[PolarStarQuote]

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Thunder crashed along in the sky, as the bright orange sky was obscured by dark black cloud, Creating a sad blue in the sky despite what anyone could of sworn was high noon. The air smelt of death, Plain and simple, as if starvia itself had a stench that resembled the scent of metal being smelted down from Ore into a weapon, Almost like how the starvia smelted down its inhabitants memories and thoughts, into a being of pure vile destruction.





The battlefield was set, As the sinking and rising ruins of a city once lost was, unfortunately tossed into the Essence Extraction Point stared through, only filled by the currently fighting and mulling victims of the Starvia Virus.



Starvia afflicted monsters turned against one another, as it seemed they attacked eachother out of hunger, or necessity. Ripping eachother apart, as it seemed almost too good how this was set up. A straight line, toward the big building that, presumably, Black Shadow resided...







Mario was currently looking into a device that had two screens, as he saw E. Gadd's face on the bottom screen, with a blinking dot on a map on the top screen. "So-a, E.gadd, When will we be ready to-a go??"




"Like i said Mario, ill let out a flare when Team Sonic has distracted a good amount of the camp, so you can get in there! It will be a basic fight to the top. Im sure you're more than used to it by ow mario, But, Keep in mind, Black Shadow will certainly have more power than you've seen in a while..."




"Ah, Its-a nothing! Remember that-a time i was eaten by-a the bowser, and fought-a cackaletta's soul?" Mario asked, his moustache triumphantly twitching.




"...I still dont believe you did that. Regardless, Just wait for the rest of your team to get there, they should be arriving any minuite. Were counting on you, Mario!"




"Haha, You-a flatter me E.gadd! I feel-a Super!" Mario said, raising a happy white gloved fist in the air, Jolted by confidence...

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"...Hm..."

Meanwhile, Inside the great tall building, At the top floor, Samus currently sat, tied against the pipe's of the old building, as a large, muscular man stood before her, wearing his tight spandex and cape.






"Hehehe....I can never get over how weak and pathetic you look, when you're under my rule, Miss Aran."



"And i cant get over how stupid you look when you....Well, I guess thats anytime i look at you."



"Heh. Always quick to your jokes. Do you not see the situation you reside in??"



"I do. And, i dont see you lasting for very long. Cause i know you wont hurt me." Samus said, rolling her eyes, as Black Shadow suddenly lunged forward, becoming face-to-face with her in an instant, his blank, white eyes staring into her uninterested looking blue eyes.



"You dont understand your position, worm! I, am the most powerfull being ON li! You WILL obey my rule!"



"No, You dont understand. If you had half a braincell shared between those horns of your's, you'd realize that you cant kill me, because im the only thing that could potentially save you if your previous leader came to kill you...And you know you arnt strong enough to take on all of them."



"Hee he hee....Come now samus, Surely you can see eye to eye with me...We could be so powerfull together. Nothing could ever stop us...I just ask that you put aside your tomboyish natures, and come to my side..."



Samus didnt reply, but instead moved her lips side to side, as if she was thinking on his offer.



"Haha...I see, not even you can resist my ch-"



Black shadow was interrupted however, when samus tilted her head back, spitting all the gathered saliva in her mouth into black shadow's face. "Not interested..."





"Grr....Ill make you pay for that..." Black shadow said, wiping his face off with his cape, before turning around, looking out the window of this bombed out building...

[Coolshaymin]

In the skies flew a golden monument. A very tiny shooting star that soared the sky with it's glorious beauty and sparkles. It seemed to be very off balanced falling star... almost like it was constantly changing directory to stay in the sky. And it also seemed to be getting closer to Mario... And closer... and closer... was that a pink sphere on it?

Kirby crashed into the ground and flew off the exploded Warp Star. Thank the demons that keep popping up that the monsters were busy mauling each other.... Wait, weren't they mind controlled? Oh well, Kirby slid to a stop and uttered one dizzy word. "Puuuuuyooo...."

Kirby shook his... body before jumping up and looking at the building. So they had to go through that to get to Samus? Did not seem that big a deal, Kirby has done this plenty of times. The Star Warrior then looked to Mario, who was one of the heroes he spent a lot of time with during the Emissary. "Hiiiiii!" Kirby waved.

[Mari]

"Mariooo~" a familiar voice called out, an incredibly cheery looking princess making her way towards him at a leisurely pace. She looked just as she could be remembered, untainted by the tests of time and starvia and kingdom loss. Few could be tested so hard without suffering a change in personality. Peach rushed to Mario and held out her arms, pulling him into a rather affectionate hug, a couple of tiny pink magical hearts rising from the top of her head as she shared a moment with her seldom seen hero. The moment would come to pass, however, and she would release Mario and turn to E. Gadd.

"It's good to see you both again."

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"Here I come!"

Also from the skies of the extraction point, came a...large figure, who seemed to be flying to the meeting spot. Contrary to what he did once, King Dedede came down gently to the ground, grabbing his hammer and resting atop his shoulder. "Huh, looks like I was a lil' late." The penguin commented to himself before coming closer to the group. And of course, just like he thought, there was Kirby. He simply looked at him and nodded in acknowledgement. He wouldn't bother fighting the Star Warrior now. There's a greater evil at loose, and they needed to work together in order to destroy him.

"King Dedede at yer service, Mario! So what's the plan?" 

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Jet Charge: [|||]-

[PolarStarQuote]

Mario looked up in the sky, seeing the shining star that was carying a pink puffball, immediately his eyes widening as he watched it crash before him. Mario's...rather bemused look to kirby was no doubt bringing forth quite an angry rant. "Mama Mia, are you-a crazy?! You could-a blew our whole mission you-a marshmallow treat!" Mario said, crossing his arms and tapping his foot, before looking back, watching to see if anyone was watching...


Thankfully, the infected seemed to look up at the bright light, before simply assuming it was lightning that was common around the Extraction point, before going back to there usual work. "Phew..." Mario said, before lifting his hand, about to continue his rant at the risky kirby. "And another thing! Were you really about to-a come here bright p-"

However, mario immediately stopped all of his rage, when he heard his name uttered by a lovely girl, who had brought him in for a rather sudden hug, Mario letting off a few hearts of his own. "Oh! Peach, I-its a god to-a see- P-P-PEACH?!" Mario asked rather confused, jumping back. "Y-you-a coming to this mission with us?? Oh mama mia..." He said, shaking his head as he felt himself a bit weak stomached to the idea of protecting an entire team, including a princess he risked himself for on more than one occasion.

Oh, Great, another one of these flighty types. "Oh, Looks-a like were all here..Now, Surely you-a all understand our plan here, right? When-a team First to Fall gives out the flare, we are-a gonna run in, into the center building. We start from-a ground floor, and work our way up, To Samus aran, and..."


"Black Shadow." After mario said that, lightning smashed across the sky, thunder roaring and growling like the belly of a hungry beast was before them. Truly a name so menacing, even the gods had to add a little flare to it. "So....For the moment, we-a just gotta wait, until we see the blue flare in the sky." Mario said, sitting down, taking off his hat and brushing it off. It was clear the plumber was not looking forward to Entering the Bull (Hah) Pit.

[Coolshaymin]

Kirby kind of stepped back at Mario getting mad at him. What did he do wrong exactly? Are you not supposed to crash Warp Stars into the concrete? Maybe he just did not like Air Machines. Maybe Kirby should of found a Dragoon and Mario would of liked that. What was he talking about again? Blowing cover?... What did that entail exactly? Kirby kind of just tilted his body as Mario yelled at him.

Thankfully, Peach distracted the plumber from yelling at the oblivious puffball. "Hi, Peach!" Kirby said excitedly upon seeing the princess he rescued back when Mario got sent flying... You'd think Mario would trust him a little more after that.

Then came the final part of their infiltration team... And what a memorable part of it it was as King Dedede himself came in. Kirby stood ready for a second before remembering they were in this together. Kirby jumped at Dedede and made to sit down on his shoulders since Kirby was not really feeling any reason to beat him up at the moment. If he was here with them, he was not the bad guy... right?

"Wait for signal then bash bad guy, right? Got it!~" Kirby stated his understanding cheerfully... In a really simplistic way.

[Mari]

Peach was somewhat put off by Mario's choice to disparage her presence. That... didn't feel too good. She emitted a little sigh, folding her hands before her pensively and glancing towards Kirby. "Hello, Kirby..." she replied, deep in her thoughts. "...I hope Samus is okay. I know she'll be in good hands once we get to her, though~" Peach mused aloud, returning to her cheerful demeanor at the latter part. Not even Mario making light of her abilities was enough to dampen her mood.

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Dedede only gave a quiet sigh in response to Kirby's piggyback ride 'request'. The pink Star Warrior was already comfortable on his back, he wasn't going to bother putting him down back on the ground. He listened thoroughly to Mario's plan recap. It was simple. Climb up the tower and save Samus while clobbering any kind of infected or villain at their way. Something the king was amazing at doing.

"A'ight, so we play the waitin' game until we get the signal?" Dedede asked. "Will do. Though that kinda makes me wonder if I should've brought a game to play..."

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Jet Charge: [|||]-

[PolarStarQuote]

"I, Uh....hm...Know what, Kirby, Just-a follow what i say when i say it, okay?" Mario said, hoping that kirby could atkleast understand the order "Attack" and the other order "Sneak," And hopefully be decent at both. Mario relaxed against a rock, occasionally peeking over to see the city that was a way's ahead of them. "Dont worry samus...Were on our way." Mario said, nodding with determination.


..A game huh? "Ooohhhhh, 99 koopa shell's on the wall, 99 koopa shell's! Take one down, kick it around, 98 koopa shells on the w-"

"No, None of that now!" E. Gadd said, immediately interrupting mario's annoying game. "Aww..." Mario said, sighing as it seemed that minutes began to pass, the sounds of a distant battle occurring as team First to Fall had started fighting...


Eventually, A Blue Flare, as told by mario, shot into the air with a distant whistle being heard, Mario jolting up. "Alright! Team, let's-a go!" He said, jumping up and starting to travel down the hill, to there fight.


Entering in from the right side of the city, Mario stood at the front of the party, strategically hiding behind buildings, peeking out to see if the coast was clear enough, until they arrived at a rather ruined looking building. And right at the entrance, it seemed opposition already awaited them.


Three tall, dark standing knights brought there blades down upon a poor, unsuspecting  member of there own platoon. It seemed this was at one point four knights, but they had mercilessly killed another of there kind, for some reason. Though, any Native Hyrulian could tell that these were Dark Nuts, feared by all...And these were enhanced by Starvia.



The Three Darknuts stood back at attention, hissing from under there helmet as they seemed entirely devoid of life, almost as if they were statues in there spare time. "Mama Mia...Those things are-a scary..." Mario said, before shaking his head, turning to the group. "Alright, Here's the plan...Dedede, you go in first,  since you're the biggest you can absorb the most-a damage. Kirby, you follow behind him, making sure to deal as many potshots as possible. Peach, i dont want you-a getting hurt, so you s-"

But, before mario could finish, one of the Dark Nuts loomed over him, casting a giant shadow over mario's entire body. "...S....s...." Mario slowly turned around, before suddenly, the Dark Nuts blade smashed through a good chunk of the cover mario was hiding behind, just to get to him!


Ka1HEtTzp_1d20+4=8 (Chances of hitting mario, 20% damage)



p_1d20+3=11 (Barely made it.)


Mario quickly dived to the side, eyes widened as the hard stone concrete the darknut slashed through slid off, falling to the side. The other two dark nuts turned to the group, letting out a loud, screeching hiss as they all three got ready for a fight.

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Dark Nut A
35% HP (Previously Damaged from fight. Right infront of mario.)

Dark Nut B
20% HP (Previously Damaged from fight)

Dark Nut C
0% HP

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Mario Quickly drew his hammer, bringing it over head and trying to smash the first offending Dark Nut overhead!


p_1d20+3=13


p_1d20-2=14

The Dark Nut barely side stepped mario's hammer swing, seething in absolute fury as he glared at the red Plumber. "O-oh mama mia..."1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20

[Coolshaymin]

Kirby rested on Dedede's back until he fell asleep. The king was a nice body pillow it seemed. He slept through the waiting game until there was the sound of rushing. Was the signal set up already? But he just started taking a nap. Regardless, the puffball opened his eyes and looked around. Yep, there was definitely three warriors of the infected kind. The Star Warrior listened to Mario but his plan had an issue... Kirby only had one ranged technique right now and it required charging time to use... And he had not been moving around enough to even think about using it.

The pink puffball looked at the set up enemies and noticed Darknut B was weaker than the rest. That probably would make for a good meal. Kirby jumped off King Dedede's back and ran at Darknut B. He let off a Smash Punch before following up with his sword.


Kkn48uaWp_1d20+3(Smash Punch. 7%)
p_1d20+3(Sword. 16%)

Kirby then opened his mouth at Darknut B and inhaled intensely. The air threatened to pull the suit of armor into Kirby's hungry gullet. The star warrior was eager for some food, whether it be infected or not. His belly is pretty much an empty abyss. He was sure eating these kind of things would have no negative impact.

p_1d20+3(Inhale and Swallow. 10%)1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3

[Mari]

Princess Peach just sort of averted her gaze slightly from Mario in response to his rather obvious request. She understood that he just wanted her to be safe, but the sentiment hurt her feelings more than anything. How could he ask her to sit on the sidelines and wait while the future of her kingdom and its citizens were on the line? Regardless, she remained silent as Mario continued to disparage her presence until they were rudely intruded upon. Wow! Haven't these knights ever heard of privacy?!

"Oh!" Peach blurted out. Had that knight just hissed? ...But it looked so human! Oh well... As intimidating as these knights were, she was sure Mario could take them. Just in case he needed a little aid, though... Peach tapped into her magic to bestow upon Mario a fiery viel of personified rage!

(Peach has bestowed Mario with 2 turns of rage vibe! For the next two turns all of Mario's melee attacks will have a 100% chance of burning any enemy they hit and any melee attack that hits him will burn the attacker.)

Princess Peach then inched her way around Dark Knut A while it was distracted by Mario, just sort of taking this opportunity to get behind the enemy. To her surprise, however, moving behind it revealed what looked like a weak point! Considering the circumstances, it seemed like a great opportunity for an attack. She promptly took a swing with perry, launching a magical blast of energy at the darknut's back!

6MndpS6dp_1d20+5 (Peach's Perry Blast @ Darknut A; Does 18% damage)

Peach then rushed in, eager to try and deal with one of the many darknuts quickly, and attempted to grapple the darknut using Perry's mouth!

p_1d20-3 (Peach's "Consume"; Functions as a grapple. If Darknut is reduced to 20 HP or less before Peach's next turn, he will be consumed.)

Princess Peach Damage: 0% Shield Damage: 0% Status: Vibe Charge (3) Vibe Powers Cooldown: 3 Turns Remaining

1d20+5·1d20-3

[TheSpatialWeeg]

It was rather obvious to the king that he'd be effectively the team's shield. He casually looked around, until SUDDENLY DARKNUTS! Great, the plan was thrown out of the window, at least for now. Dedede saw the group trying to hit one out of the three Darknuts available...except for Kirby, he went straight to the second. He quickly noticed the fact that Kirby was squishy and on his own. Instincts, go!

"'Ey! Leave some for me, will ya?!" Dedede asked rhetorically to Kirby as he threw his hammer to hit the Darknut!

UKUu9wERp_1d20+3(Dedede's Hammer Hurl @ Darknut B. 12% damage.)
p_1d20+3(Dedede's Hammer Hurl Back Trip @ Darknut B. 12% damage.)

Once his hammer was back at his hands, he quickly went over to the Darknut and attempted to strike.

p_1d20+3(Dedede's Hammer Strike. 19% damage)

"Nothin' personal, kiddo. But 'ere is too dangerous to be on your own! Stick together, a'ight?"

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Jet Charge:[|||]-

1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3

[PolarStarQuote]

Mario looked up at the raging darknut as it raised a mighty blade upward, preparing to strike the plumber with a mighty Helm Clever, Before mario took out his Giant Hammer, putting it up to defend himself as he was flat on his back on the ground, like a turtle, as the sword certainly cut into the wooden pole that the hammer was made of.


KoXoHHxIp_1d20+4=14 (Dark Nut A Slash)


p_1d20+3=8 (Mario's unfortunate block...)

Mario's hammer cracked more and more under the weight of the mighty knights blade, about to break perfectly in half unless mario went for a dodge, in which, He did!


p_1d20+3=14 (good enough.)

Mario suddenly rolled from under the Dark Nut, his hammer being slice cleanly through as the dark nut turned around, glaring directly at mario while seething in rage, putting its sword over its shoulder as it stumbled after the red plumber...However, Peach suddenly gave mario a gift that started boiling his blood with seething rage, making the plumber shoot up. "Alright, you armored-a freak! Lets'-a go!" MArio said, readying his hand full of fire before rushing forward, running onto the wall and leaping off of it, attempting to sucker punch this Knightly Dude in the face with Fire!

p_1d20+3=16 (Fiya punch-a! Deals 14% damage, 100% burn)


p_1d20-2=13

The Darknut was indeed slugged in its head, its helmet becoming super heated by mario's fire as it was suddenly burned! The Dark Nut gripped its shield, preparing to bash mario over the head, until noticing something trying to get behind it...

p_1d20-2=15

Too little too late it seemed, as Peach's Cherry Blast hit it directly in the weak point in its back, causing its armor to crack, as if it was about to shatter! 


p_1d20-2=17

However, the dark nut didn't get grabbed by Perry's umbrella, as it stepped aside for peach, winding his blade back, before trying to bash the princess's head with its shield!


p_1d20+4=15 (Shield Bash; Deals 18% Damage)

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Dark Nut:

HP: 51%

Special Trait discovered!: Dark Nut Armor; All damage dealt to the Dark Nut are halved!

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Dark Nut B, while certainly wanting to get at Mario's Moustache, It was unfortunately pre-occupied by a little puffball trying to punch it...


p_1d20-2=7

And Punched it was, as Kirby's hit made it stumble back a little, its attention changed directly onto the marshmallow fluff that had hit it, and was going to hit it again with a sword...


p_1d20-2=0 (welp.)

The Sword plunged into its armor, leaving a mighty gash into the darknuts armor, as it hiseed loudly, which had began transitioning into roars, Its gash starting to let out infected, poisonous air, stepping forward to try and attack Kirby...Which may just be what kirby wanted!

p_1d20-2=-1 (How do you e-)

Well, there was no chance of escape, as kirby has inhaled the infected enemy, Which was without a doubt one awful idea, But thankfully the Dream Warriors digestive system was something so stupidly ludicrous, The Dark Nut couldnt actually infect kirby to make a deadly warrior  from insid,e before being spit out!

(Kirby Has Obtained:  Dark Nut Wave; Projectile move, like Skyward Sword Link's Skyward strike, But with the element of darkness. Deals 20% Damage. Wisdom)

Well, Darknut B was on a much MUCH rockier start than his A counterpart, before then seeing a flying DEDEDE hammer heading at him.

p_1d20-2=17

The Darknut was barely hit by the hammer, backing up a bit, before watching it come back on the round Trip.

p_1d20-2=5 (I tell ya' this guy is having one bad day.)

And, he was clonked on the way back, growling angry as it raised its blade against DeDeDe's hammer!

p_1d20-2=15 (FOR ONCE HE DODGED!)

The Darknut avoided the move, Before winding back, energy coursing through his blade. before sending out that Aforementioned Dark Nut Wave, right at Dedede and Kirby!


p_1d20+1=17 (Deals 20% Damage, ranged.)

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Dark nut B

HP:57

Special Trait: Armored

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Dark nut C was watching this fight, starting to seem...Twitchy...1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20

[Coolshaymin]

c9Rl3SIzp_1d20+4(Kirby's nearly perfect dodge of the Darknut)

Kirby's ludicrously fast digestive system being his greatest natural defense as a Star Warrior gave him a helmet similar to the Darknut's. Kirby put his hands against the Copy Hat for a second as it was actually decently heavy. Suddenly Kirby heard the arrival of his old frenemy King Dedede as he approached to help him with the Darknut. Kirby looked up at him curiously for a moment at King Dedede at his suggestion to stick together. They did have a common enemy so working together would be fun and in their best interest.

Ready to use teamwork to take down a common foe Kirby nodded at King Dedede. "Yeah!" Kirby said happily. King Dedede was a lot less light weighted than Kirby so as the Darkwave came, Kirby flipped backwards and to the side to avoid the wave with great timing and get some distance. The king was much better at taking hits so being up close now that Kirby had a ranged attack sounded like a reasonable idea. The Star Warrior raised a copy of the Darknut's sword into the air and began channeling the power he instantly became very familiar with despite never trying before. He then swiped the sword downwards to send a wave of darkness at the enemy to support Dedede from behind.

p_1d20+2(Kirby's rather poor Dark Wave Copy)

It looked like Kirby still needed some practice with the technique. Deciding to get into the beat as soon as possible, Kirby swipped the sword up quickly to create another before swinging it back down again to create two more in rapid succession.

p_1d20+2(Okay, might be copying the Darknut's luck too...)
p_1d20+2(Final Darkwave Copy is finally decent)
1d20+4·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2

[Mari]

Princess Peach's eyes widened in response to the darknut beginning to turn on her. She could see she was about to get counter attacked even before she finished her umbrella blast just judging by the darknut's body language. One didn't usually turn like that without intent. Peach raised Perry to parry the blow, pun intended, using the umbrella's magical canopy to deflect the darknut's shield. The shield bounced off, a surprising feat given how much force was probably behind it. "Hi~!" (Mechanics Note: This is just flavor text for Peach's bubble shield.)

Peach flinched behind the umbrella, lowering and turning her head in a fearful manner. However, the moment passed and she would stand back up straight, shaking a finger haughtily at the knight in response. "That's no way to treat a lady, Sir Knight~" Peach lectured light-heartedly, mocking her opponent. Was there really an appropriate place to hit a lady? Not really, not in the sense that it was impossible for violence to be socially appropriate anyway. This was, of course, ignoring the fact that this was in no way a social situation. Peach would proceed to pull Perry back and give the Darknut a good WHACK over the head. If it hit, it would likely be followed by the crunch of metal being shattered. ...Probably. Maybe. Ouch.

YNPQfVFCp_1d20-3 (Princess Peach's "Frying Pan"; Does 32% Damage)

Peach then stepped forward, using what little momentum she had to push forward and strike out at the darknut with a wave of her arms that gave way to a lovely little rainbow! Could armor even block rainbows?! ...Maybe! Could rainbows hurt a lot more than they appeared? Definitely. The rainbow actually burned to the touch.

p_1d20+5 (Peach's follow up rainbow strike; Does 18% damage)

And finally, Peach performed a pirouette and attempted to grab the darknut with Perry again. Gosh, she must be hungry!

p_1d20-3 (Peach's "Consume"; Functions as a grapple. If Darknut is reduced to 20 remaining HP or less before Peach's next turn, he will be consumed.)

Princess Peach Damage: 0% Shield Damage: 28% Status: Vibe Charge (3) Vibe Powers Cooldown: 2 Turns Remaining

1d20-3·1d20+5·1d20-3