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RainbyPlays fae being from yes Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: Hiding
fae being
#387926: Jun 19th 2024 at 12:53:23 PM

Ashes of Nohr

   "What-"   

Keukoi quickly reverts back to his much smaller Manakete form, throwing himself backwards as a giant pillar of fire envelops the platform he was on moments ago.

"Yeesh! That was a bit too close!"

He lands on one of the nearby chunks floating in lava, before leaping back upwards onto one of the remaining platforms and sighing, clasping his hands together and muttering something before throwing his hands outwards, purple seeker bolts flying out at Takumi. He also forms a wall of dark crystal to defend himself afterwards.

"So you wanna hurt Corrin, huh?! Sorry, but I really don't think I'm gonna let you do that!"

He doesn't bother to transform again yet- though a ring on his finger is glowing...

Need some help, Keukoi?

Emblem!Corrin sparks into existence, standing right beside Keukoi. She looks different from what most would expect- she's wearing more modern clothing, despite being an Emblem. Keikoi simply points outwards at Takumi.

...that's not normal.

"-you gonna help or not?"

I was just making an observation, you know.

"-look the middle of combat is not a time to be talking okay-"

Keukoi's attention snaps back to Takumi as his words cut off, more worried about the, y'know, giant angry flaming man than anything.


Once the hail of Dismantles finally dies down, Noah finally disperses his shield. He takes in a few things- Charlian manifesting an EGO, so many others giving it their all...

"Welp. If this were a movie, I'd have some long speech. But I'll let my actions speak for myself."

He shrugs before warping off into the distance and starting to draw energy into himself.

This is gonna take a while, everyone. Keep him occupied.

Around the very edges of the battlefield, a shimmering wall of energy starts to form, slowly curving upwards... This is gonna take a while.

Noah's body shimmers with that multicolored, galaxy-looking energy, taken from every possible aspect of the world he can. Whatever it is, it's going to be big.

Actualized Concept of Nothing - True Root - 0/3

DNC

"-yeah, mostly the arrow bit... Blades I can sidestep. Arrows are a lot harder to do that with."

Alice walks alongside Taye, hand-in-hand.

The Coming War

"-oh, that's good, I was worried I got lost or something, haha..."

Myuki sits down on one of the chairs, perking up at the distant rumbling of ships, her 'backpack' forming from its innocuous state into a small, cat-like being made of the same goo-like material. Myuki reaches up to soothe it, and it settles onto her shoulder, partially melting onto her.

"Calm down, Illu... I don't think it's anything to be concerned about."

She listens to the briefing before nodding, something on her ear projecting a small holo-display over her right eye, seemingly scanning the holograms of the Grineer.

"Clones... Never really had that tech in my world, but they look... improper. Not that you'd want to say something like that to one's face, I'd say, unless you enjoy getting your face shot in..."

She sighs slightly, pressing her fingers to her ear and holding it until she hears a small beep. She whispers into the air.

Deploy OMF-08.

There's a few seconds wait before the request is confirmed. A few moments later, the ships in the sky might pick up a signal on radar- though it quickly moves to land a decent distance away from the tents.

With a heavy mechanical whirring, the 'Kronos' Orbital Mobile Frame is revealed. It's rather industrial-looking, isnt it?

"I can't transport much, but I can transport myself easily enough. Right into space, if I need to."

Edited by RainbyPlays on Jun 19th 2024 at 3:54:52 PM

aeiou: the second
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#387927: Jun 19th 2024 at 1:12:32 PM

"The deed is done. Allow me to dispose of the body."

Zenigata and the mayor nod and make room for Chihiro as he takes Luna, picks up her lantern, and walks off.

To keep her safe from what's going to happen next.

"As for the rest of you," Zenigata starts, "I presume there'll be no difficulties with the planned method?"

Lupin sighs. "None."

"Good! Then step up the stairs and take your final dive!"

Lupin goes up first. Standing over the cauldron, he does a nervous gulp.

He puts one foot over the edge...

and an earthquake suddenly hits.

"Whoa-oh-oh!" Lupin stumbles, teeters, and falls over into the oil, screaming in agony. However, the earthquake grows increasingly violent until the cauldron finally tips over, spilling its contents onto the sand below.

The cause of this mayhem?

Well, before they left Groudon's lair, Lupin left behind a little something. Something that has now made Groudon really, really angry.

Its silhouette appears on the horizon, eyes glowing, shrouded in violent sands.

"EVERYONE INSIDE!" the mayor orders. "HIDE AND DO NOT COME OUT UNTIL IT IS SAFE!"

"Wait, but what about-"

"Forget the execution! Survival comes first!"

"Arrrrgh... DAMN IT, LUPIN, YOU SET THIS ALL UP!" Zenigata accuses as he runs inside.

Lupin is in too much pain to gloat, but he totally wants to.

Now it's up to the Ant-Men to break their handcuffs, and Lumina to lead the way out there to intercept Groudon.


Reploid District

Zero deflects the Evil Energy blast. As X closes in with X Stinger, he grimaces and blocks the stab, only to get smacked across the face and peppered with sword beams.

As he subsequently becomes aware of time slowing down (because Trio isn't the only thing that looks unusually fast from his perspective), his eyes narrow.

DARK HOLD

With time stopping completely for everyone else, now Trio is the one able to move but slowed down. Zero clashes with him, sword against fist.

   "You're...the source of Evil Energy. I recognize you from historical records."   

Zero pushes away, sending both himself and Trio skidding back as time returns to normal.    "If you want mine, then you'll have to take it."   

Then Hub jumps on his back from behind, but he grabs the NetNavi's wrist short of the shuriken reaching the Maverick's eyes. He then tries to swing Hub overhead and into the ground, on his back in front of Zero, before looking back up at Trio.

   "But you already knew that."   

He gets in the same stance that started his Z Judgment Cut End, but instead of powering up and creating a dome of energy to mark a giant destructive finisher, he quickly un- and re-sheathes his saber, launching a flurry of slashes at Trio like a projectile, a basic Judgment Cut. He peppers in a few more Judgment Cuts for X, Marisword, and Angel Reimu.

X uses the sword granted by his transformation, a replica of Devil Sword Dante, to block the Judgment Cut, then goes in for another X Stinger.

Reimu is constantly moving, so she slips past the Judgment Cuts to get up close and personal, going in to slap Zero across the face with a sealing ofuda.

Edited by KiriK on Jun 19th 2024 at 3:40:56 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
#387928: Jun 19th 2024 at 1:53:31 PM

Reploid District

Well, Dark Man V's personality changing somewhat catches Hub off guard. But Dark Man V (not Trio) isn't his main focus now, so he doesn't really care at the moment.

Besides, he has different things to worry about, because his wrist got grabbed and he gets swung onto the ground. Ouch!

A part of him is glad that Zero doesn't focus on him after that. But another part of him is also annoyed.

He hops back up on his feet and backs off. This isn't working... he needs something better. A small decrease in speed in return for more powerful projectiles.

He ends up shifting to Roll Soul, now skating around and shooting data arrows at Zero. They can do some damage, but if they happen to hit any critical points, they'll administer stunning shocks to Zero.

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#387929: Jun 19th 2024 at 2:19:44 PM

Seeing as Kenjaku had elected to ignore him, Red Hood seriously considers turning his gun on the Curse User and seeing if he could either get off a kill shot or knock him into the lava amidst all the mayhem. He could easily say Takumi had gotten him on the off chance anyone asked. Of course, it's not like anyone would miss or mourn Kenjaku's loss. After all, he was the real enemy, the architect of this whole experiment who'd undoubtably backstab them the second Takumi was out of the picture; Red Hood would just be killing him before he got that chance.

Before he can choose whether or not to follow through on his temptation, though, a Dismantle comes hurtling straight towards him. Fortunately, Kidd intervenes before the attack can reach him.

"Thanks."

Jason offers the pirate a respectful nod, then glances at Kenjaku and begrudgingly decides not to make an attempt on his life. With any luck, Takumi would end up killing the bastard and sparing him the trouble. If Kenjaku survived, well, he'd just put a bullet or two in his head while he was busy monologuing during his sudden but inevitable betrayal.

"Just so we're clear, we're not helping you escape your own death trap. You're helping us put down Takumi."

Jason looks over in Law and Kakunsa's direction.

"Law, now's the time to pull out all the stops! New girl, blitz Takumi and keep him distracted!"

He barrels headlong towards Takumi's position, taking a few potshots at the Demented Spirit while Voss and Soan are fighting him upon the platform.

-

After Kakunsa has returned his shield, Bucky gives her a quick thumbs up before returning his attention to resurrecting Vi. Now that he knew how the scroll worked, he wastes no time activating it.

-

"Well, looks to me like you've still got more than enough fight left in you," Vander assures. "Now, get back out there and show them what you're made of."

Vi nods, a slight smile on her face.

"I love you, Dad."

"Love you too, Violet."

With that, father and daughter pressed their foreheads against each other in one final embrace before everything went white.

-

Vi awakens with a loud gasp as she jolts upright, breathing heavily and looking down to find that her wounds had been fully healed.

"God, that was... that was... ah, crap, I can't even find the right words," she mutters, turning to find Bucky crouched beside her. "Looks like buying that scroll really was the right call. I just didn't think it'd have to be used on me."

"Well, welcome back to the land of the living. At least, while we still have a land of the living," the cyborg super soldier remarks.

Vi hauls herself to her feet, cracking her neck and rolling her shoulders.

"Don't tell me. Takumi's still alive and killing everyone?"

"Yeah."

"And now we've gotta work with the sick fuck behind all this?"

"Sure looks like it."

A determined look crosses the pink-haired Zaunite's face.

"Bring it on."

The two proceed to charge back into the fray, Vi looking noticeably relieved that Voss had decided to join the fray. If someone had told her that the guy who introduced himself as this human-hating jackass who didn't bother hiding his contempt would end up earning her respect, she would've laughed. Now, well, she couldn't deny the guy had both guts and a bite strong enough to back up his bark.

"Hey, Bucky, put that shield up!"

Bucky immediately complies. Vi raises a gauntleted hand and brings it down hard on the vibranium shield with a hammerfist, planning to at least throw Takumi off balance with the ensuing shockwave.


Thor simply offers a grim nod, hoping this won't end up backfiring horribly if Iris turns out to be wrong.

"Just try not to get your hopes up too much."

-

Tropique, The Next Day

Thor, Loki, and Sylvie are also standing outside of the base to greet the angels and Keyblade wielders.

"Right, the metaphysical heart. Thor told me about the rather interesting lesson he received on how that works," Loki says. "Meanwhile, I'll be carrying out my plan to free the hostages of Claus and Lucas' home."

"Leave Linda to me. I want to see if Ishizu's right about her not being as blindly loyal and mindless as she seems," Sylvie chimes in, holding up her TemPad. "And I know just where to have a little chat with her."

"Remember, we're to use only nonlethal force against the soldiers and personnel if they can't be convinced to stand down," Thor says. "If 'Seth' is indeed someone or something using his body as both a vessel and disguise, however, I will slay the imposter where they stand."

The Asgardians then notice Alex riding his bike on the ocean and streaking towards them.

"What's he doing here?"

"Ideally, coming to tell us this fiasco has somehow magically resolved itself."

"If he is, I'll swallow my TemPad."

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jun 19th 2024 at 2:50:11 AM

DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#387930: Jun 19th 2024 at 2:50:28 PM

Tropique

"That's one way to at least know for sure if we can save him.", Iris says to Roxas and Xion, approving of their plan. She'd just have to try to give that friend of theirs the chance they need to catch Seth. Hopefully Sylvie can deal with Linda, she seems dangerous. And hopefully Loki can deal with the soldiers on the island.

They all nod to the reminder to not kill any G.E.M. soldiers. Alex now arrives on the island, looking out of breath despite having come here on a motorcycle.

"Alex, are you alright!?", Ishizu asks as she quickly approaches him. He gets off of the bike, looking a little woozy.

"Yeah, I'm... still living. Barely. ... I think I've got a few hours.", he says, breath heavy.

"Wait, what do you mean?", Kirue asks as he approaches too, worried.

"Well, I haven't exactly gotten my treatment ever since I let miss Ishizu and Mattheo go.", Alex says.

"Oh... oh no. I'm so sorry."

"Wait, this kid needs treatment to live and they're not giving it to him!?", Iris asks, looking pissed. She has to try to keep her cool, because she's at risk of setting off the necklace.

"Look, it's... it's not important. You gotta hurry. They're mobilizing already."

"But Pseudo's monitor hasn't shown anything suspicious yet.", Locke says.

"Under... under the base. Seth figured you'd do that, so they're preparing in secret. They probably have everything ready by now, you gotta go now before they have a chance to launch a surprise attack."

"... shit. We gotta leave immediately."

"Ninten isn't answering his phone. Loki, can the Tesseract transport all of us? You may have to drop us off near the base before you leave for the island."

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
#387931: Jun 19th 2024 at 3:00:17 PM

Roxas and Xion look at Alex, sad and conflicted.

"Here." Roxas gives Alex a liquid medicine in a jar. "A Panacea. If your condition gets worse, this should help stave it off."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#387932: Jun 19th 2024 at 3:04:27 PM

Mission: Pursue the Giant Monster

"HA! Take that you overgrown ugly reptile!" the sniper Doga jeers as Dis Pater fucking dies. She makes a cheering gesture with her mobile suit while the other Dogas' pilots have theirs shake their heads. They soon load back up into the Gallop and keep pursuing the big G.

Well that's problematic. The Zeon officer in command sweats a bit nervously. They didn't exactly bring any air assets besides recon seaplanes. And the U-801 (currently surfacing to retrieve the Gallop again) isn't carrying any either, being loaded for amphibious assault. The nearest Zeon owned airbase is quite a ways away. Oh what he would give for a squadron of Bawoos to cow these damnable Earthnoids into submission!

"This is lieutenant colonel Bertram of the Principality of Zeon." he instead said over the radio to the Eruseans. "We mean no harm but are currently pursuing this dangerous... kaiju and request permission to continue doing so through Erusean territory."

One of the Doga pilots scowled at the news, glaring at a screen showing the Erusean plane on radar. Those jerks are lucky she didn't bring her Gaplant with her.


Ashes of Nohr

Rumia growls as she takes to the air again, staying near Refia in case she needs protecting on instinct. Not to let Takumi off the hook though, she points her arm at the sky and fires a barrage of several orbs of darkness energy. They pivot around mid-air and begin dropping down while homing on Takumi to smash into him with destructive power. There's not much of an aoe to them so allies won't need to worry much about them.


DNC

Well that certainly sounded suspicious to her. Something was definitely amiss and she wondered if it was more than just some really tough bandits. She didn't have anything else to ask so she simply left with the others, the map was nice though.

She frowned at the idea of Mia joining them. Then again maybe it would be safer for her to be under their watch.

"Ugh, fine. But only if you don't drag us down or do something stupid." she grumbled.


Drought

"Surprised you're not dead from that." Takane remarks to Lupin as she waits for the Antmen to break those annoying cuffs. Once freed she pointedly doesn't help Lupin up, focused on observing Garudon. She wasn't quite ready to face this guy yet as she gave a call for Nitori to quickly send That for her to use.


Reploid District

Trio simply laughs again, barely fazed at all by Zero's use of Dark Hold and his incoming Judgement Cut. He manifests an energy blade and swings it to deflect the attack before once again gathering Evil Energy in his grasp. This time a brownish skull appears as he uses a powered up Sonic Slicer to send a barrage of razor sharp blades at Zero as he begins moving swiftly to the side, aiming to cut him into ribbons. If Reimu happens to get hit... well not like he cares.

Marisword uses her own sword to block the Judgement Cut headed her away and frowns. This is getting complicated. She thinks for a moment then smirks as she uses a different spell this time, pointing at Zero and conjuring up a big mushroom underneath him that attempts to catch him off guard and leave him wide open for the others (including Trio).

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#387933: Jun 19th 2024 at 3:30:19 PM

Thor gives Alex a sympathetic look.

"Should you need further treatment, I'd suggest visiting my friend Wanda Maximoff in a lakeside city called Riften. Perhaps her magic might be able to help you," he suggests. "Or maybe we could bring you to Asgard, see if our healers can do anything."

"I don't know about you all, but that sure pushes the needle closer to 'arsehole flouncing around in Seth's corpse' for me," Sylvie remarks.

Loki nods as he brings out the Tesseract, the cube shining with the brilliant blue glow of the Space Stone within.

"Right. I do believe it's time we finally brought this insanity to a close."

With that, he teleports himself and his allies to G.E.M.'s headquarters in the underground city of Blackreach.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jun 19th 2024 at 4:35:06 AM

cyzja922 Since: Jul, 2021
#387934: Jun 19th 2024 at 3:37:07 PM

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Ashes of Nohr

Moonrise Crypt, Platforms

Charlian pushed forward relentlessly, aiming to take advantage of the fact that Takumi has finally been dealt a serious injury thanks to Mark and Keukoi's efforts. However, he immediately abandoned offense in order to protect Mark from Fuga, attempting to use his own body to block the devastating attack that would burst into a massive pillar of fire, but it seems like Soan did it in his stead.

Of course, he's not going to stop helping just because an ally did it for him. Rushing into the pillar of fire with his Bolting Driver raised, he launched another shockwave to destroy and mitigate the flames produced by Fuga as he shrouded his body with a golden barrier in the shape of his general silhouette to mitigate the initial explosion and prevent his immediate incineration, while Genesic Aura immediately started destroying any fire that managed to penetrate his barrier and reach his body. As much as he wants to defeat the Demented Spirit right now, protecting other people still remains a priority for the Replicator.

Though, he would find that even with it weakened by the Vallite Rain, some of the fire still managed to get through Genesic Aura, scorching his metallic body and causing a bit of damage that made Charlian grunt in pain, but it's nothing that will bring him to his knees. All he can do is to hold strong while activating a few strands of his orange hair-like batteries in order to temporarily gain a power boost to help him work through this devastating attack.

Meanwhile, Jeridan was thrown into the air by the heated wind generated by Fuga and was forced to watch his friend endure the sheer power that ate away at his defenses as well as the Batwing and a few other allies being quickly snuffed out by invisible slashes. This made him realize that he can no longer afford to fuck around, and it's time for him to match the firepower Charlian brought to the battle.

Flying up into the air and activating his very own ritual "Dimensional Link", something he hasn't had to rely on in a long time, Jeridan discarded his EE Armor and sent it back to the Hotel for repairs, deactivated Withering Dusk, and borrowed all the aspects of the machine that acted as a rival to GaoGaiGar without initiating a fusion sequence. However, with the J-Jewel on his forehead shined with power, he still boldly declared its name-

"King J-Der!"

-as he slowly descended from the sky and flying alongside the sliding platforms without actually landing on them (since his weight would destroy them), allowing him to tower over and look down on the Demented Spirit with a glare in his pale blue eyes. The Summoner watched with some satisfaction as Voss landed a good hit with his rather special sword. It seems like the ability to separate souls is something that would work well on Takumi, as he's still a Demented Spirit.

(The Silver Phoenix - Jeridan)

As Fuga's flame stopped scorching Charlian, he and Jeridan looked at each other with a nod before they began empowering their respective aspects at the same time. The former repaired his golden silhouette and brought it closer to his body so any attack would reach Genesic Armor before the barrier and inscribed two runes, the first being a completed version of the heat-resisting rune and the second enhancing his overall physicality. The latter enhanced the overall performance of King J-Der with his Visionary Hotel EGO, protecting a few vulnerable areas with more armor while adding a few more weapons.

The two ritual-bearers, each wielding a mecha aspect enhanced by the representation of their essence, converged on Takumi while mentally nodding at Noah's request through the mind link. Jeridan is the first to raise his hand and attack, his fingertips lighting up with pink energy, but only fired the attack after Bucky and Vi's shield shockwave, Soan's claw slashes, and Rumia;s smash.

"Five-Linked Maser Cannon!"

Each finger launched a powerful beam of energy that's far more powerful than the mining lasers he threw at Takumi so far, with Jeridan fully intending to take advantage of the former Hoshidan prince's injuries, aiming to blast whatever's left of Takumi into smithereens after everyone else tears him a new one.

"Broken Magnum!"

While his friend charged his Maser Cannons, Charlian clenched his right hand and spun it rapidly, the projectile glowing pink before it's fired by the Replicator punching at Takumi from a distance, hoping to destroy what's left of him (the Memorlye, optimally) after the Maser Cannon blasts him into pieces.


  • Blue (bold): Charlian
  • Red (bold): Jeridan

Charlian

  • Genesic GaoGaiGar (Aspect Replication)
    • Height: 3.49 meters
    • Weight: ??? metric tons
    • Weapons: Broken Magnum, Protect Shade, Will Knife, Genesic Bolt, Bolting Driver, Gadget Feather, Hell & Heaven

Replications (Misc):

  • Bucky's Prosthetic

Acquired Item(s):

  • Leviathan Axe (Upgrade x3)
  • Resurrection Scroll x1
  • Scroll of Globe of Invulnerability x1
  • Vallite Capsule x5

Jeridan

  • King J-Der (Borrowed Aspect)
    • Height: 11.19 meters
    • Weight: 3623.8 metric tons
    • Weapons: ES Missile, Air-to-Air Maser Missile, Anti-Meson Cannon, Maser Cannon (Five-Linked, Ten-Linked), J-Quath

Activated Abilities:

  • Visionary Hotel: Design Enhancement

Weapon(s):

  • N/A

Acquired Item(s):

  • Greater Healing Potion x1
  • Resurrection Scroll x1
  • Flying Thunder God Seal
  • Senzu Bean

Edited by cyzja922 on Jun 20th 2024 at 2:32:14 AM

DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#387935: Jun 19th 2024 at 4:06:35 PM

Tropique

Alex accepts the Panacea.

"Thanks... uh... Roxas, right? I've seen you visit the base before, I think."

He then looks at Thor.

"Focus on stopping Seth first. I should have a couple of hours, I don't think you'll take that long.", he smirks weakly.

Ishizu, while devastated, nods in response to Sylvie.

"I... I think so too."

"We'll know for sure once we get him isolated.", Iris says, ready to go.

The group (save for Ishizu, Mattheo and Alex) then get warped by Loki. Once all of them are gone, Alex practically collapses.

"Alex! Are you alright!?", Ishizu asks, crouching near him. Mattheo also looks worried, even if he doesn't fully understand what's wrong with him.

"Yeah... well, no... I kinda lied about how long I've got left.", he says, still weakly smirking.

"What? Why!?"

"I didn't want them wasting time with me. They gotta stop G.E.M. before they can leave Blackreach.", he says, after which he coughs. He ends up coughing up blood.

"Oh no... Alex, drink that Pana... thingie they gave you."

"Yeah, maybe that'll buy me enough time to see them coming back at least.", Alex says as he gulps down the whole thing at once. It doesn't take very long to take effect and he sits up right soon enough.

"I still need a minute, but I think I can stand again at least. Doing much else... I'd probably have to force myself."

Ishizu sighs.

"I'm so sorry you're going through this. And all because you helped me. I only wish I could do something to help. Bad things have been happening to you ever since you joined G.E.M., and now this too..."

"Hey, if I'd never joined G.E.M. I'd be a runaway on the street. Or dead on the street. I wasn't all too happy until that day you guys picked me off of the street."

Now Alex sighs sadly.

"I really don't know what's going on with Mr. Seth, but I really want to believe that that's not him. After everything he's done for me, I... I don't think I'd be able to come to terms with all this if that's really still him doing all this."

Ishizu nods sadly.

"Yeah... I feel the same."


Blackreach, G.E.M. HQ

The group arrives close to the base, but not right in front of it. Since, y'know, they may have turrets or something. There's nothing out of the ordinary visible yet.

"I think we have some time left. While Loki continues on to the island, we should quickly finalize any roles we all play in this battle. Who'll go where and who'll try to do what?", Kirue says.

"We agreed on you staying out of sight and supporting us only if necessary.", Areui reminds Yazur, who nods.

"Iris, let me hold that bird too. I'll keep it out of firing range, and you won't be slowed down while you fight."

"Good idea.", Iris says as she hands him the Deliderp. It doesn't seem to like that very much, but it'll have to deal with it.

"With my powers I may be able to provide defenses. I'll at least be able to destroy any regular bullets shot our way.", Locke says.

"Maybe I can use my flames to intimidate the soldiers into staying back too.", Iris says. "Just gotta be careful with where I aim."

"What're you all doing here already?" , a voice speaks up. Turns out it's Pseudo's monitor, which is descending to them after having spotted them. ' "I haven't spotted any movements from G.E.M. yet, if they spot you-"

"They know you're here and have been preparing underground in secret. They'll attack us at any mo-"

Yazur is interrupted as Pseudo's monitor suddenly gets shot enough times to explode, startling the angels and Iris.

"... so much for final pre-planning.", Locke says, somewhat nervously as he looks at the base in the distance. There are two turrets stationed on the roof, one of which shot and destroyed the monitor. Alarms immediately start blaring.

"Loki, get out of here before they see you, or they'll start questioning where you went off to.", Areui quickly says while looking at him. "And Yazur-"

"Go hide, got it!", Yazur says as he quickly flies behind a large rock with the Deliderp.

The doors to the HQ open, as does the roof (behind the turrets). G.E.M. soldiers start pouring out, all armed and ready. They're wearing strange goggles over their helmets that Thor and co won't have seen before, and their guns seem to have something attached to them. Four helicopters ascend through the open roof, all of them having gun turrets of their own, along with soldiers inside.

Linda and Norm don't seem to be in the mass of ground troops, and they know that the former at least wouldn't hesitate to come fight them. Which means they're either preparing something, or they're in one of the helicopters.

VS G.E.M. Soldiers

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
#387936: Jun 19th 2024 at 4:13:42 PM

Roxas and Xion patiently listen along, but the moment the monitor gets shot down they both snap to battle readiness.

"Go easy on them, Roxas," Xion quips.

"Yeah, yeah." Roxas flourishes Oathkeeper and Oblivion, crossing them overhead, while Xion brandishes her Replica Kingdom Key.

At the first sign of continued hostility, they both turn into light. Roxas takes the form of a streak of light that zig-zags into the fray at blinding speed before reappearing with a double outwards swing that creates a storm of slashes around him, while Xion becomes a ball of light that bounds toward the soldiers in an arc, reappearing to stab her Keyblade into the ground on landing, creating an erupting column of light while sending vertical laser pillars out in various directions.

Edited by KiriK on Jun 19th 2024 at 6:34:56 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#387937: Jun 19th 2024 at 4:30:09 PM

Without a moment's hesitation, Loki teleports himself to the outskirts of Claus and Lucas' village, planning to arrive far enough that none of the soldiers stationed there will see him coming or catch him preparing his disguise.

Thor calmly stares down the G.E.M. soldiers emerging from the base.

"I need to see your boss, now. I'd rather not have to hurt any of you, because I know for certain that he's a liar who's been manipulating and misleading you all for his own purposes," he says. "So, I'm only going to say this once: stand down and let us pass. My friends and I won't kill any of you, but we will defend ourselves, if necessary. I know you don't want this fight, and that you know deep down everything 'Seth' has been forcing you to do is wrong. You know full well what I'm capable of, what we are capable of. So, what's it going to be?"

Sylvie, noticing that Linda wasn't among the assembled ground forces, looks up at the helicopters to see if she might be in any one of their cockpits. If not, well, she would only have to slip into the base and track her down.

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jun 19th 2024 at 4:32:24 AM

DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#387938: Jun 19th 2024 at 5:29:13 PM

Blackreach

"Sorry, Thor. But we have orders.", one of the G.E.M. soldiers says. "Boss' words: 'if they show up, take them out or take them in'."

"We... know this isn't right.", another admits. "But our families' homes depend on us. So you'll have to surrender or fight!"

Their families? ... oh... Seth's likely threatening to not restore the homes of soldiers who don't obey. Now it makes sense why even the hesitant ones still go through with these orders.

The soldiers raise their weapons... but they definitely do not see Roxas's fast surprise attack coming. A few of the soldiers in the front get struck and fall, though the ones behind them immediately take aim at Roxas.

"We got you now! Open fire!"

"... dude, I don't wanna shoot a kid.", one of the soldiers speaks up.

"Set it to stun then. If we defeat and capture them, they'll be out of our way too!"

That compromise seems enough, because the soldiers now open fire. Instead of bullets though, they shoot out strange-colored energy blasts at Roxas. Probably 'stun mode'.

The pillars created by Xion spread out fast, but they'll suddenly start to slow down and warp as psychic energy spreads across the area.

It's Lucas, using his mixed powers of PSI and (formerly) Metatron to affect Xion's attack. He's geared up with his ultimate equipment. On paper, he looks ready to fight. In reality... he very, very clearly looks like he doesn't want to do any of this. But as long as his people at home are in danger, he has no choice. He can't even audibly tell Xion that he's sorry about this out of fear that G.E.M. will react to it.

He makes his scepter float with psychic powers, then summons his own Keyblade and starts running to her, his scepter and Keyblade both floating around him rapidly.

As for Claus, he suddenly jumps out of a helicopter, opening his metal wings to descend down to Thor. He doesn't summon his Keyblade, unlike Lucas, but he does draw the hilt of his sword, sending PSI through it to create its blade. He looks just as conflicted as his brother, but he too looks like he's not planning on back down. His expression does at least confirm that it's Claus who's in control and not the Masked Man, but they'll still have to be careful. If they end up hurting Claus too badly, he might just take over, and he's not likely to hold back if he believes his life is in danger.

Claus swings his blade in his signature pattern and sends a powerful bolt of lightning Thor's way.

VS the Tazmilly Twins

Locke approaches some of the soldiers, who look really confused as to why a known senator is on the battlefield. Before they can question things though, some kind of dark energy starts literally melting the guns they're holding, forcing them to drop them.

"Sorry about this, all of you.", he says while raising his arm. Rocks start to get pulled out of the ground by his powers, corrupted and manipulated into moving at his command. He then points at the soldiers and the rocks start launching themselves at them, Locke's intent being to knock out as many as possible. They open fire in response, but the stun shots aren't really able to pierce his corruptive aura.

Kirue now steps forward as well, drawing his own sword.

"You guys know what I'm about. I'm with Thor on this. Stop attacking us and we can solve this!"

The soldiers do look somewhat intimidated by him, and that intimidation only grows when Areui steps up too. He may have changed, but they haven't forgotten the past. They know him as someone dangerous.

"We're not asking twice, people.", Areui says with a glare, creating lightning around one of his arms... only to suddenly find himself bum rushed by something and knocked back.

"Who just-what the...", Kirue asks when he lays eyes on Areui's attacker, who is none other than Li'l Miss Marshmallow.

Yeah, remember her? She still exists, and it seems she still serves Claus. Or, rather, the Masked Man, and by proxy Claus.

"IF YOU GET IN MASTER CLAUS' WAY, I WILL BE MAD. MAD! MAD! VERY MAD MAD MAD MAD!!!!!!"

VS Li'L Miss Marshmallow

Two long and thin metal limbs sprout out of her back, one having a comically large scissor at the end of it and the other a drill. The G.E.M. soldiers now open fire, since Kirue is distracted, but he quickly flies up and starts trying to avoid the shots.

"Areui, you okay!?", he calls down to his brother.

"Peachy-keen.", he grumbles as he hops back on his feet, firing back at the attacking soldiers with an Electro Ball attack. He throws it near them instead of on them though, trying to make them fall back a bit.

All four helicopters now start opening fire, aiming mostly for Thor and Sylvie, likely seeing them as threats to take care of from a distance. Iris immediately flies up and starts spreading flames to force them to halt their attack and evade.

"It feels weird to not purposely aim at them. But I promised.", Iris thinks to herself. However, she gets blindsided by a shot in her shoulder, making her yelp.

The culprit? Linda of course, who's now hanging out of the door from one of the copters. Thankfully she was using a normal weapon and not the Anti-Navitus weapon they developed though.

"Hey, you! Thor's friend! I'd suggest you get out of our way if you don't wanna be shot!", Linda grins.

"Y'know, that one time we met when you were out with Thor I thought you were pretty cool.", Iris responds.

"Consider it a learning experience. I don't bother trying to be 'cool'. Now, speaking of Thor, where... ah, there!"

Having spotted Thor, Linda jumps out of the copter. Norm's now hanging from the door, a gun trained at Iris. But he doesn't immediately shoot though.

"You really should just get out of the way. I don't want to shoot any of you, but I will if I have to.", he says, looking a bit regretful.

Linda lands near Thor and Sylvie in the usual kind of landing pose, then immediately stands back up right and grins.

"I'm afraid the manager is unavailable until further notice. You'll have to make do with yours truly. I hope that's acceptable.", she grins, looking ready to run at them and attack.

VS Norm and Linda

-

Yazur and the Deliderp stay behind the rock, the former putting the latter down.

"I don't think they saw us. Now, I know you like to wander off, but please stay in one place, or it might be over for both of us.", Yazur says to the Deliderp, mentally pleading for the bird to hopefully understand what he's saying.

It seems it does, because it chooses to sit down. Yazur breathes a sigh of relief.

"Okay... now to think of how I keep an eye on the fight without being seen..."

Nowhere Islands

Home Shouldn't Feel Empty

Loki will arrive near Lucas' and Claus' family's house, standing on a hill in the southern-most part of the area, right in front of the sea. He'll be able to see some sheep in the farm, but no sign of Flint, Hinawa or Boney.

A really pretty house. Shame Loki's not really in a position to enjoy the atmosphere.

Down the hill and up to the north is the entrance to Tazmilly Village, and even before going near it he'll already be able to see soldiers walking around near said entrance. The few he can see already have weapons in their hands, looking like they can open fire at any moment. Likely a precaution in case Kumatora tries anything.

If Loki were to cloak himself (either by going invisible or using a disguise), he'll be able to see a pair of kids glaring at the soldiers from an open window from the Yado Hotel. they look to be the same age as Lucas and Claus.

At least the soldiers aren't so trigger-happy to get pissed about them glaring though, as they do notice the two but other than a quick warning gesture with their free hands they don't do anything, going back to ignoring the two. Once the soldiers walk away a bit more, they start talking.

"Oh man, if I had Dad's axe, I would've...", Fuel groans angrily.

"Fuel, I know you. You wouldn't have done anything, you're not a killer. What would've happened is that you'd have threatened them and they'd have shot you immediately.", Nana says, angry too but trying to stay calm enough to keep Fuel calm before he does something that'll cost him dearly. Fuel grabs his head in his hands and groans again.

"I can't believe this. These guys are worse than the Pigmasks were to us. At least they didn't place us under constant watch with death threats."

"Have they found the Pigmasks' weapons supply yet? Maybe we can fight back when we find out where those soldiers hid them."

"I think Mr. Flint said something about that. But even if they do find the supply I don't think anyone can get to them unless the soldiers are distracted."

Edited by DevilPsyco on Jun 20th 2024 at 6:46:10 PM

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Hotpizza (Searching for Spock)
#387939: Jun 19th 2024 at 6:20:35 PM

Drought

The moment the Ant-men breaks her cuffs, Lumina rushes over to Lupin and grabs him by the scruff of his neck. It's as painful as it sounds.

"F**k kind of cutscene was that?!" Then again, Pokemon are tough guys. Luna probably just fainted. Hopefully.

She then tosses him a fee inches into the air, letting him land on his feet. At the same time, she runs along the route she'd planned beforehand, gunning straight for Groudon.

"Come on, guys! It's the fight we've all been waiting for!"

Edited by Hotpizza on Jun 21st 2024 at 3:17:40 AM

josh6243 Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler from Digital Realm Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Betty "Blast Hornet" Blanctorche Doppler
#387940: Jun 19th 2024 at 6:21:42 PM

Ecclesia - Vs. Takumi

Instead of blindly rushing in like the others, Ecclesia looks around for more people to heal. This Takumi is a menace and any damage he's caused must be mitigated before the group can win. This is a group effort, after all.

Albaz - Kaiju Mission

Albaz follows the others on Sprind. Honestly, that victory over Dis Pater is incredibly satisfying. May that dirty hypocrite be damned to the darkest pit in the afterlife.

He quietly listens to diplomacy between the two militaries quietly as he's not exactly a talkative person when it comes to politics. Poor dragon-boy.

Vanilla - Drought

Now that the group's freed, Vanilla mentally looks through her spell list for any answers to Groudon's might. This will be a toughie, for sure.

Edited by josh6243 on Jun 19th 2024 at 6:23:22 AM

KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#387941: Jun 19th 2024 at 6:44:39 PM

Blackreach

"Joke's on you!" Roxas spins his Keyblades, effortlessly deflecting the stun rounds, then closes in to sweep the soldiers off their feet.

Xion gasps as Lucas interferes in her attack, but looking at him, she can see the mixed emotions on his face.

In the past, she'd have gone all-out to push him to do the same and let go of his convictions. It's how she got Roxas to kill her.

But she doesn't need to die this time. No one needs to die.

So instead, she decides to go all-out in hopes of ending this as soon as possible, so Lucas can honestly say there was nothing he could do if Seth judges him for losing.

"Here we go."

She stands up straight, lowers her arms, and rises into the air, a golden glow appearing around her. Then she grips her Keyblade in both hands and raises it to point skyward as light shines all around her.

The light floods the cavern of Blackreach, creating an underground sky of golden sunshine and clouds.

And then rings of light converge on Lucas and explode, creating rows of pillars of brilliant blazing energy in eight directions. Xion comes hurtling out of the center of the blasts at Lucas with a wild flurry of Keyblade strikes, screaming with every swing.

Edited by KiriK on Jun 19th 2024 at 8:45:18 AM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
IchigoMontoya (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#387942: Jun 19th 2024 at 6:52:16 PM

Thor sighs heavily under his breath.

"So be it, then."

Quickly sidestepping to evade Claus' lightning bolt, he takes a running leap straight towards him and over G.E.M.'s forces in response, jagged streaks of electricity trailing behind him as his eyes take on an all-too-familiar electric blue glow. His arm lances out to seize Claus by the collar before flinging him to the ground as if he were spiking a football. Should Thor's counterattack prove successful, he'll kneel down and whisper to Claus upon landing.

"Your home is being saved as we speak, my friend. That's where Loki disappeared to just now. Do not let 'Seth' or Linda catch word of this."

He then proceeds to stomp right up to the G.E.M. base, planning to kick the doors wide open and begin storming down the hallway in search of the one responsible for everything. With any luck, he was likely holed up in the boss' office, thinking himself triumphant and untouchable. Thor very much looked forward to getting his hands on the bastard, proving just how wrong he was, and ending this madness once and for all.

"I know you're in here, 'Seth', you depraved little coward," Thor says coldly, his deceptively calm tone belying the amount of sheer fury in his voice. "Come out here and face me yourself."

-

Sylvie merely smiles at Linda, keeping her TemPad hidden behind her back and concealed by her cloak as she begins walking forward.

"Believe it or not, that actually works out perfectly," she replies, discreetly punching in the coordinates and opening up a Timedoor behind the purple-haired G.E.M. agent. "Mind holding this for me?"

Without warning, she swiftly removes her horned tiara and flings at it at Linda like a discus before breaking into a full-on sprint in an attempt to tackle her through the Timedoor. Should Sylvie's gambit prove successful, she'll make sure to close it behind her so that no one else can follow her through.

-

If Sylvie was successful at tackling Linda through the Timedoor, the latter will find herself inside a certain underground bunker once occupied by a particular group of Loki variants. Sitting upon the makeshift throne with a confident smile on her face is none other than Sylvie herself, evidently having quickly gotten to her feet following the tackle in order to lounge in the chair for maximum dramatic effect.

"Sorry about the change in scenery. I just needed to get you alone for a little chat, away from whatever's waltzing around in Seth's dead body. Hopefully, Ishizu was right about you."

She leans forward in her seat.

"So, Linda... let's talk."

-

Nowhere Islands

Loki takes a moment to examine his new surroundings, having realized the Tesseract had brought him before Claus and Lucas' home

"Hmm... a rather quaint place, if I do say so myself. Pity I probably won't have much time here."

Using his power of illusion to assume Linda's form, he begins his trek to Tazmily Village. Upon arriving and entering the village, he repeatedly claps his hands as loudly as possible in order to get the G.E.M. soldiers' attention.

"Alright, people, listen up! I just got an update from the boss. He wants you all to pack up, head back to our world, and wait for further orders. So c'mon, move, move, move! We don't have all day!"

Edited by IchigoMontoya on Jun 19th 2024 at 7:43:46 AM

Hotpizza (Searching for Spock)
#387943: Jun 19th 2024 at 7:22:35 PM

Coming War

Gravia drifted over to a chair at the center of the tent and took a seat, her purple lights dimming as she deactivated her gravity powers. It seemed less awkward than just floating around.

She ignored the refreshments, and one may guess as to why. The robot had multiple ways of charging herself, from wall plugs to solar panels, but the consumption of organic food was not one of them. In addition, her mouth was incapable of swallowing anything, even if articulate enough to form facial expressions.

She took a good look at Izawano, nodding as Kado greeted him like an old friend. Izawano might find that Gravia thinks of him the way a human thinks of an adorable dog or cat. She's also suppressing that feeling, presumably out of politeness. Indeed, her mind was remarkably human-like.

The description of Steel Meridian struck a chord with Gravia. She herself hailed from a disreputable laboratory. While she was fortunate enough to avoid the worst of its practices, she had met victims of unethical human experimentation, how much pain they endured as their minds and bodies were controlled & warped against their will. The Grineer enslavement reminded her of that.

"I am willing to aid them should they request it. It is a worthy cause, after all." From the way she pronounces her words, it seems she's making use of a speech synthesizer. A high-quality one, yet still audibly robotic.

Edited by Hotpizza on Jun 19th 2024 at 10:26:28 PM

BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#387944: Jun 19th 2024 at 10:05:00 PM

Drought

When the moment arrives, Garofalo breaks his handicuffs first, and releases his partners, who then rescue the others.

Xochi:    There wasn't a plan that doesn't involves making a god angry?   

Garofalo puts his dukes on, while the others dig to follow their own crazy plan.


DNC

The explorers wrote some notes from the briefing, and then they look at the map. For them, getting a map from an unknown region is a motive of joy.

...

After the briefing, they change clothes, wearing this time a simpler outfit: shirt, tweed vests with somewhat big pockets, and tweed pants. Yellow for Grace, blue for Joy.

Then, they watch the scene with Mia.

If she wants to go with us, she is welcome.

Worry not: we will take good care of her.


Ashes to Ashes (of Nohr)

Nina!

Cardboard attempts to jump towards Nina to save her from the Dismantle... But her leap isn't enough. However, she touches a spark that suddenly appeared...

In just one second in-game, but a bit more in her mind, Frida Kahlo, talks to her.

Hello. My name is Frida Kahlo, and I'm one of Zamba's friends. You have proven worthy of my help, so you will have my wings. Use them to defeat your enemies and save your friends!

In the Zamba-verse, Frida Kahlo painted herself a pair of wings, and she uses them to move around.

By fusing herself with Frida's Spirit, Cardboard gained a pair of wings, and she flies quickly to grab Nina and save her from the Dismantle.

Thank you! ...Oh, those are the wings of Frida!

Pampín resists Takumi's fire aura, by letting her staff to absorb his fire energy. She keeps on attacking, by spinning her staff quickly. As for the Mad Musician... Well, pop goes the head, rolling on the ground. His body falls limply. No blood or guts, just a head and a body separated, like an old doll. Maybe if somebody would join them again...

But for Zamba, it's party time.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20240620_051359.png

His clothes are changed, and the speakers release a lot of shockwaves around the battlefield, like bubbles in a bottle of soda that burst almost inmediately after. Those "bubbles" hurt foes a lot, but his allies will be buffed in all of their stats while the rave is on... (I.e. one turn).

Defeated Allies: Mad Musician (?)

Edited by BombonBombin on Jun 20th 2024 at 6:31:39 AM

Three freaking ghosts!
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#387945: Jun 20th 2024 at 9:45:02 AM

Blackreach

"Shields!"

All of the soldiers raise one of their arms as a seemingly holographic shield forms in front of them. But, as Roxas will be able to attest upon hitting said shield, that's a real and solid shield, because it blocks his sweeping attack with ease.

"Try hand-to-hand combat!", one of them calls out, upon which three of the soldiers jump out at Roxas, aiming to knock him on the ground with some admittedly impressive martial arts moves.

... although seeing the sudden light filling the cave distracts them, which'll make it easier for Roxas to react and counter-attack.

-

Lucas is, understandably, taken aback by the sudden light filling everything. And before he knows it, he's struck by exploding rings of light. And as Xion moves in to brutally take advantage of this chance-

She'll find her swings countered by Lucas' own Keyblade, with it moving by itself, because Lucas is still in a momentary stun. Regardless, his Keyblade keeps her back, Lucas manages to recover, and pulls his Keyblade back to him before Xion's final strike of her combo, after which he himself grabs his scepter and moves in to block on his own.

"I can't take the risk. I'm sorry.", he whispers. Seems he's aware of what she was trying to do, and he clearly doesn't hold it against her.

But he's not going to risk them thinking he threw this battle by going out so soon.

Lucas casts PSI Shield Ω, which will buff the defenses of the entire party. ... which, in this instance, is everyone on Lucas' side of the battle. As for his actual attack, he simply unleashes a regular psychic burst to try to force Xion back a bit.

-

Linda, meanwhile, looks confused.

"... what's that supposed to m-"

Cue the flung tiara, which she catches on instinct. Which leaves her open to getting tackled through the Time Door.

With Linda and Sylvie away, Thor will have free reign to continue moving. Claus ends up on the ground and, judging by his glowing aura, is about to counter-attack too. But when he hears what Thor says, his visible eye (his helmet's covering the other one) widens a bit. He says nothing, but the message is clear. Still, he can't pretend to be down from just that, they know how tough he really is.

He hops back up, trying to quickly think of what to do. Then he sees some G.E.M. soldiers flying past him, having been launched by a counter-burst attack from Locke, who approaches him.

"I suppose it's only fitting I face a chimera.", he says, aura flaring a bit more. Claus immediately gets his play, he's giving Claus a target to focus on without making it look forced. He'd have to thank Locke for that later.

Though first he'd have to apologize to him once this is all over.

Claus takes out the Shield Snatcher, having it scan Locke. To the shock of both of them, Locke's corruptive aura actually lessens in power after that.

"... huh.", Claus mutters before moving in to attack. Locke, thinking fast, pulls out a trick he hasn't used in a while: giving solid form to his corruptive aura to turn them into a lance and a shield, using the latter to block Claus' swing and striking back with the former. It hits, but thanks to Lucas' buff Claus doesn't really take much of any damage.

He's about to counter too, but both of them are caught off guard by the caverns lighting up.

-

As for Thor, there's no response from the base other than that the gate's locks suddenly move in, large metal bars connecting to one another to seal the gate. Even Thor, with his great power, isn't getting in easily.

But that's not the only problem he has, because he may notice the shadow descending onto him from up above. And if he looks, he'll see Norm coming in to try to deliver a drop-kick onto him.

Regardless of whether Thor gets hit, blocks or avoids, Norm will leap back right after and pull out some sort of energy gun. It looks like a much smaller version of the Anti-Navitus weapon that Linda made. This must be the new weapons they'd heard about.

"Thor, I know you've got the best of intentions here, but you're going to have to tell me where your otherworld sister took Linda to. I'll give you one chance to tell me willingly."

Huh, he looks and sounds both genuinely pissed and worried. Despite Linda's personality, it seems he cares about her safety.

"As for the boss, he'll come out when he's ready. Until then, you'll have to make do with me."

The caverns start lighting up, but Norm's attention does not waver.

-

Li'l Miss Marshmallow changes targets, now lunging for Areui, aiming to cut at him with her giant scissors. Areui, seeing her coming, quickly dodges with a flip. When she continues to pursue, he retracts his wings back into their tattoo state and has them emerge from his left arm, forming them into scissors of their own and letting the weapons clash.

"Nobody told me they had a crazy robot.", Areui says, though he grins a little.

"LOYALTY IS NOT CRAZY!"

"Tell that to that Linda chick.", he retorts before he pulls back his arm and performs a turning kick to bash Li'l Miss Marshmallow back.

Kirue dives at some nearby soldiers. They form the same shields as the soldiers fighting Roxas, which lets Kirue know it's okay to use his sword to fight right now. That stuff is strong, so he knows he's not gonna cut through them with one slash.

He lands in the middle of a group of them and performs a spinning slash against the shields, using enough force to make them back off a bit.

"Open fire! Stun him!"

"Nice to know you guys don't wanna kill me.", Kirue says with a bit of a smile. Guess they got attached to him as well, even if they're made to fight him now. He starts slashing at the incoming energy shots to deflect as many of them as he can. Some still get through though, which makes it a good thing that Kirue brought his armor with him for the fight.

-

Iris is still somewhat surprised. She'd noticed that Sylvie's plan worked, but did not anticipate that Norm would then also jump out of the copter. She would've tried to intercept, but the helicopters are opening fire on her and are forcing her to keep flying to avoid them. She also has to keep an eye on her necklace, because if she doesn't, her fast turns will make it come out from under her shirt, and if any of the soldiers notice things would get really complicated really fast.

Still, her patience for being shot at continuously wears out fast.

"Would you give me a moment to breathe!?", she yells as she starts spinning, sending razor-sharp arrows at the nearest copter. Most of them bounce off of the outside, but a few end up striking the rotor, the damage causing it to malfunction. Iris stops her spinning, looking in horrified shock when the copter starts to spiral out of control in front of her.

"Copter 2 is going down, we repeat, Copter 2 is going down.", a soldier says over the speaker of one of the other helicopters.

"Personnel of Copter 2, get out before it crashes!"

The soldier in the copter manage to get to the doors even with the entire thing spinning, then jump out and open their parachutes.

"Captain of Copter 2 speaking, everyone accounted for.", one of them speaks into a phone. Iris overhears this and can't help but sigh in relief.

"I really need to stay calm and focus my aim.", she thinks to herself. But before she can do anything else, she's suddenly pelted by a large amount of bullets. Not from the copters, but from the two turrets on the roof.

"Oh, c'mon!", she groans as she starts flying around fast again, continuing to try to evade. She doesn't even notice the area lighting up yet.

"That girl took down a chopper! Ready the special weapons and take aim!", a soldier from one of the other copters commands.

Yazur peeks out from behind the rock, but quickly has to hide behind it again when the turret's fire grazes the top of said rock.

"Maybe I'll have to put up a Divine Shield. But then they'll notice me for sure. What do I do?"

Void at the End of Time

Linda and Sylvie end up in the underground bunker, with Linda deftly and acrobatically managing to somehow end up back on her feet despite having been tackled through.

"... the fuck?", Linda asks as she looks around, seeing Sylvie on the throne, then looking at her watch first.

"Coordinates are all scrambled. What kind of place did you bring me to!?"

What Sylvie says next makes her pause. She huffs right after.

"I'm here to fight, not to talk.", she groans as she starts tinkering with the buttons on her watch... which doesn't really seem to do anything. Though after a few seconds of silence she glances back at Sylvie.

"... well, talk then.", she says, though without stopping her tinkering.

Tazmilly Village

The soldiers near the entrance turn to look at 'Linda', at first immediately intimidated. ... but what 'she' says next seems to confuse them more than anything.

"... but we were told to stay here no matter what until those girls told us it's okay to leave.", one of them speaks up, albeit nervously. It's still Linda in front of him after all, or at least he believes that to be the case.

Wait, 'those girls'?

Meanwhile, Fuel narrows his eyes at 'Linda'. They're just barely far away enough to not hear what's being said by the lot of them.

"That's one of their big guns, right? ... I'm gonna sneak to her and grab her, and then she'll be the hostage. No way those soldiers will shoot at her!", Fuel says, about to climb through the window. Nana has to physically hold him back by pulling on his shirt.

"Are you nuts!? She's gonna throw you off of her and shoot you like she tried to do to the princess!"

Fuel seems to be winning this tug-o-war, until both kids are suddenly pulled into the house by someone else. Specifically by Flint.

"I know you want to help, but do not do anything hasty. Duster found where they're keeping the Pigmasks' weapons, and he and Lighter are already on their way to sneak them back here. Once we have them, we can try to free the princess and the Pigmasks."

Fuel humphs while crossing his arms.

"Pigmasks, smighmasks."

"That's not a real wo-"

"How much you wanna bet those guys were in on it in the first place. After everything they did to us and especially to your family, Mr. Flint, I wouldn't have let them come back here at all! And then they move back and suddenly those soldiers start acting like this? No way that's a coincidence."

"I know how you feel, Fuel. We all feel hesitant about trusting the Pigmasks.", Hinawa says, also in the room with them. Her voice is as gentle as ever.

"But Flint and I spent some time around them whenever we were in G.E.M. HQ, and I really do believe that Lucas and Claus don't have their faith misplaced. You don't trust the Pigmasks, but you trust your friends, don't you?"

Boney, who's in there with them too, barks a few times. Fuel glances away, conflicted, but clearly getting the point of Hinawa's words.

"... yeah, I do... I just hate not being able to do anything at all."

"And now I know how you feel.", Flint supportively says, while also showing his own frustration with the current situation. It does help Fuel calm down a bit.

"... so what do we do then? Can we really only just sit here and wait?"

In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#387946: Jun 20th 2024 at 10:55:44 AM

Ashes of Nohr - Ignition

Kenjaku had realized it first and foremost, before anybody else had, really. And so did Mahito, which is why the two of them did not go on the offensive so boldly. As Takumi sees Soan approaching, he keeps his smile, jumping back to avoid his claw attack. But he's still a bit slower than he'd like due to Voss's lingering chest wound - and as such, while he isn't pinned down, he still get his lower left arm sheared and split in two, the two separated halves hanging limply in the wind, with a huge gaping bloody wound going up to Takumi's shoulder almost.

Jumping back to avoid the other swipe, Takumi raises his lower left arm to blast at Soan with flying slashes, but Rumia's orbs and Keukoi's obsidan projectiles blast him down to the ground, where Rafal's beam wash over him before he can retaliate against that. Engulfed by the beam and disoriented, Takumi roars and nonetheless raise his arms to strike back, but he gets struck by soda bubbles of all things, which disorient him and cause him further damage, to the point where it's starting to look noticeable, his "clean" half looking about as disheveled as his other half.

Still undeterred, Takumi try grabbing Pampin's staff. But before he can try to kill her, Vi and Bucky's combined attack make his ears explode, blood pouring out of them as he stumbles backwards, groaning. There, he meets Mawgrim's "choppa" once again, getting whacked in the face by the Ork, right on the right side of his face, with enough force to break half of his "mask" of flesh. WOTS DA 'UZ FOR FOUR EYES IF I JUST PLUCK THEM OUT?!

Takumi is flung off his feet and sent flying, though he manages to reposition himself over, reeling backwards as he uses his legs and hands to try to reverse the odds. He raise his upper right arm to blast at Mawgrim, and succeed (for once), but the Corrins's water magic dulls the flame before they can hit Mawgrim. And Pucci intervenes, using his Stand to chop off Takumi's outstretched arm. Stunned by this, Takumi get whacked in the face by Kaa's Shield of Ages and Beruka's kick, sending him off to the edge of a edge golden area... Kusakabe's Simple Domain, with Kusakabe sitting in the middle of it, glaring at Takumi. His katanas proceed to move like lighting, with Takumi looking all the more shocked as wounds open up all over his body, tearing his upper clothing apart.

Kusakabe's eyes widen open in fear. But before he can say anything about it, Takumi is struck in the back of the head by Jason and Choso's projectiles, alongside the weak kunai. He falls to his knees, where he looks shocked beyond belief at how much of a fight they were all putting. But he doesn't give up, instead growling as he begins to get up to his feet.

Would be bad if he were allowed to go ahead. Mahito and Kenjaku prepare to go ahead, planning on finishing him off at once with a careful strike altogether. However, before they can do that, Jeridan and Charlian's attacks come barreling towards him, preventing them from getting close reliably. Wait! No! Don't give him-

Takumi raises his upper left arm at the attack, getting back on his feet, smiling again despite the power that was about to slam into him.

SCALE OF THE DRAGON

Recoil

PAIRED FALLING METEORS

As the beam barrels ahead at him, he gets engulfed. And the Broken Magnum hits next, hitting the spot where all the smoke was a second ago. Those swords are supposed to kill Demented Spirits, right? Kusakabe turns to Mahito, meaning to confront him as much as he mean to ask him a question. ... Then why am I still sensing his Cursed Energy?

Demented Spirits are held together by thin strings. Attacks that cut the soul can cut these strings and destabilize the mixed souls - except that Takumi's soul is whole. Mahito answers, irritated with Kusakabe. Didn't you all notice he kept his form despite being stabbed by that thin knight? That's because it's not a Demented Spirit anymore! It's something different, but Takumi's soul has entirely absorbed Jogo! He's resurrected through him!

This Takumi was crafted after Corrin's memory of him. He did not have the original's soul. Yet somehow, Takumi returned to the realm of the living. It's like resurrecting through a picture. Kenjaku says, unlike Mahito, he sounds fascinated.

And as Mahito and Kenjaku yap...

YOU!!!!! THE BLOOD GUY! HE'S RIGHT- Choso blinks as a shape appears in front of him, bursting out of the smoke left over by Jeridan's attack. Before he can react, despite Kidd's warnings, he gets his guts explosively punched out of his body, Takumi's first basically blowing up his torso so thoroughly as to basically reduce him to two flying pairs of limbs and a head, Choso's last expression one of terror and agony

Making it worse, amongst the gore that's being flung at the group, with the intent of getting all over them to stun them, or force them to close their eyes - break their stance any way possible. And for those that still see - they'll find a most worrying sight amongst all the gore.

Black sparks - flying out of the point of impact, emanating from Takumi's fist.

THE SPARKS OF BLACK DO NOT CHOOSE WHO TO BLESS

BLACK FLASH

NO! Law raises his hands to try to use Shambles, seeing who Takumi's latest victim is : Ka. Takumi himself is mostly a black mass, smoke pouring out of his mutilated body. Yet, the Black Flash and his natural fortitude means it affect his speed none, and he make a break for Kaa. But as Law try to warp her out, his eyes widen as he sees himself holding up a bloody stump, and as he attempts to grab it -but find himself trying to hold a bloody stump with another-, Law screams, falling to his knees in agony.

Kaa is terrified, holding up Shield of Ages as Takumi make his approach, his eyes glowing and almost leaving out a yellow trail in their wake. But he simply grabs the shield and rip it out of her hands with his one arm, causing her to lean forward into his other intact arm, which he uses to punch her in the stomach. Right as he make impact, Beruka sends something towards his fist. But it seemingly does nothing to stop him as he hit her right there, black sparks once again flying out of the point of impact.

   BLACK FLASH   

Blood burst out of Kaa's teeth and noise as her eyes go white, before she's flung upwards on top of a nearby ruin, with Takumi having thrown an uppercut for the ages. Beyond done, Corrin lash out at Takumi, but the prince dodges, jumping out of the way and heading for Soan, still looking like a charred mass of pure homicide.    Hahahahahahahahahhahahahaha!   

Two consecutives Black Flashes, and Takumi's voltage ramps up significantly, increasing his speed almost to the point of hopelessness. But he doesn't leave the team to sit around and wait - from him, invisible Dismantles fly out, impacting an enraged Corrin and carving deep red wounds unto his body and face, though it throws him back more than anything, due to his durability. Still - Dismantles try raining down upon the group, making it difficult for him to be intercepted.

He kick the air to "fly" over the lion and over to its right side, bypassing Marco. He slams his two -three- arms backwards to try to slam them into it, black sparks flying out of the point of impact as Takumi lets loose with another laugh.

   BLACK FLASH   

Damn it, damn it, DAMN IT, DAMN IT! Kusakabe curses as Takumi try toppling Soan unto the others. Meanwhile, the force of his own impact sends him flying back into a smaller platform, where Takumi slowly but surely raises, standing up to his full height and raising his lower left arm to his face, holding up his hand to his grinning face as smoke blows towards him. He doesn't simply do it to be fancy : showing himself out in the open like that reveals that his wounds are gone, his injuries mended by his body.

Black Flash aren't meant to be hit consecutively like that! His output's been raised! That means that he can hit us harder and heal himself faster than before! And...

On Takumi's stomach, unnoticed due to the clothing obscuring it prior (although not to tightly it couldn't break) is a mouth. A mouth, with a tongue lolling inside, licking its lips and actual teeth. But then, it instantly stop to be... "serious", or as serious as it can be. And it start chanting.

TAKUMI IS HIGH OFF HIS CONSECUTIVE BLACK FLASHES

HE PEERS DEEPER INTO THE ESSENCE OF JUJUTSU, REDEFINING HIS POSSIBLE PEAK AT EVERY MOMENT!

HE IS ABOUT TO AWAKEN!

   I felt the exact same way you all probably do - when my country was torn to shreds despite my best efforts.   

SEVERED THREAD

   I told you, didn't I? It's just misfortune.   

MOLTEN BUTTERFLY

   RUINED CORE - DISASTER FLAMES   

Takumi adds his own chanting, speeding up the Cursed Technique as he sends forth an overwhelming blast of fire. It reach very high into the airs and also spreads wide, making the possibility of fighting back bleak - the group will need to hunker down and pour all their defensive skills together if they want to survive what's coming.

Corrin... Other me, let's try to weaken this as much as we can! Corrin, still bleeding, transform into his dragon form. However, his wounds are deep - he'll need some healing to keep going.

It aims for everyone but Rumia, Keukoi and Refia, but Takumi glance up at them.

Blazing Dismantles fly forth at them, attempting to slice them out of the air. Due to Takumi's Black Flash, they're deadlier and faster than they were before - but at least the flames make them visible. But then, Takumi's grinning face appears in their vision as he try to brutally lash out at Rumia's neck with a fierce backhand using his upper right arm, meaning to whack her in the wall of flames.

With his upper left arm, he try to grab Refia by the neck. And try to headbutt her, black sparks flying off the impact point if he succeeds.

   BLACK FLASH   

   I saw you heal them.    At which point, Takumi try to use Cleave to tear her apart. If she fails to break free or isn't saved, she'll be slashes to bits, with Takumi meaning to to leave nothing behind for her to regenerate from.

His intent : to quickly and utterly reduce her to nothing. Not done yet, Takumi's next target is Jeridan and Charlian, whose attacks piss him off. Still clutching Refia on one arm, he fly like a missile at the two goobers and try to slam into them, using one arm for Jeridan and two arms for Charlian, black sparks flying out of Jeridan's chest if he's struck, adding extra strength to an already extremely brutal move!

   BLACK FLASH   

With his output strengthened by the Black Flash, he try to slip his arm around Charlian's neck as he start flying off like a missile, and he try to repeatedly dribble him into the ground, tossing him there and letting him bounce back into his hand, where Takumi once again attempt to hammer his head into the rock. Charlian's Heroic Second Wind has been a real bother for him - so he'd like to make him feel some extra humiliation, having him be reduced to a basketball.

Once done, Takumi just throw Charlian towards the wall of fire.

We gotta forget hacking him down. One big attack's gotta do it! Kusakabe says, preparing to use a Simple Domain to add to the defense. The oppressive heat of the fire is an obstacle of its own - but he thinks that, if anything, they have a big attack on the making.

Edited by Bolded1 on Jun 20th 2024 at 8:18:53 PM

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KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#387947: Jun 20th 2024 at 11:15:05 AM

Blackreach

Roxas vs. Soldiers

"You think that'll work better?" Roxas taunts, crossing his Keyblades defensively to block the soldiers' attacks.

He, too, is distracted by the light. "Wait, why's Xion..."

Xion vs. Lucas

"Don't be."

Xion gets pushed back, only to vanish again as another ring of light closes on Lucas and erupts into spreading pillars. She once again comes rushing out of the light with a melee combo afterwards.

However, after the combo, she conjures up a ring of vertical lasers that circle around Lucas. They're too tightly packed to slip through with anything besides a teleport, until they eventually spiral out and away right as another, stronger laser fires straight down on his head, giving him only a split-second window to escape unharmed.

But then, all the lasers that spiraled out stop and fly straight at him.


Ashes of Nohr

What happens when a demon dies?

The answer depends on the world, of course.

In Polychronology, a demon that experiences true, final death is annihilated. The demonic energy constituting their body disperses, their very consciousness ceasing to exist, leaving nothing left but the memories others have of them. They have no soul that can transfer to another plane of existence.

Shredded into ribbons by the Cleave, Refia seemingly dissolves into nothing.

Captain America gasps in horror.

As Bernadetta is reminded of the risk of death, 「Paranoid」's power erupts, the Stand transforming into a freakish Animalistic Abomination that autonomously lunges for Takumi, attacking wildly with powerful claws and teeth.

Rafal also acts on his own, taking his Great Fell Dragon form and firing another Fell Beam to try and push the Disaster Flames back.

"Such powerful hatred..."
Brave Corrin complies with her counterpart's instruction. She sends out her Azure Yatos, having them stab into the sides of the fireball and channel Vallite water to weaken it.

"You... You monster!" Kakunsa howls. She flies at Takumi, a storm of blurring lines zig-zagging all around him like a net as she slashes at him from every angle at lightning speed.
"Would you kill your own family if they got in your way, too?!"

...

An errant thought floats in the void.

   Mom... Dad...   

   What would you think if I never came home?   

   Would you mourn? Would you weep?   

   Would you even think I was dead, or hope I still lived?   

   Would you look for me?   

   Lilith wouldn't. She'd say I failed her and that would be that.   

   But... I can imagine your grief...your crying faces... Vera's, and Eric's, too. I...   

   I don't want that.   

   I can't bear...to let that be my final thought.   

   It won't be. I won't fall here!   

"I WON'T LET YOU DOWN!"

Fortunately, it is very, very hard to kill a Polychronology demon, especially one with an extremely potent self-preservation instinct, who is used to being completely physically destroyed and regenerating from thin air, and is not being affected by holy energy.

After everything else in the round has resolved, portals open all around Takumi, and the same hand — Refia's hand — reaches out of all of them at once, attempting to grab his wrists, ankles, throat, face, and stomach-tongue.

Though she cannot be seen, her voice shouts, "NOOOOOOW!" as lightning courses through her duplicated hand to electrocute Takumi.

Edited by KiriK on Jun 20th 2024 at 2:18:56 PM

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
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
#387948: Jun 20th 2024 at 11:21:58 AM

Star Allies Sparker of Nohr

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Oh great, yet another big attack. Big fire attack. Even if "Pyra" has Elemental Absorption this may be too much for them. What else can they do...

Oh wait, use a big attack on Takumi like using the Final Copy Ability on a Kirby Final Boss! Thanks Kusakabe!

Knowing what to do, all 7 would briefly charge up their attacks before initiating what I'd call...

THE ASHES OF NOHR, A BIG ATTACK THAT EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE

ALSO, A FULL SPEED FAREWELL TO MOONRISE RUINS

Firstly, "Pyra" would send a small fireball upwards, with Sizzle's kunai increasing its size. Blizzard and Splash's ice and water would melt and evaporate to form steam around the main fireball to mask its position. Then, Zap electrifies the fireball for speed. Bluster and the Typhoon would surround the fireball in a tornado to swirl and absorb any extra abilities added to the attack before the Typhoon sends it onwards across the field towards the wall of fire.

As the attack flies, "Pyra" would continue to add more fire midair via Ravenos with Ui applying a crosshair to the fireball for aiming, not unlike a 3DS era Bros Attack.

Edited by TheTropingAlliancer on Jun 20th 2024 at 7:36:03 PM

Du-Du-Wa-Do-It, Arena Katsudou
DevilPsyco from The Underworld (pretty deep down in the ground) Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
#387949: Jun 20th 2024 at 11:35:20 AM

Ashes of Nohr - Ignition

Takumi

Having landed a blow, Soan approaches threateningly, a low growl escaping him. When Takumi is sent flying by Soan's allies, he immediately jumps after him, fangs bared and ready to tear his throat out. Even as Takumi gets engulfed by beams, he still does not stop.

But it doesn't matter.

Takumi's gone again before he can reach him, and by the time Soan's noticed where he is again, it's already too late. Choso dies first, and Law's hands are gone.

Jayko tries to reach Kaa in time to try to intervene, even if he's likely not strong enough to do so. But he's not fast enough, and Kaa is sent flying.

"BASTARD!", he shouts, aiming to strike Takumi with his blade. But he's gone again before he can try, and Soan's left to try to defend himself.

He anticipates an attack from the front, which is why he ends up getting Black Flash-struck thrice on his right, resulting in enough force to make Soan cough up spit and almost get knocked off of the platform, which would've meant his demise. The only reason he doesn't end up toppled over is because he's using pretty much all of his strength to try to resist being moved, digging his claws into the platform beneath himself.

He needs a moment to let out a haggard breath. Rarely, if ever, have hits with such strength been delivered on him. That hurt more than the initial fire magic that Takumi used on him. He genuinely needs a moment to catch his bearings.

And when the fire comes in, he's going to need help. Jayko manages to reach the Shield of Ages and uses its power to hide from the incoming flames, but Soan is not in a position to start dodging. He won't die if he gets hit from this, but he'll be taking a heavy blow.

As Jayko defends, he has some light magic seep off of the Shield of Ages and go up to join the attack that "Pyra" is charging up, the ASHES OF NOHR. This does result in the shield weakening, and the flames will start wearing down at it, damaging it further.

A red gauntlet glove suddenly reaches out of the lava, in the process of both burning to ashes from it as well as regenerating. It grabs onto the nearest rock and pulls the rest of what it's attached to up out of the lava. It looks like some half-molten humanoid monstrosity, flesh mixed with iron armor, but as his regeneration will start kicking in properly now that he's out of the lava, it's become clear very fast: it's Vladek, his immortality having done it's job well.

Dracus does not have that same luxury. He's still fucking dead.

Regardless, Vladek lets out pained grunts as he drags himself to a point where he can stand (at the foot of the spire) and catch his breath. That was, by far, the most painful experience of his life. And whoever's responsible for it is going to PAY!

Hearing the sounds coming from way above him, he looks up and sees the basic gist of what's happening. Some monstrosity of a person zipping around and offing the fools who had dared refuse his generosity. Vladek would gladly join Takumi in the slaughter of those cretins... were it not obvious that Takumi is the most likely source of the lava that had kept him in a literal melting state between life and death all the way up until now. And that is unforgivable.

His pride, his hatred of Jayko, none of that matters. Because right now, the one he hates most of all is Takumi.

Noticing that someone was gathering energy for some sort of super attack, Vladek chooses to aid in this, contributing dark magic to buff the power of the ASHES OF NOHR.

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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#387950: Jun 20th 2024 at 11:44:32 AM

Ashes of Nohr

Noah's form starts to spark with small amounts of multicolored lightning, that shimmering barrier reaching ever higher. It's roughly 1/3rd of the way formed- and already too strong to easily break, thankfully.

I can't support you much yet- once the barrier is fully formed, I can finish this!

Noah's hands are moving in sync with the flow of his magic...

Actualized Concept of Nothing - True Root - 1/3


"-yikes!"

Keukoi leaps out of the way, forming wings upon his back and soaring upwards. He clenches his fists. One of the Dismantles nearly grazes him- singing his clothing and making his skin burn slightly.

No way I'm gonna be much use like this..!

The Emblem Ring on his finger is shining brightly. Emblem!Corrin is still floating alongside him.

Then we'll just have to do it together, won't we?

Keukoi nods, a smile coming to his face.

"Right! We fight as one!"

A brilliant blue light envelopes him, and when it fades, there stands a fusion of Keukoi and Emblem!Corrin. He holds both arms forward, morphing into a gleaming, dragon-like maw that shoots a beam of water to enhance THE ASHES OF NOHR.

"It'll take way more than this to stop us!"

At the same time, a revitalizing aura flows out from Keukoi, healing any allies nearby for a small amount. It's much better than nothing, though.

ENGAGE- 2/3

aeiou: the second

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