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As the Group had ran off through the North Gate of the Life Sphere, The Group of Isonus, Shadow, Grey, Joe, Reimu and the Pink vessel would find themselves greeted with...A Massive Army. Hundreds of Pigmask's, Ten's of Pigmask Major's, Several Pork Troopers, A few Giant,Pig-faced Cyborg's, and at the very top, a Single, Massive Statue, Whom stomped with a Giant, Rumbling force with each and every step it made! Infact, it was stomping so hard, that...



"S-squeal! Hey, hey wait, Stop, I-i'm un--"

*SPLAT*

...Some Pigmask turned into a red smudge in just an instant.



And at the front of the lines...




"...I have nothing to say to you."

"...Kill Them."


. . .

And with that, The War had begun! The Pigmask Army raised weapons and guns, Aiming to take down the assault group!!

((Mechanics time! The Pigmask Army is composed of  6 Enemies, The Pigmask Infantry, The pigmask Major's, The Pork Trooper's, The Natural Killer Cyborgs, and The Porky Statue, as well as Claus, at the front lines! They all operate as a whole unit, and as such, have 6 actions per turn, 1 action per section of the army! Each section of the army have there own HP Bar, and Some are higher and lower than other's. Defeating the Porky Statue will also deal Massive Damage to the rest of the Army's troops, but, It is the Strongest of the entire army to face head on!

As they are operating as a massive group, and not as singular Units, Area of Effect attacks will deal 1.4x more damage than singular attacks! Except for attacks directed at the Porky Statue, in which ALL attacks have there damage reduced by half. Status Effects deal a extra 20% Damage when afflicted to a target, but will not afflict the status. Claus will take no damage while the Army is still around.))




New Pork Statue

HP: 800/800





Natural Killer Cyborg's:

HP: 500/500





Pork Trooper

HP: 450/450




Pigmask Major's

HP: 300/300



Pigmask Infantry

HP: 200/200



The Masked Man

HP:?/?

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With the battle ready, The Pigmask Infantry opened fire with a large array of Laser Gun fire!

Everyone! Roll a 12 in DEX to Dodge the  Rapid Laser Fire! 15% Damage if failed.

The Major's raised everyone's morale!

The Pigmask Army has a high morale now! ...Doesn't seem to matter much.

The Pork Trooper's take look at Joe, And decide his beard is dumb. And so, they Tackle-charge him!

Viewtiful Joe! DEX Check of 13, or take 28% Damage!

The NKC's Reel back there arm cannon's, and fire massive, flaming fireballs like Mortar's into the sky, to attack from above!

Everyone! Roll a 12 in DEX to avoid the Laser Mortar's, Or take 35% Damage!

The Porky Statue stomps, Creating a huge Shockwave!

Everyone! Roll a CON Check of 13 to maintain footing, or you will be Slowed for 3 turns!

...The Masked Man uses PK Thunder Omega on Shadow!

Shadow! DEX Check of 15, or take a whopping 40% Electrical damage!

[Jade Callisto]

Joe would take notice of all the piggy like soldiers as they came toward him with a huge army. This did not look very good but Joe would not give up even if their were so many of them ready to blast him apart with those giant laser beams heading right toward him. 
Joe would have no time to dodge and would shield himself instead. 

Bubble Shield Activation: 55 - 10 - 15 = 30 shield left! 

The Infantry would soon try to tackle him now. 

DEX Roll for Dodge: 

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An effortless dodge by Joe! "Not going to hit me you dumb piggies!" Joe taunted as he dodged out of the way of their tackle. 

The Laser Mortars were next and aimed to attack Joe from above. Joe would again attempt another dodge.

DEX Roll for Dodge: 

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Joe kept dodging every single attack that came his way so far but would he be able to keep that up?

The giant statue would then make a huge stomp in their way. Joe would have to try and brace himself for what was to come. 

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Joe braced for impact and was not affected by the Slow. 

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Now Joe would take the offensive. 

"Okay then let's give you a taste of my Mach Speed!" 

Joe would aim his Mach speed at one of the Pig Infantry units. 

STR Rolls for Mach Speed: Does 5% damage per hit plus a 10% chance of Burn.

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Likely miss.

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Another likely miss.

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And yet another likely miss.

Joe would then go for a Red Hot Kick on a different Pig Infantrymen.

"Red Hot Kick!" Joe said as he dived into them with a fiery kick.

STR Roll for Red Hot Kick: Does 15% Damage plus a 30% chance of Burn.

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A not very likely hit but Joe was far from done. 

Joe would then summon his Six Cannon and Fire it into the group of Pig Infantrymen.

"Six Cannon Fire!" 

DEX Roll for Six Cannon: Does 25% damage AOE! Joe takes 6% recoil.

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A very likely hit! 

25% x 1.4 = 35% total damage!

"How's that for some showmanship? Pretty good if I do say so myself." He said showing off a bit as he struck a pose.
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Viewtiful Joe

HP: 154/160

SHIELD: 30/55

STATUS: None

VFX: 6/6

Viewtiful Points: 0
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[cynda1]

Upon seeing an entire army of pig like people, Shadow had immediately dropped whatever he was doing and warped right into the scene. Just as he feared, at the very front of the army stood a cold, stone faced Claus. The hedgehog's face contorted in a mixture of sadness and guilt... This wasn't how he wanted things to go. He thought he had more time to try to reason with him, try to get more information out of the boy to try to help him out, but... now there was an entire army going after the Life Sphere, something else Shadow promised to attack so... of course Shadow was going to be on the other side.

...Still something about this didn't feel right. Perhaps it was the war like setting where he was about ready to fight to the death against a child? One that was under a monster's control? One that he'd promised to help? Yeah. Probably all of the above. Whatever the case, Shadow couldn't bring himself to face Claus, not like this. 

Everything started shaking around them and the hedgehog slowly walked forward, keeping his eyes squarely on Claus. "Claus, please," Shadow pleaded, taking a different approach to this than he ever had before. "It doesn't have to be this way. I don't want to fight you, not like this!" Shadow almost seemed like he was pleading with the boy not to do this, but Claus's simple response instantly dashed any hope that Shadow had of reaching him at the moment. "Claus-!"

Before Shadow could finish, the attack started. A barrage of lasers started firing at them, and thus Shadow was forced to jump to the side away from the flurry of lasers. The hedgehog managed to get away from the barrage of attacks, but he seemed to have jumped away from Claus. Once the hedgehog landed, Shadow tried to run over to Claus and continue to talk some sense into him, but more lasers kept coming.

Mg1t66hBp_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge the rapid laser fire... success!)

Shadow managed to roll away from the next laser attack, which this time allowed Shadow to roll over to Claus a lot more seamlessly. A massive shock wave from the statue forced the hedgehog out of his ball, forcing the hedgehog to activate his jet shoes, hovering just above the ground until the vibrating came to a stop.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge the Laser Mortar's... Success!)

p_1d20 (Shadow's Con Check... Success!)

Shadow finally made his way in front of Claus before noticing that the boy had his weapon aimed at Shadow. This caused Shadow to hesitate, and raised his hand a bit to try to reach out to him. "Claus, please, hold on-!" Before Shadow could finish, the kid actually fired at him, catching Shadow so off guard that the hedgehog had no chance to avoid the attack. Shadow turned to run away from the attack, but ended up being hit on the back, hard. Shadow let out a grunt as he skidded, kneeling on one knee as he tried to recover from the pain.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge the Masked Man's PK Thunder Omega... Fail. Shadow takes 40% of damage.)

Still, Shadow turned to Claus and tried to approach him again, trying to slow down the boy's progress. "Please, you don't wanna do this Claus!" Shadow pleaded with him again. "I know you don't. You're not doing this of your own volition, that spoiled brat is making you do this! I know he is." The hedgehog didn't know why he thought any of this reasoning would actually help.

Maybe because he didn't want to fight Claus? Whatever the case, the hedgehog knew he had to fight something, so he screwed his eyes shut and turned his attention to the Pigmask Infantry. "...I'm sorry, Claus..." It seemed even fighting the army Claus was a part of was hard for Shadow to do, though not as impossible as fighting Claus himself. He at least had some satisfaction from it.

Shadow started his assault by rolling into a ball like a tire and dashing at the Infantry at full speed. The hedgehog would roll at them from left to right three times before making a u-turn and jumping in the air, still rolled into a ball. The hedgehog would then launch himself at the Infantry, aiming to hit them on the head before unrolling and landing a good distance away from the group.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used his Spin Dash attack! His DEX stat allows for a +3 in each roll! If this attack makes contact, it'll cause 7% of damage each time the attack hits.)
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p_1d20+3 (Shadow used Homing Attack! Shadow's DEX stat allows for a +3 in each roll! Should this attack hit, not only will it cause 12% damage, it'll allow the next action modifier to increase by +1!)

Shadow leaned back on one foot before he started skating at full force toward the infantry. The wave that came off from this attack showed how faced the hedgehog was, nearly breaking the sound barrier at the very start. However, even with homing attack's help, Shadow's aim wasn't any better than the last attack. Shadow did manage to end up on the other side, but he still kept his eyes on Claus.

p_1d20+4 (Shadow used his Dash attack. Shadow's DEX and Homing Attack increases his modifier by +4! Should this attack make contact, it'll cause 15% of damage. In most circumstances, it would also decrease the enemy's dodge roll by -2 if the attack hits, but since no stats can affect the army it seems, that is null and void. Shadow's next dodge roll will still decrease by -2 if he misses.)

Shadow squinted in pure guilt at Claus... He should've taken this to Porky while he had the chance. Or maybe he shouldn't have told Claus as much as he had... Either way, Shadow felt incredibly responsible for what was happening right now. If Shadow had just kept his mouth shut or tried to attack Porky directly, maybe the Life Sphere wouldn't be in danger again! Shadow's fist clenched a bit before opening up, the hedgehog trying to get himself to relax. Feeling horrible isn't going to help anyone, he tried to reason with himself. You need to focus on the fight right now. You can try to help Claus after that.

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Shadow
Health: 110/150
Shield: 50/50
Status: Incredibly Guilty...
Cooldowns: None

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[Deleted]

Isonus isn't the first to arrive, and simply glares down the Masked Man, and the army behind him. He cares not for the others arrival times, though he isn't the first to charge into the fray, still running amok to get through this army and through to Claus. He had to save this boy, and eliminate Porky. Clearing his conscious would at least give him an hour of sleep at the most. As soon as the others arrived, he called out.

"Attack the infantry! We'll tear down the statue after!"

He had a game plan.

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(Isonus takes the laser fire for 15%)
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(You think you can hit a thaumaturge with a MORTAR?)
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(Or an earthqua- Okay that was close.)

Isonus is shot several times on his charge into the frontlines, gritting his teeth and readying himself for war. He remembered the Dur'Shenian conflicts on the front, fighting through those cylinders as he charged into the fray. If only he had a transport tube to drop in... No matter. It was time. He weaves himself between the mortar fire, flanking around the statue to get himself lined up for an attack of cataclysmic proportions. He raises his fist high, palm beneath. Outlining, he charges, and charges... Time to make this hurt. The clustered soldiers, all but the largest of targets.

(Isonus targets the grouped Pigmask Army and the Major with this one..!)

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(Hellish Reach! Deals 16+Mod% Damage! Total currently? 21% It's AoE, too! For each target Isonus hits, he gains +1 Ambient Power.)

The hellish, terrifying energy raises and falls, slamming into the ground with power beyond this realm. Isonus was tapping into all of his might for this one. All of his strength. Though the Major had a special place in Isonus' hatred. He wore that green like his foes from the past. Like those filthy, smelly Dur'Shenians. At least, pre-war Dur'Shenians. "AAAHAHAHAAA! COME! COME AND DIE!" He reaches out, and yanks his hand back, pulling the land from behind the Major forward..!

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(Know Your Place vs the Major! Deals 25% Damage if the Major fails to break free after failing to dodge. Both require him to beat the roll of 23 here. Isonus gains +1 Ambient Power on hit.)

Once he brings the major close, or moves to close the distance if he'd missed, he unleashes a flurry of blows..!
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(Isonus's Crackling Snap at the Major, dealing 5% damage on each hit, but also generates +1 Ambient Power per landed blow.)

THE FATHER, ISONUS
HP: 115/130
SHIELD: 40/40
STATUS: Fine
COOLDOWNS: Know Your Place (0/1)
Power: 1 (potential for +6)

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[Nostalgia]

What's happening? Why is everything rumbling? the Vessel glancing out over the approaching army in a panic.
Why was Claus there with them too?...
The Vessel jumped slightly at the sound of a flurry of lasers.
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They jumped and ducked and spun out of the way of them all, just barely.
The Vessel hesitantly peeked out only to see fire in the sky, scrambling to run out of the way of one of the massive fireballs.
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Once again, by the very edges of their feet the Vessel avoided being violently smashed by fire.
The Vessel lifted them-self up and dusted off a little, stumbling a little at the shaking.
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They wobbled for a few moments, left balancing on one foot before they righted them-self again.
This was all far too close for comfort...

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Keeping their distance at the far edge of the battle, the Vessel put their body weight behind a mighty throw of their needle... possibly one of the slowest and sloppiest throws seen before. (12% damage if hit, 30% mortal wound, target dex)
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The Vessel gave their needle a yank to bring it back, catching it and thinking silently to them-self as they watched the other two fighters go after the infantry. Maybe something else will be more effective? 
The Vessel Kneeled down and placed their hands on the ground, the earth giving a slight rumble underneath the infantry. (30*1.4=42% damage, takes 2 actions, targets Wis, +2 to hit)
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From below the infantry great spears of void energy shot out around them, flailing and stabbing wildly.
The Vessel kept an eye on Claus... They really didn't want to fight Claus

Blue Vessel :150/150 :50/50 : 0/12 Buffs: Cooldowns:

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[Reimu Hakurei]

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"Obviously! Take down the small fry and the big fry will be easier pickings. That's like the most basic rule of war, Isonus," Reimu's voice called as she warped out of a gate in space, flying around the blasts, barrel rolling to the side of the laser blasts, dodging down to avoid the mortars before summoning a barrier to bounce herself away from the ground as the foot came down, the barrier dissipating before three more appeared around Reimu. Shadow seemed concerned for that boy even if she could barely make out the words... She had plenty of time to worry about this later, for now they had an army to take down.

(Reimu uses 10 of her Shield's HP as a cost to evade the shockwave)

(Reimu has performed Dream Land "Fantasy Border" on herself, cutting the next three hits she takes in half)

She would then use her aerial position to toss a series of sealing ofuda at the army with the major, attempting to pepper the foe with the seals to destroy them with holy power

p_1d20+5(Homing Amulet on the Major's, 14 damage if they hit)

"..." Well, those weren't as homing as she hoped. Deciding for something much more destructive in her moment of annoyance, Reimu flew back as multiple colored orbs floating around her as she called out, "Let's see if your morale can save you from this! Fantasy Seal -Spread-!" she declared before firing the large multi-colored orbs at the army, preparing to detonate them with extremely high force.

p_1d20+3(Critical Fantasy Seal -Spread- on the Major's Army, deals 28% damage and 1.4x with AoE damage for 39 damage)

p_1d20+3(Fantasy Seal -Spread- Crit Confirm, deals 28/39 extra damage)

Reimu Hakurei HP: 130 Shield HP: 30 Status: Fantasy Seal Recovery (-2 to DEX until next attack phase), Fantasy Border (3 hits)

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[KashKey]

"Forget the Army! Where the heck is Porky?! If his army is here, he has to be commanding it from somewhere, right?! Take him out, the whole army should fall apart!"


Grey had already Megamerged when he heard the army was approaching. After his recent screw up he might have been more cautious if an entire army wasn't on the Life Sphere's door step, but there kind of was, so there wasn't much of a choice to be made. Innocent lives were at stake, and like hell would he let them suffer just because he got antsy.

Now that he was staring the army down, he felt a familiar knot in his gut. Time to fight or die. It'd be so much easier if Porky was here. Just had to kill him, then everything else would solve itself. At least, he hoped it would. It was the best path forward that he could see right now, so he was willing to run with it. The only problem was that he couldn't see Porky in this mess to begin with! Just a bunch of pig jerks that picked a bad fight to pick. ... Wait, they had laser cannons on their side. Maybe this actually was a major problem- OH CRAP!

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As the barrage of laser fire attacked the group, Grey grit his teeth and started jumping up the side of the Life Sphere wall, flying up it with practiced precision to avoid the lasers. He was going to head straight for he heart of the army, and he needed some height to work with. Once he was at a decent height... He turned and JUMPED, his dash boots blasting him off the side of the wall as he flew through the air, coming down straight at the Infantry section of the army. And that's when the mortars went off.

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The problem with putting yourself right in the middle of a section of the army, is that if you need to dodge something there are a lot of bodies in your way. A lot of bodies that Grey barely managed to duck and weave through in an effort to keep as far away from the mortar fire as possible, be it necessary or not. But there was only one more thing he had to worry about, thank god.

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And it was something he handled with no issue whatsoever. When the earthquake hit, he'd dealt with worse tremors before. As he got his baring he felt the earth shake, but just grit his teeth and gripped his busters, ready to start fighting his way through.

"YOU'RE ALL IN MY WAY! MOVE, BEFORE I MAKE YOU!"


Something he'd been keeping to himself, was that on his way over here he'd been powering a Charge Shot. A Charge shot that he promptly released in a direction vaguely heading further into the army's ranks, intent on tearing a path through the infantry and heading straight through. Normally he wouldn't be so aggressive about it... But he was sick and tired of having to force his way through people to solve a problem. Why couldn't they just get out of the way?!

p_1d20+4 (Charge shot. Does 30% to the infantry, and 4% recoil.)

Once that was done, he started dashing after his charge shot, rapidly firing off his buster all the while. He needed them to move, he needed them to move, he need them to MOVE!

p_1d20+4(CRIT BUSTER SHOT. Each does 8% normally, BUUUUT, here we have a crit!)

p_1d20+4(Buster Crit Confirm.)

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Whatever hit or didn't hit, he made sure to come out the other side of the infantry, and brought his second buster to bare, wildly aiming it at his foes for a few moments... Locking on... FIRE!

"GOTCHA!"

Purple lasers suddenly blasted out of the buster, intent on hitting as many of the Pigmask Majors as he could. He had already plowed past one member of their ranks, time to go past these jerks and keep going, all the way to Porky!

p_1d20+6(Homing Shot! Has a +2 to accuracy, and does 20% if it lands! ... it's not landing...)

Okay, so maybe he's getting just a little over excited, but he's doing his best.

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Grey (Model A) Status: All In HP: 176% [||||||||||||||||||] Shield HP: 65% [||||||] Cooldowns: Charge Shot: 1 turn Homing Shot: 2 turns

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[PolarStarQuote]

(After the Mass of attacks...)

The Pigmask Infantry was finished, as the array of bursts sent the Pink-clad soldiers flying off in droves, as the many attacks sent the piggy soldiers flying off like splatter, Though thankfully, Most of the attacks used by the heroes in this situation weren't so deadly as to deeply kill or dismember them-- more send them flying off as if these were warriors of the Dynasty! However in-tact they may have been, however...It wouldnt of lasted too awful long, as the Porky statue raised an arm, Suddenly scooping a mass of the Wounded Pigmen along with a great amount of dirt into its slingshot!

"S-squeeeee!! M-master porky, Please, We cant kee--"

*CRUSH! CRUNCH! CRUSH!*

The Group of Pigmasks were suddenly compacted extra tight into a bloody ball of dirt and corpses, as the Stone Porky jammed its Book into the Slingshot's harness, Tightly packing them into a Slingshot ball, Before reeling it back, and Slinging a Corpse Ball at Grey, Before Loading another group!

"AAAAAAAAAA, WHYYYYY!!!"

*SQUISH, CRUSH, CRUNCH!*

And Slinging that one for Isonus! Then another...

"T-TERRYYY, NOOOO--"

*CRUSH, CRUSH, SPLAT*

And a Third, Slung at  Reimu! The Porky statue started...Laughing, letting out a "Weeehehehehe!!" Noise from its mouth....

Reimu, Isonus, Grey! Three Corpse Balls are coming your way, Like massive bloody Boulders! Roll a DEX Check of 17 to avoid these, or take 35% Damage! If you shield this, Your shield is instantly broken, and being hit by this attack afflicts Slow!

...At this point, it was hard to tell where the screams were coming from, Porky's side, or yours.

(The Pigmask Army now only has 5 actions per turn!)

The Pigmask Major's, quickly realizing they were the next one up on the List of Porky pie's by the group, Would quickly construct there plan! So, the groups that weren't being deconstructed, They simply lined up, Pulled out a set of grenades, and sent an array against the whole group!

Everyone! Roll a DEX Check of 11 to avoid the Grenade Array, Or take 25% Damage!

The Pork Troopers quickly looked to back up there Major's, as the herd of them quickly picked up some sizable Rock's, and hurled them at the heroes!

Everyone! Dex Check of 10, or get decked with 25% Damage from rocks!

The Natural Killer Cyborg's, However, Both suddenly stood tall at attention, as there red eyes suddenly transformed into bright yellow, as the group could see...Holographic Targeting systems surrounding each of them, individually!

And suddenly, there mouth's opened to reveal massive cannons, as they fired massive, bright blue burning beams!

Everyone! The NKC's are using there End of the Century cannons! DEX Checks of 15 are needed to avoid the Energy cannons, or take 50% Damage! Reduces the Army's Actions-per-turn by 1 next turn, to recharge this attack...

The New Pork Statue...Dances on the Still-living Pigmask Infantrymen like a kid would play hopscotch.

The Masked man, Seeing as Shadow suddenly avoided him, Masked Man would instead aim his attention for a new target...

Vessel.

"...Time for another hug." The Masked Man said , As he suddenly flew at Vessel, Suddenly looking to grab Vessel by its head, and stab it through its chest with his beam saber!!!

Vessel! Masked man wants to give you a violent hug. Roll a DEX Check of 12 to avoid it, or 45% Damage is delivered directly, with a Mortal Wound for 20% Damage is delivered!

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New Pork Statue

HP: 800/800







NKC
(Wont Act Next Turn)
HP:500/500



Pork Trooper

HP:450/450




Pigmask Major

HP: 207/300



The Masked Man

HP:?/?

[cynda1]

Shadow glared as the infantry crumbled. Shadow turned to see Claus bringing his attention to Vessel now. Was he gonna attack it now?! "Claus! Wait, don't-!" Shadow tried to run in Claus's direction, but the hedgehog had to avoid the grenades being thrown at him and the others. Shadow tried to leap toward the boy while he could, but he couldn't quite reach Claus in time to try and stop him. "Claus, Blue doesn't mean any harm and you know it! All it wanted to do was help you, that's all any of us wanna do!"

8OeuFwUop_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge the Grenade Array... Success!)

Shadow squinted at Claus, trying to figure out what his next move is. "Look, Claus, just-!" Shadow grunted as a rock smashed into his back, turning his attention to the Pork Troopers. Shadow glared at them for a moment before bringing his attention back to Claus. "Claus, come on, just stop for a sec-"

p_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge the rocks... fail! Shadow took 25% damage!)

Before Shadow could finish his sentence, the hedgehog was forced to jump away from incoming canons being shot at them. Skating to a halt as soon as the laser fire came to a stop, Shadow lost sight of Claus for a second, causing panic to quickly set in. "Claus! You okay?" It didn't take long for Shadow to see that Claus hadn't been hit by the attack, causing the black hedgehog to breath in a huge sigh of relief. The hedgehog shook his head, looking back up to Claus for a second before bringing his attention to the Major now.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow's attempt to dodge End of the Century Cannons... Success!)

Shadow glared at the entire group, a massive blue light consuming him before starting his attack on the Major. Shadow appeared and disappeared kicking and stomping at the group wherever he could. Shadow had zero mercy for Porky's other army members, considering them cowards for simply bowing to Porky's bidding. Shadow squinted his eyes shut. He needed to focus on taking this army out. Then, after that, hopefully Shadow would be able to find a way to reach the boy.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used Chaos Snap! Shadow's WIS stat allows for a +3 in each roll! Should this attack make its mark, it'll cause 7% damage each time!)
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After the blue light disapated, Shadow appeared behind the Major, launching a single Chaos Spear at one of the members, waiting to see the results.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used Chaos Spear! Shadow's WIS stat allows for a +3 in each roll! Should this attack make contact, it'll cause 13% of damage! 3 turn cool down! Because Shadow's Chaos Spear normally has a 20% chance to paralyze opponents, in this case it has a 20% chance to cause an extra 20% damage.)

Once this was done, Shadow encompassed himself in a blinding red light as his power started to increase. The hedgehog stepped back one step as Shadow's Chaos energy flared up inside of him, causing a bit of a burning sensation to ignite. The hedgehog wouldn't attack... yet. But the army might feel Shadow's Chaos power increase... hopefully they'd recognize it as a threat.

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used Chaos Boost! This non damaging move will increase the next WIS roll by +3, making the next WIS attack a +6! This will also increase the attack power by 7%, and increase any recoil damage by 3%. This ability has a cool down for 3 turns, and will cause Shadow to lose an action in the next turn.)

Shadow, still enveloped in a red light, stood firm against the army, ready for the next oncoming assault.

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Shadow
Health: 85/150
Shield: 50/50
Status: Struggling
Cooldowns: Chaos Spear (Starts in the next post), Chaos Boost (Starts in the next post)

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[Reimu Hakurei]

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"Hey! Calm down! I want to destroy their leader as much as you do, but for all we know he's hiding and watching us from a distance that isn't safe to go to without abandoning the Life Sphere! We should thin his numbers instead of being reckless! He'll probably reveal himself if we take down enough of his numbers," Reimu advised Grey. Several people seemed to really resent whoever was leading these guys... And from the sounds of it, it was not the masked man... boy. Girl? He sounds like a boy? Maybe?

"Seriously? Crushing your own army to use as projectiles? What kind of sick in the head Kappa made you!" the Shrine Maiden called out in disgust, flying around the corpse ball as it was thrown. Blocking the grenades with a barrier to prevent them from damaging the surroundings while she avoided the rocks that were thrown at her with expert ease. Just as she was about to prep her Ofuda to toss at the army, she noticed the giant machine prepping a laser blast. Unable to dodge she was blasted, only barely being covered by one of her barriers. "Okay, time for me to try putting this army on ice!" Reimu declared as her body froze before breaking out of the ice in a blue outfit. "Snow Sign {Diamond Blizzard}!" Reimu called out as she bombarded the majors with an extremely powerful blizzard.

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Reimu Hakurei (Cirno-invoked) HP:165 Shield HP: 63 Status: Barrier (2) Cooldowns: Diamond Blizzard (2)

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[Jade Callisto]

Joe could only watch in horror as the pigmen who were defeated we crushed into a bloody pulp and packed up along with dirt to be thrown at the others. "Man that's just unreal. Even Charles the Third wasn't this nasty and he was a freakin' bat person for crying out loud." Joe commented as he then saw the Grenades being thrown at him by the Majors. He would try to dodge out of the way. 

DEX Roll for Dodge:

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Miss! 

At the giant rocks Joe would again activate his shield in response. It recharged a little bit so it was able to block all of the attack plus pay the cost. The bubble shield shattered regardless though and would need to take a bit to recharge again. 

At the Laser cannons Joe would not have his bubble shield this time and would attempt to dodge.

DEX Roll for dodge:

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Miss! 

Dodging most of the attacks like usual Joe saw that the Pig army was not giving up so easily. Joe would then go back on the offensive. 

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Joe would start things off by using his signature Red Hot Kick on one of the Pig Majors.

STR Roll for Red Hot Kick: Does 15% Damage plus a 30% chance of Burn or in this case an extra 20% damage if afflicted.

"Red Hot Kick!"

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An unlikely hit.

Joe then readied up his Six Cannon once more onto the group of Pig Majors. "Six Cannon Fire!" 

DEX Roll for Six Cannon: Does 25x1.4=35% damage AOE, Joe takes 6% recoil. 

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An incredible chance to hit!

Joe then activate his Slow Motion ability. "Slowwww!" he said in a bit of a jazzy tone. 

~Slow Motion: Upon activation of this skill Joe is granted a boost of STR and DEX of 4 for 2 turns giving a +2 modifier. Any attacks that land during the time period this skill is active have a 10% chance of Slow on the foe per attack. Duration is 2 turns with a 3 turn cooldown. [CON]

Joe would stop there and take a break. "Man there is no end to these guys." he commented as he looked over to the others. "We need to hold them off." Joe said with concern.

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Viewtiful Joe

HP: 148/160

SHIELD: 0/55

STATUS: Slow Motion Active!

VFX: 6/6

Viewtiful Points: 650
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(Isonus shields the laser, taking 10% spillover damage, and breaking his shield..!)
(All in total, he takes 35% damage..! Sheesh!)

Isonus stands fast against the barrage, feeling this current body failing him. While it was of no consequence to die here, as he had another body waiting to be filled by his soul in the Arcaneum, he felt a personal attachment to this mission - to see it through. Isonus grits his teeth, almost breaking the damned things, sort of like the shield that he just tried to whip out in order to block against the incoming array of attacks. A pained cry escapes him just as the laser had finished its course. There he sits, panting and heaving, trying to draw breath against the absolute flurry of blows he just received from the Porky Army. He's angry now. Livid. Furious even.

"One of you, heal me! I beg of you! This body's failing me, and I don't have the means to take one yet!"

Isonus had wished he'd studied possession instead of technique theft now, but... lessons to be learned and wounds to be tended. For the time being, he had to press on, to give the others the support they needed. The ambient power that flooded his veins only furthered his desperation to get on with this already..! With the strength he acquired from the damage he'd dealt just earlier, he draws in more fury, more rage. More unbridled, elder power.

"I'm NOT giving up on him! You bastards! I'll tear you all apart before you hold him prisoner a day longer..!"

Isonus may have been projecting his fatherly affection for a son he'd lost onto Claus, sure, but that was giving him the resolve he needed to see this mission through. He raises his fist, even more power surging through his veins as he slams down, detonating the pulse onto the Natural Killer Cyborgs!

(Isonus gains +1 Ambient Power at the start of this turn, plus the 7 he gained total from the turn before gives him a +2 extra to WIS and +1 to INT!)
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(Isonus' Hellish Reach vs the NKCs! 16% + 7%, for a total of 23% Damage! Generates +1 Ambient Power for each one hit.)

Isonus turns his face to a scowl, drawing that raw power into a usable form. That crackling snap once more. He shoves his hands out, left right left, to send searing bolts out towards the machines..!

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(Crackling Snap VS the NKCs! Each strike deals 5% damage, and grants +1 Ambient Power)

Not done yet, he turns to shove that hand forward, sending an Unyielding Bolt at the Major!

"I haven't forgotten you, either!"

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(Unyielding Bolt vs the Major. Deals 18% damage.)

With so much power, Isonus draws his hand back, sending out another bolt!

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(Isonus' CRITICAL Unyielding Bolt at the Pigmask Major! Deals 36% Damage!)

Rage filled him, his mind clouded with anger... Isonus sends out a single bolt with a deafening blast that could be heard across the battlefield. In this strike, in this singular attack, Isonus's shadow is cast twice. One of a man, but one much larger, much more threatening. For a split second, his form had almost shifted..! Of course, incapable of channeling this power fully, Isonus was incapable of truly capitalizing on this change of pace, merely throwing this by-chance critical shot at the Major out of spite.

"WITNESS ME! WITNESS ME AND WHAT I STAND FOR, THEN PERISH!"

Isonus is getting into it now, and its clear his power is accumulating faster and faster. Isonus' strength is only growing, and it's not stopping any time soon.

THE FATHER, ISONUS
HP: 80/130
SHIELD: 0/40
STATUS: BROKEN SHIELD! Recharges next turn
COOLDOWNS: Know Your Place (1/1)
Power: 8 (potential for +7)

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[Nostalgia]

The Vessel looked out over the massive army and actually felt kind of good, the first section of the army was already gone... Maybe this wouldn't be too awful?...

As the grenades flew through the air the Vessel was extremely confused, glancing at the tiny sluggish projectiles. Was that supposed to hurt someone?... They seemed ineffective...

As they suddenly exploded the Vessel had no time to react, caught by the brunt of the explosions as they were tossed around in the fire. So thats what they did... That was unpleasant (25% damage taken)

Rocks flying through the air were much easier for the Vessel to understand, the little bug hopping back up to their feet and leaping up into the air, using their limited gliding flight to dodge and weave between them with ease.
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As the targetting system surrounded the Vessel they found themself confused again. Pigs fought very differently from bugs... They weren't sure what was happening, but they wilded a guess and quickly started to run and jump, moving erratically to try and keep the target away from them as the massive blue beam razed the air behind them.
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Was it over? Oh hey it's Claus! The Vessel raised their hand and waved to Claus as they approached, smiling slightly to them-self with a bit of excitement. Despite being caught mostly off guard, the Bug's speed saved them as they leaned back and avoided Claus' grab, startled as they saw his saber stabbing at where they would have been.
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The Vessel stared at Claus for a moment with a pout. This isn't how they'd imagine their second time together would turn out... And that hug wasn't nearly as nice as the Vessel's had been. Though they did get electrocuted last time, maybe Claus just thinks all hugs have pain involved?

The Vessel shook their head to re-focus themself on the fight, once again refusing to attack claus as their wings suddenly coated with a light blue, the bug launching themself up into the air and flying directly towards the Porky statue! (LB wings active, +2 dex +2 cha 2 turns.)

The Vessel started to fly in circles around the Statue, throwing out their needle multiple times to prod and annoy it, mainly aiming around it's face.
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Finally after a few circles the Vessel started to fly in the direction of the rest of the army, yanking on the thread they were leaving behind to yank on the statue slightly.
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The Vessel pulled out their sign as they dived down, turning it up to show to the Porky Statue

Catch me if you can Dummy! I bet you wont!

The Vessel tried to lead the statue over to the rest of the army, primarily the pork troopers. Diving down and hopping on top of some of their heads with nimble little leaps between flaps of their wings.

Blue Vessel :125/150 :50/50 : 0/12 Buffs:LBW: 1 more turn. LBS: 2 more turns Cooldowns:

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[KashKey]

Grey couldn't believe what he was seeing. He'd only just barely avoided being part of that mess of corpses through sheer luck, and he wasn't sure if getting to Porky was worth being in that position again. Cursing his luck that these people were willing to be so sadistic as to kill their own men without reason, he started to dash away from the main army as he heard Reimu's warning. She was right, he was too eager to get this over with. There were too many people at stake for him to play this risky. As much as he'd like to just force his way through, he had to make sure the Life Sphere came out in one piece!

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Grey gasped as he realized there was a reason for the corpses after all. Ammo. He only realized it when he heard the sound of a giant ball flying through the air, and he narrowly rolled to the left just in time to avoid having his own skull caved in.

"They really just did that... What is WRONG with these guys that they'd kill each other just for ammo?!"


He could scarcely believe he'd just seen that, yet there it was, clear as day. If it had just been sensless it honestly would have boggled his mind LESS. Why not just give the stupid thing its own ammunition? Why kill off your own SOLDIERS?! He just didn't get it!

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That confusion cost him, too. While he was busy fathoming what kind of raw insanity could convince someone that this was the best plan of action, grenades were hucked his way. As one hit him in the face, it sank in what he'd just let happen. And then it went off. The Reploid was completely engulfed in the explosion. He was lucky his armor held, but that still hurt like hell, and dipped into his energy reserves. Just what he needed, a complete screw up in the middle of a fight. He couldn't let that happen again!

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Honestly, the Reploid was almost insulted as the rocks went flying his way. Quickly dashing around them, he gave the troopers that threw them an annoyed glare. He wasn't off guard a second time, and thinking just random rocks would do him in really ticked him off for some reason. Maybe it was because he was already in a bad mood? He wasn't sure. Whatever, he had an idea in mind to deal with these guys, he just needed to- BLOCK!

[Grey used his Shield to survive the EOC cannons. Big yikes.]

Grey promptly brought up his shield as the End of the Century Cannons went off, gritting his teeth as they blasted against it. What the hell kind of firepower WAS THIS?! It completely blew any ideas he had just a moment ago out of the water! And once they were over, he was lucky to still be in one piece! He wasn't sure he could take those things out with just Model A!

"Hey, Grey! Dunno if this is much help right now, but I have good news! A-Trans data recovered! Now seems like a good time to make sure it's in working order, cus you really need more fire power right now!"


That was good news... Okay, new plan!

"Time to try something different! A-Trans!"

In a flash of light, Grey changed his form, and a new person was glaring the army down. Another Megaman, but clearly different.



"Atlas, huh? Alright... Time to burn them all away!"


A gruff, female voice exited the transformed Reploid's voice as she spoke. Before... She dashed back at the army,flame slowly forming and licking at their body... And as she reached the army, she came to a stop, and slammed her fist into the ground.

"I'M ENDING THIS NOW!"

And at that shout, a tornado of flame burst from Grey's body, flying out to engulf the entire army in flame. The burning tornado was possitively massive, as Grey immediately set the A-Trans of Model F's previous user to work, intent on taking out a great deal of the army in one fowl swoop. Another attack like that wouldn't be on her plate anytime soon, though. And, just as quickly as it flarred up, however, it died down, and Grey retreated, scowling at the army. With any luck, everyone's combined efforts would let that last attack be enough to act as a finishing blow on a decent number of these guys.

(Grey's used Atlas's Final Smash! Acting as an AOE Final Smash with 40% damage, with the 1.4 bonus taken into account, that's 54% across most of the army! Except that stupid statue. Damn that thing.)

"If that doesn't cause some serious damage to the bigger units, we might be in some trouble here... Please, please, PLEASE let all of our attacks damage the big units..."

... Grey's personality really doesn't match Atlas's typical resting scowl or gruff voice.

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Grey (Atlas A-Trans) Status: Cooling Down, Ironically HP: 151% [||||||||||||||||| ] Shield HP: 7% [|    ] Cooldowns: Charge Shot: Ready! Homing Shot: 1 turns A-Trans: 3 turns Final Smash: Used

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[PolarStarQuote]

With the combined attacks on the Major's the Green Cloaked Pigmask's were sent flying away in equal tandem, as they smashed against the Stone Carapace of the Porky Statue, Some Still quite alive...Until, of course, the mighty stone boot of Porky's statue would stamp them into yet another splatter of red...Infact, the ground behind the Porky Statue began to look alot more like an Ocean of Sanguine, that it did any form of turf the Mushroom Ruins once looked like. 

(The Pigmask Major's have been destroyed! The Army now only has 3 actions per turn!)

The Rest of the Army, Quite alot due to the Atlas Fire Tornado whisking them away and slinging fire-coated  Pork Trooper's into one of the NKC's,  Which caused the massive machine to suddenly start exploding, and finally massively explode, leaving only one of the NKC's standing tall and massive! 

However, The Porky Statue would suddenly stop in place, Before suddenly the Statue dipped down, its legs bending as it began to crab walk forward, as its arms extended far outward, Suddenly spinning around its body like it were a Helicopter, as it began to stomp forward, Suddenly smashing into the last NKC and Implanting a giant hole in its side, and Smashing through a horde of the Pork Trooper's that weren't able to get away in time! 

The Porky Statue swings its arms randomly!

Everyone! You're gonna need to make a DEX Check of 10 to avoid the Porky Statue swinging its arms violently, Or else, thats 85% Damage! On the...Arguable Plus side, The Porky Statue doing this also deals 100 damage to the other Army men!

"Oh god, i dont wanna die, i dont want--"

"You idiot-- get down!" Claus would suddenly yell, Uncharacteristically human-like, as He suddenly blasted off to a Pork Trooper, Pushing them out of the way...Only to get smashed by the Rapid Arms of the Porky Statue as well!

...Including Claus!

The Pork Troopers that were smart enough to move out of the way had a collective sigh of ease when they realized they were safe and sound from all of that, Only to suddenly point there eyes in the direction of a Viewtiful Joe...Oho! And so, The Pork Trooper's suddenly started aiming to pile ontop of Joe, Football tackling to dog pile him!

Joe! The Pork Trooper's are trying to dogpile you! 16 DEX check to dodge. This deals 25% damage, and has a grapple check of 16 STR!

... Claus suddenly rose up from getting pitched across the room, as he looked at the group, as his wings expanded outward, as Claus flew off atop the Porky Statue's head, As he suddenly raised his hand to the sky...

Claus is preparing an attack for next turn!

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HP: 726/800



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HP:294/500




Pork Trooper

HP:276/450




The Masked Man

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