[Mari]

(( TheSpatialWeeg and @crazysaga Yo! Both of you feel free to make your entrance posts. I'll post the appeals and announce the match type once the polls are completed. ))

"We have a king in the ring and a cat that could be wearing a hat, but isn't. This is the first time we've ever seen two heavyweight fighters go at each other in WWLi, so here's hoping they can give the stadium a good shake with their powerful blows!"

[TheSpatialWeeg]

The arena was noticeably fuller with numerous Waddle Dees for this specific match.

Most, if not all of the cute little fellas awaited eagerly for their beloved king to make an appearance in the arena. And enter he did soon enough, walking with his red robe flowing dramatically, as if heavy wind was blowing his way. Once he was in full view of the public at large, he raised his left arm, finger pointing upward.

“Look alive, Li! Today, y'all get to see the Deadly, Destructive and Delightful King of Dreamland...DEDEDE, in a fight!” He loudly proclaimed, jabbing his thumb at his belly. The crowd roared in excitement, and he laughed jovially. “Thank y’all! Thank you! Nice seein’ some positive reception!” He bowed in respect for the audience. "Now, as the king of Dreamland, I solemnly pledge to fight 'till I'm sapped o' all my strength! Y'all won't see me forfeitin'!" he promised, raising his right hand.

Once he was done with pledging, he picked up his hammer and placed it over his shoulder. The king of Dreamland tilted his head. “So this Benedikt's fella’s my opponent, eh? Well, le’s see what he can do! I just hope he’s ready to be clobbered regardless, hehehe!"

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Chains clattered as one of the gates rose on the opposite end of the Arena Ferox. Such a fitting name for gladiators and warriors alike to come and test their mettle, just like the emperor used to display. Wretched, heinous growls echoed from the walls of the void filled hallway. Something began to pound its way onto the battlefield. The slams of footsteps, of a creature on all fours, ravaged the dirt beneath the monster's feet. Although the figure began to lose its shadow, it managed to leap out with a powerful leap and soared towards the risen platforms that arena was known for.

The now apparent lion man grabbed onto one of the platforms, whipping his massive frame onto the flooring in an acrobatic swing. Another swing, then another, his feral displays of athleticism ending towards a high point, where the lion bust out a single handed, well, handstand. Not to mention the vocals bursting towards the audience.

"BAAAHAHAHAHAA! WHO'S WANTIN' TA FIGHT THE MONSTER THIS TIME!"

Feline eyes glared from his leonine features, his wide grin expanding upon notice of the so called king. Pushing off the platform with his hand, the beastkin dove towards the ground, landing with a slam which filled the arena once more with an air of power. As he stood, Benedikt rose from his landing crouch, his mass becoming more prominent as his shoulders veered back to display the obscene mass of muscle. "Looks like yous wanna go at me, don't ya bud. If yer tinkin' that hammer's gonna knock me easy, ya better tink again, Mr. Fancy," Benny retorted.

His arms outstretched, displaying his full being to the crowd. The man's body seemed to flex on its own with even step he took, circling about on one foot in an almost comical manner, "YOUS ALL WANNA SEE ME FLATTEN THIS SO CALLED KING!? COME OOOOOON LEMME HEAR IT! GOTTA HEAR IT!" Benny motioned his arms towards the audience on every side of him, taunting the crowd to begin acting up. Oh, the man got his wish at least, seeing at least the non-Waddle crowd erupting into cheers as the lion beastkin shuffled back and forth to continue egging them on.

A might filled roar echoed about the entire stadium now, the lion pumped and ready to fight, stance spread out and warms wide, pounding his chest once as thought chastising Dedede.

"NOW YOUS GONNA GET THRASHED BY THE MONSTER OF SOPHOS!"

[Mari]

Blue walks out onto the arena floor and promptly wigged out a little at the sight of Benny, fumbling to catch a machine and ultimately dropping it on the ground. H-How?? How did he have both abs and fur?! What--Blue promptly recomposed herself as best she could and picked up the machine, walking the rest of the way over and activating the machine, which glitched out for a moment. Blue gave it a few rough taps though and it recovered, displaying a list of audience appeal requests!


" . . . S-So~! I hope you're ready to fight because the audience requests are in~! This is a battle royale, which means you can bring in a companion or ally~! Good luck~!"

Audience Requests
For King Dedede

For 24 Appeal Points: for one post, Anytime you say a word that starts with the letter 'D', you must say 'Dedede' beforehand, including your own name, The Dedededisasterious King DededeDedede
For 21 Appeal Points: If Benny dabs on Kirby, facepalm
For 21 Appeal Points: Mimic the Kirby Dance after a successful blow
For 21 Appeal Points: Declare it is "Hammer Time" after dodging an attack
For 21 Appeal Points: Have your Waddle Dees bring ripe fruit into the arena, then toss that ripe fruit to the audience for supreme snackage!
For 18 Appeal Points: Order your Waddle Dees to get an autograph from Princess Peach for you
For 18 Appeal Points: Suplex Benny
For 18 Appeal Points: Hulk out to intimidate Benny
For 15 Appeal Points: Reveal that, Yes, YOU are the infamous Pokemon Butcher! Even though you arnt.

For Benedikt

For 24 Appeal Points: Read an excerpt from Francis' fanfiction "The Magic Butterfly Babe", a story wherein' he attempts to romance a wildly out of character Arle who has butterfly wings for some reason.
For 21 Appeal Points: Grab a chair from the audience to hit Dedede with
For 21 Appeal Points: Tell the Audience to donate to a Childrens Charity
For 21 Appeal Points: Dab on Kirby, who is in the stands watching the fight
For 18 Appeal Points: If he knocks Dedede flat on his face, I want him to reenact this gif
For 18 Appeal Points: perform a Malicious Moonsault on King DeDeDe
For 18 Appeal Points: Offer Blue a piggyback ride
For 18 Appeal Points: Use the King's Hammer against him
For 18 Appeal Points: Quickly invent a Megaphone, Using a Squirrel, some tape, And a Megaphone.

For Both

For 24 Appeal Points: Try to Adopt Blue as your daughter, And fight to be the Dad.
For 21 Appeal Points: Flex to show off your perfect muscles
For 21 Appeal Points: Have a Rap Battle
For 15 Appeal Points: Do a Gourmet Race
For 15 Appeal Points: Dance Through The Danger! Dodge an incoming attack that deals 10% damage or greater!

[TheSpatialWeeg]

“We’ll see ‘bout that, ya big kitty-cat!” Dedede boasted as the requests appeared in the monitors. He brought up his hammer forth, ready to--wait, what?! A Battle Royale?? But...but… “I...didn’t enlist any help…” Dedede admitted, embarrassed. He turned over to Benny and...noticed the other guy had no partner either. “Er...guess we have to improvise ‘ere! Waddle Dee Squadron #2!!”

Almost instantaneously, a squad of 10 to 15 Waddle Dees assembled in front of their king, saluting cutely. “Y’are to fetch us both partners for this here match. OK? Go!” He commanded, and the Waddle Dees dispersed, and...almost immediately returned with results.

A black haired girl with a black cloak was placed on Dedede’s side. She looked very confused. “Hey there, young gal. What’s yer name?” the king asked.

“ U-um...Xion? ”

“Xion! Y’have been chosen to fight at the side o’ yours truly in this ‘ere match! I’ll make sure y’are handsomely compensated fer the trouble, be it victory or defeat.” The king bellowed out, now brandishing his hammer bravely. Xion...ended up nodding slowly.

“ I'm...not so sure how I feel about all of this, but...okay. I'll play along... ”

She got up and summoned her Keyblade, sliding in her battle position. The squadron of the Waddle Dees would drop Benny’s impromptu partner before they assembled again, saluting at their king. “Good job! But...there’s one more request I’d have you fufill fer me. Bring the audience...THE SUPREME SNACKAGE!”

The Waddle Dees saluted and darted off, soon reappearing around the spectator area carrying loads of fresh fruit! They gently gave an assortment of various delicacies to each and every person currently watching the match.

((One action’s sacrificed for The Supreme Snackage!))

“Now, with that outta the way...let’s begin fo’ real!” Dedede announced, dashing towards Benny with hammer in hand. He leaped forward and swung the weapon twice, to start things off simple and clean.

agYFcLW8p_1d20+3
p_1d20+3 (2 Hammer Strikes @ Benny! Both do 19% damage...should they somehow hit him.)

Xion stood at a distance, analyzing the situation. Well, her opponents were a big, hulking lion man...and a little blonde girl. Weird, but she did say she was gonna play along...It was easy to notice big, hulking lion was gonna be a problem, but that Dedede fellow was already keeping him busy, so blonde girl it is! ...Even if it felt kind of wrong to do so.
Pointing her Keyblade to her front, the tip began glowing a faint blue…

“ Deep freeze! ”

An icy projectile shot from the key sword before splitting off into multiple shards, targeting both Benny and the newcomer!

p_1d20+2 (Xion's Blizzara! AoE that deals 12% damage and has 50% chance of Freezing!)

After this, she tightened her hold on the weapon, and prepared to apparently attack...before she threw the weapon at the girl. The blade spun around like a record, right round round round at the new figure...and oh god the weapon was coming back to Xion. That sword was some sorta boomerang?!

p_1d20+2 (Xion's Strike Raid @ Paula! 2-action consuming attack that deals 18% damage at both throw and return.)
p_1d20+2 (Return accuracy.)

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	King Dedede 180 HP 65 Shield
	Xion 150 HP 50 Shield

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The side of his maw rose, a sneer ravaging his impression, "Come on bird guy! Tat hammer ain't gonna beat me down-uuuh." Benny blinked a few times, the realization of this match's battle style coming to his mind as well. "So, uuh, I didn't get help either," the lion said, losing his composure for a moment as he stared at Dedede, akin to a dear in headlights. Well. This was a terrible start to a stadium match, what with these two knuckleheads doing nothing more than taking up space within the arena floor.

Until the Waddles showed up, and leaving just as soon to deliver their king's request.

Which included the sounds of a screaming girl, "H-HEY! Put me down meanies!"

Catching the attention of the beastkin, the lion's eyes widened for a brief moment before a scowl rushed across his face. Heading towards him were the Waddles, the group carrying a blonde haired human girl in a pink dress. She did not seem too keen on the creatures having kidnapped her, and Benny was not having it, "HEY! YOUS GUYS PUT HER DOWN WHY I OUGHTA-!" Charging in, Benny trampled through the gang of Waddle Dees, a comical dust cloud appearing alongside a sound some may have sworn they heard akin to bowling pins being knocked over. As well as the Waddle Dees soaring through the air in various directions and back into the stands.

Paula adjusted herself onto her feet as she brushed off her dress. "Oh wowzers... is that a really big lion," the girl said, tilting her head to examine the scene.

"Get outta here, SCRAM," the lion snarled at the remaining Waddle Dee, who squeaked and rushed towards the Dedede side of the audience. In a swift change of mood, something Benny was not unfamiliar with, he crouched down, wagging his tail to give the human girl a gentle smile, "Awww I'm sorry kiddo. Didn't tink he'd kidnap a kid like tat. Don't tink ya gotta stay here, so go back and feel free to watch. I can take 'im!"

Something about this man belied his excessive stature and apparent enjoyment of battle. An instinct Paula honed throughout her journey back home. Giggling, she shook her head and looked up at him, "Thank you very much Mr. Lion! I'm Paula Jones! I know you really and truly don't want me to get hurt after I was taken by those bad guys, but I'm staying to make it up to you. Fighting isn't new to me!" She held up her finger and displayed a quick blur of PSI energy around her fingers, then turned to face their opponents, frying pan at the ready.

"Awww yer a sweetie! Just call me Benny then, and I tink we got a couple of dummies wantin' a fight," the beastkin said as he spun around, arms wide in his go to fighting stance.

In his distracted moment, the hammer swinging king had rushed at the lion, giving just mere moments to react.

LVhKjroXp_1d20-1 (Dedede Hammer Strike, DODGED, Benny)
p_1d20-1 (Dedede Hammer Strike, DODGED, Benny)

Even with his bulk, Benny was still in top form, using his massive arms to parry the swings of the king's weapon. Yet, there was more to this story. As it turns out, there was still one more combatant he forgot to take into account: the black robed girl shooting an area of ice at them, "AH GEEZ!"

p_1d20-1 (Xion Blizzara, FAILED, Benny)
p_1d100 (NOT FROZEN, Benny)

The lion was hit, but thanks to his durability managed to shrug off the freezing effects. However, the other part of the ice spell was still rushing towards Paula.

p_1d20+2 (Xion Blizzara, DODGED, Paula)

With a nimble twirl out of the way, the blonde haired girl had more coming at her. The black robed girl had thrown her key shaped weapon, which sailed towards the PSI user.

p_1d20+2 (Xion Strike Raid, FAILED, Paula)
p_1d20+2 (Xion Strike Raid, FAILED, Paula)

Unsure of how the attack was coming, the poor dear was struck by both attacks, "OWIE!" She stumbled for a moment, before collecting herself once again. No. She was determined to help her big, furry lion friend. Nodding to herself, she charged up her PSI and caused orange energy to surge around both her and Benny.

"We have power ups Mr. Benny! YAY!"

(Offense Up Omega is used! Both Paula and Benny have +2 to attack rolls for 3 turns!)

Next, she focused her energies on both King Dedede and Xion, "And now for you!" A blue aura tries to force itself around both opponents, though those with a strong force of will can shake this one off.

p_1d20+5 (Roll WIS to avoid Defense Down Omega. If hit, -2 to defense rolls for 3 turns!)

But the girl was not done yet. As more PSI energy surged, she charged it around her frying pan, which swung through the air towards Xion, "HAAAAAAA!"

p_1d20+5 (PSI Fry Pan, 22% Damage if hit, at Xion)

The beastkin felt the surge of energy from the PSI ability, letting out a roar in triumph, "BAAAHAHAHA! I LOVE IT KIDDO! Now let's see... OOOOO TAT'S RIGHT!" With the freedom to do as he pleased, the lion rushed towards the audience, took a powerful leap up the wall, and snagged a chair with which he rushed back towards Dedede. A metal chair. A very large chair. One which Benny took with both hands and swung right at this so called king!

p_1d20+6 ((ATTACK ROLL TO GRAB A CHAIR FROM THE AUDIENCE AND HIT DEDEDE WITH IT FOR APPEALS, at Dedede))

He tossed the chair to the side, and then rushed at Dedede. Benny attempted to grab Dedede then slam the penguin-duck-person over his shoulders.

p_1d20+6 (Wrestling, 12% Damage if hit, at Dedede)

Then the lion tried to slam his foe over his knee.

p_1d20+6 (Wrestling, 12% Damage if hit, at Dedede)

BENEDIKT HP: 178/190 MP: 2/4 Shield: 70/70 Status: Offense Up Omega (+2 Attack, 3 Turns) Cooldowns: NONE Appeal: 0

PAULA HP: 104/140 Shield: 45/45 Status: Offense Up Omega (+2 Attack, 3 Turns) Cooldowns: Offense Up Omega (3 Turns); Defense Down Omega (3 Turns); PSI Fry Pan (1 Turn) Appeal: 0

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[Mari]

"Two titanic walls of flesh have joined forced with two bewitchingly pretty majokkos and let me tell you, this pairing is hot like PK Fire!! I haven't seen a frying pan used like that since Princess Peach's last stadium match! And when you call back memories of the champ, that's always a good sign. I bet the audience is really enjoying the free food too~!"

"It's times like these I'm not sure who to root for. I don't want either of my fellow students to feel discouraged!"

" . . . Yay!! Hylia's Grace represent!! Do your best, Paula and Xion!!"

Audience Requests
For King Dedede

For 24 Appeal Points: for one post, Anytime you say a word that starts with the letter 'D', you must say 'Dedede' beforehand, including your own name, The Dedededisasterious King DededeDedede
For 21 Appeal Points: If Benny dabs on Kirby, facepalm
For 21 Appeal Points: Mimic the Kirby Dance after a successful blow
For 21 Appeal Points: Declare it is "Hammer Time" after dodging an attack
For 21 Appeal Points: Have your Waddle Dees bring ripe fruit into the arena, then toss that ripe fruit to the audience for supreme snackage! GRANTED
For 18 Appeal Points: Order your Waddle Dees to get an autograph from Princess Peach for you
For 18 Appeal Points: Suplex Benny
For 18 Appeal Points: Hulk out to intimidate Benny
For 15 Appeal Points: Reveal that, Yes, YOU are the infamous Pokemon Butcher! Even though you arnt.

For Benedikt

For 24 Appeal Points: Read an excerpt from Francis' fanfiction "The Magic Butterfly Babe", a story wherein' he attempts to romance a wildly out of character Arle who has butterfly wings for some reason.
For 21 Appeal Points: Grab a chair from the audience to hit Dedede with GRANTED
For 21 Appeal Points: Tell the Audience to donate to a Childrens Charity
For 21 Appeal Points: Dab on Kirby, who is in the stands watching the fight
For 18 Appeal Points: If he knocks Dedede flat on his face, I want him to reenact this gif
For 18 Appeal Points: perform a Malicious Moonsault on King DeDeDe
For 18 Appeal Points: Offer Blue a piggyback ride
For 18 Appeal Points: Use the King's Hammer against him
For 18 Appeal Points: Quickly invent a Megaphone, Using a Squirrel, some tape, And a Megaphone.

For Both

For 24 Appeal Points: Try to Adopt Blue as your daughter, And fight to be the Dad.
For 21 Appeal Points: Flex to show off your perfect muscles
For 21 Appeal Points: Have a Rap Battle
For 15 Appeal Points: Do a Gourmet Race
For 15 Appeal Points: Dance Through The Danger! Dodge an incoming attack that deals 10% damage or greater!

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"H-Hey!" Dedede called out to Benny as he trampled all over the Waddle Dees carrying the new girl. "Ya can't be mean to my Waddle Dees..." he said, sounding...hurt? For real?! How...unexpected. Some of the attacked Waddle Dees panicked and ran into the stands, while others ran to their king and either cowered behind him or cried a bit. The penguin crouched down and gave them a big hug. "Y'all did great. Go take care of these injuries." he said. The Waddle Dees saluted him and went away.

Xion felt an odd fluttery feeling emerge from her heart. She softly smiled.

...Still, there was a battle to be fought here, and the soft expressions soon hardened as the got ready to get down to business.

F1KEjU8rp_1d20+2 (Xion's Defense Down resistance.)
p_1d20+1 (PSI Fry Pan dodge.)

“ Huh?! What's--? ”

Xion noticed a blue aura that attempted to envelop her, only for it to...do nothing? What was that all about? Maybe she...resisted its effects? However, just before she could properly recomposed, she was hit with a...magic powered frying pan? With a groan of pain, Xion was sent toward the ground. She got up quickly and brandished her weapon again, however, taking a deep breath and focus on the other girl on the other side of the battlefield.

p_1d20-2 (Dedede's Defense Down resistance.)

"'Ey! What's the big idea?!" Dedede, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. The aura made him feel...weaker. Slower. He wasn't sure what was going on with him, but that really didn't matter right now, the big wrestling lion was having a power trip and going ham. "Ooookay." The big king, looked over Xion's (isolated) fight against Paula and...huh, those patterns on the girlie in the pink dress' pan looked rather...familiar. Almost like... "...PSI?" Dedede questioned. Could she be familiar with...him? ...Nah. He was probably overthinking it.

Shaking his head, he recapped the audience requests and...two in particular caught his interest. He smirked. "Well, those are pretty...curious requests. Now this one 'bout a Rap Battle sound pretty nice! How 'bout we see where that leads us?" Dedede questioned the audience, before turning to Benny and Paula. "And y'two...try not to take this too seriously? Thanks."

With those words out of the way, Dedede cleared his throat...and started to beatbox and rap.

((Dedede sacrifices up one action in order to rap.))

"♪ Yo, what’s up, it’s the MC King
I’m here to set fire to this ring
Stick around, it’s 'boutta be dededelightful
‘Cause these lines are jus’ like my hammer…they’re mightful! ♫"

p_1d20-1 (Chair dodge.)

...Dedede might've been too busy with those lines, even, because he couldn't avoid the chair being hammered in him. The king stood silent, unmoving for a couple of seconds, as if he was trying to process what just happened...then he smirked and started rapping all over again. Xion seemed to be getting in on it as well, bopping her head slightly as Dedede beatboxed.

"♫ Wait, hold up, lemme breathe some air
Did ya just deprive a member of the audience of their chair?
Dededistasteful, dare I say...villainous?
This from someone from the side o’ the righteous? ♪"

p_1d20-1 (Wrestling dodge.)

p_1d20-1 (Wrestling dodge.)

Now after delivering those bars, Dedede was much more aware of the battle field, and practically danced through Benny's attempts at attacking him. Shooting a smile towards his opponent, he resumed the rap delivery.

"♪ Whoops, ya missed, what a shame
Don’t worry, everybody knows y’ain’t ta blame

Now hold on tight, you best prepare!
‘Cause it’s hammer time! Ready to wallow in dededespair? ♩"

"Xion, yer up, kiddo!" Dedede proclaimed, pointing at the robed girl that...grew instantly flustered. Her? Doing...that thing? That didn't...she had no idea how to do it!

“ H-huh?? Y-you want me to do this 'rap' too? ”

"Yeah, you! It's not as fun if I'm the only one doin' it!" The king of Dreamland proclaimed "Don't worry 'bout doin' well, this is just for fun!" Dedede attempted to convince the girl. "I'm pretty sure ya can do it jus' fine!"

“ B-but I'm not sure how to...how am I gonna do this? ”

"Jus'...let that there rhyme claim yer heart and go with the flow!" Dedede suggested, leisurely resting his hammer on the ground, an inviting smile on his face throughout. "Trust me, what I did jus' now was all improvised. I'm sure ya can do the same."

“ Let the rhyme...claim my heart...I...guess it's worth a shot? ”

Xion took a deep breath and stepped forward, entering her combat stance...and...!

“ ♩ H-Hey! Newbie here, call me…uh…Rank 14! I’m n-not sure how to do this, but I think I got a gleam? To be honest, rhyming isn’t really my game But if that’s how it’s gonna be…then let’s play!♪ ”

Dedede began beatboxing in the background, giving Xion some rhythm to help her out. She took a deep breath and steeled her nerves even further as she delivered the next verse, dedicated to the opposing magical girl.

“ ♩ Your psychic attack back there was strong, no doubt But I, too, have some handy surprises for this bout Aeroga! The winds of fortune are howling Your attacks may be accurate, but now we got some cowling! ♫ ”

Xion raised her Keyblade up as its tip was aglow once again, a barrier of wind forming around her and her teammate. "Keep going! Yer doing great!" The king encouraged the robed girl as he continued to beatbox.

p_1d5+2 (Xion's Aeroga! Both Xion and Dedede will take -5 damage from following attacks for 3 turns!)

“ ♪ Next up is one of my favorite spells Sorry, but you are not the only one that, in debuffs, excels Heads up, Stopga! In other words, stop time! ♩ ”

"♫ Hey hey, looky here, ain’t that sublime? ♩" Dedede spoke up as the Xion's next attack suddenly created a rune that looked like a clock that surrounded the two opponents. Should they not manage to resist it, they might find themselves slowing down..

p_1d20+2 (Xion's Stopga, AoE! Roll INT to resist, else Slow will be inflicted. If the opponent ends up losing against the roll by a difference of 6 or more, they'll be Stopped aka Stunned but actually frozen in time which sounds cooler)

"♪ Time may have slowed or stopped, but these rhymes keep on goin'! ♩" Dedede started before Xion pointed her Keyblade towards Paula, the tip glowing once more.

“ ♩ Firaga! Watch out! These flames will just keep growing! ♪ ”

The Keyblade then fired a biiiiig fireball at Paula, that if it came close enough, would soon detonate in a sea of flames.

p_1d20+3 (Xion's Firaga @ Paula! 25% damage, 25% chance of inflicting Burn!)

"Hahaha!" Dedede laughed, patting her head. "Nice job, kiddo! Knew you had it in ya!" he praised the robed girl.

“ Oh god, this was...too scary. I don't think I'm gonna do that ever again. ”

"Well, y'gotta admit it was worth a shot, at least!" The penguin replied. "Hmm...now that I think 'bout it...I feel like I'm forgettin' somethin'..." Dedede folded his arms, thinking...or rather, pretending to. "Ah, yes. I said it was Hammer Time back there!" He proclaimed with a smirk, and began attacking again, starting off by leaping into the sky and coming crashing down straight towards the muscular lion!

p_1d20+3 (Super Dedede Jump @ Benny! 22% damage.)

After the powerful landing (which probably cracked the floor a bit), Dedede quickly brandished his hammer once more and took another trying swing at Benny!

p_1d20+3 (Hammer Strike @ Benny! 19% damage.)

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	King Dedede 180 HP 65 Shield Aeroga (-5 damage taken, 3) Jet Charge: [|||]- Super Dedede Jump CD (2)
	Xion 128 HP 50 Shield Aeroga (-5 damage taken, 3)

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Was... was this stupid bird mocking him with some sweet bars meant for some kind of modern bard? Not just that, but this supposed king dared, DARED to call him a villain just by slamming him with a chair! A growl resonated within the man's throat as his foe continued. Stupid Li Age rap music thing. While Benny did not know the extent of how rapping works, there was something about the words that irritated him in more ways than just wordplay. No, Dedede was challenging him to a battle of vocal proportions, akin to the proclamations he bellowed during his times as a coliseum gladiator.

Hold on, was the robed girl joining in on this too!?

"What the heckie!? Yous thinkin' I'm a joke!"

"U-Uum, Mr. Lion the fight's still happening!"

The opposing young lady used a spell, and with the limited knowledge the lion held he recognized the word 'Stop', which even he realized when it was too late. Both he and his pink dressed girl were vulnerable to a Stopga!

WpbdjaQlp_1d20-2 (Benny Stopga Defense... Critical Success for whatever reason WTF LION YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DUMB)
p_1d20+2 (Paula Stopga Defense, failed by 6 or more and is instead STUNNED)

As the poor, young PSI user becomes frozen in time, a burst of flame is shot in her direction, hitting Paula dead on! (Firaga autohits due to STUNNED, but she is now released from it due to being hit).

p_1d100 (BURN failed to activate!)

Paula shrieks in terror, being knocked back by the sheer force of the attack, which placed her back in normal time. She stood back up, one eye shut as she regains her footing by was of stumbling about. "This really hurts... ouchie... ooow... b-but no, I can't let Mr. Benny down," the girl says, shaking her head with a renewed look of determination. Nodding, electricity began to spiral about her, hands alight with such elemental force as her frying pan floated near her position. Spinning around in a full circle, the girl unleashed blasts of lighting at both Dedede and Xion, "PK Thunder Gamma!"

p_1d20+5 (PK Thunder Gamma at both Dedede and Xion, 14% damage on hit, 60% STUN Chance)

With a swift footing which befit her petite stature, the PSI user rushed towards Xion. Once near her robed opponent, geometric shapes of psychokinetic energy enveloped Paula. A twirl with her body assaulted No. XIV with the wrath of the psychic child.

p_1d20+4 (Swirling PSI at Xion, 12% Damage)

And again.

p_1d20+4 (Swirling PSI at Xion, 12% Damage)

"Go get 'em Mr. Benny!"

On the matter of the hulking lion, the opposing penguin had launched two attacks during his rap number. Dedede took a mighty leap above, attempting to crash down on Benny!

p_1d20-1 (Super Dedede Jump, Dodge Failed)

Then came the hammer once more.

p_1d20-1 (Hammer Strike, Dodge Failed)

Both strikes hit the beastkin, who stumbled back as his body was battered by the attacks. Yet, Benny stood hunched over for a moment, with a close eye able to notice something was off. His scowl replaced with an elevating grin, the feral beast snapping his head forward with a newfound confidence. Arms spread wide, as did his stance, ready to show this stupid bird who ruled the stadium. (BENNY APPEAL. RAP BATTLE INITIATED)

"So yous tink you got me hammered
And that my body's really battered
But tat ain't all I got for yous
Cause my fightin' words ain't just a ruse."

"Tryin' ta use me like a fool
But yous facin' down a hero
Ya tink yer clever cause ya tink yer gonna school,
Lyin' to a lion jus' gonna prove yous a zero."

"I'm ta man of the hour
Only a heel's gonna be sour,
I'ma throw ya to da zenith
Cause I'm stronger than a behemoth."

"Ain't a villain or a monstah
But ain't just for Sophos where I prowl,
Cus ain't right ta kidnap girls bustah
This roar more than just a growl."

"TIMES UP BUDDY YA FACIN' DOWN A WARRIOR,
BETTAH WRITE YER WILL CAUSE I'M BRINGIN' DOWN TA DICTATOR!"

With that, the lion unleashed a mighty roar himself as he built up a quick surge of magical energy, rushing in for a double punch to demolish the oversized bird king.

p_1d20+6 (Feral Brutality on Dedede, 22% Damage)

Afterwards, Benny went for another grab in order to suplex Dedede, although it was to be more of a quick move than keeping a hold of the opposing man.

p_1d20+6 (Wrestling on Dedede, 12% Damage)

BENEDIKT HP: 137/190 MP: 3/4 Shield: 70/70 Status: Offense Up Omega (+2 Attack, 2 Turns) Cooldowns: Feral Brutality (1 Turn)

PAULA HP: 79/140 Shield: 45/45 Status: Offense Up Omega (+2 Attack, 2 Turns) Cooldowns: Offense Up Omega (2 Turns); Defense Down Omega (2 Turns); PSI Fry Pan (COMPLETE), PK Thunder Gamma (2 Turns)

1d20-2·1d20+2·1d100·1d20+5·1d20+4·1d20+4·1d20-1·1d20-1·1d20+6·1d20+6

[Mari]

Arle blanched for a good moment as she listened to Xion. Was this rapping? Was that just what they called singing here? She decided to chip in with some support anyway. "That was really pretty, Xion~! I love your singing. Both of you are doing great!"


"Well, you definitely won't lose any points for being cute anyway~! That's for sure. I think that's our firrrr--second rap battle on the stadium floor? History in the making, folks. Speaking of which, we've got some nice new appeals for you all! Come take a look so you can get the audience roaring your name~ Get it? Like a lion~!"

Audience Requests
For King Dedede

For 24 Appeal Points: for one post, Anytime you say a word that starts with the letter 'D', you must say 'Dedede' beforehand, including your own name, The Dedededisasterious King DededeDedede
For 21 Appeal Points: If Benny dabs on Kirby, facepalm
For 21 Appeal Points: Mimic the Kirby Dance after a successful blow
For 21 Appeal Points: Declare it is "Hammer Time" after dodging an attack
For 21 Appeal Points: Have your Waddle Dees bring ripe fruit into the arena, then toss that ripe fruit to the audience for supreme snackage! GRANTED
For 18 Appeal Points: Order your Waddle Dees to get an autograph from Princess Peach for you
For 18 Appeal Points: Suplex Benny
For 18 Appeal Points: Hulk out to intimidate Benny
For 15 Appeal Points: Reveal that, Yes, YOU are the infamous Pokemon Butcher! Even though you arnt.
For 9 Appeal Points: Reveal to the audience that King D. Mind is a fusion of Shadow Dedede(your shadow archetype) and Dark Mind

For Xion

For 24 Appeal Points: Secret technique, the infamous double dab!
For 21 Appeal Points: Fight with a stick!

For Benedikt

For 24 Appeal Points: Read an excerpt from Francis' fanfiction "The Magic Butterfly Babe", a story wherein' he attempts to romance a wildly out of character Arle who has butterfly wings for some reason.
For 24 Appeal Points: Yell "HULK SMASH! When performing a grapple
For 21 Appeal Points: Grab a chair from the audience to hit Dedede with GRANTED
For 21 Appeal Points: Tell the Audience to donate to a Childrens Charity
For 21 Appeal Points: Dab on Kirby, who is in the stands watching the fight
For 21 Appeal Points: Do a Johnny Bravo impression to either Paula, Xion, or Blue
For 18 Appeal Points: If he knocks Dedede flat on his face, I want him to reenact this gif
For 18 Appeal Points: perform a Malicious Moonsault on King DeDeDe
For 18 Appeal Points: Offer Blue a piggyback ride
For 18 Appeal Points: Use the King's Hammer against him
For 18 Appeal Points: Quickly invent a Megaphone, Using a Squirrel, some tape, And a Megaphone.

For Paula

For 21 Appeal Points: Do the Wes Dance

For Both (King Dedede and Benedikt)

For 24 Appeal Points: Try to Adopt Blue as your daughter, And fight to be the Dad.
For 21 Appeal Points: Flex to show off your perfect muscles
For 21 Appeal Points: Have a Rap Battle GRANTED
For 21 Appeal Points: Nake a bad pun relating to what animal you are based on.
For 21 Appeal Points: Show your opponent the super power of teamwork by performing a combination attack with your ally.
For 18 Appeal Points: Give a member of the audience watching your fight a piggyback ride for the entire turn
For 15 Appeal Points: Do a Gourmet Race
For 15 Appeal Points: Dance Through The Danger! Dodge an incoming attack that deals 10% damage or greater!

For Both (Xion and Paula)

For 36 Appeal Points: Take a moment to give each other a consensual hug and let each other know you appreciate each other.
For 24 Appeal Points: Show off something you learned at Hylia's Grace Academy!
For 24 Appeal Points: Get Princess Peaches autograph.
For 24 Appeal Points: Have a moment of sisterly bonding with Peach and/or Arle
For 24 Appeal Points: Obtain a hungry cookpot from someone in the audience and use it on Arle, Raffina, Blue or Valorie!
For 21 Appeal Points: Show the audience your belief in the power of love and/or friendship
For 18 Appeal Points: Ask Shantae to lend her Hungry Cookpot to you and use in the fight against your respective male opponent!
For 18 Appeal Points: If you get a cookpot from Shantae, use it on her instead~
For 18 Appeal Points: Kiss Blue on the cheek!

[TheSpatialWeeg]

e6czj1Zdp_1d20+1
p_1d20+1

p_1d20+1 (Xion's dodge rolls! She dodged everything?!!)

“ H-huh?? I...I-I sing well? --Cute?! ”

Xion blushed faintly and fidgeted from the praise she received from the main two spectators, but if Paula thought she could take advantage of her moment of dorkiness, she thought very wrong. Xion, upon hearing the incantation, weaved away from the thunder, then rolled away from the first strike of Whirling PSI, and backflipped gracefully from the second one, summoning her Keyblade as she landed. She allowed a little smirk to emerge on her face, as her eyes kept trained on the opposing blonde, and the grip over her weapon tightening.

"...With that temper of yours? Yes, you are." Dedede replied at the offended lion. He was starting to get kinda annoyed at the muscular furry creature opposing him. "Word of advice from someone who had the same temper as 'yous' a couple of years back? Work on it. Seriously, it'll just do bad for ya in the long run." he commented, shrugging in seemingly apathetic reaction as he rolled his eyes at the lion's rapping response. Seriously, when is he gonna let go of the 'child kidnapping' portion? And tyrant? Pfft, he heard this more than enough times.

p_1d20-1 (Dedede gets hit by the PK Thunder. 14-5 = 9 damage)
p_1d100 (Stunned. Gets hit by Feral Brutality by proxy. 22-5 = 17 damage)

p_1d20-1 (Also gets hit by Wrastlin. 12-5 = 7 damage)

Unfortunately, being distracted with the rapping ended up with him getting fried, punched twice and suplexed in quick succession. "...Note t'self. Pay more attention to what's physically around me." he muttered to himself as he brought himself back up, dusting off any debris on him.

...Wait a sec. What's with that dark aura that flashed around him a second ago?

(The Vengeance is building...)

“ King Dedede! You okay?! ”

"Huh? Yeah, I'm okay, kiddo. It'll take more than that to take this king down!" Dedede bolstered, bumping his torso with pride. "That shield of yers came in real handy too, Xion. Many thanks!" he soon praised his ally, to which the black-haired gal smiled in response, the faint blush becoming more pronounced.

“ R-right! Ready to keep this up? ”

"Hehehe, I'm always ready." Dedede smirked as he brandished his hammer once again...before noticing an update over at the requests board. "Oh hey, ya got a couple of requests to grant now! Try to do a couple o' those, they'll leave an impact on the audience and we get some nice bonuses from 'em!" he advised. Xion looked at the requests being televised and...wow, she shared a lot of them with Paula.

“ All right! I'll give it a shot. ”

"Attagirl!" Dedede encouraged. "Go get 'em!" With no more words between them to be shared, Xion dashed straight towards Paula again, twirling her Keyblade for a bit before throwing it at the PSI girl once more! She used Strike Raid back at the start of the match, sure, but hey, Paula used that whirly thing twice, why couldn't she?

p_1d20+2 (Xion's Strike Raid @ Paula! 2-action consuming attack that deals 18% damage at both throw and return!)
p_1d20+2 (Return trip!)

As the Keyblade got back in her grasp, Xion let out a loud and somewhat exaggerated battlecry as she advanced towards Paula again, running as fast as she could. The black robed girl, once close enough, opened her arms wide...

...and pulled Paula in for a hug?!

((Xion wastes an action to hug Paula.))

“ I uh...know we just met and all, but...I think you're cool! Maybe we could get some ice cream and t-talk some more after the battle? ”

"...oh my god that's adorable." Dedede proclaimed and he covered his mouth. His eyes were shining and were almost kinda water. Kids were something else, weren't they? "......a'ight, that oughta be enough gawking at cute." Dedede took a deep breath. "'EY, BENEDIKT! HEADS UP, GONNA ATTACK NOW!" he yelled to catch his foe's attention. Once the guy actually got to look at him, he began spinning right round before yeeting his hammer at the big boi. Thing is, if Benny didn't pay attention enough, he'd find that much like Xion's Keyblade, Dedede's hammer was a defier of physics as well, and would return to its sender the way it came from...

p_1d20+3 (Dedede's Hammer Strike @ Benny! 2-action consuming attack that deals 12% damage at both throw and return!)
p_1d20+3 (Return accuracy.)

As the hammer returned to him, Dedede recapped the list of requests he had at the moment. One of these was...interesting. He smirked. "Ya know what? I am legitimately think I'm gonna adopt these two lovely lil' ladies right here! And ya know what else? I'm also gonna adopt--" A pause lingered onto the air as he dramatically pointed to the booth Blue was hiding in. "-the lovely lil' gal inside there as well!"

((Dedede wastes an action to proclaim he'll adopt Blue! Also Paula and Xion.))

---

King Dedede

147 HP
65 Shield

Jet Charge [|||]-

Aeroga (-5 damage taken) (2)

Vengeance (Accumulating, 5)

Xion
128 HP
50 Shield
Aeroga (-5 damage taken) (2)
Stopga CD (5)
Firaga CD (2)

1d20+1·1d20+1·1d20+1·1d20-1·1d100·1d20-1·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+3·1d20+3

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"Guess what bud, you ain't seen me REALLY mad," the lion retorted to the penguin man. That entire rap episode pumped up the adrenaline, Benny's wry grin displaying the ever sharpened teeth of a lion. Even more so that all of his attacks struck. Of course, the beastkin had to give a certain young girl some credit, "Tanks for the back up kid!"

Hopping back from her attempted strikes on Xion, Paula became distracted by the lion's approval. Giggling, she gave her ally a quick wave, "You're welcome Mr. Lion! Please be super careful fighting Mr. Dedede though!" Soon, however, the combatants were distracted by the updated boards for their duel. For some reason the audience wanted her and the other girl to do a few things. Odd. Paula was sure this was not their fight, nor was the PSI user part of the tournament to begin with. Not just that, but the girl also noticed ... her requests were paired with Xion's.

There was no time to ponder some of these, albeit, she hoped the hug was something her opponent was willing to do. A key was coming for her again! Readying herself, the girl attempted to avoid the oncoming attacks.

N1LbvgO_p_1d20+2 (Strike Raid, First Hit Avoid!)
p_1d20+2 (Strike Raid, Struck by Second Hit!)

Despite avoiding the first strike, the girl was hit by the return comeback. It hurt quite a bit, but she had to do something! Charging PSI energy around her frying pan again, the girl used a telekinetic thrust with the cooking utensil! (Both following attacks at Xion.)

p_1d20+5 (PSI Fry Pan Attack, 22% Damage)

Then she went for another twirl of psychokinetic energy!

p_1d20+4 (Swirling PSI, 12% Damage)

As Paula's attacks went off, something quite unexpected happened. The robed girl had pulled her in for a .... hug? It stunned the young girl, but something about this felt right. Like Xion was missing something in her own right. Giggling, Paula returned the hug in kind, using her fragile arms to give a decent grip, "Oh, I think you're really cool too! You're like one of those people in fantasy stories with amazing weapons to beat the bad guys! I'd really enjoy ice cream too, but not too much, because I heard too much gives someone brain freeze and it doesn't feel all that nice."

However, another thought went through Paula's head, "But this fighting is getting a little too much for me." (Paula wastes action to hug as well!)

Shoulders slumped over, the beastkin bore witness to the girls hugging each other. His tail wagged, guard lowered for a time, though the king next to him was distracted by the scene as well. "Daaaw, I feel really bad tey're fightin' for us now. OOoo! Let's buy 'em a treat after," Benny said, a wide smile now on his face. However, his smile was not hostile, unlike his previous grin. The lion stood watching the scene until penguin man shouted to him, "Huh, what? OH YEAH WE SUPPOSED TO BE FIGHTIN'!" Benny hustled back, stance wide as he readied for the oncoming hammer assault.

p_1d20-1 (Dedede Hammer Strike, First Hit Miss!)
p_1d20-1 (Dedede Hammer Strike, Hits Benny)

The lion let out a quick bought of laughter as he avoided the first swing, but had little idea that the weapon had a returning strike. He got hit in the back of the head, a growl resonating from his throat, "HEY! What's ta big idea!?" While the penguin was distracted by, for some reason, pointing towards Blue and announcing his wanting to adopt her as his daughter, Benny went for his attacks. He attempted to grab Dedede, slam his foe into the ground, then repeat. (Both following attacks at Dedede.)

p_1d20+6 (Wrestling, 12% Damage)
p_1d20+6 (Wrestling, 12% Damage)

But no, this was not over yet. With a snarl, the lion declared, "HEY! You're not gonna adopt these kids, I am! I get ta be the fun dad!" Switching his mood about, Benny turns towards Blue, "Don't you worry, I'll keep yous safe and everyting! And even better? The other two can be your sisters, how's that sound?" The lion's mood beamed towards Blue, tail beginning to wag once more in his enjoyment. (FIGHTING TO MAKE BLUE HIS ADOPTED DAUGHTER THE PENGUIN MAN IS A DUMB DUMB)

"U-Uuum ... are they okay," Paula asks Xion, having not let go of the hug yet.

BENEDIKT HP: 122/190 MP: 4/4 Shield: 70/70 Status: Offense Up Omega (+2 Attack, 1 Turn) Cooldowns: Feral Brutality (COMPLETE)

PAULA HP: 61/140 Shield: 45/45 Status: Offense Up Omega (+2 Attack, 1 Turn) Cooldowns: Offense Up Omega (1 Turn1); Defense Down Omega (1 Turn); PK Thunder Gamma (1 Turn); PSI Fry Pan (1 Turn)

1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+5·1d20+4·1d20-1·1d20-1·1d20+6·1d20+6

[Mari]

Mind you, Blue had never returned to the announcer box, remaining on the stadium floor (But out of the way) so that she could maintain the audience appeals.


"Of cour--Wait, what?"

Finding that she was now being competed over for the privilege of ... adopting her? Blue was momentarily stunned where she stood. ...She admittedly liked this a lot better than being fought over by Groose and Scout, which was weird when she thought about it but understandable given the context.


"You know, some people might say it's okay to have two dads~!"


Audience Requests
For King Dedede

For 24 Appeal Points: for one post, Anytime you say a word that starts with the letter 'D', you must say 'Dedede' beforehand, including your own name, The Dedededisasterious King DededeDedede
For 21 Appeal Points: If Benny dabs on Kirby, facepalm
For 21 Appeal Points: Mimic the Kirby Dance after a successful blow
For 21 Appeal Points: Declare it is "Hammer Time" after dodging an attack
For 21 Appeal Points: Have your Waddle Dees bring ripe fruit into the arena, then toss that ripe fruit to the audience for supreme snackage! GRANTED
For 18 Appeal Points: Order your Waddle Dees to get an autograph from Princess Peach for you
For 18 Appeal Points: Suplex Benny
For 18 Appeal Points: Hulk out to intimidate Benny
For 15 Appeal Points: Reveal that, Yes, YOU are the infamous Pokemon Butcher! Even though you arnt.
For 9 Appeal Points: Reveal to the audience that King D. Mind is a fusion of Shadow Dedede(your shadow archetype) and Dark Mind

For Xion

For 24 Appeal Points: Secret technique, the infamous double dab!
For 21 Appeal Points: Fight with a stick!

For Benedikt

For 24 Appeal Points: Read an excerpt from Francis' fanfiction "The Magic Butterfly Babe", a story wherein' he attempts to romance a wildly out of character Arle who has butterfly wings for some reason.
For 24 Appeal Points: Yell "HULK SMASH! When performing a grapple
For 21 Appeal Points: Grab a chair from the audience to hit Dedede with GRANTED
For 21 Appeal Points: Tell the Audience to donate to a Childrens Charity
For 21 Appeal Points: Dab on Kirby, who is in the stands watching the fight
For 21 Appeal Points: Do a Johnny Bravo impression to either Paula, Xion, or Blue
For 18 Appeal Points: If he knocks Dedede flat on his face, I want him to reenact this gif
For 18 Appeal Points: perform a Malicious Moonsault on King DeDeDe
For 18 Appeal Points: Offer Blue a piggyback ride
For 18 Appeal Points: Use the King's Hammer against him
For 18 Appeal Points: Quickly invent a Megaphone, Using a Squirrel, some tape, And a Megaphone.

For Paula

For 21 Appeal Points: Do the Wes Dance

For Both (King Dedede and Benedikt)

For 24 Appeal Points: Try to Adopt Blue as your daughter, And fight to be the Dad. GRANTED
For 21 Appeal Points: Flex to show off your perfect muscles
For 21 Appeal Points: Have a Rap Battle GRANTED
For 21 Appeal Points: Nake a bad pun relating to what animal you are based on.
For 21 Appeal Points: Show your opponent the super power of teamwork by performing a combination attack with your ally.
For 18 Appeal Points: Give a member of the audience watching your fight a piggyback ride for the entire turn
For 15 Appeal Points: Do a Gourmet Race
For 15 Appeal Points: Dance Through The Danger! Dodge an incoming attack that deals 10% damage or greater!

For Both (Xion and Paula)

For 36 Appeal Points: Take a moment to give each other a consensual hug and let each other know you appreciate each other. GRANTED
For 24 Appeal Points: Show off something you learned at Hylia's Grace Academy!
For 24 Appeal Points: Get Princess Peaches autograph.
For 24 Appeal Points: Have a moment of sisterly bonding with Peach and/or Arle
For 24 Appeal Points: Obtain a hungry cookpot from someone in the audience and use it on Arle, Raffina, Blue or Valorie!
For 21 Appeal Points: Show the audience your belief in the power of love and/or friendship
For 18 Appeal Points: Ask Shantae to lend her Hungry Cookpot to you and use in the fight against your respective male opponent!
For 18 Appeal Points: If you get a cookpot from Shantae, use it on her instead~
For 18 Appeal Points: Kiss Blue on the cheek!

[TheSpatialWeeg]

W6__OA7rp_1d20+1 (XION CALM DOWN THAT THING WAS ONLY 7)
p_1d20+1 (See? You coulda used that one to dodge this, but I guess nope. 12-5 = 7 damage taken.)
p_1d20+1 (Dedede's fail dodge. 12-5=7 damage.)
p_1d20+1 (Dedede's other fail dodge. 12-5=7 damage.)

Xion's wild running has left her a bit open to attack. While the fry pan wasn't so lucky to have scored a hit, she was hit with that swirly PSI attack. Still, she was undeterred for the sake of the hug to still happen.

Meanwhile, Dedede was caught off guard by Benny's sudden burst of speed. He attempted to guard, but he was too little, too late, as the big lion managed to grab him and slam him on the ground. Twice. Yeesh, was he glad for that windy barrier. "Ouch. Tha's smarts..." Dedede said with a laugh, before getting up. "Yer pretty good. I oughta take this more seriously now!" He said, dusting himself off, and brandished his hammer... "Although, I do wanna comment on what the lady said. She has a point. A family can be made o' two dads! Whaddya say we share? You'll get to be the fun dad as you want, and I'll be the cool dad, who'll buy treats for everyone. How's that sound?" he quickly offered.

“ ...Whoa, they're...really into that dad thing, huh... ”

Xion kept hugging Paula for a while, before reluctantly letting go, taking a couple of steps back to give the other some distance. Appreciation or not, they were still in a fight. Still, something was...kinda bothering her.

“ Um...what even is a...'dad'? Or 'sibling'? Are they like...friends? ”

Dedede felt a growing sadness in his heart by the black-robed girl's words. How could she not know family? Did...did she even have one?  He didn't want to think about that, but...he could tell. She really had no idea.

At that moment, Dedede resolved himself to help her.

"Xion...I'm not exactly the best person to answer this, I'm sure..." the penguin started. "But a dad and a sibling are what we call 'family'. They're different from friends. A dad takes care of their kid. Y'know, buys 'em food when they get hungry, buys medicine and takes care of ya when yer sick, buys presents when they wanna reward their kid for doin' great...A sibling kinda does that too, except you do that to each other...if ya understand what I'm tryin' to say."

“ Oh... ”

The black-haired girl stared at Dedede, nodding in acknowledgment. So...that was a family, huh?

Xion placed her hand on her chest. She could feel pounding.

“ I think...I'd like to have a dad. ”

"Well, my door's open for ya if you wanna talk 'bout that." Dedede replied, trying to hold back the surge of emotions crashing on his heart. "And I 'ave a feelin' that guy o'er here wants to do the same." he added, pointing to Benny.

“ Right. A-anyway, s-shall we continue? I'm sorry this took a while... ”

"Bah! Don't sweat it. I know an arena ain't a good place to talk, but I couldn't leave you like that." Dedede said goodhearted. "A'ight, you two. Better be ready! 'Cause here we come!" The king of Dreamland proclaimed loudly as he brandished his hammer once more. Both him and Xion advanced dauntlessly toward the two.

“ Here goes! ”

Getting close to Paula and Benny, Xion's Keyblade began emitting a strange glow that quickly transferred to Xion. Soon, the glow became brighter and brighter, until Xion unleashed a dome of energy with a yell.

p_1d20+2 (Xion's Stun Impact. AoE, 2% damage, 100% chance of Stunning!)

Xion then rolled away twice to gain some distance again, then pointed her Keyblade as its tip began to glow again. An ice projectile shot forward before splitting into several smaller projectiles, targeting the two opponents! ...Weird, it seemed to come out a lot faster and stronger than before.

p_1d20+2(Xion's CRITICAL Blizzara! 12x1.5=18 damage, 50% chance of Freezing!)

After that attack was cast, Xion...whipped out a journal from her robes? What was she doing now?

“ U-um...Is there a Princess Peach here? I-I've been asked to get your autograph... ”

Oh, that's what!

(Xion sacrifices an action to get an autograph from Peach!)

OH yeah, Dedede had some requests to fufill too, didn't he? "...A'ight! Prepare yerselves. This is my...Dedededynamic switch to this Dedededelightful audience request! I hope you all enjoy!" he said with a hearty laugh.

(Dedede sacrifices an action to triple the D count by saying his name before any word that starts with D.)

"Here we go! My special: The Jet DededeDedede Hammer Special Dedededeluxe!" He loudly boasted as a part of his hammer opened to reveal a...jet engine?! What the heck?! How did his hammer have something like that?? Well, maybe it wasn't a good time to ask these questions, because a jet-powered swing was coming!

p_1d20+3 (Dedede's Jet Hammer, Lvl. 2 @ Benny! 17% damage!)

"Not dedededone yet!" The king proclaimed, before pulling out a...spiky-looking critter with large, googly eyes from his robe. With no hesitation, he threw it upwards, and jumped to reach it before spiking it at the lion with another jet-powered swing.

p_1d20+3 (Dedede's Gordo Throw @ Benny! 23% damage!)

---

King Dedede
133 HP
65 Shield
Jet Charge [|||]-
Aeroga (-5 damage taken) (1)
Vengeance (Accumulating, 4)
Gordo Throw CD (2)

Xion
121 HP
50 Shield
Aeroga (-5 damage taken) (1)
Stopga CD (4)
Firaga CD (1)

1d20+1·1d20+1·1d20+1·1d20+1·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+3·1d20+3

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The beastkin paused, taking into consideration what Penguin Man said about the young lady's comment. Benny heard about people having two dads, or even two moms, and nothing about it seemed out of the ordinary. Yeah, yeah, all of it sounded wonderful! He let out a chuckle again, nodding, "We gets ta both take care of kiddos? How come I didn't have any tinkin' about tat! We can, uh, we can help 'em do tings like get ready for educated stuff, gettin' gifts for ta kids, bein' there when theys are sad and all tat.." He went on a short list, his tangent perhaps not unwarranted. Even more so when Xion spoke up.

Someone as empathic as Paula was able to tell there was a lot to the other girl's lack of knowledge on what a dad was, or even a family. The blonde girl stayed near her opponent, the current match within a serious tournament a secondary concern. Looking up, she titled her head, "You don't know what a ... dad is? Or a daughter? Or a brother or sister?" Dedede, however, began to explain the best he can about what a family is. Paula settled her hands together, folded in the front center of her dress as the hammer wielding man went through his explanation.

"There's, um, there's an awful lot of families that aren't just a mom, a dad, and their kids. Maybe if you want, I can," the girl trailed off, hands shifting to behind her back. Right. She was not home by any means. None of this was Twoson, or even Onett. Her parents were probably worried sick about her by now, as did the children of the preschool. A hole in her own heart that needed to be filled. Looking at the robed girl, she continued, "I really really want to have an big sister! I never had an older sibling before. And I think these two grown ups really want to be someone's dad. Maybe later we can do sister things!"

Upon his partner's childish giggle, the lion's heart melted. Of all people, Benny should know what it was like to have a not so typical family, one in which a single mother was abandoned by her child's sire, leaving her to support and protect them both. His ears flattened, tail drooped at the thought. He despised those struggles his dear mother went through, and yet ... he missed her still. Being a grown man meant nothing if he had almost no way to show for it. "This is ... this is really dumb, but ... can we do family tings after this," he said, ears perking up as his thoughts raced with hope.

Of course, Paula's eyes widened, her wide smile returning despite the harsh reality of their combat. The girl nodded towards her ally, hope dwelling within the young PSI user's thoughts as well.

Now was the time for action, however. Both lion and girl looked at each other, and with a nod, they brought their arms up in a defensive posture. In unison they shout out:

"NOT TODAY!"

Respective colored bubble shields, one green and one pink, surrounded the pair. Their newfound resolve for a potential family burned bright in their minds. (BUBBLE SHIELDS BLOCK THE ATTACKS! BENNY'S HITS THE THRESHOLD AND BREAKS!)

Managing to block her opponent's attacks completely, still having shield left, Paula rushed up to Xion to deliver two more Swirling PSI! It seemed effective with that wind barrier up.

GReLd|cSp_1d20+4 (Swirling PSI at Xion, 12% Damage)
p_1d20+4 (Swirling PSI at Xion, 12% Damage)

Though she wanted to strike again, a certain name was spoken, "Princess Peach? THE Princess Peach!" Paula always wanted an autograph from the infamous princess of the Mushroom Kingdom! Running to wherever Xion went, Paula called out, "Wait, please! I want her autograph too very very much!" (Sacrifice last action to get Princess Peach's autograph!)

With a resounding roar, Benny's bubble shield was broken exactly, arms outstretched with a fierce determination. Oh, that's right, the audience still demanded favors to appease their senses! Snarling, the lion beastkin roared out, "HULK SMASH!" (Appeal to shout HULK SMASH when performing a Grapple.)

He charged at Dedede, attempting to grapple the penguin man:

p_1d20+6 (Grapple Attempt on Dedede)

Regardless of outcome, magic blazed around the lion as he want for a brutal strike!

p_1d20+6 (Feral Brutality on Dedede, 22% Damage)

However, the lion turned his attention to the girls' antics, chuckling, "Awww ... they're doin' ta cute ting again~."

BENEDIKT HP: 122/190 MP: 4/4 Shield: 0/70 (Recharge begins next turn) Status: Offense Up Omega Finishes at End of Turn (Can't benefit for 3 more turns) Cooldowns: Feral Brutality (1 Post)

PAULA HP: 61/140 Shield: 15/45 Status: Offense Up Omega Finishes at End of Turn (Can't benefit for 3 more turns) Cooldowns: ALL COMPLETE

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