[Coolshaymin]

QwmJqZOLp_1d20+4(Ariados failed struggle in advance)

The Galvantula seen no threat in the flour magic oddly enough given it's harm to it's friends. Still though, the Electric Bug remained resilient to the bitter end. It dodged left and right as the Horseshoes came flying at him. It would seem the Galvantula would last for another round!... That is until the final one clocked the insect on the noggin and caused a purple glow before it reverted into a trophy. Probably late to mention all the spiders were infected and that was probably why they were more unnaturally aggressive than usual.

The Ariados meanwhile put up no struggle to the ice it was imprisoned in... Might be best to just leave this guy alone... He might need some infected time to himself to recover from this humiliation. This must be why he is such a forgettable bug type. Anyway, Kirby waved the wand and declared "Parfait!" again before creating candy like Lemres and eagerly feeding himself... Looks like he was after the siren's call of sweets after all.

p_1d6+2(Kirby's Parfait)

Kirby nibbled on the candy for a moment before speaking. "Hiiiiii!" Kirby greeted with a wave. "I'm Kirby! Glad those noisy bugs are gone," For a moment, it is almost as if an Ariados somewhere let out a frozen tear. "... Why is the forest so purple?" Kirby questioned for a moment as he looked around... He seemed easily distracted.

Ariados Popsicle
HP: Who cares?
Status: Curse you Gen 1!!!!

Lemres Kirby
HP: 17%
Status: Normal

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[Rina]

"Is that all of them?"

Lemres looked around, seeing the Spinarak nowhere in sight, and the Ariados being frozen for the entire battle. Well...Guess Glacage worked a bit TOO well all things considering. If Sig were around here, he'd probably be not too happy to see what just happened. Though, considering they were gigantic and hostile, would that make him reconsider? Who knows?

Well, in any case, things seem to have calmed down a bit, enough to trade greetings with Kirby.

"And hello to you too~ I'm Lemres. As for why the forest is purple, I'm one of the people here to investi-"

And followed a cough. He's still kinda feverish from the poison.

"S-Sorry about that. I haven't got over that poisonous attack..."

Damage: 18% 

Status: Poisoned (3)

Glacage Cooldown: 0

[Deleted]

After the last of the spiders were destroyed, Theodora smiled before running towards Kirby and Lemre's, hoping to learn more about Kirby's origins and try to finish the mission. "That's the last of them, hello, you must be Kirby." Theodora said as she looked at Lemre's who coughed. "I hope that's not contagious, especially from a mage...They sometimes pass diseases on sorcerers out of spite, and this Is coming from an witness who saw a girl die from an illness because a boy coughed on her." She said to the mage before looking back down at Kirby, who wondered why the forest was so.

Purple.


"Oh, the forest? That's part of the starvia, a virus that has taken over this very realm your on, usually the virus doesn't strike here, but now It did...For some reason, I'm Theodora Personne by the way."


Damage: 10%

[Coolshaymin]

Kirby tilted his head at Theodora's explaination. Starve Via? A Virus that starves people?! Who would create something so twisted! Kirby had a gut instinct he knew who it was given the chaos at his castle. That Dedede just never quits with his convoluted schemes... When was the last one again?

Breaking Kirby's train of jumping to conclusions, a familiar flower popped out of the ground. "You IDIOTS! I could of infected Kirby had you two NOT listened to me! But no, for some reason you guys love to walk into traps! I thought for sure you would choose one of the other paths because of your obvious lack of trust. Well, that plan failed... Doesn't matter, guess I am just going to have to infect you three anyway, huh?" Lovely yelled, apparently dropping her act of concealing information rather fast.

[Rina]

Kirby doesn't seem to get it... Well, time to explain some things. If it still doesn't work, at least Lemres gave it a shot.

"Don't quite get it? Well, if the virus gets you, you'll end up losing yourself. Your free will is forfeited to the virus, and they'll use their control on you against everything else, and with greater force too."

He would explain further, but then the flower came back to angrily berate the trio. Lemres just kept calm and refused to give the flower a reaction. Any sort of reaction would be an indication that Lemres is buying into it. Is it an empty threat, or an actual one? Lemres is known to keep himself ambiguous, so might as well keep his emotions like that too.

So it was a reverse psyche. Well...I suppose it was good we listened to it, but what of the third option then? If this first route was intentionally a trap, it'd be safe to assume it's a dead end. Or is it even a dead end?

Damage: 22%  

Status: Poisoned (2)

[Deleted]

Theodora noticed that Kirby was confused, so he keeled down to the little guy despite almost being the same size. "It's ok, you'll learn more about what's happening when we get to this big bubbly shelter called the Life Sphere, ok?" Theodora said to Kirby, as she turned to hear a familiar voice, Lovely, who was actually evil and planned to infect Kirby with the starvia, now that her and Lemre's found him...She was going to do It to the trio now.

"Wow, that wasn't a surprise." Theodora said sarcastically as she spoke back to Lovely, looking at a tree nearby the group while doing so...Before looking back at the flower.


"Back off Lovely or else I'll get some garden shears to cut off that disgusting little flower body you have, your never going to infect us, In fact the person that's most likely to become infected In these woods are you."


Damage: 10%

[Coolshaymin]

Kirby gave an oh sound before nodding to Lemres... That did sound a bit less King Dedede now that he said that. In fact, the king usually got mind controlled instead of doing it. There is no way he could pull it off on other people... Unless he understood it that well... The familiar enemy to Kirby was the nearest problem however.

Kirby nodded in agreement with Theodora threatening Lovely. He pulled out his sword to help get the point across... Why would she be interested in infecting them anyway? Why did she want them to lose their free will? It's not like she could control it, right?

Lovely stared with a shocked expression at Theodora's retort... Before she suddenly began laughing uncontrollably. "You really don't get it, do you?" Lovely stated in between laughs. "Don't worry about little old me getting infected. It's very flattering that you would pretend to care but it's really not necessary. You see, I was telling you the truth earlier. There is something deadly down the middle path. Whispy Woods is this way. He is in fact infected and a spreader of it through the forest... But I never said he was the source, did I?"

"You see... I may of left out one... tiny little detail... I can't get infected!~" She claimed cheerfully. "Actually, that might not be completely true. I can't get infected because I AM Infected,~" Lovely added to her prior claim. "If that is true then why do I seem to be acting of my own accord, you ask?" The flower continued with no one actually asking that. "Well, I am a little bit of a special flower, or a special infected rather. I can act freely and control whatever group of Infected I want. I also have the special trait of being able to control and spread infection through all varieties of plant. Let it be your everyday flowers, trees, grass, fungi, plants a little bit more sentient like Whispy Woods, Plant Based Monsters, Grass Type Pokemon, you name it!~ I can not only gain complete control over their memories and minds but I also can use them to SPREAD it to MORE plants! Isn't that wonderful?~" Lovely finished revealing.

[Rina]

"......"

Lemres continued to be deep in thought after hearing that story, but taking it with some skepticism. If that is 100% true, then wouldn't that still lead to the violet forest they're in right now? Couldn't that flower's ability to manipulate the virus lead to spreading it to Whispy? Lemres is completely silent, trying to consider what actually is the truth. If there is another person behind what seems to be the prime suspect, then there'd definitely be something real screwy going on. As it stands, being a Carrier-type infected seems too good to be true. He might have to consult the medical staff about this.

Damage: 26%
Status: Poisoned (1)

[Deleted]

Theodora was shocked at Lovely's true motives, and that she was actually a special infected who was probably going to spread out of the woods and Into unknown territory's of LI. She asked If her plan was wonderful to the trio. "It's disgusting." Theodora said to Lovely as she took out her wand and aimed It at Lovely...However she quickly shot horseshoes...Above Lovely for some reason, completely missing her.


h8CB21Rop_1d20+4(The Horseshoe shot that missed the intended target...Or so It seemed.)

The Horseshoes missed...And hit a nearby tree, Theodora intended for the tree to be cut free from It's roots and fall on Lovely. She waited for the tree to fall as she looked back down at Lovely. "By the way, I never intended to hit you." Theodora said as she looked back at Lemres and Kirby.

"We should take a few steps back now."

Damage: 10%
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[Coolshaymin]

Kirby did not fully understand what was going on... But this flower definitely seemed like the Bad Guy at the moment. He went to go forward to slash at Lovely despite her not seeming bothered by them. He was distracted however as a Horse Shoe flew past him and into a tree... Which caused the tree to shake a bit... But it did not seem to do much more than that. A few purple apples fell out of the tree but other than that, it would seem Horse Shoes did not beat tree.

"..." Lovely turned her top to the tree Theodora hit before laughing. "You really thought THAT could knock down a tree? You are a very naive girl, aren't you? Not that it would of mattered much anyway. You do know that the Starvia boosts the power of those that are infected by it, right? So it's safe to assume one that can be made to be a cut above the rest like me is no different, right? You guys have no hope in stopping me here, you see. This entire forest is under my COMPLETE control! I have the home field advantage and that means this is game over for you. That is way too sad, isn't it?" Lovely mocked, pretending to cry before snapping back to her usually spitefully cheery tone. "Tell you what though. I am not against playing with my victims. So let's play a game. If you can survive long enough I will tell you how to purify the place! However, you lose and I will feed you to Whispy Woods where you will wait to be my new minions!~ Sounds fair, right?" Lovely challenged without waiting for confirmation.

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"Great, show me what you have then!" Lovely started the match. Kirby felt the ground rumble under him for a second before he knew what would happen if he stayed still. The pink puffball cartwheeled to the side just as a tree root busted out of the ground and attempted to skewer him. Lovely then shot her... face(?) at Theodora which grew a bit before it attempted to close around her and trap her inside the petals and drag her back to the stem.

(Theodora! Lovely is trying to engulf you... with her head.. Anyway, roll a 16 or higher to dodge. Failure results in being ensnared and unable to move inside the flower. Roll a 15 or higher to break free if this happens. You take 15% damage on capture.)

Meanwhile, a thorny vine came down from the trees above Lemres. If he was not fast enough, the vine would wrap around him and drag him off the ground and into the air. The thorns look like they hurt.

(Lemres! Roll a 16 or higher in DEX to evade the vines! If you get hit, you get dealt 12% damage and lifted off the ground. Roll a 15 or higher in Strength to break free.)
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[Rina]

So we're engaging with the plant anyway. True perpetrator or not, I might as well.

Lemres whipped out his wand, ready to fight back. But before he could retaliate, there's the vines that lashed out to try and get him in a bind.

"Uh oh!"

(Lemres' evading dive!) ubP5fQjMp_1d20-1

He just dodged the vines in the nick of time, tumbling himself to safety. It wasn't something he'd normally do, but anything to stay safe, right? With the wand in his hand, he shot a series of comets at the flower.

"Rissoler!"
(4% per hit, 10% Burn chance)

Comet 1: p_1d20+5
Comet 2: p_1d20+5
Comet 3: p_1d20+5

After his spell, he managed to shake off the poison that was lingering in him. With the poison gone, he should be able to patch himself up without it canceling it out.

"Parfait!"
(Self; Heals p_1d6+3%)

Damage: 25%
Status: Poisoned (0)1d20-1·1d20+5·1d20+5·1d20+5·1d6+3

[Deleted]

Theodora watched as her tree plan...Fell short literally as Lovely managed to dodge and went on a speech about how naive Theodora was. "So, I got those kinds of speeches all the time, I think I got used to them, especially giving the fact that the one that's saying all of this Is a talking flower." Theodora said to Lovely as she offered a solution, If they can survive her rein of terror, then they wont be infected with the starvia. Before Theodora could have a chance to say anything, Lovely already made the decision and started to attack the trio.

Starting with Theodora.

Lovely grew and tried to eat Theodora as she gasped. "Not today, definitely not today." Theodora said as she tried to get out of the way from Lovely on time.

LvoTaNvyp_1d20+3(Oh no poor Theodora.)

Theodora...Got eaten, but she quickly tried to escape from the inside of the flower. "Come on, I can do this, even If I'm...Inside of a flower." Theodora couldn't believe she said that, but she needed to break free and get back to Lemres and Kirby again.


1+7=8(The power of horseshoes can not always help you out In a pinch.)

Unfortunately just as Theodora thought she could escape Lovely, she was still trapped and couldn't move.

"I'm having trouble In here, I see If I'll get out soon!"

Damage: 25%1d20+3·1d20+4·1d20+4

[Coolshaymin]

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Lovely held Theodora captive in her flowery head. She slowly absorbed the life force of Theodora the longer she was trapped in the bud. She would slowly start to feel more and more tired as Lovely consumed her energy like a parasite. While that was happening, Lovely created thorny walls that blocked Lemres's attack with full power. It would seem Lovely was hard to hit despite the power in the end of the spell.

Kirby was determined to aide his friend however as he ran toward the monster flower and floated over the thorn walls as they retracted into the ground. Kirby pulled out his sword and slashed through the stem in a dashing strike. It would seem his blow was strong enough to break through the defenses of the powerful flower. Kirby then turned around and tossed his sword at the flower.

p_1d20+3

The sword flew at Lovely but instead got implanted in a bark shield. Kirby was not giving up as he was already running at the sword. Kirby jumped over the bark wall and swung his hammer at Lovely's bud.

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The Hammer collided with Lovely's bud and knocked it around. Theodora would be tossed around a bit but might notice the Hammer did not impact her. Apparently Lovely had to shield her to use her as a source of fuel. It also seemed to weaken her grip a little on the girl. It may be easier to break free but only for a split second.

(Theodora! Lovely is absorbing your life force! You take 10% of automatic damage this turn. However, Kirby managed to weaken Lovely's grip on you! The roll for this turn only is lowered to 12.)

Despite currently absorbing the life force of Theodora, Lovely did not let up. A tree shook near Kirby which signaled it was about to fall down. As for Lemres, a pod suddenly sprung up right in front of him. The floral pod seemed to leak spores for a second, and if he did not dodge fast the spore pod would explode and impact him with toxic spores.

(Lemres! Lovely is trying to blow you up with a spore pod! Roll a 14 or higher to evade it before it abruptly blows up. The explosion will deal 10% damage and inflict Sickness, Mind Melted, and Poison.)

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Kirby managed to jump back just as the tree was about to crush him... That looked like it would of hurt.1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+4

[Rina]

Shoot, those walls are quite tough to resist a firey spell such as that.

Lemres was about to cast another spell, but...

"A pod bomb!?"

(Get out of there!) aQbpZSGtp_1d20-1 (welp)

BOOM!

Sickness Status: p_1d20-3 (7 turns)
Mind Melt Status: p_1d20-3 (8 turns)
Poison Status: p_1d20-3 (7 turns...again)

Lemres got sent flying by the explosion, feeling all kinds of weird right now. He's all drained, light-headed and poisoned...again. This is probably as bad as the time he tried to abstain from candy to rely less on it. Maybe even worse. Well..he can't just sit around, and do nothing, he's gotta fight...somehow. The way he's chanting his spells sound like he's really woozy too.

"F-F-Fariner...!"
Hit 1: p_1d20+5
Hit 2: p_1d20+5
Hit 3: p_1d20+5

Damage: 39%

Status: Sick (7), Mind Melt (8), Poison (7)

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[Deleted]

Theodora struggled to escape from Lovely, but once she thought she could of find an exit, she didn't and now she was struggling to escape even more. "I got to get out of here, I need to work through this." Theodora thought as she tried once more to escape from Lovely and reunite with Lemres and Kirby.

"I can do this, I just have to try very hard..."

0ih8yAVlp_1d20-3(Almost...But she was still stuck.)

But she still couldn't escape even when she almost did.

"I'm going to die In here...Ow watch It!"

Damage: 35%1d20-3