Cave
Mewtwo nods, silently wishing Annihilape good luck.
"Now then... one other thing to do before that kid finds some help to take with us."
Mewtwo teleports away... leaving Mew and Giratina behind, the atmosphere somewhat comically awkward. The two look at each other and Giratina lets out a short snort... that apparently means sorry.
I think.
I don't know, I don't understand Pokéspeak.
—
In a different location, Team Rocket (including Wobbuffet
◊ is enjoying a good ramen meal, sitting on a large box. And given how little they have the chance to enjoy warm food, they're really savoring it.
"There's certainly no trouble.", Jessie chuckles before eating another bit.
"Make this taste bomb double.", James chuckles before doing the same.
"Corn don't mix with ramen do son't be so corny.", Meowth says, though he's really enjoying eating it just as much as they are, saying it more in jest with a chuckle of his own.
"Wobbu!", Wobbuffet says.
They continue to happily eat... until Mewtwo suddenly warps in, giving all four of them a serious fright before standing up, looking terrified and holding onto one another.
"M-M-MEWTWO!" "M-M-MEWTWO!" "M-M-MEWTWO!" "W-W-WOBBU!"
Mewtwo doesn't really care.
"Did you do what I asked of you?"
"Y-yes, Mewtwo, sir!"
"It took the boss some convincing, but..."
"We managed to trick 'im into giving us more glitch energy detectors."
Wobbuffet points at the box they were sitting on. Mewtwo upens it with telekinesis and sees that the detectors are indeed inside.
"Surprisingly, you've done well. Now, finish your meal and get ready. You are coming with me."
"W-where?"
"To the enemy's domain. A world full of living glitches."
"W-why do we have to come?"
Mewtwo's eyes glow eerily.
"Because this situation is your fault to begin with. Now eat!"
Nodding quickly while still terrified, they immediately return to eating with Mewtwo glaring over them intimidatingly.
"What a waste of a pleasant meal time, Meowth...", Meowth laments.
Metru Nui
Umbra closes his eyes, looking solemn.
"This is not one of those stories you like to read. It is happening to us in the present, and spells disaster for us all. Do not get lost in your fantasies."
... wow. So he can be serious after all.
Helryx approaches the front of the platform along with Axonn and Artakha. Matoro, Lesovikk and Umbra wait in the back. If Mata Nui tries to follow Helryx, Lesovikk will actually put his hand on his shoulder to motion for him not to. He shakes his head in a 'not yet' manner. Perhaps they think that the Matoran would not believe who he is given that their Great Spirit is deceased, and that making such a claim would only agitate them further.
Axonn strikes the floor with the underside of his axe, the resulting sound being loud enough to catch the attention of the Matoran down below, as well as the Vahki's, though one of them turns to look a little slower than the rest.
The Matoran mutter a bit more among each other, not really looking content or happy to see her. But Helryx ignores that for now.
"Matoran! It has come to my attention that you've grown restless. But I assure you, freedom is soon at hand."
...
They don't seem very convinced. Panic and terror has clearly settled in, and some important-sounding words clearly aren't going to be enough, not even if they come from a Toa. In fact...
"You said that last time!", a voice yells from the crowd.
"And the time before that!", another yells.
"We understand your worries, and a solution is being formed as we speak. I ask for a little bit more time."
"More time!? The walls won't hold for long!"
"We have a solution! Why hasn't Botar saved us yet?"
Axonn visibly flinches, though Helryx remains steadfast and unwavering.
"Botar is still in a serious state, but I promise you, he will be here soon enough. We are doing everything we can to-"
The Matoran start to get louder, clearly not believing her. Nevertheless, she is still unwavering.
"Please, calm down. Your safety is the Order's number one concern."
"Even if the walls hold we're still not safe! There are Makuta in your ranks!"
"And nobody knows where the Dark Hunters are! What if they're lurking in the city!?"
"The Makuta are under supervision, and the Dark Hunters are not located within the boundaries of Metru Nui."
"We have nobody to protect us if Toa Tuyet comes for us!"
That actually makes Helryx flinch. Why would they bring her up? She quickly tries to recover and clears her throat.
"Matoran, please. I'm not certain why you are afraid of that possibility. Toa Tuyet has been deceased for 2000 years."
"Toa Tuyet isn't dead!"
"She's not dead!"
Multiple of the Matoran start to shout that Tuyet is alive, which baffles the Order members, including Helryx. It's true that Tuyet is alive, but she's in the Arena and has no way of reaching this place. Why would they even think to assume she's alive? Is this some sort of mass hysteria effect? Are they growing paranoid and thinking up threats from the past returning to finish them off?
"Toa Tuyet cannot hurt you, nor can the Dark Hunters or the remaining Makuta!", Helryx declares.
The crowd dies down just a little... but then a single voice speaks out from within.
"The trees are easy to miss through the forest, especially when we are led to believe that the forest is safe. But you never know what lurks in the bushes, laying in wait for its prey."
Helryx, Axonn and Artakha look down. Somehow, the voice's presence had made it possible for them to spot who it belongs to from within this massive crowd. A small, fragile-looking Po-Matoran
◊, who now seems to have the attention from the other Matoran too.
"Who is that?", Artakha asks, intrigued. Axonn tilts his head in confusion.
"That is Velika, one of the members of the Resistance force on Voya Nui. One of the only six to escape the Piraka's brainwashing and fight back."
Upon hearing about Velika, Matoro starts to approach the front too. Lesovikk will no longer stop Mata Nui if he wants to do the same. While Umbra and Lesovikk will stay in the back, Vale is also allowed to approach if she so chooses.
"I am honored you remember me, great Axonn, warrior who stood alongside us when we needed help most.", Velika says. "Our worries of Toa Tuyet, they come from premonitions that could only have come from a greater force. The Great Spirit may be gone, but as one says, when one thinks they know who stands above all, they never stop to consider if the one above all also has a one above all."
"A premonition from someone greater than the Great Spirit? Impossible.", Helryx says.
"You denounce so easily. Do you know with certainty? Then why have thousands of us had this same premonition?"
"Thousands?"
"Yes, thousands."
The other Matoran start speaking up again.
"If so many of us saw them, they have to be true!"
"Turaga Vakama once has premonitions from the Great Spirit!"
"Toa Tuyet has to be alive!"
Helryx isn't really showing it, but she's starting to grow nervous. She is losing control of the situation to Velika, a Matoran of all things, and without Botar present she's not sure if she can convince them that everything will be fine.
Mega Pizzaplex
Speaking of Freddy, as the taxi driver is on the way to bring Eddie/Venom and Emma/Victoria to the Mega Pizzaplex, Freddy, the other Glamrocks, Gregory, Grape, Evan, Cassidy and Mike stand in front of the Pizzaplex. Mike in particular has quite the different look to him
◊, one he himself hasn't really gotten used to yet. So when he sees his reflection in a window he momentarily jumps, prompting a snicker from Cassidy.
"I don't see how this is so funny.", Mike groans.
"You jumping at your own reflection like a scared cat? How can that not be funny? Man, using some of my remnant powers to make you look normal was totally worth it. Now I'm glad you suck too much at being a ghost to do it yourself."
If Cassidy wasn't a child, as well as one of Evan's best friends, Mike would respond to her taunting with some very choice words. Alas, he has to bear the mockery.
It also helps that he's somewhat surprised Evan isn't joining in the mocking. He looks and notices him standing in front of the entrance, looking nervous. Glamrock Chica notices too and walks over to him.
"Are you alright? If you have second thoughts, be sure to say so."
Evan looks at her, though eventually shakes his head.
"I can do this. I'm not scared. Let's go.", he says, sounding a bit more resolved.
Gregory and Grape, meanwhile, both look anxious as well, both for very different reasons. This is Gregory's first return to the Mega Pizzaplex since what had happened to him, and as for Grape...
Well, only he and Glitchtrap really know what he experienced in this place back in his world. And speaking of Glitchtrap, he's oddly silent again. Though Grape kinda counts that as a blessing. The last thing he wants right now is to have that stupid rabbit laughing at him.
Glamrock Freddy puts his hands on both the Gregories' shoulders.
"Here we are. Are you both ready, superstars?"
The question comforts Gregory a bit, but to both his and Freddy's surprise, Grape responds by violently walking forward to get away from Freddy's hand while not looking in his direction. Gregory and Freddy look at each other in silent acknowledgement that they really have to ask what Grape's deal is at some point.
Sword Tournament
With Apothea having dispelled the incoming flames from Clone 2, all the two have to worry about currently is Apothea's final attack before her death and respawning. F!Shez switches to defending, using the boost from her Awakened state to parry her slashes. Some slashes still get through, and while F!Shez does get damaged by them, her Awakened state allows her to push through the damage and continue parrying until Apothea goes down.
Then, instantly, M!Shez turns to look at Clone 2 and exudes a yellow glow.
Dual Warrior Special!
" "Let's do this!"
F!Shez will start swinging her blades violently, sending powerful blades of energy at Clone 2 in a wide radius, making it much more likely for her to get hit. And if she gets hit even once, she will be stunlocked into getting hit by the entire attack.
And when I say the entire attack, I don't mean just F!Shez's.
F!Shez finishes off her part of the attack by jumping up and unleashing a massive cross-blade wave down at Clone 2, after which she suddenly switches positions with M!Shez.
"You got it, let's go!"
Directly after F!Shez's attack ends, M!Shez follows up with the exact same attack, unleashing powerful blades of energy in a wide radius to then end with the same jump into massive cross-blade wave.
This combo attack has massive power behind it thanks to them both contributing to it, enough to potentially take Clone 2 out. If so, the point would go to M!Shez, because while F!Shez attacked first, M!Shez is the one who activated the Dual Warrior Special.
...
Well, at least now she can't complain about being ignored anymore, right?
Edited by DevilPsyco on Aug 22nd 2024 at 8:39:01 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Taxi
"She'd wish it was you instead of me."
Emma half-smiles.
"I've met him, too. Long story."
And the taxi arrives at the Pizzaplex, touching down outside it.
—
Pizzaplex
Charlie spends the duration of the conversation silently yet visibly disapproving of Cassidy's trolling.
Cassie, meanwhile, takes a deep breath. "I know it's fully intact, and that you guys are friendly, but...the last time I was here, the place was burned down and you were trying to kill me. So I can't lie, I'm scared to go back in."
Charlie puts a comforting hand on Cassie's shoulder.
High Hrothgar
"Really?"
Ventus sidesteps around to Ben's side. Now they can finally see each other.
"Aqua!" he gasps excitedly.
"Ven!"
Metru Nui
Mata Nui raises his hand and releases a wave of energy that ripples through the crowd. It's harmless, but very attention-grabbing.
"Matoran of Metru Nui. My children. My keepers. I am the Mata Nui of another world. I believe you deserve to know the truth."
He turns to Helryx.
"And you, faithful Toa. The universe does not begin and end with me, for I, too, was created by another. The Great Beings built me and other such worlds. The Matoran were created first, and my body was made to be your home and purpose. Thus I agree, it is not right that you should die with it."
He gives Velika a knowing look as the Mask of Light glows.
"As for Toa Tuyet, she lives by my mercy, and I can rescind that mercy whenever I wish."
A diminutive creature has followed the Order back home. Taking the form of a golden metal spider, it watches from the side of a building, whispering to itself.
"Tensions are quite high indeed. It certainly doesn't look good for the Order of the Dead Spirit."
Pokémon World
Zenigata doesn't catch that.
"Uh, what'd she say?"
"Just not to do that again."
Lupin watches the tussle with the Houndour before turning to Zenigata.
"So why the change in attitude?"
"Well, y'see, turns out Rabrights are federally protected..."
"Ee-yikes!"
After that little exchange, Lupin addresses Pati.
"Back in the Arena, she found her way to a city that was going through a drought. I helped take care of her and fix the drought, and Pops here got in the way as usual."
Zenigata is practically steaming with embarrassment.
Edited by KiriK on Aug 22nd 2024 at 3:35:47 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Metru Nui
Cue surprise from the Order members, especially Helryx. Both because of Mata Nui stepping up and taking charge of the situation and because of what he said.
Mata Nui's claims seem to shock the Matoran, and while a lot of them still sound unsure they also sound a lot less hostile. Even Velika seems shocked. Clearly he didn't expect a turn of this kind.
Eventually a voice speaks from down below.
"How do we know he speaks the truth?"
"... he speaks true."
The Matoran practically all turn to look at Velika. Both because of what he said, and because of how he said it. Velika is the type of Matoran to say what he wants to say with twenty words if it can be easily summed up by only three. For him to speak so shortly is somewhat shocking.
"The mask he wears is the very mask that once laid dormant within the volcano. The mask that was lost and caused the demise of our Great Spirit. A mask so powerful that its form cannot be made counterfeit, not even by Artakha, not even by the machinations of a Makuta. A mask... only one would be worthy of wearing. Who else could it be?"
This logic, compared with the undeniable confirmation that Mata Nui is wearing the Mask of Life, seems to turn the tides again. The Matoran start to replace their anger and frustration with awe.
Helryx decides to make use of this moment.
"It is true. We encountered this Great Spirit in the other world we have spoken of so often. We have brought him here today to show you all that there is still hope, for even if you do not trust me, I know we all trust the Great Spirit. He would never abandon you to your fates."
With the combined efforts of Mata Nui, Velika and now Helryx, the Matoran finally start to calm. A civil war, as well as a strike and potential rebellion, have been avoided.
Mata Nui may still be surprised that Velika chose to aid them despite having stirred this conflict further just moments ago. Normally one would just figure Velika may have been nervous about this whole ordeal too, and that's why he acted that way, and why he switched when Mata Nui himself appeared.
But Mata Nui would know better. Because he knows what Velika really is. And because of that, he may figure he should stay wary.
Regardless, tensions have been lifted... for now. Helryx knows this too. Mata Nui bought them time, but if they don't hurry up and get Botar back fast, the Matoran will lose trust in not just them, but even their Great Spirit. And if that happens, their trust would be lost to them forever.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Venom flashes a fang-filled grin.
"Have I ever told you how much I like the way you think?"
Eddie smiles slightly at Emma in return.
"Same for those clown robots. I'll tell you how that went down later."
Once they've reached the Pizzaplex, he emerges from the flying taxi and waits for her to follow suit when he notices the Glamrocks standing outside of the entrance alongside Gregory and co.
"Huh. Didn't know they were expecting us to show up."
"I know, I know, keep the brain-eating talk to a minimum around that one kid."
While he remains quiet so as to let Aqua and Ventus talk among themselves without any interruption, Ben can't help cracking a smile at their long distance reunion.
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Nov 27th 2024 at 11:10:21 AM
Pizzaplex
Roxy crouches and, if Cassie allows it, grabs her hands and looks at her.
"I cannot imagine what would have caused that to happen, but I promise you that nothing like that will happen here. And no matter what, I am here to protect you."
"Me too. If anything happens in there, I'll beat it to a pulp!" , Monty laughs. Well, at least he's genuinely trying.
Cassidy, now done with her trolling (for now) glancing back when she hears the taxi.
"Oh hey, it's Emma!"
That gets the attention from the others too. Evan and both Gregories immediately turn, the first of these immediately looking happy.
"Hey, Emma!"
"I'm surprised, I thought you'd have your fill of Freddy's after that whole game stuff.", Grape says.
"But we are happy to welcome you to the Mega Pizzaplex all the same." , Glamrock Freddy happily says. He looks at Eddie.
"Ah, hello again!" , he cheerfully says. Clearly he remembers having met Eddie before. Chica approaches too, looking at Emma, then back at Eddie.
"Oh, wait a minute. You were both in the hotel at around the same time, and now you are here together." , she notices.
"Oh, I understand now! You must be Emma's father!" , Freddy says.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Cittufeni Scene
"Well in my many centuries of experience those things tend to be carrying a Decepticon invasion force that then starts massacring the populace." Whirl says, somehow making the little helicopter wings shrug. "Or I guess it could be some derelict full of dead people."
"So how do you plan on figuring that out, Brainiac?" he asks.
Swordnament
Clone Two actually manages to nullify the first half of the attack with a flurry of sword slashes, Laevateinn doing it's usual thing of deleting projectiles. She's seemingly going to just no sell the whole thing until the F!Shez X grazes her (not the touhou kind of graze) and she gets stunlocked. When the ensuing attack hits her and explodes, she's seemingly down for the count and obscured by the smoke.
Until a fiery explosion occurs inside it as the damaged Clone Two rocket jumps herself out at M!Shez.
"YOU WORTHLESS VERMIN HAVE GENUINELY ANGERED ME NOW!" she snarls as she swings Laevateinn in a wide arc, letting the blade's flames out to extend the length of the attack to attempt and cleave him in two and burn him at the same time.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person.""So how do you plan on figuring that out, Brainiac?"
"My name is Cittufeni." He briefly corrected. "First I’ll attempt communication. Then, if that fails, I can safely assume it is not an intelligent object and begin dissembling it for information." The android explained. "I broadcast a signal for backup, in the case of hostilities. Such as the event of one of these “Decepticons” you mentioned. It has breached the atmosphere." Cittufeni alerted suddenly, lifting an arm to point at a faint glimmer far above them for Whirl’s convenience.
With great power…you know the rest.Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'
Roll spins her broom and points it at Piano's chin.
"Now do you believe that this is my real weapon?"
And then WHAP on the head!
Metru Nui
"I cannot revive my other self. It is far too late for that. But I know that this is not the only land in the cosmos, and as long as that is true, there is hope!" Mata Nui clenches his raised hand into a defiant fist.
The Golden Spider rubs his pedipalps together deviously.
"So, they need a new planet, eh? What's this I spy with my many eyes? An opportunity to weave my craft."
He drops down into the crowd, skittering and weaving around Matoran feet until he reaches Velika.
Pizzaplex
Cassie nods and presses closer to Roxy.
Emma has a pale and clammy complexion, but the moment Freddy calls her and Eddie child and parent, she manages to turn beet red with embarrassment.
"Wh-what?! Bu—we—I—"
"Ah-haaah, I ship it."
for any sickos out there 'ship' doesn't exclusively mean romance
Even Charlie stifles a giggle.
High Hrothgar
"How have you been doing, Ven?"
"The search for Sora is...uh, going nowhere. I got a tip from Roxas and came here. What were you and Terra doing here?"
"A long time ago when Terra was lost to the darkness, his armor came here, animated by his will. And then when I was lost to the darkness, I, too, made a bond with this place. We made allies here, so once we were recovered, we returned to fight alongside them. Ben is one of those allies."
"Wow, I missed a lot, huh." Ventus rubs the back of his head.
"Where are you? We can come to say hello."
"At a monastery on a big mountain in the middle of the region. The one that's really cold and colorless."
"High Hrothgar?"
"That's the place," A!Laxin chimes in.
"Great! Terra and I will be right there."
Aqua hangs up. Raeii can be faintly heard saying "Wait-" before the hologram disappears.
Edited by KiriK on Aug 22nd 2024 at 5:27:05 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Pokémon World
As soon as the Dark Pokémon leaves, the Leader calls everyone toward him. |Seraphidos,| The Leader said, |Tonight, we must engage in mortal combat against the Houndoom and Houndours. If something should happen to me, go on without me and live your best life!| The Seraphidos all nod, understanding everything. |The Rabrights shall remain here with the others. Luna will come with us.|
Preparations/Charging Towards The Battle
Soon, after sometime, it was night and it was time to go fight.
|Now children,| Lilly and Gaia said to their kids, |Please stay here until we come back, ok?| |Yes Mama!|, the Rabrights all said.
The Leader turns to Luna. |Are you sure you'll be alright? I don't want you to get injured.| Luna nods, |I'll be fine. If I could handle one Houndour, then I could handle more of them.| |Very well,| The Leader said.
|Everyone! Prepare to leave! Follow me and Luna! Now, let's go!| The Leader runs off, followed by Luna. The other Seraphidos ran after them.
Once they left, Rose, Vivus, Adam and Talis looked at each other confused, then at the others, unsure about them. |Will our parents be alright?| they said, worriedly.
Upon arriving, they didn't see anyone there.
|That’s weird, no one's here.| Luna said, upon arriving at the spot. |Strange,| The Leader said, |Did they get scared and bail out?|
As if on cue, the Houndoom appeared on top of a high building. | Come on out, everyone! | Suddenly, Houndours quickly surrounded everyone on all sides, most of them high up, out of reach from the Seraphidos. | We won't lose to these dumb Mons! | | Yeah! | The Houndours quickly responded.
The Houndours begin mocking their opponent, saying things like |Can't climb up here?|, or |Scaredy Mons! Feeling’ scared, are we?| The Leader Seraphido, along with the others growls at their remarks. He quickly charges towards the Houndours, but one quickly jumps down and uses Ember, burning the Leader, who quickly runs back towards the others.
| That's their boss?! | One of the Houndours said, as the rest of them laughed at Seraphidos.
|Shut up!| Luna yelled at the Houndour, wanting them to stop saying such things about their leader. | What's wrong, lil' runt?! |, another Houndour said. Luna let out a growl in response.
Eddie and Venom both greet Freddy in return with a wave, the latter using one of his tendrils. When Freddy declares that Eddie is probably Emma's father, however, he can only sort of gawk at the animatronic bear as if the latter had just spoken with Cletus Kasady's distinctive sinister drawl.
"I-I'm sorry, what? No, no, E-Emma's not my daughter, pal..."
Venom, on the other hand, bursts out in raucous laughter.
"What do I keep telling you, Eddie?! She is our little girl!" he declares before grinning at Victoria. "And I just knew you were thinking the exact same thing!"
Eddie, seeing how embarrassed Emma was, places a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, just... just take it easy, kid."
Ben puts his holoprojector away once the transmission ends.
"You're very fortunate to have Terra and Aqua for friends, Ventus. Truly, you are."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Aug 22nd 2024 at 4:27:57 AM
Pokémon World
Hmm yes. Unfortunately Tenshi still can't speak Pokemans.
"I see. I have no idea what they're up to but I assume nothing is amiss." she says aloud. So unless someone here can understand them and also tells her about the whole thing going on... Well while the climactic encounter begins, she's busy at the Inn that caretaker guy had recommended to the group way earlier. And by busy I mean snoozing.
Cittufeni
"Ah yes, disassembling. One of the more fun euphemisms I've used." Whirl remarks as his body shifts around and he transforms into robot mode, remaining airborne using his helicopter blades and leg mounted thrusters. He then starts aiming the two guns in his chest and the two guns he's holding in his hands at the incoming metal thing. "Name's Whirl, by the way."
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Metru Nui
It seems the Matoran are starting to get a bit of hope back now, the tension mostly dissipating.
"Now then, please return to work for now. We will have updates on Botar's situation soon, we promise.", Artakha says. With that some of the Matoran start to leave, though most of them stick around to basically look at Mata Nui with awe. Velika, too, sticks around, seemingly a bit in thought.
"Thank you, Great Spirit. I'm not certain I have enough goodwill left with the Matoran that would have let me solve that situation without you.", Helryx says.
"You are as amazing as we all knew you are, Great Spirit.", Umbra says, back to his hammier self.
As for Velika, it seems he's about to leave and ponder on his own for a bit, but then he notices something peculiar coming his way. A Rahi unlike any he's ever seen before.
Curiosity takes hold, and he waits for it to reach him.
Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex™
Roxy simply chuckles and gently pats Cassie's head. As for Freddy's misunderstanding, Gregory and Grape can't help but almost giggle too.
"What? ... o-oh, my apologies, I misunderstood. You are just friends then!" , Freddy says, clearly embarrassed, which is what breaks Gregory and Grape, giving in to their giggling desires. Chica seems equally embarrassed. Glamrock Bonnie pats them both on their backs supportively... though he does also look amused.
"How about... we just go inside.", Mike quickly (and slightly awkwardly too) says, giving them all an out to the current situation. Evan takes a deep breath and is the first one to go in. He has his eyes closed at first, as if afraid the interior is about to look like Fredbear's Family Diner, and that this whole thing was a cruel prank on him all along.
But when he opens his eyes and sees the enormous, glamorous entrance hall, his eyes go wide and he gasps in awe.
"Welcome... to Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex!" , Freddy says as he enters, putting on a bit of extra spectacle for Evan. It seems to work, the kid is practically starry-eyed. He's probably wondering why he refused to come here for so long. Gregory and Grape (both still looking somewhat nervous too even though they know everything is alright) enter next. Cassidy... just kinda floats through the door when she enters the building. Mike lets all the kids go in first before going in too. The other Glamrocks go in last, except for Roxy, should Cassie want them to go into the building together. Then she'll go in at the same time as the kids.
"I'm gonna explore EVERYTHING!"
"Whoa, hey, calm down. We still gotta get in line and pay for everything.", Mike says.
"Nah, mate. You're all VIPs today. That means it's on the house." , Glamrock Bonnie says.
"Wait, for real!?", Gregory asks.
"After what you all went through, we figured it was the least we could do." , Roxy says.
"YES! Cassie, c'mon, let's go!", Gregory says, immediately inviting her to go play something. Maybe the arcade, or maybe Roxy Racers. Then Roxy can come along.
"Hey Evan, have you ever played on an arcade machine?", Cassidy asks.
"Huh? Uh... I don't think I have, just on the TV at the hotel."
"Then I know what we're doing!", Cassidy says, grabbing Evan's hand and having them both phase through the floor to head to the Arcade.
"Guys! I... agh.", Mike sighs. They didn't even get their VIP passes yet. Well, at least Grape is staying put-
Grape is walking off on his own (though hasn't left the area yet, so Cassie, Emma or Charlie can still call out to him if any of them want to).
"I'm not fit for watching kids.", Mike groans comically.
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Kurt, Cittu
Yuta’s eyes widened in shock as he realized he’d been caught dead in the middle of Kurt Zisa’s range of attack. Foolishly, he’d gotten hasty and committed to an attack that had landed him in dire danger because he hadn’t thought of a safe way out, and the grim reaper was coming to collect. The sorcerer saw the sun’s glint on the blades.
But the reaper would have to wait another day.
"Gojo-sensei!" Okkotsu called out as Gojo’s arm was freed of its socket, though it was this sacrifice that allowed him to kick off Kurt Zisa’s wrist and twist out of the path of the incoming swords. Mostly. As Yuta hit the ground with a grunt and hurried to his feet, he felt a warmth running down his hand and a crimson stream flowing across the length of his katana. His pinky and ring finger both, alongside a sizable chunk of his hand, were missing. Who knew where they were, lost in the sand somewhere, or stuck to the Kurt Zisa as a grim decoration; ordinarily a couple missing pieces would hardly be a problem for him, but his RCT had been locked away…and so had Gojo’s. But where he lacked only a few digits, Gojo had sustained an injury that would eventually prove fatal, if not fixed in time. Yuta gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes. They needed to end this dampening ability fast.
The sorcerer shifted the katana to a hand with the appropriate amount of fingers while pressing his wounded one against his thigh, hunkering down and then breaking out into a run. "Sensei, give me a boost!" He shouted to Gojo. Assuming the latter did, Yuta would kick off the white-haired sorcerer’s palm and attempt to cut through the fingers and orb alike of one of Kurt Zisa’s hands.
——
The thing approached.
It was a shape to be sure, a bipyramid pointed at them and slowly gliding closer. It folded over itself constantly, the point expanding into four triangles that folded backwards while a new point was pushed out from the center of the object, and the cycle continued. It was a wholly alien design and only grew moreso as it paused before them, its shape subtly morphing into an ever-shifting truncated trapezohedron.
Cittufeni started with binary, then morse code. The object did not react. He followed with greetings in various languages, none of which evoked any response from the object, before attempting english. "Who is your creator, where are you from, and what is your purpose for—"
The object acted at last. Violently. Wires lashed out from within and impaled Cittufeni’s torso, before rapidly pulling him into the shape. Light blue beam blades erupted from his wrists and cleaved through the wires in a swift motion, and the android pushed himself away. He hovered back from the foreigner and watched the separated cords disintegrate into nothing as they fell away.
With great power…you know the rest.Orkane
is weak as a kitten in his regular form. This mean that a lot of bones and flesh break when they hit the branch, with Orkane staying stuck on it instead of bouncing off, limbs worryingly close to being outright pulled apart under the shock. The people underneath scream and scatter, something they could not have done if Giorno had not intervened.
His intervention save nearly everyone.
Nearly everyone.
There are those in the crowd who are less mobile than others. Or who are doomed by the whims of fate. And as a thin man fall to the ground, having been pushed and stomped to death in the stampede, Orkane's eyes move around within the empty skull of its latest victim.
It wouldn't do as an host. But Giorno had forced its hand.
fine
The skin-cape rolls off the body and towards the fallen man, his whimpers dying out as he's lifted into the air, his clothes and skin melting together. This will give everyone in the hospital time to rejoin Giorno... to, sadly, see their work apparently undone : Orkane is back, still coiled up in his skin cape, a skeletal red arm sticking out of it and scratching the base of its hood.
i would like you to leave i am not interested in your magics yet
thank you in advance
The magism slams its hands together, forming a raging sphere of winds between the palms of those hands. It raise them and look behind it, for some reason, before firing a strong yet simple blast of wind, strong enough that, if the group fail to raise a defense, they'll be hit hard enough to be violently flung off their feet and sent crashing into walls! Objects around them are similarly thrown into the air.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterD&B, Cittufeni
"Lily." The student introduced herself after Ethan did, Liam looking between the two.
"Ethan’s…new. To our class. He joined a week or two after you left."
"I’ve never heard of Mr. Cardell taking on someone new." Lily’s brows lifted in surprise. "He must’ve seen something in you. Either way though, any friend of my brother’s a friend a mine, yeah?"
"…Huh." Liam mused blankly, looking to Denji and obviously surprised that not only had he provided a decent answer, but that he had been the first to give it. Maybe there was some degree of intelligence to him after all, however faint.
Libby silently frowned at the fact that the half-naked homeless moron arruved at the conclusion before her, while Avdol placed a finger on his chin and nodded. "It’s a good guess, yes."
"Machine, are we right?" Mirage asked, looking up at the Necrosphynx after everyone had given more or less the same answer. Dhuriv processed the information for a few brief moments…and moved at last. The plates of gold slowly clunked together as it nodded. The towering construct whirred to life, moving out of their way and giving access to the double doors for them all. Joseph—the real Joseph, having switched back at some point during the past minute or two—grinned and slapped Denji on the back as Lily stepped forwards.
"Someone gimme a hand here," she grunted, leaving one door to someone else while pushing against the other. It took its time, groaning open and scraping across the ground. The hall beyond was dark, lacking in the blue torches that littered the prior location, but this was no problem.
ADVANCED SKILL: RADIANCE — Lamplight
"Advanced skills, huh?" Liam commented as Lily stepped into the room, an intense light emanating from the palm of her hand and illuminating the lengthy chamber.
"I’m moving up in the world." She responded with a grin.
"That’s for sure.." Libby looked around, her hand restlessly resting upon the sheathed shortsword at her hip. The walls were decorated with statues, as the prior ones were, but the ones in here were…different. They were less gigantic, reduced only to the size of the people seeing them. They lacked the detail the others possessed and were made of faded, cinnamon-colored sandstone. Many bits and pieces were missing, arms and heads and chunks of stony flesh removed by the inescapable low of decay which reduces all things to dust, sooner or later.
At the end of the hallway, some minutes long yet shorter than the one linking the sewers and the sphinx’s chamber, it opened up ever so slightly. Just enough for a set of stairs to lead to a raised platform, upon which were the final statues; these were closer in size to the grander statues than the ones in this hall, and depicted three people. One—on the left—was a girl, youthful in appearance and wearing long, flowing robes. A finely detailed hung over her forehead, the real diamond gem dropping between her eyes. She held a feather in one hand and a book in the other, the feather held out towards the approaching group.
"Is that..?"
"Lucaera…Lucy. One of the three Vril-Ya who introduced Vril to humanity, and one of the founders of Khemri. Of the three, she was the scholar." Mirage confirmed.
"Isn’t that the one that’s with the Gray Man?" Liam said, eyeing the statue suspiciously. Mirage sighed dejectedly. "She…sided with the Rogue God. It was her research that allowed her to achieve immortality, so we couldn’t kill her. We had to keep her imprisoned after she outlived her brothers, and turned on us in her madness."
Liam nodded along slowly. She was there, with Kain and the Gray Man. I remember. "Then if that’s Lucy, that’d make the other two…"
The statue on the right was a man, sporting a hefty beard with the scant attire of a warrior. He held an axe high in victory and a shield close to his chest, his lips parted in a victorious cry. The artist had taken delicate care in capturing the accuracy of the historical figure’s musculature, ensuring every ab had been perfectly chiseled.
"Heh," chuckled “Joseph,” "it’s good to see they tried their best to stay faithful to the real thing."
"Wait, you knew Aureos?" Lily whipped around, flabbergasted. “Joseph” smiled.
"I am Aureos." He answered.
"Wha—?" The student’s eyes grew wide, as Agent Mirage sprung suddenly into action.
"Lily, get back!" She hopped between her apprentice and the Vril-Ya who’d taken residence in a wastelander’s body, holding a hand to her side. Sand stirred from the hallway floor and took the form of a spear in her grip, its tip pointed at “Joseph”—or Aureos, as he revealed himself to be. Whoever he might’ve been, he slowly lifted all three hands with a stone-faced stare. "I don’t know who you are, what you want, or why you’re impersonating one of—"
"Impersonating?" Aureos tilted his head, though before their discussion could continue any further, Lily’s Radiance faded without warning. They were stranded in the dark for a moment, before light burst into being along the hall. The heads of the kings lining either side of the passageway had been lit aflame, burning feverishly, though the stone depictions of the three Vril-Ya before them were left untouched.
It cast a shadow, growing slowly over the group. From within where the light could not reach rose four Shades, faint and foggy beings of shadow in the general form of a man. They all held weapons of a similar shadowy substance: one wielded a two-handed scythe, one a censer, one a curled-up whip, and one a throwing spear.
"Something tells me those things aren’t here for—" Liam failed to realize this wasn’t the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and you couldn’t just quip before a fight while expecting your foe to wait for the audience to finish chuckling. This was demonstrated as the whip wrapped around his leg, and his failed excuse at a joke abruptly transformed into a scream as he was dropped onto his back and pulled towards the shade who’d done it, while another chucked its throwing spear at Te. When it drew its hand back, another materialized in its palm to be launched towards Ethan.
The scythe-user vanished, reappearing suddenly in front of Yuki. It swung its weapon at her guts, intending to spill them, while hopping away. Meanwhile, the censer-bearer dashed at Denji, swinging its tool in a loop. As it did, a dark fog emanated from the censer. It was a deady mist, one that sluggishly drifted towards the Chainsaw Man. If allowed to enshrine himself within it, Denji would quickly find that this mist bore necrotic capabilities, slowly yet steadily rotting his flesh and melting his skin.
——
As his recently made ally fired into the thing, so too did Cittufeni with a series of heat and plasma attacks. Whirl’s attacks and the android’s alike were an endless onslaught, yet even as they hit the shape, they seemed only to ripple its surface and sink into it. Silence followed. Multicolored dots of light appeared across its black surface with no discernible pattern, intensifying then fading.
The machine thrummed with an insidious aura and expunged a blast of pure kinetic power to repel Cittufeni and Whirl alike. Cittufeni streaked across the sky and even the air itself seemed to be moved by the defense, rushing back in to fill the vacuum with a thunderous clap. The many-sided shape unfolded a final time, revealing an Entity within.
It existed solely as a torso, but thin “tendrils” of steel sprouted from it in four spots. The tendrils wrapped around themselves, forming elegant yet compact forms in the shape of limbs,
until finally it had finished its transformation. The shell fell away, disintegrated as the separated wires had, and the lone Entity floated ever closer to Cittufeni.
Edited by ISZATSO on Aug 22nd 2024 at 11:12:42 AM
With great power…you know the rest.AIS
After the trio arrive to the next phase of the track, they choose the lower route by now.
At the moment, they practice their melee maneuvers against the dummies: they give some choreographed kicks against the dummies, and Luna seizes the moment to practice some combined combat dancing moves with Simón and Nina, separately.
Pokemon Village
Intrigued by the sudden disappearance of the Seraphidos, Natacha, Pati and Rafles follow them, altough at a slower pace than the creatures. Could they arrive in time to watch the fight...?
Vs. Orkane
Spider-Ham arrives with Orkane.
Heh heh, now it's time to get your- WOAH!
Unfortunately, he got flung away by the wind attack, leaving a pig-shaped hole in one of the walls.
D&B
When the sphinx moved away, the Triplets congratulate themselves, giving a hi-5 between themselves, and then they offer one for Denji.
...
They follow silently tye group into the hallway, where they heard the conversation.
But, suddenly, they are under attack. Te deflects the spear with a swing of her scimitar.
Sisters, time to help!
Ti throws some paper planes at the whip Shade, attempting to break its weapon and release Liam.
Meanwhile, Ta uses Te's blade as a platform to jump towards the Shade and flying kick it, while Te rushes to slash the creature from below.
Three freaking ghosts!Adventures In-Sanity
Meetup and Testing
Save
- Adventures In-Sanity - Submerged Island
Stage: Submerged Island Area - HKU Station - Underwater U
Time: Around 2:30 PM
The dummies are absolutely sent flying by the well coordinated attacks by the Rollers, with a few of them putting a thumbs up of approval of choreography as they fly into the next section, which is probably a movement combo section.
The Squad is mostly hovering above the section and keeping the dummies from careening into the lights and security stuff.
Du-Du-Wa-Do-It, Arena KatsudouEcclesia - Pokemon World
Ecclesia spots those meddlesome dogs invading the village again and scowls at them.
For this grand battle, Ecclesia readies Rockey-Chan the hammer and shouts, "I dunno what's going on, but I'll give you a fight!"
Ecclesia infuses her hammer with light magic in an attempt at intimidating the dog Pokemon group.
Denji
dedicate his attention to two things - high-fiving Yuki and the other friendly folks who congratulated him and try to keep standing after being slapped on the back, with the youth almost being tossed to the ground in surprise.
Thanks man... he says, getting back up to his feet. He has a proud smirk on his face at the awe and adoration at play from the others. Which then dissipated for reasons to be elaborated on, but still, Denji briefly wear his victory over the riddle like a medal unto his non-existent shirt.
As for what happens next - he mostly does not listen, peering at the statues but not really hearing anything out. He wanted to kill zombies and see if slaves couldn't be rescued - those statues weren't zombies and the slaves were far away, back in an area that the GGG army had under control.
What was going on? As Denji try to listen to the lore to change gears, he find himself mostly confused again. Who were these people? What were they here for? It was all so confusing to him - and a bit irritating. Like having people speak Japanese but not Japanese at the same time because of all the terms they keep throwing about. Damn it, who was Lucy? And who was that other guy, Oreo?
After a little while, Denji figures out that Oreo is actually here - if only because "Joseph" explicitly say so. The young man squints his eyes at this.
you ain't joseph....... He mutters, as if preparing to unveil a great truth before the others. But Denji does not get to shine a second time for his brain as the statues come alive to attack the group. With Denji finding himself assaulted by one with an odd, fog-emitting weaponry. The fog was coming. And Denji intended to greet it, pulling his ripcord and instantly shifting to the legendary CHAINSAW MAN once again.
I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A COW WITH ME GRAAGGHHHH Chainsaw Man take thunderous steps forward as he try to run across the fog, sort of banking on that limiting his exposure. He take a running step to then try to directly attack the statue's chest with a forward thrust of his blades before slamming himself unto it, trying to tackle it to the ground, where he will continue to try to maul it with his chainsaw blades.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterDust and Bone
Yuki and Denji have another thing in common since she also kind of has all the LORE fly over her head. She is familiar with possessions though so she assumes this Aureos guy is possessing whoever this Joseph guy originally was.
Anyway shadowmen oh shit.
Yuki is quick enough to react and dodge backwards, only to not so gracefully land on her fat butt. Grunting in both discomfort and annoyance, she quickly gets back up and fires a pillar of flame at the scytheman with the intent to scorch him.
Cittufeni
"Well that's annoying." Whirl remarks at their worf barrage not doing scrap to this guy. Then they get blasted and sent flying back, Whirl transforming mid-air to get better aerial control and thus recover faster. "Really hope this guy is less bulletproof than his shell or this might be difficult."
Whirl then fires both from the helo-mode autocannon but also a few missiles to try and intercept the weird alien thing (admittedly he also is one) before it gets to Cittufeni.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Dust and Bone
Man, why do these history lessons always have to be interrupted by a fight?
As a spear screeched towards Ethan, he rose his shield-
Runic Skill - Bulwark
-and a shell of hardlight formed in front of it, covering his body. His eyes shot towards Liam, seeing him get snatched up by the shadowy whip.
"-LIAM!!"
Ethan's spear exploded into a brilliant light as he let out a yell, charging forward on wings of glittering, golden light.
Innate Skill: True Sylvan Magic - Wings of Fate
Innate Skill: True Sylvan Magic - Radiant Spear, Gungir
"LET GO OF MY FRIEND!!"
He lets out a loud yell of effort as he RAMS his spear into the whip-bearing Shade, aiming to outright exterminate it with his radiant blow. His eyes are full of righteous fury and also noticeable worry- he was not going to let these shadows try and take Liam.
aeiou: the second

Stained Monster - It's Kratosing Time
Kratos had received the notice, making his way to the woods of Eternis as fast as his legs could carry him, but he couldn't shake the feeling he may be too late this time. Pushing through the wooded trees toward the bustling panic of the evacuating town, Kratos's eyes scanned the horizon and spotted the Stained Rathian, narrowing his eye upon it and racing it to the town's edge.