Ishikari-shi
Tulun looked to Ouazo with something even her old arachnid frame could tell him... something sad. But when those Akat-Var hunters make the oath... it takes alot more than words to convince them to change their path.
"...than head south. And find your truth, Ouazo. May it be known though Forestfolk, you are welcome here anytime."
Fuon's one glaring orb turned as if a confused brow was pressing down, before he shook his head and stopped, just as the ferry doors were opening.
"I'm sorry. Wanted to avoid the authorities in case someone called about a gun. Besides... I assumed you were running from something too."
The Doppleganger looked down at the waters and the ferry, before turning to her, it's voice far more clinical. Yet, not cold.
"You are welcome to join me to get a warm bed, and perhaps find some peace for the night."
If she accepted the offer-
And If Ouazo headed south-
THE ADVENTURE BEGINS!
Sleeping amidst the snow hidden foliage of the Akita Alps, Japanese Serows
◊ rested their heads atop the foliates, some watching the land beneath them, the fair distance a sea of stars on water level, distinct from those in the sky. A low rumble presided over them, as running over the snow bank was a lone Mauntenbein
◊, pursuing a Scrangly Fleshgait.
◊ The Mauntenbein hissed as it was able to keep pace, its foot falls lighter than it's bulk would suggest. It's feathers worked to silence itself in the pursuit of the fleshgait, who was panicking at this point.
Seeing an avenue out in the form of a slope, the fleshgait rolled up intona ball and bristled it's quills, rolling down the slope of the mountain as it gained snow debris, bouncing from one rock to the next as the Mauntenbein began to glide down after it. One rock the living snowball collided against was no rock at all, as it unfurling itself and lunged at the fleshgait, revealing the vaguely shark-like maw of a Yamawani
◊, shattering the fleshgait's defensive snow ball as it now scrambled down the mountainside, a Mauntenbein and Yamawani on its trail.
Once he reached the bottom, the fleshgait spotted a taxi resting within the parking lot that led to the mountain trails. The spot was breathtaking in annoyance other condition, as the rising sun began to bring foldem rays to the horizon, over looking the cities in the distance. But the Fleshgait wasted no time, and began to scream for the taxi. Running and waving its arms as the Yamawani and Mauntenbein were hot on its trail. The Taxi, rather oddly, turned organically towards the Fleshgait, lights behind the windshield turning on in shock, blue lights like eyes narrowing in before widening. Opening up the trunk, the taxi Unfurled its legs and grabbed the Fleshgait
◊, stuffing them into the trunk and closing it as it now hightailed it's way out, screaming and running down the hills towards the civilized outskirts of-
-Akita'
Further into the urban sprawling, south and towards Akita proper, was the New Japan Sea Ferry Akita Ferry Terminal. Morning had risen as early dusk, and Fuon would be looking for a way to sneak off the boat, his eye(?) training around the Ferry exits as it began to dock.
"Look for a... Ah forget it."
He took some notes our of his... pockets??? Whatever his cloak constituted as, and pressed his hand into it. The shadowy ink he was made of seeped into the note, the blots beginning to form into a-
Ferry ticket. A pretty convincing replica at least.
"I'll call my cab... you just get off and find me outside the terminal. Alleyway. Yeah I know sketchy but if anyone sees me well...
You'll figure it out."
He quickly disappeared into the shadows, leaving Hana to herself.
And unbeknownst to her, Ouazo was not too far behind.
Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Jul 28th 2025 at 10:23:12 AM
AwawaUTOPIA - DEICIDE
Mara's illusions are greeted with overwhelmight power to expect from an army of the heavens, Sarah, Rainmaker, King Sukuna, Vampire Hunter D, Beerus, all open fire with a series of powerful beams attacks or equivalent, lighting up the sky around UTOPIA with attacks of flagrant color, each engulfing the sky. Some which, were they off-limit by a bit, could obliterate it entirely. And this is surely why they wait after Mara is hit to see what happens next.
King Sukuna and Sarah go next while the rest hang back, once Mara is seen again. Sukuna appears behind Mara and try to use his big mass to grab her in a armslock. He has one less pair of arms, sure, but he's even bigger than Mara, so he means to basically grab her by the armspit and lock her neck and head with his hands. At which point, Sarah runs in to try to hit an exposed Mara in the belly and face multiple times over. She, too, is unnerfed after all, and her attacks shake her surroundings.
Regardless of what happens though, Sukuna and Sarah both step back and try pummeling Mara from all angles with a series of merciless punches and kicks, swarming around her not giving her a attosecond to breath. Rainmaker, D and Beerus, amongst others, watch in case anyone else try stepping in. There is no weakening, no dulling of numbers - but yet, to simply ignore them could risk them going upwards.
Apex Batman
Salazar, Nishiki, Nymbulda and Tony rushing at once means that the latter is immediately hit with the Tiger Drop. This allows Nymbulda to get a powerful stab in, which fails to pierce Batman's armor but does visibly crack it up - piercing force being applied to a smaller area is a good bet against an armor that, while meant to take even piercing hits, was also built for blunt force in mind. And as Batman counters with the Tiger Drop, Nishiki's decision to rush in with a series of punches lets him land a clean one to Batman's jaw while the latter is "recovering", with Nymbulda having taken the hit from him.
Batman, however, use the momentum of that punch and falls forward before he catch the ground with one hand, spinning to kick Nishiki in the back, sending Nishiki sprawling on the ground as Salazar use this to free up Seven, freeing him from his lock and getting him out of the way right as Jason freight train into Batman, slamming him into a wall and laying on him.
Salazar gives Jason a thumb-up then proceed to grab a vial of green and red herb, which he puts into Seven's mouth.
Wonderful what plants can do if you just crush them to bits and stick them in a vial! He says, as Nishiki lands right next to him and Tony. Kiryu had been standing back, feeling himself inspired by the song. What's more, a mysterious voice in his head had told him to stay put, which Kiryu automatically came to trust. Plus, his help had been asked for one thing - powering up a song. Which Kiryu saw an occasion to contribute to, due to Batman being busy right now.
Nishiki, for his part, focused on Tony, wiping blood from his nose and mouth. Fast move like that, we could deal with by grappling the punching arm. He's too fast for that yet. We're going to need Nymbulda, the red guy and the skeleton to hold on while we-
Baka mitai kodomo na no ne
Yume wo otte kizutsuite
Uso ga heta na kuse ni waraenai egao miseta
Kiryu, what the fuck are you d-what the fu-what the fuck is going on?!
I love you mo roku ni iwanai
Kuchi beta de honma ni bukiyou
Na no ni na no ni doushite
Sayonara wa ieta no
Dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo
Anta ga suki de suki sugite
Nishiki joins in, singing in tandem with Kiryu.
Dore dake tsuyoi osake demo
Yugamanai omoide ga baka mitai
Meanwhile, as J-pop plays in the background, Jason and Batman are having their final fight
, with Batman getting slammed into the wall and punched deeper into it with each of Jason's strikes, blood flowing from his mouth as he feels the impact vibrate into his armor and through his bones. Always the one to rush ahead. Batman clench his fist to spring the deadly Tiger Drop, but finds that he... can't, right as another of Jason's fists land on him, shattering parts of his helmet's glowing white optics and breaking Bruce's nose, some teeth going along with it.
What?! Batman doesn't focus on how and why - only on the current situation. As Jason try grabbing him, Batman ducks his head to the side and try to wrap his arm around Jason's before trying to slam his elbow into the middle of Jason's arm like a blacksmith bringing his hammer down. Should that work, or even if it doesn't, Batman then pull his arm back to try to slam Jason's head into the wall. And he would continue, but he has to deal with the fact that his back is facing the group, which include a giant skeleton.
And by the time he turns around to see the Snow Mitai heading for him, Jack slams into Batman from above, pinning the Dark Knight... for now, Bruce's face twitching in rage as he try getting up, only to be blown away by Snow Mitai!
The dog stole Batman's ultra punch! Nishiki yells. We're in position to destroy the orb! Anyone got a big attack to throw at it?
I do! Salazar says, pulling out a Rocket Launcher with malicious intent.
NONE OF YOU GET TO DO THAT! Batman said, pulling out, of all things, a batarang with a radioactive sign on it. He would prepare to launch it with all his might at the group!
ALLIES: KIRYU, NISHIKI, SALAZAR
Beelzebub
Shadowheart had to deal with a Devil back during the Absolute accident, so she isn't too thrilled when Satani arrives. But he's on her side - and she decides that this fact is enough because she can't exactly start negotiating what allies she want on her side. She agrees with the voice in her head that she's got a moveset to trouble Beelzebub. Beelzebub, who witnesses the emergence of a real Devil with something akin to awe.
But even as the odds stacked against him, Beelzebub kept his cool. He could win. He had this. Totem's tauntings would soon be replaced by his screams. And even as Kusakabe deflected his arrow, Beelzebub slammed his skull into the ground, creating Gates Of Hell to block Satani's hellfire. FLAGRA! And Shadowheart used this opening to fling light at Beelzebub, impacting him and blinding him while making it easier for a teleporting Quecua to place her attacks, searing Beelzebub's back open with strikes while Kuveli burned up his face.
Right as Beelzebub got grabbed and chewed by Totem, screaming in furious indignation at what was going on to him.
CURSE YOU! Beelzebub focused, once again grabbing the skull bare-handed to unleash Chaos one more time - if that was he needed to clear the table, then fine! But due to his condition, Chaos would take time to charge. And he hoped that Totem would unwittingly shield him with his bulk during it.
CHAOS: 0/1
ALLIES: SHADOWHEART, KUSAKABE
Miquella the Kind
Tony is asked to help with two thing - first, creating an energy field by Galvadoll. Second, shooting up William with energy. Ok, William! Get ready for it! Tony raised both his hands and focused his energy with them not just to fire a beam, but to create an holographic wall in front of him. With the nanomachines in his armor, he'd then create a floating "bit" of a sort. An hexagon-shaped structure which would fire a continuous beam of energy at William, feeding him with energy as he and Zero continued to empower themselves and block the discus.
Sparks flew off from the attack point as the enormously bright attack struggled against Zero and William's combined resistance. Meanwhile, efforts were made to interfere with Godwyn himself, but he did not come crashing down - he simply floated, and as he did, the energy field spread outwards, threatening to encroach on the group. The Roaring Knight's efforts are more successful, but Godwyn's physiology help him endure him, the knives sticking into his flesh but not stopping him.. albeit they do slow down his field and the ascension.
The Discus is dispelled, revealing a large field of golden light creeping outwards at the group.
Seeing the many blades go off, Law has an idea - one that the Roaring Knight inspires him to act on. Sephiroth! Prepare to get teleported! You, the floating knight, scatter those swords on the floating debris around the battlefield! Keep 'em floating! Law would snap his fingers, using Shambles to swap Sephiroth with one of the Knight's blades to be right behind Godwyn. And as he did, Law would once again use Shambles to teleport everyone off the battlefield by swapping places with the swords scattered outside, should the Roaring Knight have done as asked.
Everyone should land on a floating piece of debris right as a huge pillar of golden light engulfs everything in front of Godwyn, said pillar rocketing to the heavens and dispelling the clouds over UTOPIA to reveal a bright blue sky.
Fuck
District 8
While all this is going on, Mal is left in awe as he gets complimented by the psychopath he'd just tossed unto a crumbling car. Judo? He didn't know what that was but...
I know a lot of ways to hurt people so fuck- And he gets punched to the ground, being left disoriented and reaching for his gun. That get kicked off his hands, but Mal barely ducks in time to dodge the kick thrown at his head. He try grabbing the human's leg before kicking upwards himself at the back of knee with his left leg, looking to topple the larger man to the ground that way. Should that work, Mal would then pull his other leg back and try to smash him on the crotch with a straight kick.
Being real, there was a real possibility this guy could swing his leg and send him flying, so Mal would let go afterwards, regardless of success, and crawl towards his blaster.
Fucking hell.
Edited by Bolded1 on Jul 28th 2025 at 1:48:49 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterA two-handed sign was probably not the best call for William especially considering his masochistic fighting style but Sukuna's really his only example for what a DE would even look like. He's currently missing a hand and pumped what energy he didn't use to endure the attack into his remaining one.
He begins flying close to the sun by prematurely charging, into the pillar of light yet to disperse.
His efforts were to reach Godwyn and grab his hand to complete the kali mudra.
I'll skip the speeches. Come inside.
Domain Expansion
Benevolent Pillory
He's trying to force Miquella's intangible form to be physically interactable to everyone present a la idle transfiguration targeting both Sukuna and Yuji. He's not even sure if he's targeting Miquella's actual form either way he figures if that visage is damaged so too should that Golden Vow on Godwyn!
William's domain manifests every journal entry he's written as a vivid first-person experience for the target. He can choose how many, how few, how slow, how fast these experiences will be. He is in total control of whatever he has previously written down.
In short, the target becomes a POV meme.
Though the target retains their durability, making it a double edged sword.
So blasting Miquella and Godwyn memories of his injuries and firsthand suffering under the Empyrreich's cruelty should deal little to no damage. Millions of irrelevant faces pass by. Bread too.
"None of these will convince you of what freedom's worth but that's not what I was here for."
There's a set of journal entries specific to the arena he'd like to show Miquella.
First of which,
The scenery changes. Rot consumes the area. This was Malenia's end as the Goddess of Rot by his hand. As the one responsible for the finishing blow,
he slows it down. Prolonging that ungodly screech that followed. Heard. Felt. As if Miquella himself was responsible. As if he was the one that drove his fist into her.
"You know better than anyone this was only real to me. But."
This is a purely psychological attack. Messing with Miquella's mental state is a gamble he's willing to take if it means he's able to sever the two Gods' link to strengthen up everyone's next attack!
"Would you like me to wipe your mind of that?"
Edited by BoniniBanana on Jul 29th 2025 at 2:35:24 AM
realUTOPIA - DEICIDE
PORTAL
Mara's illusions are taken care of swiftly, only the real one bothering to defend herself with barriers.
She's caught by surprise and seemingly trapped in place by King Sukuna. Mara groans in annoyance. This guy is the reason why she had to pull back one of her fragments.
Sarah's beatdown would be highly effective were it not for the fact that Mara was established earlier to be wearing her battle armor. The punches still hurt mind you, but they are not as devastating as they would be otherwise.
But she's still forced to stay on the defensive as she has to respond with lightning-fast barriers once Sukuna joins in the pummeling. Many, many years of training have allowed her to create powerful barriers in less than the blink of an eye, but this is still a troublesome onslaught.
-
"Well, I still exist.", Fate responds to the Aspects. Which isn't exactly a yes to the 'are you okay' question. Plato now looks down at the both of them as well.
"Death curse? What are these beings talking about? There's no such thing as a death curse.", Plato says. "Yes, if she's revived people then they do perish when the link is severed but that's not a curse."
"They are talking about two different things, Plato.", Fate says as he slowly starts to float again.
"Hm. Regardless, she does not have any kind of 'death curse'. If she told you she does then that's a flat-out lie. A bluff."
He then tilts his head as they continue to talk, and afterwards he turns to Fate.
"Who are these two exactly?"
"They are Aspects, beings similar to us who seek to watch over and protect more worlds than just their own."
"Can you see their fates?"
Fate turns his head to look at Shadow and Neodyme for a moment, then shows Plato a trollish grin.
"Maybe, maybe not."
Plato groans before looking back at Shadow and Neodyme.
"If our eldest is right then your efforts are genuinely commendable, and know you have my sympathy for your friends being victims of Mani's actions. But we were born or created to protect our worlds. In a situation where a choice has to be made, we will always choose our worlds over any others. I don't exactly like this plan either, but this Miquella has proven to be a threat that we cannot afford to ignore. That light affected our worlds, the divines, even if only for a moment, and that means they are vulnerable to a larger scale assault from this guy. And with Fate in the state he's currently in, it's doubtful any of us can defeat him in a fair fight."
He looks back at the coffin.
"We understand the people in Utopia don't deserve such a fate. We understand there will be consequences. We will deal with them as they come. Right now our main priority is-"
He's suddenly alerted by something, turning to look into Utopia and seeing Mara's seeming predicament. Not realizing she isn't as defenseless as she looks right now, Plato's eyes go wide in shock and he storms off into Utopia without a word. Fate weakly chuckles.
"A blessing in disguise at the expense of our niece. It's likely that Plato was the only one present at the meeting who was courageous enough to actually transport our sibling to this world."
Fate raises one hand and has the coffin slowly float towards him. Yes, this does bring it closer to Utopia, but it also makes it so Fate can immediately grab the coffin and flee if need be.
"Shadow, Neodyme.", Fate says to the Aspects. "Please do not judge my younger brother too harshly for his coldness. He is acting in what he believes to be the only way. Despite his opinion on mortals, he would not go out of his way to harm them on purpose."
He chuckles again.
"I know my brother. And so I wish to tell you this. He may be willing to carry out this plan, but that does not mean your words fell on deaf ears. He is more sensitive than he lets on, and were it not for how dire the situation is, you would have convinced him."
-
The rest of the warriors would see the furious, gigantic creature known as Plato charging into Utopia, a powerful aura surrounding him as each step shatters the earth beneath him. Letting out a monstrous roar, Plato raises one of his hands, after which the very earth itself opens up underneath each and every one of the warriors, attempting to snatch them up and trap them.
If successful, the earth will close and attempt to fully crush them without mercy, hardening the earth into solid steel instantly to make it harder for them to just tear through it.
Still on the defensive, Mara notices her uncle joining the fray and grins underneath her helmet. Not only does it mean that the Divine Guardian of Negative Energy has not been unleashed, but it's also a massive advantage against the warriors. After all...
Plato is much more powerful than Mara.
—
THE BATMAN
The Annoying Dog yips (without letting go of the 'special attack' in its mouth) and hops once, tail wagging. It seems it's willing to 'play catch' with the radioactive Batarang if Batman ends up throwing it.
—
BEELZEBUB
Satani raises both of his arms for a moment, a dark aura emanating from him that attempts to flow down and attach itself to Beelzebub. If successful, the aura would sap away at his 'charging time', effectively meaning it would take him an extra turn to charge up any of his attacks that require it. Including Chaos.
This would be shown by a pentagram appearing on Beelzebub's chest if successful. If he's in the process of having his 'charging time' sapped, the pentagram will glow. If it failed or he can somehow circumvent it, the pentagram will not appear (if the former) or be dim (if the latter).
They who would deny their peace for the sake of power must suffer accordingly. Let the wretch burn out until a lifeless husk remains. Their very soul shall return to nothing.
So says His verse.
—
MIQUELLA THE KIND
The Roaring Knight gets the message, giving up on the attack patterns it's familiar with so that it may ACT instead.
Pointing in front of itself, every blade it's ever launched that is still intact (including the ones currently embedded in Godwyn's flesh, with the exception of the one that Sephiroth will be swapped with) will all launch back towards the Roaring Knight, and once they reach it, it'll spread out its arms and send those blades towards the debris, as commanded.
This'll allow Law to indeed swap out everyone with the blades, ending up in a safer location. Including Hydraxon, who has begun to awaken again after the brutal hit he had taken.
The Roaring Knight simply watches the pillar of light as it ascends into the skies. For a moment it wonders if it should...
... no. That would go against the given orders. And if Miquella were to take control of it, the situation would only become worse.
Edited by DevilPsyco on Jul 28th 2025 at 9:36:20 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.The Orb Who Croaked
Seeing an opening, Nymbulda raised her lance, before that was batman threatening to nuke them all. Grimacing, she decided to take a deep breath in.
"Jason... my shield. This is going to be absurd."
Her stripes began to glow, back fins raised like banners as she had her her free arm raised-
-and spears erupted beneath the orb, moving forward as if thrown with a Hunter's aim. Intending to help the others crack the orb. She than faced Batman, ready to open up a portal-
"Do your batarangs return?"
To help keep the miniature nuke from colliding with her team.
Beezlebud
Casper went sailing through the air as a mutilated cadaver, his face in a grimace of displeasure.
"Ah fuck-"
Colliding just as Beezlebub and The Totem had a hold of eachother. There was a baited second as the three would look to eachother, Casper mainly indignant, The Totem...
Ecstatic.
"Hello my old heart, how have you been? What's with dark haired losers thinking about their... loved ones... Just before death?"
The Totem laughed, as they than clasped their jaws over Beezlebub'a face. The inside being a... abyss.
And that's when Beezlebub walked up to Beezlebub. Mortal, though his edges were blurred like static, as the face of this apparition appeared younger. A man ready to enter the world alone, with only the support of his loved ones at his back. But as he gazed around-
There was nobody.
And Beezlebub'a doppleganger began to sing, like that of a choir boy,
And when his knight in blistering armor first steps in
the sea, into entropy
Let's sob as he cries and let's laugh as he screams
The joys of this world are the ones inside me!
He looked back to Beezlebub smiling, eyes wide with not sorrow, but wonder. As The Totem could now be felt crawling over Beezlebub.
Never minding sanity, never minding fright!
Never minding worlds that rest in eternal night!"
The Abyss reformed into a cave, sandstone walls surrounding the three, as Beezlebub would see his younger doppleganger take a staff from a man gaunt- no, quickly shadow carved onto the wall- no? The God Whom Other Gods Rely on the Most?
◊ As the younger reflection looked to the staff, and looked back to him, mouth opened as if asking for help, he'd only reach out-
To find the carving of Awides with his wife bound to hellbound throne.
◊
A darker shade of dark is stretching for eternity
And all you have to do is follow my lead!"
The Totem grabbed him by the hand, and led him through the cave, showing cave sketches of Baʿal zəvuv, then Baal Zebul, then Beezlebuth. From Philistines to Caanites, to his dreaded visage washed away from sight by a blinding force drawn in red okra dust, leading to him...
In exquisite detail, climbing up the corpse of Hades, Azazel, Samael, Lilith, and Uzi to grab onto Miqeulla's hand.
A sniffling heard at the end of the cave. The boy, trapped at the end of the cave. He had appeared to injure his eyes, blindly reaching around. His grasp never left the staff, even as the tears began to form.
"Maybe you've got a grave,
An empty excuse for a final resting place
Nobody visits it, nobody wanted it
Nobody but that ghost inside of your head..."
The Totem lifted up the younger Beezlebub's hand and lifted him up, showing them to the man trapped in this vision.
"Oh, but of course I'm with you,
You got what you wanted... and lost all you had
All the friends you remember right?
All the wants for a better life?
Every yearning you've had to feel death's scythe,
Irrelevant. Face the truth. You killed your younger self."
That's when the cave erupted, and above The Totem, a halo emerged, the younger self of Beezlebub beginning to cry out as they foosted into the air. The halo was comprised of cave art of long extinct cultures of man, the beast they ran along side... they hunted... stuck in a endless race as they looped around Beezlebub.
"Penance is only good as action boy. Want to take control of your life? Want to face the music? Grab onto your youth, your innocence, and swim! Swim! Because youre drowning dear!"
From the halo charged a flock, larger than a stormfront
, as it charged at Beezlebub.
The air was alight with this said mega flock, flying like a tornado gale as it threatened to scour the very earth, aurrounsinf Beezlebub.
It weight against Beezlebub like the world, threatening to tear him from the atomic level.
But once he reached his younger self, and grabbed their hand.
He'd find a intact, tired Casper in his arms, seemingly torpid.
O Reader O Mine
The wishes were enough. Small, at first. Minor roars that seemed something vague. A faustian bargain so tantalizing The Anzii wanted for himself that instant gratification. That yearning for longing, for desire.
That's when it honed in. That Miquella wasn't just to be defeated, but killed.
And utilizing William's own feat of power, an unstable wave of torment. Memories made into lacerating cuts, wounds projected from one to the other.
The rich irony-
Your wish shall be made, O Listener Mine.
The Anzii
burrowed into the ground, creating a entrance for later. He would reemerge, sparking his jaws around threads of temporal fabric, before disappearing. This sevond hole bwgan to spark, before blasting Pyro energy out of its entrance, blazing Miquella and Godwyn.
But this wasn't enough. Reemerging above them, he would strike down with his claws, arcs of anemo colliding with the two as a inner of swirl would cover their position.
Slipping out from the sky, he'd take threads into his hands and move them around Godwyn's legs, slithering like water over smooth stone. Once they were tied, he pinned the end of the strings to his jaws, and would whip them onto the ground, letting wave after wave of electro-energy strike Miquella and Godwyn.
Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Jul 28th 2025 at 1:10:31 AM
AwawaGateway to Utopia
"You gotta' get somewhere safe and heal up, man!"
"My eldest brother knows what he is talking about. We are incapable of death, ourselves, due to the will and influence of Unity - who, by the way, is extraordinarily furious with the corrupted individuals who have instigated this tragedy, and vehemently opposes the Divine Guardians' plan - but we understand that Divine Guardians are under different rules regarding their...mortality."
Shadow throws up his hands.
"Who cares about the semantics‽ The point is that Mara and the Assassins are holding all those people hostage with her link, and the Assassins have also figured out a way to bypass the Arena's revival force to ensure that anyone killed by their hand or actions, one way or another, remains that way...hopefully only until they're all taken out. Stack those two on top of each other, and...I really don't want to have to explain to my friend that her sons died because the Guardians decided they'd rather nuke Utopia than helping Mara of all people defend it directly! I really don't have time to argue whether or not that actually happens right now, even though I'd be willing to do so after Utopia is no longer in danger of being wiped off the face of Reality!"
He then raises a finger.
"Shadow, Aspect of Darkness, Eldest of the Aspects of Unity. I'm kinda' analogous to Fate, being the oldest in my Pantheon-slash-family, except I'm a lot smaller, eheh...and, like I said, this is my youngest sibling."
Neodyme looks up at Plato.
"I am Neodyme, Aspect of Metal, Magnetism, and Energy. We are, as Fate said, a familial Pantheon of sibling Divinities who arose from the myriad fragmented shards of an Astral Creator Deity named Unity. Unity sacrificed their life to create us and our world, and we now seek to explore, cherish, and protect the Omniverse that Unity was unable to see for themself. Unity's essence remains within us, at our hearts, and they both offer us advice when it is most needed and heal us when we are injured, however gravely, even if it seems we are utterly destroyed."
They blink at Fate as Plato asks him about their own fates, exchanging a glance, and squint, looking curious and thoughtful.
"...I never thought to ask."
"Not that now is a good time to do so, in the first place."
"'This guy' is only really as 'powerful' as he is because he's leaning on a corrupted, monstrous tool that never should've been built in the first place, and because he's brainwashed a legion of incredibly strong followers from across the Omniverse. Even in his home-realm, he's a Demigod who aspired to true Godhood in order to bring about a new age of peace at all costs, including his own capacity for love and compassion. His Magic is strong, but he's not one for physical combat, preferring to let his family and followers do the dirty work."
He and Neodyme bristle as Plato seems to shoot down their plea, but they then catch onto Mara's situation as well, glancing back to watch as Plato charges off.
"...well, he left in a hurry..."
"And here is one more Divine Guardian who cares for Mara more than she does her own children..."
Shadow and Neodyme take a step back as Fate brings the coffin close to himself, eyeing it warily. Shadow sighs.
"I'm all for being willing to stick up for your morals, but he's acted pretty extreme just now...and we're a complete 180° in our stance on Mortals. The other Aspects and I love them, and do all we can to ensure their safety. In fact, I'm hoping there's a way that we can try to minimize casualties on all sides as much as we can, since most of Miquella's army is made up of brainwashed individuals from multiple worlds, some of whom aren't villainous to begin with, and I might've even met and fought alongside at least one of Miquella's pawns, if it's the same incarnation of the guy..."
He glances back, wincing as he senses Plato's berserk rage and savage methods.
"...but something tells me that's gonna' be...difficult..."
He and Neodyme look back to Fate, both sighing.
"Thanks for telling us that."
"It was not a complete loss, then."
They then glance back to the portal.
"...we should get in there."
"Stay safe."
They give a respectful nod to Fate, and then teleport away.
Portal
Shadow and Neodyme warp into the fray, with Shadow coalescing darkness into a hefty chain of dark metal, and launching it at Sarah, attempting to immobilize her. If he succeeds in catching her, he then commands the chain to swing in circles to build momentum, then launches the chain high up into the air.
"Alright, I don't like to do this, but it's best that you all stop hitting her right now!"
Neodyme focuses, manipulating metal in their surroundings, and launches a barrage of incredibly dense metal staples at any of the aggressors that they can, aiming to restrain the brainwashed fighters by effectively stapling them to the first flat surface that they impact, avoiding actually puncturing the fighters with the staples, restraining them nonlethally a la the concave end of a Monk's Spade
.
"I do not want to hurt you, but I will defend myself, my brother, and all innocents with undying conviction."
"Life isn't a fairytale. There isn't always a 'Happily Ever After' waiting for you at the end of the road." ~ Isengrim Heath-StalkerLourent
The desert town of Lourent is largely abandoned at the moment due to the harsh climate. Yet, sitting on a roof is none other than Hisoka, who is using his Nen to observe the happenings at Utopia's portal from afar. It's quite the show, and the main reason he hasn't joined in himself is because he's been avoiding the Assassins for now on purpose, and Mara being there would throw a wrench in that.
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Carth starts blocking again and when the shell appears he... actually succeeds in blocking it without error this time. He's certainly improving as they go, dealing with the next part of the attack with only a bit of scratch damage. He retaliates by then manifesting a pair of hammers and throwing both one after the other at Gerson.
"What happens next..." he seems to mull it over. "The logical conclusion is if it reverted to its original programming, it will respond to threats with force."
Onyxis
Elizabeth for her part looked a bit grossed out as they emerged into the fucked up room. She telekinetically picked up the active lightsaber and turned it off, inspecting it for anything suspicious.
"Truly a wretched place we find ourselves in." she notes. She avoids the corpses as they proceed and is about to suggest they strategize when Sharts Gull starts going through the fucking door anyway. She sighs, letting him go first and potentially draw the ire of something evil.
Cairo Situation X
Against their enormous foe, Sebastien honestly felt out of his depth. Without his tames he doubt he could do much-
Soulstealer picked him up and snarled at him, before taking off and pointedly holding him towards Annie. Burnt out he needs help but he's not demeaning himself into being ridden like some domesticated wretch. So instead he throws Sebastien onto Annie's face, who awkwardly tosses all his remaining grenades at it and double jumps to try and land on his back.
Soulstealer himself meanwhile uses Kalameet's breath on Annie as he strafes him.
UTOPIA - RAGNAROK, GODWYN
With the attack blocked, Galvadoll prepares to-
Get teleported apparently. Huh. Well it was convenient at least for avoiding that attack. With Miquella looking potentially more solid than usual she manifests dual Fusion Cannons and starts shooting rapidly at him and Godwyn!
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Bulzebeeb
Doll isn't quite sure what Casper did, but he's gotten that Thing back under control so she focuses on Beelz. She summons a whole bundle of DE knives then points at Beelzebub. At which point they fly at him like a swarm of angry hornets to turn him into swiss cheese.
"You the uh... honestly I don't know who you are." she says, pointing at Kusakabe. "I'll cover you I guess. Get what'shisname away from that fucker."
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Batman
Abruptly a door opens not far behind Batman. Jason might recognize... Killer Moth! Who has finally got here. His eyes widen under his helmet but he quickly raises his iconic cocoon gun (because inexplicably Batman is more liable to be hit by it than bullets in his experience) and takes a shot, aiming to immobilize him.
And from experience he only says his one liner after it connects. Or misses.
"Long time no see, Batman!"
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"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Denji
scratch his nose before digging his finger into his nostril to grab a booger. Which he flicks away. He doen't even really pay attention to Friends and keep it as background noise for his talk with Nymbulda. But he does figure that it'd be rude to ignore it so he just watch, mulling and stewing and pondering and thinking on her point.
... Well I do have cool stories but I'm kind of a weird guy. Would people really wanna watch me do stuff?
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterDenji
-to his horror would see Nymbulda shutter at his hygiene. She was gonna have to bathe him before they did anything tonight. If they would do anything. She saw him trying to split his attention between her and the TV, and she didn't believe he was being rude. Or even inconsistent. Denji overthinking with her was par for the course.
But, she did decide to be a tad selfish, and grab his chin, angling his vision up to her briefly.
"Who cares if you're weird? Denji, were both still growing. You've gone through alot love but really now... If you're any harder on yourself I'll bite. And not the fun kind."
She let him rest back against her before putting her own cheek in her palm, looking on at the screen.
"Before we dated... like actually dated... I thought ya were... normal. But I think I like you more the way you are. Ya can inspire blokes ya dweeb. Because you ain't pretending to be some one ya ain't."
That'd when gave him a noogie, snickering to herself as she watched his response.
"Thought ya enjoyed this tele?"
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Gerson dodges them once again, but each little spin grants Carth an extra star, giving a total of 6. Maybe he likes seeing the machine's creativity?
"Gehehe! Right you are, right you are! The weapon retaliates with an unmatched force. Those who fear it grow so desperate that they choose to utilize a weapon of their own, one that would destroy everything, including themselves."
"The weapon, its memories back and still very aware that they still wish it harm, makes an important decision in that very moment."
"I'd like ya to hazard a guess. That decision. What was it? Can you see the answer?"
A shell comes from above, but then a shell also comes from the left, threatening to hit right after the first one is potentially bounced back.
When the left one is potentially bounced back, one comes in from below, and right after that one the one from above suddenly comes back in as well.
Then the one from the left, and then the one from below again.
Then, without warning, the hammer projectile comes back in to shatter the Green Soul barrier, followed up immediately by Gerson trying to swing in from above again.
However, regardless of how Carth responds to this, he'll then vanish and do it again, but coming in a bit more from the right.
Then the middle again.
Then the right again.
Left.
Right.
Middle.
Left.
Left and right at the same time somehow!
... but that last one is a feint, the two Gersons disappearing before even attacking while the real Gerson now appears from the actual right direction to try to land one final hit before zipping back to his spot.
Carth's sensors will not be able to determine how Gerson is doing this, other than the fact that it cannot be teleportation. His sensors would be able to detect that energy output. Is Gerson just that fast?
- The training gauntlets are off now.
- More Mercy Stars will be awarded now depending on performance.
MERCY: 32%
Edited by DevilPsyco on Jul 28th 2025 at 12:48:34 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.CAIRO
Her lightsaber wouldn't be doing her good. There was a trick to them, but not one that'd help her against this titanic mass of regeneration flesh. She could hack at its throat all day and it'd be barely enough to annoy it. And lightning also seemingly was not going to be of much power to the titan - no. She needed something to destroy its head.
The Annihilation Nergigante was an abnormal organism the likes of which the world had never seen and hopefully would never see again but it must have had some form of biological limit. That being that its head perhaps contained what it needed to regenerate - it could not regenerate if the organ that told it to was blasted apart. And maybe it had surpassed all forms of restraints and had evolved to be able to exist without the need for such, but that was a possibility she could not let herself consider.
It's by acting that she'd figure it out.
... It stole that power from your friend, right? Where would I need to aim to be able to kill it in one shot? Reddie raised her hand and grunted as the railgun dropped, using the Force to lift it overhead. Lightning from her fingertips, precisely crossing the length of the vertical battlefield to reach into the gun, powering it up by way of... well, charging it up.
What would need another Mobile Suit worth of power to charge up quickly she could do by simply lifting her fingers - and she was perhaps the first Jedi in history to think of such a clever move!
I'll shot right here and there.
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Block, block. He actually bounces on the one that comes in from below using the shield in a stylish manner. When the hammer strikes start dropping he jumps and rolls out of the way, narrowly avoiding them. The feint actually does succeed in smacking him and he takes a moment to get up, staring at Gerson.
"...Depending on its programming it might attempt to protect its wielder." he says, before suddenly dashing at him to try and seemingly punch him only to then headbutt him instead.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."Jason finds his no holds barred assault cut short by way of Apex Batman catching his arm, bringing an elbow down on it, and driving his head into the wall. With a pained grunt, he steps back as Apex Batman finds himself accosted by the rest of the group, his helmet's faceplate having been cracked by Bruce's counterattack to reveal one of his eyes sporting a distinctive green-ish glow as a result of the Venom he'd taken.
"Salazar, hurry up and blast the damn orb!"
After kicking Nymbulda's shield back towards her, Jason lunges at Apex Batman and moves to seize the Nuclear Batarang, planning to wrest it from the fallen Dark Knight's grasp with one hand while using the other to draw his knife and stab at Bruce's chest with all his Venom-enhanced might.
"I'm ending this nightmare, Bruce!"
Then Killer Moth of all people suddenly enters the fray during the climactic struggle, much to Jason's chagrin.
"Oh, for god's sake..."
"Well, like I said before, there's a Loki who's literally an alligator. Or maybe it's a Loki disguising himself as an alligator for reasons that only make sense to him," Sylvie says. "If he is, then he's really playing the long game."
"Perhaps his existence is a mystery for the ages that may never be fully solved," Loki chimes in. "Or maybe we're just overthinking a bloody alligator."
Thor just glances at the door to Jorrvaskr, wondering if he should be out there fighting, assuming he wouldn't fall victim to Miquella's light the second he left.
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Ooh, that bounce seems to have earned Carth 4 extra stars.
Gerson dodges the feint, but then the headbutt hits and makes him spin for a moment, giving him 8 stars. So it seems he can get 8 stars without having to redirect a reflected projectile.
... actually, maybe Carth could try to use this to his advantage.
"Ah, but the weapon had no wielder. It was able to act all on its own. It only knew people who cared for it, and people who feared it."
"With that knowledge, knowing it was faced with its enemies' incoming weapon that would destroy all of them..."
"What did it do?"
"What would you do if you were that ultimate weapon from the story?"
The Green Soul doesn't show up at all this time. Instead Gerson appears on the leftmost part, and as he bears down, another Gerson appears on the left, but right besides the first one. And then again, and again, basically forming a wave of 9 Gersons that come down all after the other.
The attack then repeats, but in the other direction, starting from the right and moving more towards the left.
Then two Gersons appear on the leftmost part, two on the rightmost, and two in the middle before attacking.
Four leftmost, two closer to the middle.
Five to the left and middle, two to the rightmost.
Same pattern, but mirrored.
Two left to the middle, two right to the middle.
Two leftmost, two rightmost, two in the middle.
He zips back to his spot.
- The enemy is paying attention to Carth's next move.
MERCY: 44%
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Vanilla Cream Sherbet - Versus Apex Batman
In response to Apex Batman's nuclear batarang, Vanilla simply laughs her heart out. "You really are the perfect counter to Superman. But even Superman must've realized that even he can't save the world alone, right?"
After a quick prayer to her Nameless God, Vanilla raises her hands and shouts, "Give me all your strength, everyone!"
Essentially, Vanilla requests that KIRYU, NISHIKI, SALAZAR, and anyone who hasn't attacked give Vanilla their hopes and dreams for an epic final attack.
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This is a... more complicated attack. His speed is tested to the limit as he's forced to move back and forth, dashing to and fro to be in the right position to not get hammered. A few almost nail (heh) him but he manages it unscathed. Though he looks... troubled, or as troubled as his rather unemotive face can get.
"..."
"I am not programmed to understand what it means to 'care' for someone." he admits, sounding perplexed. "I thus find it difficult to predict the course of action but..."
"I believe it would attempt to neutralize the weapon." he says... not attacking. Seems he really thought it thoroughly.
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...
Carth may suddenly be shocked to see 12 stars. Is it because of the response he gave? Is it because he thought hard about his answer? Is it because he didn't attack?
Or is it perhaps a combination of all of these?
"You're not programmed to care, but you can still follow the logic of someone who could."
"Sonny, I think..."
"You are capable of more than your programming makes you believe."
Gerson chuckles.
"Well. The bell's ringing now. Seems we've reached the final rounds. So..."
"The weapon chooses to neutralize the other weapon, knowing fully well that doing so would save both those who cared for it and those who feared it. But the weapon itself would likely not survive the impact."
"So, how do you think it all ends?"
"No, how do you want it to end? If the choice was yours, fully yours. Not your programming or directives, but yours."
"How would you choose to end this story?"
Gerson goes for the storm of hammers attack again, just like last time. Surprisingly, the patterns aren't too different, aren't anymore difficult.
However, after the big hammer has gone, a shell comes from above, and if blocked, will change color before swerving to the left to try again, and then swerving down to try a third time.
It then happens again, but coming from up-right, going to up-left and then down-left.
Then from the left and up-right at nearly the same time. As they bounce, a spear comes in from upwards.
The left shell swerves down, the up-right shell swerves up-left, a spear comes in from downwards.
The down shell has disappeared, but the up-left shell swerves down-left while more spears are coming in.
Right, down-right, right, down-right, up-left, left, up-right, down-left, up.
... whoo. Gerson wasn't kidding, this definitely feels like a 'final rounds' kind of onslaught. And yet Carth will know that the battle isn't over yet. Could something even bigger be about to come his way?
- The enemy eagerly awaits your answer.
MERCY: 56%
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.UTOPIA COME AND END THIS FIGHT TEE-HEE
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Furious Cowl, Apex Batman - Trick-Stars and Bros
The Snow Halation + Baka Mitai registers, knocking Batman out of an advantageous position!
|Kass|
[👍!]
OH MY GODS BATMAN STILL HAS NUKES UP HIS SLEEVE AND WON’T END THE FIGHT.
|You (not Watanabe)|
“(groan) This is like Lily having an emotional outburst, but way worse…”
|Honey|
“Didn’t she steal launch codes that one time she was rampaging like Batman here?”
And it’s not even the same Lily living in “Pyra”’s watch.
But a Batarang is a bat shaped boomerang…
|Boomerang Bro|
{*grunt*}
|Gold Bro|
{Fighting boomerangs with boomerangs? Well, takes one to know one.}
Using the same technique that the Bros uses to create the Giant Fused Hammer, the Bros will create a large boomerang to throw at Batman with all their might as well, attempting to knock him prone or knock the Nukearang out of position!
After the Bros throw their Giant Fused Boomerang, they will boost Vanilla’s Charge-Up Attack.
Trick-Stars will be among the first to support Vanilla, having a few Charge-Ups up their own sleeves.
Honey activates the Dreamy Eyes again and uses the Prism Stone Wave to charge up Vanilla’s attack - they’re called Dreamy Eyes for a reason!
Blindingly Bright Axe Knight, Godwyn - Cyclones
The Cyclones falls back as Sephiroth and The Roaring Knight fires off a barrage of powerful strikes, followed by William expanding his domain (wait that sounds wrong). Lily offers healing to anyone in need, while Monica and Joanne inspects their weapons for damage in preparation for the trio’s next moves.
Inventory
- Multi-Range Electrocane
- 34x slingshot ammunition
- Quake Spear
Tools:
- Holo-Apples
- Backup Command Blocks
- Acoustic Guitar
- Portable Multicooker
- Cellphone for communication
- 1x roll of partially used duct tape
- 5m of nylon rope
Support:
- 4x Medium Heal
- Trick Recharger x2
Personal Skill:
- Echolocation
- Hand Shocker
- Orihime and Hikoboshi
- Moonrise Hammer
Tools:
- Victoria to use SONG Drives
- Wristwatch that Lily hides in
- Cellphone for communication (has Ui)
Support:
- Summon Ravenos
- Summon Coalin
- Trick Recharger x2
Personal Skills:
- “Pyra” Blast
- Smokescreen Generation
- Azure Cloth Blade
- Coated Trident
Tools:
- Combat Tengu Fans
- Cellphone for communication
Support:
- 5x Mason jars filled with an unknown acid (may also contain a figurine)
- Trick Recharger x1
Personal Skills:
- Scald Cannon (a kettle that can turn into a rocket launcher)
Tools:
- Corey’s Fingers x9
- Sound Condensing Solution
- A camping stove
Support:
Songs:
- Make It! (Usable/Recharging)
- Agent Yoru o Yuku
- Snow Halation
Active Assorted Effects
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This requires another bout of complex acrobatics and shieldwork. Had he done this at the start he would have been overwhelmed but the Gizoid has been studying Gerson's techniques the entire battle.
"... It would be a... waste if it were to end with its destruction. Of its potential and the revelation it must have made." He opts to say. This time he does attack, charging up a lightning blast again.
"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."

UTOPIA
Apex Batman
"Oh shi-"
Seven gets smote with a big-ass wooden cross. His eyes go blank, and a puff of dusty air escapes his mouth like his soul is leaving his body.
But even unconscious once again...his joints, they remain locked in a death grip.
You are such a moron, his past self chastises.
Hey, I'm the moron that got us this far, okay? Hurry up and take over before he rips my arms off to get out of this.
Our body isn't working right now. I don't know if it's even still breathing.
Oh. Ohhhh.
Ainz suddenly drops his Perfect Warrior transformation. "Body of Effulgent Beryl." A green aura shimmers over him. While it doesn't stop Batman from planting the gel, he stands firm against the explosion thanks to divine equipment that makes him immune to fire damage, and the spell he cast completely negates the impact of the following punch.
He forgoes retaliation to give Salazar a verbose command. "Do what you can to pry my colleague's limbs open before our foe uses him as a meat shield for a more fatal attack."
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Destined Consort Godwyn
I'm in a real bad state rn so uhhh Zenos continues flying out of reach like a punk and launches green blades of energy at Godwyn with the beating of his wings.
Young Sephiroth, waiting for Law to set him up, focuses entirely on defense. He parts the residual flames from the Beam-O-War that get near him with wind and water magic, jumps over Placidusax's sweep, dashes out of the way of Godwyn's charge, and keeps his distance from the attacks that follow. He simply bides his time, much as it pains him not to get in there and try to stop everything.
Edited by KiriK on Jul 28th 2025 at 11:49:40 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."