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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66  Posts: 2010/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| "Schwa, let go now, fire isn't hurting it." "Wait wait! I got it..." "Got what?" Schwa shushes Pingo as he concentrates for a moment, and as DCorona divebombs, swirls of green fire start to swirl together from out of nowhere, along the ground... until a long chain of green flames are formed, a fire-worm! (Projectile, not summon.) The worm shoots upward immediately after formed en route to slam into DCorona, doing Fire/Wood damage if it hits. (Why Wood? The flames consist of chemicals contained in the spores in the yellow mist!) DCorona's breath attack hits almost just like before-- ice and darkness reduced a good deal, fire curving to the sides under Schwa's control to avoid him-- but the sheer speed and force of the impact this time is enough to floor Schwa, sending him out of his stance. The yellow mist subsides rapidly and the temperature returns to normal. "Dangit! And I just got the hang of it, too!" Schwa wanted to master the Woody-Fire projectile conjurings, which can only be put into play after 2 turns of Magna Wave and beyond, but now that Magna Wave has been canceled, Schwa decides there must be another time and place to practice it. "Okay, Pingo, what next? He's in the air." "Oogh..." Pingo is dizzy, as he recieved a light singe from DCorona's recent attack. "Shroom Cannon... or something..." "Shroom Cannon? Go on..." "No... it's only a Ma Pingon attack..." Schwa feels the feeling come to him again. He stares at his right arm, and it's changing purple again... "Okay, let it take over," Schwa thinks. He kneels and holds a right fist above him, purple ether beginning to charge up in an aura around him... "Schwa, if you charge up, you'll be at his mercy!" "Then protect me!" "!!" Pingo's new at this... What if he gets hurt? "Pingo, you're a Plant-type creature. Plants are masters at status afflictions and raising or lowering stats. Do something to me!" "Okayokay!" Pingo begins to focus... |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21  Posts: 171/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| (ooc: It just occured to me that the explosion right after the Corona Shot would undoubtably attract attention from the other Psi Warriors. If that didn't than THIS will. How do you feel about this? I suppose we could make it sort of a team fight, or something... Your call.) The Corona Dragon may or may not have been damaged by the string of flames, it's impossible to tell. It certainly didn't flinch. Seeing Schwa preoccupied, the dragon takes this opportunity to fly higher and higher up into the sky. As it rises, it leaves behind a trail of purple flames that slowly float into the shape of a line from a few dozen feet above Schwa to wherever the demon is now, nearly out of sight. These fires split apart, then merge to form a thick, hollow cylinder of dark energy pointed directly at Schwa. From absurd altitudes, the Corona Dragon prepares one of its most overwhelming attacks... It spreads its wings wide, and darkness seems to flow outwards from its burning wings. There's a definite widening black spot in the sky, and the dot grows more quickly as it progresses. From a ways away, it woulod seem as though a black tower has risen out of the ground, and a dark cloud is extending over the sky... Meanwhile, far underground, a hooded figure is holding his hands over what seems to be a sheet of dark purple crystal. It shows the battle progressing with Schwa, and the mystery man chuckles. It's the sort of laugh that isn't spontaneous, or fun-loving; It's the cold, dark, carefully planned laugh of someone who knows it's the best way to scare the little creature he knows is hiding in the corner. The little creature knows this too, and so comes out of the darkness. It's a mushroom demon, and perhaps could be called the queen of the mushroom demons; It was this scared, deflated mushroom whose skills were carefully analyzed, spells were designed around, and that this hooded figure personally used as a blueprint for Corona's possessed bow. It is this creature who now sits in front of the man with the crystal, sobbing softly. The figure moves a hand to point at it; It's a skeletal hand, with shiny metal plating on several surfaces. Out of this undead mechanical finger shoots a ray of bright white light. It strikes the little mushroom, which seems to look surprised, and almost happy, before exploding in a shower of positive energy. |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2012/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| OOC: I figured we could bring in the other Psi Warriors after either Schwa or Corona has been defeated. I like how the battle is turning out as it is. However, it isn't hard for me to add some extra flavor text, so... Also, when you say 'mushroom demon', are you referring to Ma Pingon Neo or something else? "Shoot, it's out of range..." Schwa finishes charging, and out of his purple right-hand bursts a whole bunch of tiny white, ether-coated spheres that form a tight, rotating spherical formation around his hand. Looks like he can fire this attack at any time! What's more on Schwa's mind, though, is the dark cylinder that's forming in front of him... and the black clouds... Then something else catches his attention! The volcano far in the distance is erupting. Robert has done his duty... but Schwa had been sidetracked with Corona and forgot to get to the Icicle Spring! Jacklyn's mirror was also in place, noticable from the one star in the sky. "Schwa, you in position?" "Mirror's ready! Schwa, you ready for this?" "Uh-oh... Uh, guys, I got sidetracked... I haven't assumed position once so far." "OhmyGod! What the heck!" "So this whole rainforest is gonna fry?" "...Yes..." There is a long telepathic pause. "Well, what are you sidetracked BY?" "A demon who claims I killed his father. Stay out of it, just find a way to get a Psi Warrior to the Icicle Spring." "You sure you don't need any help?" "I already got some. Look, you can come, but don't use any moves. This is my fight. But yeah, look for the major darkness formation in the sky and pow, there's where I am." Pause. "Dang! You REALLY sure you don't need help?" "I have an ally, alright? His name's Pingo, and his DNA accidentally got infused into mine. I got an assload of new attacks now." "Okay, this I gotta see! I'll get my whole squad to watch!" "Robert, you don't--" "Dude! We can't understand what happened to you if we don't all get to see it, right? Just hang on!" "...." Telepathic communication happens almost instantaneously, so only a few seconds passed while they were talking, and the mystery figure underground may or may not know that he's talking to his allies. Meanwhile, Robert flies out of the volcano cavern and Jacklyn, setting the mirror to hover in place, flies throughout the forest along with Robert, getting a hold of their squadron as fast as possible to reach the forest clearing... Meanwhile, Schwa isn't sure what to do. DCorona's too high up to hit with his charged attack, or with any attack for that matter, and DCorona is about to land more than just a super-noogie upon the offenseless Schwa... "Finished!" Pingo exclaims. "It's Elec Dust. Here!" Schwa turns to Pingon, which has managed to conjure up a cloud of golden powder in the area. Schwa feels it coat him, and sparks of electricity begin to crackle between his joints. "Pingo! How did you d--" "Just attack!" "??" It takes a while for Schwa to catch on, but he does, grins determinedly, faces the cylinder with his energy-sphere-coated palm outstretched, and calls: "Psi Shroom Cannon!" (echo effects) Immediately the tiny spheres surrounding Schwa's hand fly, one by one, straight up through the cylinder, sparking with electricity! There are TONS of these tiny spheres, and they all rocket through the black cylinder and chase the airborne DCorona on the other end (because he's high in the air and attracts electricity), doing light damage per hit. The damage can add up to an incredible amount. "Good going, Schwa!" Pingo tells him, though unsure of the success of the attack. "Nonono, thank YOU, Pingo... Your DNA is just out of this world, man." They both smile. Their bond certainly is growing. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 172/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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(ooc: The demon that the figure killed wasn't related to the Ma Pingon Neo, but rather to the army of different mushrooms who were destroyed before they could even attack. Well, destroyed is probably not an accurate word. The burning wind from the air elemental plus phoenix arrow explosion sent the dust flying, and the demons are probably reforming off in the distance somewhere... feh. And last I checked, being of high altitude doesn't make you attract electricity... But hey, who ever heard of sim-battle physics? Wheee!  )The spheres begin to burn away the moment the dark energies surround them. Tiny purple lightning bolts shoot out from the sides, weakening the projectiles. A cloud of white electric dust continues to make its way up the column, and is almost at Corona when the very top of the evil tower folds itself from an open end to a point. The remainder of the dust ceases to exist, because there's no way to slow down fast enough to avoid the burning collision. The tube opens up again, still ready to form the focus of whatever attack Corona will unleash... Meanwhile, the cloud is getting wider faster. It's beginning to curve downwards at the edges, so that if it continues to grow it will form a hollow hemisphere of pure black. It's growing faster and faster; The Psi Warriors will have to be fast to make it inside in time. As for actually attacking this turn... The lightning energy was absorbed by the tower, and black sparks begin running up and down the length of the cylinder. Eventually, these sparks join together at the top end, forming a dark yellow sphere about a foot wide. It falls, and as it descends towards Schwa, it morphs into a dark lightning bolt. Hit or miss, a tiny pool of dark energy will be formed on the impact point, and probably stay on the ground. | |||
Back with our Mystery Man, more of the room can now be seen. The shower of light from the exploding demon momentarily illuminates the room; Except, of course, for the deep shadows on the figure's face, which are by necessity made of magic. It's a black marble room with a hexagonal floor, and six triangular walls share the same point at the top. There are six doors, each of them with complicated inscriptions and made of iron. From the tip hangs an iron chandelier on a rusted chain, each of the twenty-seven candles burning with black flames that shed no light except to the undead. The Mystery Man begins to cackle maniacally as the light dims once more... This can't be good... |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2013/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| OOC: Oh yeah, that was tall objects, not high objects. Still, I figured birds get struck by lightning easier, so... meh. "Dude... I don't think it worked..." Schwa stares up at the cylinder... and senses an attack coming. "Whoa, geez!" Thunderbolt closes in... Schwa dives to the right, and the blast from the impact throws him faster to the right, but he turns it into a frontflip and recovers, landing on his feet. He notices a black substance where the bolt had struck. "That was close... Pingo, Psi Shroom Cannon doesn't work. What else do I do?" "You still got one more... The Ultimate Attack..." "TWO turns of charged energy? I'll never get it in time!" "I'll help you. Just charge." "Okay... Robert, where the hell are you?" Schwa kneels again and begins charging an ultimate attack, which will require two turns of charged energy. Pingo focuses and tries creating a special dust to help Schwa charge faster, which *might* be ready next turn. Robert and Jacklyn fly as fast as possible, getting as many Psi Warriors to follow them as they can... ...and far away, Sensae chuckles. "Schwa, Schwa, Schwa... You're trying so hard, child... You will make a great teacher someday." Another Psi Warrior walks in. "Sensae, I have a question..." "Yes?" "Um... Why is the rainforest on fire?" "Schwa kinda got sidetracked. Allaura's taking care of it. You should go be rooting on Schwa, he needs it." "Oh!" The Psi Warrior girl speeds off, back to where she came... |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 173/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| (ooc: Oops, my layout broke the table in New Reply... Oh well, it's not serious. Everything's still readable.) The dark cloud extends into the ground with a massive crash. A large cloud of dirt and plants rises up from the impact, and a horrible grinding noise fills the air; The black is still growing, through the ground! It won't be long now until a globe containing Schwa and Corona is isolated from the rest of the world. All the way up at the top of this sphere, Corona the Dragon has completed the concentration time for the black sphere spell, and can now focus on attacking Schwa. With a huge roar, which echoes all the way down to the ground, the dragon turns around to face the darkness and places a claw on it. A silver rune appears at that point, and from each edge it grows, quickly forming a massive and complicated sigil across the interior of the orb. It's still getting bigger, even. Corona turns its attention back towards Schwa, and from inside its mouth comes an eerie blue light, visible through reflections on the inside of the cylinder. He's charging up energy himself... | |||
And the liquid darkness soaks into the ground. Deep below, it soaks into the hexagonal room with our Mystery Man. It oozes down the rusty chain, onto the chandelier, and all dropping off onto the viewing crystal. It seems to flood into the gemstone, creating a purple mist, as the figure continues with the cackling... | |||
As this happens, the sphere itself begins to fill with the same purple mist. From the top to the bottom, visibility is now just about five feet, unless you have magically aided eyes. But this mist has a special property; Dark attacks that occur in this area spread along the mist to every location possible. With the sphere in place, a strong wind can't blow it away form the battlefield, and it won't float away on its own, either. |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2015/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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OOC: Nice attack. (So far.)  I'm liking this.Since Schwa is wearing a blindfold, the mist doesn't blind him (as he is already blind and sees things from a psychic perspective)... but he can still sense the eerie atmosphere. Worse still... "Schwa, I can't see you!" Pingo can't see, though. "What!? How can you help me charge this attack up if you can't see me?" "I can see your leg... but this atmosphere makes it too hard to transfer my Mana Powder to the air." "So... I'm on my own?" "Yah..." Suddenly... "Schwa! Schwa!" The voice is muffled, but Schwa can see the other Psi Warriors on the other side of the dark sphere. Pingo can't. "Guys! I'm in a dire situation..." "We're rooting for you, man!" The whole crowd of Psi Warriors begins cheering, "Schwa's the Law! Schwa's the Law!" "Guys..." Schwa's blindfolded eyes water over. "Thank you..." It is at this exact moment that Schwa knows what is going to happen. "Pingo!!" "Schwa!!" The two characters, one a Psi Warrior in distress and one a mere mushroom, stare at each-other, and after a pause, Pingo leaps toward Schwa... and upon contact with Schwa's body, something remarkable happens. Pingo begins to melt! Purple light pours from the melting mushroom creature and Schwa, as Pingo's body begins being absorbed into Schwa's left arm... Light consumes the both of them in a liquid-like form, flowing over Schwa's whole body and clothes... as Schwa finds himself transforming. Schwa feels his skin transform-- it becomes tight over his body, and a lilac color... his hair morphs from a brown dome of hair covering his head to a mass of forest green, razor-lined, vine-like chords that hang down the back of his head (2 of them being longer and hanging down his whole back), his body becomes sharper and sleeker, his white clothes change to an ocean-like teal, and his blindfold melts into him, revealing blue-green, glossy eyes. Schwa Pingon is born! "Wow..." Schwa Pingon says to himself, still charging up energy... Even his voice is different; it's softer. "I feel like I'm one with the forest..." Schwa feels an emotion in him... happiness, yet he feels like it's not his own happiness... He realizes that Pingo, now the same being as him, shares his emotions with him. And Schwa sends happiness back to him. One more turn... and Schwa will be ready to attack. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 174/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| (ooc: Thanks! And, um... Fusions = Awesome. When they avoid the ritual dance. Oh, and this will be 4 straight turns of charging... The lightning bolt was an attack by the dark tower, which is a summon that gets an attack whenever it absorbs energy. And also, everything is about to go to hell next turn. I hope for Schwa's sake that a fused ultimate attack can do something to this...) Just as the transformation occurs, the earth shudders under the impact as the dark orb completes itself. The world inside the sphere is now completely cut off from the outside; Nothing but light can pass through the barrier, as it suddenly becomes transparent, with the exception of the silver runes on the interior. Those symbols continue to grow, and because every new sigil gives power to the rest, the runes cover the entire surface of the sphere very quickly. Corona the Dragon continues to charge up energy in its entire body, which now pulses rythmically with bright blue light. With a flick of a claw, the dark tower rises up into the dragon, and is absorbed into even more power. It flies up towards the edge of the sphere, and melts back into it, causing the blue pulse to form over the entire rune strcuture. Something BIG is happening soon... |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2020/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| OOC: For the sake of creativity, I'm going to stretch Schwa's attack over this turn and the next. Perfect circumstances, 'nuff said. Schwa Pingon can no longer hear the chanting of his Psi Warrior allies... as sound... but he can still hear them telepathically. "Schwa! Schwa! Schwa!" Though the sphere he's in seperates him from the world, the Psi Warriors are all connected through the Etheral Dimmension... so Schwa still knows they care. So Schwa Pingon, now ready to attack, stands up to his full height and stares up at the dragon in the air. "In the name of Virtue, Respect, and Honor..." Schwa Pingon closes his eyes, then leaps into the air, right fist shining with an impossibly bright light... "Satellite Union!" (epic blast) From the four corners of the arena, all inside the rune sphere, appear from hidden portals each a gigantic rainbow-colored crystal. They rocket straight up to the top of the sphere, until they are almost as high as the dragon, glowing brighter and brighter with what seems to be pure solar energy, waiting... ...and, if there's anything that can fell a creature of darkness, it's Holy energy infused with sunlight. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 175/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| (ooc: Ouch. Um... I apologise in advance for the contents of this post, but you didn't do anything that could immediately halt the progress of the spell... Just so you know, I had this specific use of the spell planned out since I decided to use Corona in this fight. I didn't change my plan mid-flight or anything, except when you gave me ammo a little later on in the fight. I really hope this doesn't blow your story to hell. You'll see...) The pulsing comes faster and faster, and the light shines brighter with each pulse. Soon, the pulses meld together into one continuous blinding blue light. As the brightness becomes more unbearable, a strange twisting feeling can be felt by anyone with any psychic talent whatsoever... It's a feeling as though your mind is being squeezed through a soda straw. The light extends across multiple dimensions, and thus is probably also temporarily blinding to Schwa. And when the light fades and the brain-wrenching ends, what can be seen from outside the sphere is... Nothing... It's not as if everything is black, but everything has a sort of even grey lighting, as though the light source is nowhere in particular. There's just absolutely nothing, a grey sky forever in all directions outside of the sphere. The runes have faded, as have leftover magic effects. The portals Schwa created just now are floating over a hole left in the ground by a large amount of earth being moved between dimensions, which is being revealed to the other Psi Warriors as a purple mist blows away in the wind. Corona the Dragon slips down onto the ground. A voice can be heard, speaking directly into Schwa's mind... It's a calm, even voice, but what it says is, quite paradoxically, unspeakably horrible... "Welcome to the Nexus of Souls, Schwa. Someting named Schwa has been here for quite some time, but it wasn't you. You see, the fatal mistake made by the Psi Warriors is made whenever a new Psi Warrior is formed out of a normal person. You said it yourself, to our foolish Corona here. 'Once you become a Psi Warrior, your Evil side is destroyed from this existence, and banished to another one.' This is that existence. Every Psi Warrior who has ever lived, their darknesses are all gathered here. They have indeed been weakened by the process of being banished, and indeed they cannot hold together a physical form here. However, their spirits have been training. Some of them are almost a thousand years old... You have witnessed the power of beings who have gone beyond their mortal forms. Unfortunatly for these dark sides, they are powerless without a shape... And that's why I had poor, stupid Corona bring you here. He's a demon himself, you know; A shapeshifter. He can assume any form that he has experience with. For example, the archer form you saw was that of a man whose soul he stole, long ago. I happened upon him in the forest one day. The disgusting little savage had given up Evil, to seek out someone who could tell him that he wasn't a demon anymore... It was but the work of a moment to manipulate his memories to make him the perfect tool for my experiment. And you, Schwa, you're just the beginning. When we have perfected the process, we'll be able to track down every Psi Warrior everywhere. One by one, we'll have them all consumed by their own evil. When a form is strong enough in a mind, it can force that shape upon Corona. Thus did I transform him into the dragon that was capable of the complex magic needed to bring you both here. Turns out your dark side has been watching you... It knows more about you than I do, and I've been studying you for several years now, as you are the perfect model of the Psi Warrior... Your outer darkness has been learning alongside you. Let's see how well you two do in the duel that your Evil has been waiting for..." As the voice speaks, Corona changes slowly. The dragon head melts back into the head of a human. New muscle, meat, and flesh extend over the bony body, and Corona stands up. The figure in front of Schwa now looks hauntingly familiar... He's the same height as Schwa, with pearly-white hair and a white cloth blindfold over his eyes. He's wearing jet-black robes, and as he holds out his left hand in front of him, it flares up with orange ether. He speaks, and his voice sounds exactly the same as Schwa's own... "Hey. It's been a while. Pity you had to give me up... You could have been ten times what you are now. You never should have rode that dragon. Enlightenment is wasted on the holy. Let's have a little battle then, eh? For old times' sake." |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2034/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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OOC: Let's give them a show.  Schwa takes a casual stance as the haunting voice echoes all around him. He listens to it, but at the same time he thinks "This place is Hell. It could be worse... At least I still have my physical body." Then it occurs to him. "This can't be a Spirit Dimmension if I still have a body! He's lying!" He tries to hide his smile. "Whoever brought me here takes me for a fool. Sensae?" "Yoishe?" "I can do this, right?" "If you're asking me, you already know the answer." That's nice and reassuring. Schwa prepares to battle whomever is speaking... ...until DCorona morphs into the abomination Schwa would NEVER have thought he'd meet in person: SchwaDS (DarkSoul). "Dude..." He listens to SchwaDS's speech. "Liar," he calmly retorts. "You can't be my Dark Side. Otherwise you'd have a platinum sword and about, les'see... yes, exactly 71 crazy techs to pull off with it. Even someone like you would know that Psi Warriors' dark sides have never once existed. Who do you think you're messing with?" Schwa is no longer in his Pingon morph, it looks like... Being teleported to the Nexus must have reverted his celluar structure to normal. "I hope I can still use my new attacks," Schwa thinks. Nevertheless, he doesn't give SchwaDS a chance to breathe after speaking. "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) He draws the silver arc of energy and fires it at SchwaDS, and it homes in on him too. It does above-average Holy/Psychic damage if it connects... but Schwa is bewildered as to whether SchwaDS is weak against Holy, because he's a Dark Side, or resistant to Holy just like Schwa. OOC: Wait a sec'... Now I get it! You just wanted to use my character! XD Goofball... Also... You may want some of Schwa's info from time to time for this to work, so PM me if you have any questions at all. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 176/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| (ooc: Nah, I just wanted to hit you with as much shock factor as I could get. But yes, I am, and will always be, a goofball. Thanks for noticing. ) As the silver arc nears him, SchwaDS makes his left hand into a fist. The coral-colored ether extends quickly upwards from his hand, and small spikes extend left and right from it. The color fades quickly, and in his left hand, SchwaDS is now holding a shiny metal longsword. It's not immediately clear that it's platinum, but from what Schwa said it probably is. There's not much time to talk, so the dark Schwa projects his comments and his laughter into his opponent's mind... "Yeah, the sword. Brings back memories, doesn't it? Neither of us has ever been on the receiving end, though. Tell me how it's like someday, pal!" He raises his sword quickly, and just as the Alpha Psibeam is about to strike him, he slashes it three times at lightning speed. It's sent flying away, with tiny specks of titian ether orbiting it. As it comes back in again (After all, it IS a homing tech), SchwaDS gives it a hard thrust, then runs after it and bats it high into the air with an uppercut. With each strike, more tiny particles surround the attack. Following after the psibeam, the darkside leaps into the air with arms spinning, sword held out at arm's length. The psychic energy is sent rocketing towards the ground, but SDS is there first, and knocks it up into the skies once again. With another absurd jump, he completes four full frontward flips before slicing the psibeam back towards Schwa with inconceivable speed. The particles in orbit around it descend into the attack, and the silver turns to orange as the Zeta Psibeam begins to track Schwa instead of his darkness! The Zeta Psibeam deals damage from no element present in the Material Plane; The damage it causes is from the quasi-element of Oblivion. SchwaDS lands lightly on his feet, then turns to face his good side. "I'm sorry, but I could only fit seven crazy techniques into that combo. You know, this Corona guy has some pretty special powers in of himself! I hardly knew I could jump that high without actually flying. Still, I'm glad you're thinking. I don't want this to be TOO easy, you know?" |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2036/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| Unfortunately for SchwaDS, after the 3 slashes, the Psibeam is obliterated, not giving SchwaDS a chance to turn the attack. "Oooh, burned..." Schwa comments. "For both of us. I DID intend to hit you... Say! That's Silver Thunder!" he says, waving his hand at his foe's blade. "Glad you kept it for me. Strange, because I threw it into a lava pit after turning from you." Schwa prepares his next move, adding, "And for the record, I have indeed been on the recieving end. Prism Magicians don't mess around, as you recall." Schwa crouches, and jumps up with: "Emotional Rockets!" (echo effects) This ability summons three colored energy missiles next to Schwa; red, yellow, and blue respectively. "If you're me, you share the same emotional-connection to your attack element, sadly," Schwa tells his foe. OOC: Oh... By the way, now that Schwa is fighting a new foe (and basically another battle), does his HP revert to full? I would think so. (edited by Schwa on 09-18-05 03:53 PM) |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 177/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| (ooc: Oops, I forgot to mention that, didn't I? The setback to the spell that moves stuff to the Nexus of Souls (besides a 5 turn casting time) is that everything inside EXCEPT the caster is fully healed. So yes, Schwa is at full HP, and so is SchwaDS because he's essentially a new combatant.) "Ah, but Schwa, I've been watching you, and you didn't receive that limitation until after you were already a Psi Warrior... And it was ever so nice of you to kill Silver Thunder. Did you ever know that he was a sentient weapon, with a mind and soul all his own? When you destroyed him, he came here to me, and turns out he likes the titian ether of Chaos as much as I do. But about the Prism Magicians... They were never able to copy the soul of the weapon. And I think, without your soul, you're not really you... So we never really did have to deal with the true power of your once-prized blade." SchwaDS circles slowly around Schwa at a distance, head and sword arm turned towards the target. Occasionally, a spike of ether shoots out towards Schwa out of the tip of Silver Thunder, but it is called back each time before it can strike its target. At the end of the little speech, the darkside runs towards Schwa, moving faster than the blink of an eye, and seems about to thrust at Schwa when he's suddenly running at Schwa from another direction instead, over and over and over again in less than a second. It's not an illusion. SchwaDS really is moving so fast he seems to be in several places at once. His voice shouts out from everywhere... "Chaos Rush!" Twenty darksides all charge at Schwa from different directions, ready to impale him on his old weapon, but they all disappear right before they can attack... Instead, Chaos Schwa drops out of the sky, sword pointed down directly at Schwa. A spherical orange aura surrounds him, emnating from the tip of the sword and moving up and around him. A direct hit would result in medium Oblivion damage, but if the sword strikes the ground, a very large schockwave of orange chaos ether will be sent out, and that would do way more damage. |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2038/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| "In that case, there are some abilities I have that you do not even know. Hiya!" Speaking only after SchwaDS is found right above him, Schwa thrusts his right arm upward and the yellow rocket streaks in SchwaDS's direction, as Schwa rolls to the left, lands on his feet at a crouch, and brings up a shield of holy blue ether. He seems to know the shockwave is coming... Secretly, he expected there to be a shockwave coming from this kind of attack; it was the way SchwaDS held the blade that gave it away, for Schwa had a similar sword skill before he took the Pact. Either way, if the yellow rocket (which homes in, btw, in case it misses) collides with the target in even a slight way, SchwaDS will become afflicted with either a poison or a slow condition, as well as a pang of severe sorrow. Schwa knows this affliction will only temporarily hinder his foe, because of Status Purge which is a move Schwa knows that eliminates status afflictions at a cost of medium-damaging oneself. The sorrow may even put off SchwaDS's shockwave attack if he lets it, but either way, Schwa keeps a shield up to lower damage from this attack for sure. Schwa randomly wonders if SchwaDS knows any summons, forgetting that Psi Warriors have the ability to read the minds of others if they are still. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 178/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| SchwaDS cancels the schockwave attack immediately when the rocket is fired. He swings his sword up and around him, his momentum giving strength to the chaos-empowered slash that cuts right through the yellow projectile. However, instead of being destroyed, the sorrow is channeled into the sword, which flashes golden for a moment as the emotion is absorbed. The downside to accepting the sorrow is this; The status effect works on the sword, which temporarily loses its ability to maintain ethereal flames. He lands nimbly, and lets out a little laugh at the shield. He knows the sword will be useless to him for a short time, and so he throws it high into the air. Very high. It'll be a few turns before it hits the ground again. Chaos Schwa takes the opportunity to show his honorable opponent the true extent of his own Psi Powers... Except, of course, that it's going to require a turn of charging. He clasps his hands together as though he were praying, and a sphere of orange ether quickly forms around them. It grows swiftly, but it will take time for it to be unleashed. In fact, he's concentrating so fully on gathering energy that there's absolutely no room in his mind for anyone else to sneak in... He's had five years to practice this defense against mind-reading, and if he existed in the material plane, it could very well be the best such defense there, at least against Schwa. |
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2041/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| "Have it your way," Schwa thinks. He kneels, and begins charging gold ether into his right arm, which flares over his whole body. He knows not to mess with even one turn of charged energy, so he'll play by the same twisted little game as SchwaDS... but slightly altered, because a lot of Schwa's Level 2 techs are summoning abilities. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 179/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| With a slight smirk, SchwaDS does a swift backflip into the air, hands still locked together. The bubble of orange ether grows very quickly until it surrounds him, and he takes his palms apart, now instead placing them out at arm's length to the sides. Instead of falling to the ground, the bubble suspends Chaos Schwa about twenty feet up in the air. Having completed this maneuver, he continues charging energy into the globe, which emits a same-colored glow onto the battlefield below... Anywhere where the strange light reaches, Chaos is empowered and Honor is weakened. Turns out it's an even longer wind-up for the darkside's attack... | |||
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Schwa Green Birdo The Embodyment of Good, infused with the Living Assets "Alpha Psibeam!" (echo effects) Level: 66 Posts: 2044/2214 EXP: 2457091 For next: 4760 Since: 04-25-04 From: Spanaway, WA Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 13 hours |
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| Something doesn't feel right. That light... It seems like it could even be corroding Schwa's Deity-infused soul. "Sensae, be with me..." Instantly the feeling is gone. When Sensae offers his power to Schwa in times of peril, nothing can damage the infinite power and integrity of the Living Assets. Schwa finishes charging, and uses his ability. "Golden Friendship!" (echo effects) The gold ether shoots into a compressed disc in front of Schwa... Soon it's apparent that the disc is a portal, and a creature comes out. It's a Chao! "Solaris!" "Cha!!!" Solaris is a unique Chao... a Dark Chao, colored a reddish black but with the features of a Hero Chao. Solaris has the glossy eyes and determined visage of a Hero, the coloring and spikeball of a Dark, and small pheonix wings on his back. Gold sparkles seem to faintly follow Solaris when he flies. His battle strategy is VERY untrackable... even Schwa has no idea what Solaris may do in battle. Even Solaris doesn't! Solaris hovers next to Schwa in the air, and as he does, all the stats of both characters go up slightly, due to a tight bond they have with each-other than can never be broken. They both prepare for whatever SchwaDS has in store for them. |
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Koneko Flurry Level: 21 Posts: 180/256 EXP: 49237 For next: 706 Since: 06-11-05 From: Tartarus, tartarus, tartarus Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 8 hours |
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| The eerie incandescence grows in intensity as the sword plummets back towards the bubble. It flows through the edge, leaving ripples cascading across its almost aqueous surface. The blade itself is glowing with a bright yellow; It's the sorrow from the rocket, with its magnitude increased tenfold by a few turns of charging. The bubble for a moment hides SchwaDS and Silver Thunder behind a flash of light, as his voice comes from two distinct sources... "Renewal of Darkness!" (And yeah, Schwa's trademark echo effects, too.) The bubble splits into two of the same size, and each one holds a separate figure. The spheres slowly descend, and as they touch the ground, they disappear, revealing both... The first is a tall figure, clad in silver plate armor with absolutely no indication of what he looks like underneath it. There are inscriptions in the armor in some ancient language, and held in both gauntlets is a sword that looks remarkably like Silver Thunder, though much larger. This warrior wears a horned helmet with very small eye slits, through which can be seen nothing at all... The second resembles Chaos Schwa as he entered the bubble just seconds ago... With a few important differences. First, he's weilding Silver Thunder, which has stopped emitting light. Also, his robes are now orange, and his blindfold is yellow... Both fighters suddenly pulse a soft yellow color; The sorrow has been channeled through the sword and into SchwaDS, and it has become his weapon. Bright gold ether flares into existence up and down both swords as their owners speak as one. The voice is light, and filled with the sounds of chimes and bells. "You see what we are capable of? What you see here is the result of an incomplete unison of the soul and the sword. The power of Silver Thunder's spirit, mixed with a little chaos energy, was strong enough to mix in with Schwa's. Separating quickly, both souls inhabit both bodies, and it just so happens that we gained mastery of whatever element or emotion currently occupied the sword... So the sadness from your earlier attack is now our strength. You called forth an ally, so it's only fair that we even the odds." |
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