[WolfEx]

Shadow/Krystal/Vincent(Guest)

Upon buffing itself, and attacking Shadow but failing, Dark Gaia didn't exactly succeed in his tactics but he would quell much of the blows given to him by the opposers with the support magic he had utilized for now. Shadow planned to cut through the shield Gaia had used however with more of his offensive maneuvers and went back to charging himself into a ball and crashing into the enemy. He successfully hits Gaia with his body knocking away more of the misty shield. Shadow then revs himself up and tries a Spin Dash combo on Dark Gaia, but misses all three times. But going for an added attack, Shadow hones in on Dark Gaia keeping a focus and precision that would be harder to fail with, and hits Dark Gaia with a Homing Attack right to his snout causing the beast to stagger a foot or two backwards getting the harshness of Shadow's quills in his face. His shield was still up, however, Dark Gaia's movements felt a bit lesser than after that first attack Shadow performed knocking Dark Gaia temporarily off his game.

Due to Shadow's initial attack, Dark Gaia's DC to hit is lowered by 2 this character turn only. Bringing it down to 9 with the other status effects.

Krystal then jumped in on the action sending a gale of devastating wind to the beast cutting away more of its fog armor causing the beast to stagger even moreso. Then, Krystal went into a flurry of staff strikes missing the first time as Gaia slithers to the side but hitting the second for minimal damage and missing the third time. But then, Krystal ends her assault with a powerful quake strike dealing pretty good damage to the mist around Gaia and finally clearing it away! It dissipates after the hit completely!

Roll for burn chance from Krystal's staff strike on Gaia jLpNXgY2p_1d100 Gaia is NOT burned.

Roll for stun chance from Krystal's staff strike on Gaia p_1d100 Dark Gaia is stunned! Can only be broken by being struck.

Roll for another burn chance from Krystal's Rocket Quake p_1d100 Gaia's burn does not worsen.

"GRAAA! I...can't....move!" Dark Gaia's body tremors and shakes from the Rocket Quake attack forcing him to be unable to move. He does his best to break the flinched state but he cannot; he simply continues to tremble and shake uncontrollably. He is powerless at the moment. "I..will kill...all of you..." He growls hating feeling so helpless, but it was Vincent's turn next! "Looks like you've turned a little gun shy all the sudden haven't you? So sorry. Let our next wave of attacks now that your wimpy little shield is gone, help you snap out of it! RAAAH!" Vincent jumps into the air and swipes a claw down on Dark Gaia trying to tear through his flesh.

STR Roll Vincent uses Canine Crusher on Dark Gaia p_1d20 + 5 (SUCCESS! Vincent does 30% DMG to Dark Gaia. No added effects.)

"Now that felt good! I got more in me even still for a monster like you!" Vincent opens his jaws and bites into the neck of Dark Gaia foaming at the mouth to inflict something more than just pain!

STR Roll Vincent uses Saber Teeth on Dark Gaia p_1d20 + 5 (SUCCESS! Vincent does 25% DMG to Dark Gaia with a 40% chance of poison!)

CON Roll for determine duration of poison p_1d20 + 4 (The poison will last for 3 character turns.)

Vincent's teeth sink in so easily like a hook to a fish rending Gaia's flesh and causing bloodshed with the foam of his mouth seeping into the skin and inserting deadly toxins within Gaia's bloodstream poisoning him. Gaia screeches and wails from the puncture wound as blood leaks from his neck leaving bloody incisor marks where Vincent bit down and causing him to tear away from the now wolf hybrid that Vincent was. He didn't feel well at all after that bite causing him to lean against a pillar now fighting a triple threat of ailments; a burn, a stun, and a poison toxin in his system. He tries to speak but he is unable as the bottom of his jaw hangs loose and numbly. Vincent wasn't done yet. "I have one more thing to do to you, to show you no obstacle is too big for my skills!" Vincent howls, then leaps into the air after doing several front flips gaining speed and then leaping down from high above Dark Gaia and driving the claws of his feet into the top of his head.

DEX Roll Vincent uses Lunar Pounce on Dark Gaia p_1d20 + 4 (IT HITS! Vincent deals 28% DMG to Dark Gaia and increases his DEX modifier by 1 for 3 character turns.)

After that vicious attack, Vincent jumps back down from the beast's head and smirks wiping some of Dark Gaia's blood from his mouth. "Your sadistic nature and evil tendencies drove me to transform like this...and now you are the one that is suffering because of it! You continue to give so many empty threats, and yet here you are, being slowly mutilated by beings just trying to do the right thing." Vincent is not a fan of Gaia's choices. "You should have just let us pass you to the top, now you reap what you sow." taunts Dark Gaia, talking him down to minuscule levels. Dark Gaia barely gets some words out. "You...don't...understand...I was made to kill...I have...to kill to...get out of...here...I WILL KILL....all....of you." He starts losing his breath and his words turn to muttering as he struggles to stay in the fight. Vincent only hears the words of a blind and chaotic creature long gone to the Starvia and whatever other thing plagues him. Whether it was this new disease that was being concocted in this military base or something else. Dark Gaia lost some of his will, and it showed. "Let's finish this, everyone..." Vincent juts his claws back out, ready to finish slicing Dark Gaia to shreds.



DARK GAIA
(DC to Hit is 11 12 9 Inflicted With Lead Poisoning. DC lowered by 2 points. 1 character turns left for Lead Poison. 1 character turns left for DC drop by 2 due to Shadow's attack.)

Major Wound. Dark Gaia lost an eye, so his accuracy is effected lowering his line of sight and giving all attacks -2.

Burned. Dark Gaia is burned taking 4% DMG each turn unless he heals himself with water and suffering a STR stat decrease of 2.

Poisoned. Dark Gaia is injected with Vincent's toxins from a nasty bite. He will take 8% DMG continuously for 3 character turns. 3 character turns remain.

Red Rotunda in effect. All stat modifiers for all attacks now x2. Lasts 2 characters turns.)

HP: 242/500

Vincent (Galian Beast Form. 1 turns Left.): HP: 148/250
Shield: 43/90
Status: Con + 2 for 2 turns.
DEX MOD + 1 for 3 turns.

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Wolf/Ghor/Yumiko/Master Hand (GUEST)

While Shadow, Krystal, and Vincent had their own tussle to deal with up above, Wolf, Yumiko, Ghor, and Master Hand were finishing things up down in the research labs. The mimics proved to be more trouble than intended but were nearly finished now. Wolf got a good shot on the Mimic Yumiko causing her to fall to her knees and feel the singe of the blast pretty harshly. Yumiko managed to dance around her clone's attacks and struck her Mimic back with a few lightning bolts, but only one of them striking her clone; but that was all that was needed to finish the job.

The lightning drilled into the Yumiko Mimic with great precision burning and frying the clone into goop causing her body to quickly decompose and eventually boil into a puddle leaving behind a trailing scream. With the team's hard working efforts, all the mimics were destroyed except for the leader. He was all that remained, and he wasn't going to go down so easy. But for now, the team still had an edge and upper hand! Master Hand flies right to Marcus driving a fist into his chest sending him thumping against the last remaining wall of the now tarnished lab knocking the wall down and sending Marcus crashing.

Afterwards, Master Hand floats of Marcus's body and brings another fist down on him for a Master Mash driving the full force of his hand like body into the creature. Marcus tries to stand from the impact; wings now wrinkled and somewhat damaged.

Roll for stun chance p_1d100(Marcus is not stunned)

Once Master Hand did his thing, Ghor landed a powerful surging plasma beam on Mimicry Marcus at full blast soon after! This caused Marcus to fall backwards just as he stood back up, onto his bottom again. He crashes into a pile of debris and feels the burn mark of the plasma beam on his abdomen causing his body temperature to really heat up.

Roll for burn chance p_1d100 (He is burned!)

Crit Confirm p_1d20 (CRITICAL EFFING HIT MOTHER FFFF!)

He lays there a while from the blast as the burn mark remains planted on his skin, he feels the remnants of a serious burn for now as he touches his stomach where the mark is and squirms in pain. Ghor tries to fire another beam as Marcus stays put but misses just barely. Mimicry Marcus tries to stand at that point, and has to hold rubble and chunks of wall to get back to his feet he was so messed up from the onslaught of attacks.

Due to the extensive damage Mimicry Marcus has now taken, his PER powers have lost some of its potency, having less effect on your minds dropping his DC to hit to 13 and PER check to hit to 9.

"So...this is what it's coming to...putting baby in a corner? Well, this baby will still try and get what this baby wants!" Mimicry Marcus roars and manages to float back into the air fighting through his pain and fires a flurry of lasers from his eyes at all foes. 

Mimicry Marcus uses Eye Laser on all foes. If it hits it will do 25% DMG to all. DC to dodge is 10.

After that, Marcus looks to Master Hand who has been constantly pummeling him and decides to get revenge. "You, you dirty little glove, need to be humbled!" Marcus lets out another battle cry and puts his palms together in a strange formation summoning a black dragon made of dark energy to fire a purple glistening beam from its maw at Master Hand then quickly vanish. 

Mimicry Marcus uses Shadow Laser on Master Hand. If it hits it will do 30% DMG. DC to dodge is 14.

Once it does that, Mimicry Marcus does one more attack looking directly at Ghor. "And you, you don't look too good. Use all your reserves on me already? I'm just getting warmed up! Let's see how much more you can really handle! Remember, machines have limits. MWAHAHA!" Marcus rushes Ghor manifesting a black blade of energy in his hand and slashes it across his mechanical chest.

Marcus uses Tabuu Charge on Ghor alone using his sword to charge and slice at weak points. If it hits it will do 27% DMG with a 40% chance to Disable a stat of Marcus's choice on the target. DC to dodge is 15.


X 0

Mimic A ( E N E M Y D E F E A T E D !!!!)

HP: 0/150

Mimic B ( E N E M Y  D E F E A T E D !!!!)

HP: 0/150

Mimic C ( E N E M Y D E F E A T E D !!!!)

HP: 0/150

Mimic D (E N E M Y  D E F E A T E D !!!!)

HP: 0/150

Leader Mimic; "Mimicry Marcus" (Currently Posing As Tabuu)
DC To Hit Is 13. PER check To Hit is 9.

Status: Berserk! 2 turns left.
BURNED. 4% ongoing damage done each turn.

HP: 214/450

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Threat Code Xelot: Breeding Evil - Wolf O'Donnell - FS: Hungry Like The Wolf - Highest Stat: DEX

"Well, I do have to say, this angry little butterfly is quite resourceful with his powers." As Wolf says, Ghor tosses him some cookies of some kind in which Wolf promptly catches and gobbles down rather quickly. He suddenly feels, a bit euphoric. His eyes dilate and he suddenly is more flexible and a bit faster. The flavor was absolutely delicious and he licks his chops afterwards. "I think these helped quite enough. Thanks clunky!" Just after he chows down, various small lasers fire at him and the team and he tires to leap out of their path.

DEX Roll to dodge eye lasers of death p_1d20 + 4 (SUCCESS!)

Wolf narrowly avoids being laser beamed to a crisp with a subtle twist of his body. He then points his blaster at the remaining mimic and fires away after his recent dodge attempt.

PER Check to attack Mimicry Marcus p_1d20 - 2 (MISS!)

DEX Roll for Wolf Blaster on Marcus p_1d20 + 4 (Would have still missed anyway!)

"Ok, that's frustrating. Beats me how he still manages to screw with our heads when he clearly doesn't look a thing like us. But I suppose the more we damage him, the less his powers have a hold over us. Let's keep up the pressure!" Wolf crouches down kicking on the flames from under his boots and aiming his body at Marcus, then shoots himself at the enemy with a Wolf Jet.

PER Check to attack Mimicry Marcus p_1d20 - 2 (SUCCESS!)

DEX Roll to hit Mimicry Marcus p_1d20 + 4 (DOUBLE SUCCESS! Wolf deals 15% DMG with a 10% burn chance.)

"Did someone order a freshly grilled blob zombie!?" Wolf manages to successfully propel his flaming body at the enemy then leaps back for a third attack. "I don't think this wannabe would make a good meal at any barbecue. But he might make a nice slow moving target!" Wolf takes out a vial of his infamous sand from Venom, kisses it for good luck, and tries chucking it at Marcus from afar.

PER Check on Marcus for Venomian Special p_1d20 - 2 (FAILURE!)

INT Roll Venomian Special on Marcus p_1d20 + 1 (Wouldn't have worked.)

"I promise one of these days I'm going back to working on my pitch. But right now, not so much luck. Ok Hand, give em hell!" Wolf looks to Master Hand who was trying to avoid the lasers in that moment like Wolf was.

DEX Roll for Master Hand to dodge Eye Lasers p_1d20 + 2 (SUCCESS!)

Master Hand avoids the lasers and replies to Wolf's sass once again. I think that would be quite hard to just give to someone. Nor do we know if the "devil" or "satan" even exists to try and dish such a thing out. But I can certainly have them taste a bit of something like it! As he communicates this, he gets another attack on him that involved a dragon and tries to fly out of its way!

DEX Roll for Master Hand to dodge the Shadow Dragon's beam p_1d20 + 2 (FAILURE!)

Master Hand eats the full effect of the beam doing heavy damage causing Master Hand to go flying backwards into some more debris. It didn't cause him to stay down, however. Master Hand gets up shortly after and shakes off the rubble from his glove. That was certainly not fun and I think that thing needs a mint. So, allow me to assist! Master Hand snaps his fingers and dozens of icicles grow from the ground. He then points with his index finger right at the enemy and the icicles move and rise to higher levels honing in on the enemy to impale them!

WIS Roll for Ice Pursuit on Mimicry Marcus p_1d20 + 5(SUCCESS! It will do 29% DMG with a 41% chance of freezing the foe!)

Not nearly enough to fix that dragon's breath issue of yours, nor am I satisfied with the pain I've dealt you just yet! Master Hand forms his fingers into a gun and fires more missiles at the enemy as directly as he could.

WIS Roll for Missile Barrage on Mimicry Marcus p_1d20 + 5 (MISS!)

Again p_1d20 + 5 (HIT! 8% DMG done.)

And Again! p_1d20 + 5 (MISS!)

Drat. Well, here's to one more attempt! Master Hand flies into the air, turns himself upside down spins into a turbine motion and drives his mass into the enemy crushing the foe with his index and middle finger twirling rapidly into their body.

STR Roll for Twirly Twister on Mimicry Marcus p_1d20 + 5 (SUCCESS! It deals a hefty 30% DMG with a 30% chance of stun!

That's what a real attack looks like, you copy cat caricature! After that, Master Hand subsides the assault proud of his work and Wolf nods in appreciation. "Good work Handsy! His tank is gonna get empty real quick. Then finally we can get to the bottom of who and what is causing this place to tick!" Now that the whole team was attentive and against Marcus, his stamina was going to decline much faster, and he knew this. But what else could he play as a last ditch effort to crush the group? 


Wolf

HP: 64/150
Shield: 15/55
Mama Hippo Effect: +1 to DEX for 2 turns. +6% Health regen for 2 turns.

Master Hand

HP: 301/500
Shield: 43/100

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[Sunnivale]

Yumiko was relieved to see that the clone of her had finally died thanks to Wolf's help. "Thanks." She said to Wolf, In the darkness, before she focused back on the main enemy of the room, Marcus, who fired an eye laser towards the group as Yumiko realised that he was likely acting more hasty now that his clone kids have died.

She quickly tried to dodge.)

Hms7dYqlp_1d20+2(And she successfully did!)

While waiting for the others to recover from Marcus latest attacks, Yumiko quickly got up herself to finally deliver her own medicine to Marcus now that he was the only enemy left in the room. "And so do ugly mutated creations like yourself!" Yumiko yelled back when Marcus insulted Ghor before trying to search for him and firing her attacks at him.

p_1d20+5(Perception check 1 on Marcus > Success.)

p_1d20+5(Magarudyne: Yumiko shoots a large gust of wind towards the enemy to knock them off their feet. [DMG 16%] > Failure.)

p_1d20+5(Perception Check 2 on Marcus > Success.)

p_1d20+5(Maziodyne: Yumiko summons a wave of lightning to her enemies in an attempt to shock them. [DMG 18%] > Success.)

p_1d20+5(Perception Check 3 on Marcus > Success.)

p_1d20+5(Maziodyne: Yumiko summons a wave of lightning to her enemies in an attempt to shock them. [DMG 18%] > Success.)

While Yumiko's first wind attack have failed to hit Marcus, she was at least impressed that she managed to navigate her way through the darkness and shocked Marcus with her maziodyne, twice! "What's going to happen is that we're going to walk away soon enough while your corpse, or whatever will happen to you when you die, floats through this disgusting sewage while we stop this virus that you and your colleagues are planning

Creatures tend to have limits too." Yumiko reminded Marcus as she prepared for the next attacks Marcus had in store for the group, as well as attacks of her own.

"Don't worry, he might have messed with us, but now we have the advantage now that those, things he made are destroyed. Just hang in there guys." Yumiko told Wolf as well as to Ghor and Master Hand as she stood up after briefly crouching down.

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Yumiko Shirasagi: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 23/35
Diarahan & Diamond Dust Cooldowns: Three turns remaining
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[Mr. Game & Watch]

That dose of Phazon that Ghor infected Marcus with must have been quite potent. He was starting to refer to himself as a baby and throwing tantrums like one too. Well, either that or he was always this stark raving mad, but for the sake of not under estimating him or his power, Ghor was going to pretend it was the Phazon.

[Eye Laser DODGE!: vEFFpk1ap_1d20+2] <12>

As the lasers began to fly through the air, belting out in every which direction, Ghor dove for cover behind one of the laboratory’s desks. He could hear the sizzling of the energy burning against the wood of the desk. He sat there for a moment, collecting his thoughts. This guy has been running rampant for far too long. It didn’t matter how or why, they needed to put an end to him before they wore themselves too thin. After all, Ghor already resorted to his one megalixir. Slapping the side of his plasma rifle, Ghor swung back over the edge of the desk, ready to shoot the butterfly man out of the air.

[Tabuu Charge DODGE!: p_1d20+2] <8>
[Disabled Chance: p_1d100 <43>

Almost immediately after retreating from cover, Marcus made yet another glory charge, specifically to target Ghor once more. He supposed that he proved to be quite the annoyance to the mimic. Light on his feet as he was, Ghor didn’t have the reaction speed to evade this onslaught, not this time. He got hit like a truck, followed by a series of slashes, all battering his beaten chest. Luckily for him, the megalixir patched up that gash in his chest, which would havwe made this the death blow. That said, it wasn’t a pleasant sensation either.

The lowly cyborg fumbled backward, nearly falling off his feet yet again, but he managed to stave off yet another arrangement with the pavement by bracing himself at the last minute. His bronze optics flicked upwards, gazing into the eyes of the false Tabuu. He clicked a couple of things on his plasma rifle as he took aim. “True. Machines are limited to their designed duty” he spoke simply as the tip of his gun glowed. “A good engineer always works around those limitations” with that, he unleashed yet another flurry of power bolts at the shapeshifting creature.

[Perception Check: p_1d20+4] <6>
[Power Beam 1: p_1d20+4 // 16%] <20>
[Perception Check: p_1d20+4] <9>
[Power Beam 2: p_1d20+4 // 16%] <22>
[Perception Check: p_1d20+4] <14>
[Power Beam 3: p_1d20+4 // 16%] <7>

After belting out his power beams, he slid across the way, a brief but fast movement so that he wasn’t in one place for too long and so that he could strike Marcus from a different angle and possibly hit another of his weak points. He shifted his gun from power beam mode to his signature plasma beam.

[Perception Check: p_1d20+4] <16>
[Plasma Beam: p_1d20+4 // 27% + 30% chance to Burn] <18>

And, finally, he charged up his last shot and fired it off. “One final push. This shapeshifter has run dry of stolen techniques” Ghor called out, in the spirit of finality that his other companions seemed to also be feeling at this moment. Marcus was just merely one step in the total annihilation of this facility though, but it was one that Ghor was more than happy to take.

[Perception Check: p_1d20+4] <17>
[Power Beam: p_1d20+4 // 27%] <10>

HP: 93%
Shield: 5%
Status: Rerouting Power (1)
Plasma Beam (1)

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[cynda1]

(Shadow has activated the Simulus World Ring! All of his attacks are empowered with the ring's power of light, changing their element into light, and giving Dark Gaia a 25% chance to get the Blind status condition for each successful attack!)

FU5PYDuZp_1d20+2 (Shadow started with his Samurai Sword slash! 22% of damage, 1 turn cooldown!)

p_1d20+4 (Shadow used his Omochao Gun! 26% damage, 3 turn cooldown!)

p_1d20+4 (Shadow used his Dash attack! 15% damage, lowers Gaia's next dodge roll by -2 if hits, lowers Shadow's instead if it misses.)

Shadow formed a smirk on his face. Oh how quickly the mighty fall. The monster really put this upon himself, insinuating that he was something to fear, and yet every action he’d taken since this confrontation began had done nothing but lower Shadow’s expectations. This didn’t make the hedgehog any less tense, however. On the contrary, the hedgehog’s muscles stiffened all the more at the sight. This monster, this… thing, had the gall to make such a pathetic threat only to be incapable of backing it up?

Krystal knocked the rest of the fog away allowing Vincent his chance to start his next streak of attacks. It seemed that everything was going their way, and the Dark Gaia simply couldn’t catch a break as it seemed too overwhelmed to even make one attempt at an attack. This was all fine and dandy as far as Shadow was concerned, as getting out of this battle with no additional damage meant that they could take on whatever threat was coming in their way with very little problem.

But they still needed to get rid of Dark Gaia, that was a fact.

After Vincent completed his array of attacks, the monster seemed to desperately say that he didn’t have a choice but to try and kill them, because he wouldn’t be able to leave unless he did so. That this was what he was made for. While in some cases this may have caused Shadow to sympathize with him, maybe, Dark Gaia had long crossed a line for the Ultimate Life Form to be at all lenient toward this monster.

Shadow took a few steps forward, slipping something onto his left wrist: a blue ring that started emitting a bright light that surrounded the black hedgehog. This creature was a being of darkness, so it was only right that he destroyed the creature with the light that was within this ring. But first, he needed Dark Gaia to understand something. “You may have been allowed to live,” Shadow hissed from clenched teeth as the light surrounding him expanded a bit. “But you decided to show your face to me in that room… you warned me of your existence in this room, and you made the mistake of letting me leave.

“But perhaps the most egregious mistake you made,” he continued. “The one that made me decide that you can’t be allowed to live is that threat you made. You underestimate my resolve to fulfill my life’s purpose to ensure the lives of every living being I can be lived to their fullest, and that holds turer for the lives you threatened than any others. I refuse to allow you to live for your intentions!”

The light surrounding him expanded to its fever pitch, causing his entire aura to be the very brimming light that came from the ring. The light may have been absolutely blinding, but Shadow’s line of sight was right on the being of darkness itself, and he was ready to take it out. “This is the power you underestimated!” Once that was done, the hedgehog took out his Samurai sword, and found that even his weapons were surrounded with that same blinding light.

In the blink of an eye, the hedgehog leapt into the air and got right into the creature’s face, viciously glaring the enormous creature in the eye before aiming a decisive and potentially devastating slice the the creature’s face, a stream of light lingering where the sword had been for a few seconds after the fact before leaping away from the monster and returning the sword back to its home.

The hedgehog then brought out the Omochao Gun, and it seemed like as each second passed the light surrounding Shadow grew more and more intense as his resolve to destroy Dark Gaia only grew as time passed. The hedgehog aimed the gun toward the monster’s chest, and a large bullet shaped laser made of pure light was launched in that direction as Shadow landed on the ground.

The hedgehog let out a massive yell as the energy surrounding him maintained a high intensity, and he rushed toward his foe at high speed, aiming his final attack of the turn toward his foe’s face once again. The hedgehog, at top speed, launched himself into the air at a blitzing speed, having already folded his hand into a fist before aiming to launch a devastating punch at the creature’s jaw. The hedgehog then bounced away from the creature, flipping backward and glaring up at the creature as the light surrounding Shadow started to die down a little.

“Get him, Krystal!” Shadow called out to the vixen, long ready for this obstacle to be over and done with so that they could move on and finish the rest of the foes off already.

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Shadow
Health: 124/160
Shield: 50/50
Status: Simulus World Ring activated; Shadow is ready to finish this!
Cooldowns: Spin Counter (2); Samurai Sword (1 turn starting next turn); Omochao Gun (3 turns starting next turn)

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[heirtothemonado]

As Shadow and Vincent attacked Dark Gaia, light shining from Shadow's ring and illuminating the damage that all three of them were doing, Krystal listened to the words that Gaia was choking out in the midst of it all. Something about being made to kill. That she had to kill. Something about those words rang inside the blue vixen, but she couldn't understand why. It was like a bell going off that she didn't immediately know what the cause was. But she couldn't dwell on that right now. The others were counting on her to finish the job! Once Shadow called out to her, Krystal gripped her staff and charged. It was time to finish this thing once and for all! If she couldn't do it herself, she could at least open the way for the others to finish it off

As she rushed forward, Krystal launched a couple more razor sharp blasts of wind toward Gaia to clear the way forward, before launching into a rapid flurry of staff strikes.


08B3FGnWp_1d20+4 (Krystal's Razorblade Typhoon! DMG 16%)


p_1d20+2 (Krystal's Staff Combat! DMG 5%, Burn Chance 10%)
p_1d20+2 (Again)
p_1d20+2 (And again)

Using the force of the final strike to launch herself backward, Krystal aimed the head of her staff at Gaia and launched a freezing cold blast of energy toward Dark Gaia in and attempt to freeze her solid!


p_1d20+2 (Krystal's Ice Blaster! DMG 20%. Changes Krystal's staff to Ice Stance)

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Krystal
Health: 129/145
Shield: 5/45
Status: Ready to finish this

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[WolfEx]

Shadow/Krystal/Vincent(Guest)

Dark Gaia's pummeling continues and his condition only gets ever so much worse through the collective power of the mighty Life Sphere Warriors! Shadow steps up his game with some intense sword slashes to Gaia keeping up the slicing action and causing the purple beast who had just recovered from being stunned by Krystal to still have no opening to strike back. Shadow's first slash sliced a part of the monster's stomach open creating a gush of blood to spiral down his scales. He whelps. His eyes, er...eye... suddenly feels a burning sensation as a flash of light erupts from the sword and attempts to blind him.

Blindness chance from ring powered sword slashvoaSAPJ1p_1d100 (BLINDED BY THE LIGHT! WRAPPED UP LIKE A DOUCHE IN THE ROLLER IN THE NIGHT!!!)

Gaia is blinded in his final last good eye! Which means the required DC to dodge his attacks have been severely lowered!

"BLAAAAAASSSTTTTT!" He hisses covering his eye with one of his claws squirming around the room in panic and mass hysteria, his whole body peppered in multiple ailments and fading away quickly through the efforts of the warriors and their well placed attacks! As he romps about the room with no direction he gets pelted with Shadow's gun and his painful bullets riddling Gaia with holes opening more wounds to cause him to bleed out faster as his scales get penetrated one by one to the point where the ground below him is now streaked in his monstrous bodily fluids making the entire grand hallway the battle is happening in look like a crime scene. Shadow then darts his spiny body at Gaia with a harsh blow after the gunmanship sending Gaia reeling back into a pillar and slinking to a heap.

Gaia's DC to hit is now decreased to 5. due to Shadow's DEX altering attack for the next character turn and his blindness in both eyes making dodging nearly impossible anyway.

"I can't die here! I mustn't! Don't you understand!?! What's waiting for you at the top will be the end of you all! I'm just the distraction! Killing me won't stop the progress!" As he says this he coughs up some blood knowing his fate is all but sealed at this point. He looks at Shadow as he rests against the pillar listening to his banter and smirks, not regretting the charade he pulled off in the room with him earlier. "Well, sounds like I really ticked you off there, hedgehog. Mission accomplished. Once you've tasted a spark of that hatred and rage...it's very hard to go back. Now you have to live with the fact you just opened your own Pandora's box. And you'll only grow more bitter. Hahaha...HAHAHA *gargles blood* Gahh..." The monster holds onto dear life but continues his point. "Your evil. Just like me. Just like so many of us on this rotting planet. Soon you'll feel trapped in your precious life sphere, and it'll drive you insane. You're bound to blow up on your friends, your loved ones, everything you hold dear. It's a matter of time. It's kismet, Shadow. You can't outrun your purpose...and that is sweet destruction. You will be everyone's enemy soon enough....you'll hear my whispers even after my death. I will haunt you, and it will consume...*gag* you..." As he struggles to talk, Krystal shuts him up quick by continuing the pummeling.

Swift movements of a razorblade slice away more of Gaia's scales and flesh as he continues to become chop suey by the team's efforts. He hasn't gotten much left to retaliate now. He takes the blows and manages a growl here and there, but the energy within him has left. He then gets swiped by Krystal's staff that had embers of fire singe his skin with a few more whacks of her weapon. He flinches at each hit barely managing to roar or whine anymore at the attacks.
Each fire imbued hit making his burn marks even worse then before as some of his skin turns to char. He gets a brief cool off by Krystal firing a blast of ice at Gaia causing him to topple down to the side of his belly at the last hit of Krystal's assault leaving a patch of frost on his chest.

After Gaia's punishment by the team temporarily ends again, he writhes his way back to his feet barely able to keep a sturdy gait and uses the pillar nearest him to keep himself held up and not fall. He can't see worth a damn, but he tries using any remaining senses he has left to attempt some desperation attacks on the opposers.

"TAKE THIS! HAAAA!" He juts out a claw and tries to slash at Shadow in desperation. If it hits it will accomplish 15% DMG. DC to dodge is 3.

"I'll find you! I WILL!" He tries to do the same thing to Krystal. It will do 15% DMG if successful. DC to dodge is 3.

"DAMN YOU!" He then opens his maw and emits a stream of steady acid at Vincent hoping he hits him using his Venom Vomitorium attack which would deal 26% DMG if it hits with a 50% chance of poison. DC to dodge is 5.

After the sudden slew and albeit poor show of retaliation attempts, Gaia already was back to slumping against a pillar and trying to stay conscious. After the poor showing, Vincent's transformation wears off and he returns back to his typical self staring at the beast with pity and shame. He shakes his head studying the creature's terrible state at a distance. "I wish I could say you deserve mercy. But you heard Shadow, that chance has passed." Just as Vincent states this he sees a stream of poison shoot from Gaia's mouth and cautiously places himself to avoid it as necessary.

DEX Roll to dodge Venom attack p_1d20 + 5 (It goes nowhere near Vincent at all and hits a high corner of the ceiling opposite Vincent instead.)

"This is just a freebie now. Completely demoralizing and pathetic. Hmph." Vincent points Cerebrus at Gaia, takes out a mini grenade and places it in its chamber and clicks it into place. He would maximize what damage he could against the monster to quicken its demise, it was the least he could do. "Let's get this over with. Even you don't deserve to suffer so slow like you are." Vincent fires his pistol at the beast as a grenade flies towards Gaia at full speed. "Destructive Dissidence!" He has no emotion or sympathy in his eyes as his gun fires away.

DEX Roll for Destructive Dissidence on Gaia p_1d20 + 5 (It hits. 29% DMG with 20% chance of burn.)

"Shrapnel on shrapnel. Let's go!" He reloads his gun, clicks a chamber, and returns back to normal ammunition and fires at Gaia with a change of bullets. "IMPALER SHOT!" A sturdy large sized, normal standard ammunition bullet fires at Gaia from afar.

DEX Roll for Impaler Shot on Gaia p_1d20 + 5 (SUCCESS! it does 22% DMG with no added effects.)

"Now feel my touch. Taste your end. Metal massacre!" Vincent holsters his pistol, whips his cape behind him revealing his metal gauntlet complete with very sharp talons and rushes to Gaia in a flash slashing at his throat in a midair diagonal cross and landing opposite of him.

DEX Roll for Metal Massacre on Gaia p_1d20 + 5 (ALMOST a critical! It does 20% DMG with 40% chance of Mortal Wound, or in Gaia's case, only making the wounds bigger.)

He turns around to observe his work, and sees Gaia nearly motionless and helpless now. "Your terror stops here I'm afraid." He looks to the group. "Do what you all have to do to end his life. I'm going to rush on ahead and see if I can find whose up to all this. Hopefully I can at least put a dent in their plans before the rest of you meet me up top." He turns back to Gaia. "May you Rest In Peace, demon." He looks down, showing only a hint of remorse, then rushes down the hall and up another grand staircase to reach the top of the bunker while the rest of the team finishes the job.

GUEST VINCENT HAS LEFT THE GROUP.



DARK GAIA
(DC to Hit is 5. )

Major Wound. Dark Gaia lost an eye, so his accuracy is effected lowering his line of sight and giving all attacks -2.

Burned. Dark Gaia is burned taking 4% DMG each turn unless he heals himself with water and suffering a STR stat decrease of 2.

Poisoned. Dark Gaia is injected with Vincent's toxins from a nasty bite. He will take 8% DMG continuously for 3 character turns. 2 character turns remain.

Red Rotunda in effect. All stat modifiers for all attacks now x2. Lasts 1 character turns.)

Blinded! He literally has no eyes to see. All his attacks will now be a DC to dodge between 1 and 5 due to his terrible condition. His DC to hit will remain 5 due to being blinded in his only good eye left.

HP: 50/500

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Wolf/Ghor/Yumiko/Master Hand (GUEST)

Marcus continues to stand alone persevering through whatever he could as the attacks from the bunker invaders remain hot and heavy. Yumiko sends another electric shock to Marcus causing his body to shake and light up like a light show from the electricity surging through him. He falls to his knees from the move feeling his body just starting to become exhausted from all the beatings he is receiving. As he falls to his knees, Yumiko shocks him again as if he was getting electroshock torture and his skin begins to chip and peel away becoming fried from all the volts eating right through him. He lets out a moan from the violent lightning hitting him. 

As he endures the electrocution moves, Ghor goes after him again missing his first beam attack against Marcus but nailing his second causing the leader mimic to fall onto his back from the impact and his knees to buckle. A third beam is shot his way but that one misses to just above his head. As he struggles to get back to his feet inch by inch, Ghor switches his weaponry to plasma ammo and fires a deadly Plasma Beam at Marcus just as he rises sending him throttling back to his spine and rolling wildly across the floor leaving a nasty and large burn mark trailing from his belly to the middle of his neck.

Does his burn get worse? p_1d100 (Yes. Yes it does.)

The plasma eats into more of Marcus's flesh and his existing burn festers and boils causing green goop and skin to flake right off and out of him.

Marcus is now severely getting his ass handed to him. As a result his Burn worsens to 8% DMG each turn instead of the 4. His DC to hit due to the damage he has endured has lowered to 10. His PER to hit due to the severity of his injuries has lowered to 6.

And if that wasn't enough, Ghor fires another beam at Marcus while he's down causing his body to roll like a loose pile of trash across the floor again. Gotta love those rag doll physics!
Aside from Ghor's fast paced gunslinging skill doing the dirty on Marcus, Wolf adds to the supporting firepower by launching his burning body at Marcus from a distance and nailing Marcus in his ribs while, yes, still on the ground without a second to recover yet causing Marcus's now poor rag doll like body to roll into the goop pile of one of his fellow, now dead, mimics. He tries to mutter words, but he can't while his face lands into the goop pile and enters his mouth causing him to slightly gag. 

Can we see if he gets an even WORSE BURN FROM WOLF!? p_1d100 (Nah.)

Wolf does not worsen his burn but Marcus is still pretty beat. Wolf tries tossing a vial of his Venomian stuff at Marcus afterwards, but it misses. Wolf needs to go back to target practice. Too bad classic mode and break the targets is no longer a thing on Li! Badum cha. Master hand was now going to dish out the pain with a powerful ice attack sending a mass of large icicles shooting towards Marcus and impaling his body forcing him to rise from the ground like a shish kabob and hang helplessly while one of the icicles from the attack enters right through him and he loosely stays put in his impaled state.

IS HE ALSO FROZEN NOW!?! p_1d100 (Not quite.)

He is not frozen but he certainly can't move very well in his state. As he "chills"...get it? On the icicle he gets shot by one of Master Hand's magic missiles causing him to flinch while impaled and helpless. As he is...literally an icy skewer, Master Hand does a finale attack to end his myriad of moves by launching himself in the air and then twirling down like a drill into Marcus's skewered body dealing massive damage and driving him down into the icy spikes even further, so much so that it actually does extra terrain induced damage and causes Marcus's body to then get shredded up limb by limb, piece by piece, and shatter in every direction breaking the ice along with his poor body!

ICETALITY!!!!!!!


After the finishing blow, the ice melts away and the bits and pieces of Marcus litter the floor. He does, however, leave behind something for everyone....

Leader Leech - From the depths of Raccoon City and somehow making their way to Li with their disgusting genetics, these special genetically enhanced leeches obey their masters and creators without a fuss. They say a cluster of these makes one Mimicry Marcus and they like to stick together for maximum damage, or when they're breeding or on a feeding frenzy. YIKES! And you are lucky to be one of its masters indeed! Looking slightly bigger than the average slug, these special leeches that carry the Zombification virus also carry the Mimic gene, and can be thrown at any enemy to turn into an exact carbon copy of you for 2 whole character turns (6 combat turns total. 3 turns per post max, in which YOU command its every move! The HP stays the same as the enemy it latches onto. Sorry it does not work on bosses). 

Because it's an advanced type, it also copies your stats to the T! (Get it, cause its responsible for the T Virus? Heh.) Only thing is, they can't use a final smash when they mimic you, and if they get defeated in battle, they will run away back to your pocket space, or your crib and cannot be used again for 3 whole missions later. However, if they don't get defeated and their time is simply up, they will return to your pocket space and can be utilized once every other mission! WHAT A FIND!! Keep it close, and don't get on its bad side!

Finally, the gaggle of gooey goons have been defeated. No more mimicking around these parts no sir! The entire room is now completely trashed and a broken down war zone. I mean, ya'll took out pretty much every wall holding the place together. It was just an innocent little lab turned into a nuke site. Nicely done. Looking ahead in the now very open space, you all notice a flight of stairs you can go up. There are some hallways surrounding the stairs that were once paths, but they have been caved in on by various piles of debris that don't seem like they can be passed through or moved or destroyed at all. The stairs seem to be your only option. But where could they lead? Hmmm...

X 0

Mimic A ( E N E M Y D E F E A T E D !!!!)

HP: 0/150

Mimic B ( E N E M Y  D E F E A T E D !!!!)

HP: 0/150

Mimic C ( E N E M Y D E F E A T E D !!!!)

HP: 0/150

Mimic D (E N E M Y  D E F E A T E D !!!!)

HP: 0/150

Leader Mimic; "Mimicry Marcus" (D E F E A T E D!)

Status: VERY DEAD.
HP: 0/450

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Threat Code Xelot: Breeding Evil - Wolf O'Donnell - FS: Hungry Like The Wolf - Highest Stat: DEX

Mimicry Marcus got the most official ass whooping imaginable as the whole team turned their entire focus on him and made quick work out of what remained of his ugly corpse once the other mimics were dealt with. Wolf looks around at the devastation the team caused together and wipes a fake tear from his eye. "I...am so proud of us." He smiles at the mayhem they unleashed and runs over to Ghor patting him heavily on his metal back. "You ROCKED it! Man, I don't think I've ever seen anyone take so many blows and use so much ammunition like you have. I was halfway expecting you to overheat and blowup or something. You're a trooper!" Wolf then turns to Yumiko and gives her a thumbs up.

"Your lightning sure is mighty powerful. I wish I could use magic, but hey, we can't all be you and I'm not much good at witchcraft or whatever you call it." He winks at her in thanks and lastly walks over to Master Hand. "And you...wow. I'll say it again. So glad you're on our side!" Master Hand looked around at the heaping mess he helped be a part of and seemed almost apathetic. He wasn't sure if he deserved praise or thanks. He just wanted to stop some nasty folks. Thank you Wolf Star for your kind words. I feel there is more work to be done, however. Let us ascend the steps ahead and reach the real culprits before we run out of steam. That was quite the battle we just fought and it's not yet over. Wolf nods in agreement and notices something on the ground. An insect, a leech of some kind. He bends down to pick it up and it stares at him with odd admiration. It then crawls along his vest and squirms all over him. "What...the hell...." After some movement, it stares at him once more, then crawls into his pocket space and goes into a slumber. "Guess you're comin with me then." He smirks not sure what just happened, but perhaps it would prove useful later. He then gestures to the rest of the team.

"Hand says we need to keep moving. As tough as those goopy ghouls were, it ain't the source of all this. Can't stop now. Let's get up there." He points to the stairs as him and Hand don't stop the momentum, heading higher up the base to get to the culprits of the strange disease effecting those within the facility before it spreads.


Wolf

HP: 70/150
Shield: 20/55
Mama Hippo Effect: +1 to DEX for 1 turns. +6% Health regen for 1 turns.

Master Hand

HP: 301/500
Shield: 51/100

1d100·1d20 + 5·1d20 + 5·1d20 + 5·1d20 + 5·1d100·1d100·1d100

[Sunnivale]

Yumiko nodded at what Ghor said about preforming a final push on Marcus. Now that he was the only thing left that was preventing the group from leaving this wrecked room, which was even more wrecked now thanks to this battle. "Right, if we use our strongest attacks then we could even defeat him before he even tries to hurt us again." However Yumiko looked disgusted when she used her electric attack on Marcus, and bits of his skin was peeled off.

"Ew, well it was obviously expected from someone that looks like sentient mud." Yumiko thought, plus electricity tends to burn people badly if you use it too much as an attack, eventually however, with a bit of ice and some punches, Marcus was eventually defeated and soon wasted away, leaving behind zombie leeches in his stead.

Wolf proceeded to thank the trio for their efforts in their battle while Yumiko was busy catching her breath, since it was easier to see in the room now. She smiled at Wolf. "Your the one that saved our backs a couple of times in this battle, you should share the praises too. So thanks back there O'Donnell-kun, Ghor-kun, Hand-san." She said, before smiling again when Wolf thanked her for her help.

She looked down at the leech. It really wanted to go with the group like the leech that Wolf found, but Yumiko wasn't going to pick that up with her bare hands.

"Like I'm touching that." Yumiko thought, she did notice an empty and surprisingly clean jar lying next to her which she proceeded to pick up and open, so the little leech can jump in and join Yumiko back to the Life Sphere once this mission was done.

Fortunately the jar was small, and had some air holes so the leech can breath, if it even can, but she managed to put the jar in her pocket before following Wolf and Master Hand towards the stairs, and the Hallway. It was obvious by now that the stairs were the only way forward.

Well up, and since it was going up, it was likely going to lead the group into the Facility properly like with that manhole from earlier.

"Well, the other doors looked close off anyway so we don't have much of a choice as to where to go. I wonder if those other rooms had something to do with those leeches existence?" That part of the Facility that her and Ghor had checked out earlier was likely still up in flames. She hoped that it didn't spread through to the rest of the Facility and trapped Shadow and Krystal somewhere.

"No, we're probably going to find who was working on those creatures up in the Facility. If they're even still alive." Or if it was a team of people instead of just one person. The only way for Yumiko to find out the truth now was to keep going, she proceeded to go up the stairs to the unknown.

---

Yumiko Shirasagi: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 28/35
Diarahan & Diamond Dust Cooldowns: Two turns remaining.

[cynda1]

Though Shadow won't admit it, Dark Gaia's words got to him. Inner madness has been activated! Inner Madness is a Berserk status condition with the added effect of healing Shadow with 3% of health each time an attack hits. Shadow's only ally right now is Krystal, so any attack that doesn't at least roll a seven will be aimed at Krystal.

mNuJ8sBJp_1d20+2 (Shadow's attempt to dodge Dark Gaia's slash... success!)

p_1d20+2 (Shadow used his Spin Dash attack! 7% damage plus 3% of damage due to Inner Madness, equaling to 10% damage each. First attempt... success! Shadow heals for 3% of damage!)
p_1d20+2 (Again, aimed at Krystal.)
p_1d20+2 (Again, success! Shadow heals for another 3% damage!)

p_1d20+2 (Shadow used Homing attack! Normally 12%, Inner Madness increases this attack to 15% with the added affect of increasing Shadow's next attack roll by +1 modifier... success! Shadow is healed by 3%!)

p_1d20+3 (Shadow used his Dash Attack! The normally 15% of damage has now been increased to 17%, and not that it matters the lowering next dodge roll still applies... success! Shadow is healed by 3%!)

Total damage given to Dark Gaia: 52% which means Dark Gaia is dead!
Potential damage for Krystal: 10%
Total Health Healed: 12%

The dark abomination seemed to continue his pathetic pleas, trying to insinuate that he was delaying the trio’s progress. The black hedgehog rolled his eyes at such a pathetic argument. “Well, you did say there was someone else in charge, didn’t you?” The black hedgehog countered. “That kinda goes without saying, doesn’t it?” Krystal and Vincent finished their next bout of attacks, and to the black hedgehog’s surprise, the demon still seemed to be hanging by a thread. Any chance of winning, however, didn’t seem to be in the monster’s favor.

The hedgehog walked toward the bling atrocity before stepping backward as the creature slashed upward at the black hedgehog. The hedgehog barely avoided it, but still folded his arms over his chest as the monster flailed around like a child throwing a temper tantrum. The hedgehog kept walking toward the beast, all too eager to get this over with. When the villain could only resort to flailing around helplessly, the fighting became a lot less fun, and this was just becoming quite pathetic.

“Look, could you just give it a rest?” Shadow said with a sigh. “You’re not winning this. Yeesh, you villains just aren’t too good at the whole “losing with dignity” are you?” Of course… Shadow was about to kill him, but… that was beside the point. There might’ve been a bit of venom in his tone since the monster seemed to notice his consistent anger in his tone, and since it seemed to be the one thing on the monster that wasn’t broken at this point, Dark Gaia decided to open his big mouth.

Shadow’s eyes squinted as he hesitated, the dark being patting himself on the back for making the hedgehog mad, to which he simply rolled his eyes. “Yep. You’re gonna die because you opened your trap and peeved me off… congrats! Biggest disappointment of a villain ever.” The hedgehog retorted, however the creature kept going. He talked about letting his hatred consume him, which was easy enough to ignore by itself, but then he kept going.

The black hedgehog clenched a fist and moved himself forward, unwilling to waste any more time. “That’s it, shutting you up, now!” The hedgehog placed a hand on the creature’s forehead, planning to aim a decisive chop to the head to finish the monster off. Unfortunately, this caused Shadow to make eye contact with the creature, and the monster had a huge grin on his face as he spoke. It felt as if he knew the words were…

No, they weren’t getting to him! They couldn’t get to him. He was stronger than some… stupid words…

But the monster kept talking.

Shut up...

Little bit of evil comment here.

“...Shut…”

And then he had the gall to claim to know Shadow’s purpose…

“.....”

And Shadow just snapped…

The hedgehog’s eyes glazed over into an eerie yellow before the hedgehog became surrounded by his familiar yellow aura as the black hedgehog used the dark abomination's same forehead as a bounce board as he jumped back to gain distance. “I determine my own destiny! You know nothing about me!” The black hedgehog shouted, but even that couldn’t stop the intense rage the hedgehog was about to unleash upon this monster.

Shadow rolled into a ball and slammed right into the monster’s face before doing a u-turn and rolling… right toward Krystal! Yep… he’d definitely lost it, but the hedgehog turned right for Dark Gaia again. The hedgehog, still rolled into a ball, launched himself into Dark Gaia’s chest and unrolled just in time to ram himself head first onto the creature’s chest with a headbutt before bouncing back. The hedgehog was still very much seething…

The Ultimate Life Form leaped into the air and launched himself at the creature’s forehead again, bouncing off the forehead before unrolling and doing a backflip midair, glaring right at the creature… It was time to finish this. “You’re… so certain… I’ll be haunted…” The black hedgehog was barely able to hiss out through the madness that was going out through his brain as he let out a sinister chuckle. “...Well, I assure you… I’m putting you down… right here…” The black hedgehog took a step back. “And then I’ll ensure no one ever thinks of you again…”

The black hedgehog launched himself forward at full speed, placing his hand on the creature’s face, curled up his fist, and punched Dark Gaia right in the forehead applying the finishing blow. The hedgehog flipped backward as he, no doubt, witnessed the fall of perhaps the most evil creature from his world, by his own hands. The black hedgehog winced as he struggled to calm his nerves down, taking in one breath at a time, before finally letting out a deep sigh.

Shadow would then open his eyes back up to reveal his same red eyes, now fully back in control. The hedgehog stared down at the fallen opponent, glaring down at the monster with every bit of hatred in his body. He then closed his eyes before turning over to Krystal with just as much resolve as the moment he’d discovered Dark Gaia.

This wasn’t over… not by a long shot. “Let’s get moving,” Shadow said. “We have to catch up with Vincent and finish this!”

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Shadow
Health: 136/160
Shield: 50/50
Status: Calming down from Inner Madness...
Cooldowns: Spin Counter (1); Samurai Sword (1); Omochao Gun (3)

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

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Ghor looked on with a watchful and cautious set of optics as Master Hand rained down a heavy set of icicles onto the deteriorating Marcus. He was skewered, pinned down like an ion butterfly, but even then, the cyborg kept his plasma rifle trained on the mimic. Even though he was clearly down and out, anyone hailing from the Metroid universe knew not to underestimate a foe when victory was close at hand. Though, considering that the rather loudmouthed creature grew increasingly silent, it seemed that he was at last at the end of his rope.

With one final dynamic punch, Master Hand pulverized Marcus into little bits and pieces. It didn’t matter how resilient he might have been, there was no coming back from that. Ghor lowered his weapon and sighed a bit of relief. “Nicely executed” he congratulated the sentient hand. Now seemed as right a time as any. “Apologies for what I said about not trusting you, I was not in my right mind. Regardless, those were my thoughts, and I have been proven wrong. Well fought, my friend” he added gently with a respectful bow of his head.

What Ghor hadn’t expected was the peppy Wolf sneaking up behind him and giving him the vilest slap on the back he ever received. His glowing optics bulged as he nearly fell forward, though he laughed in good humour at Wolf’s comradery. “Heh. Well met, mercenary” he counter complimented. He straightened himself up quickly afterward, his servos and joints clicking as he did. “If there is ever something I can count on, it is my uncanny ability to survive the worst of odds.” He nodded to Wolf. “Though, I can say, your reputation precedes you. I see why Star Wolf is the most feared name in your home galaxy.”

As they spoke though, Ghor watched through the corner of his optic as, in the distance, Yumiko scavenged through what remained of the mimic’s corpse. She scooped up something with a stray bottle from one of the many broken shelving units, his interest peaked. As she approached the group, Ghor bowed his head respectfully. “Valiantly fought, Yumiko” he complimented nicely before wandering over to investigate the corpse once more.

It seemed that there was still some life squirming within the defeated adversary, though in a smaller, inferior form. A small collection of leeches remained. Whether they were Marcus himself or his brood, it was all the same, they couldn’t be allowed to roam free and create a new version of him. Ghor snatched one of the leeches from the ground and looked at it closely, inspecting the creature as it squirmed in his three digited hand. “Hmmm” he mused aloud. He wasn’t much for studying organic life, so he wasn’t sure what it was capable of. Like Yumiko, Ghor reached for a spare jar and encased the creature within. It wasn’t the time to determine what to do with the creature just yet. When he returned home though, he would have plenty of time to consider whether or not he should destroy the hell spawn. Until then, he placed it within his chest compartment for storage.

At the question of where to go next, Ghor’s head perked up, finally getting a good view of the once laboratory turned battle zone. It looked like a hurricane had blown through it. Such a pity that so advanced a facility would be turned to waste. Then again, considering all the dark designs that had been passed through this place, it was probably for the best that it was reduced to rubble.

All the exits had been blocked off, except for the staircase that had been uncovered after Ghor blasted the false Tabuu into the wall. While it wasn’t impossible for them to dig their way out, it would be quite time consuming, and who knows what the forerunners of this facility were up to, or what trouble Shadow and Krystal had found themselves in. The path of least resistance meant their race against time was shortened.

Before leaving room, Ghor crouched down next to his armour suit. He ran a quick diagnostic of the damage it took during the fight, making note of its power being dwindled down to zero. He reached for its main console, hooking a cord from inside the machine and attaching it to his chassis. The suit would siphon a bit of his reserve energy, just enough for it to do its business. The machine slowly began to clink and shift, gyros whirring and whistling as it reformed itself. It was making a gradual effort to reform itself into Ghor’s dropship so that it may fly itself back to Ghor’s laboratory for repairs. It would probably take an hour or so before it would start its trip, and Ghor trusted its protocols enough to leave it as is. Afterall, there were more pressing matters at the moment.

Hurriedly, Ghor sprinted to catch up with his cohorts and ascended the mysterious set of stairs alongside them. What lied above was anyone’s guess, but he was hoping it would be an end to the madness. “If they are still alive, we’ll be quick to rectify that” he responded to Yumiko’s curiosity.

HP: 93%
Shield: 10%
Status: N/A

[heirtothemonado]

nvVDkahUp_1d20+2 (Krystal's Slashing Dodge: Success!)

p_1d20+2 (Krystal's Dodge of Shadow's attack: Success!)

As Dark Gaia thrashed and slashed around, trying to find the three of them, Krystal simply sidestepped the flailing creature as it fruitlessly searched around for her. "You're going to have to try a lot harder then that, then" Krystal commented to Gaia, but her train of though froze in its tracks as she heard Shadow's reaction to Gaia's taunts. Now Shadow as on thin ice mentally at the best of times, so goading him on like that..wasn't the best idea. Trust her, she knows.

What she didn't expect was Shadow to completely fly off the handle in rage. As Shadow spun toward her again, Krystal ducked, Shadow's spikes barely clipping the ends of her ears as he whizzed passed her. That was close! "Hey! Watch where you're rolling, Shadow! I know you're upset but at least try to control yourself!" she called back, unsure if Shadow could even hear her

Shadow, however, was relentless in his attacks, bashing and pummeling Dark Gaia until there was nothing left. When he calmed down, Krystal relaxed once again, keeping a grip on her staff just in case. "...Have you gotten everything out of your system, then?" she asked half-jokingly, half serious. Without waiting for an answer, she turned and followed Shadow to the staircase, the lab coat she was wearing fluttering behind her. "Vincent shouldn't be left on his own for too long. Let's hurry to catch up to him."

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Krystal
Health: 129/145
Shield: 10/45

 

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[WolfEx]

Dark Gaia was quite literally pulverized to a pulp by Shadow and his constant homing attacks turning Gaia's face into a mangled bloody mess reaching almost a point of him being unrecognizable and instead, turning into a bloody mashed potato. Over and over Shadow struck Gaia until finally, a finishing punch was landed with shadow's fist busting through every bone in Gaia's face and sinking into his mangled flesh and cartilage causing Gaia to be decimated. As Shadow released his pulverizing haymaker, Gaia falls unable to mutter anymore conniving words, face first flat onto the concrete floor below.

As he falls into defeat, his body begins to slowly glow into a dark blue light and change shape into a much smaller size. After a few moments of this light flashes before the group, Gaia turns into a trophified version of himself since Shadow pounded him pretty hard but didn't exactly gore the poor creature, it was able to revert to its trophy form where it shall stay frozen in time until someone decides to revive him or until a nice chunk of time goes by. It would be up to Shadow and Krystal what they wish to do with the trophy form of Gaia from there.

After his defeat, something else also seems to present itself before the group, something that fell from Gaia's person that may prove quite useful for future fights the group may partake in....

Gaia's Bust (Rare) - A bust, or mold, of Dark Gaia's dragon form in its darkest and most ethereal state. It seems to have been derived from the darkness within Gaia's heart and manifested itself as an item as if the darkness inside of Gaia needed a place to go or needed to become a physical thing after its defeat in battle. If you come across this, it means Gaia was destroyed or at least incapacitated and remnants of its dark soul lingered and yearned to find refuge, and so it did, in this powerful relic of dark magic.

This is used in battle like a totem of sorts. Place it next to you in the field and it will give the consumer uncanny abilities sharing its dark energy with its user. Upon use, the bust, or relic, imbues the user with the Berserk Status and grants all the status conditions with it for as long as the totem is in play, but the positive is, it bypasses the user attacking its fellow comrades and nullifies that downside so the user does not have to roll to resist attacking friendlies, but keeps the other conditions of the berserk status such as -2 to perception checks and +3% to all damage based attacks. The user also does not need to roll for the berserk duration.

Moreover, while the totem is in play it also provides immunity to the poison ailment. The totem also allows all WIS and STR based moves a +1 to their roll by emitting an eerie pulse to the user. But this pulse only releases from the totem every other character turn (So can only be used as a power every other post). Aside from those several benefits, it does nothing else but look creepy and bada$$ on the battlefield.

The totem stays in play until it is destroyed. It has an HP bar of 200/200. It can be moved and traveled with the user and stays active during the entire mission it is used in as long as its HP remains. The totem cannot be healed or fed healing items as it isn't entirely a living thing. The user can spend a combat turn and shield capacity however to block attacks for it. But once it is destroyed, it releases a poison based shockwave to all enemies on the field in which a DC of 10 or above is required to dodge, or it will do 15% DMG to all enemies in its vicinity and has 50% chance of poisoning all those around it. Does not harm user or friendlies.

NOTE: Once this totem is destroyed in the field, it can never be used again. When its health is gone and it explodes it does not come back. BUT if the user returns it to their pocket space before the HP hits 0, the totem can be used again 2 whole missions later to recharge and cannot be brought back out into the same mission it was recalled from after being put away. Every 2 missions, it can be used again and HP recharged if it is not destroyed in a prior mission or event, but cannot be used in back to back missions without recharging in between.

The special relic was Shadow's and Krystal's to take, reaping reward for their efforts. After they collect their reward, and head up the stairs, there they will find the top of the base and the source of all the evil and chaos within the facility causing the creepy creatures and strange zombification disease running rampant. The duo will go through two tall, wide double doors at the top of the stairwell and find their culprits.

But will also be joined and connected by Wolf, Ghor, Hand, and Yumiko, whose own pair of stairs from the laboratory floor of the base also lead to this same place at the top. Everyone has now rejoined as a giant team, and a good thing too, because what they would find ahead, would be far from a simple task....

The reunited team members would be met with a hellish snow storm hailing down black ice and pelting the group with streaks of lightning and rolls of thunder enveloping the sky making the once harmless snowfall, a nightmarish storm of dark intensity. And just a few feet ahead of our heroes, is a giant machine firing a long vertical beam of black light upwards which is being controlled by a grandiose circular module with a giant cannon connected to it etching upwards firing this strange light into the sky. It is making a deafening noise of high pitched sonic energy.



And standing around the machine, they will find two individuals....they may be familiar to some, but to others, they may be brand new faces, but really, really bad ones. The two dark silhouetted figures masked by the storm notice the large group of fighters appear and step out of the shadow of the storm to reveal themselves and talk over the sound of the snow and the machine as best they can.





The first to speak was M. Bison, a villainous super powered dictator that will stop at nothing to prove he is the strongest martial artist their is, and the master at the use of Psycho Power. A man, well, mutant of sorts, who killed his own mentor and master just to strengthen his deranged magical gifts to add to his physical prowess. "Oops. Guess our little secret is exposed. How should we deal with these invaders, comrade?" Bison turns towards the other figure, known as Mister X, who is known for possessing the T virus in his bloodstream and an altered body capable of massive destruction and horrible things.

His size alone would cause most to scatter at his sight. The Life Sphere team should consider themselves lucky he is showing himself clothed and in his most basic form, and that the storm isn't allowing for his full monstrous appearance, at least for now. "Yes. They do seem to be trespassing don't they? Perhaps our little light show drew them in like flies. A bit much maybe? I think it behooves us to end this threat immediately don't you think Mr. Bison?" Bison nods with a disgusting grin.

"Yes. I very much do think so." Bison then cracks his knuckles ready for war. Mister X continues to talk not yet sicking Bison on them. "I am impressed to say the least you all made it all the way up here, and managed to make it here before our plan goes into full effect. Impressed indeed. I suppose you all want to know what it is, don't you?" Mister X asked this as a rhetorical question ofcourse. "Once this beam of light finishes ripping a hole in the sky and showing the contents of the galaxy itself outside of Li, it will change the entire atmospheric content of this miserable planet so it won't just be the Starvia in the o-zone everyone will have to worry about, it'll be the T Virus too! I've instilled genetic splices of the T Virus and Starvia in this machine here, and those compounds are what's shooting into that light!" Bison laughs at the idea loving every second of it and Mister X remains constant in his stoic delivery.

"The Starvia is a weak, minimalist disease. It belittles the brain and adds some extra strength and durability to an infected being, but mixed with the T Virus? It grants so much more, and the ability for those infected with this deadly combo to spread their disease to all traversing this useless chunk of space rock through blood borne pathogens; bites, scratches, punctured flesh, everyone will be like my beautiful creations downstairs that you all so mindlessly destroyed with your heartless actions!" Mister X scowls at the group feeling anger build within him, Bison also seems to feed off this rage and gives a similar reaction.


"My dream here, was to create a safe haven for mutants like me, for those affected by the T virus and those creatures that have nowhere to go because they're just seen as...as MONSTERS by you Life Sphere has beens. But it wasn't enough to keep them safe, to protect them. So I tricked some Life Sphere engineers, some of the original tech workers that helped expand the Life Sphere and its blue prints like the dead scientist I am sure you found down there, Tajiro, to help me make this weapon here." Mister X gestures to the weapon.

"Ok maybe not tricked, FORCED. Let's be realistic." Mister X didn't sugar coat his motives. "Because let's face the facts, too many are too blind to see real genius to realize that sacrifices must be made for evolution to move forward! For a better breed, and a better future to be crafted!" Mister X strokes the machine like his child finishing up his address to the group. "So I force them to see my vision. To see my talent to make something divine. Sure there were a few failed experiments along the way before I crafted the perfect chemical combination for the Starvia and T-Virus which I properly call, START...but that's the price to pay for a bigger picture, isn't it? You've destroyed a few of my precious experiments already from what some of my spawn have told me crawling through the air ducts. But, there's one I see right there...." Mister X points to Master Hand with the group. Master Hand flinches at the accusation.

"A cosmic entity Bison and myself captured and imprisoned taking it here and seeing if I could change its entire genetic structure to make an elite form of a START spawn." Mister X stares deeply at Master Hand, concerned. "I see one of you found the cure and perked him right back up didn't you? His cosmic genes didn't cooperate with our injections very well. A pity he resisted and rejected our combined formula. I will admit Professor Tajiro was sly helping one of his assistants down there escape with his solution to fight my virus and shared it with you filthy Life Sphere rats!" Mister X clasps his hand into a fist and clutches his palm with disdain drooling at the mouth thinking of him.


"But now he's dead. And you're all next! And Bison here, has willingly joined the ride!" Bison nods his head cracking his knuckles again and also his neck. "I'm really not hard to convince when it comes to incredible power. You all really need to consider the plus side with this project. But we really can't risk involving more consultants in our business unfortunately..." Bison chuckles knowing any minute now, it was time to fight. Mister X chimes in one more time.

"And I know there are..." Mister X tries to count those in the group and shrugs. "A good bit of you....showing up to attempt and foil us, but, one of you decided to play stupid and try to take us on himself. Another failed experiment of mine you all found in the freezer. Took some adjusting of his cells, but we pinned him to the ground and made him comply with us again. A lively one that put up a fight. Sort of. He was always so stubborn, which is why we locked him up. But I think he's seen things our way, haven't you, Vincent? Come on out...show them who you really are." Mister X gestures to behind the machine, in which Vincent steps out from and in a new form; a much stronger and deadlier version of himself now mixed with the START virus.



Vincent's final Chaos form has been summoned and brought out of him and is controlled by the START variant. Vincent now has demon like skin and bat like wings emitting from his spine. His cape has become part of his flesh and his gun has grown larger and more archaic in nature. His eyes are a piercing yellow and appear to lack emotion. Is there a cure for this? Wolf posesses the serum to cure the T-Virus and zombification effects, but the START variant is a whole new playing field.

This is where creativity would really come into play. After Vincent was revealed, him and Bison march a few steps in front of the group ready to battle amongst the snow played rooftops. Mister X stays near the machine, continuing to try and keep it running until it completely mutates the atmosphere of Li to change the course of the planet's history. "Sick em, boys. I'll be working on things over here. Don't let me down!" Mister X warns his colleagues that they need to succeed, or they may meet Mister X's wrath. The two of them nod, and go right to work to attacking the team. "Time to wish you were never born, weaklings!!! HAHAHAH!" Bison's hands glow a bright pink and he rushes the opposers while Vincent follows suit.



Bison drives a psycho imbued punch at Krystal using Psycho Fist. If it hits it will do 23% DMG with 20% chance of mind melt. DC to dodge is 14.

Afterwards, he flips his body around twirling with the wind pattern of the storm, and ricocheting himself at Shadow using a tackling motion surrounding himself with psycho energy to attempt Psycho Charge on Shadow for 26% DMG if it hits and 25% chance of Stun. DC to dodge is 15.

Finally, Bison turns towards Master Hand at a distance and fires a few bolts of psycho energy at him with Psycho Blast. If it hits it will do 22% DMG with no added effect. It will fire twice. DC to dodge each blast is 13.

Once Bison was done attacking, Vincent keeps up the attack and ignites a large ball of red and black fire in his right hand, and chucks it at Ghor using Chaos Fira. If it hits it will do 25% DMG with a 35% chance of burn. DC to dodge is 14.

Vincent then points his gun at Wolf, and fires his altered, more powerful version of Cerberus using Arcane Bullet. If it hits it will do 27% DMG to Wolf with a 27% chance of paralysis. DC to dodge is 15.

Lastly, Vincent forges a flaming sword in his left hand and rushes Yumiko slashing it across her body using Chaos Saber on her. If it hits it will do 29% DMG with a 30% chance of burn. DC to dodge is 15.



M. Bison
DC To Hit is 14.
HP: 500/500

Vincent (Chaos Form)
DC To Hit is 15.
HP: 600/600
Mana: 370/400

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Threat Code Xelot: Breeding Evil - Wolf O'Donnell - FS: Hungry Like The Wolf - Highest Stat: DEX

The Space Pirate and professional pilot rushes up the steps without wasting another second and finds himself atop a roof in a crazy snow storm with black snow pelting down on him. The force of the storm blew hard against his armor as he put an elbow to his face and resisted the pressure beating against him. He saw up close the machine that was causing the strange light and also the ones responsible for its creation scolding the group for trying to intervene in their plans. They looked mighty powerful, and mighty evil, especially the disfigured face fella in a trench coat he just presented all wrong to Wolf and it was hurtful to look at his nasty mug.

But it was when they revealed their true plans and a third colleague of theirs that seemed to once be an ally on this mission to Wolf and his own team turned dark side, that really irked Wolf and made him extra focused on ending their crusade. He growls at the sight of them and shows his fangs as a sign of aggression. "I had a feelin this wasn't just some lighthouse in the snow up here. And now I really know it was the right move to get up here and stop you maniacs. The only treasure and reward you get out of this is turnin everyone into flesh eating meat bags!? Not on our watch. Not in my lifetime amigos!" Wolf readies himself for combat pulling out his blaster, but is met first with Vincent's bullet. He tries to dive out of its path!

DEX Roll on Vincent's bullet jbWFHFSMp_1d20 + 3 (SUCCESS!)

"Ha! If there's one thing Star Fox taught me when faced with bad guys like you, is that I never wanna be a dirty good for nothin ever again. All I did was steal things and get paid to kill whomever and whatever. But some coin ain't worth losing your sanity. Seeing you schmucks playing laser show up here is a good reminder I could have gone down a darker path! Now...you're all gonna get served a little slice of humble pie!" Wolf takes out his deflector turning the frequency of it up full blast well past its limits placing an atomic battery from his pocket in the Deflector device. This creates a field of atomic energy connecting straight to his brain forming a psychic link with the device. Wolf's eyes glow a neon green and with a howling battle cry, he leaps incredibly high into the air surrounded by atomic energy and purple fire and slams himself down like a giant comet into the terrain creating a HUGE area of effect blast.



After he lands the flames and energy die down within 5 seconds of impact leaving his outfit splotched with green and purple hues and finishing out his final smash of Hungry Like The Wolf on BOTH opponents!

Wolf used his Final Smash Hungry Like The Wolf. 40% DMG done to all bosses.

Once he finishes, he takes a knee exerting alot of energy but only needs a few moments to gather himself before he's back in it, his armor and clothing now bathed in atomic fluids. "Saved that one just for you folks. Enjoy the after burn!" He smirks as Master Hand is up next to fight. Before that though, he is met with two painful blasts by Bison and attempts to dodge them both!

DEX Roll to dodge the first p_1d20 + 2 (BARELY MAKES THE CUT!)

DEX Roll to dodge the second p_1d20 + 2 (Ouch.)

Sadly, the second Psycho blast hits Hand and sends him reeling to the ground. He got stung but not too bad by the attack and rolls himself back to a floating stance, peeved. They captured me. Enslaved me. Poked me with sharp objects and treated me like I was a lab rodent. Me, a cosmic being subjected to prodding! I mean, THE NERVE! And it's thanks to you Wolf....the Space Pirate's ears perk up, surprised Master Hand got his name right. "Hey, you said it correctly that time! Right on!" He grins and Master Hand continues gesturing to him and the rest of his team. And all of you, for saving my life and showing me mercy. I know my kind aren't exactly friendly to you Life Sphere dwellers and the Smash Fighters, but, in times like these, we all need to come together. The rest of the team is now miraculously able to hear Hand telepathically speak to them which may be due to the strange black light and its close proximity to the team, but they can hear Hand in their heads either way now.

So now, as my thanks, it's time to really do my part here. It's time...for a COSMIC FINAL SMASH! Master Hand points two fingers in the air; his forefinger and middle finger, and flings himself into the sky in a split second easily making it hundreds of meters off the ground with a prompt propel of its hand like body. Wolf is awestruck. "Oh momma! I cannot wait to see what he does next!" He stays fixated on Hand. Once Master Hand was high enough into the air, with his two fingers, he arches them backwards slowly, and then thrusts them forward in a heavy jerk unleashing a fluorescent colored beam at both bosses and also aiming at the machine hoping to damage that as well using a copious amount of cosmic energy to truly grill the foes below!

Master Hand has used his Final Smash, Cosmic Cannon on all foes. 50% Cosmic DMG done to both foes. 10% chance of a random effect to appear after impact on foes!

After releasing his biggest attack, Master Hand floats back down next to Wolf and seems to stagger a little, somewhat wobbly from all the energy he just exerted. Wolf tends to hand. "You alright?" Hand nods up and down. I'll be fine. Just been a while since I've had to use that. Let's hope the rest of the team can continue to lay on the hurt against these unintelligible con men....after the comment, Wolf and Hand take a moment to breathe and recoup together falling back to a closer position with the rest of the group, allowing everyone else to keep up the pressure.



Wolf

HP: 76/150
Shield: 25/55

Master Hand

HP: 279/500
Shield: 59/100

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[Sunnivale]

"Thanks, although you were great with helping us so far. Let's hope our luck continues and we can soon put an end to, all of this before it could escape this mountain." Yumiko looked back at the lab as she said this to Ghor before she ascended up the stairs to the top level of the Facility, which is good because it meant her and her group wouldn't have to fight through numerous mutants now in order to get towards the light of the sky.

Although Shadow and Krystal would have. Fortunately, when Yumiko reached the top of the stairs, she was relieved to find that the two were alright too. "Shadow, Krystal, I'm happy that you two are alright." She quickly noticed the labcoat.

"Nice labcoat Krystal." Granted, it wasn't hers but still. She would soon enter the door and would be met with lightning and the snow storm. It was so severe that Yumiko had to cover herself using her arm in order to see the room properly.

"It's affecting the weather too up here, whatever is causing that light." Yumiko would soon notice the giant machine that was pointing to the sky, as well as the source for the creation of the light. She wanted to move forward, but she was also hesitant on doing so.

As whoever created that machine, was likely nearby. Sure enough two men appeared before the group, one that was obviously infected and looked human, while the other did not. Mr X, he was likely the creator of the machine, judging by his speech soon after on how he wanted to spread a virus called the T-Virus to the galaxy, hence the creation of the machine and how he wanted it to easily spread, so people on Li could become like the monsters that the group had fought so far.

"Well they didn't enjoy your vision, they were suffering and had no free will of their own. If anything, this vision that you're forcing on people is insane, and it's something that I'm not going to be apart of, we put those creatures below us out of their misery!" Yumiko fought back to Mr X regarding his vision and how flawed it was.

"Any type of world that people are forced to follow one leader and become something they don't want through a virus is one world we're not going to let become a reality." Yumiko prepared for battle against Mr X and M Bison, who also accused the group of walking on private propety.

"You're the one to talk. I have a feeling that the scientists that used to work here probably didn't want either of you to be here and that machine of yours. Your vision is just going to be that, an idea that's not going to become a reality. Because us trespassers are stomping it out of existence by beating you two up, and blowing up that machine next." And even if the group fails, then Yumiko would make sure that her alternative goal was to spread this situation to the Life Sphere so she could get the leaders informed with what's going on.

If they fail, then they will definitely succeed.

However, things didn't seem to look good already, as the two have infected Vincent, an ally of Shadow and Krystal with the START virus. "You freaks, you don't even care about those creatures you make or the people you infect with your virus. You just want minions to protect the two of you so this plan of yours can happen." Soon enough, Bison and Vincent attacked the group, with Yumiko preparing too.

Vincent tried to stab her with his chaos spear.

1scWu0AZp_1d20+2(Yumiko dodged the chaos saber!)

Only for Yumiko to quickly dodge it by twirling around Vincent and blasting him twice with a dose of magarudyne.

p_1d20+5(Magarudyne > Vincent: Failed to hit.)

p_1d20+5(Magarudyne: Yumiko shoots a large gust of wind towards the enemy to knock them off their feet. [DMG 16%] > Vincent: Success.)

Realising that maybe Vincent could fight the virus. Yumiko had an idea, although she needed to daze him in order to do it, which she did by using her mirage power.

p_1d20+5(Mirage: Yumiko creates an illusion of the targets greatest fear to use against them. Because of how powerful the attack is, Yumiko is unable to use it again until three turns have passed, and those who are affected by her mirage will have a 100% chance of getting the fear status. > Vincent: Failed to hit.)

Which unfortunately didn't work. "Shit." She turned over towards Wolf, who was busy tending to Hand after he got hit by one of Bison's attacks.

"Wolf, do you think those cures of yours can work on Vincent? Maybe we can inject him with one if we're close enough." Yumiko suggested to Wolf before turning back towards Vincent in order to keep a close eye on him while the group fights Bison.

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Yumiko Shirasagi: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 33/35
Diarahan & Diamond Dust Cooldowns: Ends next turn
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[cynda1]

NayJRXJmp_1d20+4 (Shadow's attempt to dodge M. Bison's Psycho Charge... failed! Shadow received 26% of damage!)

p_1d100 (But he isn't stunned!)

p_1d20+4 (Shadow attempted to use Spin Dash on Bison! 7% damage... missed!)
p_1d20+4 (Missed again!)
p_1d20+4 (Success! Bison received 7% of damage!)

p_1d20+4 (Shadow used his Dash attack on Bison! Success! 15% of damage, plus Bison's next dodge roll lowers by -2 if applicable of course.)

p_1d20+4 (Shadow used Homing Attack on Bison... success! 12% damage, plus Shadow's next attack roll increases by +1!)

Shadow tried to ignore the looks Krystal was giving him… those wary glances the hedgehog could practically feel when she looked at him. He didn’t mean to snap quite as ferociously as he did, and… normally words were just words to Shadow, but… there was something about what Gaia said to him that caused the black hedgehog to cross a line. Sure, they had already decided they had to kill Dark Gaia, but there was more to Shadow’s outrage than just that decision alone.

He didn’t want Dark Gaia just to die… he wanted Dark Gaia to suffer.

The hedgehog could tell that the vixen was trying to save face to spare his feelings, but he could tell he scared her. He could tell because he scared himself. He tried to resist any urges to tense up, but he would still clench his fists for half a second at a time whenever he just happened to look at the literal blood on his hands even accidentally. If Shadow hadn’t snapped himself out of it when he did, he might’ve gone after that trophy that Dark Gaia turned into and tried to ensure it could never be restored his way, but that wouldn’t be right.

Shadow’s determination to reach the end of this mission was still strong, but he wasn’t anywhere near as desperate to get to the next destination as he was to get to Dark Gaia, even if he should have been. Shadow’s body wasn’t tired yet, but he felt his mind wander again… he had allowed Krystal to get ahead of him as he tried to reign in his thoughts enough to focus. The black hedgehog tried to ignore it, tried to drag his attention back to the matter at hand, but there was one thought that was clearly trying to make itself clear to him.

What if Dark Gaia was-

Before Shadow could finish his thought, the black hedgehog heard the familiar voice of Yumiko calling out to him and Krystal, bringing the black hedgehog out of his thoughts while also getting him out of his funk a bit. It wasn’t just Yumiko either, as Wolf and Ghor both made it to this point, too. Well, he could certainly mark that as a plus side, anyway. “You guys made it through okay too?” Shadow questioned with a nod. “That’s good. Hopefully we can finally put an…” Shadow paused upon seeing the giant… hand floating by them and Shadow just… stared at it quite… bewildered.

“...Krystal,” Shadow whispered to the vixen, clearly anxious at the sight. “That’s… That’s a giant floating disembodied hand…” The black hedgehog was not emotionally ready to see a giant floating disembodied hand, not after nearly killing a giant, and not after coming across literal zombies. The black hedgehog couldn’t say he was afraid of… much of anything, but… he did make an effort to keep as much distance between him and the hand as possible.

His thoughts were interrupted as he brought his attention to… quite the apocalyptic scene taking place in front of him. There seemed to be two individuals working on a machine, and while he didn’t seem to notice it before ~~somehow~~, the noise it was making was deafening. More important than that, though, were the giant, swirling clouds that the machine was creating. The black hedgehog felt himself grow tense again. Whatever that machine was, it wasn’t good, that much was certain.

Just when Shadow was about to take a closer look for himself, his attention was brought to two men who seemed to have been working on the machine themselves. One of them, in particular, seemed to be quite the talker, explaining his plan in grand detail. “Blah blah, Starvia! Blah blah, take over the planet! Blah blah, gonna infect all inhabitants of the Life Sphere… blah blah blah!” was basically the gist of what Shadow got. It wasn’t until he heard mention of one of their own heading off to face them alone when Shadow’s attention was finally focused on what they were saying.

Upon seeing a third figure appear from the shadows, the Ultimate Life Form hoped that his suspicions were false, but unfortunately Vincent had stepped forward, now completely controlled by… whatever it was that these two were making. Shadow felt… a little overwhelmed to say the least. They wouldn’t have been able to get this far without the help of Vincent, and… well, Shadow had freed him specifically so that something like this wouldn’t happen, and… now he was supposed to fight him?

The black hedgehog clearly didn’t want to fight an ally, certainly not like this anyway, but it was clear that Vincent was in no position to refuse the two who were not forcing him to face them… still, Shadow couldn’t help but feel like this situation wasn’t completely hopeless. Maybe they could still help Vincent… somehow.

Still, the bit of info that Shadow could gather from the info dump made the black hedgehog a bit too infuriated to think straight. It wasn’t just Vincent, these two planned on harming everyone who was working so hard just to survive in the Life Sphere: a place that was meant to be a safe haven for all who had unwittingly found themselves there. People like him who never wanted to be there and just wanted to go home, people who simply wanted to live in peace even on this desolate planet, like Seriri, and people who struggled and continue to work on a day to day basis to rebuild a life they thought was lost to them… like Claus.

It didn’t matter which way Shadow looked at it, what these two were doing would jeopardize everything if they succeeded… and the hedgehog wasn’t about to let that happen without a fight.

However, before Shadow could fully gather his bearings, one of the two men, Bison, made an attempt to attack Krystal, which caught the black hedgehog off guard enough to completely miss the attack coming his way. “Kryst-ack!” The black hedgehog grunted as he was sent pinwheeling backward before gaining a good foothold onto the ground, glaring bitterly at Bison. “People like you disgust me.”

Without elaborating, the black hedgehog raised his arms up before rolling into a ball and made a bee-line straight for Bison, paying absolutely no attention to Vincent. He… was really taking the Claus approach to this, though this time he wouldn’t waste time on trying to reason with him. In Claus’s case, there was still a sense of communication, the boy could still talk. Shadow had no such proof that Vincent was capable of doing such a thing in his state.

The black hedgehog’s first attempt to hit the man missed as well as the second, but the third one made its mark on the man’s right calf before the black hedgehog unrolled and glared the man down. What he needed was a cure, but he wasn’t sure if the black hedgehog could… provide… that.

Wait a minute…

The black hedgehog glanced over at Wolf right as Yumiko made her proposition, and… maybe the scruffy wolf did hold the key, but… there was still that case of liquid Shadow found too. The four of them that he found in that black case... The black hedgehog placed a hand on the top of the surface of the case he’d been carrying this entire time, but curled his fist up. There was no telling what this liquid would… actually do, but there had to be a reason he kept it with him all this way right?

But in any case, now wasn’t the time for that. Now was the time to fight! Wolf and Yumiko could handle the details, he was going to take this jerk down. “You’d best get out of my way while you can, lest you end up like the last guy I just fought!” Shadow started increasing his speed, running straight for the man before leaping into the air, and kicking M. Bison right in the jawline before using the man’s face as a springboard to leap back into position. This Bison guy was tough, there was no doubt about that, but Shadow would prove stronger.

The black hedgehog then leaped into the air again, this time rolling into a ball and launching himself at the man before unrolling at the very last second and punching the man in the gut as hard as he could. The hedgehog bounced backward away from the man before taking the time to recuperate. The hedgehog glanced over at Vincent again before narrowing his eyes and bringing his attention back to Wolf. “Wolf, if you have a way to help him, you should,” Shadow stated matter of fact. “I’m not sure what kind of person you are, but Krystal and I wouldn’t have made it as far as we did without Vincent. I’ll fight him if that’s the only option, but not until we’ve exhausted all others.”

With that, Shadow waited for Wolf’s response. Hopefully the guy wasn’t as callous as he looked. Wolf had managed to ally himself with… um… a uh… grateful hand… honestly, Shadow wasn’t sure if that was a good sign or not, but the hand was helping them. So… he’d look on the bright side just this once.

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Shadow
Health: 110/160
Shield: 50/50
Status: Rough start, but definitely not backing down.
Cooldowns: Omochao Gun (2)

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[Mr. Game & Watch]

Ghor scattered his way up the steps, the fight between him, the team, and those shapeshifting monsters being a distant fragmented memory, a mere length of the gauntlet that they had yet to pass all the way through. The stairs were long and winding, how tall was this building? He had been playing around in the sewers so long that he had completely forgotten what shape the facility had been. Regardless, the long sprint upwards would soon come to an end, a chilling blast of air followed by a fade of white would soon make sure of that.

Ghor’s metal clanking peg feet would pierce through the snow of the rooftop, his bronze optics peering into the blackened sky, a tempest of darkness upon them. The mysterious forms in the sky would be given meaning, a ruinous cannon at the source of it all. He should have figured as much. Who was behind it all?

Before the question would be met, it seemed that the bisecting path had become one. Not only did they reach the roof, but so did Krystal and Shadow. One could say, they were just in time. No longer did he have to convince himself that they would make it through unscathed, they proved it through action upon making their arrival. Ghor nodded to Shadow. “We’ve been faced with our own set of unpleasantries, but otherwise, we are still quite alive. Good to see that we can say the same for you” he greeted with a proper hand at his chest.

There would be no time for an exchange of notes though. It seemed they weren’t the only ones aware of their presence. A dastardly set of men would make themselves known, one of which looked suspiciously similar to that Marcus fellow, but at the same time, not quite. Without question, Ghor trained his plasma rifle on the fiends, waiting for them to make the wrong move. While he could have had the first strike advantage, the disfigured creature began to boast about his plan. Understandable, if Ghor had worked so hard to build his own death contraption, he’d like to at least brag about the brilliance of his design schematics. It was good to let him talk though; it would make hacking his doomsday weapon all the easier once he knew how it worked and what all it was capable of.

As the abomination of a man spoke of a Dr. Tajiro, Ghor pressed a hand against his metal chest, being reminded of the book he grabbed much earlier, Tajiro’s notebook. The final writings of a wrongfully dead man. His optics glowed with fury, stepping forth. “Bigger picture? The innocent blood you’ve spilt for your insane ambitions will never account for what they lost. The only retribution they will find is that your end be swift and without mercy” he uttered with clenched fist.

Mister X would take a bow soon after, allowing his two minions to take his place as he went back to work on his weapon. Quickly, Ghor clicked his fingers against his wrist device, trying to see if the darkness cannon had a wireless port that he could hack in through, but before he could so much as open a window, the man dressed in tattered rags shot out a bolt of chaotic fire. Miraculously, Ghor was able to twist his body out of the line of fire, feeling the heat of the blast boil against his metal frame.

[Chaos Fira DODGE!: lbLmgN3bp_1d20+2] <14>

When the fire bolt passed though, Ghor shifted back into place, in tandem with unfurling his plasma cannon from his arm. Without hesitation, he trained his weapon on Vincent, locking his aiming software onto the man. Before he could fire though, he heard Yumiko, followed by Shadow plead in favour of saving the infected man. What Wolf had in terms of a cure he used up on Master Hand, or, at least, Ghor figured as much. What the space pirate had up his sleeves, he may never truly know. Either way, it was enough to convince him to refocus his attention onto M. Bison instead. If it was possible to save him, Ghor wasn’t going to harm a potential ally. He had no such qualms about the uniformed dictator.

[Plasma Beam: p_1d20+4 // 18% + 30% chance to Burn @ M. Bison] <20>
[Power Beam: p_1d20+4 // 18% @ M. Bison] <14>

A beam of pure heat released from the barrel of Ghor’s weapon, incinerating the target and possibly scorching his skin with a nasty burning scar. A release of steam from the vents of Ghor’s rifle signaled a necessity for him to switch settings, less he overclocked his weapon to the point of melting. Not a helpful tactic in the midst of battle. Luckily, he would still be able to launch a charged bolt of pure power beam from his rifle, striking the dictator once more.

Uncomfortable with merely standing in one position, Ghor fled, hoping for cover when there was none. As he thought though, he realised that even if Wolf had a cure, he’d need to get near Vincent. This called for a tactical measure.

Analyzing the battlefield, Ghor tried to reason where the man might flee if he was in a compromised position, then raised his rifle once more. “Wolf! If you have any of that cure left, get it ready! I’ll keep Vincent occupied” he called out, proceeding to fire a wave of power pellets at the infected man. By intention, the shots were near misses, enough to keep the target on their toes, but not accurate enough to pelt against him, unless he was willingly jumping into them. Given how agile the canine was, Wolf would have no trouble getting the drop on him.

[Power Beam 1: p_1d20+4 // 8% @ Vincent] <13>
[Power Beam 2: p_1d20+4 // 8% @ Vincent] <11>
[Power Beam 3: p_1d20+4 // 8% @ Vincent] <9>

HP: 93%
Shield: 15%
Status: N/A

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[heirtothemonado]

Krystal grunted in disgust as all that was left of Gaia was a bust of some sort. What a disgusting prize. Still, it could be useful, so they might as well take it. Shuddering slightly as she put the bust away, Krystal continued onward toward where Vincent had left them earlier, glancing toward Shadow every so often, just in case he hadn't regained full control. It wouldn't do for them to be separated for too long, not with things like this on the loose, but Shadow losing it might just be the worse option...

However, once Krystal and Shadow had arrived in the final room, Krystal's thoughts were ripped apart by a hellishly loud noise, made by the machine that was in there. That must be what's causing all of this! She could barely make out Yumiko's greeting over the noise, but even so, she waved slightly in greeting, glad that that group had gotten here all in one piece. Speaking of...

"...Yeah, I know. Maybe it's best to just....not pay it any mind..." Krystal replied to Shadow as she stared at Master Hand. Krystal had seen a lot of weird things on this planet, however...this was definitely up there on the weird scale. Still, they had bigger issues to deal with, so she attempted to just ignore Master Hand for the time being...keyword attempt.

Though her attention was grabbed away from Master Hand once again by the two men that were standing in front of the giant machine. Two monsters of men, towering over everyone in the group with insane looks on their faces. Attempting to drown out the sound of the machine, Krystal tried to listen to what they had to say.

A lot of which flew over her head, to be honest. Something about a parasite, and mutating that giant hand? It didn't quite make sense to the blue vixen, but as far as she could tell, these two men were bad news, and if they wanted to turn off this machine, they had to get through them! Krystal nearly made to attack them right then and there, before another, familar face was summoned to the two men's side.

"...Vincent?" Krystal asked in a soft voice, not believing what was right in front of her. She tried reaching out to Vincent telepathically, but she couldn't feel anything. Not even the slightest stray emotion or thought. It was as if Vincent's brain had just turned off completely. Giving her head a shake, Krystal's expression harded as she faced down her former comrade. "....Fine. If this is how it's gonna be, then I guess we're going to have to beat this thing out of yo- Urgh!" She commands, but before she could even make a move toward Vincent, a gigantic fist blindsides her and slams into the side of her head, sending her sprawling.

41DK5yd5p_1d20+2 (Krystal's Psycho Fist Dodge: Failure. DMG taken: 23%)

p_1d100 (Mind Melted avoided)

Fortunately, although she was shaken and her vision was swimming, it only took a few seconds ffor Krystal to slowly get to her feet, growling slightly under her breath. "..You two talk too much.." Krystal gasps, before gripping her staff once again and beginning to fight back, blasting Bison back with a gust of razor wind!

p_1d20+4 (Krystal's RazorBlade Typhoon! DMG 16%)

Without giving him time to recover from that, Krystal rushed forward, jamming her staff against Bison before lighting him ablaze!

p_1d20+2 (Krystal's Fire Blaster! DMG 12%, 30% chance to Burn)

As Krystal tangled with Bison, she unclipped what looked like a seed pod from her belt, and lobbed it behind her toward Vincent attempting to stall her and get him away from everyone else

p_1d20+2 (Krystal's Fireburst Grenade! DMG 12%, with 20% chance to burn. Vincent must make a separate dodge on his next turn to avoid a second attack, dealing an additional 12% if it hits)

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Krystal
Health: 106/145
Shield: 15/45

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