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DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#381801: Sep 19th 2023 at 2:13:46 PM

"Hey, uh, I think it's your turn.", Cara says to Umezou.

"Yeah, but...", Umezou says, glancing behind him slightly. If Rhea is still there and still glaring, he has a brief shiver.

"What? Are you worried she's gonna kick your butt later?", Cara asks, slightly smirking.

"No, my Pokemon are strong enough to-"

"I said your butt, not the Pokemon's butts."

Umezou does not look amused.

"My butt will remain un-kicked, thanks!", he grumbles as he starts walking towards his assigned battlefield. Cara just smiles.

"Already helped make him feel less nervous.", she giggles.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
m-95 SauaS GoodooG from my place of residence Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Loves me...loves me not
SauaS GoodooG
#381802: Sep 19th 2023 at 2:22:26 PM

Icarus' tour

"Fascinating," said Tarvek. "Do you know anything about who founded the city?"

Othar was looking out the window. "I got a glance at Reprium before. From the top of a mountain, in fact."

Edited by m-95 on Sep 19th 2023 at 5:22:37 AM

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StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
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#381803: Sep 19th 2023 at 2:32:24 PM

"No, I don't, but I assume they must be somehow supernatural. Every time you wreck something in the city, after a while, it magically rebuilds itself."

While the ship returns from Reprium and flies towards Estraole, a thought occurs to Icarus.

"Hey Tarvek, you have some experience with convoluted politics, right? Can I ask you for some advice?"

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#381804: Sep 19th 2023 at 2:57:10 PM

M5R1

Stalking out of the shadows is Rei, local psychopath.

"Hmph, literal actual trash? At least you're up front about it."

With very little forethought he sends out his typhlosion. I guess they're itching for a fight.


M7R1

Waiting for Umezou (she got there first) is DAWN, who waves after a second of hesitation.

"H-hello!"

"..."

She really really wants to comment on / ask about Umezou's unique skin tone. Is he okay? But that might be rude.

Edited by Rbade on Sep 19th 2023 at 2:57:48 AM

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DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#381805: Sep 19th 2023 at 3:04:30 PM

M7R1

Umezou, a little surprised at Dawn's seeming shyness (though obviously not knowing why she's being so hesitant) and waves back.

Ah man, at least from first glance she seems to be a nice girl. Umezou's planned strategy of just having his Pokemon bulldoze their way to victory feels kinda... mean. Unless Dawn is secretly hiding something strong and she's trying to get him to lower his guard, going with his plan would mean not giving her a chance to really fight here.

He glances at the distant Red for a moment. Of course he is the real reason Umezou wanted to participate, he figured Red wouldn't want to miss an opportunity like this. His plan was meant to guarantee that he'd be able to reach him (unless Red loses before they get to each other, which Umezou honestly can't really imagine) and show him how much he has improved.

He looks back at Dawn.

"Hey, I'm Umezou. It's my first ever tournament. How about you?", he asks. Maybe it'll turn out she's secretly a seasoned veteran, and in that case he wouldn't have to feel any kind of guilt about going all-out.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Sep 19th 2023 at 12:04:51 PM

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#381806: Sep 19th 2023 at 3:13:42 PM

She laughs nervously.

"It's actually my first tournament too. ... Well, actually no, but the other ones I was in were for Pokémon Contests, not battles."

red isn't even looking at Umezou he's too busy chatting with Lillie in the background. For as wild as their first match was, I get the feeling he doesn't regard Uzzy nearly as importantly as vice versa.

"I mean I am the Champion of Sinnoh but that wasn't decided by a tournament..."
There it is.

She sends out her Infernape, who commits [monke noises].

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DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#381807: Sep 19th 2023 at 3:20:40 PM

Well shit. She's new to this too. Now he can't-

Wait did she say Champion of-

Oh no, and it's a Fighting Type too! The only type his Pokemon are generally weak to. Umezou looks nervous again, then takes a deep breath, and sends out Kangaskhan, who looks ready to fight.

"Well crud. If she's really a champion level trainer, Umezou could be out in the first round.", Cara says, back at the stands and only just having sat down again. She sighs.

"I really hope he gets to at least round 2. Because if he doesn't, I feel like I'll be the one who'll have to listen to him complaining for the next few days.", she mutters.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#381808: Sep 19th 2023 at 3:31:11 PM

    Dawn + Infernape 

Dawn (Lodge): ☆☆☆☆☆
Partner: Infernape
Type: Fire
Weakness: Water
Role: Physical Strike

Move 1: Fire Punch (Has a 10% chance to Burn the target.) Fire-type, BP 47-56, MG 2, ACC 100, Targets 1, Physical

Move 2 (Item): Dire Hit (Raises the user's Critical Hit Rate by 1 stat rank.) MP 2

Move 3: Fire Blast (Has a 10% chance to leave the target burned.) Fire-type, BP 116-139, MG 3, ACC 85, Targets 1, Special

Move 4 (Cheer): No Need to Worry! (Raises the user's Attack and Sp. Attack by 2 stat ranks.) MP 2

Passive 1: Sunburst (Changes the weather effect to Sunny when the user enters battle.)
Passive 2: Super Powered 3 (Powers up Super Effective moves and Sync Moves by 30%.)
Passive 3: Agile Entry 2 (Raises the user's Evasion by 2 stat ranks when it enters battle.)

Sync Move: Jump-Start Raging Fury (Transforms the user into Mega Infernape.) Fire-type, BP 160-192, Physical

    Umezou + Kangaskhan 

Umezou: ☆☆☆☆☆
Partner: Kangaskhan
Type: Normal
Weakness: Fighting
Role: Physical Strike
Move 1: Return (Increases in power by 16.5% per Sync Buff on the user's team.) Normal-type, BP 110-150, MG 3, ACC 100, Targets 1, Physical

Move 2: Fake Out (This move fails if the user has used any moves since entering battle. Causes the target to flinch.) Normal-type, BP 20-45, Quick Move, ACC 100, Targets 1, MP 3, Physical

Move 3 (Item): Ether All (Restores 1 MP for all allies' moves with limited MP, excluding Ethers and Elixirs.) 1 MP

Move 4 (Cheer): You'll Be Exposed! (Raises the user's Attack, Defense, and Accuracy by 1 stat rank.) MP 2

Passive 1: Beta Reset (After using their Sync Move, this unit is treated as having just been sent out / not having moved yet this battle.)
Passive 2: Recalculated Effectiveness (The user's Normal-type moves are Super Effective against targets that are weak to the Glitch type.)

Sync Move: Burning Lies Double-Edge (Transforms the user into Mega Kangaskhan.) Normal-type, BP 160-192, Physical

FORMATTING COMPLETE

Dawn takes a second to check her phone. You know. To check her stats.

"Huuh..."

Infernape snorts, wanting to FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT COME ON KILL FIGHT AWWWHUARWRUGH-.

The sunlight is strong.

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DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#381809: Sep 19th 2023 at 3:37:14 PM

Dawn may be distracted, but the battle has officially started. And with her being the Champion of Sinnoh, Umezou's own hesitance to go all out has decreased significantly. He gets ready to make Kangashkan Mega-Evolve and go for a double Fake-Out, but his body briefly glitches, making him pause. He glances down at his Poryphone and immediately realizes that, crap, he can't go for that combo. Mega Evolution is tied to the Sync Move, and if he goes for that, then Fake Out will have been completely useless.

Well... let's just hope that Dawn's Infernape doesn't have something like Close Combat, Umezou figures. Since he only glanced at his phone while Dawn is looking her full stats over, he will realistically be able to give the first command.

"Fake-Out!", he calls forth, and by the time Dawn will likely look up from her Poryphone, Kangaskhan may have already closed the distance between itself and Infernape, ready to make the fire monke flinch.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#381810: Sep 19th 2023 at 3:44:19 PM

Fake Out HITS and Infernape starts FLINCHING. Dawn squints as the P-Moves on her loadout gray out - it seems Flinching here is a temporary status change like Confusion, which prevents attacks and status moves.

"Oop."

6 turns left of sun.

Much like Trainer earlier, she mashes through the Dire Hit button - unlike Trainer, she does so not out of panic, but actually determining that's the best way to make use of this time.

"Keep alert!"

"Oraroua!"

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DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#381811: Sep 19th 2023 at 3:48:26 PM

Alright, let's see if he learned enough about these Sync battles to make this work.

Umezou goes for a Cheer to increase Kangaskhan's Attack, Defense and Accuracy. The last of these may be important, Infernape looks like it's a fast and agile Pokemon, more so than Kangaskhan is.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Rbade [PASIO] from Woodstocks Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
[PASIO]
#381812: Sep 19th 2023 at 4:03:54 PM

Given Infernape's raised Evasion - yeah, that was a good move. Infernape's lasts through this turn too, leaving her to select her Cheer as well to keep things moving - the simian howls as its attacking stats rise, itching to use them.

4 turns left of sun.

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DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#381813: Sep 19th 2023 at 4:13:08 PM

"Return!", Umezou commands, and Kangaskhan rushes forward, aiming to deliver a (hopefully) powerful strike.


oneshot post, not a full scene

     The Hunt Begins 

Hub Centralis

A girl, probably around 13 or so and having only just arrived in the Arena by being pulled into it randomly, walks through a seemingly empty town square, a slight mist permeating throughout the area. Where is everyone? Is this some kind of ghost town, she wonders. It'd definitely explain the fog. If so, the chances of her finding out where she is and how to get back home...

Suddenly she hears the sound of a metal can falling on the ground. Completely on edge, she instantly turns to look. In a nearby alleyway, a can had indeed fallen on the ground. For a moment the girl becomes afraid that whatever caused this town to be abandoned is still here and aware of her, but she calms down just a little when nothing is actually in the alleyway at all. It's daytime after all, so she has a mostly clear view of it even through the mist, which thankfully isn't too thick.

Maybe it was a coincidence. Maybe it'd been standing on a slope and it had happened to fall over just now. Maybe. Hopefully.

She continues on a bit further, remaining on edge as she looks around for any signs of life. And while she doesn't know if it's the smartest move in the world to do depending on what happened to this place, she calls out audibly as well.

"Hello?"

Beat

"Hellooooo?"

Beat

Nothing.

"Helllloooooooo!?"

"Helllloooooooo?"

The girl pauses and turns once again, this time in the direction of the voice. There's a boy standing some distance from her, looking to be around 16 or 17, standing on a closed manhole cover.

"Oh, uh, hi. I'm lost, and I'm looking for help, but... why is this place so empty?", she asks, aware enough to not immediately approach him.

"I dunno, miss. I think most of the people went off somewhere.", the boy says with a happy and almost simple and childlike inflection in his voice.

... miss?

"Uhhhhh... why are you calling me miss?", she asks, confused.

"Because it's polite of course.", he says in that way kids talk when something seems obvious to them.

"... but you're older than me, aren't you?"

"Nope, I'm seven!"

The girl pauses again, then looks the clearly 'not-7-years-old' boy over for a moment. But before she can ask any further, she hears strange metallic sounds from underneath her. From underneath the ground itself. She looks down for a moment, frightened.

"W-what was that?", she asks, looking back up, only to see that the boy has disappeared. She holds her breath anxiously, her legs feeling like jelly as everything in her body screams at her to run, but she feels like she's frozen from fear.

Had she found herself able to run, she might've had a chance to survive.

The manhole cover is instantly pushed off by something from underneath. Large metal wires shoot out, instantly ensnaring her and pulling her into the sewers before she can make as much of a single sound.

It becomes deadly silent, the only sound emanating from within being creepy robotic laughter...

Edited by DevilPsyco on Sep 19th 2023 at 1:16:31 PM

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#381814: Sep 19th 2023 at 4:24:58 PM

Pokemon

Nick smirks smugly as if he prepared to say this line ever since he got here.

"You are what you beat"

A little TOO proud, he laughs at his own joke but snaps back to reality, and sends in his dumpster.

real
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#381815: Sep 19th 2023 at 5:19:15 PM

Culling Games

Nick realizes his attack didn't work as well as he thought the moment the granite blast fires. He steps away and shields himself with his remaining familiars as body shields, watching the fight unfold to see where it goes.

"Ah fuck it we ball!"

He unsheathes his knife from the wand and a sudden spike in magic can be felt across the building. The sheath forms an ethereal magical blade and he reverse grips the knife before quickly scaling the building with arm familiars on concrete to chase after Ryu and slash him up from behind.

real
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#381816: Sep 19th 2023 at 5:57:03 PM

Stained Mizu

Artemis lets out an irritated sigh as more clones appear. She rushes forward, dodging the two fakes to throw another grenade towards the main beast- this one expanding into a relatively study net.

"That should keep it down for a bit!"

Yeah, a good idea, barring the fact that she's now got monsters to her back and front, provided the others don't wipe them out.

aeiou: the second
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#381817: Sep 20th 2023 at 3:54:33 AM

Reprium

Kado's plan is nice enough, and he and Kratos together manage to minimize the kamikaze clones' effects on their side. Unfortunately though Kado didn't really factor in that Stained Mizutsune is already covered in the caustic bubble fluid, so being covered in more is like shooting a seal with a water gun.

Artemis' grenade does hurt it though. It growls as it stands up and a high pitched noise accompanied by glowing would alert them something is afoot. A few moments later it roars and an explosion of dark energy erupts from it, knocking away anyone still too close to it.

It snarls and creates two more clones, dancing alongside them as bubbles begin gathering over the group. The bubbles start gathering together and gradually begin forming a truly massive one as Stained Mizutsune focuses on this, the two clones interrupting their dance to jump at anyone who tries to interrupt it.

Suffice to say, letting it finish would probably be a bad idea, but the clones and the rapid pace with which it is dancing around the arena might make that difficult.


Billiam

"That'd be a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time then." Okuu says, not even stopping to breathe.

   "... Yes, quite."    is all Yatagarasu has to add.

Edited by shroobot3000 on Sep 20th 2023 at 7:15:00 PM

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#381818: Sep 20th 2023 at 9:54:54 AM

Oker

William sighs relaxingly and finishes the rest of his meat with some comical mouth guzzle... Including the bone. He gets up and walks up to Okuu, patting her on the head.

"Can't stay much longer. Big chance those people I talked about earlier are already en route."

He waves her goodbye before running off.

"But it was fun talking again!!"

real
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#381819: Sep 20th 2023 at 11:26:39 AM

RATS!

Azura finds herself struggling for her sword with the stealthy colossus that she thought she'd dispatched. His grip she could overpower, she imagine, but it'd take time she doesn't have with the rats swarming all around them. She could not let them win. Absolutely not.

It'd trivialize it all if they could, after the efforts Melia and her went through to dispose of them.

And yet, she knows that even if she try to focus on retrieving her sword, its large size will become a useless weight, what's with civilians or defensive structures being nearby. After all, her insane attacks from before were only possible because they'd killed every nearby guard and sacked their defensive lines.

But maybe she could still turn things in her favor precisely because of that.

As Azura is punched, she goes along with it, letting go of the sword and crossing her arms to block the punch. Her bones rattle, and the impact send her back, but this is exactly what she wants: for the very energy of the blade is still very much hers to command. And as such, Azura points at it with her index and middle finger...

And orders the energy to lose its focus.

Thus, it returns back to what it was before she gave it shape: a huge explosion, potent enough to leave a large mushroom-shaped cloud behind it, not really a nuclear bomb but still very potent and able to shake the nearby ground, with a sweeping shockwave to accompany the towering purple pillar

In the middle of the swarming rats mass, with the colossus in the very epicenter of it.

ENERGY MAGIC

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#381820: Sep 20th 2023 at 3:33:11 PM

Koro-Na

"I volunteer to join up with the 'Lizardman' and lay siege."

Luin nodded at Marth’s decision. Of course he had chosen as such—chains did not befit regality.

"I imagine they’d rather kill Hunters on sight than take them prisoner, so I’ll do that too."

A valid concern. Luin didn’t know how true it was or what exactly their policies were when it came to it, but it’s always better to play things safe.

Safe.

She chortled internally. "Safe". Was that was the Rider was doing right now? Playing it safe?

"Guess I look pretty ''civilian', and I do like fighting, so I’ll pose as a prisoner."

The Luin looked the man over. It was true, he did look relatively regular compared to the rest of them. The woman smirked. Gog help anyone who underestimated him.

Take care of my horse while I’m with the caravan.

The woman pondered the difficulties of getting his horses into the safety of the city for a bit. She had gone to good lengths to keep her endeavors here a secret beyond simply telling Whas’Intun that she’d be going after the Poachers, even if he wouldn’t. She hadn’t told him she’d be enlisting outside help, and a pang of guilt struck through her. The Lizardman, no matter how much she disagreed with him, had made his wish for the isolation of Koro-Na clear. Bringing in outside help behind his back…Luin wiped out these thoughts. It’ll be worth it, She tried to convince herself, when he sees that the Poachers have been dealt with.

"That can be arranged," She told him before looking to Beeji. "Could Petra watch over his horses while we’re gone?"

The pillar woman nodded.

I volunteer to be on that chariot. One of my familiars will be able to swarm the camp to cause further panic and confusion to help us with the initial attack. That way, it'll be even more effective. Don't worry. They won't be hurt. I fight by summoning them but I'm proficient in a fight up-close too, so don't worry about me being at the heart of the action.

"I see," The woman spoke. For a moment she couldn’t help but wonder who he was referring to when reassured her that they won’t be hurt. The Poachers? The woman hoped they’d be hurt, she wanted them to suffer. She wanted to tell them exactly who had killed them and why she did so, and she wanted her smile to be the last any of them saw in their final moments. His summons? I don’t care—the moment the thought ran through her head the woman was racked with guilt once again. Of course she cared, right? Surely she cared for the wellbeing of others, surely she wasn’t that far gone?

Or was she?

Had this pursuit of vengeance changed her? She remembered what Lenoi had asked, "what happened to that girl years ago?" What had happened to her? It was a different person standing in her shoes; no longer a girl but a woman. Luin wasn’t entirely certain she liked this woman, the person she was.

"I feel like they might be suspicious if they recognized me in the prisoners," spoke Sebastien.

"Alright." Luin approached him with a burdened smile, placing a friendly hand before him to shake. "Then I’ll see you on the other side."

   "I will go with Khars’Li."    Said Beeji. The man was akin to a brother for her, despite them being of very different species.

"Now that that’s settled, for those of you going with the Lizardman, he’s up the beach that way, won’t be too hard to find him. For those of you coming with me…"

A caravan rumbles through the forest, wagons led by horses. Into the back of the last wagon in the caravan, a group slips in under the cover of the evening sun with none the wiser to their presence.

"The caravan’ll pass through in an hour or so. It’s a short walk, and we’ll hide in the bushes before sneaking into the last wagon. Once we’re in…"

The infiltrators, with their ragged clothes thrown overtop their own for now, fit right in with the rest of the prisoners. Some glance at them but remain silent (perhaps wondering why people would choose to become captive to these people), while others don’t even budge. There, they wait in silence until at last the wagon slows to a stop. The back opens and an armored man enters.

"We’ll wait. Once we get to the gates of the camp, the wagon’ll stop and a Poacher’ll come in and get a prisoner count. He’ll check to make sure you don’t have any weapons on you, so make sure you give yours to Petra before we head out. She’ll take them to Khars’Li—the Lizardman—and you’ll get them back when both groups join up again. When the Poacher’s taking count, just act. Natural. But not too natural, or they’ll know something’s up."

The man moves through the wagon, taking count of each captive inside. Luin lowers her head and lets her hair fall over her face—it’s grown unchallenged in the past few months, the woman having been left without time for vanity. The stark dark hair now reaches past her shoulders and seems to obscure her well enough that the man doesn’t seem to recognize her as one of the duo he was told to be on the lookout for. He leaves the wagon with a full count and the vehicle resumes motion once again.

"If nothing goes wrong, we’ll make our way into the camp. I say "camp"…but it’s bigger. Far bigger than you’d expect; more of a town. So once we’re in, we just have to hope the caravan moves along without any interruptions."

The wagon comes to a sudden and unexpected stop. Outside the canvas flaps, footsteps are heard.    "Hold on,"    says a voice, and Luin instantly connects it to the Poacher Captain with the strange shadow-creature. She and Seliph had both seen him that day, when her monsters were stolen.    "I want to check it myself. Can’t be too careful—she’s a cunning one, they say. Could be trying to get in through the prison wagons."    Luin’s heart drops as boots fall upon the wooden platform outside the wagonflaps, a gloved hand reaching in to separate them and view the inside—

'''"Sir! The General’s asking for your presence at the coliseum—she needs you there for the surprise."

The man grumbles, but moves his hand away and steps off the step into the wagon.    "'Surprise'. What’s so damn surprising about killing a guy? He ain’t even that important…"   

Luin breathes a sigh of relief as the wagon commences moving again.'''

"It’ll take us to the coliseum next. There…I don’t know what’ll happen. They’ll signal the start of the main event with fireworks—that’s the siege party’s cue. But until then…try to stay together, and stay alive. There’ll be weapons for us to use there while we wait for the others to arrive with ours."

The caravan comes to a final stop and Poachers open the flaps at the back, motioning for the prisoners within to emerge. Some who take too long they’re especially forceful with, grabbing and shoving out of the wagon. They find themselves now in a darkened room behind a steel gate, on the other end a massive flat pen of sand. On the ancient sandstone structures surrounding the circular arena are hundreds upon hundreds of spectators, not all of them human but every last one cheering their lungs out.

——

'''As the infiltration group sets off to intercept the caravan, the siege gang is left to follow Beeji upon the beach, Petra behind her and carrying the weaponry of those not immediately with them. They come to a stop at a small campsite with a still-smoldering fire, upon which a slice of meat roasts. Sitting before it is a massive Saurus, his man-sized Macuahitl resting upright on the sand besides him.

   "Khars’Li,"    Beeji greets. The heavily armored Lizardman looks up at the approaching group and silently counts their numbers, before standing.

   "Hello, Beeji. These are the ones?"    The Pillar Woman nodded.    "Good—they’ll do. Come—we should proceed with haste."    The Seraphon bellowed a mighty roar that echoing into the jungle and from the trees, in the distance, rode an absolutely titanic bird-wyvern-creature-thing, the seventy-five foot monsters landing on the beach near them. It lowered itself onto its haunches, allowing for the group to mount the saddle on its back.    "Get on. There’s enough room for all of you. His name is Thundertalon. Treat him well, ‘else I’ll have to bite your head off and feed it to him."   

It…sounded like he was joking, but his tone was dead serious.

——

Holding Games

As Kaon yanks Mark towards him, Scorpion runs at the old fellow from behind and performs a flaming dropkick at his spine, aiming to knock him forwards into the stunned opponent and cause the two to slam into eachother.

——

Mizutsune

Kado does like a thing i guess i havent read the post hold on lemme do that

Ok so Kado falls back as he sees the bubble in the sky. The clones would make simply jumping up at it difficult, but maybe…

The once-Jedi crossed his arm over his chest and threw his lightsaber at the bubble in the sky with a grunt, staying behind as he waited to see the results.

Edited by ISZATSO on Sep 20th 2023 at 6:35:24 AM

With great power…you know the rest.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#381821: Sep 20th 2023 at 3:36:47 PM

Pica-Verse

Altina tries to intercept Goyo Richard before he can escape, but his bubble freezes her blades mid-swing, and she is unable to pull them out until he leaves, prompting a resigned sigh.

With the battle over, she sheathes her swords and turns to Carolina. "I can pray for the blessings of the goddess Ashera..."

She puts her hands together and utters a prayer. Nothing seems to happen at first, but then...a red-haired woman with a long ponytail in a business suit emerges from a portal.

"There you are!"

"More enemies!" Altina draws Ragnell, only for the woman to step back in surprise, holding up her hands defensively.

"No no no no no! I was looking for you because my own world's Pica-Pica are in trouble!"

Altina points Ragnell directly at the woman. "How did you know we were trying to help them in the first place?"

"I'm Anna! One of the countless sisters throughout the multiverse? You know?"

Altina slowly lowers Ragnell, though does not sheathe it.

Anna clears her throat. "In my world, I-I'm the Pica-Pica's manager. They perform by day and battle alongside and against spirits called Mirages at night."

"Then...your world is the same as that of Fortuna Entertainment!" Altina realizes.

"Sort of. Pica-Pica are F.E. in my world."

"How strange..."


Yawning Abyss

Majin Gaismagorm seemingly shrugs off Haru's blast, but it does break off more crystal chunks, tumbling down to the sides of the dragon.

As for Altzaira's Dirge of Dread...come on, man. You're trying to scare a primordial demonic dragon infused with divine power and driven by pure hatred. The only thing a 'feeling of dread' achieves is motivating it to use more of its power and fast.

And thus, as it finally stops inhaling, those pulled in are left down on the ground in front of it as it lowers its body, spreads its arms, and brings up a mass of Qurio energy that grows bigger as a column of golden lightning hammers down on it, then slams its hands together. The ensuing explosion is titanic and destructive, blinding in its light, deafening with echoes for miles, and will leave the victims who somehow survive its impact in a frenzied daze, hardly able to tell friend from foe.

And then it charges out of the light and smoke to crush Altzaira under one hand.

Even though Zenitsu, Sub-Zero, Baiken and Miraidon are well out of the attack's reach, it still leaves them stunned. Only Inosuke, with his mask and specially honed sense of sight, is able to run right back in and go at Gaismagorm's arms with a spinning slash. Malzeno shifts to human form and goes on the lookout for those frenzied by the blast.


Pokémon Masters Tournament

In a surprising show of kindness, Katre flies to retrieve Caterple and bring it back.

"Heh."


Fallen Timeline

In the innermost chamber of the ruins of what was once a floating paradise, the Fell Dragon Rafal spends another day praying over the body of his adopted sister. The hundreds of years he's spent in this world, pouring his life energy into Nel in the hopes she will one day revive, have been a blur to him. The bottomless power of the giant dragonstone the Emblems gave him sustains him, without need for food, water or rest.

Plants are among the few things still alive in this entire world. As is his routine, after a few hours of prayer over Nel, he heads outside to leave some flowers on a pair of gravestones, one dedicated to the Divine Dragon Alear, the other to Nel's twin Nil, whom Rafal had once impersonated in his quest to obtain the power he now has. As he always does, he kneels at the graves and stews in the regret of his actions.

But then, he hears a rumbling and looks up. Before his eyes, space ripples and tears, then bursts open, and a man emerges, descending to meet him. The man wears robes like a sage's and high priests combined, with a view of the cosmos on the inner-facing sides rather than cloth, along with a flower-like formation of wings over one eye and a pair of strange shoes that clash with the rest of his outfit.

"Who are you?" Rafal inquires, summoning his dragonstone to his hand.

"My name is Asuka," he replies calmly. "I noticed the boundary between this dimension and others was weaker than normal, traced the cause back to you, and found you alone. Would you like a reprieve from your burden?"

Rafal scoffs and folds his arms. "What reason do I have to believe your intentions? Even if I did believe you, I will not be going anywhere. I have been watching over my sister for centuries, and I will not leave her for even a day until a thousand years have passed."

Asuka closes his eyes. "So, you too have spent eternity worrying over someone you cared for deeply. Is it also your fault she's in such a state?"

"..." Rafal's eyes narrow.

"I'm beginning to understand how I found your world in particular. We may have a lot in common."

"Utterly ridiculous." Rafal shakes his head. "You have no right to interfere in my atonement, common woes or not. Leave."

"Allow me to make one last proposition. With my almighty magic, I can hasten the healing of your sister." A staff appears in Asuka's hand with a thick tome bound within it.
"I don't have many friends, and you clearly have no one. All I want is someone I can share the time with."

Rafal stands silent for almost a minute until he finally says, "You may work your magic, but if Nel does not awake, I'll erase you where you stand."

Asuka nods.

"Say you understand."

"I understand. I will not let you down."

Deciding that's good enough, Rafal heads inside, leading him to Nel. There, the strange mage opens up his tome as papers and lights swirl around him. Stars and nebulae fill the room, before he reaches out to her and sends streams of revitalizing energy into her.

Slowly, her eyes flutter, then fully open, to Rafal's shock.

"A Fell Dragon...revived so easily?"

"I did say my magic was almighty."

Nel slowly sits up. "Brother?"

"Nel... It has been ages of silence. I have much to tell you, about what transpired both mere moments after your death, and mere moments before now." Rafal wraps his arms around Nel, while Asuka smiles in the background.


Church of Gor, Hub Centralis

After resolutions and (re)introductions, Nel was sent to join the Alear of a better world who had come to theirs to help her, but Rafal had a debt to repay. He may be separated from his sister yet again so soon after her awakening, but this is only a blink compared to the hundreds of years he's already waited.

In another dimensional tear, he and Asuka emerge into the Arena, near the Church of Gor.

"So, this is a realm of 'fun' for you..."

"It is a world of many things."

Edited by KiriK on Sep 20th 2023 at 8:49:41 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#381822: Sep 20th 2023 at 3:46:58 PM

Gaismagorm, Majin Edition

Due to having gotten pulled in, Dark Magician lays on the ground, defenseless against the incoming massive explosion that sends him flying to the edge of the battle arena. Enough force comes from this attack to make him crash into either the ground or a natural wall, whichever comes first.

But he isn't dead, not at all in fact, because Spell Absorption turned this damage into healing. However, due to the side effect of the attack, he's now in a delirious daze, and about to be hostile towards his allies.

The Magician of Black Chaos is not aware of this though, and as he begins to channel magic, he gets shot in the back by a Dark Magic Attack (the attack, not the spell) from the dazed Dark Magician.

Edited by DevilPsyco on Sep 20th 2023 at 12:47:41 PM

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#381823: Sep 20th 2023 at 3:51:09 PM

Morph Moth - Gaismagorm Fight

Hiding behind cover despite getting dinged by the Qurio Energy, Morph Moth is too afraid to do anything of worth to attack the Gaismagorm right now. How could such a beast be so powerful? And besides, it's so chaotic right now that she might dinged by friendly fire.

RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#381824: Sep 20th 2023 at 4:01:56 PM

Gaismagorm

Haru lets out a screech of pain and annoyance as he's blinded. Heh. Like that'd stop him. His form quickly breaks down and replaces his damaged set of eyes, and finally...

Scythe - 3/3

   "Yelling it's name, heading for the undying sun!!"   

Haru's tail is enveloped in a flash of now-golden light. The Golden Bough that he has stored within himself resonating with his mind as he focuses on his memory. The energy that afflicts him drives him into a frenzy... but his mental fortitude shakes it off enough for him to focus. For a moment.

   "LET'S DO THIS!!!"   

Suddenly, contrary to what everyone might have expected, his form compacts into an 'egg' like form. Then...

Corrosion - Haru, Bearer of 'Light' (EGO - Heavenly Bladework)

The egg explodes in a flash of light, and he emerges back in his humanoid form. His eyes glowing a brilliant gold, and angelic 'wings' trailing from his back. His left arm has transformed into a massive blade (I do mean massive- think the Ultra Sword ability from Return to Dreamland, but... bigger.) adorned with gold and made of a core of an alien metal, toned in silver, which he swings over his head into Gaismagorm. His eyes are wide and bloodshot with a frenzied glee.

"Take this, you demon! The power of the Tree of Light!! Hahahahahaha!!"

Good idea and all- but there's a problem with that. The same light he uses to power his attack is going to probably afflict those unattuned with his form of Light- which doesn't effect him as he's an Abnormality, but would effect others, in some way or another. The frenzy state is what allowed that to slip, which isn't... great. Haru's laughing like a maniac as he lashes out blindly at Gaismagorm, not caring who's in the way right now.

Edited by RainbyPlays on Sep 20th 2023 at 7:10:43 AM

aeiou: the second
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#381825: Sep 20th 2023 at 4:21:15 PM

William

"Ok, bye!" Okuu says, waving him farewell.

   "May you have good fortune."    Yatagarasu adds.

After that they sit around quietly until Okuu yawns and decides to go find something else to do.


When the Gaisma is Gorm

Nitori's mech autoblocks the flash of light but the sound is the type not so easily blocked, the kappa feeling it in her very bones. She gets knocked off her seat and works to climb back up. This means she only has enough time to fire a missile barrage at Gaismagorm instead of anything more elaborate.


Uhh the Poacher Event

Sebastien doesn't waste time with stupid questions or delays and climbs on. Although...

Mona looks at the Toridcress and notices the obvious issue of her being moved. She then looks down at its claws and she almost seems to scowl, not liking where this is likely going.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."

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