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Cirrus Veliious
Zelda - FFOS6

Heh alright I'll stop, but actually Krizzy, Julius sacrificed himself to open a portal to the heart of the void,, but I shall do as you command, oh god of the tournament.


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KyleIII
Locke Cole - FFOS6

"Alright, just don't get in my way," Locke demanded of the princess.

"The feeling is mutual," Zelda retorted.

"So you both wish to take me on?" Zio asked as he began to prepare a spell, "It does not matter, you are nothing more then insects to me!"

Before any of the three could act, however, the ground they were standing on began to shake. Suddenly, pieces of the landscape of Memoria began to break apart, fading into nothingness. "What's this?" Zio asked, "This is not the work of Dark Force. It is as if reality itself is falling apart. It's... beautiful!"

"You can't be serious!?!" Locke demanded.

"We must stop this at once!" Zelda said, a note of worry in her voice, "Zio, we must stop fighting!"

With a chuckle, the black mage responded, "Not a chance."

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Baka
WANZER!

Driscoll drew his sword slowly, grimacing slightly at the broken blade.

The shapeshifter sneered. "You think you can defeat me with a weapon like that?"

Driscoll smiled, that smile with no humour. "No. But that's not the point. We're all going to die anyway, why not go down fighting, the way I spent the rest of my life?"

"So be it. You have chosen your own fate." With that, the shapeshifter sprang into action, lithe movements whipping it's sword towards Driscoll, who only just managed to parry in time.

I've seen this guy fight. I don't have a chance. But maybe I can buy long enough for Rubicante to - ah, there we go.

A ball of flame hit the shapeshifter, knocking it out of the way. The void creature turned slowly to face Rubicante. "Hey. No fair." Raising one hand, it spoke a single word. "Null." A wave of darkness spat out from its hand, engulfing Rubicante. Driscoll shouted "No!" and jumped in to help, to be batted away, landing against a crystal. Through one bruised eye, he saw the darkness dissipate, and Rubicante stagger slightly, his fires lower than before. Driscoll flinched, as the creature slashed it's sword into the Fiend. Grabbing around for a handhold, Driscoll found one and pulled himself up. And then he did a double-take and looked at exactly what he'd used to pull himself up.

"Hexfire? Maybe you might be useful after all!"


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Baka // Evil Bishounen Mastermind // Otaku-in-Training

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Yume
Daughter of the Creator

Arrow

I should just mention two things.

1) If you send me a vote with no phase attached to it, I cannot count it. It has to be in either Phase 1 (Competitive), Phase 2 (Cooperative), or Phase 3 (Bishounen).

2) Even though the first two phases are over, you can still send in votes for them. You can even send all three of your votes in one PM or e-mail. Just make sure to say which vote is for which phase.

Thank you.


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~ I am you, and you are me ~ This defies reality ~ Whether this is false or true ~ You are me, and I am you ~
Rurouni Taikai: The Eternal Dream ~ The Massive Insanity Has Begun! ~ Now, Cross Your Fingers And Hope For The Best!

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Curley W
The Drano fiend

I guess it's time to start wrapping things up right? I'll start by sending the 8-bit crew back where they came from...

NOTE: This takes place before Krizak's last post.
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Thief lept onto a giant void-beast with his blades drawn, jamming them into the creature's back, and forcing the creature into existance. Standing opposite to Thief, Red Mage had begun to cast a spell.

"Bolt 2!" He shouted with a tone of annoyance. He didn't like casting magic. It meant one less spell at his disposal, and that meant he was less efficient. But Thief had forced him to comply, threatening to redirect his cut of XP to Fighter and Black Mage and confiscate his equipment.

Thief jumped to the ground as a bolt of lighting erased the void beast. Despite his acomplishment, the master con-man was not happy. "I can't stand this crap!" He snarled. "I haven't made a single profit in days! And I gotta fight some damn army that doesn't even have pawnable weapons?! I'm not staying in this hellhole anymore!"

"All reality's at stake, damnit!" A man identified as Keir yelled through a torrent of demons. "Besides, Where the hell you gonna go? The void's everywhere, and Yume sealed off the exits!"

"Got that covered!" Thief snapped back. "Hey Red Mage, we gotta go find Black Mage and Fighter now!"
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Mog ran into the small blizzard that had filled the area. "I hope this isn't what I think it is!" He thought. As he got closer, his suspicion was confirmed. At the heart of the blizzard was Umaro. He had used his storm attack so much, that his body's temperature had dropped, causing his breath to become even colder than before.

The yeti was taking full advantage of this, and had resorted to an almost constant storm attack. Shards of ice formed by the cold pierced through the creatures bodies as the freezing temperature obliterated their physical forms. While he had been destroying any void-beasts that got near him, Mog knew what he was doing would end in tragedy.

"Aw, crap! I gotta stop him kupo!" He rushed towards to his friend, dodging small ice shards as he got closer. "He's overdoing it! If his breath get's too cold, he'll.... NO!!!!!" His worst fear came true, as Umaro fell to the snow covered ground, clutching his throat. His breath had frozen inside his windpipe, and was now choking him to death.

"Umaro!" Mog cried out, reaching his friend "C'mon, you gotta cough the ice out or you'll die!" He pounded his tiny fist onto the sasquatch's chest, trying to create enough pressure to remove the ice.

"C'mon! Cough it up, damnit!" The moogle yelled, his voice becoming more and more urgent as his friends face changed changed colors and his gasping increased.

"GNNNRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!" Mog looked up to see a gigantic void-beast heading straight towards them, nothing but murder on it's mind.

Mog looked back down at his dying friend. He knew he couldn't beat the massive creature on his own, but if he ran, Umaro would suffocate. Thinking as fast as he could, he made the only descision he could think of.

"Umaro, I'm sorry for this..." He said apologettically. "KUPOPO!!"He then jumped as high as he could, and landed on Umaro's stomach.

"PERAAACK!!!" The yeti coughed. The ice came flying out of his mouth, hitting the oncoming void-beast straight in the forehead. Realizing the monster was stunned, Mog focused as hard as he could onto a spell.

"FLARE!" He called out. The super heated magic annihilated the beast, sending him back to the void. "You alright buddy?"

"Nope..." Umaro wheezed.

"How many potions you got left?" Mog asked his friend. Umaro frowned at the moogle. Mog then cursed himself for forgetting that the yeti didn't know how to count. "Sorry kupo. Let me look." Digging through the yeti's leather sack, Mog found an ether, a hi-potion, two elixers, and a megalixer.

"Great! You drink the hi-potion, then pass around the rest of them to people who need them! You too weak to fight right now, kupo!" Mog ordered. "I'll watch your back!"

"Right!" Umaro replied cheerily.
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Umaro's handing out potions now. Add him into your stories if you want. But leave the 8-bit crew to me(as if you hadn't already).

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Cirrus Veliious
Zelda - FFOS6

Zelda glanced between Locke and Zio. "Zio...If we do not stop fighting, we will fall into....nothingness...We must get out of here..."

"Never wench...Life...Death, it is all the same...Just embrace the nothingness..."

Locke rolled his eyes. "Alright...You embrace the nothingness, me and the girl here are getting AWAY from the edge of a crumbling reality.."

"Oh no...If I go down, I'm taking you two with me..." Zio said as he glared into the eyes of the warriors.

"Zio...can't you see that this is pointless? The fight...the destruction...There's an entire world crumbling around us, and all you can think about is fighting...why?"

Zio just smiled. "Because I can." He launched another offensive against the two warriors, throwing everything he had at them. Zelda threw herself forward, stabbing him with a shuriken as she went by. Locke took a shot with his revolver, leaving a bullet wound in Zio's arm.

"Ouch...That hurt...but it won't matter soon...I shall send you ALL into the very depths of destruction itself!!!" Zio looked at them and raised his arm high into the air. Suddenly, a huge Astroid crashed into the ground, missing them all completely.

"Well....I see that trying to throw us into the depths of destruction didn't exactly help your aim..."

"Oh...you mean not hitting you? Oh no...I hit exactly what I was aiming for..." He pointed at what had formerly been a bridge of land leading to the portal into the void. He was right, his asteroid had completely taken it out...They had no way in...No way to stop the monsterous creatures of nothingness from coming...

Suddenly, from out of the sky, a small doll shaped like a moogle fell at Zelda's feet. It must have been kicked up by the asteroid. "Thanks for trying Julius..." Zelda said to herself, before attaching the moogle doll to her belt, as an homage to the fallen warrior.

"Damn you..." Zelda spat out at Zio. The princess turned to Locke, a look of concern on her beautiful face, wondering what to do. "Locke...We have to get out of here...Its no use heading towards the portal any more...there's nothing but emptiness between us and it...but he isn't just going to let us go...There must be some way..."


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Kyo
Has a Big Sword

Duran's victory over the dark mage turned out to be short-lived. As he landed back on the crystal floor, he noticed Koren getting up with a second wind, even though blood streamed freely from the near-mortal wound he recieved from having Ancient broken.

*******Switch to Darkken's material*******

"You have grown, Duran... I remember! That strike... that very blow slew me once, long ago..." Koren uttered, opening his eyes. Then, gripping the wound with his hand, he painfully got back on his feet, as Duran looked him in horror. "However, I, too, have become stronger." Duran charged at him, trying to catch him off guard, but Koren dodged the badly prepared blow easily.

”It seems that I’m out of options. I will use the Ultimate dark magic, so powerful that no living man has ever dared to utter it. Yet I know the spell, and I'm prepared to use it."

Duran took a step backwards, terrified. There's a Dark Spell even more powerful than Ancient?

"Kaijee Kyrnev Solmar Areke! Eternal Dance of Fate, honor the contract carved in time! Draw upon the hidden powers of the universe! Scream in hate and strike down in terror! Embrace the lust of darkened night!"

Koren floated in midair, gleaming with white-hot fire, his hair blowing uncontrollably. His voice changed as he sang the spell. It became lower, hateful, and yet powerful, full of terrible power. Finally the spell reached its peak, and Koren spelled its name: "DEATH ECSTACY!!!!"

Sinister, blue light filled the entire battlefield. Duran threw himself down, and then there was a single, terrible flash of light, and he was no more there.

Instead, he was in the center of the universe, or so it seemed. In front of him was a light, more majestic and terrible than anything he had seen before, and then, from it emerged meteorites, planets under the control of the spell, tearing past him and towards him, breaking him more and more with each strike.

And then it ended in a gigantic explosion. Duran fell down to the floor, barely able to breathe, seeing only white, bleeding to the ground.

Koren fell down to his knees, gasping. His hair was on his face, but once he shrugged it off, Duran could see how terrible the effect of the spell had been - his face was white, and his eyes had buried deep into his face, gleaming a terrible, red glow. And his mouth wore a horrible, unreal grin, like the grin of a skeleton.

He did that to himself just to beat me?

*******Switch to Kyo's material*******

Duran lay on the at his weakest, struggling to bring his sword to bear as defense as Koren was already at his feet, cackling manicially.

"HAH! It's over...OVER! My dark magic is too strong..too strong!! Now I say adieu to the Boy, and to this cursed triangle of destruction!!!"

Duran heard him chanting the words again, but was unable to do a thing about it as he began to overflow with Mana again, rising into the air like some gastly apparation from the depths of Hell itself. His eyes burned over with crimison fire as he perpared to finish...

"Kaijee Kyrnev Solmar Areke! Eternal Dance of Fate, honor the contract carved in time! Draw upon the hidden powers of the universe! Scream in hate and strike down in terror! Embrace the lust of darkened night! DEATH--"

And then he paused, then stopped, his arms falling limply to the side as he seemed to look behind Duran, instead of at him. The young warrior mustered enough strength to stand once again, and turn to see what Koren was seeing.

It was an actual apparation, instead of the gruesome analogy that he had made towards Koren a minute ago. A beautiful young woman, in fact, with long purple hair falling in wisps over her magician's robes. At first, he thought that this was just a relation to Koren, but then he vaugely remembered her from one his visions in Memoria. Angela, the princess of Althena who could not cast magic. Or, could not until she had joined up with the future version of himself. She looked rather angry at the crimson-caped wizard, and her words reflected that.

"You've let yourself stray, Koren. Look at yourself--you're destroying your own soul! The cost of using such forbidden magic is high, as you know, and yet you did not heed the warnings that came with the knowledge."

Koren looked at her in utter shock. "...What?"

"They call you a 'beggar, sitting outside the halls of Fate' for this reason; you take 'wisdom' and interpret it for yourself immediately, without taking it into depth. You avoid your own destiny, the Fate carved for yourself, by doing so. It is the one last taint of the Dragon Emperor that you still cannot rid yourself of, the one flaw that allows you to fail in the brink of success, again and again. Because one with no Fate, has no future. That is why you were condemmed, even if you did get a second chance. And now, you're crushing your soul again, just to defeat the one who slew you before."

Koren's head drooped, taking in these words with a level head once more.

"It is you that contains the bloody triangle that ceases to end; moreso than the cycle of Mana. And the one who fails to realize it is the one who needs to know that the most; yourself... Reach within, like Duran did to put himself on your level... You'll know my words to ring true..." And with that, the ghost dissappeared, spinning off into traces of blue light.

Koren slumped to the ground, feeling utterly drained of his will. My actions reflect the triangle? The fault lies within, starts with me? Even so... I have to at least try to win myself!

Summoning up the strength once more, Koren got up again, his lips moving in the syllables of another spell. Then, he felt something cold, hard, and deathly sharp press up against his throat. Duran's broadsword.

The youth's eyes showed a hint of pity, but no willingness to yield his position. His voice, as cold as the steel pressed up against his adversary's throat as he whispered the final, deciding words to this battle.

"Koren... It's over."


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Keep ~ Yourself ~ Alive

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Slipstream
Elemental Fiend

Ack, missed most of the last round. Hope I get enough time after work to wrap things up on this one.

What powers does the Shapeshifter have, anyway?

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The Shapeshifter almost seems to blur as he presses his attack on Driscoll, his katana a flash of silver as it clashes again and again with the Commander's fireblade. "Still with the physical attacks, pal?" he shouts, gritting his teeth as he struggles to defend himself with the heavier blade. "Got nothing else at your disposal for me, or you figure I'm just not worth it?"

It is obvious that the Shapeshifter is faster than Driscoll in close combat, and his speed is his greatest advantage. I still feel the shape of the Shapeshifter's blade in my gut, although it no longer impales me, for its energy has taken much of my own and transfered itself to its wielder. But I cannot let such a thing allow me to stop this creature from devouring us all!

Grimacing, I remember a trick of Barbariccia's and thrust a column of wind between the two combatants, pushing them apart and Driscoll flies backwards as the Shifter strains against it. In the briefest of moments Driscoll glares at me in disgust as if I were apparently aiding the enemy, but this flickers away as I resort to familiar tactics and pummel the Shifter with waves of fire and flame, burns raising and cracking all over his body. As the wind dies away I see that the massive burning has slowed its movements down, although these are quickly healing and will not last for long.

However, the Shifter's blade was more powerful that I imagined, and I feel Barbariccia's powers of wind drawn away from me with the ending of that attack. I presume I have one use left for the earth and water abilities that the others bestowed upon me, and I resolve to use them wisely.

"You fight both of us, Shapeshifter!" I bellow, charging him as I try to take advantage of his burns. "And I will not be held at bay by your magics while you fight my ally!"

"So we'll see, Rubicante!" the Shapeshifter hisses, a vast column of Darkness erupting from his hands and in my direction. The air ionises around me as I dive sideways to avoid the blast, it catching me in the left shoulder and twisting me round. While the Shifter is focused on me, however, Driscoll launches himself at our opponent and scores a deep slash to his turned back with the Hexfire blade. Its strike does not instantly begin to heal as with his earlier attack, however, and the wound remains fresh as the Shapeshifter screams in pain.

"This ignores the enemy's defense, remember that!" Driscoll shouts as he jumps back and hurls another grenade. "And like he said, you're fighting me too!" The explosive bounces off the Shapeshifter's chest and detonates merely a foot away, but unlike Hexfire's blow the packed coils of razor-sharp wire do little more than scratch him.

As I roll across the floor, I feel something in a robe pocket dig into my waist, a physical object which I do not remember gaining. As I launch myself to my feet and hurl a massive bolt of flame with one hand, my other grasps at the object and draws it out. It is a small package, wrapped in red silk.

A powerful fiery explosive... can level a fortress with its power...

Zoma!

I remember the Archfiend's gift at the start of the second round, I remember vowing to use it to honour his death there. And what better place or time than this? As the Shifter shrugs off the blast and counterattacks, a multitude of glowing energy balls launch from the tip of his blade and hammer into a hastily erected flame shield. "You think your puny barrier can stop my magic, elemental?" he mocks me, increasing the pressure of his attacks.

"Driscoll!" I call, trying to get the Commander's attention.

"What?" he shouts back, struggling to make himself heard over the crackling furnace of the blaze and the hissing screams of the energy balls which continually smash against it and attempt to penetrate. Gritting my teeth in effort and widening the shield, I press the package into his left hand since the machine gun is still slung over his shoulders.

"Use this, it's an explosive!" I cry back, redoubling my efforts to protect us both! "Much more powerful than your grenades! While I hold him at bay and distract him, try to get close enough to use it on the Shapeshifter!"

I sense Driscoll nod behind me and as the energy balls die away, the Shapeshifter apparently realise he will not break through with that attack, I dispel my own shield and prepare for whatever may come next.

All right, Shifter, let's see what you're truly made of...


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If you want to use him, Rubicante has one earth and one water attack left and then it's back to purely fire magics. Driscoll carries an explosive device now, a kind of massively enhanced fire grenade. The Hexfire, incidentally, ignores an opponent's defense and has heavy resistance to fire attacks.


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Maybe you'll be able to challenge me again. I look forward to our next encounter.

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Baka
WANZER!

Hey, I got a boom-boom!

And... I hope this round finishes soon, I wasn't expecting 3 days of finals...

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Driscoll panted. This long fight was wearing him down, but the opponent just kept getting stronger and stronger. Painfully, he willed himself to lift the sword arm again, and rushed the shapeshifter while it seemed distracted.

With a cry of rage, he swung Hexfire, cutting into the creature's side, smashing it's arm and digging deep into its body. A howl of pain turned slowly into laughter, as the creature looked straight into Driscoll's eyes, a cold, soul-less gaze, and its arm reshaped itself as he watched.

Of course, it is a shapeshifter after all. I guess the only way to do it is to destroy the creature all at once. And I guess this is where this comes in.. He fingered the paper package at his side. How much power did this have?

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San Draco
The Fallen Dragon

*OOC* I had a massive, somewhat cool battle scene for us, Daigojhi, but my computer hates me. So, I lost everything just as I was about to copy it. Stupid computer...
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Garland looked at the gambler. "So, you think a lowly 10 of Spades will defeat me? You must try harder, fool!" Garland pulled the card out of his throat, and threw it back at Setzer. The gambler then leaped out of the way, and flung a Jack of Clubs into Chaos, knocking him into the flames. Before Chaos could recover, Setzer was gone.

Blasted mortal! He believes the Void to be the ultimate evil? He is wrong. The Void is nothing, true... But there are worse things than nothing. Only fools fear nothing... such a delicious irony. If I remain in this thread of thoughts, I might be mistaken for a philosopher.

Chaos turned around, and saw the other Garland. (*OOC* From this point on I'll refer to Chaos's Garland as Chaos, and FF9's Garland as Garland. Okay? ) Chaos asked, "What are you doing here?"

Garland simply chuckled. "Why can't you find out? I am here to aid you, as much as I can. This place is in my keeping, but I am unable to protect it. You fancy yourself as a Holy Knight, Chaos, but you are unable to use its powers. There is one reason for this, and one reason you should not join the Void."

Chaos asked, mockingly, "And what would they be?"

Garland ignored the sarcasim. "You are a creature of Darkness, Chaos. No matter how hard you may try, you will never be able to utilize it's full powers. You must remain in Darkness in order to draw out your full powers. And, as for you not joining the Void, it is simple. If you join the Void, and it is successful, then everything will end. Your world, mine, everyones. If the Void is defeated, then you have a chance. If even one creature follows you, and is faithful, then you can be revived."

Chaos snarled. Garland, uncaring, continued. "You trust no one, because you have betrayed everyone. Zoma, Kefka, Julius, Slash, Koren, everyone. You know nothing of trust, or faith."

Chaos could take it no more. "Silence, cretin! I will not be insulted, not even by you!" Pulling out the Excalibur, Chaos stabbed Garland through his core.

Garland chuckled, harshly. "So, you show yourself. Remember, you have chosen your side. Now, even should you wish to change, you cannot. You are doomed to the Void, no matter what may befall you!" Saying that, Garland died.

Chaos, overjoyed at this turn of events, rushed to where the Shapeshifter and Saint were battling. On the way, he met a princess.
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"Nayru's Love!" A blue crystal formed itself around Zelda, protecting her from harm. Soon, it faded, as she felt safer outside of the Void's effects. Turning, she saw the Dark Knight, Chaos.

She shouted, "YOU! You have joined the Void! There will be no mercy for you, when the Void is overcome!"

Chaos laughed. "There will be nothing, when the Void is victorious! You and your petty dreams will vanish!"

Zelda fired a shuriken, which Chaos brushed aside with his shield. "Is that the best you can do, Zelda? I shall crush your body, and leave your spirit to be tormented forever!"

Raising Excalibur, Chaos yelled, "The Darkness surrounds your soul, and punishes your weakness! Unholy Smite!"

A beam of Darkness energy raised itself under Zelda's feet, hitting her just before she could raise her barrier. The princess went flying.
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A thief and another, darker soul, were battling. So, another has joined the Void's side? Interesting. If he and I are on the same side, it follows that he would fight with me.

Rushing forward, Chaos stabbed Locke in the back with Excalibur. "Thief, that is what you deserve after chasing material possessions!"

Locke ran away, Zelda following behind. "Fools. You cannot defeat the Void, no matter how powerful you believe yourselves to be!"
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Curley W, could I borrow the 8-bit theater crew for a short while? More specifically, I wish to borrow Garland and Evil Princess Sara. Is that okay?

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Curley W
The Drano fiend

As long as you don't kill them. I planned on sending them back to their world (more specifically, the jail cell they were in) to keep RT continuity and 8BT continuity somewhat intact. All I need is four main characters for what I have planned.

EDIT: How are you gonna reach Garland? B.M. and company teleported to the Sanctuary, and Yume has been dragging them around since.

The conclusion to my 8-bit escapades coming soon...

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San Draco
The Fallen Dragon

Thanks, Curley W!

Curley, my theory is that Garland and Sara were teleported to the Sanctuary as well, but no one mentioned them. Why? Good question!
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The four "heroes" of Kanania stood together. The blue-robed one asked, "Okay, where are we?"

The red armored one said, "I like swords!"

The red-caped one said, "Somewhere with a lot of demons. Obviously, we have been dropped into the 'Depths of Dejenol!' More experience for us!"

The elfin one said, "Somewhere without money. We need to get out of here!"

Suddenly, a low, menacing voice whispered, "Oh no, you're not going anywhere!"

The voice belonged to... EVIL PRINCESS SARA! (And Garland, but that's beside the point.) She continued, "You're all going to die!"

Garland whispered, "My dear, aren't you acting a little too... evil?"

She closed her eyes in disgust. "Isn't that the point of being an evil villain?"

The four Light Warriors stood, entirely amazed by Sara. "She's got a sword!" "She's evil!" "She's got money!" "By the Sword of Nine Live's Stealing, she's right here!"

Chaos, entirely confused by this turn of events, stepped in, running the other Garland head-on. Both of them turned toward each other.

Sara looked at the two in amazement. "There's two of them? MY LIFE HAS ENDED AND I'VE GONE TO THE INFERNAL REGION!"

Chaos turned toward her. "That's impossible. You're still alive."

Garland echoed, "That's exactly what I was going to say!"

Red Mage asked, "Which one's the real one?"

Black Mage responded, "It doesn't matter, it's twice as much fun!"

Red Mage grabbed Black Mage's hands, just before BM could fire his shot. "Don't do that! Haven't you read the DM's Handbook? In a case like this, one of these is a good-natured spirit that's trying to test our willingness to kill!"

BM smiled. "In that case, I'll show it my willingness to kill!"

Both Garlands turned toward him. "No, one of us is Chaos! You have to believe me!"

"No, I'm Chaos!"

"Fool! Do you dare to usurp my title?"

Evil Princess Sara sighed. "There is only one way to find out which one is which. I hate doing this, though."

Taking a deep breath, she shouted, "Look, a Forest Imp!"

One Garland fell to his knees, shouting, "AAAH! FOREST IMPS!"

The other stood there, looking around. Finally, he looks at Sara. "I do not see any Forest Imps."

Sara, overjoyed, said, "Wow, so this is Chaos! Pleasure."

The other Garland looked up. "So, there's no forest imps?"

Chaos, with an evil smirk on his face, said, "No, but there are Memory Imps. They're ten times as rude and one hundred times as deadly as Forest Imps!"

The other Garland quickly fainted. Sara, with stars in her eyes, said, "Wow, you're so evil! I think I'm in love!"

Suddenly, a portal appeared in front of Chaos. "I must leave you, Sara. I bid you farewell, forever."

Chaos then stepped through the portal, and disappeared. Thief looked at the portal, then at Garland. "What just happened?"

Red Mage shook his head. "I have no idea."

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Fire of Legend

quote:

Heh alright I'll stop, but actually Krizzy, Julius sacrificed himself to open a portal to the heart of the
void,, but I shall do as you command, oh god of the tournament.

It doesn't matter, the portal closed with Julius's death. If no one took the oppurtunity to pass through it (which is apparently the case) then no harm done. Of course Julius's story is apparently over, but I've been planning to do something like that since round five. Stay tuned after the end of the battle for the moving epilogue to Julius's story.

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Daughter of the Creator

And of course, that portal led anywhere BUT the Crystal Realm, since I think I've made it clear that the Memoria crew is in, well, MEMORIA, and the only things in the Crystal Realm are Rubicante, Driscoll, the Shapeshifter, Yume, and Saint's dead, cold body. So you of course were planning on making that portal lead you to somewhere OTHER than the Crystal Realm, right, San Draco?

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Setzer Groupie

OOC: Damn, I'm really sorry about that guys. I've had some unexpected circumstances at home to deal with all night. I haven't had a wink of sleep, so please excuse any typos as i'm not going to edit this post. Well, most likely not, anyway. I tend to be a bit of a freak when it comes to Grammar and such, but what ever. You've been using Zio very well, but now it's my turn to take the reigns again. I'm just going to change one reply to Zelda, and leave the whole meteor thing in tact.

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"Zio...can't you see that this is pointless? The fight...the destruction...There's an entire world crumbling around us, and all you can think about is fighting...why?"

"Fighting? Pah!" he spat. "Is that what you think this is about? Fighting? Foi! Zio launched a fireball at Zelda who deftly dodged it, his mid-speech spells no longer catching her off guard. "This isn't about fighting, wench! Can't you see? The fight for existence! The fight for existence is what is pointless! Why do you cling to life when you know you will be ultimately be devoured by the foul stench of death? Can't you see? Can't you see I'm trying to help you! Through me, everyone and everything can escape death and certain destruction!"

Two pairs of eyes gazed at Zio in horror. Both Zelda and Locke were stunned by the black mage's speech, disgusted beyond belief. Locke was quicker to recover, though. He'd heard it all before. He'd heard it from the evil "clown". He knew what was to happen next.

"I'll spare you the retort," Locke sneered, aiming his revolver at the magician once more and firing a bullet directly at his chest.

"Deban!" Zio shouted, a magical shield appearing briefly in front of the mage as the pullet struck, repelling the missile; it dropped to the ground with a quiet clank admist all the noise of the surrounding chaos.

"Fools!" Zio chided. "In the end, everything dies! I am only here to speed up that process! NAGRA!" Dense orbs of gravity appeared behind Zio's adversaries; a massive boulder struck the ground behind them and crushed the bridge which they had previously been attempting to cross.

[Insert the rest of Zeld'a story here, about her and Locke attempting to run away.]

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Edit: *sigh* Incorrect word tenses, repeated words, and all the other wonderful crap thrown in. I'm sure you can figure out what I was trying to say without me fixing things at the moment. Hopefully this Mountain Dew will kick in soon and the next post won't be so rife with broken English.

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Soujiro Seta
SIN

The Eternal Dream - To be Free

OOC: This story piece occurrs INSIDE of Zeal's mind right before the Shapeshifter and Zeal separate. Took me 2 hours to write this, and I'm not to be daunted just by odd sequencing!

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There is a path no one can walk -
no one but only me.
The path is long and arduous
and often tough to see.

But I shall make it to its end
through danger, toil, and snare
and at its end, a smile for me,
my loved ones waiting there.

I’ll call their names and hold them close,
forgetting not a single one.
I’ll know I’ve overcome the trial -
They’ll say “My friend, well done.”


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Zeal could only watch as the image of Yume in her dream grew more vapid. It was a slow change, but she had noticed it and despaired. She was worn down and more tired than she had ever been. And even then, the Void stood perhaps only a hundred meters away, as if to taunt the Queen. It had all the time in the world. All it needed to do was to wait, and Yume would be in their hands.

”There is a tree, a tree that was so great it stretched out forever, holding up the heavens and rooting itself in the earth. From this tree was born life, and the existence. This tree…it is the Creator. The power is mightier than any force, and it is a benevolent force that does not sleep. But….we will enter the tree through its offspring…we will turn the tree black….” Zeal heard the Void, knowing its purpose now more than ever. And with that knowledge, the fact that it must be stopped.

And I looked up, and lo, I saw a great tree standing in the midst of the earth. Its trunk was stronger than iron, its roots ran under the oceans of the world. Upon its branches hung the stars and the planets. Now the tree was mightier than all the things, and great power was given unto it…. Zeal remembered the ancient histories, how the first Enlightened Ones had compared the universe to a huge tree. That…is my dream….my vision. Zeal looked at the top of the hill, where in place of that great tree of legend, lay a small young girl, her eyes closed, phasing in and out of the vision. That was my dream…and this…perhaps it is…my fate…

Zeal knew the stakes, she knew her enemy, and she knew that somewhere, outside of the vision in her mind there were people fighting the Void, who had possessed her body, for the sake of the continuation of existence. I suppose that if there’s one thing most every being can agree on, it’s existence.

“I promised that to my dying breath, I would fight you, and that’s one promise I intend to keep!” Zeal began to chant, and the Void turned its head toward her, as if it had at once heard something of great importance. Shadow-Zeal began to walk toward where Zeal stood next to Yume, ever quickening her pace. From walk, then a faster walk, then a jog into an outright run. Zeal stood her ground. This time, there would be no running away. There would be no flashy magical death duels. This was the all-or-nothing, and she would not move from the hilltop. She couldn’t see the great tree that was supposed to be there, then looked down at Yume and realized that she was indeed looking directly at it. She took one last look around the visionary world. Its brook still sang as it gurgled over the stones in the streambed, the grass blew in the breeze, and to one side, mountains rose in the distance. Zeal saw from afar the place she had first stood when she saw the vision, the place where the children played games of war under the great tree and the ages passed like days. It was a rich vision, so full of symbolic possibilities, that she hoped she’d be able to visit it again one day. There was no sun in the dream land; the gray mist hung over the sky and obscured anything further than the valley’s edges. No sun, and still a shadow…

Zeal’s lips moved as fast as her mind could conjure the words to her spell. “Great Living God, I invoke thy power…let the stars be gathered into one place, let the sun blaze in the night sky, and let the moon be the cold mirror of my soul! Grant unto me the power of the high sanctuary and the power of the harvester of souls! Let my mind be the bridge between heaven and earth, and let my hand move with the divine ray that shines from the eye of the Lord! By the hand of the Almighty and by the twelve guiding stars and the lords of the angels, I call the power to judge life itself! Hallation!!!” Zeal finished and spread her hands wide, as if to direct the spell’s intensity. But there was no holding back; this was meant to be as powerful as the spell could possibly be.

The ground quaked and groaned as Shadow Zeal lept at Queen Zeal. The expansion of Hallation’s dark rainbow ring caught Shadow-Zeal in mid-flight, throwing it backward. Zeal could see a look in its eyes, a look of mixed parts fear and satisfaction. It threw its right arm forward to become a black tentacle, ensnaring Zeal’s arm. Zeal fought to wrest the Shadow from her, but its grip was like a vice, and it drew her energy balls into the realm of its nothingness.

“No! This is the threshold of my dream!” Zeal screamed above the howling. Hallation had expanded, and more rings of the massive magical energy were yet radiating from Zeal’s position. The mist had been completely rolled away from the sky, as a scroll, revealing countless galaxies and stars in the space above them. “You have invaded me, violated me, and turned me against those willing good! And so I say to you….die, along with the rest of this!” Zeal clenched the fist of her free hand, and opened it again forcefully in the direction of the Shadow creature. She could feel its tendril tighten around her arm, though the length stretched and Shadow-Zeal was now further away from her.

The grass was dying, the mountains began to crumble, and the stream stopped flowing as Hallation continued to expand across the vast landscape, removing the life of everything it touched like the scythe of the angel of death. Only two figures stood alive on the hill, illuminated now by only the light of the cosmos and Zeal’s succession spell. Shadow-Zeal – no, the Void – bellowed above the sound of the mighty rushing wind that blew violently over the dead and barren ground.

”You cannot kill something that is not alive, Zeal!” Shadow-Zeal shouted, the Void’s voice ringing indignantly over even the loudest sounds ”and you cannot kill something that does not even EXIST! We ARE nonexistence itself! Know this and despair, for there is naught you can do!”

“You lie!” Zeal screamed back at the shadow where it swayed from her arm like a kite carried aloft on a strong wind.

”It is no lie!” the voice of the Void growled. ”Against even your strongest magic, magic that could level armies, we the Void stand fast! Look upon me and see that it is true! Zeal, your power is spent, your allies and friends are being crush by us, and Yume tries desperately to heal the wound in the crystal! Give in! Give in! There is no pain whither thou goest!”

“Get thee behind me!” Zeal broke her concentration and fell to her knees, exasperated. What the Void had said – were the tournament participants truly being defeated? Surely, she felt her energy drained – she had put her all into the Hallation that had ripped even a dream asunder, and yet the abomination stood before her now. She looked into its eye, and saw herself reflected there. More than the hate she felt for the Void, she hated the fact that it seemed to trigger all her most unpleasant memories of herself.

As Zeal stood in a stalemate, staring into the heart of the darkness, it began to change. First it was a twitch which caused the Queen to recoil immediately, then the melting of Shadow-Zeal into a black pool on the floor. But the black pool did not sit. Restless, it churned and grew; it expanded to a great size and began to rise. Up and up it towered, until it seemed half as tall as the tree must have been. A dark devourer of existence without a name! Despair washed over her. This was indeed her final hour. I must get one more message through…I must tell Driscoll and Rubicant to slay me at all costs!

Zeal…Zeal…why are you disheartened? Zeal turned to see three figures standing behind her. Two were clad in robes of pure white, hoods covering their heads. The third loomed as a monstrosity behind the other two, as large as what the shadow had become. Zeal saw mostly its silhouette, though the gigantic needles upon its back bathed in the glow of the light of the cosmos. Zeal looked, afraid of what she suspected, and saw it. A huge blue eye, unblinking, gazed back at her.

“Lavos! Truly, I am possessed of woe!” She fell to her knees and rested her face in her hands.

“Do not despair…we are all but apparitions.” Zeal heard a female voice, full of kindness and concern. “We are here because you have great need of us; you willed our spirits to you.”

Zeal…Zeal…I AM Lavos, infamous immortal, devourer of time, before whom planets tremble… Though the alien creature’s audible tone was a language of clicks and insane undulating screaming sounds, Zeal heard it speak to her mind directly. Perhaps because of her past connection with the entity… Zeal…I TOO EXIST! I will not allow this existence to end. Of all the unlikely allies….things just kept surpassing themselves.

“You must destroy the Void within yourself, Zeal!” the female voice resounded with urgency. “You shall need a weapon.” At this, the taller figure robed in white came forward. Zeal saw that he brandished a large scythe.

“The weapon of the Angel of Death…..” Zeal said. She took it as the figure offered it to her, surprised by how light the scythe was. “But…I don’t have much experience in physical combat!” Zeal stuttered. She hadn’t counted on being bailed out with an odd plan by somehow-familiar people who were all actually figments of her imagination or spirits or something – even she was becoming confused at the complexity of the whole matter.

“This weapon is called ‘Hurricane’” the tall figure said. His voice was a strong baritone, clear as a bell and steeled in bravery. Zeal sensed that he too had fought to suppress a shadow within himself at one point. “Do not worry….it is called Hurricane because it will always hit the eye of the storm.” He flicked his finger against the flat of the scythe’s blade, causing it to ring. Turning to where the Void-creature bore down upon them, he only smiled. “You hear that? It’s the sound of the reaper….”

“This” the female said, pointing to the apparition of Lavos “is our cover fire. The needles of the Lavos Spawn are among the most destructive weapons in the cosmos. Do not forget, Queen, that it too is alive! It wants you to win, as do I!”

“As do I” interjected the tall man, stepping back to where Lavos sat poised and patted the gigantic head of the monster. Its unblinking eye of sapphire blue gazed out across the dream land. Suddenly, it gave a soul-rattling scream that seemed to emanate from every inch of its body. “It comes!” cried the man in the white robe. “Now is your time! Take back the life that is yours! You stand upon the brink of many ages, and you have a role to play in deciding what is to come! My spirit is with you….mother.” He pulled back his hood and stood stalwart. “Such is the promise of Janus of Zeal!”

Her heart skipped a beat. Her dear son, whom she had sought so long and cried over so many times…

“Mother…I forgive you. I still love you.” The girl pulled back her hood, brilliant blue tresses cascading down her back. She smiled at Zeal. “Such are the promises of Schala of Zeal. See, you always said Janus would never be taller than me, but lookit him now!” She would’ve laughed and run to hug them, had she not a battle to fight.

Her wishes had been answered – she had seen her children again, even if only in spirit. “This is my battle for you, Yume!” Zeal summoned up all the power and will within her, absorbing the components of the dreamworld as ether energy. “Soryaaaaaaaaa!” She launched herself at the giant shadow beast just as it swung its mighty fist at her. Mid-flight, it had transmuted to a spiked mace, cruel and wicked in form.

”Uuuuuuruuuuuugiiiiaaaaaaaa!! The shadow beast moved his mace-fist effortlessly as if to swat Zeal out of the sky like a gnat. Zeal flew quickly, then heard the creature bellow in pain. She took only the smallest second to see that Lavos had impaled its mace-arm with one of its deadly needles. The energy release had been absorbed by the void, but it had caused it true pain.

Lavos had injured the Void! Zeal felt almost happy, or at least felt as if part of her energy was returning. There was hope! She glanced down at the scythe given to her by her own son. “I will become the angel of death!” She dived at the giant beast, sickle at the ready. “You sicken me!” She let fly her arm and the scythe seemed to glide through the shadow beast’s arm. Another great roar arose. She had not cut anything, seemingly, but that had hurt it as well.

“If that works so well…” Zeal yelled, the anger rising in her voice “then you’ll love this! Inverse Soul Geyser Slash!” She had air-flipped over the monster’s huge head, lodging the scythe’s blade in the base of the neck, and proceeded to fly downward, dragging the blade down the length of the creature’s back with the sound of a howling wind.

”Uuuuuurrrrryyyuuuuuaaaaa!!!” Howling in pain again, Zeal had no sooner flown back to the level of the head when she saw another volley of Lavos’s needles pierce the creature. It looked like a giant black pincushion from her vantage point, and she shouted above the wind to her two children below.

“What’s happening? Janus! Schala! You must tell me!” she wanted to end the battle as soon as possible – every second mattered for Driscoll and Rubicant, who outside were facing the wrath of the Void in her body.

“Lavos is seeding this void-creature with DNA!” Janus shouted back. “It’s coming into the chronic pains of beginning to exist!” As he spoke, Lavos fired another volley of gigantic needles into the void, then another. Each needle absorbed in turn, for such is the nature of the void. Each needle brought the Void being closer to life. “I feel a glimmer of existence from it!” he called to his mother. “Schala is ready to help you!”

Zeal flew to where the creature grasped maddeningly at its own chest, tearing away as if it burned from the inside. “Now, Schala! Together, we will bring an end to this!” Schala nodded and raised her hands. The blade of the Hurricane began to shimmer and glow, then radiate a while light, as bright as the lightning carried on the wings of a storm!

”You have elected to push us away, just as primitive man scraped away at the darkness with light and built up an empire for itself….but as long as there is existence, there shall always be the Void!”

Zeal stood hovering above the head of the creature as she looked down. She could barely believe the nightmare was almost at an end. “No more” was the only thing she uttered as she swung the empowered Hurricane, smashing its light into the great head of the Void-Creature. It bellowed a great shout that seemed to shake the whole dream to its foundations, then slowly, ever so slowly, began to fade away, the nothingness replaced with substance, darkness giving way to light. “No more….”

She looked at her hands; the Hurricane too became dreamdust and was carried away on the wind. Zeal wheeled around to where two figues robed in white stood.

“Mother…I was so glad to see you again…” Schala clasped her hands to her chest as she too began to fade.

“To each human is granted the chance to truly become Enlightened…” Janus said, pausing to look at his dreamworld body which was being wafted away on the breeze. “Yes…each of us can confront the darkness and triumph…” he smiled and pulled his hood over his blue locks once again. “Oh…and look out for yourself, okay Mom?” Zeal landed just in time to see them finally fade away. The cosmos were no longer visible in the sky, rather a warm sun shone its rays upon the barren land.

Yume! Zeal turned to find the image of the young girl laying as peaceful as if no battle had ever happened. Her appearance was still washed out, but all of the most erratic phasing had disappeared.

“Thank you, Yume” Zeal said, hugging the sleeping girl’s form. “You have granted me my wish after all….” She felt the sun’s bright rays calling to her…

Wake up….arise…come forth… She closed her eyes and heeded the call. She had driven the void from her mind and body, but it was not over yet, not until it had been crushed on the physical plane and sent back to the abyss. Driscoll and Rubicant would surely appreciate the help against the now-outcast Void consciousness…if her body was still intact.


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~someday, the dream will end~


"The Queen is peerless in both power and beauty"
FFOS6 :: Queen Zeal :: Sidekick

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The Fallen Dragon

Krizak: You think I'd interrupt your story? Nah. I'm happy over here in Memoria.

*OOC* Is powergaming always this bad in the last round? And, no offence, but wouldn't a Fallen Dark be a better ultimate evil villain than a Sidekick? Even another Archfiend or some other ultimate evil villain of yore would have been a better apocalyptic doomsday-bringer than Queen Zeal. Just my $.02 worth.
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Chaos stepped through the portal, and into the midst of a battle. The Void monsters appeared to do well against the contestants, constantly regaining every loss that took. These monsters, they're marvelous! The sheer power emanating from them... If only I could make their power my own...

One or two newcomers seemed to do incredibly well against them. Chaos could feel the hatred of the Void emanate from the monsters nearby, and focused on the ones ahead of them. Chaos stepped forward, undaunted by the defeat of a larger Void creature by them.

"I am Chaos, the Master of Time. I challenge you, fool. You can do well when the only opponent is nothing, but how can you fare against I, the combination of Void and Substance?"

Keir turned toward the Knight. "I do not wish to fight with you. My quarrel is with the Void, and it alone."

Shaking his head, Chaos said, "I am part of the Void. I have made its fate and mine one and the same. Prepare to fight, or I shall strike you down where you stand!"

Keir, noticing the grim determination on Chaos's face, whispered, "I cannot guarentee your life, should we fight!"

Chaos, mockingly, said, "I cannot guarentee yours, either!"
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Both swords ready, Keir charged toward the knight. He slashed with one, but Garland blocked it and swung his Excalibur. Keir blocked it, then stabbed with his other weapon. It glanced off of Chaos's shield, and Chaos spun around, slashing on the now-withdrawn hand.

"You fight well, Chaos. Perhaps I will have to try this time."

Keir slashed with both swords, pinning the Excalibur with them. Then, concentrating, he sent a shock of electricity down them and into Chaos's body. The reaction was a laugh. "Is that the best you can accomplish? Yume is poorly defended, if you are the best she can rely on!"

Keir went on the offensive, slashing and stabbing with both his blades. Though he tried hard, he did not want to kill Chaos, not yet. He would wait until judgement fell on the Fiend. Chaos, on the other hand, did not have this problem.

Blocking one slash with his shield, Excalibur was stabbed into Keir, drawing ichor from his leg. Narrowing his eyes, Keir said, "I was going to let you live, Chaos, but now I have no choice. I will wait until after your death to hear your punishment!"

The two continued their duel, matching each other move for move. Though Keir put all his strength into this battle, he was unable to subdue Chaos. The Master of Time, on the other hand, could not appreciably hurt Keir, either.

Leaping over a low slash, Chaos landed on a pillar. "Strike down high hopes with darkness! Darkness Stab!"

Swinging Excalibur down, Chaos aimed a blast of pure Dark energy at Keir, which the defender could only just block. Laughing, Keir struck the pillar, knocking it down. Chaos, neatly jumping down, pointed his sword at Keir. "Your doom has come, Keir. While we dueled, others have come to watch. You cannot defeat us all, Keir!"

Countless Void monsters surrounded the two combatants, just out of reach of Keir or the other combatants. "Surrender, fool, and I shall spare you the torture of living. Fight, and you shall suffer as you have never suffered before!"
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*OOC* So, anyone want to help out Keir from the thrashing he's going to get from big bad Void monsters and bigger, badder Chaos?

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Simplistic Hero
Dunce of Stealth

And I almsot missed it.

:OOC: Zio, my sworn enemy, goes all googily evil on us, and i almost miss it. Locke, Zelda, I see yall have held him a bay, thanks a mess. I'm gonna write myself in, cause well, he is my rival. Lets stomp him together.

The treasure hunter and the princess were struggling. Zio, now greatly enhanced by his alliance with the void, was flinging his magic in all directions. Gryz was not impressed.

Gryz held tightly to the back of a hideous serpent like wraith, that torn through the bleak sky of Memoria. He clung to the beast, squeezing its body, feeling its substance ooze between his thick fingers.

The fight continued on below him, Zio sending blast after blast toward the agile princess, who narrowly escaped. The treasure hunter, Locke, now wielded a handgun of some sort. He kept his distance from Zio, and the void, but not apparently, from the agile princess. The two colided, toppling into each other.

They recovered quickly, but only to see Zio's glowing hand outsteached only inches away. He whispered some epic villian taunt.

This angered Gryz the most.

He lept off of the wraith, hurtling downward onto Zio's glowing figure. Hes heavy boots landed, dead center of the mage's back. But the Void had made Zio grow strong, and as the blow drove his face into the stone of memoria, a flick of the wrist released enough magical energy to send Gryz flying far over the crumpled Princess.

But no matter, because the motavian instantly rose, bloodied and angry. War howls filled memoria.

OOC: alright, i'm here two now. Lets do some smashing.


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I use to have a list of all the RPGs i've beaten here, but God asked that I take it off because it kept scaring all the children.

Mammoth rush
Generic crunch
That fickle beast
stepped on a pickle.
And how could he be so crude
to step on such a marvelous food.
--And then bellow at his feet.

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Nameless Eternal

quote:
Originally posted by San Draco
*OOC* Is powergaming always this bad in the last round? And, no offence, but wouldn't a Fallen Dark be a better ultimate evil villain than a Sidekick? Even another Archfiend or some other ultimate evil villain of yore would have been a better apocalyptic doomsday-bringer than Queen Zeal. Just my $.02 worth.


Sheez, SD, Shadow-Zeal's just as good a villain as anybody else could be in this tournament. Does it matter who plays an antagonist so long as the story's good? Of course not. The story is what makes this whole tournament great. Come on, show a little more faith in the character; she's gone through some great development in the past few rounds. Besides, the ultimate villain is the Shapeshifter, isn't it? The, er, white-haired sword guy.

And I'll post my non-haired sword guy in action later on. <=D

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Sponsor: Setzer

Ultimate Destiny: Apocalypse!

OOC: ...and the prize for longest post ever goes to Soujiro o_O

San: Too bad about that fight, after all the build up it was quite the anticlimax. We've only a few hours of the tournament left so I guess it'll have to do.

Kriz: I gotta say, the only thing I'm dreading about hosting the next tournament is that there will probably be some people who will keep interfereing with my over-story regardless of what I say . Though perhaps I have no right to complain since I'm sometimes one of those people myself.

Looks like the Memoria side of things is getting a little stale again. Time to mix things up.

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Setzer was in bad shape. He was now down to less than a dozen cards, meaning that a substantial amount of his life energy had been used up. Combined with the seemingly endless flood of Void beasts and the intervention of Chaos he was surprised that he could still stand.

All around him there was a sense that the warriors were preparing for a last stand. The healers among them were applying what aid they could while the others battled on. Fire, magic and steel flashed and erupted all around as each combatant delved into the depths of their reserves.

The gambler used up the last few rounds in the PSG-1 rifle then cast it aside and drew his single remaining card-fan. He slashed viciously at the ongoing beasts and inch by inch took three more of them down. What he had not realised though was that the creatures were no longer aiming for a kill, but rather to herd the warriors together. As Setzer looked around he saw the others all standing close by with Void monsters closing in all around. Then, as before, the abominations halted and were still.

Setzer felt sick to his stomach, for he instinctively knew what was coming. As one they shrieked and wailed an unearthly tone in unison and melted into thick tar, running together and fusing. With torturous slowness the mass began to take form as a single inconceivably huge entity. Tendrils the height of skyscrapers wound up from the 'body', twisting and intertwining overhead. Here and there elements of the former beasts could be seen in the surface of the Void, gnashing teeth and hate filled eyes.

It was a sight that had been burned into the collective nightmares of every living being since the dawn of time. A horror so overwhelming that it could have only one name. Nihilum Tyrannus, the absolute nothingness. And it had them surrounded.

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OOC: We’re fast approaching zero hour people, so if you’re holding back any trump cards now is the time to use them. There are no more Void beasts, they have all coalesced into one primordial mass (I picture it being a lot like the alien Gaia from the climax of The Spirits Within). As Kriz has repeatedly said, we can neither enter nor completely destroy the Void, so this is more a matter of survival than victory. In other words, our fate lies in the hands of the finalists … which was surely the point in the first place.


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He deals the cards as a meditation,
And those he plays never suspect.
He doesn't play for the money he wins,
He doesn't play for respect.

He deals the cards to find the answer,
The sacred geometry of chance.
The hidden law of a probable outcome,
The numbers lead a dance.

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The Drano fiend

OOC: This takes place before Daig's last post.
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"That was the last straw." Thief stated. "I'm confused as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore. Black Mage, teleport us back to our world."

"Tough luck." B.M. shot back. "I need a chocobo talon for a spell component, and I burnt out my only one last time."

"Chocobo talon?" Fighter mumbled. "I thought you needed a liter of my blood."

"I was thinking of another spell at the time." The robed wizard replied, already planning a second attempt to be rid of the red moron. "I can get us out of here, but we'd end up somewhere just as bad."

"It can't be worse than here!" Red mage proclaimed. "These beasts have boss status, and that mean's no XP! NO XP! I can't stand this place anymore!" Before Red Mage could continue ranting, a chorus of shrieks and howls signlaed that that the "Light Warriors"were surrounded by a dozen void-beasts, each one over twenty feet tall.

"I don't think my sword's shiny enough for these guys!" Fighter shouted over the howls. "Black Mage, get us out of here!!"

B.M. hesitated for a moment, but then began casting the spell, deciding he didn't have any other choice. "Aw, horseshit." He muttered gathering the energy for the spell. Then, in an annoyed tone he shouted. "Return point!" With that, he, his traveling companions, and Garland and Sara all vanished from Memoria.
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Baka
WANZER!

God.. I'm so tired. I've been tired all day. Urgh.

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The battle was looking hopeless. Driscoll and Rubicante had been fighting this creature for hours now, but all to no avail. There was no sign of life from Yume or Zeal, and Driscoll was definitely flagging. The sword was growing heavy in his hands, it's handle growing hot from the magic attacks it was absorbing. Rubicante looked no better. His last Earth attack had done some damage, at least - encasing the shapeshifter in a solid wall long enough for a fire-blast to tear it apart - but it had just come back, the same as every time. Driscoll's sword attacks, grenades, AK blasts... nothing could destroy it. Chop off an arm, it would grow back. Pierce it's skin, it healed up. A grenade had blown it into pieces, and the pieces had connected again, good as new.

There has to be some way to defeat this thing. We're running out of time! The room is already half destroyed - there are only a few bits of floor left, and a mis-placed step and I'm OUT OF HERE. And for what? For some damned void guy to destroy everything.

And if this guy destroys everything, what happens to my world? Is it destroyed too? The war? Would everyhing I've fought for, the peace I sought, be in vain?

If that's all destroyed... what does that make me? A murderer? A mass-murderer? A manipulating war criminal of unforseen proportions? A monster? I always tried to hide behind the excuse... but it's not really an excuse, is it? I did all these things. Regardless of my reasons, or my orders, I did them.

Well that's it. I've had enough. At least if I can destroy this thing, I'll have done one good thing before it's all over.


With that, he felt down to his belt, and pulled out two objects. Switching on the torch in his left hand, he flashed it into the nearest crystal, sending the rays of light around the room. The shapeshifter stopped its assault for a second, then laughed.

"You fool. You think light will affect me?" Stretching out its arms, it shouted "ABSORB!", and all the beams of light were pulled into it, sucked away into the darkness if its soul.

"See? Your puny trick was for nothing."

"Oh, I wouldn't say nothing." Driscoll grinned, suddenly behind the Shifter. "Say goodbye to your ass!"

Driscoll smacked it in the face with his empty left hand, then shoved Rubicante's explosive into its other hand, before turning and running. He saw Rubicante, a look of shock on his fiery face, and Zeal, finally waking from her sleep and looking around blearily. With a shout of "Fly, you fools, fly!" Driscoll made for the edge of the platform - If I jump off, maybe someone will save me after the blast, maybe Yume... - then he stopped, on the edge of the Abyss. Shouting back to the others, he called "What about Yume? We can't leave her here!"

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Tenk? Slip? Kriz?


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The Fallen Dragon

Tenshi Kane: I apologize for my outburst. I didn't mean to cause offense, but I just think that it is somewhat unfair to risk everything in order to have it all snatched away at the very end. I had no delusions of victory. I played as a Dark, I knew I was going to lose, hard. I'm surprised that I made it as far as I did, but now I'm reduced to... well... nothing, really. No matter what I do now, it won't influence the storyline at all. I can understand Krizak's position, but I don't think a sidekick is the best villain. I guess that last comment was my pent-up frustrations at missing the best parts of the tournament, and finding all of my rushing and planning came to nothing. My only wish is that I managed to make the tournament a little more enjoyable to all.

Daigojhi: I know, my ending was quite a let-down. I'll try to make it better, but I just wanted to get it out before my computer could boot me out again. Don't worry, I was just saving the best for last!

I hope that I'm not interfering with the overall storyline, but I think I know why this side of the battling is getting stale. You yourself outlined it.

quote:
Originally posted by Daigojhi:
As Kriz has repeatedly said, we can neither enter nor completely destroy the Void, so this is more a matter of survival than victory. In other words, our fate lies in the hands of the finalists … which was surely the point in the first place.

If such is the case, then what is the point of posting? [/rhetorical questions]
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Chaos looked at the one, which Setzer had named Nihilum Tyrannus. So, this is the true power of the Void. It shall surely crush the fools which attacked it, and wreak vengeance for me!

A shining sword strike pushed the Fiend back into reality. Keir, now no longer under threat of the Void, went back to fighting Chaos. "Not so strong without your tools, are you, Fiend?"

Chaos smiled. "You cannot win, Keir. When the Void is done with the others, it shall come for you. It is only a matter of time, really. Eventually, you will fall. Your strength cannot last forever. When it fails, you shall be crushed and your spirit flung to nothingness!"

Chaos slashed back, hitting Keir's arm. The two fought on, neither gaining the advantage. Chaos spat. "Ah, this is getting me nowhere. I must defend the Void until it is ready. Until then, fool, may your spirit find rest in the darkness of Time!"

Chaos shouted, "The doom of the Ages, Shadow Crusher!" A large beam of energy erupted underneath Keir, flinging him far away. Chaos, almost gasping for breath, rushed to where the Nihilum Tyrannus was gathering energy.

Chaos shouted, "Come and defeat me, all who wish to oppose the Void! You shall not be victorious!"

Chaos once again saw the green-haired summoner. "You have been a thorn in my side for too long! How does a summoner live without magic? Easy. She doesn't!"

Raising his sword, Chaos shouted, "Whether dead or alive, drain magic! Dark Sword!"

Some of Rydia's magic was drained by the blow, but not enough to completely drain her. She shrieked, "Fiend! Prepare to die!"

Setzer, his rifle completely empty, also faced Chaos. "You may have joined the Void, but I'll wager you're bluffing. Let's see them!"

Chaos rushed at the two, and they split off. Rydia withdrew, preparing to cast a summon. Setzer, his cardfan in his right hand, rushed toward the fiend, meeting Excalibur with every last ounce of strength. Chaos slashed again and again, but every move was blocked.

"Fool! I beat you once, and I can defeat you again! The Void is far stronger than you could ever imagine!"

Setzer smiled. "I can imagine quite a bit. Can you live up to my expectations?"

Chaos smiled. "I can, gambler. It has been far too long since my sword drank blood. I will enjoy tormenting your pitiful excuse for a soul!"

With that, Chaos again slashed. Setzer leaped up, just over the blow, and struck with his fan. Garland leaned backward, letting the blow go right over his face. Then, while the weapon was on his right side, Chaos stuck at Setzer's left, drawing blood.

Chaos lightly leapt back. "So, considering surrender?"

Setzer, despite himself, grinned. "On my dead body."

Chaos frowned fiercely. "That can be arranged, mortal!"

The two continued fighting for some time, each growing slightly weaker with every blow. After the nine of clubs flung him backward, Chaos held up his hand, a gesture for peace. "Something is not right, gambler. My strength is being drained far faster than possible in normal circumstances. That... beast, must be draining my energy, and yours as well. There is only one chance to defeat it, you must attack it while I prepare to vanquish it with Dark Holy!"

Setzer looked at the monstrosity before him. "Far easier said than done, Chaos." Setzer rushed forward, cutting with his fan. Chaos raised his hands, and concentrated.

"From the Darkness of Time comes Retribution! DARK HOLY!" The roaring energies gathered around Chaos, and he pushed it forward... Right into Setzer!

"Fiend!" Setzer's voice was cut off as the dark energy swarmed around him, cutting through every last piece of resistance he had. Chaos laughed. "Fool. Now you shall die, and I will watch, satisfied at last at a completed dream."

A shrill, high voice broke in. "You have no dreams, monster! O Protector of Life, come and aid the Fallen! ASURA!"

A flash of light nearly blinded Chaos, and his eyes only slowly readjusted. "WHAT?"

Setzer, and the others that had fallen to the monsters, were revived and at full strength. At the same time, the Nihilum Tyrannus roared, not quite at full strength.

It is only a matter of time, now. All I must do is protect it, and my tasks will be done forever. Come, fallen warriors of Darkness and Light. Come and overcome me, if you dare!
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Chaos is now defending Nihilum Tyrannus.

*OOC* Sorry for the long post. Hopefully it'll get better!

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Nameless Eternal

Eh, don't worry, SD, I didn't take any offense. I thought that comment was a little oddly directed was all. <=) None of the Fallen may necessarily affect the storyline, but they've got their own stories to fulfill, and I think that's what needs to be focused on the most at the moment. The characters' tales need endings before they go back to their little soapbox in the multiverse.

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Ride ze shoopuf?

OOC: Someone call for a trump card?

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Despair was all around Bowser. Everywhere he looked, the Void was defeating the other contestants. Locke, Zelda, Mog, Umaro, Setzer, Gryz and the others were in danger. Chaos and Zio had turned to the Void and abandoned any sense of civility they may have had.

"I can save them...but should I? I'm supposed to be evil...."

The sounds of battle and screaming fiends urged Bowser on.

"My evil brethren will never forgive me...but I must, for all existence! For Peach! And yes, even for Mario! I will defeat him one day, but first I must make sure we all live to see that day!"

Bowser reached into his sachel, pulling out his last minute rations.

"Everyone, take these! They will aid you in battle! Make me proud!"


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Bowser has passed items to all of the contestants (that are non-Void influenced). These items include Fire Flowers, Super Mushrooms, Invincible Stars (cue the music!), Raccoon Suits, Hammer Bros. suits, Tanooki suits, Rock Candy, and anything else from the Mario games you can think of. Good luck!


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Locke Cole - FFOS6

OOC: Sorry, I really can't think of anything to do right now in the fight with Zio. I'll check back again before the round ends, maybe by then I'll be able to think of something.

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SIN

The Eternal Dream - Choose Life, then Live!

San Draco: I'm sorry you haven't liked the story I wrote so far; I agree that for an arch-villan, Chaos would've been a more logical choice, but on the flip-side, Chaos does what he does by choice, and thus the reader would be more prone to have less sympathy for him. BTW, I didn't just insert myself in the story like this, Krizak asked me. Sorry for any offenses my writing has caused...

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Zeal had awoken to find herself in a heavily damaged place, shattered shards of crystal littering what was left of the floor. Driscoll stood there, and Rubicant....and the Void, in the form of a man. She slowly regained her composure, wincing from the sensation of burning all over her body, and deep gashes in her left arm and stomach.

She was startled by a bright light, as Driscoll refracted some sort of light from one of the room's remaining crystals. The Void was unfazed; it drew the beams of light into itself like a black hole, an abyss so infinite that light was lost. Driscoll charged the Shapeshifter - what was he thinking!? With a stunning face-slap and the shoving of a conspicuous looking package into its left hand, Driscoll took off running as he were being chased by the devil himself. Rubicant stood in shock, not quite knowing what to do.

"Fly, you fools, fly!" Zeal's shouting startled Rubicant and caught the momentary attention of Driscoll, who was already making for the edge of the platform. Glancing the crystal chamber over again, Driscoll saw his former enemy, his ally, the void....and Yume, still motionless over the body of Saint!

"What about Yume!? We can't leave her here!" Driscoll shouted, still running.

"Leave her to me, Commander!" Zeal shouted as she began to hover, then to speed across the floor and the gaping holes therein, toward the goddess.

"This would be all fine and good" the Shapeshifter sneered "if I wasn't here! But you seem to have forgotten that this battle is not yet concluded, and I am your opponent!" He sent a wave of black energy rushing at Driscoll.

"Light, come forth!" Zeal, on her way to Yume, had paused in front of Driscoll, erecting a barrier of magic. The black waves crashed maddeningly against its surface, as if whipped by the winds of hell. "Certainly, you have not already forgotten me!" Zeal sneered at the Shapeshifter. She could see his eyes burning with anger, feel the intense power that radiated from his negative-space.

"And for a certainty, this battle is not yet concluded!" Rubicant's red form stepped in front of Zeal, blazing with eternal flame. "Core of the star, melt all things to zero! FLARE!!" Bright particles converged not on the shapeshifter, but on the ground before him, sending the embodiment of nothingness reeling backward. "The flame of Rubicant, Fiend of Fire, burns forever!"

Zeal took the opportunity to cross the gap to where Saint lay motionless, and Yume stretched over him, in a state of frozen unconsciousness. "We must leave this place!" Zeal took Yume and lay her over her right shoulder. You'll be a bit more tricky she thought, looking down at the fallen warrior Saint. It would take a ball of controlled gravity to move his form - could she do it in time?


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~someday, the dream will end~


"The Queen is peerless in both power and beauty"
FFOS6 :: Queen Zeal :: Sidekick

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Elemental Fiend

I've just seen the final to Pop Idol while catching something to eat - a mental image of Rubi and Dris in a singing contest is gonna haunt me for days.

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Gloriosa Generosa

"We meet again,... Baram," the figure smiled.

Siegfried slowly realized it was his dead memories coming back to life, "Clyde?" The dark warrior hesitated and picked up his massive blade. "No! I should kill you now for what you did to me!"

"Go ahead,... I'm sorry. That's why I've come here. C'mon! Show me your blade!" Clyde shouted. Siegfried began to strike Clyde with all his might, but stopped as the blade's reflection glinted in Clyde's eyes. It stopped a hair length away from Clyde's head.

"Argh!" Siegfried bellowed putting the blade deep into the ground, "No! I... can't..."

Clyde's face changed and his lips curled, "Fine then, Baram. Let me do what I should've done many years ago!" Clyde lunged at Siegfried with one of his two daggers but the dark warrior evaded his attack, his cape barely escaping the razor-sharp edge of the dagger.

"Heh, I guess you still have it in you, old friend!" Clyde smiled evily. "Come with me into the Void!"

"...The Void? No! You're not Clyde!" Siegfried began to strike at his old companion, but again he stopped, inches from his chest.

"C'mon Baram! Can't you feel the anger? The blood pumping through your veins? Your face practically reeks of the Void! Reality is now falling apart, do you want your body to be one of the ones that will perish here?" Clyde cackled. The area started to rumble wildly. Siegfried stepped back and tightened his grip on his blade.

"We offer power to anyone willing to take it. Sadly, few are unburdened enough by their prejudices to accept, " Clyde laughed, "So what do you say? Baram?"

Siegfried looked down at his blade, which rested at his side. He turned around and walked away from Clyde. "Okay, if you don't want to join, I'll have to force you to unleash your retribution!" Clyde arrived next to Siegfried, his lightning fast reflexes blurred in the wind.

A wet crunch came, and Clyde's form began to change. Siegfried turned around, looking straight into Clyde's eyes. "I am already dead, for you have already killed me, old friend," he said pulling out the great broadsword from the Void beast's chest.

The form disintegrated back into the Void, and with a bright flash, the figure vanished. He was engulfed in darkness, and hoped it would be the end of his life.

Baram chuckled weakly. "Are you shaking? I can't believe it! You're acting like such a coward! Come on you weakling! Take the knife and..."

Clyde stood up suddenly. "I CAN'T!" He turned and sprinted away.

"Clyde!!!" Baram yelled, his voice hoarse.

Clyde glanced back. "I'm sorry..."

"Clyde! How dare you!?"


Siegrfried stood as the dream vanished. He looked at Memoria now decaying as reality crumbles and looked at the sky, "Where were you when I died?..."


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"I am the man who has never bled or cry,... The first disciple of Jenova,... Wielding the blood rusted blade that had been taken from the light of good to the darkness of evil... I am the master of the black relic and was born to lead the world to total damnation... I am god! I am Sephiroth!

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San Draco
The Fallen Dragon

I apologize, Soujiro. I actually do like your story, it's just that I thought you had written yourself in there. So, the point isn't an evil villain, but a controlled puppet? Ah, it finally clicks!

Thanks for the compliment, by the way. I really do like the storyline you wrote, I simply mistook the meaning.

Anoat: Trump card? NOOOOOOO!
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Chaos looked as the turtle handed out 'rations,' as the Koopa referred to them. Chaos rushed toward the turtle, not caring about the sparkles surrounding the Koopa's shell. Not until he attempted to hit him.

What in the world? A valid question for the demon, as Excalibur seemed to bounce right off the King of Koopas.

Leaping back, Chaos snarled, "Why can't I hurt you?"

Bowser laughed. "It's a Super Star. The only tool for evil villains such as myself." Thinking to himself, Bowser thought, The difference between him and me? I make this look good!

Chaos shook his head. "You're not a villain. You are a foolish hero!"

Suddenly, Chaos turned around. The other participants appeared to wield different, new weapons. One had on a furry suit, and seemed to be able to turn into a statue. Another grew to over three times it's normal size, and yet another had on a black shell and was flinging hammers at everything that moved.

Chaos snarled at the koopa. Suddenly, the sparkles seemed to fade away. The snarls turned to loud laughs. "So, your trust in your items is misplaced! Fool! I shall strike you all down!"

Chaos rushed toward the now-defenseless turtle, his Excalibur unsheathed. "Stand and fight me, fool, or are you afraid of true evil?"
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*OOC* I don't like trump cards. That's two I've had, one by Setzer, the other by Bowser. Will it ever end? Maybe...

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The sounds of battle reached Duran's mind once again as he lifted his head from his resting spot, and turned towards the ongoing conflict. After his 'closure' with Koren, he did not have the strength to stand much longer after the Crimson Mage's departure.

Can't...no...Won't think of what he did...

Self-sacrifice, to save the world of Mana; That's what he had said, as he flew off into the distance. And the following explosion... enough to blind the sun itself, to make light itself seem dark...

Dammit! I didn't want to bring the memory back up! He didn't have to... why... I let him live! And yet... Still he couldn't bear life itself after his failure?

No. That wasn't it. He wasn't that petty. Koren's methods of desperation were too contrasting to his own.

He still thought that the Beggar or the Boy needed to perish, then. But... I could have changed the future anyway, know that I know what's going to happen! I could have done it with these hands! The hands that defeated Ancient...

And he remembered the look of shock, or sheer terror on the dark wizard's face as his second-most powerful spell fell to the might of his blade. Once, he might have found solace in the memory. But not anymore.

Damn you, Koren... Even if it came to that! I owe you my life now... And I'll be dammed myself if I let your sacrifice be in vain!

Standing up once more, the Cavalier of Forcena gazed again towards towards the battlefield where the remaining tourney participants were fighting off the Void, to save life itself. He reflected that he should join them--

Wait. Not all of the warriors were fighting the Void. Some had joined it. One in particular, that he still had a bit of a score to settle with.

Chaos. I should have known that he'd fight for eternal oblivion... This time, I'm playing for keeps! He won't get away for crossing the line like this...

Duran bolted off towards the scene, sword in hand, his anger rising to the peak once again. For the preservation of Mana, and my world... Chaos, I'll end your existence for good this time. For Koren!

Memoria itself began to shudder from the catastrophe occuring in the Crystal Realm at that moment, and some of the spires began to crumble.


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Setzer Groupie

"Bastard Motavian!" Zio hissed, picking himself up off the ground for the umpteenth time this tournament. "What have you to you to gain fromstopping me? Your parents, your friends, your town; all have been destroyed! For what other reason do you fight? That pitiful sister of yours? You want to save her existence so she can live in a world racked with pain and torment? THU!" The black mage shot a bolt of electricity at Gryz, narrowly missing his head yet striking him upon the shoulder, knocking him off balance.

"There is no hope! Nothing any of you can do will matter! Do you think your pathetic lives are enough to save the entirety of the multiverse? You are as insignificant as the people of Molcom, the town which I so joyously obliterated in His name!"

The blue man's eyes flared with anger, a deep war cry emanated from Gryz's throat as Zio's words pushed his tolerance over the edge. With all the ferocity of a starving wolf, Gryz attacked the black mage; the two locked in an intense combat, strength versus magic. Which would decidedly be the stronger force?

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OOC: Yeah, that was really cheesy, but refer to the earlier post about having absolutely no sleep. Sorry! I give Gryz the sole permission to dispatch of Zio if he does so before the round ends. Otherwise, the black mage wins.

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Mana Spirit Dryad

What a lovely mess this is.

Rdia was sulking in a corner, annoyed at having lost more MP - I'd JUST TAKEN something, my last one, that... that.... FIEND!! - and then used her last to restore everyone. She looked at the Tanooki suit she'd been given by the turtle guy.

At least it'd be warm... and didn't he say fly in there? She swapped it on lightning fast and went to stand, only to realize she'd gone under the table from earlier - NO ONE had bothered it since!

She eyed the drinks warily but downed one. "Hmm... fruit nectar, not bad."

She whirled as she heard someone scream, and charged. It was then she found out that tail wagging in this suit was a good key to take-off. "Erk!"

Once airborne she fluted above the scene a bit, spying that.... thing.... helping the Void.

If we cannot help ourselves, we can help others.

She saw the turtle from earlier threated y the fiend and focused.

"METEOR!!!"

Chaos wasn't about to have a good time at all. Metoers shot form almost nowhere above and rained down on Chaos and the Void. Rydia herself warped clear and landed unggracefully on the floor behind some of the others. "Ow!"

She stood. "Sometimes... I really wish I hadn't lost my white magic..." She shook erh head and looked up. "Aw... damn..."

I'm not going without a fight, bub.

She closed her eyes, focusing. The five orbs on the armband she had found glowed intensely.

"Great holy protector, grant thy power..." A rain of white streaks rained down upon those that were allied to the Void in Memoria.

"Elements united strike twined and relentless..." The group for a world torn assunder by the mismanagement of statues would have thought this was Chupon, but the world went upsidedown and then some as the beast threw them about in quad elemental strikes.

"Death and misery, even you are greater than the nothing before us..." Hades himself lent his power then, though his status effects could be nulled, nothing could stop the infliction of the painful damage.

"Pure fire of life, wash away the darkness..." A phoenix exploded into existence, reviving those who had been killed and flashing the fire upon that which remained evil.

Rydia collapsed to her knes then, weak and trembling, but holding one spell more.

"Come on Chaos, try your best! Take me on!"

The fiend scoffed and swept to her, striking her hard and sending her to the floor. She pushed herself up, coughing a bit. "Why thank you. I always wanted to show you how ... much I appreciated you being so egotisical to sell yourself to the nothingness. You could live Chaos, if you tried..."

She collapsed to the floor as the last of her spell broke forth the yelow orb glowing brightly. The spell known only as '????' unleashed, sending the danamge she ahd taken back to Chaos as she faded away...

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Woohoo. ~.~ Now more disappearing Mintaka time! :P And yes, that means Rydia probably went back to ehr existence, or maybe not. (Yes I'm following Exeter's lead.) Why? Becuase I'm going to be busy tonight, tomorrow, and probably won't have good free time til either midday tomorrow or, barring that, Wednesday.

I'll try and get the compiled rounds together shortly, and post it at RI, eh? And touche to Chaos. san, you've done a wonderful job with him. =D Maybe Rydia knocked some sense into him. Kidding... XD I'm gone guys, good luck to all. *runs to try and email in time*

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San Draco
The Fallen Dragon

Chaos laughed. Everywhere he looked, the participants were being knocked aside like straw dolls, even after Bowser's ill-advised attack. Suddenly, a voice yelled, "FOR KOREN!"

Whipping around, Chaos saw the one that had humiliated him by destroying his Gear. So, it is the one that attempted to join the Darkness, and failed? He is a fool, and shall die a fool's death.

Garland advanced, the Excalibur shining in his hand. "Duran, the former Bringer of Doom, I shall defeat you! My former defeat shall be avenged! You, O Greatest of Fools, shall perish under my Unholy Sword techniques!"

Chaos lifted up his sword, then pointed it at Duran. "Life is short, be buried! Sword of Stasis!"

Large crystals fell around Duran, surrounding him with utter cold and timelessness. "Now, fool, do you see the futile effects of your struggles? Koren is dead, Julius is gone, and the others are strewn throughout the lands. Why do you think you will fare any better?"

Duran's eyes filled with wrath. "Because I know your tricks, fiend! I know you rely on the weakness of others, instead of your own strength. How will you beat one that has no weakness?"

Chaos smiled. "I have strength enough to enslave worlds, why would I need to rely on another's weakness? Nevertheless, should it comfort your death, than believe what you will. I care not."

Duran, unable to take any more insults, started his assault. "Fiend, taste my blade and be gone!"

Chaos smiled, and warded off his blow. "You fool. You believe yourself strong because of what you have done. Instead, you have become nothing more than a slave, a weakling destined to die a fast, merciful death. However, I am more than willing to fight destiny. I shall make your death as slow and painful as possible."

Duran attempted to strike again, but Chaos blocked with his shield, flinging the younger mortal to his knees. "Surrender, and I shall allow you to fulfill your destiny!"

Duran shouted, "NEVER!" Leaping to his feet, Duran knocked the Excalibur out of Chaos's hands. Pointing his blade at Chaos's throat, he whispered, "I have waited so long for this, demon. Now I shall finally destroy you, and all worlds be free from your taint!"

Garland smiled, then blocked the stab with his shield. Leaping back, he scooped up the Excalibur, and pointed it at Duran. "Stop the mortals with an overwhelming blow! Physical Ruin!"

Duran felt a little of his physical power drain from him, and be transferred to Chaos. "Now, shall we continue, mortal?"

The two struck at the same time, locking blades and each struggling to unarm the other. Chaos, wielding his shield, slapped Duran's head, breaking his concentration just long enough for Chaos to sweep his legs out from under him.

Pointing his sword at Duran's throat, Chaos whispered, "I believe I win this battle, mortal. Will you surrender?"
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*OOC* Will he, indeed? I leave the next part of the battle to Kyo.

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Elemental Fiend

The fates have cast their hand, and the final throw of the game now seems to lie on me. With Yume's silent form slung over Zeal's shoulder while the weakened Queen tries to move the fallen body of Saint, and Driscoll guarding them both best as he is able, I am all that stands between them and the Shapeshifter's power. The bishounen avatar of the Void stands before the fractured crystal, which without Yume's power to heal its wound is gradually falling from balance, its power-flux evident as the room heaves and tears around us all.

"You think you can oppose me alone, elemental?" he shouts, building a vast sphere of blackness in his arms. "I am of the Void! I cannot be harmed by your magics while I do not exist on this Plane, and you don't have the power to bring me into it!" He launches the energy-ball with a shout of rage, pushing it towards me.

I counter with a vast continual stream of fire, meeting the attack in midair as the two projectiles smash into each other and hold against each other while the very air they occupy screams and hisses with the tension. "Maybe not, Shifter, but I will not allow you to harm them further!" I cry out, my concentration focused on my attack. Slowly, inch by agonising inch, I force the Shapeshifter's attack back in his direction.

His eyes widen as he sees what I am doing and attempts to push the projectile back my way. "No!" he shouts, "you can't be more powerful than me! You shouldn't be able to do this to my magics!"

"Don't you... realise... why you can't... beat me, Shifter?" I hiss out, forcing his attack back again. If I were able to sweat, I would imagine I'd be streaming bucketloads by now. "Power... isn't... a gained thing... alone... it has to be... controlled... by will!"

"And my will is perfect!" he cries, shock entering his eyes as the attack is forced back further.

My head feels like it is about to detonate under the intense pressure, and I clench my eyes closed and trust in my heat sense to keep watch on the surrounding. "But... you... are of Void... and Void is... nothing... ness... and," I shout, pressing the attack so close the light dances on the Shapeshifter's face, "you... will NEVER have... the will... that a soul... provides you!!"

The Shapeshifter is thrown backwards, smashing into the crystal with astonishing force, as his own attack strikes him fully in the face and does what mine could not by severely injuring him. The Crystal pulses as his body impacts it, and a further wave of distruption rocks the chamber as it discharges its energies. Yet the Shapeshifter stands, his chest hissing and his blade blackened, and his eyes gleam with hatred for me.

"Such noble words, Rubicante!" he screams at me. "Yet I still stand, and you don't have the power to bring me into this realm! And I have better sense than to use that attack again!"

I glance behind me, and see that Zeal is attempting to levitate Saint's body, but in her weakened condition she cannot succeed, the body slumping to the floor moments after he lifts into the air. It can be barely moments before the floor of this chamber falls away entirely, and we all fall into the Abyss or whatever awaits in the void beneath us.

Why did I say that? Do I truly have a soul, that I denied to myself until this moment? And if so, what does that make me?

No matter. I need to concentrate on staying in existance before I start pondering its meaning!"

"Maybe... I do not, Shapeshifter," I weakly whisper while attempting to recover my strength for one final assault, "but it appears... that the nothingness of the void... plays tricks on your memory too!"

The Shifter looks wildly around, and spots the forgotten explosive which Driscoll pressed into his hand, and has fallen by his feet. Before he can do anything, I ignite its fuse with a tiny flicker of flame, then pour as much energy as I dare into a shield of fire between it and us. "Matter and magic together, Shifter! We'll see if you can't be beaten!"

The world turns white as the intensly powerful explosive detonates, its power unmistakeable even behind the barrier that shields us from most of its effects. A fraction of a moment later the physical effects of the device are joined by the blast of flame that it unleashes, and the Shapeshifter screams in agony as his materialised form is seared and scorched by its effects, his body melting down and destroying itself. But as the room further buckles around us, space-time itself screams in agony as a vast misshapen portal back to Memoria opens and hangs there like a wave of blackness.

No! The Crystal!

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Locke Cole - FFOS6

As the Zio & Gryz began their fierce dual, Locke grabbed Zelda's shoulder, "Come on! We have to get out of here."

"We can't just leave him!" Zelda pleaded back.

"There's nothing we can do," Locke said, "if we interfere, Gryz could be killed!"

As the two backed away, a chunk of ground dissappeared right below Zelda's feet. Locke managed to grab her hand, "Don't worry, I've got you!" Before he could pull her up, however, Locke's footing broke off as well.

Just before the couple fell into nothingness, Locke grabbed the ledge with his free hand. He knew he wouldn't be able to pull himself back up, though. "Damn..." he muttered, "Zelda, hold on tight!"

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OOC: The rounds about to end, and I figured I should write something. Anyone wanna give us a hand here?

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Tenshi Kain
Nameless Eternal

The fighters stood before the tremendous dark menaces, rejuvenated by Bowser's well-received rations. Weapons and comrades in hand, the competitors stood their ground against the mighty dark spells of Chaos, the mysterious aura of Zio, and the final Void beast- Nihilum Tyrannus. That unholy trinity hurled themselves upon the fighters, spells and slashing attacks left and right. Yet for every blow there was a counter- Setzer, Keir, and Lemina cut a searing swathe against Chaos's Excalibur; Siegried and Locke clashed with Zio, and the others- Mia and Nall and Edge and Rydia and Mog and the rest- levied their most powerful assaults against the mighty Nihilum Tyrannus.

If Slash had been a poet, he might have been inspired to write something. Flowery crap. But instead, he felt inspired to hurt something. The blue Mystic tested the dull of his blade against his hand, his jaw clenched and set in a stone-faced expression. The Nihilum Tyrannus remained the focus of his stare, but oddly enough, he...didn't see it. No, something else stood there, where the Nihilum Tyrannus crawled- many somethings, in fact. As Memoria crumbled around him, Slash stood still, his reaction blank and empty to what he saw before him.

The hero, Cyrus. His protege, Glenn. The Guardia Knights. The king and the queen. The chancellor. And at their feet, crumpled, bloodstained bodies. Ewir, his red skin coated with a deeper crimson and littered with arrows. Flea and Ozzie, their limbs torn asunder and raggedly torn eyes staring lifelessly at the uncaring sky above. Ranks of Mystics, downed in a pool of crimson...and before the king and the queen, knelt with wounds decorating his body, was Great Magus, his scythe snapped in two and his armor broken. He knelt more from the pain than from the obvious forced surrender, and the king raised a sword high in signal of his victory.

This is what will happen, should you fall here.

The voice did not come from his blade, this time. It came from himself; Slash knew what that image meant. If he let his sword amount to nothing now, it would all be for nought. Death and defeat for the Mystics, nourishment and victory for mankind. His comrades would die, and Medina would never rise again. That, in itself, was a fate Slash would be damned to, if Memoria destroyed itself.

"Never," Slash murmured, gripping his blade even tighter. He'd come here to hone his skills, and hone he had- he was not to die after so many unique and rigorous battles. He knew how he would die- as a warrior, not as a competitor. On the battlefield, not at a crumbling castle. Against his most hated opponents, not a being of which he knew nothing. And even after he was technically dead, he would take many down with him. That was the destiny of Slash- to deal, even in death, the most crippling blow to mankind he could muster.

And that was his tale. Slash, the namesake of a deadly move, a cut that had plagued and sundered life for countless millenia. He was a reaper with a sword forged through the blood and bile and grave of man. He often smirked when Magus mentioned Lavos- the enemy of all mankind? That wasn't Lavos- it was Slash, the most damning warrior to ever rally against the infidel humans. He was the server of that ever-reminiscent pie; he was what death worked through. He was the bronze-odored mist of hope for his Mystic comrades...and the laugh of total, complete darkness for the hopeless forces of Guardia. Born in the rags of innocence and dead in the riches of the blood of men. Any way you phrased it, whether fanciful or simplistic, Slash was the worst enemy of humanity.

And I'm not dying here. Slash let an expression of sheer fury pass over his face, and then there was the Nihilum Tyrannus. It lurched before the fighters, seemingly uncaring and unphased by their strongest attacks. The blue Mystic whipped his sword against the air, stepping forward to challenge his final enemy in this damned tournament. For it was to be his last foe- the victim of the most fearsome attack in Slash's arsenal of sword techniques. Once his strongest attack was complete, Slash's skills would be honed to perfection.

Slash stopped several paces in front of the last, terrible Voidmass, sheathing the Slasher II at his side in his solid left hand, extending his right arm back up above him in almost a summoning position. His legs stanced in the familiar battle pose of the Mystics' left-handed iaijutsu style- left leg out, right leg in. Slash's lips moved, the sound of his words drained out by the shattering of another pillar in Memoria. "Nestra requiavi zolom taiharavi frigidus Hyougajin!"

All around him, the air became cold. A shrill hum split the air, and then there was the feel of an icy mist shattering the moist temperature. From behind Slash, an immense wall of ice was formed by rivulets of azure light, beacons for the ultimate spell of the ice element. Slash screamed his demonic fury as the great Iceberg spell threw itself towards the Nihilum Tyrannus, and then he leapt forward towards the skyrocketing wall of watery death, clenching his left hand tightly against the hilt of the sharp, lethal Slasher II. His left leg leaned back, and his right shot forward just as he reached the wall of ice, sandwiching it between himself and the great Voidmass-

"Bachiatari Hakuma Ryu Zetsugi- Tenma Himei Obieru!"

And then he struck, the hiss of the iaijutsu dying into the vwing of a battoujutsu strike, and then there was the screech of ice being shattered into a million fragments. The Slasher II's edge struck the Iceberg spell with such force that the entire wall split into literally millions of chilled shrapnel, slamming into the great hide of the Nihilum Tyrannus with the force of a locomotive. Makeshift stalactites embedded themselves into the Tyrannus, and then there came the most powerful strike of his sword that Slash had ever dealt. The sound was like a train crash, and the strain on Slash's muscles was tremendous, but the deadly strike was true. His Slasher II tore through the hide of the Nihilum Tyrannus, opening a giant wound in its semi-corporeal flesh. The slash came so fast and sudden that it literally ripped through at near-sonic speed, and the ice shards in its hide split from the shockwave to add an almost explosive bite of agony.

Yes. Slash crashed onto his knee before the stricken creature, and he grit his teeth to subdue the pain. The perfect blend of magic and blade- at last, he owned it. Yes. Slash grinned, high and crazy, and threw back his head with a hellish howl. Yes! The strongest attack was ready- the strongest tool of death in his arsenal was now his.

"Yes indeed!"

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Edit: My mind must be going after sitting for an hour on a stone floor in front of a statue being washed a hundred times. I almost forgot this music!

"Dullahan", Vagrant Story
"World Revolution", Chrono Trigger
"Second Malformation of G", Resident Evil 2

Yeah, so I'm on a bit of a music kick. <=D Sue me. No, don't.

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Baka
WANZER!

An explosion of whiteness. Darkness, imprisoning me in it's soul. Both, and none.

Commander. This is your final mistake.

Who are you!

We are the Void. We are all your fears come true.

I've faced evil! You're nothing!

Yes, yes, we are nothing. We are not good, or evil. We are the void.

So you are nothing. Well I'm something - someone. So is Rubicante, and Zeal, and Yume, and Saint, damnit, Saint! The other contestants, there are something. Every one has more life in their little finger than you have in your... your... whatever!

You still do not understand, mortal. We are the Void. We are nothing. We know no life. We know no death. We know nothing but emptiness.

Sounds.. lonely. No wonder you're so lonely, so... cold. But I will not let you destroy the world I've helped to save!

And the other worlds? You are so minute in the scale of things. You cannot save them. You are nothing.

Now who's nothing? You are right though, in a way. I'm one man. And hey, what can one man to do change the universe?

Driscoll grinned, his body being tossed by the winds to and forth in the collossal explosion.

Wanna see?

He reached into his pocket, and pulled out something he'd almost forgotten about. His old squad commicator, from back on earth. He looked at the swirling black portal ripped apart by the explosion, and grinned again, flipping a switch.

"This is Commander Driscoll, USN Special Forces, Armoured Wanzer Division. I don't know who can hear me out there, but if you can, I need your help. All I ask is that you concentrate on survival. That's all. Think of your loved ones, the people you support. Think about your countries, your enemies, everything that defines you as alive. And if anyone tries to deny you existance, don't let them!"

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To be continued, when we see everyone's responces to that. And no, I don't know how the message would get to everyone, but what the hell. It's magic!

Suggested Music: Vandread - The Second Stage OST - Track 33 - Super Vandread


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Has a Big Sword

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Duran only smirked at the blade and it's wielder, his inane grin unnerving Chaos to no end, for some odd reason.

"I won't concede to you, Chaos. I haven't lost, not by a long shot."

Chaos raised his eyebrow in a half mocking, half questioning look. "And why is that, mortal? I am but seconds away from ending your pitiful, false-condemmed life!"

An exploding pain through his ribs answered for him. Looking down in horror, he saw the Duran's blade sticking out through his chest. But... how?

"I suppose you've gone off again, saying that my Darkness is false."

Glancing behind him in apprehension, he was greeted with the sight of Duran holding the hilt of his blade, now imbedded in his back. He drew it out with a sickening thrust, and the Holy Knight of a demon gritted his teeth against the pain. The Duelist Aspect took a freestyle stance, and licked the blood off his sword with glee.

"You still fall for an attack from behind, for all your cunning. It really is a terrible flaw of yours..."

What in the Void's name is this?!? How can there be two of him?

He heard Duran get up from behind him, and walk around to his other, 'darker' self. The two spoke in unison.

"Evil is but a mere limitation, as is Good. My soul was strong enough to trancsend both, and yet I still fight for the Light. Do you know why?"

"Because you are a fool, Duran; still blind no matter what you say or pretend to be! Taste my unbridled wrath, both of you!"

Garland swept his Excalibur down in an arc, invoking his Holy Sword magic as he did so.

"Heaven's wish to destroy all minds! HOLY EXPLOSION!!!"

In response, the Duelist Aspect swept his sword down in mimicry, fire trailing his blade as he plunged it down into the earth.

"Blade of inifinte opacity, smother Hope to it's grave! ERUPTION SWORD!!!

The column of Light energy was countered by the upheaveal of hellfire. Tainted Holy and constrained Darkness met--and set off a massive explosion, blowing both opponents away. As the smoke cleared, Chaos saw Duran--only one of him, and his aura matched some complex pattern of balance--staring him down with focused resolve. Both sides echoed the same thought.

Obviously, he's much more formidable than when I faced him last... and with quite a few tricks up his sleeve. I can't afford to be careless.

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OOC: San, Chaos will have a serious problem adapting to Duran's new attack style. He has Four Aspects of Legend residing in his body; each with a different alignment and variety of abilities. In order from Pure Good to Pure Evil, with each's most powerful move:

Paladin - Holy Flare Sword - Massive Holy attack in a shockwave.
Lord - Magic Circle - Traps opponent with a runic circle and deals an unblockable, critical strike.
Swordsman - Vacuum Blade - Very long sword combo. Hurts. A lot.
Duelist - Eruption Sword - You've seen it.

Duran can project them out from his body or let one take control of his mind instantly, with full control, and each is formidible by itself--but together, he can link all of his powers into something worth running from.

I've got some errands to run, and impeding writer's block that set in right in the middle of this story. So, I leave it to you for now. Hope you've got something good when I return.


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Sponsor: Setzer

Blinding flashes of light. Deafening battlecries. The warriors ensnared by the Nihilum were determined to fight to the very end. Fleeting victories were won here and there as attacks would solidify and damage a portion of its body, though even the most powerful of their attacks could not force the ultimate manifestation of the Void to take a completely solid form. Even the healers were becoming exhausted and unable to tend to the wounded.

Then something inexplicable happened. The Nihilum Tyrannus twisted and writhed as if wracked by some invisible pain. It bellowed in agony and though the warriors could not have known it, it was due to the damage being caused to the Shifter.

"Look", Mia called out from the group, "It's taken physical form."

"It won't make any difference" Lemina wept, "we have no power between us that can destroy that thing."

But we don't need to destroy it, Setzer thought. Then without a moment's hesitation he plucked the ace of spades from his deck.

A growling laugh rose up from near the body of the Nihilum. It was Chaos. "What a fool you are to test odds so great" he laughed, "you must realise the chances of your survival are almost non-existant if you were to use that card."

The gambler darted a smile back at the fiend, "That's the way I like it. I don't want to live forever." and with that he threw the card into the pulsating ring of dark matter that formed the Nihilum's body. It passed straight through and sliced a line straight down the monster's height. The Void's substance collapsed either side of the wound under its own weight, opening up a route of escape for the warriors.

However the price on the gambler was heavy as he felt blood welling up in his throat. Keir ran over and supported the gambler as the warriors fled through the Nihilum's wound to face it from the outside. No sooner had the last of them passed through than the wound began to knit itself back together.

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