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IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#386576: May 1st 2024 at 4:49:44 PM

Sylvie shakes her head while rubbing her temples.

"Some TVA shit. Whatever, I guess we can just have her locked away in a dungeon to rot," she replies.

Loki steeples his fingers.

"You'll forgive me, then, if I find myself more inclined to believe Thor's theory."

Thor blows out a lengthy, heavy sigh.

"Why the Hel is Linda of all people so damn important to time, anyway? Just about anyone else could fill her position in G.E.M., and I suspect it won't take Ishizu long to find a replacement once she's taken back her position," he says.

KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#386577: May 1st 2024 at 5:09:15 PM

Pica-Verse

Just as Sora gently lands and lowers his guard, the heroes are depowered, leaving him looking around frantically. "What the...?! Can that happen to us?!"

Altina readies her swords. "I suspect that if it could, we'd have already been shot."


Fort Dawnguard

Perceval doesn't hesitate, simply brandishing his Chroma Katana and getting in his battle stance.

"Then let's not waste any more time."

You Will Recall Our Names

The Blade rushes at Radahn, though he anticipates an attack. If Radahn doesn't strike his opponent up close, he'll slash at Radahn's leg.


Mission: Pursue the Giant Monster

Godzilla gets a faceful of flying lizard. He shoves Desghidorah away, then looks at the Titanslayer and makes a noise that roughly translates to "piss off, I've got this", before getting blasted from behind by Skullgreymon, roaring back at it angrily. He starts running at the Digimon, since it's a ranged attacker.

And I do mean running. He's not Super Robot fast, but a being his size has no business approaching as quickly and violently as he is.

"If the battle continues, we will suffer unnecessary civilian casualties," Malzeno informs. "Furthermore, the goal is to understand the movements of our target. We should help dispose of these miscreants quickly, before its course changes."

"Who's WE?!"

   <The boy is right. I have no interest in wasting my strength on these meager creatures.>   

"Fine. I can handle this myself." Malzeno takes on his true form and flies into the sky, spewing down a Dragon beam at Desghidorah, trying to help Albaz distract it.

Edited by KiriK on May 1st 2024 at 7:12:46 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
#386578: May 1st 2024 at 5:16:07 PM

"While Linda is going to be vital in some... questionable company-mandated experiments in about 50 to 60 years from now, she is also going to be responsible for saving a lot of lives... while losing her own in the process. The future of my world will already turn somewhat more bleak long before I rise to power, unfortunately. But there are some people in play who will do their best to prevent as much damage as possible. Alex, Linda and many more still have a role to play. A single piece out of place can have horrible results, and if a time paradox occurs, a lot of people, myself included since I am from their future, would cease to exist. The future is already horrible enough due to my previous actions, I refuse to risk things turning out even worse, and I cannot allow for an entire timeline and the lives within them to potentially be erased."

He clearly didn't mean to do so given that he doesn't know of Sylvie's personal history, but everything from mentioning the time paradox onwards may strike a chord with her.

Regardless, he then glances to the side.

"And I will be honest... had it not been for a specific chance encounter I had a few days before you brought Ishizu to Pseudo's base, I would have likely been on board with your initial plan. I actually ended up meeting some people from my world who ended up here, who were living in the era after what I had done, and after I had undone it again. They recognized who I was, and..."

He looks back at the trio in silence for a moment.

"I won't bother you with more of that unless you wish to know it. What I will say is that we should handle this matter carefully. But... if it turns out the only way to stop Seth or whoever he might be now and save the people Lucas and Claus care for is to do something that might carry all these risks, then I will not stop you. But as long as there's a different solution out there, we should at least try to avert the worst possible outcome."

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#386579: May 1st 2024 at 5:29:05 PM

Mission: Pursue the Giant Monster

Desghidorah's heads glared at Goji deeming to ignore it. The Super Darkness Monster though has other things to occupy itself. With a mighty roar, it surrounds itself in a barrier of thermal energy using its Thunder Cannon Flash technique (I know it doesn't involve thunder or cannons shut up I didn't name this). This blocks both Albaz' and Malzeno's dragon beams before dissipating as its left and right heads gather energy in their mouths.

They then fire out spiraling heat rays at the two dragons, its characteristic Pyroclastic Shot attack that once mangled Mothra. It then faces Titanslayer and fires a Triple Vortex Attack (essentially just three Pyroclastic Shots that merge into one before hitting the target) at the mech to try turn it into so much molten metal.

Well I guess they did distract it from Big G at least.

The Zeon forces meanwhile are busy trying to avoid getting crumshed by Godzilla and thus spend the turn maneuvering the submarine out of the way.

Edited by shroobot3000 on May 1st 2024 at 3:29:50 PM

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#386580: May 1st 2024 at 5:57:27 PM

HC, Dawnguard

The deadly punch caved the gorepriest’s skull in, bringing a swift and violent end to his life. The Mutant Child reigned victorious over his foes.

All at once, Sukuna’s Dismantle and Haru’s Twilight smashed into Pallia, and the wretched follower of Kain on borrowed time was torn asunder; seven charred chunks, some large and some small, flew past Haru and splattered on the ground, resting all in a group. There was no blood to be had between any of them for all of it had been torn out, no red flesh for all of it had been burnt. All that remained of the one fervent servant were black hunks of overcooked meat.

    Noah’s Portion 

As Pallia fell, Erin walked over to the charred, bloodless corpse, and finished righting her arm with a loud CRACK.

"For someone who was so adamant about trying to kill us, he sure as hell didn't do a very good job."

She comes to a stop in front of the now-ruined body of Pallia, staring down at the chunks. She smirks as she grabs one of the pieces and holds it up.

"What do you say, Haru, should we toss it into the bus's fuel load-"

There was a squelching and a dripping, a horrible sound of flesh tearing as a raspy and very familiar voice begged her pardon from behind:    "Excuse me."   

She’d feel no pain nor discomfort, but a mere tingling all across her skin, before her sight flashed red as something passed in front of her eyes. Kain, returned to the scene of his crime. He hadn’t bothered to wait for a response from Erin or even to walk around but rather had moved through her, molding his own flesh and form to squeeze through hers and simply walked into and out of the woman.

The grotesque creature stepped over the scattered remains of his optimistic warrior and turned to face their remains. He dug his hands into the skin of his thighs as though they were pockets and gave a deep sigh.    "Damn. I was really, really hoping he’d be the one."    He looked up, sweeping his vision over the others.    "If I were my partner, I bet I’d be pretty pissed at you all right now for killing him…but, well, I’m not exactly the sentimental sort."    He gave a sly grin.    "In fact, I think I’d rather thank you all. You’ve rooted out the weakness in my ranks, and eliminated it, and I didn’t even need to lift a finger…talk about effective, hehe!"   

He plucked the Pallia piece from Haru with alarming speed, tossing it up and down in the air and between hands.    "I’d even give you guys rewards, but…"    Kain sniffed the air.    "Well, I doubt there’ll be time for that. I expect another visitor to show up, right about…"   

Cardell smashed into the concrete from the clouds above, and the last remained untouched stretch of road was finally touched as the man’s landing formed a crater which stretched from sidewalk to sidewalk. Lily stared wide-eyed at her instructor—the look on his face…she’d never seen anything like it. So laser-focused, so set, so serious.

He strolled quietly towards Sammy, kneeling down and placing a hand on the injured student’s back as Kain laughed.    "I thought that was your scent! How long’s it been, Cardell? Three hundred years? Four?"   

The man was silent.

ADVANCED SKILL: PAUSE

Then, he rose and locked eyes with Kain, who lifted the hairless ridges over his own in mock fear.    "Woah. You’re…you’re…you’re scaring me, Cardell? Where’s all your jokes? Your quips? What—one student gets his stupid little arm burned off, and suddenly you lose your sense of humor? Don’t go all serious on me now, Cardell!"    The monster taunted.

"Lily." He spoke in a direct and deadly tone, never once breaking eye contact with Kain. "Are you hurt?"

"Uh, n-no, Mr. Cardell." She answered. The adrenaline was starting to wear off, and she was beginning to feel the post-battle weakness kick in.

"Good. Get Sammy out of here." Lily delayed. Cardell somehow seemed to sense her hesitation and his voice dropped a tone as he elaborated: "Now."

His word struck like a kick in the ass and she suddenly jolted, grabbing the trident from the ground and rushing to her wounded peer, the student frozen in time. But just as she reached him, Kain snapped his fingers—he, too, did not dare to break the staring contest with his old foe—and the trident was ripped from Lily’s hands, flying towards his own, outstretched and waiting.    "Sorry, girlie, but that belongs to me."   

He seemed to absorb it into himself, as well as the palm-sized bit of Pallia’s remains. Lily knelt before Sammy and lifted her palm to her forehead, whispering a request to the Divine Lotus. Cardell heard the shimmering from behind as heavenly golden light encircled the two. The instant it had faded, with his students safely out of harm’s way, he exploded towards Kain and in the blink of an eye they had gone, their battle far, far off in the distance. The only hint of their location were the bursting clouds far away, exploding in great splotches of white against the sky.

——

   "HahahahaHAA!!"    The general gave a powerful laugh straight from the gut as Perceval shot towards him. He waited until the temporary foe was in range to attempt at a grapple—lunging for the Blade and attempting to entrap him in his hands, before lifting him and smashing him into the ground. If that missed, though, Perceval would get his hit off: yellow sparks flying, the same color as the gold armor lining his leg.

Edited by ISZATSO on May 1st 2024 at 9:03:53 AM

With great power…you know the rest.
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#386581: May 1st 2024 at 6:08:37 PM

Xander had almost forgotten Beruka and Corrin were close in that universe. In his world, he knew he and Peri had a bizarre fling which he encouraged half-heartedly, fearing for his younger brother but, alas, seeing him and Peri were truly happy, he had decided to be simply cautious. Sadly, with Peri having been killed by Garon...

They seem to be very close from what I know. I'd give them my congratulations and best wishes, but I fear that it might be difficult to send them a letter across time and space.

At least, it seemed like these two Corrins shared a taste in dangerous women. A useful boon given the turbulent lives they led. Beruka is a cautious woman. But if she's wary, you shouldn't find it difficult to convince her to trust you. Worse come to worse, I remember being accompanied by an handful of invididuals who went back to the Arena or their own worlds after this - I could always try and dispatch a few of my spies to try and find them, if you need any evidence. They also saw what happened - there isn't any hard evidence, for, sadly, there's been a lot of confusion after what happened, but I know what I saw.

Nonetheless, we can at least give you what we can - it'll take one day and we'll donate it to your church so that you may pick it up or have it brought to you in the... "Arena". As for Gunter, I can only bid you good luck, but I can try my best to insure that, should the time come, you'll have the evidence to convince people of his deception.

Xander pause, taking a moment to mull on this. If only he could go and assist them... But alas, as a King, he can't. Nevermind the high risks of him dying or being crippled over there, which would make things more complex at home. For truth was, in a sea of infinite possibilities, there was still only one you could truly call home. Looking at Pucci, he also ponder if the man truly need to take this up. He had an important position as well, and he was... blind.

Even with his church embracing self-improvement at all costs, it seemed like a risky bet. And Xander, while he perhaps hadn't known the good priest for long (they were literally worlds apart less than a year ago), he appreciated how selfless and courageous he had been fighting for a country that wasn't his own. But still, there were limits to it.

He was kind of surprised that Corrin and Gunter apparently raised no objections to a blind man fighting by their side, even. It must've meant that the situation was dire... or that Gunter had a firmer grasp on Corrin than he should.

... Are you sure this is a quest you should be taking yourself? Xander says leaning forward. I know what your church preach. And I agree with it. But surely there are matters where... one's worth is proved enough, and they can afford to let someone else have a turn while they recover. Xander didn't want to look like he was pitying Pucci, but perhaps he was pitying Pucci and not being as blunt as he should be. I will not stop you from doing something you want, and you probably are well-aware of this, but I feel like it could be dangerous for you.

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ThatBlindGamer from Earth (Green Sprout) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#386582: May 1st 2024 at 6:09:49 PM

Hub Centralis

Luna sees the gorepreist has been defeated. She cautiously came out of hiding, making sure it was safe. After making double sure everything is safe for her, Luna came out from the large shrub she was hidden in.

I think everything is gone now. Thank goodness!

Luna notices the Mutunt Child, she looks at them, nodding at them.

|Thanks|

She turns her attention towards the others who were there, approaching them.

IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#386583: May 1st 2024 at 6:15:42 PM

Thor looks skeptical about Locke's claims that Linda will go on to save lives, only to be visibly intrigued when he mentions encountering individuals that gave him a new perspective on the G.E.M. situation.

"I will say this, Locke," he says. "Whatever happens, however our conflict with the usurper plays out... I would rather avoid outright going to war with G.E.M. at all costs. The last thing I want is a repeat of the Cyber Angel tragedy - decent people who've been misled by a greater evil dying pointless, avoidable deaths in droves."

Loki raises an eyebrow, looking just as intrigued by Locke's reveal as his brother.

"And who might these individuals be, may I ask?"

Sylvie clenches her fist when Locke mentions everything past "time paradox", but she doesn't say anything.

Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#386584: May 1st 2024 at 6:26:10 PM

Hub Centralis

Sukuna says nothing as Kain shows up. He just silently prepare for how he's going to kill this guy. He had taken acceptable damage so far, after all. And while it was early enough, perhaps too early, he wasn't going to let that guy walk around like he owned the place and could afford nonchalance around the King of Curses. Who fix his arm quickly now that he doesn't need to focus on anything else aside from staring.

Still, Sukuna initially doesn't let his displeasure be shown, instead smiling while seeing Kain display one ability of his. Sukuna didn't know how well his Personas could limit Kain's flesh-bending powers, but he knew he could probably see if it made him fireproof to start with. For, sadly, Dismantle seemed like it wouldn't be useful depending on the exact limits of Kain's regeneration.

As the old master of the Dojo appears, Sukuna decide to stop dawdling about and get ready - even if he'd found a method which to attack Kain with.

   Kohryu.    Coiling around Sukuna is the ruined form of Kohryu, the Yellow Dragon of Chinese mythology. China might not have had a sorcerer that could be feared by him, but it had interesting motifs, the ruined dragon looking more like a snake that had its scales all peeled off, its horns being replaced with blades driven into its skull. While the process appears to be made for Sukuna's gratification at first, it proceeds to vanish into light that envelop Sukuna as a thin pillar of energy.

Concentrate allows Sukuna's next attack using projected Cursed Energy to become 2.5x stronger. A bit like a guaranteed Black Flash.

Embers appear around Sukuna's hand as he raise the tips of the index and middle finger of his left hand overhead, before pulling it back, with a trail of flames manifesting with his movement.    Divine Furnace. Open.    Sukuna let the trail of fire take a more concrete form and spread to his other hand pointed forward, with the tip of it, at his left hand, taking the shape of an arrowhead. And as he prepare to let it loose on Kain at almost point-blank, with a sly smirk, Cardell and Kain proceed to go full DBZ, Sukuna's eyes widening in slight surprise as he look up to see them go, before he groans in irritation.

At this point, firing the arrow would be pointless. They're moving too fast and too far.

...

... But he keep it primed anyway, the arrow's mere presence already searing, almost scorching.

Edited by Bolded1 on May 1st 2024 at 3:28:15 PM

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DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#386585: May 1st 2024 at 6:36:01 PM

"A trio of men who work at that bar we went to in order to find Ken Tahn. They and the group they used to be a part of were some of the people who managed to survive long enough for my actions to be undone. Born in a world without will and then suddenly gaining it, being forced to survive in an essentially ruined world with it being my fault their lives were like that..."

Locke's starting to get emotional.

"I already regretted the things I did back then, but that confrontation really made it clear to me just how bad things were. It was genuinely enough for me to consider trying to find a way to change the past. ... no, not consider. I was planning on doing it, at least after all our current troubles like the Assassin are dealt with. But when I made that choice, I was approached by what looked to be some sort of snake creature, who began telling me that altering the timeline would only make things worse in the long run. I wasn't exactly convinced until she introduced herself to me as the Divine Guardian of Time."

Locke lets out a sad and bitter chuckle.

"I could have ended up making things even worse if I didn't get literal divine intervention. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if that happened, and I cannot risk such a thing happening. Not from my actions or from ours."

He nods at Thor.

"So do I. We may have to, but if we do, we just have to be careful. I've been thinking of trying to come up with a way to somehow save the people of the Nowhere Islands without G.E.M. noticing. Without hostages to keep Lucas and Claus tied to them, they'd be in a much worse spot, and if Seth refuses to at least attempt to communicate with us at that point, surely it will cause some dissension from within the ranks of G.E.M. Maybe not from Linda, but they're not all like her."

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
#386586: May 1st 2024 at 6:49:10 PM

Albaz - Mission

Thankfully, Titanklad's natural armor protects Albaz against the breath attack to a certain degree. In retaliation, Albaz goes for a powerful claw slash attack on Desghidorah. Three-headed dragons are just a silly gimmick in his eyes.

IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#386587: May 1st 2024 at 7:00:29 PM

While Sylvie gets up to retrieve the drinks Loki had ordered for the group, Thor nods in agreement with Locke.

"If we do end up having to fight G.E.M., we should only fight to knock the soldiers out. The only one I want dying is whoever the Hel is responsible for all of this madness," he says. "Perhaps Loki could handle rescuing the hostages. He seems to be the most suited for the job."

Loki strokes his chin thoughtfully, wondering if he might have encountered this trio of men Locke encountered.

"No, I can't say I'm overly familiar with these gentlemen, Locke. They must work behind the scenes of Tahn's establishment.

Sylvie returns with the drinks in tow, passing them out before returning to her seat.

"If whatever plan we come up with involves fighting Linda, leave her to me. Don't worry, I won't throw her into a killer robot timeline if I get the TemPad working."

DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#386588: May 1st 2024 at 7:11:23 PM

"I agree. My months of meditation have allowed me to refocus my power. I can exert my corrupting aura in a controlled and much less lethal way than before. If we end up fighting them, I will be able to use them without risk to their lives, or ours.", Locke says. He then looks at Loki.

"As for you saving them, your illusions could be very helpful in tricking the soldiers there. The only issue is how you'd get there. The islands are a place said to be located out of time and space. Unless you have a way of perfectly honed teleportation and know where you're going, I'm not sure you'd be able to reach it on command. If we still had Botar, this would be a cinch, but we will have to improvise. I would consider asking Ninten, I don't know if he's been to the islands before. If he has, it could work. But..."

He sighs.

"He hasn't exactly been the same these past few days, going off all on his own for hours and going to his room when he's back. This whole ordeal affected him greatly. I'm almost worried he might refuse a request to help."

And then at Sylvie, taking his drink as she gives it to him.

"I may not know you as well yet as I know Thor and Loki, but I trust you.", he says, after which he drinks a bit.


Blackreach

Linda's helicopter lands on the roof of the building. The compartment underneath it opens up and lets the vehicle descend into it safely, the roof closing back up again immediately after. Linda steps out of the helicopter and puts the Anti-Navitus cannon against a wall.

"Mission successful. That enemy base was wiped off of the map.", she says to Norm, who's waiting there for her with some soldiers. She smirks.

"What's with the nervous looks? Did you think I'd fail?"

"Linda... Miss Ishizu is somewhere in the Arena as we speak."

Beat

"She what?", Linda asks.

"She escaped her forced confinement and took one of the bracelets we use to travel between here and our world. By the time we found out she was gone, she'd already gotten out of Blackreach. The cameras were hacked by an external source, but our current suspect is Alex. Shinui would have the ability to-"

"Yeah, yeah, what about Ishizu? And her son, is he still-"

"She took him with her."

Linda looks... troubled, actually.

"You're shitting me. There's no way they'll survive in a place like the Arena! What the actual Hell was Alex thinking? Haven't you people sent anyone to retrieve her yet?"

"We did. We even pulled Lucas and Claus from their mission to make them assist."

Linda looks angry and points her finger at Norm.

"They better have actually tried, or-"

"They did!", Norm quickly says, raising his hands defensively. "They definitely did. They ended up in a fight, Claus had to have his mechanical components get repaired. He spent 6 hours in an operation room to get it done."

Linda calms down and lowers her hand.

"Very well. So do you have any idea where Ishizu and Mattheo are?"

"Thor, Loki and Sylvie confronted some of our soldiers and Ninten was the one fighting Lucas and Claus. We believe they-"

"Hold on, Ninten? That scrawny, loud-mouthed, annoyingly cheerful kid with no offense-based PSI? He is the one who beat Lucas and Claus?"

"Yes. Apparently we all underestimated him."

"Heh. Apparently we did. Now, what were you saying?"

"... the Odinsons may have brought Ishizu and Mattheo to safety somewhere."

"Okay, good.", Linda sighs, surprising Norm.

"I... wasn't aware you cared."

"I care because I have orders to protect them at all costs, if you can still recall."

"The orders Seth gave you before he died? You're still following them?"

"Why would I not, you buffoon?", Linda asks, angry again for a moment. "... regardless, if she's with Thor I shouldn't have much to worry about. Let's just report to Seth and wait for further instructions."

"We already reported the matter to Seth, as well as our suspicions. We are to wait here for his arrival. He didn't say anything about our suspicions about Alex."

"He's coming here? Right now?"

"He could arrive at any moment, yes."

"... well, now at least I know why you're so nervous and as white as a sheet right now. I thought you were worried about pissing me off, but no. He's bound to be pissed at all of us that we this happen."

"With some luck he'll be somewhat placated by the fact your mission went off without a hitch."

"These aren't comparable in the least, Norm. Ugh... just help me by getting everyone ready to greet him. Claus and Lucas too. They're not gonna be all too happy to meet Seth but they're gonna have to, and they better behave for their own sakes."

As Linda moves to pick up the Anti-Navitus gun, Norm takes off the pair of sunglasses he'd been wearing and rubs the bridge of his nose.

"I can still barely wrap my head around all this, Linda. And I know you're the type to just do as the boss says, but... you've gotta be weirded out by all of this at least a little, right?"

"Honest answer?", Linda asks as she picks up the gun and turns back to him. "None of this is consistent with how Seth used to act in the past. ... well, save for the kidnapping part."

"What? ... oh, right, Travis... but that was when he was 14. He'd come such a long way. We literally watched him grow into a better man."

"Yes. But orders are orders, Norm. And as long as Seth's in charge of G.E.M., then those orders are final to me. Now help me put this away so we can get things ready."

Norm now sighs as well.

"This sort of shit is not what I signed up for over twenty years ago.", he says as Linda walks past him.

"Nobody does. But I'm hoping that doesn't mean what I think it does.", Linda says, eyes narrowed behind her sunglasses. Norm puts his own back on again.

"Don't make me laugh.", he bitterly says. "Where would I go? This place is all I have. Now let's get to work."

Linda simply lets out a 'heh' before continuing to walk with Norm following.

Edited by DevilPsyco on May 1st 2024 at 4:25:34 PM

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#386589: May 1st 2024 at 7:27:31 PM

Babey Mansion - Outdoor Court

"So, I need to train to take on bigger threats. Can you help?"

"You bet! Right, Ammy?"

  • Yes
  • No

The wolf-goddess of the sun Amaterasu lowers her front, getting in her lupine battle stance. Her inch-tall envoy Issun jumps into her fur.

"Alright," Refia says, psyching herself up. She ran into Ammy and Issun by coincidence, but was pleasantly surprised to find out the sun god was just who Iris and Thor were looking for. "I've never had to face a god in person."

Refia takes a few steps back and raises her fists. "I got this," she tells herself.

HIKARI - Punishing Gray Raven

Refia fires a volley of plasma blasts from one hand. Amaterasu shoots back with rapid-fire Tundra Beads and simultaneously draws a Power Slash, cutting into Refia to disrupt her attack. The moment she falters, the sun god rushes in and lashes the Tundra Beads in whip form.

The demon tries to block with her arm, only for the rosary chain of light to coil around her wrist. Amaterasu effortlessly swings her off her feet.

"Whoa-oa-oooaaaaaa!"

Ammy slams Refia into the ground. The light connecting the Tundra Beads disperses and they all fly back to her as the wolf charges in, bashing Refia to and fro with side-to-side swings of the Solar Flare.

Eventually, Refia spreads her arms, releasing an expanding bubble of White Magic that blocks the next attack. While the god's strike breaks through, she's already teleported out from within and into the air, driving a fist straight down into Ammy's back with an explosive discharge of hellfire. The strike bounces Ammy off the ground, before Refia spins around and kicks her away.

Mid-tumble, Amaterasu draws a Veil of Mist. Refia winces as she feels herself and the world around her slowing down. She has some amount of time control herself, but as she discovers when she tries to clear the veil, no amount of demonic or angelic power can surpass divinity. Amaterasu runs in and uppercuts her into the air with the Thunder Edge glaive while Refia is still trying to put up another guard, then smashes the ground with it as she lands to catch her in an explosion of golden lightning.

Refia grunts as she lies on her face and struggles to get up, Amaterasu standing proudly over her. She feels the moment time returns to its normal flow and takes the chance to teleport again, this time reappearing mid-punch.

Solar Flare suddenly appears in between them and blocks Refia's punch. Ammy snatches her up and carries her into the air before slamming her down in an explosive spinning piledriver that sends her tumbling away.

"Come on, Ammy, go easy on her!" Issun chastises from within Amaterasu's fur.

Refia manages to land on her hands and spring back to her feet, wiping her face. "No. Keep at it."

Her cyborg processing has determined what she's done wrong. You have to let the opponent make the first move to find an opening.

Amaterasu rushes in, leaving a trail of beautiful flowers and grass in her wake, before she springs forth at Refia, swinging Solar Flare.

Refia ducks under the swing as low as she can get and delivers an uppercut to Ammy's gut, pushing her up high into the air. As the lupine deity falls, Refia conjures pink fireballs with White Magic on the ground, calling them up from beneath Ammy.

Amaterasu tanks the holy flame and spins to recover, then draws a zigzagging symbol - the Thunderbolt technique. A literal giant stylized bolt of lightning pierces the sky like an arrow and comes crashing down on Refia. Though she looks up and avoids it, the impact with the ground summons numerous actual lightning bolts that strike her anyway, to her surprise.

While Refia is dazed, a Greensprout vine extends to her wrist. "Again?!" she complains, only to be caught off-guard when, instead of pulling her down, Ammy pulls herself up, slingshotting into the air above the cyborg succubus before spiking her down with an overhead Solar Flare strike.

As she tumbles to the ground, Refia corrects and lands feet-first. The plates that give her legs the illusion of normalcy open up a little and discharge plasma, rising up around her in a column to engulf Amaterasu. The sun goddess goes tumbling down to the ground, only to be sent back up by a backflip crescent kick, then struck back and forth by giant ethereal claws projected from Refia's Black Magic. Refia finishes with a downward slam, making the claw press Amaterasu against the ground and explode.

She lowers her hand, panting with exhaustion.

Then light cascades forth in streams and tendrils and all the colors of the rainbow. Refia winces and covers herself, stumbling back, as Amaterasu assumes her ultimate splendor. Like a living fireball, the sun goddess hurtles forth, blowing Refia down on her back.

She rolls over onto her elbows and knees, groaning.

"Had enough yet?!"

"No... I need to keep going. I need to surpass my limits!" Clenching her fists, Refia channels an excessive amount of demonic power, forcing her cybernetics to trigger her Overclock state to prevent her from going Chaos.

Theme of Amaterasu - Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Refia moves at imperceptible speed, going right from the ground to the air with a flurry of punches that each release a plasma burst. She seemingly gets the upper hand, pummeling Amaterasu, only for her eyes to focus. She realizes Solar Flare is spiraling all over its wielder's body to block each punch as fast as it comes. With a frustrated shout, Refia starts attacking even faster, zipping all around Ammy to attack from every angle, but every time, her fists CLANG off of the divine Reflector. Eventually, she gets the idea to mix it up by punching the ground, making a chain of plasma explosions hurtle forth and engulf Ammy.

As Refia rises up from her punch, she stays on her guard. Amaterasu comes in with a Thunder Edge slash from behind and to the right, but Refia catches the blade with her hands, their gold and blue lightning mingling and arcing back and forth. She shoves the blade aside and palm-strikes Ammy on the snout, releasing a Black Magic flare. White Magic fire starts to build in her other hand.

Amaterasu reels back from the blow, but recovers and draws a Cherry Bomb to life above Refia's head, this one of the golden mini-nuke Sphere of Destruction variety. Though Refia tries to speed out of the way, the explosion when it hits the ground instantly reaches its full size, catching her in it as she cries out.

Ammy walks up to Refia as the dust settles, looking down at her hand, in which pink flames roar, intense enough to engulf the demon's whole forearm.

And then she punches the dumb dog in the face and instantly makes an even bigger holy explosion. She's left staring at the result of her own attack as Amaterasu disappears within.

"Whoa..."

She gets an idea from that, but then she suddenly gets knocked into the air and blitzed with a storm of Power Slashes, followed by getting hit from every direction by Amaterasu's 'fireball impact' attack. She recovers, yells, and throws another punch to clash with the incoming living sun as it comes straight down on her.

Amaterasu goes flying back, her aura of heat fading. Refia keeps her fist held out, gasping as she realizes what she just pulled off...

Until the goddess's fireball form flares back to life and she charges back in, slamming Refia into the ground for an explosive finish.

...

Refia wakes up with Amaterasu, back in base form, sleeping on top of her. She winces in discomfort and dismay, but Issun bounces down to get eye-to-eye with her.

"Don't beat yourself up because you lost to a god, kid. You're definitely stronger now than you were at the start of the fight. And wasn't this all about improvement, anyway? What's the point of a spar if you know you'll win?"

"Right... Thanks." Refia puts an arm around Ammy, soaking in the soft warmth of the sun...and the fur. She lets out a deep sigh.

Edited by KiriK on May 1st 2024 at 9:43:08 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#386590: May 1st 2024 at 8:04:28 PM

Hub Centralis - Gorepriest aftermath

After seeing his enemies finally destroyed, the Mutant Child releases some steam (to say something) and shrinks back to his original size.

He notices Luna, and scratches her head, as a way to answer her thanks.

Then, he approaches Pallia.

My only worthy reward is the safety of the city. Anything other is an extra.


Hub Centralis - MUTO

The quartet of explorers (and the Giant Bunny) keep on with their evacuation duty, but the attacks of the kaiju are making the things difficult for them...

The balloon is compromised! What do we'll do!?

Maxi thinks, worried. Let's keep on evacuating! I'll think in something!

He gives Paly the megaphone. Paly, keep on with the announcements.


Pica-Verse

A manical laugh can be heard at the distance, on a nearby building. It's Goyo and his three henchmen, the Pica-Pica from the early 60's.

   Worry not, kid.   

Goyo...!

He shows a remote control at the heroes.

   Those remote controls were designed only to shut off the mouths of those pesky Pica-Picas. Their songs will not be heard anymore! Hahaha!   

You will not flee!

The Hunter aims his shotgun at Goyo and his cronies, but he opens a new portal, and pushes the minions through it. The portal closes... But something falls from it: it's one of those remotes.

Carolina says: Let's take the superheroes to a safe place. There we can plan what we will do.


Edited by BombonBombin on May 1st 2024 at 10:04:45 AM

Three freaking ghosts!
ThatBlindGamer from Earth (Green Sprout) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#386591: May 1st 2024 at 8:11:00 PM

"Rab~!" Luna chirps happily as The Mutunt Child pats her on the head, enjoying the scratches. Approaching the others, she sits down and wraps her tail around herself comfortably, her ears raised and on high alert in case anything or anyone approaches her unexpectedly.

IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#386592: May 2nd 2024 at 5:40:21 AM

"Likewise, I can handle the soldiers using only my fists, should things come to that," Thor says, knocking back some of his root beer. "The usurper, on the other hand, will face my full wrath for everything he's done. I can promise you that."

Loki takes a sip of his iced tea.

"How fortunate, then, that I have a solution to this little dilemma," he replies, smiling his usual smile. "Perhaps I could convince my father to let me borrow the Tesseract from Asgard's vault. It'll bring me straight to the islands before you can say 'suddenly, warping through space and time, Loki appears!'"

Sylvie, after taking a swig of her tea, nods to Locke.

"Consider this a chance to get to know me better, then," she replies, smirking a little.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on May 2nd 2024 at 5:41:14 AM

ISZATSO The Web-Slinger from Queens Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Web-Slinger
#386593: May 2nd 2024 at 8:12:35 AM

Ladwin watched the exchange between Taye and Medicine, before the latter of the two relented and consented for one of her strange effigies, no doubt imbued with some magic, to scout account. The knight gave his nod at her suggestion, believing it to be the best option of those presented.

(I’m operating under the assumption here that the Shanghai in question is sent out heeehee) As the doll wandered the streets, following the main road as it curved downhill, it’d find no enemies save for a single instance: a group of orcs howled in laughter as they sauntered down the road, licking bloody fingers. The captain of this small patrol had a half-eaten arm-sized chunk of flesh in his hands, with the torn cloth sleeve still dangling from it. He lifted it to his mouth and took another bite.

But before long they passed the doll by, failing to even notice her amidst the night and her size. Off to the right was a small plaza, bordered by an inn of some kind, and indeed in its center was a well.

Further back a ways, Ladwin hung back near Medicine, his eye wandering ever-so-often to Kana. He tried to keep from staring, or at least make it not-so-obvious, but eventually he realized that he couldn’t bear to hold the question in much longer. When the knight spoke he did so in an almost hushed tone, scared to draw attention to themselves. Not now, not as they were so close to escape.

"You turn into a dragon?" He asked, just above a whisper. The surprise and awe was quite prevalent in his tone. "How does that even work?"

With great power…you know the rest.
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#386594: May 2nd 2024 at 8:49:55 AM

Centralis - Kaiju

"Nice try."

The Titanslayer raises its arm and deploys an oversized shield that shields most of its body. The Triple Vortex Attack impacts the shield, but the oversized slab of energy shielding, compressed steel, and compressed tungsten holds without issue.

The thrusters on the oversized mech start glowing with a green light before they flare to life with a loud rumbling. Croque sends the mech flying forward, a giant CM-edged blade in the Titanslayer's other hand. The mech flies at Desghidorah, sweeping its blade out in front of it as the arm and shoulder boosters holding the blade fire to speed it around even faster.

"Try this on for size, you oversized hydra!!"

While realistically any CM-bladed weapons should effortlessly cleave through any scale, armor, or material (due to its unique property of being able to nullify atomic bonds) that wouldn't be very fair. Instead, it's still able to ignore some armor, natural or otherwise, but not like a hot knife through butter.

Centralis - Kain

Erin shudders.

"Ooooookay then. That did not feel normal."

She feels the heat radiating off of Sukuna's flaming arrow and sighs.

"You can put the damn sun away, y'know. You might burn yourself."

Meanwhile, Haru makes a small sound like a 'hmph' and looks down at his tattered suit.

"This is a shame... I quite liked this suit~."

He glances over at Sukuna and gives him the side-eye before shaking his head. He can tell a possession when he sees one, not that he'd point that out. He simply wonders for a moment.

It doesn't seem to be any article of clothing or other external influence like the other ones I've seen... While I'm curious how it works, I have other things to do...

School

"Hmm. Never thought about it like that..."

He seems to be deep in thought for a moment before he looks at his watch and sighs.

"Well, I'd better get moving. I have some things to do, hmm?"

He finishes his coffee in one prolonged chug (while it's still hot... how?) and grabs his bags before quickly heading out of the room.

DNC - Lakeside

The smell of cooked fish hits Kaisui/Alice's (henceforth just Alice) nose. She'd gone fishing (read: leaping into the lake and catching fish with a sharpened wooden stick) and managed to get some of it cooking. It took longer to clean and gut the things than it did to cook them, but it was worth it.

"So glad I know how to do this..."

Alice says to herself, as she takes one of the skewered fish and bites into it. It's hot- though not mouth-burningly hot, thankfully. Just enough for Alice to remember she's human again. The flaking flesh and overpowering fishy taste doesn't stop her in the slightest as she proceeds to devour the cooked fish. She'd never been this hungry before- the husk parasite she used to have slowed her metabolism, as did her Abyssal powers, but her body finally caught up with her, and after so long, it was famished. And thus, so was she.

"Damnthisissomuchbetterthancrawlermeat"

She rambles off as she keeps taking huge bites of fish, eventually finishing two skewers off. She sighs.

"Taye... They're probably worried sick about me, and I can't even reach them."

She stares down at the ground for a moment before slowly gazing up at the sky.

"...the most I can do is hope and wait."

aeiou: the second
engie Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#386595: May 2nd 2024 at 10:21:12 AM

HUB CENTRALIS - VAGUELY NEAR HUB CENTRALIS IDK - HOLY SHIT IT'S GODZILLA

Someone new arrives on the scene in the area between Hub Centralis and where the kaiju are throwing hands with one another. A rather young-looking woman with medium length raven-black hair, prominently orange eyes, a combination of black robes and white shirt, and a small crown resting on one side of her head. How that crown stays in place while clearly off-center is a bit of a mystery, but oh well. She's holding some type of tablet in one hand, and while nobody but her can see the screen right now, the way she walks and stares intently at it indicates it's been guiding her path for a while.

She spares a glance up for a moment, turns her attention back to the tablet, then looks up more properly when she processes what she just saw - a gigantic lizard battling a gigantic quadrupedal winged hydra of some sort, a giant mecha also being there doing things, some kind of... skeletal abomination, a bunch of other assorted people...

"Those big guys must've interfered with the signal. No shot of finding him now, not until there's another resurgence... But whatever's going on here looks pretty important."

She snaps her fingers and the tablet abruptly unmanifests itself, then she contemplates her best option for how to handle things. It seems like there's an evacuation effort going on to get civilians out of the collateral zone. But at the same time, her talents would be more suited to resolving the kaiju battle as quickly as possible. Both very valid things to ponder. It takes her a moment, but she makes her decision - she'll go with sorting out the fight.

First things first, she needs to identify who's the good guy here. Or guys. It's hard to say for sure. A fairly plain-looking black metal staff with an orange crystal mounted at the top suddenly manifests into her right hand, and she presses the lowest point of it against the ground.

"Comprehension - Empathy."

In a flash of light, she closes her eyes and focuses hard, suspecting she'll need to put some serious investment in to get proper results. Her attention is focused on the first behemoth she laid eyes on - Godzilla. The aim of her first spellcode is to try to link to his thoughts, get a sense for his moral character, what he's currently focused on, etc etc. In turn, if she's successful in manifesting such a link, he might become dimly aware of her presence as a byproduct, and of the fact that she could be... quite helpful if convinced to align with him.

While she could try to discern multiple participants at the same time, she's not stupid enough to try. Even connecting to one kaiju is pushing her luck, and could even injure her if it turns out Goji's mind is just too overwhelming to link to.

The fact that only 140 characters are allowed here is honestly so disappointing to me.
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#386596: May 2nd 2024 at 10:21:50 AM

DNC

Shanghai soon returns just as sneakily, floating up to Medicine and seemingly whispering in her ear. Medicine in turn quickly relays what Shanghai saw to the rest of the group.

"Personally I'm in favor of trying to slip past those guys but if you have some way of quickly and silently taking them out..." she gave her two cents.


Confluence of Fates

Soulstealer snorts, unintimidated by this worthless insect before him. Though speaking of insects, the kinsect is starting to grate on him. Soulstealer's false eyes glowing should be familiar to the group (and a sign to quickly back off or use a shield of some kind) as he uses MARK OF CALAMITY once again, focusing on the kinsect to try and telekinetically grab it and then throw it violently against the rock wall.

As before, any hit and stunned will have the funny mark debuff on themselves and be vulnerable to double damage for two rounds. Soulstealer then follows up by charging his energy beam and firing a burst at the ceiling, causing crystals and stalactites to start raining down in a Rock Slide of sorts.

MARK OF CALAMITY - TURN 1/2


Oltura Pit

"Sounds like a good man." Sebastien mused with a smile, though considering Luin's history and the use of past tense he's a bit concerned for this Comet. "Can't say I relate too much. Always been an only child myself. Dad was a blacksmith which is where I picked up the skills to maintain my own stuff."

"Ended up changing my mind about what I wanted to do after a lone hunter came to our town dragging a troll that had been stealing cattle." Sebastien reminisces with a small smile. Though the memory of his family is a bit bitter, what with him being stuck in a whole other world now. "Thought I'd do better for myself by going around helping people that way. Though I guess I diversified as of late."

He pats Brutus at the last part.

As they proceed, they can feel a... wind blowing? Rather unusual so deep underground.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#386597: May 2nd 2024 at 10:56:11 AM

Confluence of Fates

Gronny lets out a roar of effort as they block the Mark with a barrier of aura before leaping up alongside the falling rocks, charging an Aura Sphere between their hands before it grows even bigger than before as a glowing blue aura flares up all around them.

Rayne holds up his Key Stone, and power pulses from it to an anklet on Gronny, which bears their Mega Stone. He has the same determined expression as his partner Pokemon has, despite his injuries.

"Go for it, Gronny! I believe in you!"

"Lucar!"

The Lucario lets out a triumphant growl and a nod of approval as they Mega Evolve once more, the Aura Sphere now at least 5 times as big as Gronny is before they hurl it at Soulstealer.

Rayne's cannon had reverted back to his Arc Phone, it seems. Even if it was still there, he's in no shape to wield it- the Heal Pulse didn't exactly fully restore him, after all.

Edited by RainbyPlays on May 2nd 2024 at 1:57:14 PM

aeiou: the second
TheTropingAlliancer Kheshig, the Nonsense Man from Inside a PriPara (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Raising My Lily Rank With You
Kheshig, the Nonsense Man
#386598: May 2nd 2024 at 11:54:00 AM

School

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Seeing that class is about to begin, "Pyra" also packs their stuff up, cleaning up the room on the way out.

The afternoon is mostly uneventful.

| You |

(Well then, when I get home I really need to prioritise on the synced clone.)

Du-Du-Wa-Do-It, Arena Katsudou
Whoma The Great Herrscher of Sentience from Earth Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
The Great Herrscher of Sentience
#386599: May 2nd 2024 at 12:06:55 PM

DNC

Hearing Ladwin make his thoughts on it known, Hange excitedly (in her best quiet inside voice given the circumstances) injected her own rambling into the conversation.

"I know, right? Isn't it one of the most amazing things you've ever seen? To think, all the energy required to spontaneously transform into such a mythical creature can be contained in such a small form. This isn't the first time I've observed a phenomenon of this kind, but I'm curious how similar it is to my previous run in with forms of spontaneous transformation. You see, in the world I arrived in the arena from, the mass required to support such a large form apparently came from a region called "The Paths", where time and death did not exist, allowing each individual titan to be hand-crafted upon its spontaneous formation. Yet, each titan was surprisingly light despite its muscle mass. From the looks of it, your transformation left behind no remnant after you resumed in human shape, as though your own body was warped into a dragon, rather than your draconic form appearing around your body. To think that such a thing is possible at all..."

Hange puts a hand on her chin, and starts, for lack of a better word, inspecting Kana's body, seeing if there are any lingering effects from the transformation- any wounds that carried over, or marks where scales used to be, that kind of thing. She's just looking, of course, it'd be impolite to touch...

Edited by Whoma on May 2nd 2024 at 12:10:31 PM

Yatta!
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#386600: May 2nd 2024 at 12:56:12 PM

Floating Island

"And I will assist you as best as I can.", Locke says to Thor. He looks back at Loki, surprised to hear about this.

"Oh? I wasn't aware you have access to an artifact that helpful. If you go in with a well crafted plan, I think you'll be able to make this work."

Then he smiles at Sylvie.

"I'll be sure to take that chance.", he says, after which he finishes the rest of his drink.

"I'm glad we got a chance to talk about this. The main question that remains, at least to me, is whether or not to tell Ishizu about what we've discussed. On one hand she's involved in this matter of course, but on the other... it would add a lot of pressure that she'd likely prefer to be without. What do you think?"


Mission: Pursue the Giant Monster

   "Alright you bag of bones, move move move!"   , Etemon yells when the giant comes charging at them.

However, despite being under the influence of the Black Gear, Skullgreymon still just raises its arms to take on a battle stance, hissing ominously. This Digimon literally exists to battle, and no amount of control will be able to make it ignore a direct challenge. As such, Skullgreymon attempts to jump at Godzilla and sink its claws into it to hold on. If successful it'll start launching multiple missiles at Godzilla. Depending on how Godzilla deals with this, it... may just be able to pluck Skullgreymon off of itself and freaking yeet it and Etemon away.

Edited by DevilPsyco on May 2nd 2024 at 9:58:08 PM

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.

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