

"There's no way we're getting back there in time... Sarge, you and the others better give them hell."

"Maybe I should've stayed with the kid..."

-

Bucky immediately trains his rifle on Morgan and opens fire, only to be grabbed by a tree branch and slammed against a wall three times.

"Argh... he's not an annoying little hellspawn at all."

Once he's climbed back to his feet, he grabs the Dragonslayer and pulls it from the floor, then tosses the giant sword over to Leonidas for him to use. Returning his focus to Morgan, he fires his rifle's grenade launcher attachment at the ceiling above Morgan's head, planning to bury him beneath a pile of rubble.


Not wanting to give Strange Supreme an inch now that she seemingly had him on the ropes, Wanda raises her hands above her head and begins gathering Chaos Magic until she's holding a massive ball of scarlet energy akin to a Spirit Bomb. After further boosting it with the Darkhold's power, she lobs it straight towards the island Strange Supreme had crashed upon.

-

   "Good idea, Billy! No wonder you catch onto your mom's lessons so quick!"   

Pietro proceeds to swing a Chaos Warhammer at the Cloak of Levitation. Afterwards, he takes a moment to tousle his nephew's hair.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on May 24th 2024 at 7:04:27 AM

Hotpizza (Searching for Spock)
#387165: May 24th 2024 at 7:26:49 PM

Baritone Bar

Anyone else would be intimidated by someone describing themself as a killer robot, but somehow, Tayden isn't. Overconfident much?

"My love interest is a xenophobe. We'll get along fine."

Turns out, the bar is currently full of mechanoids and tension. Back in the setting Tayden's from, whenever she gets into such a situation, an exciting story is sure to follow. Perhaps it'll be similar here?

Huh, Katie shares her (over)confidence. Might as well take it in stride.

"A mug of the purple Energon, please," Tayden says after analyzing a menu on the wall. What are you doing, you aren't even a mechanoid! To make things worse, she cranks her head to face the blue reploid and remarks,

"Nice fashion. Especially the head."

Edited by Hotpizza on May 25th 2024 at 1:46:25 AM

BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#387166: May 24th 2024 at 9:35:31 PM

Ashes of Nohr

Prison Break

Um, sure, if you say it.

Cardboard switches places with Yazy.

As the rescuees present themselves, Cardboard lets the weapons she took in the floor.

I've got some weapons for you. Dunno whose is for who, but probably would serve for something.

She overhears the trouble at hand: they have to release various prisoneers at a time, but they have only one key. Maybe the orb would serve of something...

Excuse me, do somebody of you know something about telekinesis? If yes, I have to lean you a Dragon Scale. I have an idea.


Guard Duty

Sawdust's antenna warns her about the incoming Azura's attack... But her reaction was too slow for her: she got grabbed and flung against the furniture, leaving a cloud of... well, sawdust.

And then, Nina attempted to counterattack, but her face got smacked against the wall. When Azura released her, she fell limpliy on the floor.

Behind the sawdust cloud, Sawdust is there. Her suit, made of PET bottles filled with air or water, managed to protect her from further damages: only the bottles were compressed.

LEAVE MY NEW FRIEND!

With a huge impulse of pressured water, Sawdust got flung towards Azura, and she attempts a cross-slash with her scimitars.

...

Meanwhile, Rosita and Bombuccia were preparing the Dry Ice Cannon.

Darling, I need you to aim-

MESS OUT WITH SOMEBODY YOUR SIZE!

...But Loinball ran impulsively towards Azura, in a fit of rage after seeing her attack two literal children, and attempts to smash her skull with his mace, imbued with Radiant magic.

...

Back with the prison team...

...!

Cardboard felt a sudden shudder.

Are you OK?

I felt a shudder on my skin... I have the feeling my sister is in danger.

I'm pretty sure she is fine. Don't worry!

...You are probably right. Thanks, Zamba.

After he said this, Zamba thinks:

I wonder if Nina is alright...

Three freaking ghosts!
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#387167: May 24th 2024 at 11:55:09 PM

SHADOWTREES ->

They awoke early, and were soon on the move once more.

The natural towers stood tall and proud all around them; with so many hands on deck, packing up camp at least wasn’t too great of a hassle. All that could be taken with them—such as the food Alice had caught for the group—was carried along, and all that couldn't was destroyed to leave no trace of their presence.

The day’s journey was arduous and slow goings. They made efforts to stay off the main road and instead navigating their way south through the Shadowtrees with various minor pathways, leading them by minor streams that ran downhill. At some point the trail they were following even cut through a village, or what remained of it.

Charred, blackened, and burnt. Heaps of dark and smoking piles where once were homes. The village was utterly devoid of life. Ladwin pointed out a collapsed sign that read "Halfmark".

"Name of the town. At least, it was." It was undoubtable that this was the work of the Dark Lord’s agents. The destruction was recent, perhaps even as recent as a mere few hours old. The knight could find no bodies nor hint of corpses. He didn’t know if that was a good or bad thing.

"Means we’re halfway out, at least. Once we exit the Shadowtrees, we’ll find ourselves on the Crown Plains, and from there we can make a straight shot for Ybicche; only a couple hours, as the bird flies."

With great power…you know the rest.
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#387168: May 25th 2024 at 2:45:56 AM

Baritone Bar

The bartender nervously glances at the blue reploid who simply gives a small nod. Relieved to have a distraction, he rings up Katie's order then stops to give Tayden a weird look. Mostly because Energon is very much not a thing that mixes well with organics but figures they must be a cyborg or something to be ordering from the "Mechanoids" section.

If the blue reploid hadn't noticed Katie's glancing then Tayden plain talking to him gets his attention for sure.

"Hmph. I'd say I'm flattered if I actually cared about the opinions of some random fleshbag." he replies, turning his head to face her and revealing he has one visible optic under his "helmet". How very polite of him. "Though I'm curious what brings you two ladies here of all places. And ordering things you probably can't digest."

He's mostly looking at Tayden as he says that last bit. Is she stupid? Though seeing her get nasty food poisoning would be funny.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Hotpizza (Searching for Spock)
#387169: May 25th 2024 at 3:32:57 AM

DNC Travel

The people may find that logistical and similar issues were strangely lessened. Waking up completely refreshed, packing up the camp was unusually easy compared to similar activities they may have done in the past, even Alice's grilled fish was devoid of tiny bones one could choke on. In general, all the small things just went smoothly.

Sadly, the same could not be said of the journey they had to embark on. Taye helped out however she could - first with the packing of the camp, then with looking over the survivors as they made their way through the Shadowtrees. If an elderly person almost tripped, she caught their fall. If a child was distracted and went off-track, Taye brought them back. She even picked up a smooth pebble from one of the streams and pocketed it. Streams are calming and nice, at least.

Burnt villages, not so much. Still, Taye decided to consider the 'clean' destruction of Halfmark a 'good' thing, by some stretch of the word "good". If the attack was inevitable, it was fortunate they arrived long after it was done, and not just before it. Or in the middle of the attack.

She casually looked around what little remained of the village, and quickly surmised there were neither survivors nor items that weren't turned into ash. So she just nodded when Ladwin announced the next steps. "Will we be in danger upon the Crown Plains?"

Come to think of it, there was a decidedly less important question hanging around the back of her mind. Still, as good a time to ask it as any.

Taye approached Medicine. "Your girls, Su-san and Shanghai, if I may ask... Who and what are they, exactly...?"

shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#387170: May 25th 2024 at 5:10:50 AM

DNC

By the time they were leaving, Medicine had finished up with treating Grace and anyone else's injuries thankfully. The fallen princess still weighs on her mind a bit of course. Sure she's still not the biggest fan of humans but it's never good to fail a patient, even if there wasn't much more she could have done under the circumstances. She sighs as she holds Shanghai like a teddy bear as they walk.

Taye's question snaps her out of her musing.

"Eh? Su-san is part of me." Medicine huffs, Su-san floating next to her and mimicking her annoyed expression. "As for Shanghai. She's a doll like me. Except mo- M-Miss Alice made her for me."

She clears her throat while looking away from Taye after that near slip. Su-san again mimics her while Shanghai looks up curiously.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Hotpizza (Searching for Spock)
#387171: May 25th 2024 at 7:04:52 AM

DNC

Taye blinked at Medicine's response, for it caught her off-guard. So that time in the castle when Su-san waved at her... Or the moment in the Dancing Dragon when Su-san stopped Medicine from throwing Taye into danger... that means...?

"I... see, thank you."

It took a moment for Taye to realize Medicine must've meant an entirely different person who happened to be named Alice as well. Though Medicine may have a similar opinion of ginger Alice too.

Forcing herself to stop staring so hard, Taye directed her attention to Shanghai. She couldn't help but hold out her own hand towards the adorable doll, only to catch herself & pause midway.

"May I pat your head?" She turned her head to face Medicine. "May I pat her a bit?" Only if both of them grant permission, does she do that, running her fingers gently but firmly over Shanghai's hair.

Edited by Hotpizza on Jun 1st 2024 at 9:50:12 PM

BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#387172: May 25th 2024 at 8:16:35 AM

Tri-Partite Mall

Luna, Nina and Simón now exit from the skates store.

$500 for the cheapest pair of skates? That's a theft.

"Yeah..."

We should get a job to earn some money. In places like these there are lots of possibilities.

"Yeah. I just asked in the store, but they don't have vacancies..."

The three found a lone burger joint, located at an alley of the mall. It looks empty, as if they opened recently, but there are no workers...

But a single woman.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1716649654053.jpg

(Well, not exactly a woman, but imagine a genderbent version)

Oh, hello, and welcome to... Erm... "Wendy's"

Wow, I didn't knew Wendy's had a branch in the Arena.

*cough* Yeah, we have. My name is Wendy Papafrit and I'm the owner of this place. Lemme guess, you are looking for a job, amirite?

How do you know?

I overheard you! *cough* And looking at your skates, I'm guessing you are looking for a delivery job, amirite?

Well, yes, but-

You three are hired! We are lacking of personnel and I'm looking for youngsters like you. Today will be your first work day! And I want you to deliver those deals to those addresses.

Wendy hands a dozen of meal boxes and a listing to the three.

If you have experience with this, you'll have it easy. If not, just ask! Now, go and win those buns!

The trio leaves the store to start delivering those hamburguers.

Three freaking ghosts!
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#387173: May 25th 2024 at 9:00:58 AM

Joseph took the weapon from Red Hood with a grateful grin, observing it in his hands. He unloaded and reloaded the clip, before sliding the rick back and nodding approval. "Damn fine weapon."

Pucci, for his part, followed the others to the second floor. He said little to the freed prisoners, though it sounded as though Shadowheart recognized one or two. A Mind Flayer? That’s an awfully ominous name… But there was more pressing matters to concern himself with than mere names, for the screeching of villainy echoed all around them. More of the nurses were soon to approach, and they had only a few moments to prepare.

He heard Rumia’s call and turned to the sound of her voice. He strained his eyes just enough to make out the vague shape of a doorway, certainly the one the Yokai made reference to, and pointed a finger at it.

   "Whitesnake!"   

A pair of pale white arms materialized from the thin air, hovering just in front of the top of the doorframe as it threw a series of rapid punches at the stone to shatter and crumble the entryway, hopefully blocking it off from the nurses.

Joseph, for his part, heard Kusakabe’s offer. With his free…well, not hand, but pronged stump, he swiped the other katana from the mini-armory and tossed it in the trenchcoat-man’s direction, before gesturing to the exit not presumably collapsed on itself. "The second anything gets through there, cut its ass in half!"

D'Vorah screamed and hissed at the sudden attack; it was fortunate, at least, that she wasn’t one of the immediate targets. With free rein over which of the invaders she faced, the insect targeted Azura and descended from the dark corner at the Demented Spirit, aiming to rake her clawed left hand across the woman’s cheek and draw blood.

With great power…you know the rest.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#387174: May 25th 2024 at 9:01:23 AM

Baritone Bar

"This might sound weird to you, but I actually can digest human foods and can't digest fuel. Part of my internal processing."

Katie thinks for a moment. "Could give the Energon a try, though. Tayden, mind if I steal a sip?"

She takes said sip without waiting for an okay.

"As for why I picked this place, I was just hungry, and curious."
Her eyes narrow and lock on the Reploid. "About you, I mean."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#387175: May 25th 2024 at 9:08:07 AM

AoN

The way Mark immediately raises his arms to block with the Blades of Chaos makes it so Azura has a clean shot for him. She can probably notice that chains on Mark's arms are seemingly soul-bound, this doesn't really do anything at the moment but it does mean he can at least defend himself from soul-attacks if he blocks using those arms.

His tenacity and sheer willpower keep him from faltering but—

"GOD—"

It's only a band-aid fix against the stamina-sapping properties of Vallite and even then, Azura's raw momentum from that strike staggers him as he raises his arms wrapped in those said chains instead to block the Naginata. It doesn't do much aside from at least ensuring he isn't cleaved by the damn thing.

"Rest assured no fuckery is afoot my— FUCKING!"

That small brief dialogue prompts Mark to quickly pop the Bloodthirst Elixir to tr-

   BLACK FLASH   

"—DAMNIT"

Mark getting hit with the    BLACK FLASH    by Azura is probably karma for running his mouth earlier but there's other things to deal with. While his body is flying into the air he launches the blades of chaos to pull him back in so he isn't thrown into the fucking void over the consequences of his inactions.

"Now's a good time for your asspulls old man!" He isn't sure if Gunter will take heed but it's better to say something than nothing!

Even if a breather is necessary — he does look mildly beat up at this point and the fact he isn't taking one means he's extremely vulnerable if Azura goes for him again — he isn't going to take one as he completes popping the Elixir to pursue her and immediately engage with a chain-extended downward swing of both blades that he follows up with a violent flurry of long-range stabs and slashes.

real

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