[Coolshaymin]

The Charred Crisis City, a place taken from the far future where it was destroyed by Iblis... Well, a future that should not even exist. Of course, Tikal knew of none of this and just looked out over the destroyed and lava filled town. ".... This place is horrible. Who could of done this and why?" Tikal asked, looking to Chaos, she had a sad expression, holding her right arm as she looked at the destruction on their way to the blue glow. In response, Chaos put a watery arm on her shoulder and made meaningless blubbing sounds. ".... You're right. We should keep moving on. No point in staying around here.... Still, I hope everyone is alright. Seeing this city in such a state...." The Echidna replied as she began going with Chaos who kind of walked like a dinosaur further into the city.

"..... Hey, Chaos, do you feel that?" Tikal asked after a moment of them on their trek through the desolate ruins of a long destroyed city. She felt some strange energy. It was kind of like the Chaos Emeralds but distinctly different. "........" Chaos made more rippling sounds though Tikal seemed to get the meaning just fine. "... Yeah, we should go check it out. It could be a clue to why we are here," the girl replied hopefully. Thankfully thanks to Chaos the team would have no trouble getting to the destination in the ruined lava filled utopia Eggman pinpointed. Strangely, there was nothing getting in the way once they hit the city as the ruined capital was very quiet.

Tikal

120/120 HP
35/35 Shield

Status: Normal

[TheSpatialWeeg]

And just as Tikal and Chaos were starting to move out...

"EXTREEEEEME ENTRANCE!!"

A loud voice echoed throughout the area the two were in before a shadow landed in front of them...at a respectable distance. The mysterious newcomer turned out to be...a very weird looking marsupial wearing pants and fingerless gloves! He stood up on a big pile of rubble, looking at the echidna and water creature in a pretty casual manner. "...Hehe. Scared ya? Sorry about that." The bandicoot would comment, a thick Australian accent prevalent on his speech before he lept off the rubble, introducing himself to the two after landing on the ground.

"I'm Crash. Crash Bandicoot. Pardon me, lady, but have you seen a so-called 'God of Destruction' around here?"

[Deleted]

In the distance of the two animals, the heavy thunk of boots and metal gave way to the Engineer, shouting to the two ahead... "Heavy load comin' through!" He called out, before dropping the toolbox, and kicking it open, before smacking the thing with a wrench, the sentry gun building. "Reckon y'all're Crash Bandicoot and I guess his lady friend? Y'all look fine as a grown field! I'm yer plus one, Dell! Fellas call me Engie." He wasn't even looking at them, building up the sentry at once to move out. It was clear his mechanical genius was beyond compare. "Here, hold these." He handed them each red batons, small, easy to fit in a pocket. "Ma sentry won't shoot ya if it detects these on yer person. They'll expire after this here exchange in this wrecked place, buuut..." He laughed low, "Reckon they'll be useful if ya don't like takin' .45 rounds in the butt. Sentry's comin up in a few seconds, take 'em and get ready. We gotta find this here 'God o' Destruction' or somethin'. I'm sure my machines are stronger than some little myth."

ENGINEER
HP: 160/160
Status: Normal
Metal: 70/130


SENTRY (LV. 1)
HP: 140/140
Status: Normal

[Coolshaymin]

Tikal and the big drip began to move but before they could get anywhere there was A REALLY LOUD shout! Chaos quickly turned into a puddle and the Echidna stepped back in response. Who was this guy? She did not remember anyone like him on Mobius... And why was he wearing pants? "Um, no, it's okay. You just startled us a little.... Why did you even shout like that?" the girl asked in confusion but it did not seem like he wanted to attack them so it was all good. "God of Destruction?" Tikal responded questioningly, not seeming to quite get it. Though her watery companion made some squelching sounds. "Really? He called you that... Well, I can see how you got that title..." the girl went to whispering to her soggy companion.

That is until another loud nose shook them both. Geeze what was with people and their loud entrances here?! "Lady friend? I just met him," the spirit replied. "Plus one? I don't really undestand..." this was getting more confusing by the moment.... Is this how people felt when she sprung flashbacks on them? Still, she caught the red rod.... Not getting shot sounded nice.... Even if it implied great violence. "May my friend have one as well? He's not that affected by them but we'd rather not any conflict," the Echidna requested, pointing to the blob of water.

"I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding. Why are you two looking for Chaos? He's not doing anything wrong, we are just trying to figure out where we are. We don't want any conflict. I'm Tikal and this is Chaos, the 'God of Destruction' you refer to," Tikal revealed as Chaos fully formed once more again to reveal himself.

".... The stage is almost set.... prepare yourself so called God of Destruction...."

"..... What do you mean it's getting closer? That shouldn't be possible. Chaos Emeralds can't move on their own... Are you sure you don't sense anyone with it?" Tikal asked. "..........." "No? Then how is it...?" the two seemed engaged in a conversation.... That only half of them can be understood from... However that is when a.... super edgy theme song started blasting on max from somewhere. Who listened to this junk?

2JvRF3lUp_1d20+5(Chaos's Ambush Detection)

Just then a wave of dark cubes rushed at the God of Destruction who was already far aware of the attack and dodged the attack effortlessly by liquidfying and moving out of the way. "Hmph. As expected of the God of Destruction. Still, not even you are a match for my power. I shall prove just how strong I am by taking you down along with your friends," a masked Jackal with a jewel on his chest claimed while crossing his arms in the air. "Do we really need to fight? What's even the point?!" Tikal asked, clearly not wanting to fight the Jackal. "........ You are both weak. I attack you and you both try and choose pacifism? Pathetic. Maybe this is a waste of my time after all. A peace loving God of Destruction? Hahahahahahaha, how truly sad," the new challenger insulted.... clearly ignoring the others at the moment.

Infinite is edging up the mission.
HP: ?
Shield HP: ?
Status: ?
Ability: ?

1d20+5

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"You could say that old habits die hard." Crash replied to Tikal.  He was always kind of...boisterous. Soon after the reply, the only human on this mission showed up. "Nah, she ain't my lady friend. But hey, nice meeting you, Dell." the bandicoot replied casually. He was then given...something! Whatever that was, it would avoid having him being gunned down, so keep it he shall.

Crash turned around as Tikal claimed of a misunderstanding, saying that Chaos, the aforementioned God of Destruction, didn't do anything wrong. "Well, we're actually trying to find him and bring him to this place called Life Sphere. It's pretty dangerous out here, and since you're tagging along with Chaos, you should come with us too." He said. Hey, maybe there wasn't need to fight on this mission after all. Kind of a bummer, all things considered--

Nevermind, things got a little interesting.

The group suddenly gets greeted by this edgy-looking jackal wearing a mask and having a gem on his chest. And he didn't seem to catch the fact that Chaos and Tikal weren't by themselves anymore. "Honestly, I had my share of trash-talkers, and most of them ended up being a...pretty mediocre opponent." Crash began to exercise, talking more to himself than anyone else. "So, do you know this fella, Chaos?" He asked the water monster, getting ready to go up against...whoever that guy was.

[Deleted]

Things just became... irritating quickly. Dell was GONNA reply to Crash, and try to start some parley, but as he split the red stick in half tossing the Chaos and Tikal those 'get outta being shot free' sticks, the edgelord spawned in, and began blaring his garbage music. Garbage... ABSOLUTE GARBAGE! Dell pinched his nose, and stepped forward, the sentry gun not yet locking onto Infinite. With that, he took a breath in, calling out to the mask wearing Jackal.

"Son, I'mma be honest with ya. Yer choice'a music is absolutely terrible. I don't like yer pops 'n' heavy rock. I can't understand what the derned singer's sayin! Yer suit's gotta be awful stuffy fer some fella wantin' to throw hands with a lady who ain't fixin' fer nothin more than gettin' out! I ought'a lay you out fer bein disrespectful, but I'll give ya it easy fer now." Engie would cross his arms and sit down on his level one sentry, the machine now locked onto Infinite, not firing either. The distinct noise it made, obviously, indicating that it wasn't going to hold any punches. "I expect ya to make an apology t'miss Tikal here, and 'er friend Chaos. If ya don't, I'm 'fraid I'll have to take her place fightin'. Crash 'n' I ain't given fer playin' fair, I hope. Only means yer outnumbered three to one." That last bit sounded sinister, as if some crawling, dangerous side of Engineer was scooping up. Some sort of sadist who loved to see people like these taken down a notch.

Talk about guts.

ENGINEER
HP: 160/160
Status: Normal
Metal: 70/200



Sentry
Status: Operational
HP: 140/140

[Coolshaymin]

"Do you know him?" Tikal asked Chaos who merely seemed to make bubbling sounds in response. "... No, he does not know him either. He's a complete stranger to us," the Echidna answered, again understanding the water sounds perfectly. "Apologizing for telling the truth is a sign of weakness. You and your bandicoot friend are no threat to me. In fact, I think you miscounted. If the other two won't fight, it's 2 on 2," Infinite announced.... What was he talking about? Just then, there was a flash of red around the entire area that seemed to do nothing... Until everyone looked at their rods and Engineer at his clothes. The red color he changed to Blue in an instant!.... That was not good for the weapon's targeting systems.

(Dell! Infinite turned your items blue to mess with your targeting systems, now everyone is a target! Everytime the turret attacks roll a 1d4. Depending on the result, the turret will pick a random target. 1 is Tikal, 2 is Crash, 3 is Dell and 4 is Infinite. Talk about a cheap magic trick.)

The music changing in everyone's heads to one of very obnoxious dubstep, Infinite began to speak once more... Kids and their blasted music and edgelords. "Now, since you are such a simple minded fool, I shall translate for you. You may call me Infinite, and I am the Tallest of Mountains, the Roughest of Waves...." Infinite began to quote his own theme song as he grew to a massive size right before their eyes and summoned a wave of cubes right to them!

(Everyone! Infinite is using a Phantom Ruby Wave towards you. Roll a 13 or higher in DEX to evade. Failure results in 15% damage but worst yet, you will be effected by Phantom Ruby's Curse for a duration based on a INT resist. This will cause you to take a -2 INT penalty to all Phantom Ruby illusions Infinite uses)

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"I am the toughest of terrors, I am the darkest of days!" he continued reciting, the edge was enough to cause Tikal pain. Fortunately the girl was able to curl up and jump over the cubes in time, Chaos turning into a puddle. Meanwhile, to emphasize his words, the gigantic jackal attempted to kick the Engineer to the side, literally. Though, if this kick landed, Dell would find his day getting a lot darker.

(Dell! Infinite is kicking you to the curb! Roll a 13 in Dex to evade. Failure results in 18% damage and the Blind Status)

"Guys, I wish I could help... but me and Chaos don't want to fight anymore..." The girl lamented, fortunately the Edgelord seemed intent on showing his dominance and was paying the two he deemed weak no mind. Maybe the two could get her to stand up for herself? "I will cut you down in a second, I was born in this pain, it only hurts if you let it, so if you think you can take me, you best go and forget it," Infinite continued to indulge himself in his own theme song... Clearly not realizing how bad it sounded even out his own mouth.

 
Infinite the Edge
HP: ?
Shield HP: ?
Status: Mega, Edgelord
Ability: ?

Tikal
HP:120/120
Shield HP:35
Status: Concerned

1d20

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"Right, he probably had similar info to us. Not that it won't matter how at this point." Crash pondered, done with his exercising and now ready to face Infinite. Thing is, though, a mysterious flash of red got through the whole group and...oh-oh. "Hey, uh, Dell. I think we need some new red batons." he commented, before noticing Infinite growing to a larger size and shooting a ring of cubes at them!

jMbpdtewp_1d20+1(Crash's dodging abilities are on point!)

"Now this won't need much of an effort!" Crash commented, jumping over the wave with ease. Tikal said to the duo that neither she or Chaos had an intent on fighting. That was a bad time to tread pacifist ground! ...More pressing matters come first, however. "Hey, can it, Infinitrash. Just because you can sing doesn't mean what you're spewing isn't horrible."
Crash insulted. "Have my EXTREEEME SPIN ATTACK!" The bandicoot then spun like a tornado towards Infinite!

p_1d20+3(Crash's Death Tornado Spin @ Infinite! 19%)
p_1d20+3(...and another Death Tornado Spin @ Infinite! 19%)

"Hold your breath, I am not finished just yet!" Crash stated, pulling up a TNT crate from his pants and gave it a light bap. A loud countdown noise as the crate changed to show a '3'. "Y'know, I always preferred these over Nitros. Those you can't even touch." 2...1...! "Though it's better if you don't underestimate the blast of these too!" Crash hurled the TNT crate, just when it was about to detonate!

p_1d20+3(Crash's TNT Hurl @ Infinite! 25%)

"Tikal, I know you are not exactly the fighting type, but if there's something I know about the world, is that not everything can be solved with words. One day or another, you'll have to stand up and fight, whether to save your life or someone else's. So...why not now?" Crash reasoned, trying to appeal to Tikal to take action. "And hey, if he called me weak, I'd do what I could to prove him wrong."

p_1d20+2 (Crash's appeal to Tikal)

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Crash

140/140 HP
45/45 Shield

Status: TNT Hurl CD (2)

1d20+1·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+2

[Deleted]

"Awwh hell, son, you're all cattle and no herd!" Dell laughed, crossing his arms and watching as Infinite began to talk more crap, rolling his lips and spitting, before realizing his sentry was now going haywire! This is why he built a kill switch. Dell fished into his overalls and brought out that destruction PDA, the bright red button on the front sticking up when he aimed it at the Sentry. "No worries, Crash, I got this!"

Dell used his destruction PDA to destroy the sentry gun! Sentry took 9999 and began to beep and spark wildly, shutting down and getting ready to blow up soon. Talk about useful! Now as for preparing for the next wave, Engineer ran towards... his sentry? It was a genius strategy, really.

XsQp8eoIp_1d20+1 (Dell has it, too!)

When those rings came about, the Engineer used the blast of his sentry's destruction caused by the pressure of his foot on it to leap over the first ring of cubes coming by, bracing himself for any other attacks that would come in, raising a brow when he noticed Infinite moving. Now this was his chance to get away! Dell turned his heel just as the fella teleported behind him...


p_1d20+1(And again!)

With that succinct prediction of Infinite's every move, Engineer let off a long laugh at the poor sonofa- ...wait we can't say that? Oh. The poor guy. While laughing at Infinite, Dell reached for his shotgun, leveling it to chest level to that teleporting madman to fire off a buckshot blast at Infinite's gut, ensuring that he wasn't in the same line of sight as Crash was so he wouldn't accidentally hit him with some buckshot.


p_1d20+1(12% Damage at Infinite. This probably won't hit.)

That first shot was a hail mary, causing Engineer as he was moving backwards to fall, holding his helmet onto his head, before firing off a second shot at the edgy guy.

p_1d20+1(Another 12%. This is not likely to hit either.)

Engineer didn't like how that one went out, almost losing his shotgun in the process. Afterwards, he chambered two more shells, ensuring he was able to get up at least...

ENGINEER
HP: 160/160
Status: Irritated
Metal: 70/130

SENTRY DOWN!
No Dispenser.

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[Coolshaymin]

Infinite crossed his arms and watched as the Mechanic destroyed his own tool just to avoid being shot by it. A noble effort but ultimately a foolish one as he chuckled darkly to himself even though everything he threw missed the Engineer was out of the picture as far as he was concerned. "You think you can hit me with your weapons. Only a weakling utilizes a tool like that to win their batt-..... Infini.... trash? Did you just.... Call me...? TRASH?! I AM NOT TRASH, TRASH BANDICOOT!" the edgelord threw back rather childishy. Thankfully Crash's clever tactics of literal trash talking threw the Infinite Edge off his game as he was spin cycled and bomb dried by the orange marsupial, sending him reeling back for a moment to recollect himself as he disappeared for a brief moment.

"I know that but...." Tikal replied to Crash. He had a very good point but what was she supposed to do? It's not like she was trained to fight, heck, she avoided physical training just to spite her dad so she was quite weak in body. How was she supposed to even fight back against someone as strong as him? (Tikal, have you forgotten already?)

Flashback

"No, Grandma, I haven't.  But why does my dad have to cause so much violence?" Tikal's Grandmother was doing chores while Tikal was sitting there. Not happy with being the daughter of a warchief. Unlike her dad, her Grandma was always there to support her.... until that day.... ".... Tikal, I am going to teach you how to have the spirits fight for you." "H-huh? How is that supposed to help?" "Listen, Tikal, I understand how you feel and am proud of you. Violence is much easier than peace and takes more willpower and determination to stay determined.... However, everyone is not like you. And sometimes to defend what or who you love you have to fight. Look, I am not telling you to join the troops, but just for self-defense, hm?" her grandma was going to teach her how to ally with the spirits. Have them aid you in all the ways they can. "....-"

Flashback End
".... Grandma..." Tikal muttered to herself looking down. "You are right, Crash. We will show him why it's bad to pick fights," she said, Chaos looked rearing to go. "I'll handle this one, Chaos. Let me use what my Grandmother taught me." "What your grandmother taught you! How adorable! You think you can beat me with some old lady slaps? You must be joking." Infinite reappeared and already was growing annoying. "Spirits, hear my call. Help me in this fight," Tikal closed her eyes and held her hands together before looking to Infinite and jumping up to him. With a punch, she created a Golden Fist in the shape of Gaia and slammed it towards him and then bringing it down to slam him into the ground.

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p_1d20+5

The Jackal got slammed right in the Phantom Ruby and got thrown to the ground as Tikal fell slowly, guided by air spirits. "Crash, thank you. Please have this protection," the Echidna thanked as a Golden Aura surrounded Crash as thanks.

(Crash! You are being defended by the spirits! For three hits you take half damage!)

Infinite shrunk back down to size, still laying there. Did they win that easily. "............. Hmph. You are not as weak as I thought. I have gotten all the data I need. Do THESE look familiar!" the Jackal called as he raised his arm and there was another flash of red, this time there was 3 three familiar faces there. Dr. Neo Cortex. The BLU Engineer, and... "Dad?!" the girl called in shock at the clone.

Infinite
HP:X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-O-O-O-
Shield HP: ERROR
Status: Cracked

Tikal
HP:120
Shield HP:35
Status: Normal

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[TheSpatialWeeg]

Crash couldn't help but laugh at Infinite's brief and sudden tantrum, especially when it got him some solid hits. Infinite soon vanished, leaving them with some brief downtime where it turned out that his words actually inspired Tikal to take up arms and fight too! "That's the spirit!" Crash encouraged even further, only to see Infinite suddenly come back and trash talk them some more. "Pipe down there, mate. You threw a hissy fit over me calling you 'trash' mere seconds ago, so you lost your punch and right to fire back, you big baby!" Crash continued to verbally beat down Infinite.

He made sure to watch Tikal's first action, as she empowered her fists with spiritual energy. After she slammed the jackal down and went back to the ground, she thanked Crash as he got enveloped in a golden aura. He felt far more resilient than he ever was before. "I'm just glad to help, Tikal." Crash replied, flashing a big smile at her. He then turned to face Infinite again. "I dunno about you guys, but I feel like it's time we go for an extreme team beatdown!"

...Well, that would be the case, but Infinite had another card up his sleeve. Another flash of red later, and three figures appeared facing them. One of them, Crash was very familiar with...perhaps a little too much familiar than he wanted to be. "...Cortex." Crash grimaced, staring down at the mad doctor. "Was this part of a scheme of yours, Infinite? Using our archnemeses against us?"

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Crash

140/140 HP
45/45 Shield

Status: TNT Hurl CD (1)
Golden Aura [halved damage] (3 hits)

[Deleted]

Dell sat up, and immediately looked around to find out where in sam hell Infinite had went, only to see him reappear after throwing a minor fit, and jumping when Tikal had shielded Crash. Stepping up to the plate, "Son, you oughta just give up. We're whippin yer tail end around like it ain't no thing. Ain't too late to apologize. I'm sure Crash and I here could escort you to a juvie cell while ya sort out yerself. Doesn't have to be like this." Dell laughed a bit, coughing as he put his shotgun on his shoulder, sad he wasn't able to reclaim all that metal laying around. Whatever, a few good whacks of his wrench and he could easily keep his reserves up. That was, of course, until... He appeared. Dell was fairly certain these were mirages, but he had a few things to say. The air between him and the jackal grew... sinister, darker than what Dell had usually been, a lot more.

Dell grunted, grinning a bit as he saw his old rival. That parallel Conagher. Not bad, if that nose weren't so big. "Y'oughta hide back at home under yer bed next time, little fella. Kids don't belong here on the battlefield, especially spouting about godhood. Yer nothin', you'll never fully amount to anything, even if you picked that pathetic little tail end of yours up and turned yer entire life around." Dell shook his head, broadening his stance a little bit, Too far gone, I'd say." While usually humble, and soft spoken, this was a bit he wanted out for a while now, lowering his shotgun and rolling his lips around, as if there was some sort of chewing tobacco or something in there. Spitting, and wiping his face, he lowered that gun out, simply keeping it level to the phantasms that arrived. "Now then, since you were so kind as to bring up yer little ghosties, sic 'em on us. Hide behind yer little duplications. 'Cause inside, you know you want in. You wanna fight us. I recognize that petty little glare anywhere. A kid that got slapped on his wrists." Swiftly After, Dell stood out near Tikal, back to her, gazing briefly over his shoulder. "Tikal, stick with me, Crash's glowin' you put on 'im still don't mean that they won't come for ya. Figure I should at least do more than run m'mouth."

ENGINEER
HP: 160/160
Status: Ready
Metal: 70/130

SENTRY DOWN!
No Dispenser.

[Coolshaymin]

"Hmph," Infinite merely folded his arms and scoffed, clearly still trying to keep up his act. "You have no idea how far I can and will go. You challenging me was the moment you all were too far gone. Should of left the kid and killer of an entire race alone when you had the chance. Now playtime is over!" Infinite declared as he unfolded his arms and poised them to his sides stretched like some galactic overlord. "Yeah, yeah, quiet down already, you are giving me a migraine. My poor head. You want me to take down the bandicoot right? Fine, I will gladly take that pest down," the illusion of cortex talked back, being a bit off but sounding identical. "Spy!" The BLU Engineer.... said abruptly before firing at Cortex who dodged to the side in a panic. ".... I think that one might be faulty..." Infinite muttered to himself. This experiment was going lousy so far.

"That's because you don't have the qualities of a leader," the other Echidna spoke as Tikal was hiding behind Engineer, the fight seeming taken out of her at the sight of her dad. "Why you! I created you!" Infinite yelled as that struck a nerve. "That in itself was a miracle... Tikal! You associate with the god that destroyed your entire people! Do you have no sense of faith for your people?"

"You're the one that attacked him! I tried to warn you but he was scared and went mad! If we never..." Tikal began to tail off. "Does not matter. I shall discipline you both either way," at this Tikal grasped the suit of the Engineer as she seemed really bothered... And who could blame her. "You two! Stop fighting and target the bandicoot to get rid of that cursed spirit magic so that I may hit him!" the elder animal began issuing orders to which the other two listened. "Stop giving orders! I control you!" Infinite was getting more and more annoyed. "... I guess you're just too weak to lead. Hiding under that mask because you can't even accept your own loss. You are not fit to lead," Tikal's dad stated firmly before throwing a golden spear directly into Infinite's Ruby, causing him to scream in distortion as it cracked before he vanished completely.

Meanwhile, the Engineer sat down a rocket turret to fire missiles at Crash while the Cortex shot his blaster at him.

(Crash! Engineer is using rockets against you with Illusion Metal. Roll a 12 or higher to dodge or take 16 damage. If hit, the next roll will take a -2 debuff to the dodge against Cortex's blaster which is a threshold of 13 or take 20 damage)

Meanwhile, Tikal's dad walked over to Engineer with a hand out while the other held his spear tight. "Now, Mr. Mercenary, hand over my 'daughter' and the so called God and I may let you and the orange creature live," the illusion spoke, apparently Tikal's memories of her dad were too strong for both the illusions and Infinite to handle and he has gained a will of his own.

Pachacamac has usurped Infinite!

False Pachacamac and the Illusions of Cortex and Engineer

HP: 250%

Shield HP: 100% (Only usable on energy or spirit based atttacks)

Status: Normal

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Whoa, the illusions talked too? Did they have a mind of their own or something? Well, it appeared to be so, since one of Infinite's creations started throwing shade at his creator. Truth be told, Crash would've gained some respect, had he not immediately turned around and antagonized his own daughter. "Okay, backpedal there, Pachawhatsyername. I don't think you are in position to punish your daughter. Whatever she did, she did it because she thought it was the right thing to do!" He defended. "I find that to be an admirable quality, something you should encourage!" He said before dashing towards the echidna boss. As much as he wanted to take down Cortex, taking down the head honcho first might be a better idea. Of course, being the main target did mean he gets some extra attention...

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p_1d20+1(Dodge rolls!)

Neither the BLU engineer nor his eternal archnemesis came close to hitting him. That bandicoot was feeling real nimble! As Pachamac was busy lancing Infinite to his supposed death, Crash pulled up a big bazooka from his pants! "Hey, old man! Open wide!" He screamed, shooting a...wumpa fruit at the echidna boss??

p_1d20+3 (Crash's Fruit Bazooka @ Phantom Pachamac. 30%)

After the shot, Crash jumped in the air and started plummeting down belly first on the enemy echidna, yelling all the while. Once he'd connect to the ground, a shockwave would spread that could hit the other two phantoms if they didn't pay any attention.

p_1d20+3(Crash's Super Body Slam. AoE, 14%)

After Crash brought himself back up, he stared down the echidna with a grin. Afterwards, he attempted to slide kick Pachamac! "Come on, old man! At least try to put up a fight. I'm feeling bored right here!"

p_1d20+3(Crash's Slide Kick @ Pachamac. 15%)

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Crash

140/140 HP
45/45 Shield

Status: Golden Aura [halved damage] (3 hits)

1d20+1·1d20+1·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3

[Deleted]

"Listen, hoss. I'm done." Engineer would state firmly, gloved hand gripping his shotgun tight, that bare hand behind him to cover an arm over Tikal, pointing his weapon firmly at the red animal-leader. Engineer's face was done down into a scowl, he'd done a lot more talking than he'd wanted to today, trying this 'peaceful route' everyone was so happy to try and preach to him about. Oh how easy it'd be if he could just talk to these fellas. No, he wasn't going to speak any further to a madman, any further to a creature who refused reason. Teleporters would be great right now, but sadly his schematics were burnt on the way to this planet. "I'm done playin' these here games, I'm done playin' fair and playin' nice, tryin' to give y'all a fightin chance by talkin'. You're not worth the breath." Engineer took a breath, setting his shotgun on his back, figuring a little plan to catch the sonofa[expletive deleted] off guard.

3v1|MWGkp_1d20(Wrench Swing @ Pachacamac. If it hits, deals 5% damage and grants Engineer 10 Metal)

Engineer started his movements backward by swinging his wrench upward at the old man, trying to smash his hand in the process of moving to push Tikal backward, and stand defensively over her. He was a country boy after all, raised on old southern ideals that included defending the innocent. He wasn't a knight in shining armor, but he sure felt like one right now. 

p_1d20+1
p_1d20+1(Both are Shotgun Blasts @ Pachacamac, dealing 12% damage on hit)

No more words to be spoken, no more one-liners. He was going to stand his ground and defend Tikal with his life. She reminded him of what it meant to be a Texan, and what it meant to be a mercenary. Do the job you were paid to do, respect your fellows, or die trying. His father taught him work, taught him discipline, and taught him never to back down in the face of a yellowbelly like this chieftain, but most importantly...

Taught him to stand up for what he believed in, and what he thought was right.

Finally, Engineer, reached down, if Tikal had moved with him to let him shield her from any surprise attacks, to lift her back up and keep himself in front of her.

(Engineer is currently ready to intercept any attacks made by the Phantoms to Tikal.)

ENGINEER

HP: 160/160

Status: Guarding Tikal

Metal: 70/200

SENTRY DOWN!

No Dispenser.

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