Nightengale Hospital (Ismene, Others) ~ Preparing to Ride
Ismene had been mostly quiet for the entire process of getting Samus checked in, although the concern on her face was very visible when she noticed how Samus beamed hungrily at the fish in the fish tank. It wasn't until the topic of what to give her to eat came up that she spoke up again.
"...If we're going to feed her anything, we should probably give her something she can suck," she said, frowning thoughtfully, "Like, she tried to suck the apple Krillin gave her but it didn't work out. And then she really seemed interested in the fish for...not quite the right reasons. So...maybe some kind of fish drink...thing? Sounds kind of gross to me, but what do I know?"
She finally made a wide-armed shrug. "Actually, what do I know? Until the doctors here figure out what's up with her the best I can do is just...make informed guesses."
After that, she turned to the subject of Gotham.
"One part of me wants to stay here and help in case anything goes wrong, but this kind of medical issue isn't where my talents lie. I'm mostly a combat medic, and I can safely assume the chances of the rest of you getting into a fight is definitely greater than zero." She smiled. "So if the rest of you are heading off to Gotham, you can count me in. I'd offer my chocobo, but the most I've ever fit onto him is two people, and since there's a biiit more than two people here that's probably not going to work. Unless, of course, we get a whole fleet of chocobos....but how many of you have actually ridden a chocobo, or a horse, or...something like them before?"
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After the fall of the Joker, a much less solo affair than she had desired but helpful nonetheless thanks to her cameraman, things in Gotham got busy. Creeps, other villains and would-be tough guys came out of the woodwork to try and take advantage of the chaos that followed right after. And it was with great amusement that Bowsette had watched most of them fail and be crushed, even playing a role in it herself. There was more than one person who thought that they could exist within her kingdom, or what would soon become her kingdom.
Of course, it couldn't have been that easy. Even as she had slowly expanded outwards from her casino, claiming her rightful territory through strength or through those recognizing her superior capabilities and simply giving in before hand, she came across challenges. Or rather, challengers. Other villains that her mooks told her were apparently from outside of Gotham as well, and were trying to expand and take over, to some success.
THAT HAD BEEN HER IDEA FIRST! SHE WAS GOING TO BURN THOSE RUNTS TO A CRISP!
And yet no matter how often she went out to strike fear into others and simply let herself be seen by her kingdom, it was never enough. And there never seemed to be enough time for her to do anything else. She was always just so busy now! Running the casino, dealing with the other villain's mooks trying to worm their way into her area, and so on. Even the introduction and use of Eggman's latest mad experiment, the Mecha Chomps
◊, she still had to be out there herself often.
And it was during one of these complaining sessions, that Bowsette realized just what she was going to use her latest wish tablet for. And several of her staff had exchanged worried glances at the sheer size of the sharp-tooth grin the horned woman did.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" "BWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Two near-identical women dressed in identical clothes sported identical sharp-toothed grins as they stared at each other with victorious glee.
"I'm a genius." The blonde-haired Bowsette stated as she crossed her arms under her chest.
"I really am." The red-haired, dusky-skinned Bowsette agreed as she rested a hand on her hip with a light chuckle.
"Like this I can be in two places at once! This is perfect." Blonde Bowsette crowed victoriously, pumping a fist.
"And I won't have to run around through the city dealing with those pathetic villain's mooks!" Red Bowsette joined in the fist pumping.
"Huh?" BB stopped the celebration to look at her clone. "Of course you will, you're here so I don't have to deal with that now."
"What?" RB shouted, glaring at her double. "What makes you think I want to deal with that? It's a pain!"
"Well yes, that's why I got the cherry to make you!" BB shot back, fists clenched as she stepped towards the dark-skinned Koopa queen. "You're my clone, so you have to do what I say!"
"Yeah? Well what if you're the clone?!" RB stepped forward too, till she was almost nose to nose with the blonde woman.
"That's-" BB hesitated for a moment, her face twisted up in confusion and thought, before she shook her head. "That's stupid, I know I'm not a clone! I saw you appear in a puff of smoke!"
"Yeah, well!-" RB growled as she floundered for a reply, "...Damn it."
"Look, we'll just take turns." Bowsette Prime rolled her eyes, wondering why the other woman had to be so difficult.
"...Fine." Red growled and crossed her arms under her chest. "But I'm not doing it first."
Bowsette leaned against the lip of the Koopa Clown Car as it buzzed through the air above Gotham, zipping nimbly between the buildings as she guided it with practiced ease. She was apparently 'patrolling', to give her a 'better idea' of how to do things. As if she wasn't a complete copy of blondie back at the casino. She could even look just like her if she wanted! Clone or not, if she was going to be treated like that she was going to teach Bowsette a lesson!
And so, the palette-swapped Koopa Queen grumbled to herself as she kept her eyes on the streets below; On the lookout for anyone trying to cause trouble in her kingdom's borders, and to show her presence to anyone thinking of doing so.
Edited by Alleydodger on Jan 31st 2020 at 1:25:25 AM
Fear me
Mokou, Bisga Forest
-Flying above the battle, Mokou sees one of the drow lighting her fingers on fire. This at least she can do something about.-
-Dropping in front of the cleric, she turns her fists into balls of flame.-
Come on, you can do better than that... Can't you?
Killer Croc, Sewers
-Killer Croc looks the two men up and down. If Starscream has the means to use bigass robots like this, he's going to have to start investing in more than just harpoon guns.-
An' whuddoo Ah git out of it?
Just another guy
Nightingale Hospital
Sylvie nods at Chun-Li and Ismene. "Getting a meal from Wendy's over is fine. We have our own food prepared for easy consumption for our patients, but I think the proprietor there knows best on what to provide for our guest. From what you've said, perhaps something like rice porridge with many bits of fish sprinkled in could work?"
Meanwhile, all the doctors stared at each other in visible confusion at the wonky way their Geiger counter is working in direct response to Dark Samus just entering the room. Even one of the Frasokyoans employee trying to make sense of its record and fix it happens to be at a complete lost at what Dark Samus seemed to have done with it.
One of them came out of the room briefly and informed to the receptionist on what happened and the conclusion they drew upon.
"... So a bit of a news regarding your friend from our preliminary testing." she coughed once, trying to get everyone's attention.
"She appears to be exuding a sort of radiation contantly around her. Of what sort, we're unsure, since it doesn't seem native to anything we could understand with how erratic our readings have been."
From inside the operation room, a few of the doctors can be seen getting into Hazmat suits while the priests prepared anti-poison spells on hand and the water benders preparing to waterbend. It seems like they're trying see if Remove Poison or the bender's healing waters would have any effect on her; see if this would alleviate the counter to somewhat normal levels.
"We've yet to determine if hers is particularly dangerous to those exposed near her, whether short or long-term. But I'm afraid if we are to get any confirmation, she'll have to stay here for a bit longer."
"There's also the issue of who should be assigned as her guardian for the time being, seeing as she'll most likely need someone to teach and acclimate herself to being human and everyday life here. Do any of you have anyone in mind up for the task?"
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
Just another guy
Barry - Wendy's -> Gotham
"Oh wow, we'll be headin' to my all-time favorite slaughtering ground? Aye aye boss, I'll follow your lead! Just, ahh, you won't mind me chopping up any no-good lowlifes harrasin' ya in 'self-defense', right?"
With that, Alice's newest attack dog is now in tow; following the classical fairytale character into the pit of crime that is Gotham.
Daud - Entertainment District Apartment Room
Well, how about that? And just in time too as Daud was in the process of de-activating the traps laid at the door.
Damnable magic bullshit and their users circumventing everything in place. There's little counter to the supernatural, a fact that he learns and utilizes well from experience.
"All the security measures in the world can't help if one can just teleport in out of nowhere. Remind me to find a way and take care of that later." Dis-arming the explosive bolts in place before safely depositing them elsewhere, he glanced back at the man and the gift baskets he brought.
"No, you're just way earlier than expected. I'm normally not one to indulge in luxury." he grabs onto one of those boxes of coffee beans from the basket "But I can make an exception for this occasion. Want a mug?"
Depending on his answer, he'll then head to the kitchen counter and is now in the process of brewing a couple of mugs of fresh coffee(or just his own if Bell declines).
"As for business, before I play my hand, I wanted to know yours first." Daud spoke from the kitchen, keeping talk of business going in the mean time. "Tell me, how long have you been here and how much do you know of this whole Frontier situation? If you'd met with that nascent whatever it is this world has to a 'god' or 'creator', what is your impression of them?"
He was told that this was new land, yes, for people from all over the multiverse to be transported in and thrive upon. But was that really all there is to it, was the question. With all the seemingly hostile threats that are arriving en-masse the longer they remained here, he is starting to very much doubt it's that simple. He'd heard talk of there being another very major 'threat' in the future(as if there isn't enough already currently) and he's starting to wonder if this isn't just all a game for those up above.
Here's hoping another in the same sort of business as his could maybe shed some light into the matter while at the same time learning more about his future business partner. If nothing else, Daud could learn a thing or two on how Bell operates.
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
Junko, Chiaki, Keropoyo - Bisga Woods
Given that she had plenty of time to react, Junko simply ran away from the giant turtle and moved herself to somewhere where the boulders didn’t look like they would land. Her plan of killing the leader was pretty much a bust for now, and Mr. Chuuni’s tank quickly extinguished any hopes that the turtle would do any lasting damage.
Well, it looked like most of the heavier hitters were going down one by one, so the fight was starting to become boring. Huh, what was that stuff that one Drow up ahead was hosing out?
Now that the turtle was largely taken care of, Junko drew out her pistol again, reloaded it, and simply started shooting at whatever enemies were nearby, while keeping an eye on the rest of the battle.
After being offered, Chiaki took Toriel’s hand and lifted herself back up.
“You’re right,” Chiaki said. “Thanks for that.”
She knelt back down to pick up one of the serrated balls with one of her hands, her artificial arms not really being bothered by it. There was sort of a hint of disappointment and boredom in her eyes, though for the time being, Chiaki would follow Toriel and/or cast Stone when Drow approached.
When the frog-robot saw Toriel ward away the Drow with her flames, it paused in chasing it, before glancing between Chiaki and the goat-mom.
“Chiaki, you’re alright! Did you stub your toe or something, poyo?” the frog-robot said, as if it didn’t notice the very obvious tears in Chiaki’s robes and the scratches underneath.
“I’m okay Keropoyo,” Chiaki simply replied.
She then took a moment to take cover behind a nearby tree, temporarily reclining her staff against it before then taking off her backpack and stowing the bola balls in it.
“What should we do now, poyo?” Keropoyo asked, while watching the situation ahead.
“Hmm… It does seem like most of the enemies are down or are going to die soon. I wonder if anyone needs healing right now, though all that ice might make getting to everyone else pretty tricky.”
Akihabara, Hospital: Evidently, This Scene XD
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"Thanks for the offer Ismene, but I'd like to ask Miss Satsuki and the others some questions on the ride over. Not sure how much talking will be done on a..."
The officer glanced towards the hospital entrance, where Ismene's chocobo was no doubt harnessed somewhere nearby.
"...giant chicken."
Krillin took a step back at the radiation revelation, and the shade of blue that flashed across his face might raise concerns about Samus' condition spreading through some sort of super rays...but by now it might've become clear to some that Krillin was easily startled.
"Aww man! Do I need to take a shower? Wait, that wouldn't do anything, would it? Does anyone know how to un-radiate yourself?!"
Can Senzu Beans cure alien cancer?!?!
Thankfully, Sylvie's assurance that they didn't know what Samus' radiation did (for better or worse) helped turn Krillin's mind to viewing this glowing glass as half full. He calmed down to just a slight grimace, as if he expected another attendant to rush in and say they all needed to stay in the hospital, too.
"Well, like we just said to Miss Satsuki, you can call me and Pyrrha if you learn anything else." Krillin told the receptionist. "That said, I don't think we're qualified to act as guardians right now. I mean, we just arrived on this planet; we don't have a house, or a job, or anything to provide for Samus. Adjusting her to customs here is almost out of the question, since we're still trying to figure out those customs ourselves."
The police officer sighed, and fell silent. It wasn't his place to ask for volunteers, especially when it came to handling someone so potentially dangerous. Whether Samus meant to be, or not.
Vampire Hunter
Chun-Li, Hospital, Akihabara
"...I suppose I can take up the role of her guardian, at least until she can make her own decisions," Chun-Li frowned slightly, crossing her arms. "I request you give me any info on what sort of radiation Samus is emitting and if it is harmful to life in addition to what affliction she seems to have."
"As far as getting to Gotham City, there is a portal in Akihabara that can lead you there if you touch the portal and choose to open it to Gotham," Chun-Li explained how they were getting to Gotham. "The other end also opens up to a cemetery, so I wouldn't suggest driving a car through it."
"As for Gotham's state... it had a variety of... err, supervillains, which did a number on the city, but all of the ones we are aware of have either been taken care of or joined Akihabara," Chun-Li continued explaining Gotham. "The worst of them was the Joker who was a crazed man who did as much damage before he died as a bomb would have, so 'humanitarian mission' is applicable to Gotham."
Wizard Needs Food Badly
Toriel (Battle of Bisga Woods)
Now that Chiaki was back on her feet, Toriel shepherded her behind the tree, standing guard but also joining her in observing the situation. Chiaki brought up a fair point in regards to the ice impeding their progress in reaching allies in need of aid, and after staring at the ice, Toriel spoke.
"I may be able to get through it. It won't be pleasant, but needs must. You can climb on my back if need be." Taking a deep breath, Toriel willed a circle of fire to hover in front of her as a shield of sorts; once Chiaki was ready to go, either on her own two feet or by riding on Toriel's back, she marched forward towards the ice, hoping that she was not putting her fellow healer in danger by doing this but seeing no viable alternative.
Sonia (Kaibadome)
"I see, very good. Has anyone else been waiting for a battle, or shall I be the first? Perhaps a showing of what you can conjure to entertain the masses would be in order." Now that she was feeling more in her element, Sonia's voice took on a hint of steel and excitement. If there was anything that would serve as a refresher for what she could do and reminding her body how to properly win a fight, a duel or a battle against a monster was the way to do it.
Dark Samus (ICU)
While the doctors / priests / water benders surely meant well in their efforts, so far all they were really accomplishing was slowly but surely agitating their patient, as her previously blank facial expression was slowly giving way to one of annoyance, and an audible growl could be heard coming from her. The healing waters were either immediately corrupted or rejected outright, while the Remove Poison spells only succeeded in flaking off bits of her blue goop, which immediately started making its way back up towards her, though slow enough to where it could be possible to isolate and contain some of it. Throughout all of this, Dark Samus could be seen staring at them, her glare deepening, as if they were pests she was just about out of patience with.
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Camoa - Bisga Woods (Lost Vessel, Others) ~ The Floor is Lava
Unfortunately for the Lost Vessel, its attempt at a trap didn't completely work as the beast and rider merely jumped off the falling branch in midair. Fortunately for the Lost Vessel, it was reduced to nothing more than shreds of meat thanks to some assistance from Enterprise. Alas it had no time to give acknowledgement for her help, lest it fall to the ground instead.
A quick dash to the nearest branch was enough to fix that issue, although now it had the new problem of being significantly lower than it originally was, in addition to now not having a lot of soul to work with. Maybe it could manage one or two shots with its staff, but the better option would be to try regaining some soul.
As it looked out onto the battlefield, occasionally looking upwards in the event of more unwanted drop-ins, it realized that was easier said than done. Between ice, grease, and plummeting boulders it was looking rather difficult to navigate, and that wasn't counting the risk of getting hit by friendly fire.
Its eyes focused on what lesser drow remained, which was not a lot. Then it glanced between them and the commander, and an idea began to form in its head.
It started by jumping out of the tree towards the closest lesser drow, dashing if it needed to. Right as it was about to hit the drow, it swung its nail downwards. If the nail connected, the Lost Vessel would use it as a springboard to throw itself back into the air. If the first hit didn't kill the drow, it'd keep this bouncing act up until it either missed or there was no more drow to hit.
After that one it would use the momentum to jump over to the next lesser drow, repeating the process, slowly but surely making its way within striking distance of the commander,
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Naga the Serpent - Distraction - Bisga Woods
"Ohohoho, and for my next spell, I'll- ooof!" Albedo knocked Naga down and out of the way of the incoming incendiary grenades, slamming her good and hard through a tree and into the treeline to avoid the attacks.
"I'll... oooooh," Naga rubbed her eyes with her gloves, slapped her cheeks, shook her head, and jumped up to her feet. "I'll... I'll... these blasted trees are in the way. How am I going to hit anyone... through... them... AHA!"
Naga snapped her fingers, and then channeled an immaculate white glowing radiance into her hands, holding them up high and then drawing them back. She was going to...
"CHAOS STRING!" .... She was going to fire some string.
Oh, but not normal string. This was chaos-string. Razor-sharp, she fired it at the nearest trees, each string going through several trunks and severing them completely in a single swift strike.
And then the trees began to topple over towards the drow.
Dreams of Revenge
Bisga Battle — Kylo Ren
Behind his helmet, Kylo Ren frowned. Grease? It took a split second for him to realise what the wizard was attempting. It seems they're not as foolish as they look. He jumped over the stream of grease as it reached him, then called on the Force. In his mind's eye he imagined the droplets locking in place, frozen. Then not just the individual droplets, but the entire stream. Extinguishing his lightsaber and hooking it to his belt, he took a Force-assisted leap and let his hate flow through him, channelling it into his arms and his fingertips. "Clever. But not clever enough."
At the apex of his jump, lightning began to shoot out of his hands, hopefully igniting the grease stream and the drow wizard with it.
Locking you up on radar since '09
Nodding slightly as he took Daud's proffered cuppa joe in hand to first smell the aroma before taking a sip, the leader leaned back and enjoyed the smooth sensation going down his throat. Not the best he had but the highly exacting standards for the picked beans as well as the careful brewing process made up for those lacking points.
After exhaling and deeming it good enough to drink the entire cup later, Bell then smiled before steepling his hands together. Though it was bright and sunny, somehow it was also the sort that made people instinctively on edge as though one were to become a willing accomplice in helping with the breaking of what was taboo. All in all, it was a decadently and inherently devilish action that came about naturally as though it was a bone deep affectation rather than any sort of acting process.
"Ah, one of my favorite pastimes as it were- answering questions. Just behind making contracts and researching knew knowledge!~" Chuckling as he reclined back in a languid manner despite it being the first time he came into the area and disregarding the winding up of the spy, the devil's smile deepened enough to show off those pearly whites. Though there were no fangs or pointed teeth, it still somehow felt very predatory in nature. Good dental too apparently.
"I was brought in about a bit over a month ago, just in time to see the anarchy that had happened in Gotham. I took the time to develop BUB'S and distribute coffee upon the lands of the utmost quality, building up a monopoly so that even should competitors spring up in these lands, they can't keep up to the cheap prices of my artisan blends. It was rather nice spearheading the direction of a whole civilization's culture you know. It also makes for a good place to gather information since the caffeine affords energy for those that need to work or needs a pick me up after a hard's day toil. Behind the bars, it would be the easiest place to pick up gossip around these parts where those of many walks of life come in for momentary respite and comfort."
Not at all shy in hiding his accomplishments or his intent in creating such, Beelzebub then shook his head at the question pertaining to the Frontiers and the nascent soul. "As for this project... it is ambitious is all I can say. It has the capabilities to birth either a god or a demon depending on what we do here, nigh limitless potential that can be affected into either a benevolent or malevolent force or even law of reality once it fully develops. Whoever made such would have to be either a dying deity or one that fell completely into the throes of madness that wanted to go against the natural order."
"Having personally seen the birth of a weapon that could slay gods, I can tell you that the whole realm is surely teetering on a razor wire suspended above the abyss. Right now things are somewhat balanced so that no matter how much it teeters, things will eventually right itself. It is when civilizations develop past the crippled points and fragments they were taken from that things will greatly hasten the danger."
"I do believe the point where we have to be most wary of are when hegemons come into power for they will have everything required to flip the playing board entirely. When one's action becomes that of the majority, whatever is decided will have the most 'weight' upon the nascent soul's development due to them becoming the primary 'teacher'." Pausing in his narration to take another sip, the man beamed once more. "Hopefully my opinion was somewhat interesting enough to be worth listening to."
Seeing her fire attack miss entirely due to the group's various fact reactions, the Cleric's eyes all but bugged out as her face became affected by a rictus of pain due to the fact that the pig boi had gotten underneath her guard and sort of began ripping and tearing. Luckily she had magical accessories to sort of take the blunt of the blow but when you were up against the equivalent of a Barbarian/Fighter hybrid in melee that was built like a brick hut, just the force from the build up was enough to launch her against the standing earth prison walls and cause concussive damage that thankfully took her out for the fray in a not dead way.
Pink and the Buggy Boi meanwhile were taking care of the lesser drow underlings pretty well due to one being a giant crystalline woman with all the strength and defense that entailed while the other was sort of built to murderize things. The emulation of Shovel Knight also helped as well. Now there were a lot less breathing Drow though they would probably have to move out of the way pretty fast because Naga toppled the size equivalent of a redwood tree on their heads due to pointing the lumber in their general direction.
The wizard on the other hand held up his other hand in panic before firing off everyone's favorite babby spellcaster 101 technique of Magic Missile, having only enough time to shoot off that particular low leveled spell in an effort to have a chance of survival because all the meatier henchmen were downed and wizards didn't really have good physical stats. That didn't really help at all when Kylo ignited everything with lightning to create an almost burnt charred husk that was even now steaming and popping before collapsing on the ground.
The quest givers meanwhile poked their heads on out from the nearby bushes before a triumphant Moogle held up his grubby little paws to get grumbling team members to hand over their Gil for betting on the wrong outcome. Judging from how everyone besides him was getting their money sucked away by the horrors of gambling, it seemed like he won out big. Burly Seeqs hustled on over to begin picking up the bodies and loot as well as tie up the cleric, being alarmingly well oiled at such maneuvers for some reason.
Velvet smirked as Shigure asked his question, and he'd have a moment to reflect on how fucking scary she probably looked to the average person when she did that. Then, she moved quickly, grabbing Shigure's chest and spinning around. With the usual loud screaming he'd have come to associate with her by now, she tossed Shigure headfirst at the mech, and more spesificly, the spikes holding him to the wall. He'd be able to hit at least two of them easily, weakening the grip on the wall. The other two were cut by Ges before Nightmare could bring his minigun/flamethrower combination to bear on the exorcist, sending him into a freefall. The rocks hit him in that instant, preventing any kind of attack on Ges and putting a few good dents in the head. He started spinning, his blade shifting back into a giant form of what it had started this fight as.
Considering that Ges was running up the wall at him and he was falling down toward Ges, the clear course of action was clear, and Ges would find the blade being swung at him again. But this time, given both the power boost he was getting, the sparks starting to come off of Nightmare's mech, and a few missiles from O'kai's missile pods that were just now impacting Nightmare in the back, he'd have the strength to win the midair clash this time, leaving him a good opening to dish out a major blow.
Siluca would feel a hand on her shoulder, the......well, uninjured was probably not accurate, less injured, perhaps. Whichever side didn't have shrapnel embedded in it.
"Hold still, you're only going to make the injuries worse."
How the hell had Lady, of all people, ended up on medic duty? You can probably blame the big fucking missile launcher that she can't exactly fire into melee with allies involved, plus the smaller caliber arms not really able to hurt something like Nightmare or his mech.
"You're in no condition to keep this up. The rest of them have the situation under control, but we need to get you medical treatment, right now."
Lady would try to start guiding Siluca toward the portal out.
Just another guy
Nightingale Hospital - Akihabara
For those inquiring about wanting the hospital to inform them of the patient's conditions, it would soon be evident they did not need to wait long as the door to the emergency room was opened; releasing Dark Samus to the outside. From within, remnants of her gooey... whatever it is was isolated, contained and sealed inside a container, no doubt ready to be further tested by the hospital staff.
One of the water benders who were part of the team treating her stepped forward to the group. "We've conducted a preliminary test on her. Despite our various methods of detoxing her achieving little at all, we can safely say that there's no ill effect to those who're simply exposed to it... At least, for the time being."
"More worryingly, however, is that attempts to stabilize the unknown substances she's exuding serves only to aggravate her further. We've considered applying a suitable dosage of anesthesia or binding her up on the bed, albeit as gently and comfortably as we could, but unless we know the full extent of her biological structure or whether such bindings could secure her at all, we fear that it'll only make things worse."
At that, a ginger-haired San Frosokyoan approaches with the container. "Yea, what the water doc' said. Good thing we got this alien-looking goop of hers 'ready on-hand. Wouldn't recommend throwin' this to any poor fella you have a beef with tho, but should be good enough of a substitute of studyin' her without, ya know, her tryin' to actively irradiate us or something."
"So, uhh, yeah, that's it. She's free to go! Might wanna keep an eye on her in the mean time, just in case."
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
Gespenst - Nightmare's Castle
"This will finish it."
Gespenst sounded like he was merely stating a fact as he once again pulled out his grand plasma cutter, the color of the blade having shifted from yellow to green, before he swung the getter energy infused blade to deflect the swing of soul edge. But considering the speed at which this contact was happening, rather than going for trying a second blade swing, the armored cover on Gespenst's chest slid open.
"GETTER BUSTER CANNON!"
A blast of energy shot out from gespenst's chest, aimed at the mid section of the falling knightmare to try and blow it in two so they could finally end this battle of the mecha.
Edited by Bcom on Feb 5th 2020 at 11:46:16 AM
Military Grade Shitposter
Nightmare's Castle
Nightmare fell from the wall, being pounded by a host of other attacks from the other party members. But as Rico kept chucking hand-bombs, he saw something important happen: the gatling gun disappeared, morphing back into a sword. And Nightmare seemed distracted with Gespenst.
Now was his chance.
Rico fired his Grappler at the back of Nightmare's Knightmare and brought himself over. Assuming there were bits of it still left after Gespenst's buster finished its work, he tried to search for a cockpit to pry open with one hand, and kept his Demonica in the still-bleeding other one. The idea was simple: find Nightmare, shoot him until he dies.
And after all of this, maybe he was actually weak enough to do that to.
Edited by SpartyMcFly on Feb 5th 2020 at 2:39:01 PM
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."
Fear me
O'Kais, Nightmare Castle
-The Mont'au battlesuit seems to be faltering under the gue'la's combined attacks. Redirecting his missile pods to the damaged areas before firing another salvo, O'Kais allows his rifle's capacitors to accumulate before firing a supercharged beam at the twisted machine.-
In Tau, I am strong.
The Greater Good will prevail!
Mokou, Bisga
-The drow defeated, Mokou works on removing the flames spread here and there dring the battle.-
Junko, Chiaki, Keropoyo - Bisga Woods
Well, that was a shame. Guess they weren’t able to pick off the leader, but maybe Junko had one more chance.
“Hooray! We won!” Chiaki said with subdued excitement. “Now it’s time to gather up the loot!”
Chiaki and Keropoyo went around to loot whatever bodies were nearby, hopefully before the others could get to them.
Junko
meanwhile went up ahead to try and reach where the Drow cleric was tied up.
“So, this one survived huh… Are we gonna… pry her for all her sweet, juicy information…?”
Siluca - Nightmare’s Castle -> Adventurer’s Guild
Siluca felt something, and then heard a voice, though still being in a bit of a daze, she didn’t immediately remember who it belonged to.
Her arm holding her wand went limp.
Hearing Lady’s words, and after finding the top end of her broom, Siluca gave a nod.
That was right, the others had this situation under control.
Being in this pitiable state was not something she enjoyed, and Siluca let out a pained groan as she struggled to push herself along the floor or get herself up as Lady guided her to the portal. The mage had almost forgotten that the portal was still up in the heat of the battle.
“I’m… ergh… grateful…”
She would have to remind herself to give Lady a more proper thanks once she returned to her district. While lingering in the back of Siluca’s mind as she stumbled toward the portal, the upcoming expedition against Britannia seemed to grow distant after this eventful encounter.
Lizard Metabolism
Pig Triumph, Bisga
Good news: the elf lady wasn't dead, so they could still question her once someone patched her up. Bad news: she barely made an effort to dodge. Hopefully drow elites were tougher than that, or Inosuke would find this ordeal as boring as the initiation back when he was starting out as a Demon Slayer. Still, a victory is a victory, and one had to appreciate easy victories too. Shaking off the blood drawn by his blades with a single swipe at the air, both jagged katanas were thus sheathed.
"Bwahaha! Ya ain't shit, knife-ears!" He laughed triumphantly, puffing his chest out pridefully. Some guy showed up to grab the elf lady for further interrogation. "Don't forget who gave that lady to ya on a silver platter!" He pointed a finger at the alarmingly well-oiled Burly Seeqs. "Damn straight we will, Jumbo!" He saluted at Junko's question, strolling after the captured cleric. "Grill her up good 'til she spills 'verythin'."
Pyrrha, Hospital
The redhead couldn't help but be worried; obviously Samus was anxious to be left alone with the doctors, even if they had her best in mind. Given that humanity itself was still fresh to her, could she be blamed? Also, choccobos were giant flightless birds. Ismene apparently rode one. It was kind of cute, but rather obviously it wouldn't be able to take more than two people, if even that.
Mr. Krillin seemed rather upset about the radiation revelation, but Pyrrha was hopeful. As long as they didn't touch Samus, things should be alright. Hopefully. Chun-Li also offered to take up the role of her guardian for the time being, which was a more reasonable proposition than her or him - both of them newcomers to the realm. And, at the end of the day, it seemed that Samus could just come with them. "Right. Thank you kindly for your efforts, doctor." She nodded gratefully at the San Fransokyan before turning to the others.
"I think we can take her with us to Gotham, can't we?"
Shigure, Vs. Knightmare
The Lord of Calamity was back in form; it was only natural he had to show off a little too. Flung at the possessed mech, Shigure swung his blade and the Storm Howled, snapping two lines in range in two and flying by, stopping himself at the nearby wall. With Gespenst cutting the other two, all that Nightmare could do now was to inelegantly tumble down on the ground; just in time for big attacks to be unleashed.
Not that the demon was making it easy for him, but given all the trouble they went through with him, he'd be rude not to. Gespenst and O'Kais fired their payloads at the mech while Rico looked like he had something to prove by climbing onto what was still left of the Knightmare. "Get off the mech! That thing will explode soon!" Even if it didn't, putting himself in harm's way when he was that battered up already moved past "bold" and into "stupid". Guess Velvet wasn't the only one with a bone to pick against Nightmare (or Soul Edge, more specifically). For now, he hanged back at the wall, ready to spring forward to deal a finishing blow (or tug that guy off the Knightmare if he couldn't make it off himself).
If he couldn't, oh well: it was a good fight nonetheless.
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Toriel (Bisga Woods)
Upon the battle's conclusion, Toriel made her way to the captive drow they had tied up...and as she heard the pig faced man talk, she narrowed her eyes, and once she was close enough she cleared her throat, addressing Junko and Inosuke both.
"If you're only interested in torturing our captive, you're not acting any better than they are. Control yourselves, please."
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Vampire Hunter
Chun-Li, Hospital, Akihabara
Chun-Li frowned slightly as Dark Samus was released, "For putting up with all that, you ought to treat her to the biggest meal that can be bought in Goth—"
"Chun-Li, we have a problem," Charlie Nash
◊ had entered the hospital before handing her a few pieces of paper. As she read over the piece of paper, Chun-Li looked just about furious at this specific piece of paper.
"Ugh..." Chun-Li glanced at Krillin and Pyrrha. "It seems like the bounty hunters I sent captured our suspected murderer, Reiko, but they lost her to members of the Sakura Empire and that they had a mysterious ally."
"The Sakura Empire officially said they wanted to deal their own punishment to her, although one of the bounty hunter, Daud, has doubts about that statement," Chun-Li glared at the piece of paper, before looking up at Nash. "Go put something on the notice board detailing the situation with Reiko in addition to declaring her banned from Akihabara."
"I'll give Sakura Empire the benefit of the doubt for now, but if Reiko shows her face in this city again, she will face justice for her crimes!" Chun-Li handed the piece of paper back to Nash who left, before turning to Krillin and Pyrrha. "It seems I am now free to go to Gotham City with you now."
Juri & Maria, KAIBADOME™
"Disappointing," Juri Han shrugged her shoulders at Kaiba's statement of the rules. "But expected."
"Kicking fake monsters in the face just isn't my thing," Juri added before turning to Sonia, noticing her weapon, and offering to let her go first with her hands. "After you, Whippy!"
Maria frowned and crossed her arms at Juri's disrespectfulness of Sonia. She was a member of the Belmont Clan, not 'Whippy.'
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Camoa - Bisga Woods (Lost Vessel, Others) ~ That's a Wrap
Whatever plans the Lost Vessel had for the commander, it didn't get a chance to enact them before she was struck so hard she was sent flying onto one of the pillars of stone. With that taken care of, the Lost Vessel made a quick dash to avoid getting squashed flat by the trees Naga felled. Alas, if there was one thing Naga was good at it was being a hindrance.
Once it landed and took a look around, it seemed that the fight was over. The quest givers were coming out to gather the loot as well as collect the commander, who despite how viciously she was attacked was somehow still alive. Considering that capturing someone to interrogate was the goal to begin with, it was a good thing that she was tough enough to take it.
It shook off the excess blood from its nail before putting it back, before looking around at the carnage, or specifically what there was to loot. After a moment or two, it decided against taking anything; there didn't seem to be anything here that it really needed.
"What next?" it wrote, displaying to anyone who happened to be paying attention. Presumably they'd be taking the captive back to the pub for the interrogation, but it didn't know whether they were needed for that. If there was some downtime, maybe it would go back to Akihabara to see if Yue had returned from capturing Reiko and maybe discuss a thing or two if she had. They hadn't spoken much...well, for a certain definition of "speak" on the Lost Vessel's behalf, over the past month despite living in the same building.
Nightengale Hospital (Ismene, Others) ~ Hearing Things
"'Giant chicken' is a really undignified way of putting it," Ismene replied, "Also, once you get the hang of it you'd be surprised at how easy it is to do other things while riding, buuuut if most of you haven't rode a chocobo before then...yeah, that's a valid point actually."
Then something seemed to distract her. She looked around as if she heard something the others didn't, wearing a confused frown all the while. It was enough to keep her from saying much for the next couple minutes or so. Eventually, she noticed that no one else seemed to be hearing what she heard, and frowned harder.
"I must be hearing things," she muttered with a shrug, "Maybe I'm overdoing it on the alcohol...."
Whatever it was she heard she didn't elaborate on, instead turning her attention to Chun-Li getting the report on what had transpired with Reiko. Sadly, the news wasn't enough to knock the frown off her face.
"Well, that sucks. I can only imagine what Bonehead would say about that," she said, before her frown turned into a snarl. "...Now I'm wondering if one of the factions is rooting for him. That'd be just great."
It took her another moment until she noticed that Samus had returned from her treatment.
"...I missed most of that explanation. Sorry, I, uh...I had too much to drink earlier and was hallucinating sounds just now." She shook her head. "So I guess the gist of it was less that she's sick and more that she's just not sure how to be human?"
On that note, she turned to Pyrrha. "Well, what would we be doing in Gotham, exactly? I know we're going there for humanitarian purposes, but that could mean a lot of things. It might be a little much to balance that with teaching Samus how to be human." She tapped the side of her chin as she glanced at Samus again. "Just my thoughts, though."
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Satsuki - Off to Gotham
Satsuki answered Krillin's questions about transport by reaching into her coat and pulling out a small-but-chunky radio handset and keying in a frequency. One half of a short conversation later, she collapsed the antennae and slipped the radio away again.
"One of our transports will meet us on the street."
Whatever the group decided to do with Samus, Satsuki led the group that was going to Gotham towards the parking lot, although for her part she was a little too busy to speak - she had her radio out once again, apparently ordering the Hospitaliers HQ to put out a warning about Reiko's escape.
Out the front of the hospital was a simple military truck
◊, engine idling and driver standing by. Once everyone had piled in, Satsuki sat with her hands folded on her knees, looking sternly at the group, especially the newcomers.
"If you have any more questions about Gotham, Now is the time."
Kaiba, THE KAIBADOME
"There's not much else to know," Kaiba responded. "Of course, extreme and lethal violence is strictly forbidden within the Kaibadome, which should go without saying... beyond that, I have no intention of regulating the kind of fighting people can and cannot do within these walls. Whether it involve magical duels, weapons, or simply bare fists, any kind of sparring is permitted."
Pink Diamond, Battle of the Drow
Pink saw one of the drow turn into a multiheaded snake and figured it was probably one of the bigger threats amongst the Drow Raiders. She slashed at it with her pink sword, hoping to end this battle quickly before any serious harm could come to her allies.
In the background, a laser blast came straight for the Undead Turtle Thing out of nowhere. It seemed Blue Diamond had made her way over to the fight as well, and was providing supporting fire.
Alice, Wendy's > Gotham
Alice pondered what to do next. It seems everyone had made their way over to Gotham, and she did want to visit it at some point anyway. Surely it couldn't be as bad as people were claiming... right?
"I think I'll see what's going on in Gotham," she said. "I've been here for a bit and I've never actually set foot in it yet."
With that, she made her way to the shining(?) city of Gotham.
Edited by HilarityEnsues on Jan 30th 2020 at 9:08:43 AM