[Tiki, The Divine Dragon]

"These ruins... they feel off somehow... has the problem here gotten worst?" Tiki questioned as she retracted her wings, landing in front of the mountain ahead of the group. There was a cave heading deep into some ruins with ancient pillars and structures crumbled outside of it... However, the relatively normal ruins had a strange feel to them. Compared to the rest of the scenery the ruins and the area surrounding it was monochrome. In fact if someone looked closely some of the fragments were hanging in the air.

Tiki waved her hand in front of the air where the monochrome was... it was oddly still. It was almost like time here was completely halted before poking one of the stone fragments to see it would not budge. It was like an immovable force. "... Time hasn't budged an inch here like I thought. It's really concerning but I feel like something bad is behind this... More importantly..." She began, looking around to a line of rocks. She sat these here earlier because of a feeling this might be the case. They were now in the colorless sections of land as well. Walking over she tried to pick the rocks back up... Only to notice no matter how hard she pulled it was stuck. "It's spreading. We need to do something about this soon..." she said in worry as she awaited her bodyguards... a joking skeleton and a boy in strange armor.

Mission

START!

Tiki HP: 190 Shield HP: 70 Status: Normal

[Jade Callisto]

Upon signing up for this mission Blues had taken it upon himself to guard a young girl in through some ruins. His first mission in a while really as his last one ended badly for him in the end. Omega was no push-over that was for sure. That was enough about the past though as it was grimacing enough to think about. He would whistle to get his mind off of those thoughts in a tune that he usually did.

Taking point Protoman would be taking the front for the young girl named Tiki with his shield at the ready. His shield had helped him in the past and it would help now right? Crumbled structures and pillars lay around the area as if it had been here a long time. The odd thing that he would immediately notice was the monochrome state that the ruins deeper in were, it was quite creepy or at least it gave him chills. He knew he couldn't physically 'feel' but he knew something was up and it made him relate to a situation he had been in before. 

Stopping where Tiki was as she was pulling a rock that had been stopped in place because of this monochrome like area he would notice that they still had a long way to go. What was slowing down his partner for this mission he wondered. Looking over to Tiki he would make sure she got to her destination safely. "Name's Protoman, nice to meet you." he said simply before correcting himself. "But if you want you can call me Blues." he said giving a thumbs up. There would be a lot to do on this mission, he could tell that for sure.

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Protoman/Blues

HP: 185/185 

SHIELD: 65/65

E-Tank: Empty

STATUS: Normal

[TheSpatialWeeg]

A roar echoes through the sky as a dragon lands next to Tiki and Protoman. Corrin lands next to the two before transforming back into his human form. "I'm here to help, Tiki. So these are the ruins you mentioned..." he says to the young-looking dragon, taking a moment to observe the place himself...and note the strange monotone that surrounding the cave. He notices the young man clad in strange armor, before Tiki calls his attention with a sentence.

"Time itself has stopped here?" Corrin asked, taking a moment to check for himself as he inspected the monochrome land by trying to interact with pieces of the land. It was like his pupil said - time had grinded to a complete halt here. And from the looks of it, it was spreading out as well.

"The sooner we act, the earlier we'll find the source of the problem and hopefully undo it. It won't be long until this mountain succumbs to this strange stasis effect." Corrin stated, looking at the cave before looking back at Tiki. "I'm ready to depart at anytime. Just say the word." he tells her with a reassuring smile, before taking a moment to address the strangely-armored man.

"Sorry for taking so long to introduce myself. I'm Corrin. I hope we can work together." he said, extending a hand to Protoman for a hand shake.

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Corrin 145 HP 45 Shield

[Tiki, The Divine Dragon]

Tiki looked over to the Robot Master from her rocks as she observed him for a moment... It was certainly strange armor but hey, an ally was still a friend so it shouldn't be a problem how he dresses, as long as it suits him... His names however may be even stranger. "... Proto Man?" She asked with a tilt of her head. A strange name indeed but... "... But aren't you red? Why do they call you Blues? Well, whatever the case, it's nice to meet you Mr. Blues~!" Tiki greeted with a smile.

Then down came sensei Corrin himself! "Corry~! Yep, time has stopped here and it's getting worst. I think it warrants immediate attention..." She waves happily. She allowed himself to introduce himself to Blues before she turned around and looked to the entrance. "Well, there is no use standing here. The quicker we get to the bottom of this the quicker we can resolve this. Let's go!" she declares as she leads the march into the mountain's entrance.

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"... These are some strange paintings, huh?" Tiki questioned as she walked by bizarre stone paintings... They seemed to depict gear like objects and a terror, along with a four legged dragon and more ambiguous figures with a shaded skyline and cracks along the surface. Something about one of them seemed off, almost as if they were watching their moves through the narrow corridor. In addition, one of the paintings weren't monochrome like the rest of the bizarre corridor.  Tiki was not paying enough attention and suddenly that stone paintings reached out with shadowy hands and grabbed her into the air. She let out an impulsive scream as her head was assaulted with... memories? These certainly weren't her own and she was feeling a bit out of it from processing all them at once like this.

(Tiki has been grappled by a Runerigus! She has taken 5% damage as well as guarenteed mind melted. A strength check of 14 or more can break her free of it)

p_1d20+2(Mind Melted... One turn. Welp, wasn't that bad)

	Tiki: Divine Dragon HP: 185 Shield HP: 70 Status: Mind-Melted
	Sudden Runerigus appears! HP: 150 Most Thresholds: 10 CON Threshold: 18

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[Jade Callisto]

It was becoming even more clear that the girl Tiki has not seen a robot before but she probably didn't need to know that. What was important now was to protect her and that is what he would do. Now noticing that the skeleton guy was completely gone from sight Blues couldn't help but wonder where he went. It was no matter though as a new ally would show up in the form of a dragon like person. They formed back into a human and from what he could tell those two knew each other pretty well, likely from the same world or something.

At the mention of his name Blues could only chuckle a little bit before correcting Tiki. "No actually my name isn't because of the color blue, but the genre of music called the Blues. If you haven't heard it before Blues are more like somber tunes expressing sadness or some sort of loss but in an smooth yet sometimes upbeat way." That was a pretty good explanation Blues hoped since he wasn't really that good at explaining how his name worked exactly. Explaining that he's a robot would take a lot more to explain than just his name though so he'd pass on doing that.

Looking over to Corrin, Blues would just smirk a bit before taking Corrin's hand into his own. "Yeah nice to meet you too." Blues could not of course feel his hand but Corrin would be able to feel a very cold metal like touch from Protoman's hand as if his entire body was covered in armor, which wasn't too far from the truth really. As Tiki progressed Blues started to whistle his own genre of music a little as they got further into the cave like area. For those listening they could tell he was whistling the Blues as his name implied as his whistling came off as somber and in a smooth tone, almost relaxing in nature.

But as they came into this room full of strange stone paintings something definitely seemed weird and before he could take notice of what was going on he heard a scream coming from Tiki. Aiming his buster in the direction the scream was coming from was a bit of a surprise for Protoman. What was that thing? Whatever it was it had a hold of Tiki but not for long as Blues would try to knock the strange creature off of her by aiming for its body.

"Stand back." Blues said simply as his Proto-Buster was aimed right at this strange creature. To the others it would look like his hand just morphed into some sort of cannon that was about to shoot right at the creature. Again he didn't have time to explain what exactly he was to them in this time of need.

DEX Rolls for Proto-Buster: Does 8% damage per hit.

Proto-Buster Shot:
0O1RtpCEp_1d20+2 (Very likely hit)


Proto-Buster Shot:
p_1d20+2 (Likely miss)

Interrupting his own combo he would then perform a charge shot onto the strange creature.
To the others the energy that was coming from his arm cannon welled up a little before being fired from it.

DEX Roll for Charge Shot:
 p_1d20+2 (Very likely hit) Does 22% damage if it hits!

Then going back to his regular pot shots from his Proto-Buster he would finish his combo.

Proto-Buster Shot:
p_1d20+2 (Very likely hit)

Lastly to finish things off Blues ran up to the strange creature and would attempt to bash it with his shield.

STR Roll for Shield Bash:
p_1d20+1 (Very likely hit.) Does 9% damage if it hits plus 40% chance to Stun the target!

"Are you alright Tiki?" he would ask in concern as he hoped to protect the young manakete, would she be fine after getting knocked of that creature's grasp? He sure hoped so. His shield was at the ready and they would soon see it was not just any normal shield either should this thing try to attack him. "Leave this to us." Blues said as he also referenced Corrin as well.

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Protoman/Blues

HP: 185/185 

SHIELD: 65/65

E-Tank: Empty

STATUS: Normal1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+1

[TheSpatialWeeg]

With introductions made, Corrin moved with the other two to brave the cave. He looks around the place, as strange paintings on the walls started to appear. Despite the monochrome state of the stasis, Corrin could still kind of make out what was painted there: strange gears, a four-legged dragon, and some other figures, ambiguous in their appearance. Was this perchance chronicling a battle against a beast of old in their world? "Hmm...how strange..." His thought process was suddenly interrupted as he saw another painting in the wall...though it was red rather than monochrome--

...Hang on a second. Everything affected by the stasis was monochrome...!

"Wait!"

The warning came too late, as the red painting suddenly manifested shadowy tendrils and unveiled its true form, grabbing Tiki and doing...something to her. Though he wasn't just gonna stand there and watch. As Blues made his attacks, Corrin went to attempt to free Tiki from the creature's grasp.

UXtHSIQ8p_1d20+2 (Probably not needed considering what Protoman did, but STR check to save Tiki from the grappling)

Whether or not Protoman successfully broke the manakete free, Corrin would grab Tiki by the waist and draw out Yato with his remaining hand, thrusting the burning sword at the Runerigus' chest, a small explosion happening soon afterwards.

p_1d20+2 (Corrin's Flaming Dash @ Runergius. 21 damage, deals double damage if opponent has greater CON.)

He'd settle Tiki down soon after that attack, before turning back to the monster that attacked her. "I'll keep it distracted! You take advantage and strike it in the meanwhile." Corrin laid out a small plan as he began trying to strike Runerigus down with his sword, starting with some quick slashes.

p_1d20+2 (Corrin's Omega Yato @ Runerigus. 8 damage combo)
p_1d20+2 (Combo 2)
p_1d20+2 (Combo 3. Critical hit!)

p_1d20+2 (Critfail double damage check)

After those slashes, Corrin gripped his sword and finished his movement with an upper slash towards the mysterious monster.

p_1d20+2 (Corrin's Omega Yato @ Runerigus. 15 damage)

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Corrin 145 HP 45 Shield

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[Coolshaymin]

Tiki was successfully pried out of the grip of the Runerigus as she slumped into his grip a bit. The monster tried to snatch them both back up but was stopped by a shot from Protoman. It recoiled from the force of the shot. The lumbering wall painting tried to get close to strike but was shot back by yet another shot from the buster. Before it could recover it took a shield to it's body and recoiled as it got hit by an explosion and fell back.

After all this Tiki finally regained her senses and shook her head. "Sorry, I... I'm Tiki, that's right..." She said after a moment as if reminding herself. "I-... I'll explain what happened after we defeat him. I'll follow your leads," she added as Corrin went to get his distraction on, putting on an assault the Pokemon was too slow to avoid as it began to chip with every hit. It was still standing however so Tiki started letting out a slash of light that tore through the ghost type.


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Unable to stand up to the beating the ghost returned to it's cave painting and the pieces fell to the floor before becoming monotone like the rest of the surroundings and the place was unsettingly quiet again. Tiki looked down for a moment at the tablet. "Thanks, I'm glad I came with you two," she said before pausing.

"... When it grabbed me all these... memories suddenly began flowing into me. People were... killed and their souls were trapped inside the painting on the wall. They... said something about keeping the treasure safe but most them did not seem happy with the setup... I think they were sacrificed to be used as a guardian to trap others that came here..." She explained sadly before shaking her head. "... Regardless what I was sensing is close. There's probably another Guardian. They were talking about a... titan. He might be stronger than that one so let's be careful, okay?" says the one that fell for the initial trap.

Tiki HP: 185 Shield HP: 70 Status: Normal

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[Jade Callisto]

Keeping Tiki safe was his number one priority right now he would whistle a little in amazement as the young dragon girl just took down that weird creature. Now she was explaining that this was some sort of guardian? People's souls becoming absorbed into paintings too? "Okay yeah if this Titan tries to hurt you I'll smack it good with my shield." He said giving a thumbs up to Tiki in a way to re-assure her that she would be safe with him around.

Still though this was all pretty disturbing to say the least. People getting killed and placed into paintings sounded like something out of a horror movie. To keep himself from feeling scared he would continue to whistle but this time in his usual melody that he did when he entered the scene so to speak.

Protoman would take point as he would walk alongside Tiki with his shield held out in front of their direction as he kept it ready at a moments notice. This place wouldn't get Tiki with him and Corrin around, he'd make sure of that. "Whatever the case we best keep moving, who knows what we'll find in these ruins farther ahead." Blues said as he would keep Tiki as safe as possible.

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Protoman/Blues

HP: 185/185

SHIELD: 65/65

E-Tank: Empty

STATUS: Normal

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Combining his efforts with the one in odd armor, the best was slain...or at least defeated, and Corrin sheathed Yato. With the area seemingly clear of monsters, the young king turned to face Tiki, who seemed to be out of it for a moment before returning to normal. With the danger gone, she began to explain what that beast was doing to her. A memory projection of sorts...? It certainly sounded like one.

"How awful..." Corrin stated, turning to the now-monochrome Runerigus. How many people had lost their lives to keep this treasure safe? He keeps his eyes on the creature for a while before Tiki catches his attention again. "A titan, huh...that does sounds like trouble. Let's keep close to each other and be watchful of our surroundings." Corrin said after hearing that. Protoman's reassurance caused him to nod along. "And I'm at your side as well." Corrin reassured Tiki. After that, he'd turn towards the way leading to further within the cave, drawing Yato as he began to move onward in a bid to keep his eyes open towards any more traps.

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Corrin 145 HP 45 Shield