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((I am taking full GM Reign of this thread from here on.))

"Aaa, Just shut up already!" Sonic would yell in reply to Arle's speech , Shivering a little from the frigid air before planting his feet. After all, he dealt with ice caps before, this couldn't be much colder, after all! Sonic began running across the icy ground, Heading straight for Arle, Before spinning into a Spindash in order to directly homing attack into her very face...Until, The Massive blade of Sheer ice suddenly smashed into the Spinning Hedgehog, Whom just spun in the wrong place in the wrong time, causing him to let out a sudden and uprupt "G-grrAAAHHK!!!" In Agony, as a sheer visage of Sonic's very being cleaved in two from the ice could be seen, The Shard of ice smashing through the floor, as the two halves of the betraying hedgehog fell apart, Spraying a visage of Black Blood... Even if Arle's intent wasnt to kill him, He put himself in the line of fire.


Through the roof, Along with Samus, Peach, Rulue, Accord, Schezo, Lemres and Cyrus, The giant blade of ice pierced through the sheet metal roof, ripping through the massive construct and making its way right through...To Cyrus! "W-what the--!" Cyrus would give a brief, sudden yelp, as he dived out of the way, thankfully just barely managing as the hole in the floor opened up, carving a giant hole of destruction through the entirety of Absolution, Taking Cyrus's pokemon through with it into the uncaring void below, and Cyrus himself, who was hanging on the ledge of the hole by his mere fingers. "Hrrk...W-who on earth...Sonic!" Cyrus would say, looking up over the ledge, as a short figure stood over the hanging Galactic Captain...

Before stabbing his foot onto Cyrus's fingers sending him plunging below. With all help, Honchrow suddenly caught him with Fly, carrying him away as his pokeballs returned his pokemon as he retreated...

Samus aimed her Arm cannon at the figure, narrowing her eyes as she stepped back. "Who are you?" Samus asked, hiding eyes under her visor...




Up Above, Arle would stand before the massive hole in the ground she had crafted, as the two disembodied halves of sonic fell to the floor with an unceremonious Thump, Black puddles of blood spilling from both sides...That was a dead Hedgehog right there, alright. That was, until one of the halves of Sonic began...Laughing?? Looking to both of them, they had both taken there own half of there mouth to start laughing, as they lifted there single eyes to look at Arle.

"I-i...I see...Yes. Hehe...Hahahaha!! That was pretty good, Girly! Never expected to get beaten like this, To be cut in two like this, To be killed like that!! Hahahahaha, Haha....You're quite interesting. All of you invading forces are very...Very Interesting. Ill have to take that power from you...But i think this playtime has been long since drawn out...Destruction must commence. Nothing comes, without wiping the slate clean..."

Schezo would suddenly warp behind Arle, Appearing in the air, only to drop a bit, thankfully not into the hole but rather onto the ground that was still together, as the Left half of Sonic started to bubble up, starting to become paler, paler and paler, until eventually, disintegrating into dust...But the Right half, Would instead produce a black smog from the blackened, bloody halve of his body, standing  up slowly, Body appearing to be in near perfect, damageless condition.

Sonic began to speak in a very low, deep tone, as he stepped forward, closer to Schezo and Arle.

"Something must be destroyed, before something can be born...A Tree must die, to make a Book to read. A Mountain must be flattened, to make a village...And with Li..."



Just as Mephiles said that, Down Below, The Figure that had just sent Cyrus to fall into the Pit of Absolution suddenly opened his palm, and with a sudden motion...

VRRRR-CHSCHING!

A Shining white Spear made of crystal suddenly launched at nigh impossible speeds, Suddenly piercing its way through Samus's armor, Right through her chest, as Samus went wide eyed in shock of the damage, as the spear emanated an energy, Black, White and Blue, Before the Crystalline weapon vanished into ascending crystals, As Samus fell over, Blood emerging from her chest wound!

"G...Ghrk...!" Samus was in immense pain, a golfball sized hole in her chest no doubt leading to some immense trouble breathing, as she crumpled down onto her knees, and eventually, onto her side. The Figure slowly emerged, in the same Instance the Revived Sonic began to change and morph, his very body starting to Darken, eyes becoming bloody, red and cracked, As massive crystals formed along each of his spines.


They both were the same form. The Same person...The Same thing.


Sonic was not Sonic. Sonic was never on Li...This was an immortal figure of darkness, who's steps on the ground left a crystal that absorbed the light that surrounded it...

"And Immortal Darkness shall come. Heralded in Fire."

Mephiles the dark simply chuckled, Before floating back away from Arle, Flying down the hole, and eventually combining himself with the Mephiles who had just skewered Samus Aran through her Varia Suit, Simply chuckling to the group he looked upon, as his Light-absorbing crystals seemed to form around the Hole Arle's attack left, now making a platform to save anyone from falling in.





"This is where its all revealed, Isnt it? Very well...I am Mephiles. Mephiles the Dark. Or, as you may better know me..." Mephiles would say, before his voice suddenly morphed to sound eerily familiar... "Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog, Haha~" He would say in sonic's voice, before returning to his own deep grim voice.  "...No one was going to survive this. No one aboard, no one who worked under me...Not even Mother Brain. This plan had lasted for so long...And my hubris ruined it, Hm? Well, No matter...Im more than powerful enough to get this done myself."

Mephiles would simply strike a combative pose, as suddenly, All the light from the room was being absorbed into his being, as Mephiles's laughter grew more and more haunting. "Hm hm hm...Let the Darkness wash over you all...And you may be my vessals, in this voyage of darkness...There's no fun in simply killing you all now. Lets see how you squirm."


Samus would gag up a bit of blood, as Crystals formed inside the wound, as if sealing it up, True to Mephiles's word...Samus would gasp, still on the floor in agony, as the Light of Absolution grew dark, only the masses of Crystals allowing any sense of light, as Mephiles's form seemed more and more hazy...

Mephiles's Darkness: Everyone, Roll an INT Check higher than 16 to resist a 2 Turn Fear/Horrified Status Ailment! Any Roll to Attack Mephiles Physically must also be made with a Blindness WIS Perception Check, (12+) due to the room being pitch black!

Mephiles the Dark

HP: 000%/200%

Status: Mephiles's Darkness (All Physical Offence Roll's against mephiles must be made with a Blindness Check of 12+.)



Samus Aran

HP: 002%

Status: Just fine-- Oh wait, No, Thats very not fine, Oh god--


From the Darkness, Hazy Orbs of Cerulian energy formed, suddenly blasting from every angle around the Group, aiming to blast them with sheer eldritch darkness!!

Mephiles Dark Bolt: Everyone! Roll over 14 in Dex to avoid the Dark Bolts, or take 10 + (Your entire CON Stat) Worth of damage! As well, Being hit by this results in the feeling of your life essence being drained away by sheer darkness, as it pierces every part of your body, and directly strikes your soul.

The Darkness of Mephiles grows darker, darker, and even darker...

[Rina]

*WHUMPH!*

Schezo landed on his bum, being transported far from the previous group and into the main control room. The attack that led to this was far too fast for him to register it coming--and he is miffed he let it happen--but what's done is done. The frozen arena unnerved him a bit, but he willed through it and regained his bearings. Though he lost track of the ever-shielding Teddy Bear in the previous fight. The sight of Arle being okay was reassuring...

"Arle, y-you're okay...!"

...but the eldritch scene playing out before Schezo's eyes quickly nullified any sense of security. Arle biscted 'Sonic' in two...but there was clearly something wrong. Half of sonci was still conscious, and the other half impaled Samus through the chest. This isn't Sonic at all...it was someone else masquerading him to curry favor for this entire ploy. Once the halves merged, the amount of darkness that emmanates from Mephiles becoming whole was enough to make Schezo's skin crawl.

"Who--no, what in blazes is that!? The darkness is..."

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...overbearing. Of course it had to be someone else. There was no way this was actually Sonic. On one hand, Schezo (and Arle too, maybe!) have no shadow of a doubt on the real Sonic if he ever shows up. On the other hand...the pretender is still an omicidal embodiment of darkness. The darkness engulfed everything; it felt like there was a physical void to wander in. If this was to strike fear into the dark wizard, then it didn't phase him at all. The darkness was Schezo's ally, and he let his will and intuition let him stand true.

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"Hah!"

With a smirk, Schezo's mind's eye allowed him to evade the dark bolts. He knew exactly what he can do, starting with putting on a cloak, white like pure light. He used this down in the underworld, and this situation was high time to don it once more.

(Mrs. Nadja's Magical Cloak equipped! 3% damage resistance to Cold and Unholy attacks.)

But with a battle this intense, he better have everyone ready. He didn't think he'd be using this particular item now, but this is very much so an emergency. A crystal brimming with the power of space-time floated in the palm of his free hand, its power manifest through the numerals I to XII, representing the clock. He tapped into its power, holding it high to unleash its magic to mend the injuries Arle and Samus suffered.

"Space-time Crystal, rewind the wounds of my allies!"

Create Power (Healing) @ Arle: p_1d10+12
Create Power (Healing) @ Samus: p_1d10+12

Space-time Crystal status
Create a Doppelganger: 1/1
Create a Location: 1/1
Create Power: 1/3

Damage: 46%/175% Status: Cloaked (0/40%) Shields: 26%

Damage: 0%/135% Status: On Standby Shields: 40%

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[Mari]

Arle reflexively cringed as Sonic ran right into her attack. The vision of him being torn apart seared itself into her mind. She internally screamed as he fell to the ground in bloody pieces. ...Arle had thought she would've been ready for that, but ...She wasn't. Sonic had once been her friend, and she wasn't a killer. ...Was she? The image of Schezo's decapitated corpse was also seared into her mind, riiiiight alongside Sonic getting bisected. Arle just kinda stood there for a moment. She ... hadn't really thought through what she was going to do after this. ...And so, in the middle of a critically damaged airship, Arle covered her face and began to sob. Loudly. Her cries of frustration were broken only by ... laughter. A shiver ran down Arle's spine, and she made a half-hearted attempt to stifle her crying, brushing at her eyes to clear them so that she could get a better look at what was going on. ...Who would be laughing at a time like this?? She looked around in confusion, but no one was there. 

"That was pretty good, Girly!"

--...Girly? Wait... That was Sonic's... Arle's stomach knotted up as she recognized the voice speaking to her. Her gaze trailed down to his corpse to find it ... mocking her. This was the state that Schezo would find Arle as he warped in, staring in fear and disgust with a tear stained face and her hadn covering her mouth. And well... She wasn't exactly okay. Alive. Conscious. But her clothes were stained with her own blood, and not a tiny amount either. She looked like she was hurt pretty bad, but then this was Arle. ...She She was hurt pretty badly, but she seemed to have ... won? Sorta?? ...Not really. Arle briefly eyed him,unable to hide how torn up she was inside even if she tried. ...A frightening thought occured to her. What would Schezo think of her? He saw that, right? He could infer what she'd done from the gore. ...But this fear was short lived. If she knew Schezo, and she felt like she did, and that he of all people would understand what she'd done. Schezo asked if Arle was okay, and she sighed in relief. ...His first thought was her. She decided to indulge the moment, stepping closer to Schezo and gently hugged him. She just had to wonder what Rulue would think. ...Or samus. ...Or Peach. If Sonic was undead, that meant she'd have to end him again. She didn't have any other choice. Having recovered some of her composure, she released Schezo and turned to glare at 'Sonic' as he approached them.

...What happened next... didn't make sense. Arle's expression twisted with disbelief as Samus was run through. Peach shrieked in fright, being too exhausted from having saved Samus' life once already on this mission to do anything but freakout now. Amy likewise freaked out a little, easily intimidated by the raw power of the attack.  "--Why?!" Arle challenged in outrage. Why Samus?? Was she a joke to Mephiles?! She was standing right there, having JUST thrown everything she had at him. And he chose to try and kill... someone else. "...So you're a doppelganger." Arle remarked. In the back of her mind, she mused to herself that this probably didn't bode well for Amitwo's quest for social acceptance. How was that girl ever supposed to convince the world that doppelgangers weren't evil when nine times out of ten, the stereotypes about them being out to trick and hurt people were true?? That silent frustration aside, her immediate course of action was clear.

"Ressurectia!!"

A powerful golden light wrapped around Samus' body. It was intensely powerful, probably the most powerful healing magic yet witnessed on Li, undoing the damage to Samus' chest almost as quickly as Mephiles had caused it.

((Arle is using her final smash, ressurectia! It heals for 80% Health))

gTgR3F57p_1d20+3 (Arle's Fear Resistance; Succesful)

She was then forced to throw herself out of the way of Mephiles' attack!

p_1d20+1 (Arle's Dark Bolt Dodge)

...But it was no use. Arle was struck, whimpering softly as her life force weakened. She had to be careful. Her act of putting others first a moment ago there had put her in a dangerous spot. She was hurt pretty bad, and there was still a fight to be had. That just meant... she had to fight harder. "...I think you might have some competition for my body and my power." Arle retorted, producing an artifact of great light and holding it up. It shimmered with a sharp glow that spread across Arle's entire body, initiating the holiest of all magical girl transformations! A new set of armor formed around her body, and a pair of angelic wings sprouted from Arle's back. When the glow faded, it revealed... a valkyrie.

"First up, their current owner!"

Arle's body shimmered, a second set of wings made entirely out of light magic forming from her back, accompanied by two tinier set of wings that branched off and hung down near her hips. Fluttering into the air, she turned her lance down at the ground and raised it, the head glowing with righteous energy. She then cast it down at the floor, the lance driving deep into it and sending spiderweb cracks racing across the area. These cracks began to emit rays of light that burned like fire! ...Well, to Mephiles they would anyway.

((Arle's Seraphim Presence Activated; She will be doing increased damage for 3 turns.))

p_1d20+7 ((Arle's Consecration! Has a flat accuracy of 17, targets CON, and does 16% damage each turn for 4 turns.))

She then daintily landed nearby, considering her next move.

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Meanwhile Peach was trying to calm herself the heck down after Samus nearly died on her ... again. Goodness. She was going to have a heart attack at the age of 17! "...Sammy, are you okay?" Peach softly asked, carefully coddled the just moments ago dying bounty hunter. She then cast a glance up at Rulue. "Rulue..? I do believe Arle is referring to you." she went on to remark. ...Peach, what?? Amy thought about this for a moment. Now hold on that didn't make any sense why would Rulue own--"Let's show this 'mephiles' what a pair of ladies can do when they put their mind to it." she encouraged, encouragingly winking at Rulue. "For Arle!" Peach went on to knowingly add, inviting Rulue to rush in to join Schezo and Arle fighting Mephiles!

((Peach's Sis Moves Activated with Rulue! They both gain a +2 accuracy bonus and +3 damage bonus for 3 turns so long as they work together to defeat the same enemy.

...She took a leap and daintily floated down using Perry, positioning herself to land behind Mephiles so that she could help surround him. Amy watched, still somewhat perturbed by what she'd seen. So that wasn't... Sonic all along? And Arle outed him all on her own? Amy had so many conflicting feelings right now. Her chest tightened with anxiety. "...Right!" she announced after a moment. "...For Arle." she added, producing a new hammer out of thin air in a flurry of hearts before rushing in. She could see clearly which team she was on now.

p_1d20+2 (Peach's Dark Bolt Dodge; Failure)
p_1d20+3 (Peach's Dark Bolt Dodge; Failure)

p_1d20+0 (Peach's Critical Fear Resistance)
p_1d20+0 (Amy's.. afraid.)

Whack! Peach nearly got shot out of the air and Amy trippled all over herself and slid across the ground, landing nearby Mephiles after they both got shot with dark bolts.  However, both managed to recover. Peach landed nearby and Amy pulled herself back up, brandishing her hammer perhaps more for her own comfort than anything else. She wasn't quite in range to use it yet. Peach turned about with a glint in her eyes, drawing a frying pan from the midst of her dress and slipping it upside Mephiles' head with explosive force!

p_1d20+7 (Peach's Critical Hand Of Temperance @ Mephiles; Does 53% Damage)
p_1d20+7 (Peach's Night Vision)

And like the royalty she was, she attempted to send Mephiles flying over to Ruluefor a followup attack! "He is heading your way, Miss Rulue" Peach announced rather matter-o-factly. Meanwhile, a nervous Amy attempted to spindash into Mephiles, bouncing on him to try and pound him down into the ground for easier tag team stomping with Rulue!

p_1d20+3 (Amy's Spin Attack; Does 7% Damage)
p_1d20+3 (Amy's Spin Attack; Does 7% Damage)
p_1d20+3 (Amy's Spin Attack; Does 7% Damage)
p_1d20+2 (Amy's Night Vision)

Arle Nadja HP: 74/200 Shield: 65/65 Status: Normal Stardust Dragon (2 Attacks) Consecration (3 Turns) Seraphim Presence (2 Turns)	Princess Peach HP: 131/150 Shield: 45/45 Status: Normal Vibe Charges (0) The Power Of Love CD: 1 Turns	Amy Rose HP: 55/130 Shield: 45/45 Status: Normal Adrenaline Rush CD: 2 Turns Scared (1 Turn)

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[TheSpatialWeeg]

Too much has happened in these couple of minutes.

Rulue had to recap things one by one. She wasn't dumb, that much was for certain, but everything just came crashing down at once, she couldn't process it all this fast.

First and foremost, the battle against the Pokémon was cut short after a huge chunk of ice had damaged the ship extremely. They had been sent a level below where they were currently...and the commander of the creatures had the worst luck of them all, as he was sent down towards a hole, and...Sonic? suddenly showed up and kicked him down. Despite that, Cyrus had managed to escape. Rulue had to wonder if she would've made a difference if she tried to knock the Honchkrow down.

Second thing that happened was...well…

“SAMUS!”

She couldn't help but to be the one to scream her name as she saw one of the leaders of the Life Sphere fall down after a giant laser blindsided her. How was she even alive, she dared not ask. She didn't even want to think about the other possibility. Admittedly, she wasn't as close to the other as she probably would have liked, but during the time they spent on the simulation, Samus made a good first impression. She wanted to chat more, sped more time with her.

...but not like this. Never like this.

“Gods, just--hold on!” she pleaded, her voice--cracking…? If she would be allowed, she'd hold Samus by her torso for a moment or two before she'd step aside for Peach to coddle the other in peace. The Fighting Queen looked above, glaring at the assailant.

Which leads to the third event. The big reveal.

Sonic...was never actually Sonic. Heck, she doubted the real Sonic was even in Li. This guy - Mephiles, apparently this was his name - used Sonic's likeness to fool people. Tricked them into trusting him. Tricked others into believing he was a public enemy.

And she couldn't forgive him for it. She would never forgive it for that.

She was so angry.
She was so sad.

This mixture of feelings - both volatile, both open, both vulnerable - resulted in a fresh batch of tears coming from a scowl and unfocused eyes. “Talk all you want.” she blurted out, quietly at first. “Because I will make these words YOUR LAST!” she screamed.

X4uQ9iknp_1d20+2 (DARKNESS resist.)

The maelstrom of emotions kept swirling in her head, the darkness holding no domain in her turbulent mind. And then...she slapped herself in her own face. What am I doing?! Rulue, you've got to focus. He wants you to feel like this. He’s probably reveling in your misery right now. Don't feed him. She thought to herself, drawing a shaky breath as she closed her eyes. She, however, let a...un-Rulue-like noise escape her moth as Peach mentioned that little phrase Arle, her cheeks glowing a faint red for a moment or two. “Forgive me, Your Majesty, but I d-do believe there’d be a better time for a quip like this.” she replied, her voice trembling slightly. Focus, Rulue. Focus. Don’t let your emotions swallow you...please...

...there will be plenty of time to cry later.

Another breath in and she strikes her battle pose, no longer shedding tears, no longer scowling. “...Yeah, let’s do this.” she replied to Peach again, before moving on to strike! “How about we see how well you do against punches?” she questioned, closing the distance between her and Mr. Eldtrich Abomination and throwing a one--no wait, two punches! Then afterwards, Rulue decided to strike him with a powerful ki blast as the finisher of one of many blows she was gonna make sure to deal against that...thing.

p_1d20+7 (Rulue's Haganshou @ Mephiles! 19+3=22% damage!)
p_1d20+7 (The same one as above.)
p_1d20+7 (Rulue's Power Wave @ Mephiles! 22+3=25% damage!)

p_1d20+4 (And her vision's pretty good too!)

p_1d20+1(I forgot to have a dodge roll for Dark Bolts, so have an edited roll! She got hit.)

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	Rulue 20/180 HP Misted. Status changes nullified. Levia [-4% damage taken] (2) Concentration CD (3) Resoultion CD (3) Intertwined Thunder CD (1) Tekken Seisai CD (2) Rulue Impact CD (4) Solar Eruption CD (2)
	Ms. Accord 140 HP Still A Backup Unit

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[PolarStarQuote]

Samus would gasp, eyes widening as she was resurrected in one sudden bringing up, First by a fantastically well placed Reduction of her wounds by a One Mr. Schezo Wegey, And then another massive boost of Resurrection from one dear Arle Nadja, as she would cough up what her body was expecting to be blood, but instead came up as a minty fresh air of Life, as she sat up, Though still cradled in Rulue's arms, she'd look up to the Bluenette in curiosity. "E-erm...Thank you, Rulue..." She would sheepishly say. "I-im fine Peach, Are you okay?" Samus would ask, Looking around as if to find her healers in the darkness. "W-wait...Peach? Arle?? Schezo, Anyone!" She would call out to the Dark, as the dark shade of Mephiles crept around her...

WhloMh|hp_1d20+1=14 (Oof, Here comes 'dat Fear!)

...Nothing. Nothing but Darkness, Blackness, and the sounds of fighting in the distance, as Samus's eyes widened. A Familiar sting was felt in her heart, as she could only recall when she was a Child, as she could see IT in the distance...

"Dont you see it, Samus? What you're scared of? I know it all too well..." Mephiles would echo in the dark, cackling, as suddenly a Horrifying crystalline image would appear before Samus...

Due to Samus's Fear, Mephiles Ridley appears...

"...R...ridley!" Samus cried, stepping back, pupils narrowing shakily as she aimed her cannon first, eyes wide as she observed the creature slowly coming closer to her, Its mouth hanging open, tongue licking feverishly as Samus would be stricken by Fear!



As for Amy, Mephiles's Visage would dart out of the corner of her eyes frantically, Cackling loudly in the distance of her mind as he would blink back and forth. "Ah, but your surprising! Some monster in the dark wouldn't be enough for you...No...I have a better idea." Mephiles would simply say, as soon, an emerging image would appear before Amy...

Due to Amy's fear, Mephiles Amy Appears...

"And now, The Monster, and the Betrayer appear...Who's next, i wonder?" Mephiles's voice echoes across the field, Laughing loudly, as the rest of the monsters joined in Mephiles's Laughter.


Dark Life Link; Mephiles can not receive Fatal Damage, Until Mephiles Amy and Mephiles Ridley have been killed.


It was Strange, as if the Haze of Darkness WAS mephiles in it of Himself, albiet on a wide spread, as his visage vanished across the battle field in sudden, frantic bursts. It'd need a dead shot to actually hit him like this...

Although, Massive lights could do the trick just well! There was no doubt a loud, searching noise occurring for when Arle shined her holy light at the mass of Darkness, as the Sizzling sound about the Dark Void was clearly showing just how well Arle effected this being of black magic. For Peach, She would find herself thankfully landing a hit onto a Physical hunk of matter, as her gloved hand would feel the touch of smashing into a Crystalline mass, that would vanish into haze soon after, no doubt landing a dead hit!


And, With all of her emotions stirring, Mephiles would chuckle, A Feint Visage of his crystaline mass appearing before Rulue in a Beckoning Pose. "Well, By all Means, Attack me...Lets see what you're all about." Mephiles taunted, Before Rulue's punches would strike dead on, Once again feeling the crack of Crystals as if struck by precise pickaxe's, cracking apart his Exoskeleton!


"N-no... NO! Not you, Not you!!" Samus would say, Eyes narrowing as her voice was full of anger, as she aimed her whirring arm cannon, and attempted to fire her Super Missile into the Crystalline Reflection of her Nightmare's!


p_1d20+0=12 (Enough to Hit!)

And with a bright explosion, The Super Missile caused an Uprubt flash of light in the dark as it exploded against Ridley's Body, Making it Shreek in Sudden damage. Following this, Samus would turn to Rulue, seeing her Blue hair in the dark, and digging into a storage container on her hip, Producing a Team Healer, and throwing it to Rulue!

Rulue is healed for 25%+ -2. So, 23%!


Mephiles would sigh loud enough for everyone to hear, as it seemed he was truly feeling above the rest of these petty mortals, as he chuckled. "Very good. Yes, Very Good...My Turn Now." He would simply say, as a distant Snap would Cause Ridley and Amy to suddenly Charge for Samus and...Well, Amy Rose, As Ridley's Massive Jaws lunged to...Peach! Hey, Only Samus is allowed to bite that sweet peach!

Jaws of Terror; Peach, Roll a 13 in Dex, or take 18 Damage from Ridley's Jaws munching on a...Well, on you!

As well, Amy would nudge her head over at Schezo Wegey, Narrowing her eyes before leaping at the Dark Mage, Raising her Piko Piko Hammer to Slam down on the dark mage's head!

Darkness Hammer; Schezo, Roll a 13 in Dex, Or you'll get bashed by a crystalline Hammer, and take 15 Damage!

"Now...Behold!" Mephiles's Dark voice would say, as suddenly, A Crackle was heard among the Darkness, Before suddenly...CRASH! A Black Lightning exploded, as if trying to Strike Peach a second time with a loud burst!

Dark Lightning; Peach! Roll 13 in DEX, or suffer yourself 16%+(Peach's DEX Stat) Electrical Damage, and a bad case of Frizz hair.

Then, A Second type of Crackling. Fire? Oh yeah, That would be fire, a A Ring of Purplish flame's surrounded Rulue, closing in, Before trying to erupt into towers of Black, Inky Flames, Closing in to scorch her!

Dark Fire; Rulue! Roll a Dex check of 15 to avoid the fire, or take 10%(Rulue's STR Stat) Damage, and a Burn Status for 4 Turns!

And then, Rushing waters would sound off, Before slowly freezing over with a crystalline sound... 
"Hm hm hm...Suppose what comes around goes around." Mephiles would say, Before suddenly, A Massive shard of Ice came from above, Trying to squash Arle overhead!

Dark Ice! Arle, Roll a Dex check of 13 to avoid the Ice Blade landing toward you, or take 12%+(Arle's WIS Stat) Damage!

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Mephiles Ridley
HP: 35%/50%
Status: Mephiles can not take Fatal Damage until Mephiles Ridley is Destroyed.

Mephiles Amy
HP: 0%/50%
Status: Mephiles can not take Fatal Damage until Mephiles Amy is Destroyed

Mephiles The Dark
HP: 131%/200%
Status: Mephiles's Darkness (All Physical Offence Roll's against mephiles must be made with a Blindness Check of 12+.)

Samus Aran
HP: 103%
Status: Fear/Horrified (2 Turns)


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[Mari]

teSnI6e9p_1d20+4 (Arle's Blindness Check; Success!)
p_1d20+2 (Peach's Jaws of Terror Dodge; Success!)
p_1d20+2 (Peach's Dark Lightning Dodge; Success!)
p_1d20+3 (Arle's Dark Ice Dodge; Success!)

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Peach

Samus was treated to the sight of Peach facing down against Mephiles Ridley, her head turned down in anticipation of a blow. You could certainly imagine her helpless before that gaping maw lined with teeth as Ridley lunged for her, and indeed it almost looked that way. But years of running and jumping around with the Mario Bros meant Peach was no slowpoke. At nearly the last moment, she abruptly sidestepped Ridley's ...beak,  throwing herself aside in a swift and decisive motion that left her eye to eye with Ridley as his beak passed her. A ladylike glare was given. Peach could feel the hair on her neck rising up of its own accord, warning her of danger. Without warning, she promptly jumped onto Ridley's face and bounced off of his head, deftly dodging the lightning that had been moments from frying her! And then... she seemed to suspend herself in the air. Or rather, her falling became very, very slow. Pirouetting in the air, Peach began to perform a graceful and rhythmic dance that supernaturally compelled the eyes of everyone in the area to lock onto her! Talk about an eye-catching performance. Her enemies would find themselves put to sleep by the exhaustingly draining effects of her magical dance, while her allies ... would find themselves soothed by it. It was strikingly pretty, and equally effective.

((Peach uses her Final Smash; Peach Bomber! Does 30% damage to all enemies and puts all enemies to sleep. All allies regain 10% HP every turn for 4 turns))

... As the battlefield fell quiet, Peach glanced below her at the knocked unconscious Ridley, eyeing him with some mild disdain as she began to fall back down. Doing a little flip in the air, she closed Perry and allowed herself to fall back down and ground pound Ridley's head underbooty! She landed with a rather painful sounding crunch atop Ridley's head, felling the mighty beast with hips of grandeur. 

p_1d20+7 (Peach's Hips of Vehemence @ Mephiles Ridley; Does 16% damage and finishes Mephiles Ridley off)

Peach flashed Samus a supportive smile from where she sat, using her dress to hide Ridley's head underneath her for a moment. She nodded in understanding, but got up rather quickly to defend her fellows!  First up, Schezo. Peach conjured a large pink magical heart and launched it over at the unconscious Mephiles Amy, purging her with an explosive blast of pink magic! Once again, she offered Schezo a bright smile and an understanding nod.

p_1d20+7 (Peach's Heart of Virtue @ Mephiles Amy; Does 24% damage and finishes Mephiles Amy off)

...And then, Peach turned to Mephiles himself. With a huff, she burst into a run to close the distance between herself and the unconscious ....whatever Mephiles is, turning tail and throwing herself backside first at him! Smack! Peach squished Mephiles underbooty, accompanied by a goofy blast of pink hearts.

p_1d20+5 (Peach's Peach Bomber @ Mephiles; Does 35% damage)

She almost seemed to hesitate a moment to get off but that moment passed and she bounced back to her feet, turning upon Mephiles and leveling Perry at him.

"Stop. Bullying. My. Friends!!"
"Yeah!!"

---

Arle

Meanwhile, Arle caught sight of the ice shard and fluttered her wings, launching herself forward out of the way! She nearly went straight for Mephiles, but an emotional connection to Rulue caused her to hesitate. She could feel Rulue's pain. It echoed her own, but somehow it felt a lot worse when it was hers. A Final Smash from peach granted her a moment to do what she felt she needed to. She turned back and flew over to Rulue. Arle landed next to her and gently pulled her into a one-armed embrace, shielding her with her wings. At the same time, hidden from everyone else's sight by those same wings, she moved to lay her free hand over Rulue's heart. For a brief moment, she couldn't help herself. She smiled a little. Being this close to Rulue always did force a smile out of her. Even an outside observer with no knowledge of the two's history could tell at a glance that there was something heartfelt between them based on body language alone. "...I won't let him take any of us." Arle softly reassured Rulue, pulling her close and sharing some of her holy magic with her, a glowing aura enveloping them both as she aided in healing Rulue's wounds, using this moment of intimacy to try and comfort her girlfriend. The truth, of course, was that Arle was tired and in a substantial amount of pain. ...But she was confident in her ability to weather whatever storm came next in spite of that.

p_1d15+7 (Arle's Healing @ Rulue; Heals for 22% HP)

As Peach finished going around executing the doppelgangers and giving Mephiles some backside justice, Arle released Rulue so that neither of them would be caught unable to dodge an oncoming attack, though she stayed by Rulue's side this time. Instead of rushing in, she chose to attack using her magic! Arle turned that same holy light on Mephiles. Only, it would be far less soothing to him. Quite the opposite. It licked at his very soul like the greedy jaws of a great fire reaching up to consume him.

p_1d20+7 (Arle's Exorcism @ Mephiles; Does 39% Damage)

Peach then took a deep breath and metaphorically stepped outside her comfort zone... by putting her love magic studies to use. Shifting her weight, she channeled her love for Rulue into a glittering pink magical heart that, while not as strong as an exorcism for demon slaying, was certainly a frightening contender. It flew out toward Mephiles, leaving a trail iof tiny pink hearts in its wake that soon vanished, before violently exploding as it neared him!

p_1d20+7 (Arle's Love Magic @ Mephiles; 35% Damage)

Of course, the consecrated grounds continued to emit a light energy of their own that continued burning at Mephiles.

((Consecration! Has a flat accuracy of 17 and does 16% damage))

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Amy

Meanwhile, Amy was just kinda starstruck this entire time. At first she was freaked out by her doppelganger. It reminded her that she'd nearby been that enemy, nearby stood in the path of her friends for someone she now knew wasn't even Sonic. Watching Peach work was something special, but somehow watching Arle come to Rulue's rescue was more captivating when everything was said and done. Though she was seemingly forgotten, her heart resonated with what she saw and heard. It really made her think... Without further ado, Amy ran at what she thought was Mephiles and curled into a ball, using her quills to rake at him, teaming up with Arle to try and take Mephiles down!   

p_1d20+3 (Amy's Spin Attack @ Mephiles; Does 7% Damage)
p_1d20+3 (Amy's Spin Attack @ Mephiles; Does 7% Damage)
p_1d20+3 (Amy's Spin Attack @ Mephiles; Does 7% Damage)

She then uncurled and bounced into the air, only to land rather bodily on Mephiles, attempting to give him a good face stomping before bouncing off!

p_1d20+1 (Amy's Face Kick @ Mephiles; Does 16% Damage)

Landing nearby, Amy hesitated a moment before rethinking her decision to put herself directly in harm's way. Was... Was that Peach or Arle would want? Somehow she doubted it. ...Maybe she should fight smart. Calling upon some occult magic she'd been playing with, Amy ... seemingly disappeared! She hadn't actually disappeared though, but rather she'd slipped into the spirit realm to hide. A careful eye could still see a spectral image of her, barely visible at all as she repositioned herself nearby.

p_1d20+5 (Amy's Phase Shift; This roll is to prevent enemies from attacking her next turn)

Arle Nadja HP: 84/200 Shield: 65/65 Status: Normal Healing 10% (3 Turns Left) Stardust Dragon (2 Attacks) Consecration (2 Turns Left) Seraphim Presence (1 Turns Left) Exorcism CD: 1 Turn	Princess Peach HP: 141/150 Shield: 45/45 Status: Normal Healing 10% (3 Turns Left) Sis Moves (Rulue): 1 Turn Vibe Charges (0)	Amy Rose HP: 65/130 Shield: 45/45 Status: Normal Healing 10% (3 Turns Left) Invisible Adrenaline Rush CD: 1 Turns

1d20+4·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+3·1d20+7·1d20+7·1d20+5·1d15+7·1d20+7·1d20+7·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+1·1d20+5

[TheSpatialWeeg]

6_q564Fzp_1d20+1 (dodge roll ahoy)

“I am...so tired.” Rulue muttered to herself as she rolled away from a pillar of dark fire. She got up, but it was evident that the injuries were dragging her down more than she let on. ...And apparently, people noticed, because Rulue has never felt this refreshed in a long, long while. Samus’ Team Healer, Peach's Final Smash and Arle's Healing brought her to a much better state than beforehand. She took a moment to tenderly wrap her arms around her lover, as she looked her over. “...hey, don't think I can't see your wounds too.” she lightly chided Arle before placing her hand on the other's chest, as her hand began to emit a holy light...wait a second, that looks familiar…

p_1d15+5 (Hearts Intertwined: Healing Magic @ Arle. Heals 10% HP.)

"Take care of yourself, okay?” Rulue quietly pleaded as the two split off. "I know this kinda sucked, but...I hope it'll help you, even if only slightly." Once that quiet moment was ll over and done with, Rulue redid her battle pose, ready to face the crystalline abomination hiding in the darkness again. “Hey, freak! I'm not done with you yet!” She called with a mild singsong tone to her voice. She initiated another barrage against Mephiles, opting to start first with Power Wave.

p_1d20+7 (Power Wave @ Mephiles. 22%+3=25 damage.)

The ki blast, whether it hit or not, was hopefully enough of a distraction, as Rulue would move in and attempt to punch the Sonic imposter up close once again...

p_1d20+7 (Haganshou @ Mephiles. 19%+3 = 22% damage...)
p_1d20+4 (...if IT PASSED THE FRIGGIN' BLINDNESS CHECK, FUDGE.)

...only to end up punching darkness instead. She drew a frustrated, but quiet huff at the development. Fighting in pitch blackness was unfavorable when you didn't have tiny fireballs to sling around whenever you wished.

---

	Rulue 65/180 HP Levia [-4% damage taken] (1) Concentration CD (2) Resoultion CD (2) Intertwined Healing CD (4) Tekken Seisai CD (1) Rulue Impact CD (3) Solar Eruption CD (1)
	Ms. Accord 140 HP Yep, Still A Backup Unit

1d20+1·1d15+5·1d20+7·1d20+7·1d20+4

[PolarStarQuote]

"Hmm? Whats...This...?" Mephiles would simply ask, as suddenly, A Crystaline chrysalis would form around him, as Peach's gentle ability to send everyone to sleep would quickly take hold, ironically, of the darkness itself, as Mephiles quickly fell into a deep slumber, as did the rest of Mephiles's gang of Make-shift nightmares, each of the abominations vanishing into air as, with one strike after another, Peach would Vanquish them, Each reverting to black ooze which slipped away into the blackish abyss, leaving only Mephiles, whom, would suddenly be sent away with a sudden soft rump sending him flying off, with a sudden "Ghark!" of suprise, standing up once more. "...Did you just hit me with your a--?" Mephiles would ask in complete disbelief of what happened, Raising an...Eyebrow? Im gonna call that an eyebrow, But was interrupted, As Arle and Amy's attacks would come next!

"Sh!" And boy, did they ever! Amy, not so much, as Mephiles would simply raise a hand, Blocking the spinning attacks of her hammer one by one, simply pushing her hammer away with a flattened palm,  Only unable to avoid a sudden axe kick from Amy to his face, as he shook his head in anger, Looking away to see a sudden barrage of Light and love covering his body, the magical intensity pushing him back and revealing him in the darkness, as Mephiles held his hands up to try and push it back, but instead would be blindsided by a finishing blow by Rulue, the Power wave stopping Mephiles's block and letting him be attacked once more, as the full damage would suddenly cause the heavy, oppressive darkness to be lifted away! How's that for the power of love?

Mephiles would hobble a little, as he stood on a patch of scorched crystal that covered the hole of Arle's previous giga ice storm, As Mephiles looked up, His face massively cracked in the middle of it, as he would simply look up and begin...Laughing? More?? "Ahaha....That was...Sheer pain. I see why Mother Brain dislikes you all so much...But im quite fond. I like how you all fight in a battle you have well since lost." Mephiles would go on to say, Laughing more, as the crack in his face would cut clear through his still open eye, the massive damage no doubt still in Mephiles's mind.

"Sadly, This is no battle you can simply slap your problems away from. You've already lost. Allow me to demonstrate..." Mephiles would say, as suddenly a rumbling inside of absolution would occur, Roaring engines striving to keep going, as the hole that Arle made began to show sparks a plenty Mephiles Clones appearing inside to create Crystaline conduits to attatch broken machinery together, as the entirety of Absolution began to speak...

^{"MAIN CANNON ACTIVATED. BLAST ENERGY AT...471.2% POWER. PREPARING FOR FIRE...."}

"Hm. Not the most amount it could muster, but enough for me to finish the Job." Mephiles would happily say, as absolution began to slight, Its rumbling only growing louder and louder...

"W-what?! Mephiles. Shut it off, Now!" Samus would demand, as Mephiles shook his head. "You misunderstand, Samus...Im not even aiming for your precious life sphere at this point." Mephiles would respond, as Samus would look back. "You...What??" Samus would ask, Confused, as Mephiles chuckled...

"In righteous destruction, The Fires of destruction shall come...Iblis, the destroyer, shall awaken."

^{"MAIN CANNON TARGET ACQUIRED...DESTINATION; 12,000 KILOMETERS IN POLLUTED OCEAN."}

"Your just aiming it in the water...But why?? What do you get from that?!"

"Simple. Life will be killed. Aquatic life, that is. And destruction as well...Observe. As i spell your end." 

^{"BEGINNING FIRE IN 3....2.....1..."}

The rumbling of Absolution grows louder and louder, massive in scale and scope, as suddenly, A Loud, Roaring noise, like a Locomotive crashing through a tunnel fly's past. Outside, The Absolution front cannon fires off, taking away a massive chunk of ground from the Polluted Coast, Cutting its way right through a mountain, and eventually, into the Ocean...Before a Distant, Loud explosion could be heard.


"...I win." Mephiles would say, as Samus would quickly put hand on her helmet. "E. Gadd, did you see that?! E. Gadd...E. Gadd, respond!" Samus would beckon, as Mephiles simply stood still, Not fighting at all it seemed. "A-ashley? Do you copy?" Samus would ask of Ashley, who was still hanging around by the bottom of Absolution.

'Everythings fine samus...As far as i can see, anyway. There was a big laser, and then a big explosion over in the polluted coast, But not on any island or life i see..." Ashley would say...Before suddenly, a loud roar would emerge in the distance.

'...Nevermind, There's a big lava monster.' Ashley would say, suddenly signing off, as Samus looked to Mephiles. "Call it off. Now." Samus demanded, only for Mephiles to laugh again, Starting to form himself into a hazy, black fog, Soon floating away, Making a sudden escape! The temperature of absolution suddenly grew a firey hot red, as the Sky outside became a dark, hazy red, the hull of Absolution suddenly ripping itself off, flying away, to reveal to the confrontation team what was in the distance...

Iblis loomed over Absolution, and with the way that the hole in the hull stoof, there was a clear shot for Iblis's  Midsection, as well as a glowing sigil in the center!

The Very heat around Absolution grows insufferably hot....

Growing Heat! ; Everyone, Roll a CON Check! You must pass a con Check of 12, or else, Become Burned for the entirety of the fight!

Iblis
HP: 300/300
Status: Actually as big as 400 Mr. G&W's. stacked ontop of one another.

[Mari]

eD5Qmktap_1d20+3 (Arle's Growing Heat Check; Success!)
p_1d20-1 (Peach's Growing Heat Check; Success!)
p_1d20-1 (Amy's Growing Heat Check; Success!)

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Peach

The heat rolled in and Peach raised a hand to her forehead, softly moaning in distress as the extreme heat got the better of her. Her dress had been extremely warm even before Iblis began acting up, making her ill fit for the temperature. The princess staggered, and nearly appeared to pass out! She caught herself, however, and merely swayed where she stood. "--Princess!! Are you alright??" Perry asked in alarm. Standing upright, the princess began to fan herself with one hand, gingerly plucking a peach perfume bottle from amongst the folds of her dress and spritzing some on herself below her neck. "I'm alright but I do believe I will need a moment..." Peach reluctantly called out. In truth, she wasn't confident she wanted to be throwing her backside at that lava monster any time soon. It would be much less ... suicidal to sit back and keep herself safe so that she could support her team.

((Peach has applied Lovely Perfume! +1 to Cha rolls for 5 turns))

After Peach was finished applying her perfume and taking a rather length breather so that she'd stop feeling sick, she focused her magic and performed a little magical girl transformation, surrounded by magical hearts and a white light that left her dress even frillier than before! She turned her gaze to Rulue, smiling brightly at her. "I am quite impressed with your force of heart, Miss Rulue~! I had no idea that you were adept at love magic~" Peach pointed out, having recognized the nature of the smash amalgamation. "I would offer to teach you more, but you have already shown me something I have never seen before. I cannot help but suspect you may already be quite experienced~" Peach went on to muse aloud, mistaking Rulue for someone very skilled at the craft. "Anyway... Let's show this monster--no--the entire world that hope is not lost! Let's show this monster what a group of strong women can do when they put their mind to it!" Peach went on to cheer, radiating a subtle pink aura that spread to all the other girls on the battlefield, empowering them with a share of Peach's can do attitude and urging them to new heights!

((Peach's Frills of Justice Activated!))

((Peach's Girl Power Activated! Peach and all her female allies gain the following bonuses for 1 turn.))

p_1d10 (( -3 Damage Taken ))
p_1d10 (( +7 Damage Done ))
p_1d10 ((+8 to all stats. Aka +4 to their mods.))

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Amy

Amy was taken entirely off guard when the heat wave came in, yelping and dancing about on her feet as the floor heated up underneath her. She shuddered in discomfort as the intense heat cooked her a bit, winding up wobbling unsteadily like Peach. Thankfully, her dress gave her a lot more room to breathe and she was able to withstand the heat without fainting or getting sick. Maybe she could... tone down her spin-dashes a bit. The flames would probably hinder more than help. Not wanting to sit back and hide longer than necessary though "C-Can do, princess!" Amy breathlessly blurted out in response to Peach's rallying charge. Her words were very much appreciated. She just hoped Schezo understood he was an honorary lady for this battle--at least as far as she and this morale boost were concerned. Curling into a ball, Amy vigorously spun to build up speed before launching herself forward! She raced out toward the distant figure of Iblis like only a girl who had spent a long time trying to outrace Sonic could. Once she finally arrived at a more reasonable fighting distance, Amy conjured a series of piko piko hammers in her hands, violently whipping  them through the air at Ibilis one after another, the hammers swinging wildly like boomerangs!

(( Amy's Spindash Activated! She gains +3 to her Dex mod for 1 turn. ))

p_1d20+10 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer Toss; Does 33% Damage and Amy takes 5% recoil)
p_1d20+10 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer Toss; Does 33% Damage and Amy takes 5% recoil)
p_1d20+5 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer Toss; Does 33% Damage and Amy takes 5% recoil)

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Arle

Arle was somewhat taken by surprise, not by Rulue's fussing over her. She lowkey liked that. But by the hand on her chestplate. What was she--..? Arle's chest swelled as she took a deep breath, a healing warmth washing over her. Though she appeared calm, Rulue could sense a distinct excitement going through her mind. Perhaps it was enough to make Rulue question if she'd even know Arle was having these feelings if it weren't for the magical amulet that bound their hearts together. And what else did that suggest? Arle smiled brightly at Rulue "...Thanks, Rulue~I think I know just what to do." Arle softly replied, turning her attention back to their mutual enemy. But what happened next was.... well, unexpected. Arle had always expected that the ship would be used against them, and yet she'd thought her attack would have done enough damage to ruin any such plans! No... To her shock, Mephiles was piecing it back together! ...Sort of? She really didn't get electronics, or modern architecture. It looked more like he was making crystal vines or the beginnings of a spiderweb. To her satisfaction, Mephiles announced his intentions not to fire at the life sphere at least. Perhaps she'd stopped him by preventing the absolution from taking off. But then... what was he attacking?? What happened next was ... Well, it was bizarre to say the least, but also terrifying.

Unlike Arle's sisters in arms, the mage-knight stood strong as the ship superheated around her. She was ... somewhat used to being in very hot places that stung and burned a bit, and so she managed to brush the heat off with little more than some tearing up from her irritated eyes. The sight of what laid in the distance, though, filled her with a newfound fury. So that was what they were up against.

Arle stepped forward and thrust her lance through the air, a pulse emitting from it as it reached the apex of its thrust that tore apart the fabric of space, creating a wormhole through subspace. At the other end of the wormhole was Iblis, or rather an area much closer to him than they were right now. A few statues of primids could be seen laying around in the small yet abstractly bizarre purple path leading through the wormhole. "...Here. Use this. It'll help us get there faster." Arle explained, turning back to the portal and dashing through it with a powerful flutter of her wings! When she emerged, she channeled the power of love through her heart, using all the kindness the rest of the group had given her to hit Iblis with the full power of love magic! 

p_1d20+11 (Arle's Critical Love Magic; Does 81% Damage)

...A massive pink heart not all that much smaller than Iblis formed around him, seemingly trapping him. Hundreds of smaller hearts could be observed appearing and rushing in, slamming against the larger heart and ufsing with it, causing it to shake and grow, growing and growing and growing until it nearly completely eclipsed Iblis before imploding on him with immense crushing force. The shockwave that followed this could be felt by everyone present, a shower of sparkly pink hearts raining down from the sky, gradually popping until the sky was clear again. "Oh wow..." Peach gasped as she reached the end of the wormhole to observe what was happening,  quite impressed by the display to see the least. But Arle wasn't done yet. She flew directly toward Iblis, intent on not giving him the chance to rain down destruction on the life sphere. She wasn't entirely certain if she could do this. It wasn't clear to her whether this creature was incredibly durable or not judging by its size, but then again... she wouldn't be doing this alone.

" . . . Mephiles. Iblis. You've been playing with people's lives for long enough! All this time, none of them have had the strength to stand up to you. I think it's about time everyone had a chance to show you how they feel!!"

Arle closed her eyes for a moment, focusing her strength and... extending her magic into the world around her. This mostly resulted in her glowing like a star in the sky, since y'know... light magic radiating outward. It wasn't the brightest light. It wouldn't hurt too much to look at it directly. ...Maybe a little though. But nothing that would permanently damage your eyes anyway. At first, it wasn't clear what exactly this did, but then... things began to appear. Ghosts, some of them malformed and shapeless, some of them looking like their former selves. Ghosts began to manifest themselves out of thin air. Most of them had been too weak to manifest themselves on their own, like the overwhelming majority of restless spirits were. Yet with Arle's power, they could not only manifest themselves to be seen by mortals but they could also influence the world around them. And today, they were going to use that influence to punish Iblis. Hundreds of ghosts shot through the air like white bolts, shooting straight through Iblis and sapping his energy away. They then raced around, taking repeated shots at him without the fear of dying to hold them back, like a swarm of comets orbiting around him and colliding with him at high speeds. each time, they took a little of his life energy with them.

p_1d20+11 (Arle's Spectre; Does 36% Damage and heals for 18%)
p_1d20+11 (Arle's Critical Spectre; Does 54% Damage and heals for 27%)
p_1d20+6 (Arle's Spectre; Does 36% Damage and heals for 18%)
p_1d20+1 (Arle's Spectre; Does 36% Damage and heals for 18%)

Arle Nadja HP: 104/200 Shield: 65/65 Status: Normal Healing 10% (2 Turns Left) Stardust Dragon (2 Attacks)	Princess Peach HP: 150/150 Shield: 45/45 Status: Burned Frills of Justice (2 Turns Left) Healing 10% (2 Turns Left) Sis Moves (Rulue): Last Turn for Rulue Vibe Charges (0)	Amy Rose HP: 60/130 Shield: 45/45 Status: Burned Healing 10% (2 Turns Left) Phase Shift CD: 1 Turn Spindash CD: 3 Turns

1d20+3·1d20-1·1d20-1·1d10·1d10·1d10·1d20+10·1d20+10·1d20+5·1d20+11·1d20+11·1d20+11·1d20+6·1d20+1

[Rina]

Hammer Dodge: 85O7GpHVp_1d20 (OW.)

"!?"

Pitch-black darkness doesn't phase him, but he still can't see worth a damn when trying to fight. Reflexes failed him, being met with a mallet to the head. Thankfully, due to the attacker being dark in nature, the cloak pulsed with a faint light, its power softening the blow upon the ragged dark mage. He's starting to look a bit worn down, but he won't let it show. He readied his sword to attack once more, but the air filled with a soothing, peachy breeze that would put his target in a slumber and soothe his pains. This feeling was...familiar. It was the same power back in operation First to Fall, Last to Lead. Before he could even digest this information, he was met with a pink-colored burst of magic that finished off what he was supposed to take down. Turning to where it came from, he waved back, thanking her for the assistance before shifting his focus to...

Uh oh...

While Mephiles has taken a beating, he's already proceeding with his plans anyway! The cannon, while apparently under-powered, fired straight into the sea...summoning the beast from the depths! The darkness clears, and the molten beast arising is in full view. With it, a surge of heat threatened to sear everyone within the ship.

p_1d20+1

"...Hah, this is nothing!"

Clinging onto his stubborn will, he wills through the smoldering ship, not letting the heat chip him away. He raised his space-time crystal, tapping into its power to imbue himself with its magic. He pointed his sword at the crystal, letting the blade absorb its power for just this moment.

"Lend me your power!"
(The Space-time Crystal empowers Schezo! +5% damage for 3 turns.)

The crystal's power accelerated Schezo's mana to let it build into something greater, the surge of magic feeling rather euphoric. With a faint smirk, he was ready. Judging by the size and magnitude of Iblis...fire magic would be kinda stupid. He opened an aqua-covered tome, unleashing the torrent of the deep sea from its pages!

"Quick to dismiss what our kind is capable of. I was once in that seat, until a scar knocked me down. I'll make sure you feel that downfall!"

Razorblade Typhoon @ Iblis! (16% + 5% damage, 1-turn cooldown, +2 accuracy) p_1d20+6

The onslaught doesn't stop there, with the sword also empowered, he pointed the blade once more, channeling the dark power into a storm of blades. He doesn't think how much of an impact...he just does it. Suppressing any fears, he strikes with...

"Shadow Edge!"
@ Iblis! (18% + 5%) p_1d20+4

Space-time Crystal status
Create a Doppelganger: 1/1
Create a Location: 1/1
Create Power: 0/3

Damage: 48%/175% Status: Cloaked (12/40%), Crystal Powered (3) Shields: 26%

Damage: 0%/135% Status: On Standby Shields: 40%

1d20·1d20+1·1d20+6·1d20+4

[TheSpatialWeeg]

OBnbtLqIp_1d20+6 (CON check pass!)

“Sorry to disappoint you, Your Majesty…” Rulue started to reply as she watched a big lava monster show up and...wow, it’s gotten real hot here, huh. Still, it wasn’t something that really mattered to her...not right now, at least. “...but this is the trinket’s doing.” she continued, picking her Smash Amalgamation and showing it to her. “I can tap on Arle’s power with it. Still, it only got activated when I realized my feelings over her, so...I guess it’s still got a ‘love magic’ angle over it~!”

“But enough talk. Let’s take this big lava monster down!” The fighting queen rallied, cracking her knuckles as she walked towards the lava monster. “I’ve no speech of bravado saved for you, Iblis. But if I had to say something, well...I’m just interested in slamming you back where you belong!”

Rulue closes off the remaining distance between her and the horrific monster…’s midsection, before bravely throwing a punch straight at the guy’s glowing sigil. Normally, this would be considered a boneheaded thought process, and a hand would subsequently be lost. Rulue, though? She trained like crazy for occasions like these. She roughed up her fists in order to punch through all kinds of crazy element barriers or elemental creatures during her quest to become ever stronger. The end result?

That lava? Coursing through Iblis’ body? It wasn’t affecting her fists in the slightest.

p_1d20+11 (Haganshou @ Iblis. 19+7+3=29)

After the opening fist, Rulue retracted her fist before drawing a big glowing green sword that...might look a bit familiar to Arle and Samus. It was the Terra Blade! The blue-haired gal then proceeded to attempt to attack Iblis with three quick slashes, each of them emitting a weird phantom energy blast with them that also intended to harm the lava monster.

p_1d20+9 (Terra Blade: Action 1 @ Iblis! Heavy STR attack that deals 24+7+3=34 damage and has a 35% chance to inflict Mortal Wound!)

p_1d20+4 (Terra Blade: Action 2 @ Iblis! WIS combo that deals 5+7+3=15 damage!)
p_1d20+4 (Combo 2)
p_1d20+4 (Combo 3)

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	Rulue 75/180 HP Peach Blossom (10% healed, 3) Sis Moves (Peach, 1) Concentration CD (1) Resoultion CD (1) Intertwined Healing CD (3) Rulue Impact CD (2) Terra Blade CD(2)
	Ms. Accord 140 HP Backup Unit

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[PolarStarQuote]

As Iblis would emerge in a sudden roar, Sadly it would be broken down once more, as Piko hammers, Spectre Magic's, A Razorblade Typhoon, Shadowy blades, Fists and a few good ol fashioned sword swings, the giant raging lava monster would suddenly fumble back, Roaring out in pain, as soon, a Dark form would emerge behind the group, Placing his fingers upon his chin. "Hmmm...I see. It seems Iblis didn't have enough power from the ocean life. I suppose a fire can not be stoked by mere twigs." Mephiles would simply bluntly say, Before motioning an open claw to the fiery gigas, As an Orb of Light would come from Iblis's roaring pained body, as suddenly, the entirety of Absolution would shake, starting to be lifted into the air by a sheer force of Gravity, as a bright light surrounded Mephiles, along with the entirety of the Confrontation team.

"Seems that we will have to exude some real effort here..."

As the light faded from Mephiles, Schezo, Arle, Peach, Lemres, Rulue and Accord would find themselves sitting upon a single Battlefield, Surrounded by the infinitely spanning cosmos. Soon, A Bright shimmering light would fly through the sky, Appearing before the Battlefield, as the Final Battle drew near....

Solaris's Angelic holy form would slowly descend upon the Battlefield, Wings spearing wide outwardly as it gazed upon the Group, Ready to fight, as its wings immediately created glistening sparkles of light from its holy form, Turning into flying beams of light that aimed to pierce at the group!

Light Spray! Everyone, Roll a Dex Check of 15, or be pierced by rays of light, And suffer 10+(Your DEX) % Damage!

Following this, Solaris's Red Gem would glimmer, Before sending out a large Ray of Red Light toward Peach, Seemingly trying to break through her very mentality!

Red Eye! Peach, Roll an INT Check of 13, or suffer a sudden Mental Assault of piercing damage to your brain, suffering 10+(Your INT) % Damage!

And Lastly, Solaris's arms would come to a simple position, creating a barrier around Solaris's entire body...

Telikenetic Barrier! Any Non-magical Projectiles that roll 13 or Lower, are immediately thrown back at there original thrower at Half Damage.

Solaris

000%/300% HP

Status: Here comes the sun, Doo doo doo doo.

[Mari]

xlylI5e|p_1d20+3 (Arle's Light Spray Dodge; Success)
p_1d20+2 (Peach's Light Spray Dodge; Success)
p_1d20+3 (Amy's Light Spray Dodge; Success)
p_1d20+0 (Peach's Critical Red Eye Resistance; Success)

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Arle

"That light..." Arle murmured aloud, briefly confused by Solaris appearance. If this was a creature of ... light, that meant it was their ally, right?  It stood to reason that if they were fighting a force of darkness, a force of light likely wasn't on his side. ...Right?

Arle's train of thought was derailed when she was forced to dodge a powerful light based attack directed right at her and her friends! Oh. So much for that thought. Arle frantically fluttered her wings to get out of the way, briefly losing her balance and nearly tumbling out of the air. However, she managed to regain her balance and retreated a bit, deciding not to rush in on Solaris like she had before. She suspected her holy magic wouldn't be extra effective like it had been against Mephiles and perhaps Iblis. Instead, she directed her celestial dragon, which until now had just kinda been following her at a distance and staying out of the way, to attack! The dragon abruptly sped up and launched itself at Solaris with furious intensity, intending to ram into it! Being a magical construct made out of energy, it would pass right through Solaris, sapping its strength as it did.

p_1d20+5 (Arle's Critical Stardust Dragon; Does 45% Damage)

She then conjured a holy shield around Rulue to protect her from incoming attacks! The translucent bubble shield could be seen like an aura hovering loosely around her, a light warmth radiating from it.

p_1d20+5 (Arle's Sacred Shield @ Rulue; Reduces damage taken by 12% for 2 turns)

And Schezo! ...Arle cast a healing light upon Schezo, enveloping his body and helping healed what remained os his wounds away.

p_1d15+5 (Arle's Healing @ Schezo; Heals for 14%)

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Peach

Peach blanched for a moment before turning tail and hiking up her skirt slightly so that she wouldn't trip on it as she rushed to flee from the rays of light, not wanting to get caught in that. However, while she was able to dodge that attack she was unfortunately unable to dodge the mental assault that came next. Feeling an impact upon her mind, she turned around and stared in disbelief for a moment. ...Had it just? Was she--? Peach, however, was not weak-minded. She shook off the attack with relative ease, refusing to allow herself to become distracted or impaired when her friends needed her. Instead, she closed her eyes and focused on Rulue's presence, a mild pink aura accompanied by hearts flowing over her for a moment as Peach aided in healing her with love magic!  

p_1d15+10 (Peach's Power Of Love @ Rulue: Heals for 21%)

She then turned back to face Solaris, saying a prayer to focus her willpower and conjuring an explosion of hearts around Solaris, aiding the others in attacking it! The pretty pink hearts explosively expanded into existance before raining down and popping after a while, creating rather pretty if not silly imagery.

p_1d20+10 (Peach's Love Magic; Does 24% Damage)
p_1d20+10 (Peach's Love Magic; Does 24% Damage)

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Amy

Meanwhile, Amy was able to dodge the beams of light--though they came uncomfortably close and elicited a little squeal of alarm from her, skidding to a stop so that she'd have a bit of grounded support, she once again reluctantly began conjuring and whipping hammers at Solaris with all her might! One after another. Sheesh, her arms were getting pretty tired! And these burns weren't helping the pain of pushing herself hurt any less. Regardless, she couldn't stop now. She needed to redeem herself for helping Soni--..Mephiles.

p_1d20+3 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer; Does 19% Damage and she takes 3% recoil)
p_1d20+3 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer; Does 19% Damage and she takes 3% recoil)
p_1d20+3 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer; Does 19% Damage and she takes 3% recoil)

...But one of her hammers was reflected back into her, smacking her rather hard in the face and knocking her over. "...Ow..."

Arle Nadja HP: 200/200 Shield: 65/65 Status: Normal Healing 10% (1 Turns Left) Stardust Dragon (1 Attacks) Sacred Shield (Rulue): 2 Turns Seraphim Presence CD: 2 Turns Healing CD: 2 Turns	Princess Peach HP: 150/150 Shield: 45/45 Status: Burned Frills of Justice (1 Turns Left) Lovely Perfume (3 Turns) Healing 10% (1 Turns Left) Vibe Charges (0) The Power Of Love CD: 2 Turns	Amy Rose HP: 50/130 Shield: 45/45 Status: Burned Healing 10% (1 Turns Left) Spindash CD: 2 Turns

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[Rina]

"What the-? HEY!!"

Light swallowed all that he could see, eyes turning away from the source, as well as slipping the ground from under his feet. Schezo knew he was in for something bad, for the light was a glaring weakness. It never gelled with him all too nicely. When the light cleared, his footing was solid. The area around him was otherworldly...but at least he is able to move as he intends. From the sky, he spots a deity of some angelic form, wings outspread and inciting judgement!

Light Spray Check
Schezo: GwdNXxFMp_1d20
Lemres: p_1d20

"GAH-!"

Oh poor, poor, Schezo. Light can never agree with him, practically searing his body from the inside out. Numb, worn, and his cloak was useless. He has to shed it off, for its protective properties are of no use here.

(Mrs. Nadja's Magical Cloak unequiped.)

Being a mage of darkness is a double-edged sword. He can fight back just as intensely, but he's a glass cannon at his current state. Just when he was second-guessing his situation, a healing light enveloped him, effectively nullifying the ray that shot him. He turned to Arle, smiling weakly for the assistance, until his eyes spotted a speck in the sky that was fleeing the Spray.

"Hang on, Schezo! I'm comin' for you!"

Lemres was lucky enough to be on broomstick to engage in evasive maneuvers. He's swerving, flipping, corkscrewing his way out of harm, focusing on avoiding the beams before touching down to Schezo's side. The comet warlock held out his hand to pick up the dark wizard, looking absolutely unharmed.

"Thank goodness you're alright. Was gettin' worried when that dark bubble started blowin' up."
"This is nothing...I can endure some light magic."

Lying to himself to keep his morale up, Schezo took out a charm from under his chestplate, crescent-shaped and luminous.

"...This looks like the best time to use this."

Lemres stood back, watching Schezo rise from the ground and envelop himself in a cosmic darkness. This dark power...it wasn't from the void, it felt lunar. From the shadows of the moon, the dark wizard became empowered with it...and when the darkness cleared, his attire was black-as-night plate armor, and his sword was luminous with moonlight.

"The god-defiler will not surrender to you!"

(Schezo has transformed into his Moonshadowed Magic Knight form!)

Making great use of his newfound power, he raised his hand up, forming an aura of lunar shadows upon Amy. She looks the most beaten down, erecting a shield to ensure she lasts long enough for healing to mend her.

(Eclipse Ward protects Amy! Up to 20% damage protection for 4 turns.)

"Comet Warlock, stay on guard and be wary of its barrier!"
"Got it!"

Lemres got back upon his broom, taking to the skies to attack. Schezo's done his part for now, and Lemres going to take the offensive. He pointed the want against Solaris, priming has magical barrage...

"So you're the one behind this chaos? I'm afraid I can't let you cause anymore of it."

His first spell is a pure cosmic spell, a wave that is Sucre File as he strafes around Solaris.

Sucre File (18%): p_1d20+5

The next spell is the powerful and explosive Caramelisér. With a twirl of his wand, runes formed behind him, shooting high-power comets as if it were cannons.

Caramelisér (30%, 4-turn cooldown): p_1d20+5

Just as he was going to fire another spell, he looked down to his allies, some looking okay, a couple looking ready to keel over. He turned his attention away from Solaris, sprinking a bit of Parfait upon Amy. It won't do much right now, but any mending helps.

"Here!"
Parfait on Amy: p_1d15+3

Space-time Crystal status
Create a Doppelganger: 1/1
Create a Location: 1/1
Create Power: 0/3

Damage: 34%/205% Status: Crystal Powered (2) Shields: 31%/70% Form: Moonshadowed Knight

Damage: 0%/135% Status: Actually In Combat Shields: 40/40% Cooldowns: Caramelisér (4), Parfait (3)

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[TheSpatialWeeg]

ialAyE7Hp_1d20-1 (Rulue's dodge roll.)
p_1d20-1 (Accord's dodge roll...?!)

“...Okay, don't you all think that ended a little too quickly?”

Rulue didn't like how the lava monster fell so fast. That usually spelled out big troubles ahead, and that was never good, right?

...Yep, juuust as she imagined. Mephiles apparently fused with what remained of Iblis, and together they made…a golden, angelic-like figure. The irony was most definitely not lost on her, though she refrained from commenting about it. Especially because there were light lasers coming to pierce her up. With a swift dodge, she prepared to go up towards the demonic angel - but not before she got some extra protection from Arle, another gracious patch-up from the princess, and...the sight of one of Amy’s many, many spare hammers deflecting back at her.

There was a bit of awkward silence before Rulue quickly said a “Thanks!” to both girls.

...Okay, refrain from using Power Wave for now. Rulue noted to herself. Now, back to work. Cracking her knuckles, she soon after leaped towards Solaris, and did what she did best when it came to battling...which is punching the thing now in front of her.

p_1d20+5 (Rulue's Haganshou. 19% damage)
p_1d20+5 (AGAIN.)
p_1d20+5 (AGAIN.)

“Gah!” Accord yelped as she was hit by one of the light lasers, sliding slightly on the ground. Despite the hit, she lifted herself up pretty quickly. “...Should I reply to this provocation, Popoi?” “Honestly? I say do it. I’m bored here.” “...Of course you’d say that.” “What? Don’t give me that look. You look bored too.”

The teacher rolled her eyes (well, not that people could see them, anyway) as she picked her wand and placed it next to her vacant hand. A ball of light would then start charging on the wand, and after a few moments, Accord flicked the wand at the angelic being.

“Solfége!”

Once she chanted, the ball of flight would go soaring towards Solaris! “Pardon the interruption, but I think you require some backup.”

p_1d20+3 (Accord's Solfége. 12% damage.)

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	Rulue 106/180 HP Peach Blossom (10% healed, 2) Sacred Shield (-12% damage taken, 2) Intertwined Healing CD (2) Rulue Impact CD (1) Terra Blade CD(1)
	Ms. Accord 132 HP 45 Shield Ain't a Backup Unit no more

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