[Dragon Knight Volga]

"I breathe fire, not garlic," Volga snarled at Ecolo. "I have not underestimated you." He would have attack the infuriating, blue blob but an electric dragon came out of nowhere and grabbed him in its mouth before flying into the sky and exploding. This weakened the Dragon Knight greatly, but he wasn't going down without a fight. Volga decided to show them a real dragon and transformed into his Dragon Form for his own Final Smash. He let out a deafening roar and swooped back through the roof in a fiery attack.

[Rina]

"Whoah whoah wh- Oh?"

Lemres was near the point of dropping the cake, but he felt his balance stabilize with the help of Pit and Rider. With them holding up the plate up, the Comet Warlock was able to get his footing back and take full control of the cake. Whew, crisis averted!

"Whew...Thanks for the save you two."

Ah, but there's more to it. The Dark Wizard in his apron has come out of the kitchen with Arle's plate of curry. Schezo has absolutely no idea on what's going on, but the noise and crashing sounds are quite alarming that he's entered a battlezone.

"......Have I shown up at a wrong time?"
"S-Schezo?! Watch out for the fish!"
"Fish??? Why a fish?"

[TartoonHand94]

“Any time pal. Phew. That was way too close.”
Pit sighed in relief as the cake was stabelized thanks to the efforts of Lemres, Rider and himself.

“It is not safe for you out here."
Pit spoke to the cake with legitimate concern in his voice.

"Guys, we gotta get this cake back into the kitchen where it’s safe!”
Pit proposed to the other two.
Putting all his cake support into one hand, Pit used his other hand to cast a Guardian Orbitar shield in the direction of the fight in hopes of shielding the cake from it while the trio escort it back through the door.

“Now come one, let’s move. Steady now.”
Pit cautiously instructed.

[Coolshaymin]

Oh great... Figures that bumbling dark wizard would show up at the worst time! Thankfully Pit and the girl seems to have the cake covered... In response, Viridi tightened  her hold on the fish and spoke to it in a strange kind of hug. She tried to keep the Pokemon under her control before it can cause another incident.



"You are pretty destructive for a Magikarp. I bet you don't even need to become a Gyrados, huh?" Viridi commented, trying to buy some time but making sure she was subtle with holding him down. Losing that curry was a disaster waiting to happen.

"Dia....cute..." A shrill voice responded on Arle's hand. Glover... was capable of speaking? Either way he seemed to manage the words out and channeled Arle's Magic similar to how they worked together at the show. He created a Diacute Orb for Arle's collection to help contribute to taking down the Magikarp. It seems like he had a good idea where this was going and trying to speed up the process.

Kirby meanwhile stood ready next to Dedede and gave a firm nod in agreement. He was prepared to attack with his frenemy when suddenly the knight was blasted away. Then a dragon took his place. Kirby's stance broke in surprise at the  sudden appearance of a dragon.

[Mari]

Arle was a bit surprised to hear an unfamiliar voice. ...Huh. Her body was overflowing with magic. She needed to expend that somewhere, lest it she be left oversaturated and uncomfortable. ...How convenient! "Aaaand now~!" Arle remarked, pointing up towards the rafters. The magikarp, ever so content to be held by his new waifu, would be tossed into the air and begin flailing as he attempted to regain control of his momentum. It was no use, however, and he wound up right where Arle wanted him.

"Hea-Hea-Hea-Hea-HEAVEN'S RAY!"

Arle's stuttering voice was the only warning everyone in the room would get before a flash of intense warmth washed over the room, a ray of light rapidly focusing in on the magikarp before abruptly expanding into a supercharged laser of holy wrath. The warm hum of rapidly moving energy was heard followed by a crash as the magikarp was violently launched through the roof. Several beams crashed down around the curry shop as the roof was detsabilized, threatening to potentially injure an unwary combatant. If one paid attention to the newfound hole in the roof, they could see the magikarp flying off into the distance. Wow. He was really going! ...He probably wouldn't bounce back for a third round, right? That just left the issue of the grandstanding dragon knight attacking ... something and the distraught shop owner gazing up at her roof. Let's just hope Schezo's curry doesn't take any debris.

"Leave it to a fish to make me hungry for seafood in a curry shop~"

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Despite the ruckus that Heaven’s Ray seemed to cause, Red Amitie looked calm as the beam of light traveled at the fish and probably incinerated it to death. As the fiery Dragon Volga came down to try and attack, however…

“Time Stop!”

Red Amitie’s chanting made everything...stop. As the spell name stated, time has stopped on her command. After a moment of silence, Amitie began chanting.

“Flame!” She chanted firstly, throwing a fireball at the dragon...which stopped in midair. Not even her spells were immune to frozen time, however this could be used to her advantage.

“Blizzard!” She chanted again, this time summoning a hail of ice on the surrounding area in order to possibly freeze the dragon on the spot.

“Lightning Bolt!” She chanted one final time, calling over a self-explanatory lightning bolt to descend from the heavens before it stopped when it seemed almost ready to hit Volga. With that, Red Amitie turned away from the commotion before saying the following words...

“...Time flow now resumes.”

With that, time began to move again and so did her spells. Shouldn’t Volga be fast enough, he will take a fireball, a lightning bolt and winds of ice to his face. Despite this, Volga’s attempt at an attack came through….but who did it hit, if it hit anyone at all? Did he even had a target in mind at all? What was he thinking?! A mystery for the ages.

Regardless of such, Volga could not avoid what was coming next, and that was being 'Dark Binded' by Ecolo. The blob had a mischievous smile on his face.

“You call this an Ultimate Attack? THIS is an actual Ultimate Attack! ESPIEGLE!!” 

The Dragon Knight was soon assaulted by Ecolo’s Final Smash. A brutal beatdown with a bunch of lasers and slashes before sending him upwards with an uppercut...but this was nowhere close to being done. Oh ho ho, no.

Before Volga could maybe even process the uppercut, he was being pulled by a vortex of air...made by King Dedede. The royalty of Dreamland was using all his suction force to pull the dragon knight closer to him.

“Now y’are in my range!” The penguin proclaimed as he soon gave continuation to his Final Smash...by slamming his hammer thrice in Volga before bringing a bomb into view, exploding onto the dragon knight. “Go back to yer non-canon game, sucka!!” King Dedede said as he finished his Dedede Burst.

---

Rider was focused on keeping the cake stabilized. She didn’t intervene on any sort of thought process or ideas that either Lemres or that angel guy could have. So far, moving it to the kitchen was the better idea…

“A-all right...j-just keep a reasonable pace so I can catch up...okay, mister?” Rider said before trying to help move the cake.

---

Rulue kept herself on guard while keeping Arle close, despite both troublemakers being dealt with. ...Of course, Rulue seemed to ignore Arle’s witty comment...for a moment of two. at least.

“Such a shame. Wasted food is the worst type of waste.”

[Dragon Knight Volga]

Volga managed to dodge Amitie's attacks but was unable to avoid Ecolo and Dedede's Final Smashes. Ordinarily, he would have been turned into a trophy, but his Red Hot Shot activated, nullifying the damage and healing him a little. "You may have bested me, but you are not true warriors and I am not going anywhere." The enraged Dragon Knight then attempted to hit both Dedede and Ecolo with a final fire blast before flying out of the shop.

(Exit Volga)

[Rina]

As Lemres inched along back to the kitchen, things inevitably ran into a snag once the ceiling caved in from the spontaneous beam of light. In a panic, he had to take one hand off the platter to whip out the wand and blast away the debris coming his way. Not the cleanest way to get stuff done, but he didn't have much choice in the matter, really.

"Rissoler!"

Comet after comet, Lemres shot away the debris coming at him as covering fire. Seems he's safe for now, but what about Schezo? The debris is falling on him too, and it'll ruin the curry if he gets buried. Panic raced in Schezo's thoughts. If the curry was ruined on Arle's birthday, what would she think of him now? Would she want him dead because he failed to get a curry plate right over to her side?

Confound it all! All this effort only for this- Wait...

An idea came to mind. Schezo, normally, cannot outspeed the debris on his own. Normally. With quick thinking, Schezo whipped out a scroll to transform and get the heck out of dodge. His other form should have no trouble dashing out of harm's way. In a flash of light and a scroll unraveling, Schezo's appearance changed to that of a ninja once he shouted out the incantation.

"Shinobi...TRANSFORMATION!"

Without much time to think, Schezo disappeared in a puff of smoke, the debris crashing down where Schezo and the curry once was. Unless Arle was keen enough to turn behind her, the scene would certainly look like the Dark Wizard/Ninja got crushed under the ceiling chunks. It also appeared the same to the Comet Warlock, having only turned his attention once the cake is safe and sound.

"S-Schezo...? Is he...? Oh no ohno ohno...I think Arle's curry is ruined... Had I known the party was going to be this chaotic, I could've warned him ahead of time!"

[TartoonHand94]

It was utter pandemonium in the Curry Shop.
Had Pit been facing the action during this time, he wouldn’t been distracted, perhaps even blinded by the Final Smashes being utilized against the Dragon Knight Volga and the mad Magikarp.
He could only hear the noise feel the heat and gusts of wind emanating from the battle. His eyes and attention, however, were focused solely on the cake.

“I promise I’ll protect you.”
He swore nobly to the cake.
Maintaining his Guardian Orbitar shield keeping debris from the battle from flying horizontally into the cake. Pit did surprisingly well to help stabilize the cake with only one hand.
Unfortunately, after successfully having the Magikarp and Volga being blast up and out through it, the roof began to react upon the damage it sustained.
A stronger torrent of debris began to fall from the ceiling. Lemres even had to take his hand off the cake’s holding platter to deal with the debris coming down at them from above.

“Hold on tight, Little Lady!”
Pit urgently warned Rider as fast as he could.
Thinking quickly, Pit threw his other Guadian Orbitar, which would float and over around or over the nearest object to it, over the cake to act as a shield above the cake. This should give Lemres a chance to take a break from sharp shooting and put both his hands back on the cake as Pit quickly did his.

“There we go. Okay we’re almost there! Move! Move! Move!”
Pit continued to coach Lemres and Rider as they were almost to the door.

[Coolshaymin]

As Arle, began her FS, Viridi prepared herself before chucking the Magikarp up into it and watch it be blasted into oblivion. "Finally. I feel that Magikarp's pain just from keeping him busy. Flirting with a fish is not my idea of a fun time. Oh well, he saw the light of messing with a party and I suppose that is all that matters," Viridi stated now that that disaster was over... As the shop fell down around them. "That guy was about as much of a mess as this shop is now. I suppose it's only fitting that Volga is as hot headed as a fire dragon," Viridi continued as the draconic warrior fled the scene.

"At least nothing important got destroyed... Well, other than the roof and a bit of the walls. It could be a lot worst for us. The owner on the other hand, not so much," Viridi continued as two trees formed over her and Arle and those near them to shield from debris. "Hey, Pervert Ninja, you going to just spy on unsuspecting girls or give her your present?" Viridi finished to Schezo who apparently took notice of his disappearing act.

Kirby watched as the dragon guy was assaulted by powerful attacks... Ow, good thing Kirby was not some kind of trouble maker. "Not going anywhere, huh? I guess dragons do taste like chicken!" Kirby joked before going back to his candy. He took a few into his mouth with ease before speaking up to Dedede. "... Hey, Dedede. Why are you being so protective all of a sudden?" Kirby asked... as if he was somewhat suspicious of the king's concern and desire to defend Kirby despite Kirby being a strong fighter on his own. Well, he always did have a bit of trust issues with the self-proclaimed King of Dreamland. Right after asking this, Kirby began looking up at Dedede's eyes, then his arms... Then his belly as if he was expecting an eye or mouth to come out or something. "You aren't possessed again, are you?"

[Mari]

Meanwhile, Jester Guy just sort of ever so slowly eased his way up and attempted to casual walk his way out of the curry shop in hopes that no one cared enough to pay attention to him. He'd been playing dead for some time now but was ready to go track down that fish go somewhere he wasn't liable to get violenced at a moment's notice.

((All Party crasher threats have been neutralized. Begin finishing up any unfinished business. The thread will end once presents have been given, food has been tried and a final happy birthday has been said.))

"Want to join me for some fish curry next time we see him?" Arle asked ever so light-heartedly, seeming to have no problem with eating a jerkish pokemon. Call it what you want, that was a fish and fish were lunch. Duh! Her vision was quickly obscured by two trees, easily distracting her and preventing her from noticing Schezo's little stunt... at least until it was pointed out to her. For now, she positioned herself between Rulue and Viridi, turning her attention to the nature goddess "...That was pretty cool of you. Remind me to make it up to you sometime~!" Arle remarked knowingly. Who needed to flirt with a fish when you could flirt with a deity themselves? Much funner.

"Oh, is it present time~? ...I honestly wasn't expecting many gifts, especially from Schezo Wegey. Did someone say he made curry..??"

Over by the kitchen, Raffine poked her head out with concern just in time to see Schezo's stunt and promptly freaked right out. "Why are you worried about the food??" Raffine snapped, rushing to the collapsed debris and promptly summoning her strength to begin painstakingly pulling it away in search of her prince. Watching her move all that heavy wood was impressive, especially given the beautiful outfit she was putting in danger handling it all. "Prince Schezo's been hurt!" Raffine went on to remark,heaving a particularly large piece of debris out of the way with a grunt of strain. ...Wait--This wasn't right. She was quickly clearing a lot of debris, but she couldn't see any semblance of Schezo within. Raffine collapsed to her knees and sifted through the debris a bit more, only to find herself at a loss for her prince. Unable to grasp how this was possible and intensely frustrated, Raffine just sort of sat there, unable to stop anaylzing the debris as if searching for something she'd miss. N-No. This couldn't be! He was gone! He couldn't be gone! ...She hadn't given him permission to leave her alone...

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Amitie watched Volga fly off to who-knows-where before she pulled in a chair and sat on it. The time stop wasted a lot of her energy for something that didn’t work out at all. Just then, Raffine showed up after being absent by the whole fight. What was she doing when they needed her the most?

The Puyo-capped one shot at the 'proper lady' that only said 'Why didn't you come here sooner?'. Was Amitie...disappointed? Or was she simply wondering? These questions would probably linger for a while...

...because the bubbly girl simply took a heavy breath and began resting. Amitie currently not available to help, please come back later. Rider probably had the gifts on her to give the birthday girl.

---

Ecolo dodged the flames before noticing Volga flying away, calling them ‘not true warriors’. Huh, what a weirdo. Do true warriors crash parties for the fun of it? Huh, weird morals that dragon guy had. Regardless...with the day saved, Ecolo could present Arle his little gift.

“Arlie, this is a gift from me~!” Ecolo said before dropping a gift box to the birthday girl...rather blissfully unaware that she was commemorating her birthday.

Inside the gift box there was a few odd room decorations. A few galaxies and stars, possibly made by Ecolo himself. The blob didn’t wait for Arle’s reaction before he went back to his curry...or whatever was left of it after the whole ruckus. Had he even finished it?

---

Rider had noticed the fight end and quickly notified the other two cake carriers about it.

“Hey…! The dragon guy and the evil fish are gone...! We can keep the cake here now...” she said before noticing Amitie resting on a chair. The smol girl wanted to check up on her, but unfortunately, cake was important, so...she'd have to help them redirect the cake to a table.

---

Rulue...didn’t say anything in response. In fact, she became...actually very quiet over the past moment or so. Has she been even paying attention to what Arle just said? Well, not really. She was back onto tormented thought land.

". . ."

---

Dedede took the fire strike with a ton of pride onto his face. “Hah. Try eatin’ more spice, draco boy!” He teased the already-gone Volga. Taking a deep triumphant breath, he listened to Kirby’s question. (Of course, he tried to shrug of the possession bit with a weak laugh.) Should he bother with that…? He eventually shrugged.

“Someone oughta keep an’ eye on you, don’t ya think?” Dedede asked Kirby rhetorically.

[Rina]

Did Viridi...

...just call Schezo..

...a pervert?

Schezo's anger quickly went into a rage breaking point, exploding into a single line that expresses his absolute hatred of being called that.

"DON'T CALL ME A PERVERRRRRRRT!"

...and it echoed into the sky.

"......Well...he's alright, if that outburst meant anything..."

After that awkward pause, Lemres looked around if tehre was anymore chaos to be had. True to what Rider said, the crisis seems to have been averted. Lemres nodded, looking around for a sturdy, intact table to place the cake down on. There was indeed one that is in good condition, albeit needing to dust off the debris.

"This way you two~ I see a table where we could put this down on."

Schezo took a moment to regain composure, before serving Arle the curry he made. Though, he is highly suspecting Arle will just slap it out of his hands because of, well...being Schezo. Who would want to associate with him, no matter how good his cooking is?

"....Here. I wasn't sure as to how spicy you desire it to be...Happy Birthday, Arle..."

...And he just stands there just waiting for Arle's reaction to tasting it. If she does so, anyway.

[TartoonHand94]

Pit and his pastry protection posse had barely made it through the door by the time the ceiling collapsed on the party. 

By the time the dust settled, Pit Lemres and Rider were still carrying and shielding the cake. 

Pit opened his eyes upon Rider informing them that the fight was over.

“Phew. Talk about a Birthday Bash. 

“But at least the most important party guest, the cake, is safe and edible.”

 

“Great job team!” 

He congratulated them both.

The ceiling had collapsed And they idolize him

“Oh that table there? I got it.” 

Pit volunteered to clean it. 

Standing with his back facing the table, Pit blew off all the dust with heavy flaps of his wings.

“ ’Never said they were Totally useless.”

Pit shrugged, dusting off the residuals using his feathers as well, a feather duster.

The table was set and the cake could finally be put down.

“Now there’s just one thing to worry about...” 

“Who’s getting the first slice?”

---

Across the room, out from under a pile of ceiling debris popped Popo’s dusty head.
“Someone say cake?” He asked looked around. “Hey where’s Nana?” His concern immediately became. Nana? Where are you?” He called out, shoveling through the debris as deeply as he could. Finally finding something he pulled Nana up and out of the debris with all of his might. “Nana! Are you okay?” Speak to me!” Popo pleaded.
“Someone say cake?” Nana asked, finally coming to.

[Coolshaymin]

With the battle over, Glover ejected himself from Arle's hand to a table. Afterall, did not want to accidently get your glove dirty with curry... Or at least Glover did not. He was not sure if he was dry clean only or not... 



"Sure you are not. Why would I assume that?" Viridi taunted sarcastically.



"Well, for everyone else it might as well be. Remember what I said, Arle? My special present I can only give you when we go back to the Lunar Sanctum after the party. Don't worry, it's worth the wait," Viridi answered to Arle before looking towards the cake.



"... Speaking of waiting... Hold on..." The Nature Goddess walked over to the table with the others that had the cake.



"Not so fast, Pit! Didn't Palutena ever tell you the person the party is for gets first slice?! Just because you are playing hero again doesn't make you special, you know!" Viridi lectured Pit while pointing a finger at him accusingly.

Glover watched Viridi exit and thought about what she said... Present? He was unfamiliar with this tradition so he did not even consider it... The glove stared into space for a moment before his eyes widened with an idea. Right... which spell was that again? He did not really ever use it because he never had any use for it being one handed... Glover took his rubber ball and spun it until it turned into a green gem which was it's true form that he never uses because it is easy to shatter. In a light the gem split into two green gems. Glover pushed the duplicate green gem towards Arle and waved... As a copy it did not really hold the magic of his ball but it was pretty at least... Right?

Kirby stared up at Dedede and turned his body slightly as if he was trying to imitate tilting one's head. He seemed to consider Dedede's words for a moment and the experiences beforehand... Was he really okay with the King wanting to watch over him? "..." Kirby got grabbed the bag of candy King Dedede gave him and walked to the King and paused for a moment... Before poking him. "Tag! You're it~!" The Puffball declared before running out of the store... It seemed Kirby has at least accepted his rhetorical question.

(Exit Kirby)