[Mr. Game & Watch]

As Waluigi was within the thick of the cyclone that he created, he quickly felt the gloved grip that suddenly wrapped around his body. Within second he was tossed away thrown toward the golem looking thing that he had encountered before. He supposed that was his third partner. What a way to be introduced. Of course Waluigi was the one being thrown around, Waluigi was always the one to be knocked away by his enemies because it could never happen to one of his allies. Just his luck.

Apparently Skeith had the lightning reflexes of a skilled umpire since it was able to catch Waluigi with its giant gauntleted hands. It was probably a more comfortable place to land on the creature given its ridiculously spike covered body. The purple plumber had to consider who the Hippo was trying to injure with this move, Waluigi or the unfeeling drone of a creature. If it was the latter then the boxer was probably as stupid as he looked because the thinly man wasn’t going to do any damage to the epitaph with his thinly body. As the thing let Waluigi down, he batted away its overlarge hand with a scoff. “Fatso got a lucky shot, Waluigi can take care of himself” he then proceed to brush himself off with his racket.

As his other two teammates continued assault the humongous hippo-like human, Waluigi circled around the ring at his top speed. “Big talk for a man who has to hide behind hostages! If you’re not afraid of losing then what’s the point of them, weh?!” he hollered back at the ‘ref.’ As he began to approach the large man’s backside, he summoned a rope-like vine from the ground, a thorny one too, and bounced off the ropes on the sidelines, leaping into the air. He angled his descent so that his circle formation of his arms and the rope would nicely ring around the Hippo’s neck and proceed to choke him with the barbed weapon if he succeed in roping the dope.

[Coolshaymin]

Hippo managed to recover in time to block Beat's second attack but as soon as he did he got knocked out of the ring by Skeith's sudden attack. Even though he stated he was going to, Hippo was not paying attention as per usual.

"I am not hiding, it is all for your test purple man. Smart move telling your partner to stand down, skater, you learn quick," Sword had apparently noticed Beat's partner sneaking in and didn't say anything because he did not actually interfere. However when he was about to address Skeith, he paused. While not visible, Sword was holding back his anger at the statue that was giving rules to him. "Please, Death, Hippo did not break a rule, I said no projectiles, I don't think throwing someone counts in that regard. And less you forget, its my job to dish out penalties. Beat is the only one following the rules other than Hippo afterall. Also, I'm afraid you can not get rid of the size enhancement, I used an artifact to do that and there is only one thing that can counteract it and I know none of you have it. But, I guess I'll humor you, no more penalities for the rest of the match," Sword said as Hippo recovered and jumped back into the ring but as he did and before he can get angry about his crown, the vine grabbed Hippo and restrained him. "Hippo, I think its about time you used the secret weapon."

Hippo couldn't respond but he moved his hip as his fat bounced a syringe filled with purple liquid out of his pocket and stuck to his neck as it automatically injected into him. Suddenly, Hippo's eyes glow purple and through an extradinary strength boost, he ripped himself free from the vines and let out a Hippo like roar.

"Hippo is no longer what he used to be, you see we found a way to weaponize the Starvia. This is our first creation, a drug that transforms something as useless as King Hippo into a powerful warrior. Of course we did not find a way to remove the monster part but we did not tell Hippo that. Now you face Star Hippo."

A purple star forms on Hippo's stomach and then he delivers a punch to the ground that results in a powerful explosion, destroying the ring. "Starting now there are no rules. Also, Death, do not try to put your rules off on others. They may've mattered in your world but this world is full of things of various universes. You aren't the only lord of death either, so I suggest  you stop trying to act like you are superior to me when you can't even comprehend that your rules do not matter in this world. The rules I gave were all towards being honorable, which all of you save Beat failed miserably. You have no honor, therefore you do not deserve my respect." Sword says bluntly.

Star Hippo

Damage:67%

Items Held: Boxing Gloves

Rewards: Foodx1, Super Mushroomx1 and Cat Bells (1 for each survivor

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Skeith quite liked the methods he was using, but an artifact being used to enlarge someone who was already to big to hit in his britches was a turn for the books, even the Death Note.

"An interesting outcome I assure you, and if that is King Hippo's first foray into the Quincy: Holy Form through Weaponised Starvia, then Maybe I suppose that is about as humorous as I find it to be. You might find a Maverick Hunter carrying a dangerous Virus Genome within him once he get's shipped to the Hospital for intensive care. You might not know of the Maverick Hunter, but I insist that you gather info on him first." Skeith said telepathically, his characteristic Bubble Shield blocking the explosion of King Hippo's Segunda Etapa.

"Now how about that, You actually graduated from King Hippo to Stern Hippo. I shudder to think what an appetite you would have other than the usual pineapples." Skeith communicated to Star Hippo telepathically, delving into King Hippo's mind, and Unleashing Dashing Slashes at his foe to cut him with his scythe, followed by a Terror's Grasp to hopefully strangle the hippo man into asfyxiation.

{RotB/SH Protect Break Cooldown in 1 turn}

TAGS: @beatthegg, Mr. Game & Watch, Coolshaymin
NOTES: More Bleach References FTL, Stern is German for Star.

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Beat laughed, scratching the back of his head as he now looked at sword. "Aw shucks. Your gonna make me blush!" Beat said with a grin. Big guy shook his head disapprovingly of beats apparent friendliness with the man who was killing people left and right. Beat didn't even care to notice king hippo using the 'Secret weapon.' When the king destroyed the ring, Beat was flung out and sent into the Colosseum walls. He struggled getting up,  putting his hand up. "Off road wheels!" Beat yelled. His friend, Big guy was only just recovering like beat as he took out a set of three roller skate wheels designed to be more comfortable on dirt and similar surfaces. Beat took then, putting them onto his roller skates and began hatching a combo plan. "Go for the star!" Beat yelled as he skated up to the railings of the entire stadium. 

Big guy began skating over to Star hippo, preparing a full on straight punch to the monsters gut, as beat began thinking of where to aim...The neck is always a good spot. Beat then jumped off when he was at a perfectly ideal position to leap off of the railings, and deliver a diving kick to the kings neck. Beat then sprayed graffiti onto the king's eyes to try and blind the enraged monster. This wasn't it though, beat had another plan. Beat wrapped his legs around the hippo's neck again, grabbing onto his ears and trying to ride him like a bull. "Woo-hoo!" He yelled, having alot of fun with messing with him.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Quickly after Waluigi had safely constricted the giant’s neckline, he ripped through the choking device like it was nothing. Although, before he had done that he injected himself with some sort of drug, a strange purple liquid that his ally (the term used roughly since he seemed to care less about King Hippo than he did the hostages) deemed a weaponized version of the Starvia. So, it seemed as though this was less a random act of terrorism and more so a test of this new drug that some madman had concocted. Perfect, Waluigi always ended up being the guinea pig.

Anyway, since the purple plumber’s grapple had snapped he found himself in a quick descent down the hippo’s back. It was almost like freefalling off the top of a building and the landing wasn’t too pleasant especially with the explosion accompanied with it, because for whatever reason a non-combustible arena erupted upon contact with the obese titan’s fist. Waluigi fell flat to the dirt and grime, a burst from the explosion brushed him like the winds of a tornado. With a mighty scowl smacked across his face, he peered over at the changes in his opponent and then the ring master of the operation as he spoke of honour. “Wheh, you wanna talk about honour? Where’s the honour in killing hostages like cattle and making up rules as you go along?” the lanky man spat back as he regained his footing yet again. “Wheh, what a joke. Go back to pretending to be some sort of intelligent crime boss.”

As Waluigi returned his gaze back onto their main foe, he immediately noticed the rollerblader’s tactic. A blatant rip off of his previous attempts at choking the guy out. Apparently Beat didn’t see just how badly the idea turned out for him. “Whehehe, good luck with that!” he shouted in a snarky manner. His eyes then lowered to the boxer’s tiny legs. He might not be able to do much damage to the beast of a man, but he could improvise. A quick stomp of his foot arose more thorny vines from the earth and as they grew they began to slither around the giant’s feet creating knots as they went along. In the moment that his trap succeeded and the tubby titan stumbled he’d jump out of the way for his own sake. It’d be like a transport crushing a tiny twig otherwise.

[Coolshaymin]

"Funny how you question me about honor. The rules for honor has existed for centuries, if you chose not to study then it not be my fault you failed," Sword began explaining towards Waluigi's comment. "As for the hostages, yes this would normally be dishonorable. However, while defenseless, these souls are hardly innocent and therefore do not qualify. While you Smash Brothers are going out to help the Life Sphere or find out more to alleviate the threat of the Starvia, these civilains stay here and hide behind you. While one would argue they are not strong enough to fight, I beg to differ. With enough training even useless athletes like Hippo and you Waluigi can fight, so these people have no excuse for using supplies or taking up as much space in the Life Sphere as they do and not help whatsoever," Sword said with underailing resent. However, truth be told, he may have other reasons for doing this as well, but even he was unsure what he was truly fighting for. "As for you, Death, I already know of Zero, but this virus I have not. I will look into this."

Meanwhile with the actual fight going on and not Sword's speeches. Star Hippo dodged Skeith's assault and countered with a powerful uppercut. Beat's combo attack went nearly the same as Star Hippo grabbed Beat before he could ride him again and threw him at Big Guy to stop his assault. Waluigi however succeeded for once and the mighty onix fell to the ground, while this would normally be a defeat for King Hippo, this was Star Hippo. As he laid on the ground, he put his arms down and mighty force, he pushed himself back to his feet. However if Beat or Skeith was still in front of Hippo, his mighty weight might not feel too good.

Star Hippo

Damage: 90%

Items Held: Boxing Gloves

Item Reward: Food, Super Mushroom and a Super Bell for each survivor

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Beat was immediately grabbed, and thrown into his friend in a unfortunate moment in the battle. Beat flipped back up onto his skates, as he watched the Star hippo.  What to do...What to do...Beat started skating again, catching momentum by grinding on the Colosseum again... Then beat looked up at the very highest point of the Colosseum. Perfect. Beat then jumped up to the  very top grind able part of the Colosseum and set his aim's for Star Hippo. Beat started grinding, catching up momentum and slipping two disposable cans in his skates once more for a flaming boost. Once he was at maximum speed, Beat leaped from the highest point he had available and  attempted to land a flaming meteor impact drop kick onto star hippo's fat head. If he missed, he could hopefully at least hit his back. 

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Skeith erected his Bubble shield just in time and was launched skyward by the uppercut, the only thing Star Hippo did not recognise was that he was now in direct range of a powerful assault, But this was no ordinary assault, nor was it a Data Drain, It was a Slash Chakram sent flying towards Star hippo's eyes, followed by another bout of Dashing Slashes to further keep the titanic boxer from hitting him. "So you know of Zero, Maybe next time you should try to help him awaken his inner rage. Just a tip from me to you." Skeith said in a calm manner, ready to block if Star Hippo tried to attack him again.

TAGS: Mr. Game & Watch, Coolshaymin, @beatthegg

[Mr. Game & Watch]

As the man threw more and more words back at Waluigi his brows began to furrow as his gaze gave off a spark of anger toward Sword. Not only did his own words hardly justify his point, but for whatever reason he seemed to be fairly familiar with the purple plumber’s personality as a whole. He would use the excuse of being famous, but even Waluigi knew he wasn’t the center of any sort of attention. That would mean that this man went out of his way to do a background check on the lanky sidekick. The question was, did he do the same for the rest of his allies and why? He also expressed that he was familiar with Zero, so was he just well versed in the knowledge of what he called ‘Smash Brothers’?

Regardless, the vine snare that Waluigi had trapped the bulky boxer within seemed to work out very nicely all around. His teammates seemed fairly close to snuffing out their target, so Waluigi offhandedly stomped King Hippo’s foot deep into the ground to stop him from any quick recovery and honed his vision on the puppet master yet again. “Wheh, you think Waluigi cares about honour? Apparently you do yet all you’ve done is maim innocents and look for excuses to cheat. Wheh, we’re on the same side of the coin, only difference is Waluigi is more credible since I break the rules of honour without knowing them” he continued to heckle the villainous figure.

Other than that, it was strange to Waluigi as to why Skeith was suggesting things to the psychopath that would only help his violent plans. Waluigi still wasn’t certain what Sword’s entire plan was, but allowing some sort of super-charged Zero into the mix wasn’t going to be beneficial for their half of the party. He supposed he shouldn’t care that much, but even he wouldn’t go so far to basically hand his opponent a new tool to use against them.

[Coolshaymin]

"I admit, I'm not sure why'd you help the ones clearly against you, but if I find something beneficial out, it may increase the intrigue. As I've told you, Waluigi, I am not breaking any rules of honor. These fools are not ones worth their defense as all they could do unbound is run and hide. It does not matter whether they are bound or not, all they know is cowardice. It is my job as the Holy Knight of Judgement to get rid of cowardly slackers like these. For that, you have no right to judge, as I am only doing my job," Sword says in reply to Waluigi and Skeith. Though Sword did not know what he was truly fighting for, his determination that he is right is still there.

Waluigi's stomp managed to distract Star Hippo long enough to allow him to get hit by both Beat's and Skeith's assaults. After the attacks, Star Hippo gave out a Hippo roar before falling on his back and trophifying, defeated. However as soon as this happened a pink lance went through the sky and penetrated the heart of Star Hippo to untrophify and kill him. He then evaporated into purple like the others. The sword disappears into a pink flash and leaves behind pink feathers.

"That was a failure. Oh well, Hippo was no more than a test dummy. Before you say anything, Waluigi, Hippo wanted power and I gave him power. Hippo knew the risks of failure and I couldn't allow him possibly giving out information. I kept my promise and he was the one that did so without considering the risks that came with it. Regardless, I have no use for the rest of the hostages so they are allowed to go free for the time being," Sword said as the spell on the hostages disappeared and they looked around in shock that the creep would actually just let them go. "Now if you wish to ask me something I will answer 1 question from each of you as long as I don't see the answer as a threat," Sword offered.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"Oh well, yet another soul to go to the Galaxy Cauldron for Reincarnation, I thank you kindly for that bit of a meal and I daresay that it was quite the workout. My question to you is quite simple, what is in your name other than birthright or title? you do not have to answer me straight away, but you can when you see me at the Hulle Granz Cathedral." Skeith said, Taking King Hippo's soul and encased it whithin a 3-dimensional Rhomboid-like capsule,He would not want to pick fights with enemies at his heavenly home in the dome above the city, especially since this place and the Lightweather Hospital were the only places that the Terror of Death was usually around and lurking, though his business was far from complete, he was on a mission of truth after all.

TAGS: @beatthegg, Mr. Game & Watch, Coolshaymin
NOTE: Skeith will arrive to collect the souls of Swords minions after each OoD quest if they are killed, but if they are not killed by Sword after their defeat, they will be Data Drained by Skeith and subsequently stabbed in the chest by the Red Wand, which will lead to their deaths.

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Beat snickered, falling over after his reckless attack. He took off his head phones, which then  played a sound clip of Courage the cowardly dogs laugh instead of beat talking.  Beat put his headphones back on, hopping up and then skating off to the hostages. Beat started moving the male hostages out first, and then the ladies. Oh poor ladies, each of them having to suffer through beat's flirting attempts. Though, these moves were quickly shut down by a firm slap on beat's face. "Ow...Ow...ok i deserved that one..." Big guy skated to him, patting his back to console the flirty skater. Beat sighed, jumping back to his allies as he looked at sword. A question eh? "My question is..." Beat thought on this...he could ask something useful, but asking anything about what his main plan is could be a threat to him...And he didn't particularly like any of these people... "Why did you kill chubs? I kinda liked that guy." could of been worse. Could of asked dating tips.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Waluigi was rather unsatisfied that his attempts at breaking the leader of this operation didn’t go nearly as planned. The man who referred to himself as Sword seemed to be far more resilient to his attempts at being an annoyance than King Hippo. Speaking of which, he was cleaned up quite quickly and nicely after being pierced by the head of the gang’s weapon of choice, some sort of sword. Shocking that Sword wielded a sword or rather could summon them from thin air. The purple plumber had no gripes with seeing the bloated boxer being terminated, nor did he react too much to the mastermind’s next words. He felt he could continue to mock this man on his definition of honour, but it wasn’t affecting him at all.

The man provided them with an offer, one question from each of them, but the man could choose to not answer them if he didn’t like the question. What kind of questions does he expect them to ask if they aren’t allowed to be integral to his plots? What’s his favourite colour? What a waste of time. He listened to his other allies in this situation, scoffing off their questions. To be fair though, they didn’t really have much to ask. “Wheh, alright. If you’re supposed to be a 'slayer of cowards' why haven’t you killed yourself yet?” he quizzed the figure with spite oozing from his tone. Waluigi didn’t even care if he got an answer at this point in time.

[Coolshaymin]

Sword answered questions from what he felt the most obvious to better. He did not know what he expected but it was still disappointing, "I said the reason I killed. 'Chubs'. He could easily be interrogated and I could not have that. Waluigi, there is a difference between a coward and a strategist. My time to destroy you all is not now. The plan must go through and then it will be my time to strike. Death... You probably have the best question. For this, I will show you four my real identity."

Vanish T. was confused for a second. Was the 4th, Big guy? Or could he be referring to someone oustside... No, he could not see Vanish, he was using an invisibility illusion to be invisible. Then again, he did seem to glance in Vanish's direction when he said that. The interrogation comment could of been a hint, but was it safe to assume. How could he know Vanish was watching him?

A pink glow gives off from Sword's position as his appearance of a knight similar to Meta Knight appeared. Probably the most major differences being the lance, the cross eyehole and angel wings. "I am Galacta Knight, the most powerful warrior in the multiverse. Now I must take my leave," Galacta Knight said as he disappeared in a pink flash with angel wings falling.

After this Vanish T. flipped down to the floor alongside the team as he turned visible again. "Well... That Gentlemen is determined for some reason. Anyway, good work team. I will have rewards sent through for you. Here, everyone have a Super Bell," Vanish said as he tossed the cat like bell to Beat, Skeith and Waluigi. "Oh yeah, and Waluigi... This place is a mess," Vanish T. said tossing Waluigi a mop he seemed to just happen to be carrying. "Be a gentleman and clean it won't you?" Vanish said as he began to walk off.

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"I thank you for the item, I am sure there will be ample oppritunity for me to delve into this. But for now I take my leave. Until the next summoning..." Skeith said, opening a dimensional gateway into the data realm and vanishing from the sight of his partners and employer.

EXIT: Maverick Hunter Zero
TAGS: Mr. Game & Watch, @beatthegg, Coolshaymin
NOTE: Skeith has the ability to enter the data realm, which is why I put, 'Until the next summoning...' in his exit post.