[Jade Callisto]

Vanitas just watched as the other dispatched the creatures with ease, he was itching to fight again but seems that would have to wait a bit. The brat warned him that absorbing the nightmares would probably do something to him but he didn't care really as he did the same to the nightmares that got defeated just as easily as the one from before. He felt his power growing and it was another step toward greatness. 

"I do what I want brat, no matter how many of these things I absorb it won't lay a dent in me." Vanitas said with overconfidence. He stepped toward the bodies of those things and took in their negative emotions, fueling both himself and his Unversed in power. For now though he would wait for the next fight to come to pass, so he may claim his prize once again. "Where is the next area?"

---

Vanitas:

HP: 185/185

SHIELD: 65/65

STATUS: None

[Sunnivale]

"That's what they say before they get mutated." Madotsuki said, however Hansel was right in that they shouldn't be wasting time in dealing with the weaker enemies, they should get to the next destination as soon as possible, so Madotsuki pointed at the top of the path that the group were now on.

Pointing towards the cave entrance.

"Probably something worse." Madotsuki said to Red, as she looked up at the red moon again.

T H E E C L I P S E H A S B E G U N !

(Breath of the Wild OST - Omen of the Bloody Moon)

In which it was properly placed in the sky, causing the area around the group to darken and become red, as an eclipse quickly took hold in the area, upon which, the flowers in the meadow that the group entered from, turned blood red.

Some of them even grew faces.

And looked towards the group, upon noticing the more human members of the group. (And ignoring Red's pokemon, which the flowers secretly find cute.) The flowers eyes bulged in horror, almost like they were about to fall off.

Before they let off several screams of terror.

"Well, this is getting certainly creepy." Akechi said, looking a little unnerved by the turn of events as everything turned red behind now, and it wasn't the kind of red that he enjoyed.

The enemies that the group had killed meanwhile, slowly rose upwards, as if they were coming back to life, which they were, as the effects of the eclipse, started to cause the enemies to mutate and grow several metres taller then they were before.

Until they were looking down at the group again.



(ECLIPSE) HELL VANGUARD +2
HP: 500%

The two hell vanguards which the group had previously killed, had now been brought back to life, and roared viciously towards the group. "Nope." Madotsuki would say, she would rather avoid this fight if she could and get to the top of that cave, so she ran past the two creatures and quickly raced her way towards the cave.

"Get up here, before they!---" Suddenly, a laser shot towards the spot of the rocky path that Madotsuki was standing on, caused by a new power that the Hell Vanguard's had as part of them being brought back to life.

"Madotsuki!" Akechi yelled, worried about the girl's fate, when he noticed cracks coming down towards them.

"Be careful, this path is breaking apart!" Akechi warned to everyone else in the group.

The rocky path soon started to crack towards the rest of the group as well and threatened to pull them down into the dark abyss below the cliff.

(To avoid fallen down the abyss and reaching the cave, you must roll a DEX 15. If you fail, then you will fall down into the abyss and gain 15% in dream fall damage. You can also try and roll a STR or WIS roll 5 in grappling one of the enemies, which will allow you to avoid falling, but you'll upset the enemy and make them your main target.)

As for Madotsuki's fate from that explosion...

u|ZUaqbvp_1d20-4(She fell.)

p_1d20+1(As did Akechi.)

She was at the bottom of the path, having fallen face first when the path blew up. She quickly got up and looked upwards towards the group to see if they will reach the cave, or fall down with her.

Unknown to Madotsuki, she wasn't the only person down in this cave.



Two people were watching her within the darkness.

Akechi would soon land in front of Madotsuki, having fallen behind. "Shit!" He said out loud, but calmed himself down, he hasn't fallen like that for awhile.

"Are you alright?" But after checking himself for any cuts or bruises, he turned over towards Madotsuki.

"Are you?" She asked back.

---

Madotsuki: 125/170
Madotsuki's Bubble Shield: 28/60

Akechi Goro: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 45/45
1d20-4·1d20+1

[thetruefinalboss]

Hansel takes 15% from Fall Damage

---

Hansel watched as the two fell to the abyss below. His armor started to crack, his flesh started to become visible underneath. His armor wouldn't last much longer.. Deciding that abandoning the client just to follow the path probably wasn't such a good idea, and took the fall purposefully. He looked back up at the creatures that had regenerated. If those weren't qualified as Nightmares, Hansel was worried about what was.  He spoke to the other others down here. "We Should Move Before They Decide To Follow."

---

Hansel

HP: 170/170

Shield: 17/601d20·1d20

[Jade Callisto]

As Vanitas took notice of the blood moon starting to rise he could feel the dark energy well up from inside him. The creatures he absorbed were not happy that they were there and ripped right out of him from his body. "Agh!" Vanitas cried out in pain as the negative emotions from the nightmares took some of his energy before forming back into their bodies. However thanks to this blood moon it seems they got a bit of an evolved state now. "Well I didn't mutate but these things sure did. They'll pay for that." he scowled as he then took notice of the creatures shooting the ground where they stood making it collapse beneath them.

Trying to maneuver himself to not fall in the abyss nearby, Vanitas would try to prevent his fall.

DEX Roll to prevent falling.

sIhedV5Ip_1d20+2

Unfortunately he was unable to prevent the fall and was sent hurtling down into the abyss before landing with a loud thud onto his back. That hurt quite a bit but he was able to bounce back from it pretty quickly, standing up and dusting himself off before looking to see the others who had landed there as well. He was alright but not happy in the slightest. "They got away from me. How did they escape my grasp?" Vanitas wondered aloud as he proceeded to look around the area they were currently in. "Rrgh. Whatever. Where are we now?" 

---

Vanitas:

HP: 170/185

SHIELD: 65/65

STATUS: None1d20+2

[TartoonHand94]

“Even if it’s Noivern country, we’ll-” Red was about to say something encouraging when the world around them darkened. “Now what? Round two?” Squirtle stretched his shoulder, pretending not to be intimidated by the scary mood lighting. “I’m not tagging in.” Ivysaur reeled at the screaming flower faces. “And neither should you. We’ve got to get out of here.”
“Yeah, no. I am done being here.” Espeon winced in agreement with Madotsuki at the way two Vanguards tore themselves out of Vanitas. “Hardcore, dude.” Squirtle was just stunned.

“Then we have to move fast! To the other side! Now!” Red commanded his whole team to outrun the collapsing path. “Gang way!” Squirtle shouted, popping into his shell and skating to the other side faster than any earthly turtle. “If you insist.” Espeon brandished her eternal sarcasm as she broke into a sprint without hesitation. “Don’t wait for me!” Ivysaur selflessly shouted as she galloped, knowing full well she was the slowest of the bunch.
(JMsPLJfnp_1d20 Red's Outrunning of the Crack. Failure. Falls and takes 15% damage.)

(p_1d20+2 Squirtle's Outrunning of the Crack. Success!)

(p_1d20-1 Espeon's Outrunning of the Crack. Failure. Falls and takes 15% damage.)

(p_1d20 Ivysaur Outrunning of the Crack. Failure. Falls.)

“Squirtle!” Red cried as Squirtle’s shell was cornered by a crack that outcracked him and ensared his shell. He didn’t fare so much better for that fast crack snagged him as well. “no No NO!”
“Squirtle! Red-Ah!” Ivysaur could barely scream before falling in equal measure.
Thinking quickly, she used Vine Whip to grab onto the nearest protrusion in the opening wall to keep from falling all the way down.

(p_1d20-1 Ivysaur's grapple for safety.)

“That was Too close!” Ivysaur panted hysterically in the sensation of not hitting the floor. Little did she realize What she was grabbing Onto...

“Phew. Made it.” Espeon exhaled in self-congratulation after gracefully escaping the fate of her team mates. “…Guys?” She blinked, realizing she was alone on the other side.


“Ugh... Squirtle?” Red groaned as he rolled over to touch Tiny Turtle Pokémon's shell he found. “What? Did we make it?” Squirtle cluelessly asked, popping his head out to look around. “...Where are we?”
“At the bottom of the canyon that just opened up.” Red decuded, rubbing his back upon realizing how the fall he just had felt. Looking over at the rest of the group, they seemed okay. You could Ask them if they're okay, Red. “You guys okay?”
“Where's...Ivysaur!” Red asked instead, looking around for his Seed Pokémon, finding her dangling from the wall from something dangerous.

	Red	Squirtle	Ivysaur	Espeon
HP	125/140	135/150	95/120	130/130
Shield	45/45	50/50	35/35	40/40
Status	Fallen	Fallen	Hanging In There, Baby	Normal

1d20·1d20+2·1d20-1·1d20·1d20-1

[Sunnivale]

"You're probably safe, for now. Stuff like that tends to only start effecting you as time goes by." Madotsuki would warn to Vantias once they were at the bottom of the canyon.

With, most of the group landing at the bottom of the canyon. A few of Red's pokemon had managed to avoid such a fate. Unfortunately, Ivysaur wasn't as lucky as Espeon, or the rest of the group for that matter. Madotsuki and Akechi looked upwards to see that Ivysaur's grapple had caused one of mutated Hell Vanguard's to fall over and crack it's head open.

"Hm, I think a remember dreaming about this one." Madotsuki would say.

"These, vile things are your creation. I quite say Mado-chan, these monsters are quite, impressive." Akechi would compliment the Vanguards, which surprised Madotsuki.

It's been awhile since she was complimented. However she also noticed something regarding the canyon the group were now in.

None of the Hell Vanguard's wanted to go down it, nor did they want to go after Espeon at the Caves. Even if the pathway to it was broken now, but it felt like some force was preventing the enemies from reaching the group now.

Well, except Ivysaur.

(ECLIPSE) HELL VANGUARD A
HP: 490%

That crack to the head caused the Hell Vanguard to bleed, yellow liquid, which fired towards Ivysaur. Additionally, the second Vanguard tried to swipe at Ivysaur too.

(To avoid the Acid shot from the first Hell Vanguard. Ivysaur must roll a 10 in DEX to dodge. If hit, she will gain the bleeding status effect as well as 39% damage. Additionally the Ivysaur must roll a 13 in DEX to dodge the two swipes from the second Vanguard, failure will result in Ivysaur gaining 40% damage from each swipe.)

"Jump down, or go after the Espeon!" Akechi would call out to Ivysaur, seeing as how that even with his. Madotsuki or anyone else in the group's abilities. They were unlikely to reach the top of the canyon again to reach Ivysaur.

While waiting for Ivysaur's decision. Madotsuki would turn and notice something near the group.

Another entrance to the cave Espeon was in! Which was next to those creepy pair of eyes.

"Uh oh." Madotsuki would say, loudly to get the group's attention. As the figure, finally showed herself.

The figure wore a long pink and red dress that looked worn and tattered. She was tall and rode a red fiery horse as the woman held a flaming sword. She also wore a dark pouch that had flaming daggers in them as well as horns growing out of her head.

How painful is this for her? It wasn't. She had no skin, as she was a skeleton.

She was, the Skull Princess.

"I am, the dark thoughts of humanity itself, the personification of all of their darkness and you will all be consumed by it until you are nothingness." Neighed the horse.

"Ah, the current education system then." Madotsuki said.

The Skull Princess suddenly fired a flaming dagger towards the group, which barely missed Madotsuki, but it did cause a bit of her sleeve to burn off, which she didn't care for.

"A skull woman, I actually met something like this before, should we---But when Akechi turned to check on Madotsuki, she had ran to the alternate cave entrance to try and escape the Skull Princess. The entrance needed to be climbed, but fortunately they were some rocks that the group can use to climb up on, but they can easily be pulled away and cause the group to fall.

The Skull Princess meanwhile, dug into her pouch again to get another dagger.

And this time, she wasn't going to miss.

kVzsOi54p_1d20-4(Madotsuki didn't have a chance.)

Upon grabbing one rock, Madotsuki slipped, fell and hit her head on a rock, causing 5% damage as Akechi ran towards her.

"We need to try again if we want to escape that Skeleton woman." Akechi said, as Madotsuki would look at Akechi.

"Okay, then you try." She pointed over towards the rocks, which Akechi obliged.

p_1d20+1(Akechi barely managed to make it.)

Akechi almost slipped from the rocks himself, but he managed to soon make it towards the top of the Cave, before looking back down at Madotsuki and the rest.

"Quickly, before she throws another one of those damn daggers!" Akechi sounded a little impatient. But that was only because he was worried that the Skull Princess would gravely wound his remaining allies.

Madotsuki tried again.

p_1d20-4(Nope.)

p_1d20-4(And failed again.)

Madotsuki however kept falling when she tried to climb up towards the cave. Unlike Akechi, she didn't look too panicked over the Skull Princesses next attack.

(To climb up to the alternate cave entrance and reach Akechi, you must roll a DEX 14, failure however will result in the characters falling and getting 5% damage. If you run out of actions then you must prepare yourself for the Skull Princesses next attack in the next turn.

You also cannot fight the Skull Princess currently.)

---

Meanwhile with Espeon

Unlike the chaos outside of the cave, the inside of the cave that Espeon had now found herself in was quiet and looked like any ordinary cave. There was drawings on the wall, similar to cavemen paintings, but these paintings had people that were familiar to Espeon.

One of them was of a girl that looked like Madotsuki and standing behind her were two adults, a man and woman, presumably her parents. Nearby was another painting, this time of three other people, a man and two girls, there was also a love heart around the man's head.

One of the girls had a green sweater and a plaited skirt. She also had blonde hair that was in a ponytail, while the other girl had a white shirt, black skirt and long black hair.

And finally, the boy wore jeans, and a greyish sweater and more so. The heart around his face appeared to be glowing.

There was also two words underneath the paintings of the three people. The first word was under the drawings of the girls and said "Friends" while the other word was under the boy which read "Boyfriend."

Additionally, there was something else in the cave with Espeon, which soon jumped out of the darkness.

"Mehhh." It, said, before it began to wander around the cave. Espeon could either interact with it, start looking for the others, or check out the glowing heart around the drawing of the boy.

Maybe there was something more to it then meets the eye.

"MEH!"

---

Madotsuki: 110/170
Madotsuki's Bubble Shield: 28/60



Akechi Goro: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 45/45

1d20-4·1d20+1·1d20-4·1d20-4

[Jade Callisto]

Hearing about the creatures being impressive from Aketchi's perspective made Vanitas growl a little bit as he overheard that. He knew he was superior in every way to those things, he could make better and scarier minions of darkness anytime he wanted. These things were just worms in comparison to his Unversed. Upon seeing the skeletal woman riding a flaming horse he would just scoff at this show of power. "The only one going to be consumed by darkness is you. I will personally make sure of that." Vanitas smirked as he then got ready to fight the Skull Princess. To get to the cave where Aketchi was he would have to scale the side of the rocks in order to progress.

But Vanitas refused to run like a coward, he rather take on this Skull Woman who claimed to be the negative thoughts of all of humanity. If that was the case then Vanitas found some good fuel for his Unversed which he would hope to use her energy for himself. Vanitas didn't run and proceeded to summon his Keyblade, The Void Gear instead. "I'm not afraid of you like the others, I'll take you on by myself if I have to." As she threw the daggers at the rocks however this didn't make Vanitas budge an inch, he just kept his fighting stance as he readied himself for whatever she had to throw at him. "Once you become a part of me then your power will be mine to use as I see fit." Vanitas chuckled a bit with evil intent.

---

Vanitas:

HP: 170/185

SHIELD: 65/65

STATUS: None

[thetruefinalboss]

Hansel use Treat! Sugar Rush on himself.
Hansel's shield bubble takes and heals 1% damage. Net 0 change
Hansel gains +3 Dex Mod for 3 turns

Far Strike Attack Roll llgLUMMPp_1d20 +4 = 9
1% damage taken (self)

If this hits, deal 18% + p_1d4
= 22% damage

Throw Madosuki p_1d20 +4 = 16 vs 14
Success!

---

Hansel saw the new enemy coming in and Vanitas confronting it. This was going to be difficult, he wanted everyone to life through this but there was no time. To get a rush of energy, he tore off a piece of taffy from his armor and slipped it under his helmet, quickly swallowing the sugary treat.

He started first with chucking a piece of candy ripped from his armor at the skull princess to distract her, then grabbed Madosuki, the closest person. He grumbled to Madosuki, "I Will Help You." Using his great strength, he tried to lift her up with one hand. Assuming she didn't shake from his grasp; he used one hand to throw and the other to aim, carefully trying to toss her up the cliff to safety without hurting her. Then he turned to check on the situation with the new enemy.

---

Hansel

HP: 170/170

Shield: 16/60

Sugar Rush! - +3 Dex Mod (Turn 1 of 3)
1d20·1d4·1d20

[TartoonHand94]

“…!” “…!” Neither Red or even Squirtle could muster the constitutions to scream, stunned at the sight of Ivysaur dangling from a mutated Hell Vanguard with its head cracked open like an Execute.
“What-?” Ivysaur asked before looking up to see for herself. “-Is THAT?” She screamed at the incoming yellow blood.
“Ivysaur Look Out!!!”

(tIuFifKTp_1d20 Ivysaur's Dodge of Acid Shot; Failure; Takes 39% Damage.)
(p_1d20 Ivysaur's Dodge of Swipe 1; Failure; Takes 40% Damage.)
(p_1d20 Ivysaur's Dodge of Swipe 2; Success!) 

“Ivyyyy!!!” Ivysaur screamed bloody murder as the acidic yellow blood dripped onto her. The pain distracted her too much to avoid getting slashed by the other Vanguard, the first slash of whom, ironically, knocked her out of the way of its second slash. “Saaaaauuur!!!”

“Hey!” Red shouted, glaring at Akechi for commanding his Pokémon. Both Squirtle and even Ivysaur shared this glare at him for a second. “Ivysaur, climb up and regroup with Espeon. We’ll find some way to catch up with you!” Red ordered with the proper authority of a Pokémon trainer. “You’re safer up there than down here with us. You and Espeon look after each other!”
“Roger.” Ivysaur affirmed, retracting her vines to pull herself up, out of the Vanguards' reach.

“Come on Squirtle, we have to catch up with them.” Red beaconed Squirtle. “We gotta catch up outta here!” Squirtle agreed before a wild Skull Princess appeared.
“To engage with that Ghost-Type with a team of one? …Yeah no.”
“Run?” “Run.” Red and Squirtle swiftly decided to nope when it came to the Skull Princess and book it up toward the alternate cave entrance.

(p_1d20 Red's Climb; Success!)
(p_1d20+2 Squirtle's Climb; Failure; Takes 5% Damage)

“Oof!” Squirtle squeaked, losing his footing and falling and hurting his tail. “no No! Squirlte! Use Withdraw!” Red commanded, knowing his Pokémon just fell into harm's way.
“Squirt!” Squritle chirped, pulling his head, arms, legs and tail into his shell.

(p_1d20 Squirtle is using Withdraw, all attacks against him failing to pass this roll will result in a Counter.)

---

Meanwhile with Espeon

“Is this where you store your feelings about your family...and your friends...and your Boyfriend~?” Espeon wondered outloud as she studied the cave paintings, rather incrediously at the boyfriend part.
“All hidden away on the walls of a cave. Meh, I can relate.”

And for all of her mumbling, only the Meh produced an echo. Wait, was that an echo? Turning around, Espeon quickly spied the source of the sound.
“Now what...Are You?” She asked with a head tilt. Red might be interested in finding out, but there was no point in engaging it without him there to catch it. Speaking of Red, where were the rest of them? Espeon opted to turn around and find them, hopefully running into Ivysaur first.

	Red	Squirtle	Ivysaur	Espeon
HP	125/140	120/150	16/120	130/130
Shield	45/45	50/50	35/35	40/40
Status	Fallen	Withdraw	Bleeding	Normal

1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20+2·1d20

[Sunnivale]

Things didn't look too good for the group, mainly to Ivysaur after her injury thanks to the Vanguards, but they moved back now that it was hard for them to get to the rest of the group, and as for the Skull Princess well.

She was going to get in a few targets before the group escapes her grasp. It seemed as though Vantias and Hansel had a death wish.

Perfect.

The Skull Princess turned to her side, and suddenly jolted out something from her skeleton ribs. A dagger that glowed purple.

Before she tapped on it and it extended into a very long, but fiery sword, that was ready to burn anything it touches into a crisp. "Aw crap." Madotsuki said, before she was suddenly grabbed by Hansel and thrown back towards the top of the cliff thanks to him, she had managed to make it to the top of the cave where Espeon and Ivysaur was, but everyone else except for Akechi and Red were still down at the cave.

Madotsuki however, turned and enter the cave.

As did Akechi, worryingly. "I need to go and check out this cave some more, why don't you go and watch as the two gentleman over there are torn to shreds by that skeleton lady." Akechi pointed over towards the Skull Princess to Red before heading into the depths of the cave to find the girls.

The Skull Princess meanwhile, jumped off of her horse.

And quickly charged towards Vantias and attempted to stab him right through the chest.

(Vantias, since you stayed behind, you must roll a 17 in DEX to dodge the Princess Mighty Swing. If you fail to dodge the swing then you will receive 80% damage and 100% chance of getting burned, as well as a 100% chance of getting the mortal wound status.)

Then, the Skull Princess spun around and charged towards Hansel neck, intending to launch her sword into it, she was espically angry at him, as he managed to hit the side of her face.

Which only caused it to ignite in flames as she growled down towards Hansel.

"You are staring at the face of DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTH!"

(Hansel, since you are still in the Skull Princess threat range, you must also roll a DEX 17 to dodge her sword swing, failure will result in 80% damage and a 100% of getting the mortal wound and the burnt status.)

And as for Squirtle, the Skull Princess was confused with what the Pokemon was doing, and didn't think he was much as a threat as Vantias and Hansel, so she turned back towards the two targets, so she can focus on finishing them off rather then go after Red and his remaining Pokemon.

---

In the Caves

If Espeon looked closer at the cave drawing of the boy surrounded by hearts, It would change, sort of like an optical picture, however this drawing showed something odd.

The boy's position changed, he was on the ground now, bleeding, and was green as well, his eyes were open but he looked sad, and he appeared to look dead.

"That is my boyfriend... Well was." Madotsuki said as she arrived at the top of the Cave, and she also looked at the weird creature that Espeon found.

Who had three smaller children that looked like him, and he proceeded to vomit food into their mouths like what a bird does. "And that's a personification of my anxiety." She said.

"Hello?" Akechi navigated through the cave that he entered from, which had a small pathway that would take him to the top of the cave, and where the other half of the group were. He smiled upon noticing that Madotsuki and Espeon were alright as he got out of the hole leading down to the bottom of the cliff where the rest of the group were.

"Ah, I see you two are alright. Thank goodness." Akechi said.

"I was worried that you may have turned up dead, like what's about to happen to Vantias and Hansel." He said, although Madotsuki didn't say anything about that.

"Although your trainer is alright, and I think the two other Pokemons that were with you too." Akechi said to Espeon.

---

Madotsuki: 110/170
Madotsuki's Bubble Shield: 36/60

Akechi Goro: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 45/45

[Jade Callisto]

Vanitas saw the skull princess charge right at him with a flaming sword. Normally anyone would be scared of something like this happening right in front of them but not Vanitas. He held out his Keyblade in a defensive manner to intercept her attack, but in a more casual fashion with one hand ready to block the deadly attack.

WIS Roll for Warp Kirioroshi: Vanitas takes no damage as he warps away then does a counter attack for 16% damage as a free action if this works.

UYPi0OXmp_1d20+5

The blow hit but not the way that the Skull Princess intended as an afterimage of Vanitas appeared over her and sliced right into her boney figure for 16% damage! 

"Is that all? I thought you were supposed to be the face of death." Vanitas mocked his opponent as he landed a clean hit. 

Noticing that she didn't take the hit as much as he thought he would then leap away from the fight and up to the ledge. 

DEX Check for the leap to where the others are: 

p_1d20+2

Vanitas made his escape as he could tell that hit that he did may have damaged her but for some reason something felt off. He could tell that if that blow hit she would have done a lot to him and if he stuck around the chances of him getting killed were very likely. "Get over here big guy. I slowed the so called face of death down with that attack, but I get the feeling it won't last long. As much as I hate to run away I can see how the tide of battle is going, and it is not in our favor. Time for a tactical retreat." Vanitas called over to Hansel as he then ran into the cave to where the others are. He didn't really care if they followed him or not but he figured he'd warn them at least. If they died then that wasn't his problem now was it?

---

Vanitas:

HP: 170/185

SHIELD: 65/65

STATUS: None

Cooldowns: Warp Kirioroshi = 2 turns.1d20+5·1d20+2

[thetruefinalboss]

Dodge Roll vs Skull Princess 8bJS4OCep_1d20 +4 = 5 vs 17
Hansel takes 80% and is Burned and Mortally Wounded.

Hansel transforms to his true form.

Burn Check p_1d20 +2 = 22
Burn lasts 1 turn

Hansel Throws Squirtle Check p_1d20 +4 = 23 vs 14
Success!

Hansel Climbs The Wall Check p_1d20 +4 = 21 vs 14
Success!

Hansel takes 8% from Mortal Wound

---

Hansel's armor shattered and melted away as the fire sword dug deep into Hansel, a splash of bright pink blood surging out and covering the area around him. He put one hand onto the wound, but there was no stopping the bleeding from such a deep wound. Groaning and sighing, Hansel paused for a moment as Vanitas escaped, then he grabbed Squirtle and threw him up the cliff. Without losing momentum, he followed by scaling the cliffside himself.

Still clutching the wound across his now revealed grotesque body, he stopped to catch his breath before following Vanitas leaving a trail of pink behind him. As the blood of a Jail Nightmare, like a Marchen, his blood practically lit up the ground it stained even in darkness. At this rate, Hansel would be the first to fall in the party. But he had already decided to protect these others right? That is what Gretel would want to see in him? He could only hope so. "If Only I Were Connected To A Jail, This Would Close By Itself."

---

Hansel
HP: 98/170
Shield: 0/60
Sugar Rush! - +3 Dex Mod (Turn 2 of 3)
Burned - -2 Str (Turn 1 of 1)
Mortally Wound - 80% Heal Required To Remove, 8% Damage Per Turn
Armorless - Bubble Shield Disabled, Bubble Shield Heals at 3% Per Turn
1d20·1d20·1d20·1d20

[TartoonHand94]

Espeon reflexively assumed a battle stance upon hearing a voice…that just happened to be Madotsuki. “Oh. It’s just you.” She loosened back up, unimpressed. “Where’s the rest?” She asked before noticing the cave drawing changing. “That’s… Rough …Sorry for your loss.” She winced awkwardly into an uncomfortable pause. “…Look, if Ivysaur saw this, she’d know what to say. She’s good with the whole Compassion and Sympathy kit.” Espeon confessed with a sigh. “Like I asked, though, where are the rest of you?” She repeated, just in time for Akechi to arrive. “Oh? Well, that’s a relief, though less so if it means I’m alone with your company much longer.”

Fortunately, it wouldn’t be much longer, for not much far away, Squirtle’s shell landed and skid to a stop to meet Ivysaur. She was just lying there, practically woken up by his arrival.
“Squirtle?”
“Huh? Where am I?” Squirtle popped his head out of his shell, not recognizing his immediate surrounding. “Ivysaur! Aw-ooh…Oof. How you feeling?” He cringed at the sight of her.
“As bad as I look.” Ivysaur huffed, recognizing the look on his face. “We gotta get you out of here then. Come on.” Wasting no time, Squirtle tried to pick up one of Ivysaur’s forelegs and one of her hindlegs to drape over his shell.
“You gonna carry me the rest of the way? What a gentleman~.” Ivysaur smiled incredulously.
“At least till Red catches up. I don’t have any Pokéballs with me.” Good thing Snorlax wasn’t there. He would’ve cracked up at what Squirtle said.

Red’s decision of what Pokémon to bring with him was potentially cast into doubt upon realizing the fights they’d be up against. He thought this was an excursion into dreams, but that Skull Princess thing is a nightmare!
But he didn’t have time to think about it! All his Pokémon were already at the top of the cliff in the mouth of the cave. He was a sitting Magikarp till he joined them.

“Need some help?” Red asked Hansel, offering a hand to help pull the clearly wounded man up…With the way he was bleeding, was he even a man or some new breed of Pokémon? “Connected to a jail? What do you mean by that?”

(nP9fXiODp_1d20-1 Red's Lent Strength, should Hansel accept his help.)

	Red	Squirtle	Ivysaur	Espeon
HP	125/140	120/150	16/120	130/130
Shield	45/45	50/50	35/35	40/40
Status	Fallen	Withdraw	Bleeding	Normal

1d20-1

[Sunnivale]

The Skull Princess crouched down after Vantias had managed to hit her. She tried to swing her long sword in order to rip into Vantia's chest, unfortunately for her, he, as well as Squirtle and Hansel, the only other two people that she can attack, had went into the Cave. Meanwhile her and her horse were the only people down at the bottom of the gap now, the Vanguard's were still at the top.

The Skull Princess watched the group enter the cave, before turning, getting on her horse and rode off into the darkness that she came out from. The Vanguard similarly left the area too when there was nobody else around to attack.

They dug themselves into the ground and vanished, and soon, the blood red moon vanished as well, turning the dark red field colorful and bright again. It was as though that the Cave that the group had now found themselves in was some sort of safe zone from the forces of evil outside of it.

But either way, there was only one path now, to the Cave's exit.

Akechi meanwhile, looked at the Cave Painting of Madotsuki's late boyfriend, looking sad as losing a close loved one had struck close to him for him. "Oh, my. I'm, sorry for your loss." Akechi said, turning over to Madotsuki to express his sympathy's as well.

"I don't care, not anymore at least. It's in the past, and it will stay buried until further notice." Madotsuki said, before turning over towards Espeon when she mentioned Ivysaur.

"You mean the one that looks like she's going to drop dead any minute now?" Madotsuki pointed over towards the Ivysaur, who was being helped by Squirtle.

"Since you all have made it inside the Cave, we can go to the exit, because I sense that the nightmare item is somewhere outside of this Cave. Come on." Madotsuki turned and began making her way out of the Cave.

Passing by the weird nose thing in the process, which yelled at her as she walked past it. "MEEH!" It shouted, only for Madotsuki to kick it into a corner and caused it's children to let out tiny gasps and began rushing towards it's parent in worry.

"You didn't have to kick that poor thing you know." Akechi said, running up to Madotsuki at the front of the party.

"It doesn't have feelings, don't you face enemies with feelings or things created by feelings back in your world?" Madotsuki asked to Akechi as they got near the Cave's exit.

"Yes, but they didn't have any free will, unlike what you just kicked just now." Akechi pointed out.

"Look, this is my own mind. If you don't like it Detective Prince, then why don't you go into your own mind and make your own anxiety creatures?"

"I... I don't like thinking about my actions or to be alone with my thoughts. It's, scary. I probably have something similar to those things, but much more than you do." Akechi would say, looking downward in sadness as Madotsuki stopped and watched as Akechi got to the exit first. A bright light was shining down on the group as Madotsuki ran over to Akechi, where they looked down at the path leading down towards another large field.



At the other side of the Field was a large Kingdom, and behind that, another forest Kingdom, Madotsuki looked over at them.

"We should be able to get a proper location for the Dream Item in those two Kingdoms, come on." Madotsuki told everyone to follow, as she looked up at the Sky.

As the sun in this dream world was setting and she didn't want to be out in this Field during the night. Another Eclipse like the one that the group had seen could occur again.

"And we should be fast." Madotsuki warned the group. In order to get to the two Kingdoms, the group must get past three obstacles. The first was a rickety bridge which looked like it could break easily.

(The Eclipse System is now in play. Every ten turns, an Eclipse will occur which will give any enemy an advantage, such as stronger attacks and more HP, you can choose to abandon the fight but if you stick by the fight and win, then you may find something that can help with the Mission, such as a shortcut.

However, if the fight continues for another five turns, then the Skull Princess will appear. She is currently invincible and strong, so it's best to just run as best as you can to avoid her and the Enemy's.

If they're no enemy's around when an Eclipse begins, then two will spawn.

The system will begin next turn, but in order to cross the old bridge. You must roll a 15 in DEX, if you fail the roll then the bridge will break and only one of the other ropes connecting to the other side will remain and the roll will increase to 18. Should you fail that one, then you will end up sliding back to the beginning of the obstacle and you must try again until you succeed.)

"You all go first, I would rather try and go last. Plus some of you look like you need to go first." Madotsuki said, referring to Ivysaur, but Akechi decided to go first.

"In this case, I will try out the bridge first. For the benefit of everyone here." Akechi said, looking over towards the group, before crossing the bridge.

"Just be careful alright?"

Y|kj|P1Bp_1d20+1(And Akechi barely made it to the other side.)

"Of course!" Akechi cheerfully replied back to Madotsuki. The trip to the other side was a bit rough, but Akechi soon made it before turning towards the group once more.

"Who is next except for Madotsuki?" He asked.

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Madotsuki: 110/170
Madotsuki's Bubble Shield: 36/60

Akechi Goro: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 45/45

Eclipse Starts In:
Skull Princess: Is Far from the Group.1d20+1

[thetruefinalboss]

Hansel takes 8% damage from Mortal Wound.
Hansel's Bubble Shield Heals 3%

Hansel Crosses the Bridge Check
mUvm|mE2p_1d20+4 = 21 Success!

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Hansel held out a hand to stop Red from directly supporting him. "Please Do Not. Exposure To My Blood Can Affect Your Mental State, You Should Not Risk It. But.. The Jail Is A Long Story. In Short, I Was Created To Be A Guardian Of A Living Dungeon Called 'The Jail'. It Based Me Upon A Human Fairy Tale. If A Jail Was Nearby, I Would Be Able To Connect To One Of Its Cores And Regenerate Quickly."

Following along with Akechi and Madosuki, Hansel expressed no surprise at the sudden vast area they found themselves in. "We Should Hurry, If We Can Find Creatures, Perhaps I Can Eat Them To Close This Wound." Hansel gripped hard on his open bleeding wound to stem it for a moment as to not bleed onto the bridge. Hurrying across the bridge, Hansel quickly found himself on the other side. He sighed as he released it, and what blood would have bled out, splashed out from him.

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Hansel
HP: 90/170
Shield: 3/60
Sugar Rush! - +3 Dex Mod (Turn 3 of 3)
Burned - worn off
Mortally Wound - 80% Heal Required To Remove, 8% Damage Per Turn
Armorless - Bubble Shield Disabled, Bubble Shield Heals at 3% Per Turn
1d20