Mission 227: "Hades Strikes Back"

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tengusaur (02:10:02): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_3sSQ6KNgM
tengusaur (02:12:30): White Chalice is traveling through a wasteland. The day is somewhat gloomy, possibly due to a combination of fatigue after all these battles we've been having lately and the weather - the sky is clouded and strangly reddish in color.
tengusaur (02:12:38): Though even that might not bring some folks down.
tengusaur (02:12:45): What is everyone doing?
ZebulonCrispi (02:13:03): Leopold is doing some light reading, Bismuth is watching and analyzing pre-fall music videos.
Overman Zappa (02:13:14): Primarily chilling, and waiting. That's what he's doing.
Drascin (02:13:33): Pit is mopping the hangar, whistling
Aero (02:13:41): Preparing her Christmas decorations of course!
griefgathering (02:14:36): Neptune is up to some handheld gaming. By the way, this isn't what she's been up to for the past few months...totally.
sketchbookfiend (02:14:40): Loran is chatting it up with Sochie. She's being tsun about something, better to calm her down before she does something rash.
Meraxa (02:15:32): Amuro is trying to figure out why there's a giant pile of melted ice cream in the hangar. Oh well, at least he's not the one clearing it up.
Fri Freeman (02:18:36): Herb is trying to play catch with Epi-chan. Trying is the key word here, since Epi-chan isn't interested at all.
tengusaur (02:19:46): Suddenly, the whole ship shakes!
tengusaur (02:20:38): Ayame: "Status report!"
tengusaur (02:20:57): Dan: "It appears that we're under attack by a swarm of creatures resembling single floating eyes."
tengusaur (02:21:14): Captain Smith: "Not again"
Drascin (02:21:19): Pit and Palutena simultaneously: The underworld Army!
ZebulonCrispi (02:21:37): Leopold: "Oh, dear."
tengusaur (02:21:51): Ayame: "Sounds like it's them, yes. Just when so many of our units are out of commission..."
Drascin (02:21:55): By the time the mop clatters to the floor Pit is already halfway to Cherubot
tengusaur (02:21:59): Ayame: "Everyone who can, deploy immediately!"
ZebulonCrispi (02:22:17): Bismuth: "To battle!"
Meraxa (02:22:20): Amuro: Right. *And after almost slipping on ice cream, Amuro races to the Nu Gundam*
Overman Zappa (02:22:22): ???: "Roger that, White Chalice."
Aero (02:22:22): Whelp decorations can wait. It's go time for Madoka.
sketchbookfiend (02:22:24): Loran: "Augh, we'll finish this later!"
Drascin (02:22:25): Pit: "Don't worry! I can take care of these guys myself! They don't even have any captains anymore, it'll be cake!"
ZebulonCrispi (02:22:29): Bismuth eats Leopold and grows!
sketchbookfiend (02:22:45): Sohie: "No, I'm coming too-" Loran rolls his eyes "CAN WE NOT- you pilot a Kapool!"
Drascin (02:22:46): Pit: "Hmmm... I could go for some cake"
sketchbookfiend (02:23:01): Sochie: "Pffft, fine, go...jackass"
sketchbookfiend (02:23:10): And so Loran runs off to get in the Turn A, huzzah
griefgathering (02:23:13): Neptune: "Just when I was geting to the good part, too! Anyway, let's go~!"
tengusaur (02:24:44): As soon as you deploy, you can see a group of large floating eye-like creatures bashing against the deck and/or shooting small energy projectiles at it from their irises!
Overman Zappa (02:24:49): A black Gundam launchs from the Chalice's hangar. Has anyone even seen it before?
http://youtu.be/72W91zMCr3o
tengusaur (02:24:53): http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/Monoeye
ZebulonCrispi (02:25:03): Leopold: "I don't suppose there's any reasoning with these ones?"
tengusaur (02:25:04): (Attacking those is a free, god-moddable action.)
tengusaur (02:25:37): However, those are not the only enemies present!
Aero (02:25:44): *Whelp then Madoka will just ream through all of them in PIercer mode after getting into Midori. +
griefgathering (02:26:15): Nep actually almost gets hit by one when she reaches the deck. "Neppu!"
tengusaur (02:26:15): Because you can see that, from far away... A literal swarm of Underworld Army forces is approaching!
tengusaur (02:26:33): It's ahrd to count how many of them are there exactly...
Drascin (02:26:36): Pit: "...okay, so this make take a bit longer than I though"
Fri Freeman (02:26:38): Herb: "What is this? I thought halloween was a few months ago!"
Meraxa (02:26:43): Amuro: They don't even have mouths to speak with. Plus their leader is... off kilter. *Amuro takes potshots as he emerges from the hangar, already wary of the numbers*
Drascin (02:26:52): Palutena: "Where is Hades even getting all these monsters?"
tengusaur (02:27:00): And to make it worse, the sky is darker now. The clouds are black, and some of them rumble ominously with thunder.
sketchbookfiend (02:27:11): Loran: "You mean they don't just magically appear at his whim?"
Meraxa (02:27:11): Amuro: ...You don't know?
ZebulonCrispi (02:27:24): Leo: "Well, that doesn't necessarily mean... oh, I'll just see how this goes."
sketchbookfiend (02:27:30): Loran: "Aren't you guys...gods?"
tengusaur (02:27:32): The first group of Monoeyes is taken care of, most of them destroyed and the resty fleeing.
Fri Freeman (02:27:38): Herb:"Hades? I thought he's cool with us now?"
tengusaur (02:27:45): But the rest of them are approaching!
Aero (02:27:50): Madoka: "Yeah! He helped us out last time."
tengusaur (02:27:51): Here comes the fiest wave!
Overman Zappa (02:27:54): Black Gundam's Pilot: "It's not hard to sneak around you folks."
Drascin (02:27:55): Pit and Palutena: "...what?!"
tengusaur (02:28:09): Enemy list: Skuttler Suit x15 (each with 5 Monoeyes as support), Clubberskull x8, Eggplant Wizard x5, Belunka x2, Fort Oink
Drascin (02:28:15): Pit: "What even gave you that impression? Hades is a total bad guy!"
tengusaur (02:28:19): http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/images/3/30/Skuttlersuit_final.png
http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/Monoeye
http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/Clubberskull
www.kidicaruswiki.org/Eggplant_Wizard
http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/Belunka
http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/Fort_Oink
sketchbookfiend (02:28:31): Loran: "...Uh...who's pilotting that black mobile suit?"
Drascin (02:28:38): Palutena: "Pit's right. He won't settle for less than the total destruction of your planet"
Aero (02:28:45): Madoka: "Well, that's not nice."
tengusaur (02:28:48): Initiative order: Pit, Neptune, Leo, Madoka, Amuro, Schwarz, Loran, Herb
tengusaur (02:28:56): (Pit, Neptune, Leo)
Overman Zappa (02:29:00): http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101214232441/gundam/images/7/74/G-Gundam-37-40-53.jpg You mean this Black Gundam?
ZebulonCrispi (02:29:13): Bismuth: "If it is a legendary battle that the enemy desires, then we shall be happy to oblige!"
Drascin (02:29:17): Pit: "Anyway, less talky more fighty! I'm on the Belunkas!"
tengusaur (02:29:23): Objective: Beat the first wave of enemies! And then the following ones!
Meraxa (02:29:45): Amuro: ...Question, Palutena.
tengusaur (02:29:50): (Most enemies except the Monoeyes and Eggplant Wizards are mecha-sized.)
ZebulonCrispi (02:30:17): Leopold has read up on past encounters by now, so he knows a little about priorities here.
sketchbookfiend (02:30:22): Loran: "...I'm just going to shoot things and hope the new Gundam is our friend." Let's clear out some Monoeyes.
Overman Zappa (02:30:42): Schwarz: "Fear not Gundam pilot. I am on your side."
ZebulonCrispi (02:30:44): *Super Bismuth's hands ransform and unload a wave of Negaforce Rays at the Eggplant Wizards. Let's see them cast spells with their energy drained! +
sketchbookfiend (02:31:07): Loran: "That's good to know."
Drascin (02:31:08): *And Pit zooms forward in his Cherubot, punching through the enemy lines like a ran to smash into the side of the Belunka's, orichalcum fist extended+
Drascin (02:31:21): Palutena: "Yes?"
griefgathering (02:31:25): Neptune: *"I've got your back, Pit! Time for some shootin'!" Drawing her handgun, Neptune proceeds to unleash elemental bolts on the Belunkas.+
Overman Zappa (02:31:36): Schwarz: "Though I find it quite interesting in how you designed yours to look more humanoid than most. Not every day a Gundam has facial hair."
Meraxa (02:32:02): Amuro: I apologise if this came up before, but... why don't you have an army whilst Hades and Viridi... do?
sketchbookfiend (02:32:20): Loran: "I didn't really design the Turn A, so much as found it..."
griefgathering (02:32:42): Neptune: "But she does have one, silly."
sketchbookfiend (02:32:46): Loran: "Not like I could build a mobile doll anyways."
tengusaur (02:33:00): Two of the Eggplant Wizards are caught into the area of Bismuth's rays and their magic is drained! They can't do jack now... But the other three are suddenly throwing a barrage of projectiles towards Leo, from various, tricky angles! The projectiles in question being eggplants! (react)
Aero (02:33:01): Madoka: "Really, I thought she just had Pit..."
Drascin (02:33:05): Pit: "The Centurions are... in training"
Drascin (02:33:24): Palutena: "They mean well, the poor things. They're just not very competent"
Overman Zappa (02:33:24): Schwarz: "Then show me your skill, pilot of the White Chalice! I have high expectations of you!"
Meraxa (02:33:43): Amuro: ...So you have to rely on Pit alone?
Drascin (02:33:44): Pit: "...ouch."
tengusaur (02:33:59): The Belunkas are damaged by Neptune's bolts smashing into their hides, and then Pit simply rips right through one of them like a javelin! The flying whale explodes!
tengusaur (02:34:00): However!
sketchbookfiend (02:34:17): Loran: "Geez, I'm already under enough pressure..."
Drascin (02:34:19): Palutena: "Most of the time. Thankfully, Pit's quite reliable!"
Drascin (02:34:35): Pit: "Aw, stop, you're making me blush"
tengusaur (02:34:36): The other Belunka opens its mouth and spits out a Skuttler Suit with escort! The suit joins its brethren and half a dozen of them fires energy bolts at both Cherubot and Nep! (react)
tengusaur (02:34:44): (Madoka, Amuro, Schwarz)
Aero (02:34:46): #Pit
Drascin (02:34:47): Palutena: "Alright, then!"
tengusaur (02:34:52): (approved)
Drascin (02:35:01): Pit: "...no, no, you can continue if you want, really"
Overman Zappa (02:35:49): *With a leap, Schwarz takes to landing upon a Monoeye with great skill, and from there, unleashing a spray of messergranz (kunai) at one of the Fort Oink's!+
ZebulonCrispi (02:35:54): * Bismuth doesn't want to get hit by any of those eggplant projectiles! He dodges by boosting straight down, hoping to put some other enemies between himself and the wizards. +
Aero (02:36:10): *Midori will quickly fly over and change into warrior form before raising the subspace shield to defend Cherubot from those bolts.+
tengusaur (02:36:47): Midori's energy reserves are drained somewhat, but the shield protects both Pit and Madoka.
griefgathering (02:36:54): Neptune: *"Hey, why don't I get a support defend!? ...Woah!" And Nep tries to evade those - blocking what she can't!+
Drascin (02:37:08): Pit: "Thanks, Madoka!"
tengusaur (02:37:25): Bismuth manages to dodge most of the incoming projectiles, which hit a Skuttler Suit and a few Monoeyes instead, turning them into flying eggplants!
tengusaur (02:37:38): However, one of the eggplant projectiles still grazes him...
Meraxa (02:37:50): Amuro has misgivings over flying pigs. As such, he's firing at the Fort Oink with a Clay bazooka in one hand, and a beam from his shield in the other.+
tengusaur (02:37:53): Suddenly Bismuth turns into a giant eggplant on mechanical legs.
Aero (02:37:59): Madoka: "Hehe.....ehhh."
ZebulonCrispi (02:38:07): Leopold: "Well this is slightly stranger than being assimilated by an alien robot."
ZebulonCrispi (02:38:17): Bismuth: "Their arcane might is formidable indeed!"
Drascin (02:39:12): Palutena: "Don't worry, I can fix it. I think"
ZebulonCrispi (02:39:18): Leopold: "Oh, good!"
Meraxa (02:39:32): Amuro: Note the 'I think'
tengusaur (02:39:52): Schwarz lands atop a Monoeye, smashing it completely, and then throws a storm of kunai, making holes in the flying castle. Amuro's bazooka and beam combo shakes it further, damaging the Fort even more noticably!
tengusaur (02:39:54): However...
ZebulonCrispi (02:40:06): Leopold: "Er, well... might as well hope for the best!"
tengusaur (02:40:10): Suddenly, Fort Oink shoots a barrage of projectiles at both of the Gundams!
tengusaur (02:40:32): The projectiles in question are live Skuttlers, flailing in the air.
Drascin (02:40:33): Palutena: "What can I say, I never had the chance to do this spell on an alien robot. I'm... almost sure it should work nonetheless, though"
tengusaur (02:40:42): http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/images/7/7e/Skuttler_final.png
tengusaur (02:40:46): (react you two)
tengusaur (02:41:16): Neptune manages to avoid most of the energy bolts, and takes the final few on her shield - but their force pushes her back.
tengusaur (02:41:29): (Madoka, Loran, Herb)
Aero (02:41:52): * "Enemies, enemies right." Madoka charges in at the other Skuttlers as their attacks end. She's going to try to grab one and use it as a club against the others. +
Meraxa (02:41:59): Amuro: ...I feel almost sorry for these things. *Amuro is going to try swatting them away with his shield, before shooting them with the beam+
Overman Zappa (02:42:02): *Schwarz is taken for a second by the use of 'live' ammunition. Flipping the arm blades forward, Schwarz begins actively 'flailing' his arms at high speed to cut them down as they approach+
sketchbookfiend (02:43:08): *Loran decides to get into things a bit personally, and seeing as the Fort Oink appears pretty troublesome, he flies straight for it, beam sabers slicing at the side+
tengusaur (02:44:05): Intercepting the literally live ammunition turns out to work pretty well, and they are cut down by Schwarz's attacks and reflect off Amuro's shield before he shoots them down! However, they explode upon death, causing minor damage to your suits.
tengusaur (02:45:29): Madoka smashes two Skuttler suits against each other, turning them into an unrecognizable metal mess! However, five of them are now approaching from different directions, trying to surround her and simply smash Midori with brute force. Also, the Monoeyes are firing. (react)
Drascin (02:45:58): #Madoka
tengusaur (02:46:09): (approved)
Fri Freeman (02:48:06): Herb:"Look at those eggplants, Epi-chan. So many questions about them..." Herb creates a couple of giant plasma kitchen knives and frying pan, and throws the assorted cooking implements to the wizards.+
Drascin (02:48:36): *Except Cherubot jumps in, and with a spin of its ball and chain lassos up one of the Skuttler Suits before turning on itself and using it as an impromptu arcing flail in a 360 degrees spin, slamming into the other surrounding suits+
Drascin (02:48:48): Pit: NOPE!
tengusaur (02:49:06): This barrage of focused attacks was too much for Fort Oink, and the flying pig-like castle explodes, squealing loudly!
tengusaur (02:49:59): However, Turn A attracts other enemies' attention! Suddenly four Clubberskulls are rushing towards it, the heart-like abominations aiming to simply smash it into the ground with their powerful mauling arms! (react)
Overman Zappa (02:50:25): #Loran
tengusaur (02:51:10): One of the Eggplant Wizards gets hit by a giant plasma pan and flattened into a pancake! However, the other two are defended by a Skuttler Suit and Monoeyes - and while the suit is heavily damaged and explodes, the eggplant wizards throw more eggplant projectiles at Epimetheus! (react)
tengusaur (02:51:13): (approved)
Aero (02:51:35): *Madoka herself will activate her subspace shield and do a single 360 degree spin to try to deflect the the monoeye shots back at them.+
griefgathering (02:51:52): Neptune: "I for one approve of throwing -everything- at the eggplants!"
Overman Zappa (02:51:55): *Rather than assaulting the Clubberhearts themselves, Schwarz captures the Turn A in his steel net and pulls the Gundam out of the fray+
tengusaur (02:52:00): And at the same time... Three more Clubberskulls are trying to surround eggplant Bismuth! Attacking from different directions, they move in for the kill! (react)
griefgathering (02:52:04): Neptune: "But I'm not going to support defend that, sorry!"
sketchbookfiend (02:52:05): Loran: "Ah hell!" *Turn A spins to face the enemies, and kicks out to knock one of the Clubberskulls into the others. Or alternatively put up the Shield and hope that works out for him.+
sketchbookfiend (02:52:12): Or that, that works.
Aero (02:53:00): Madoka: "Eeehhh? But eggplants are good for you Neptune!"
Drascin (02:54:02): Pit: "NO THEY ARE NOT"
griefgathering (02:54:19): Neptune: "They totally aren't!"
Aero (02:54:24): Madoka: "Whaaa?"
Drascin (02:54:26): Palutena: "Pit has something of a trauma about eggplants..."
Overman Zappa (02:54:46): Schwarz: "Anything can be good for you, in moderation. This is far beyond a mere side dish."
griefgathering (02:54:48): Neptune: "Eat 'em and horrible things happen!"
Aero (02:54:58): Madoka: "But...I eat them all the time..."
Drascin (02:55:19): Pit: "I spent half my first adventure running away while turned into one! I had to visit the doctor so often I'm pretty sure that's why they call them hosPITals!"
sketchbookfiend (02:55:19): Loran: "Can we all just agree THESE eggplants are bad for you?"
tengusaur (02:55:20): Pit chain-smashes one of the suits into another one, destroying that one! Madoka manages to kill a few of the flying eyes by reflecting their shots back, but Midori is still shaken by a few of the Skuttlers smashing into it and pushing it away!
Fri Freeman (02:55:28): Herb:"I'm not turning into an eggplant!" Herb creates a plasma shield to protect himself from the rojectiles
Fri Freeman (02:55:30): +
Overman Zappa (02:55:43): Schwarz applauds Pit's pun.
tengusaur (02:56:06): Schwarz pulls Loran up, away from the Clubberskulls, but one of them still hits Turn A before it's kicked away! Turn A's leg is now damaged.
tengusaur (02:56:48): The eggplants shatter against Epimetheus' plasma shield. Well, who knew, that worked.
tengusaur (02:57:12): And then, suddenly!
Aero (02:57:17): Madoka: "Well we won't know unless we try eating the ones they're throwing at us!"
tengusaur (02:57:34): A very long, thin blade extends from far away and stabs one of the Clubberskulls assaulting Bismuth!
Drascin (02:57:38): Pit and Palutena simultaneously: "DON'T DO THAT!"
griefgathering (02:57:56): Neptune: "Count me out!"
tengusaur (02:58:01): Then the blade turns more whip-like and smashes the heart monster into another Clubberskull, killing both!
Meraxa (02:58:06): Amuro: ...Wouldn't that risk turning your insides into eggplants?
sketchbookfiend (02:58:16): Loran: "Another new ally?"
ZebulonCrispi (02:58:17): Leopold: "Eh?"
Aero (02:58:22): Madoka: "Pit can fix it!"
Aero (02:58:30): Madoka: "Right Pit?"
Drascin (02:58:46): Pit: "What, me?"
tengusaur (02:58:47): The blade returns back, turning into the arm of a robot very similar to non-eggplanted Bismuth.
ZebulonCrispi (02:59:01): Leopold: "no no no no NOT NOW"
sketchbookfiend (02:59:03): Loran: "...oh."
tengusaur (02:59:03): A few of you fought Xenon before. And her pilot.
Drascin (02:59:03): Palutena: "That'd be more me, pupil. Still, I would really recommend against it"
Drascin (02:59:18): Pit: "...what, more bad guys?"
tengusaur (02:59:19): Magdalena: "What is this shameful display? What have you done with Bismuth, brother?"
ZebulonCrispi (02:59:20): Bismuth: "It is good to face you inb battle again, Xenon!"
ZebulonCrispi (02:59:26): Leopold: "It's not my fault!"
ZebulonCrispi (02:59:32): Leopold: "A wizard did it!"
Meraxa (02:59:36): Amuro: ...Question, Leopold, does she have a sixth sense for these sorts of things?
Aero (02:59:37): Madoka: "More bad guys? Already?"
griefgathering (02:59:46): Neptune: "Ah! The lady with the cheater robot!"
tengusaur (02:59:50): Xenon: "Likewise."
Aero (03:00:00): Madoka: "Cheater robot?"
sketchbookfiend (03:00:08): Loran: "It's invincible."
tengusaur (03:00:22): Magdalena: "Bad? Cheater? Please, don't throw such accusations around!"
Aero (03:00:23): Madok: "Whhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaat? That's not fair at all!"
Overman Zappa (03:00:28): Schwarz: "Uncouth sportsmanship?"
Aero (03:00:29): Madoka*
ZebulonCrispi (03:00:30): Leopold: "Wasn't there some talk of fixing this eggplant situation?!"
Meraxa (03:00:33): Amuro: Well, more invulnerable as such... but yeah. She used a space genie.
tengusaur (03:00:36): Magdalena: "I am merely using the tools at my disposal!"
Aero (03:00:40): Madoka: "That's totally cheating"
Aero (03:00:53): Madoka: "It's like someone using a cheat code at the beginning of a game to never die!"
Drascin (03:01:06): Palutena: "Yes, it seems like it's more urgent than expected. Stay still for a few seconds, Bismuth, if you don't mind"
ZebulonCrispi (03:01:18): Bismuth holds still!
tengusaur (03:01:23): Magdalena: "If it wasn't for this 'cheater', you would be squashed eggplant now."
sketchbookfiend (03:01:31): Loran: "So I guess this means focus on taking out the eggplant guys next."
Drascin (03:01:40): (And Palutena is indeed going to do some mumbo jumbo to de-eggplant Bismuth)
tengusaur (03:01:49): Magdalena: "But enough talk. You know perfectly well what I want!"
ZebulonCrispi (03:01:50): Does it work?
tengusaur (03:02:00): And Bismuth returns back to being human. Robot. Himself, anyway.
Drascin (03:02:03): Pit: "Yeah, space genies do sound like chating"
Drascin (03:02:12): (says the kid backed up by a goddess)
ZebulonCrispi (03:02:19): Leopold: "I believe I do, and while I'm appreciative that you took the time out of your no-doubt busy schedule to drop by..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:02:36): Leopold: "I don't suppose I could talk you into never doing this, ever again?"
Aero (03:02:59): (This is also coming from from the girl with the robot made of invincible)
tengusaur (03:03:10): Magdalena: "Of course you could. All you have to do is say these simple words:"
tengusaur (03:03:17): Magdalena: "I don't want the throne anymore."
tengusaur (03:03:46): Magdalena: "And voila! Won't that be easy?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:03:48): Bismuth: "My lord shall never surrender the throne to you without a fight!"
tengusaur (03:04:22): Magdalena: "As expected!"
tengusaur (03:04:26): (Pit, Neptune, Leo)
tengusaur (03:04:35): Enemy list: Skuttler Suit x11, Monoeye x51 (supporting the suits), Clubberskull x6 (1 damaged), Eggplant Wizard x2, Belunka (damaged), Magdalena
Drascin (03:04:39): Pit: "Boy, someone got some extra helping of jerk in their morning cereal today"
Meraxa (03:04:59): Amuro: Please. She has three square meals.
sketchbookfiend (03:05:42): Loran: "And brunch?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:05:44): * Well, just as a way to keep her too distracted to attack, hopefully, it's time to go on the offensive! Super Bismuth unloads a series of punches and uppercuts at its invincible rival. +
griefgathering (03:06:15): Neptune: "And everything in between! Anyway, gonna leave the eggplants to you guys!"
tengusaur (03:06:24): The barrage of attacks makes Xenon back down a little, even if they don't deal any real damage to her! But...
Drascin (03:06:51): Pit: "Invincible, uh? They told me that about a lot of things, and it's never been true! Let's check it out!"
tengusaur (03:07:07): Magdalena: "I said this time will be different than last time. And I meant it! Behold - my secret weapon!"
tengusaur (03:07:38): Magdalena: "Or rather... Behear."
ZebulonCrispi (03:07:45): Leopold: "You don't mean..."
sketchbookfiend (03:07:48): Loran: "......that's not a real word"
Overman Zappa (03:07:48): Schwarz: "I'll see about eliminating them, then. I've no fear of a mere gourd." Yes, he's grasped how dangerous they are anyway.
ZebulonCrispi (03:07:52): Leopold: "No. Anything but that."
tengusaur (03:07:52): Suddenly music starts to play from Xenon's speakers!
tengusaur (03:07:53): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3I5DTIA-E
griefgathering (03:07:57): *And the tiny goddess goes on to engage the Skuttlers, raising her sword again! She takes a few heavy swings at them after leaping into the air! "Critical Edge!+
ZebulonCrispi (03:07:59): Leopold: "AAAUGH"
Aero (03:08:23): Madoka: "Eh?"
Meraxa (03:08:23): Amuro: ...Thats... thats ancient!
ZebulonCrispi (03:08:25): Super Bismuth is immediately incapacitated, just as Xeno was in their first encounter.
ZebulonCrispi (03:08:37): Leopold: "Anything, please! Anything but this song!"
sketchbookfiend (03:08:47): Loran: "...This song isn't even that bad."
sketchbookfiend (03:09:01): Says the guy who hangs out with people who still think they're in the Steam age.
tengusaur (03:09:02): And Super Xenon takes this opportunity to turn her arms into two swords and swing them at Super Bismuth from above in a single jumping slash! (react)
Drascin (03:09:21): #Leopold
Meraxa (03:09:22): #Bismuth and Leo
griefgathering (03:09:23): Neptune: "Yo, this is pretty rad."
tengusaur (03:09:35): (approved both)
Drascin (03:09:37): (because that way I can segue into my action)
Meraxa (03:10:18): Fortunately, Gundams aren't empowered or disabled by music, that Amuro knows of anyway. Deploying a beam saber, he attempts to counter Xenon's strike.+
ZebulonCrispi (03:10:33): Neither are alien robots. Leo just hates this song THAT MUCH.
Fri Freeman (03:10:44): Herb: "What's wrong with you, Sir Bismuth?"
Drascin (03:10:48): *And Pit comes in from the side and shoulder-checks Xenon out of his trajectory with a tackle!+
Pit: THAT IS A TERRIBLE SONG!
ZebulonCrispi (03:11:00): Bismuth: "This song is draining my lord's will to fight!"
ZebulonCrispi (03:11:12): Bismuth: "If our hearts are not aligned, we cannot fight as one!"
sketchbookfiend (03:11:24): Loran: "Don't you have your own speakers you can blast to counter it?"
tengusaur (03:11:29): Neptune cuts through one of the Skuttler Suits and its Monoeye escorts, and damages another one! However, its thick front armor stops her attack for the time being... And the Eggplant Wizards smell a vulnerable target and throw magical eggplants at her! (react)
ZebulonCrispi (03:11:38): Leopold: "Gghghghgkgkglgklkhgghrrraaaugh."
tengusaur (03:11:38): (Xenon is a girl by the way)
sketchbookfiend (03:12:04): #Neptune
tengusaur (03:12:09): (approved)
Drascin (03:12:11): *Then Pit is going to hit a button in his Cherubot, and then grab the controls again and toss a barrage of light arrows at Magdalena! Seems silly to toss simple projectiles at an invulnerable enemy... except Pit's trickier than it seems! Because that button was the spell button, and he's imbued those arrows with a paralysis spell!+
tengusaur (03:13:34): Fortunately, Amuro blocks the double blade attack with his beam saber, and then Pit throws Xenon off-balance with his charge! This gives him an opportunity to do his trick, and Super Xenon is hit by a few of the arrows! She manages to create a shield with which she blocks the rest of them, though.
griefgathering (03:13:42): Neptune: "Neppu!? I can't NOPE hard enough!!" *Gonna try cutting those with flame slashes from her blade!+
sketchbookfiend (03:14:15): *The Turn A rushes in front of Goddess, whirring one of the beam sabers in it's hand quickly to make a sort a spinning slicing wall- slash that eggplant to shreds+
tengusaur (03:14:17): Super Xenon doesn't seem completely paralyzed, but she is at least somewhat slower! However, she turns her free arm into a beam cannon, and uses it to aim at Cherubot and fire a big laser! (react)
tengusaur (03:14:48): Magdalena: "Why do you insist on supporting my brother? Can you imagine how a kingdom ran by Leo would look like? It would be a disaster, I tell you!"
Drascin (03:14:54): Pit: "Ha! Bad choice!+
tengusaur (03:15:00): (Madoka, Amuro, Schwarz)
Aero (03:15:14): #Pit
tengusaur (03:15:25): (approved, unless Pit already got this)
Drascin (03:15:49): *And Pit interposes his mirror shield wrecking ball in the path of the incoming beam, bouncing it away - and likely at Magdalena herself!+
tengusaur (03:16:18): The barrage of slashes from both Nep and Loran shreds the magic eggplants into fine paste that splashes around and doesn't hit either! Good riddance.
Drascin (03:16:23): (using big lasers against a guy with a reflect move is not usually a good move)
tengusaur (03:16:51): The laser reflects off Cherubot's shield! However, when it hits Xenon, it does nothing. Stupid invincible robot.
Aero (03:17:04): *And Madoka will make sure the beam hits by using her most powerful technique! "FULL NELSON!" And she wraps around Super Xenon to pin it down.+
Drascin (03:17:07): Pit: "Oh, right. Invincible. Darn it"
Meraxa (03:17:14): Amuro: Gotta thin these numbers... Funnels! *Four flying drones rocket from the Gundam's back, scattering about to unleashe beamfire upon the monoeyes as he attempts to get up close and personal with the skuttlersuit's. Beam saber style+
Overman Zappa (03:17:21): *Leaving the 'big bad' to the others, Schwarz targets the more annoying threat; those Wizards. Without much in the way of ranged attacks, he sticks with throwing a mess of messergranz at one of the Wizards+
tengusaur (03:17:41): (is that an action or a support, Aero?)
Fri Freeman (03:17:48): Herb: "Hey, what did we do last time to defeat her, again?"
Aero (03:18:08): (Let's go with action!)
sketchbookfiend (03:18:11): Loran: "Last time I saw her you guys played music at her."
ZebulonCrispi (03:18:13): Bismuth: "We drained her energy with the Super Bismuth Negaforce Buster... but with my lord in this state, using it is impossible!"
Meraxa (03:18:30): Amuro: Do you know what his tastes in music are!?
sketchbookfiend (03:18:58): Loran: "Uh....loud and obnoxious?"
Drascin (03:19:08): Palutena: "I could teleport some big amplifiers from the ship if we get some music that could help"
ZebulonCrispi (03:19:33): Bismuth: "Your majesty, you need to get a hold of yourself! Do not let this song destroy you!"
tengusaur (03:19:52): The eggplants are shredded to pieces by Schwarz's thrown grenade! However, remember the Belunka? You probably should, because the giant whale is flying towards you now, trying to body-slam the german Gundam, and possibly even swallow it! (react)
sketchbookfiend (03:20:14): Loran: "Bismuth is there any way you could sound proof your...uh...cockpit? Pilot area?...wherever Leopold is."
Aero (03:20:36): Madoka: "Why don't we just drown out the music with our own music?"
griefgathering (03:20:43): Neptune: "Someone should really give the guy some earplugs..."
tengusaur (03:21:30): Two of the Skuttler Suits, with their escorting Monoeyes shot down by beam shots, fall easy prey to Amuro! However, the Clubberskulls are already rushing into your direction, three of them working as living stepping stones to propel the other three further! (react)
tengusaur (03:23:01): Madoka tries to grab Xenon... But suddenly, the enemy robot's two arms split into six thinner ones! She uses two of them to keep Midori away, and tries to grab and lift Madoka above her head with the other four! (react)
Overman Zappa (03:23:24): *Swallow you say? Well, let's go inside, and see what can be done. Firstly though, he acts upon avoiding any sort of teeth-like things crashing down upon his blatant entry &
tengusaur (03:23:26): Magdalena: "Wrestling is a plebian sport I don't enjoy, but if that's your chosen form of confrontation, then so be it!"
tengusaur (03:23:35): (Loran, Herb)
Drascin (03:24:10): Palutena: "Wrestling as a sport is actually got a far more ancient and important tradition than your country, actually, when you think about it"
tengusaur (03:24:43): What's inside the Belunka? Another Skuttler Suit, which shoots beams at Schwarz from its single eye! (react)
Aero (03:24:56): *Alright she'll just transform into Piercer Mode with the tip of the machine pointed straight down at Magdalena. "....no one insults wrestling." She then will max out her thrusters to slam into Xenon at full speed.+
Meraxa (03:25:08): Amuro: Originated in ancient Greece in our world. *Amuro remarks as he attempts to side step (or fly) the clubberskulls, and slice them as he passes+
sketchbookfiend (03:25:27): Loran: "Ah, focus on what I can for now-" *Once again targetting the more dangerous opponents, at least from popular opinion. Loran keeps Turn A's make-shift beam saber rotor going and flies in to buzzsaw a wizard.+
tengusaur (03:26:37): Amuro cuts straight through the already-damabed Clubberskull, but another one smashes right into the Nu Gundam, sending it flying back into the air!
Overman Zappa (03:27:23): *That was unexpected! Schwarz does what he can to deflect with the arm blades before closing the space between them and simply impaling it on said blades+
Meraxa (03:27:33): Amuro: Gah!
tengusaur (03:28:21): Madoka charges right at Magdalena, and Midori's tip pushes forward, scraping against Xenon's armor! But the invincible robot really is invincible, and Magdalena uses the opportunity to smash her opponent into the ground from above with an overhead six-armed fist! That had to hurt...
tengusaur (03:28:35): (no wizards are left anymore)
sketchbookfiend (03:28:56): (Then a clubberskull)
Aero (03:29:05): Madoka:"Ow ow ow ow ow."
tengusaur (03:29:37): The Skuttler Suit inside the Belunka is impaled! But then the whale spits out Schwarz, with great force! Gundam Spiegel smashes straight into the ground.
griefgathering (03:30:09): Neptune: "Her HP's still in question marks, and we're not doing any damage..."
Aero (03:30:26): Madoka: "Awawawawawa."
tengusaur (03:31:09): A Clubberskull is shredded to bloody pieces by Turn A's beam rotor strike! However, Loran has to worry about a swarm of energy blasts firing at his back now, courtesy of Skuttler Suits and Monoeyes! (react)
Overman Zappa (03:32:10): Schwarz grunts out as if he'd really been hurt. The Gundam would be more hurt than he is!
sketchbookfiend (03:32:21): *The Turn A's head spins around to see the enemy and shifts it's arm behind it to block with it's shield while still moving forward and downward to dodge the barage as well.+
Fri Freeman (03:32:40): Herb:"Yeah, there's an underworld army coming at us!" Herb creates many lasma weaponries around itself, but strangely, this time its's mostly blunt weapons like maces and clubs
Fri Freeman (03:33:20): Herb: "Skulls and armors are weak against bashing damage!" and he throws them toward the group of skuttlersuit+
Aero (03:34:59): Madoka: "We need another plan..."
tengusaur (03:35:13): Thanks to a focus on defense, Loran suffers only minor damage from the barrage. And it leaves the enemies vulnerable to Herb's attacks, which means he smashes three of the Skuttler Suits with his blunt plasma weaponry!
tengusaur (03:35:29): However, the Monoeyes are still there, and fire at him in response. (Herb react)
griefgathering (03:35:59): #Herb?
ZebulonCrispi (03:36:03): Leopold: "Rrrgh... M... Mag...dalena..."
tengusaur (03:36:05): (approved)
ZebulonCrispi (03:36:19): Leo is fighting through the music! But moving Super Bismuth is still beyond him.
tengusaur (03:36:28): Magdalena: "Oh? Your will is stronger than I thought!"
ZebulonCrispi (03:36:28): Leopold: "Even if... you win..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:36:44): "...what's next?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:36:53): "You've fought so hard to get the throne..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:36:58): "...but what will you do once you have it?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:37:15): "Have... you thought about that at all?"
tengusaur (03:37:26): Magdalena: "Isn't it obvious? I shall do my best to bring Ruba into an age of prosperity!"
tengusaur (03:37:37): Magdalena: "As a matter of fact... I made plans, and a lot of them."
tengusaur (03:37:44): Xenon: "...Here it comes."
ZebulonCrispi (03:37:50): "You're just..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:37:54): "Wait, you did?"
griefgathering (03:38:44): *"No more eggplants for now...let's make this count!" And much like a ninja herself, Neptune interposes herself between the Monoeyes' fire and Epimetheus. "Nep Flash Bomb!" Cue the usual transformation via pink pillar of energy that also conveniently doubles as a (very bright) defense!+
tengusaur (03:39:28): Magdalena: "First and foremost, I shall take the government into a less authoritarian direction. I will reduce the power of the royal family and create a country in which every citizen's voice is heard. I already know every denizen of Ruba by name, and I plan to get to know the next generation as well."
Aero (03:40:42): Madoka: "How....nice of you?"
tengusaur (03:40:43): Magdalena: "I also plan to lay the foundations for a new education system, with the purpose of raising a generation of self-motivated prodigies! Children are the future, and a small nation like Ruba can make sure that all of them are raised well and receive excellent education."
Fri Freeman (03:40:54): Herb: "Those are surprisingly... sensible..." Herb simply fires his thruster and zigzags to dodge the attacks.
Fri Freeman (03:40:58): +
ZebulonCrispi (03:41:12): Leopold: "Really?"
sketchbookfiend (03:41:20): Loran: "Huh."
Meraxa (03:41:35): Amuro: Actually the economics involved with that could get rather tricky to arrange... But go on.
Drascin (03:41:36): Palutena: "Yes, for someone who likes to seize power by stomping on people's heads with a giant robot, those seem surprisingly kind"
tengusaur (03:42:31): Magdalena: "Yes, really! I will also focus as much effort of our working population as I can towards development and spreading of clean energy sources. This way, Ruba can become well-known for something beyond being the smallest colony, and immigration should uncrease."
Aero (03:42:33): Madoka: "Wait yeah, Sensei has a point."
ZebulonCrispi (03:42:51): Leopold: "Goodness."
tengusaur (03:43:50): Magdalena: "Finally, I will make sure to start formal exchange of resources, technology and embassies with the Valhallan civilization. My many discussions with Xenon have shown that both of our races have much to learn from each other!"
tengusaur (03:43:59): Xenon: "That's quite correct."
ZebulonCrispi (03:44:11): Leopold is too thrown of by this revelation to even listen to the music.
tengusaur (03:44:18): Magdalena: "That's it for the start. I will come up with more plans once these come closer to fruition."
ZebulonCrispi (03:44:23): Leopold: "I... wow. You really HAVE thought this through, haven't you?"
tengusaur (03:44:31): (sorry for waiting. Herb and Nep, gonna do your thing now)
sketchbookfiend (03:44:37): Loran: "So...you aren't even really being a bad person, you're just...picking fights over the throne?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:44:40): Leopold: "Could... Could you turn off the music? I need to think."
Drascin (03:45:21): Pit: "...so, remind me, why were you attacking and trying o beat people up instead of mentioning this before?"
tengusaur (03:45:21): Thanks to the power of HENSHIN, Nep blocks most of the incoming attacks! Herb dodges the few remaining ones more or less effortlessly, only getting grazed by one or two.
sketchbookfiend (03:46:00): Loran: "To be fair she only ever targets Leopold, her timing is just horrible."
Aero (03:46:24): Madoka: "She just shot Pit though..."
sketchbookfiend (03:46:41): Loran: "Yeah when he got into the middle of the fight."
tengusaur (03:46:45): Magdalena: "In this world, violence is too often the only way through which you can get to some people!" She turns off the music though.
Meraxa (03:46:53): Amuro: Because he's a combatant in her fight. Unfortunately, she never seems to give consideration to the fact her brother is BUSY.
ZebulonCrispi (03:46:59): Super Bismuth stands up, and begins to pace.
tengusaur (03:47:01): Xenon: "I believe that was justified self-defense."
ZebulonCrispi (03:47:11): Leopold: "Indeed, I can't condone her timing or methods, but..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:47:29): Leopold: "Well, this isn't about me, is it? It's about what's best for Ruba."
sketchbookfiend (03:47:50): Loran: "Have you two ever even tried talking things over?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:47:57): Leopold: "And, frankly, I've been starting to wonder if I'm cut out for the life of a monarch."
tengusaur (03:48:23): Magdalena: "No offense intended, Leo, but you really are not."
ZebulonCrispi (03:48:25): Leopold: "I'll draft out some formal papers on this later, but... Princess Magdalena, I have a proposition for you to consider."
tengusaur (03:48:34): Magdalena: "Yes?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:49:16): Leopold: "First article: Until such time as the successo is chose, beginning as soon as you leave today, neither you nor Xenon is to come within five kilometers of me, Bismuth, or the White Chalice, unless we come within five kilometers of Ruba."
tengusaur (03:49:52): Magdalena: "...Go on."
ZebulonCrispi (03:49:58): Leopold: "Second article: Any debts that I have promised in the name of the royal family will become your obligations, to be treated with all due seriousness."
tengusaur (03:50:32): Magdalena: "Do you really expect me to..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:50:40): Leopold: "Third article: All alliances, trade agreements, or other resources I have acquired in the past 12 months for Ruba will be formally transferred to your name."
ZebulonCrispi (03:50:46): Leopold: "Fourth article..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:50:58): Leopold: "Effective immediately, I will abdicate all rights to the throne of Ruba."
tengusaur (03:51:42): Magdalena: "Ha... Those are some interesting articles you propose, dear brother!"
tengusaur (03:52:00): Magdalena: "Yes. I accept the whole proposition!"
ZebulonCrispi (03:52:00): Leopold: "And if you agree to them..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:52:07): Leopold: "Oh! Very well."
ZebulonCrispi (03:52:21): Leopold: "In the meantime, as a token of good faith, would you help us defeat an army of monsters?"
tengusaur (03:52:23): Xenon: "What did you want to say?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:52:46): Leopold: "That was it. The monsters bit. We could use some help just now, and you're invincible, so..."
tengusaur (03:53:08): Magdalena: "Of course. Who am I to leave you alone against them? I am not that cruel!"
Drascin (03:53:19): Palutena: "Really nice of them to wait until you were finished, at that. Such polite monsters"
tengusaur (03:53:21): Magdalena: "Let's go, Underworld Army!"
Meraxa (03:53:23): Amuro: ...Just attack unprovoked...
ZebulonCrispi (03:53:31): Leopold: "Good to have this all sorted out, finally."
tengusaur (03:53:36): ???: "Oh, they were just watching the show."
Aero (03:53:42): Madoka: "So is everything solved?"
tengusaur (03:53:55): ???: "Such a heart-warming reunion between brother and sister... Anyone need a tissue?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:53:57): Bismuth: "An impressive negotiation, your majesty... no, my friend! This, too, is a form of battle."
Fri Freeman (03:54:02): Herb: "That was... surprising..."
griefgathering (03:54:09): Neptune, now as her other, arguably more mature self, shakes her head at the negotiations. "This is why I normally leave these things to Histy..."
Drascin (03:54:09): Pit: That voice..."
Meraxa (03:54:11): Amuro: ...Hades!?
ZebulonCrispi (03:54:12): Bismuth: "Now we can fight side by side against a reater foe!"
tengusaur (03:54:15): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Grc7jmnOA
Drascin (03:54:30): Palutena: "Hades?!"
sketchbookfiend (03:54:32): Loran: "Thought it was being a bit too quiet around here."
Drascin (03:54:36): Pit: "HADES!"
Aero (03:54:46): Madoka: "Hades? Oh right Hades."
Overman Zappa (03:55:15): Schwarz: "A real Hades? And I thought I'd run with the Devil long enough."
tengusaur (03:55:25): And suddenly, a giant drops down from the sky, punching down into the battlefield with enough force to create a crater and visible waves of energy emanating from the impact point!
tengusaur (03:55:29): (everyone react!)
tengusaur (03:55:38): http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/images/2/29/Hades_final.png
ZebulonCrispi (03:55:46): * Super Bismuth leaps into the sky to avoid the shockwave! +
tengusaur (03:55:47): Hades: "ALLOW ME TO JOIN IN!!"
Drascin (03:56:04): Pit: "WHOAH!"
Aero (03:56:08): *Well she's still in Piercer mode soooo time to fly away from the shockwave.+
Meraxa (03:56:20): Amuro: He's here himself?! *Amuro raises a beam shield, having seriously not expected this guy to take to the field+
Overman Zappa (03:56:58): *Scharz just puts everything into upward thrusters since G-Fighters are not a flighty type of Gundam.
Drascin (03:57:25): *And Pit is going to try to dive away in cherubot's fastest attempt at evasive manuvers+
griefgathering (03:57:49): *Purple Heart attempts to evade this as well. No way she can block that!+ "What...?!"
sketchbookfiend (03:58:08): *Turn A jets away from the giant figure and wave, oh god don't want to get smashed+
tengusaur (03:59:04): Luckily all of you manage to avoid the gigantic fist (Hades is easily 100 meters tall or more!), but the shockwave is still powerful enough to push you away from him, even if you avoid the visible part!
Drascin (03:59:27): Palutena: Such power...
Drascin (03:59:47): Pit: That was low, jumping it outta nowhere!
tengusaur (03:59:54): Hades: "Good to see you again, Pitty Pat and merry friends. As you see, I decided it's enough time watching from the sidelines. My army is ready, after all!"
Aero (03:59:55): Madoka: "He's...gigantic..."
tengusaur (04:00:07): The second wave of enemy forces is coming!
sketchbookfiend (04:00:13): Loran: "This guy..."
Drascin (04:00:39): Pit: "Well, NOT good to see YOU!"
Meraxa (04:00:39): Amuro: ...Where's that theology club when you need 'em?!
tengusaur (04:00:41): Enemy list: Skuttler Suit x26, Monoeye x141 (supporting the suits), Clubberskull x14, Belunka x4 (1 damaged), Eggplant Wizard x8, Hades
Fri Freeman (04:01:08): Herb is looking rather excited
Fri Freeman (04:01:25): Herb:"You're huge!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:01:34): Bismuth: "Hoh... and his fighting spirit is impressive, to boot."
griefgathering (04:02:00): And suddenly Purple Heart looks very, very ill. Almost like she's about to hurl.
tengusaur (04:02:10): Hades: "Thank you for your sincere, if obvious, compliments. Though I'm afraid flattery will get you nowhere."
sketchbookfiend (04:02:18): Loran: "Neptune?"
griefgathering (04:02:18): Purple Heart: "Not...those eggplants again..."
sketchbookfiend (04:02:27): Loran: "Oh...right."
Overman Zappa (04:02:27): Schwarz: "Well, at least we have an ally who can't lose. A suggestion. How invincible' is she to that eggplant magic.
Meraxa (04:02:42): Amuro: ...*Amuro moves the Nu Gundam in front of Purple Heart*
tengusaur (04:02:50): Xenon: "I would rather not try."
tengusaur (04:03:04): Magdalena: "You are awfully cautious all of a sudden!"
tengusaur (04:03:24): Hades: "The time has come to harvest this planet! Starting with your merry bunch, of course."
sketchbookfiend (04:03:37): Loran: "Harvest?"
Drascin (04:03:50): Palutena: "Harvest? What do you mean, harvest?"
Overman Zappa (04:03:56): Schwarz: "I was just spat from a whale at high velocity. I've done many a thing, been many a person but that..."
tengusaur (04:04:30): Hades: "Oh yes. With so much death and suffering in this world, the wave of dead souls is just immense. Nobody notices if you nab a thousand or a few!"
tengusaur (04:04:46): (Pit, Neptune, Leo)
Meraxa (04:04:52): Amuro: ...Wait, what have you been using them for...?
Drascin (04:05:08): Palutena: "..."
tengusaur (04:05:21): Hades: "Souls are like taffy. Delicious, chewy, and malleable into any form you can imagine!"
sketchbookfiend (04:05:21): Loran: "...I don't like where this is going."
Meraxa (04:05:32): Amuro: ...ANY form...?
Drascin (04:05:43): Palutena: "...I think I know where he got that huge army now. He's making them out of souls"
Aero (04:05:50): Madoka: "Oh......"
tengusaur (04:05:53): Hades: "Ding ding ding. Correct answer."
ZebulonCrispi (04:05:56): Leopold: "Good heavens!"
Meraxa (04:05:57): Amuro: From our world... he's been feeding his army off our conflicts...
sketchbookfiend (04:06:09): Loran: "...You...you!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:06:10): Leopold: "How shockingly evil."
Drascin (04:06:24): Pit: "But that would mean...! All the fighting is just making his army bigger! And even if we kill them, they will just remake more! We can't win!"
griefgathering (04:06:31): Purple Heart: "How truly descpicable..."
tengusaur (04:06:40): Hades: "Ah, more compliments! Thank you."
ZebulonCrispi (04:06:41): Bismuth: "Then what if we defeated Hades himself?"
Meraxa (04:07:11): Amuro: That sounds like a plan... a very good plan... *Oh Amuro is pissed*
sketchbookfiend (04:07:33): Loran: "No arguments here." Loran is right there with you Amuro.
tengusaur (04:07:48): Magdalena: "Defeat a god? This is quite an impressive task you're planning."
tengusaur (04:07:54): Magdalena: "I'll help you!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:08:03): Leopold: "It's the sort of thing that happens on the White Chalice."
Meraxa (04:08:07): Amuro: Wouldn't be the first this screw has dealt with... Even if we'll have to do it without the regulars!
Meraxa (04:08:12): *crew
ZebulonCrispi (04:08:14): Leopold: "If anyone can stop a god..."
tengusaur (04:09:23): Hades: "Also, spoiler alert, Pitty Pat! But indeed, you're right. I can just remake my soldiers endlessly after you kill them. I love being on the winning team!"
sketchbookfiend (04:10:00): Loran: "You won't be on it very much longer."
Drascin (04:10:05): Pit: "...oh, man. What can we do now?"
Fri Freeman (04:10:11): Herb:"Hey, Miss Palutena! Can't you materialize yourself here too and have a huge god vs goddess battle?"
Drascin (04:10:15): Pit: "We have to take down Hades, fast!"
Aero (04:10:17): Madoka: "We can beat him up!"
Overman Zappa (04:10:22): Schwarz: "I believe your crew has a track record for eliminating evil gods! Let a man who's fought the Devil itself lend a hand!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny24zPeQLks
Fri Freeman (04:10:42): Herb: "Ha, but you're right"
Drascin (04:11:12): Palutena: "...no, wait. Something's off with that math, Pit. If it was one soul for every monster... therw would be a lot MORE monsters. And creating something as corporeal as a monster would take..."
Drascin (04:11:17): Palutena gasps
Fri Freeman (04:11:32): Herb: "You know who's standing before you now? The president of The Gentlemen Defensive Theology Club himself!"
Aero (04:11:34): Madoka :"Sensei?"
griefgathering (04:11:38): Purple Heart: "What's wrong?"
Fri Freeman (04:12:01): Herb:"It's made to defend ourselves from things like you!"
Fri Freeman (04:12:13): Herb:"Um... what's wrong?"
Drascin (04:12:17): Palutena: "...a huge number of souls, mutilated and sewn into one! That is... that is repugnant!"
Drascin (04:12:27): for once Palutena sounds properly shocked
tengusaur (04:12:49): Hades: "Quite a lot of them, yes. Souls are malleable after all. Just another resource a dead human leaves behind, like blood and bones!"
Drascin (04:13:10): Palutena: "You're disgusting"
tengusaur (04:13:51): Hades: "It's a dog eats dog world, survival of the fittest. Even after your death!"
Aero (04:14:04): Madoka: "That's terrible."
tengusaur (04:14:23): Hades: "Let us see how good you are at putting your words to action!"
tengusaur (04:14:33): (once again: Pit, Neptune, Leo)
Meraxa (04:14:38): Amuro: Your world maybe, but not ours! Bring it on you depraved psychopath!
Drascin (04:14:54): Pit: "Well, he won't be much longer! I have here something that can take him down for good! Just give the word, Lady Palutena!"
Palutena: "Yes, the three Sacred Treasures, forged into your Cherubot. We can do this.
Pit? Take. Him. down"
Drascin (04:15:24): Pit: "ON IT! PHADES! PREPARE TO MEET THE LIGHT!"
sketchbookfiend (04:15:58): Sochie screams into Loran's comm "YOU BETTER BEAT HIM! Using souls... I can't stand the idea that Gavane or dad's soul could be used by that bastard!"Loran nods "Don't worry, We won't let him get away with this."
Drascin (04:16:35): *And Pit rushes forward powered by righteous indignation and loyalty in equal parts, strafing Hades with a barrage of the darkness-destroying Arrows of Light!+
ZebulonCrispi (04:16:55): Bismuth: "Hades... it will be an honor to face you in battle!"
tengusaur (04:17:09): Hades: "Pit!"
Drascin (04:17:19): Pit: "HADES!"
tengusaur (04:17:25): Hades: "Pit!"
griefgathering (04:17:42): Purple Heart: "I can't do this on my own in this state, but..." She extends her hand, and her sword disappears, only to be replaced by a large, bladed cannon!
Drascin (04:17:56): Pit continues screaming as he rushes straight at the apocalyptic god
Drascin (04:18:03): Pit: "HADEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!"
tengusaur (04:18:08): Hades: "PIIIIIIIIIII!"
Drascin (04:18:14): pit: "It's ON!"
tengusaur (04:18:16): TT
tengusaur (04:18:22): Hades: "It's on!!"
sketchbookfiend (04:18:57): Loran: "...This name yelling makes me feel kind of uncomfortable for some reason."
tengusaur (04:19:14): The arrows of light hit Hades' body, but if they do any damage, he doesn't seem to acknowledge it!
tengusaur (04:19:34): Hades: "Oh? Do I spy with me little eye... One of the three sacred treasures?"
Drascin (04:20:11): Pit: "all three of them! Look upon them, because they will bring your destruction, Hades!"
tengusaur (04:20:24): (Neptune, Leo, Madoka)
ZebulonCrispi (04:21:09): Bismuth: "Leopold! With your path clear in front of you, using that technique should be easy!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:21:17): Leopold: "Right! Super Bismuth...."
ZebulonCrispi (04:21:29): *Super Bismuth's hands join together into a giant gun.
ZebulonCrispi (04:21:43): Bismuth: "...Negafoooorce..."
ZebulonCrispi (04:21:57): Leopold & Bismuth: "BUUSTEEEEERRRRR!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:22:11): * An enormous negative energy beam launches at the evil god! +
griefgathering (04:22:45): *Purple Heart takes aim at the Skuttler Suits and the Monoeyes supporting them. At the same time, a number of her own energy swords form around her and are ready to launch. "Full burst - Fire!"
griefgathering (04:23:20): And the entire thing launches in a massive barrage consisting of a gigantic pink beam and explosive swords!+
tengusaur (04:23:51): Hades suddenly disappears into a cloud of darkness, through which Leopold's giant beam passes harmlessly! It does weaken a big part of his forces though, or at least this wave of them...
tengusaur (04:24:39): "Now isn't that just PRECIOUS!" Hades suddenly appears behind Cherubot and Super Xenon! And he punches forward, a huge purple beam emanating from his fist as he does so! (both of you react!)
Aero (04:24:44): *Madoka herself will charge at Hades and swing her subspace saber once she was close enough. +
Drascin (04:25:27): Palutena: "Watch out!"
Pit: "Whoah!"
tengusaur (04:25:28): Madoka cuts into Hades' body, but he's really damn tough and the damage seems to only leave a mark on his skin! Also she has to make sure to avoid that blast too! (react)
ZebulonCrispi (04:25:49): * Super Bismuth crosses its arms in front of it body, then transforms them into shields! +
tengusaur (04:26:29): Purple Heart's blast eradicates more than a dozen normal enemies total, not counting the mookish Monoeyes! However, they focus on her now, and she's the target of a barrage of energy projectiles and, yes, magic eggplants! (react)
Aero (04:26:29): * "How can he still be that fast!" Again she shifts back into piercer mode and flies straight up. +
tengusaur (04:26:37): (Amuro, Schwarz, Loran, Herb)
Drascin (04:26:39): *Pit is going to try to dodge that thing, because Cherubot may be tough, but he's not sure it is "block attacks that would turn entire cities into craters" tough+
Overman Zappa (04:27:19): At his size, well, it's not going to be easy to fight on that scale. But he has one trick... Just one.
Fri Freeman (04:27:28): HErb:"Okay, let's show the power of mankind."
tengusaur (04:27:52): "What are you doing?!" Magdalena jumps in front of Super Bismuth, and Super Xenon blocks the incoming blast as well! Both robots tumble back regardless, Bismuth having received rather worrying amounts of damage.
Meraxa (04:28:04): Amuro: Hm... *Amuro raises both beam rifle and shield, letting out a flurry of blasts towards the gargantuan god. However, his funnels are flying around, waiting for commands. Because maybe, just maybe, if Hades disappears again... they'll respond, with gusto+
ZebulonCrispi (04:28:07): Leopold: "Eurgh!"
Overman Zappa (04:28:32): *Gundam Spiegel begins to spin rapidly, soon raising a torrent of winds, which upgrades to a tornado centered around the Gundam. It just MOVES towards Hades forces with no regard for what it grabs, aside allies. It regards allies.
"STURM UND DRUNG!"+
griefgathering (04:28:49): Purple Heart is again taken by a moment of sickness because of those approaching eggplants, but she quickly recovers!
griefgathering (04:29:13): Purple Heart: "I'm not...done yet! Nepgear, switch out!"
sketchbookfiend (04:29:16): Loran: "Alright, don't get too close to him, keeping that in mind." *The Turn A puts it's beam saber away and pulls out it's Beam Rifle, he steadies himself and aims towards Hades figure, before firing off a powerful blast at the God's face.+
tengusaur (04:29:28): Cherubot tries to dodge, but is not entirely successful and gets partially caught in the blast! The three sacred treasures are heavily damaged!
Drascin (04:29:59): Pit: "Cherubot! Are you okay! Don't die on me, Cherubot!"
Fri Freeman (04:30:02): Herb: "EPIMETHEUS... HOLY... SEAL!"
Fri Freeman (04:30:04): Herb creates a giant sea mammal with a pope hat and clubs Hades with it.+
tengusaur (04:30:09): Hades: "Now that felt good."
griefgathering (04:30:53): Purple Heart: *The cannon is replaced by a giant rocket fist that starts to spin like crazy - radiating electric waves!
griefgathering (04:31:51): Purple Heart: "Go!!" And the fist is launched like a traditional spinning rocket punch to counter the incoming barrage!+
tengusaur (04:34:05): A barrage of beam attacks hits Hades, from both away and up close! There's so many of them, especially since one of them is a gigantic holy seal, that he at least stumbles backwards a bit...
tengusaur (04:34:10): Hades: "You know..."
tengusaur (04:34:20): Hades: "You souls look mighty tasty."
tengusaur (04:34:29): Hades: "DOWN THE HATCH YOU GO!"
tengusaur (04:35:14): He opens his mouth widely, creating a powerful vacuuming force! Most of you are pulled in! (Amuro, Loran, Herb, Schwarz, Pit, react)
Drascin (04:35:49): Pit: "What? No! I'm not food! I taste terrible!"
sketchbookfiend (04:36:05): Loran:"What...WHAT!?" *The Turn A starts blaring alarms and he pushes the thrusters to their max to start running away from the vacuum's pull+
Meraxa (04:36:06): Amuro: W-What is he-? *Amuro tries, TRIES to fly away, but...*
Drascin (04:36:26): *Pit is going to put Cherubot to full thrusters in the opposite direction trying to escape the vortex's influence+
Aero (04:36:36): #Pit?
tengusaur (04:36:57): (you still have your own react to worry about!)
Fri Freeman (04:37:11): Herb: "Gah! Herb gigantify his sword and stabs it to the ground as an anchor.+
Aero (04:37:18): (Which one?)
tengusaur (04:37:37): Purple Heart's spinning rocket fist does a good job at deflecting some of the incoming blasts, and making she she doesn't get eggplanted, but there's simply too many of them, and some of them still rattle against her, slowly pushing her backwards and getting her HP low!
tengusaur (04:37:54): (ah, you did react to that, my bad)
tengusaur (04:38:00): (still, gotta nix that)
Aero (04:38:17): (Boo)
tengusaur (04:38:49): Midori manages to avoid the gigantic beam, but the sheer force of the accompanying shockwave still sends Madoka spinning away in the air!
Overman Zappa (04:38:59): *Was his own tornado not resistant enough! Then he shall use it to pull away. Slowing down would only get him caught sooner!+
Aero (04:39:32): Madoka: "Awawa."
tengusaur (04:39:46): Herb, Schwarz and Loran manage to resist in their own ways!
tengusaur (04:39:55): However, Pit and Amuro are drawn in!
tengusaur (04:39:57): Suddenly!
tengusaur (04:40:03): Two long arms launch towards them!
tengusaur (04:40:06): It's Super Xenon!
tengusaur (04:40:23): Who grabs the ankle of Nu Gundam and tries to grab Cherubot!
tengusaur (04:40:34): But all she manages to do with the latter is catch Pit himself!
Drascin (04:40:48): Pit: "No! Cherubot!"
tengusaur (04:40:51): Cherubot gets eaten by Hades, who licks his lips!
Drascin (04:41:03): Palutena: "...we are in trouble"
tengusaur (04:41:05): Hades: "Not bad for a priceless artifact."
griefgathering (04:41:21): Purple Heart is struggling, yeah. But at least that should let the others focus on Hades a bit better...or not.
tengusaur (04:41:21): Hades: "Could use more bacon, though."
tengusaur (04:41:33): Hades: "Bacon, like souls, goes with everything."
Aero (04:42:05): Madoka: "What can we do now?"
sketchbookfiend (04:42:15): Loran: "Shoot him more?"
Drascin (04:42:20): Palutena: "I don't know! The arrows of light were the only thing we had that can actually KILL hades!"
tengusaur (04:42:31): Magdalena: "It appears the defense was only partially successful..."
tengusaur (04:42:37): Xenon: "My apologies, princess."
tengusaur (04:42:57): Magdalena: "Doesn't matter! Since you're invincible, we can win the war of attrition!"
tengusaur (04:43:03): Hades: "Oh yeah, about that..."
Drascin (04:43:32): Pit: "NOOOOOOOOOOOO! CHERUBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!"
tengusaur (04:43:35): All the Eggplant Wizards present, and there's half a dozen of them, are bombarding Super Xenon with eggplant projectiles now!
Drascin (04:43:46): (Sorry, Pit is too distraught at losing his beloved mech right now)
tengusaur (04:43:59): (Pit, Neptune, Leo)
Fri Freeman (04:44:23): Herb:WEll, poop
Drascin (04:45:19): Palutena: "Pit! Pull yourself together!"
Fri Freeman (04:45:31): Herb: "Miss Palutena, don't you have a backup plan or something? Like a prototype, dark version of Pit who you scrapped because it's too dangerous? Like that thing with richard?"
Overman Zappa (04:45:34): #Super Xenon?
tengusaur (04:45:56): (approved)
griefgathering (04:46:04): Purple Heart: "That would be ideal right about now..."
Drascin (04:46:09): Pit: "Right! I can't give up even now!"
Palutena: That's my Pit! I'm sending an Aether Ring to you now!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:46:29): Is Hades wielding or wearing anything made of metal?
tengusaur (04:47:17): All of Hades' clothes seem to be a part of his fleshy body. It's rather disturbing.
tengusaur (04:47:19): So no.
Overman Zappa (04:47:21): *Before ending that dreaded tornado of doom, Schwarz grinds his attack over toward the pestilent Wizards, looking to take as many as he can before stopping his twisting suddenly, and letting them fly about at random+
ZebulonCrispi (04:48:06): As Hades is focusing elsewhere, the relatively small Super Bismuth dashes down in front of the giant, then launches upwards!
Drascin (04:48:08): *And Pit jumps off Xenon's arms into the air, spinning on himself and shooting incoming eggplants as he does so with his gun sword - and a familiar golden orrery appears in his path! He lands in it, activates in, and without ever stopping or losing momentum he turns the descent into a curve as he strafes Hades+
ZebulonCrispi (04:48:18): Leopold & Bismuth: "Super Bismuth..."
ZebulonCrispi (04:48:23): GIANT FIST.
ZebulonCrispi (04:48:32): Leopold & Bismuth: "MEGATON PUNCH!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:48:42): *Suddenly, a massive uppercut aimed at Hades's chin! +
tengusaur (04:50:02): Between Pit and Schwarz running interference, none of the eggplants hit Xenon, and some of the wizards are even cut to pieces by the tornado! However, one projectile grazes Gundam Spiegel, and it transforms into a giant eggplant on Gundam legs!
tengusaur (04:50:11): Controlling this thing is very awkward now.
griefgathering (04:50:49): *And after dismissing the Peashy Rocket Punch, Purple Heart switches weapons yet again! This time it's a sword! And she doesn't waste time swinging it in the direction of those eggplant Wizards! "Victory Slash!"
tengusaur (04:51:08): Magdalena: "Your support is appreciated! I couldn't dodge this because someone slowed Xenon down. I won't mention any names!"
griefgathering (04:51:08): *Two giant waves of explosive energy in the shape of a V are launched!+
Drascin (04:51:27): Pit: "You were trying to shoot my friends!"
tengusaur (04:52:00): A gigantic fist and a spinning wheel-like vehicle smash into Hades, making him stumble backwards again!
tengusaur (04:52:14): Hades: "Oww... That actually hurt."
tengusaur (04:52:46): He responds by launching a series of quick punches with gigantic fists at them! (Pit, Leo react)
tengusaur (04:53:08): Hades: "A ta ta ta ta! And ta ta to you too, soon!"
tengusaur (04:53:17): (Madoka, Amuro)
tengusaur (04:53:25): (Palutena can remove Schwarz's curse)
Overman Zappa (04:53:43): (I'm in no hurry. Matter of fact, it can wait!)
tengusaur (04:54:29): Purple Heart cuts down all the remaining Eggplant Wizards! That's good. What's not good are several Clubberskulls charging straight at you, trying to bash you right into the ground! (react)
Drascin (04:54:32): *The Aether ring is thankfully much more maneuverable and faster than Cherubot, so Pit is going to zoom to the side even as he spins and shoots+
tengusaur (04:54:37): (Loran and Hern can move too then)
tengusaur (04:55:10): *Herb
sketchbookfiend (04:55:56): *The Turn A rockets back closer towards Hades and starts circle strafing in his flight path to fire at the god with his beam rifle from other angles.+
Meraxa (04:56:22): Amuro flies around the being, trying to figure out somewhere. Somewhere exposed. Even for a god-
Meraxa (04:56:30): Amuro: Palutena! I need to ask something!
tengusaur (04:57:04): Well, Hades has that big hole in his chest. Taht might be a weak point. OR maybe just aim for the head?
ZebulonCrispi (04:57:05): * Fist still huge from that last attack, Super Bismuth attempts to parry Hades's punches, giant fist for giant fist! +
Aero (04:57:06): * "There's so many of them!" Madoka will charge forward once again and try to to clear out more of the Monoeyes in Piercer Mode. +
Fri Freeman (04:57:42): Herb creates many plasma weaponries, and fire it toward hades face. Eyes, to be exact.
griefgathering (04:57:51): *Purple Heart opts to throw the same sword at those Clubberskulls (much to the transformed Noire's dismay) as she finally switches back to her own weapon! She'll use the thrown weapon as a distraction while flanks the Clubberskills - coating her blade with ice and slashing at them!+ "Ice Edge!"
Drascin (04:58:04): Palutena: "Yes?"
Fri Freeman (04:58:13): Herb:"Eat plasma, hades"+
Meraxa (04:58:16): Amuro: Do gods need to go to the toilet?
Drascin (04:58:37): (She's kind of trying to aim the heal spell at Schwartz right now, bit busy)
tengusaur (04:58:58): Schwarz returns to being a Gundam again! Well, his Gundam at least.
tengusaur (04:59:02): (Schwarz can move too)
Drascin (04:59:07): Palutena: "...what kind of question is that?"
Meraxa (04:59:34): Amuro: One that needs an answer! Yes or no? *Amuro asks, raising his beam rifle as he hits the ground behind Hades*
tengusaur (05:00:31): Madoka decimates the local Monoeye population! Unfortunately, the local whale population might have something to say about that, and a Belunka flies in, trying to swallow Midori!
tengusaur (05:00:34): (react)
Drascin (05:01:11): Palutena: "...well, it really depends on the god"
tengusaur (05:01:33): Purple Heart manages to cut through the first wave of attacking Clubberskulls, freezing and shattering their bloody bodies! But more of them are coming any second...
sketchbookfiend (05:01:41): Loran: "Are...are we being serious right now?"
tengusaur (05:02:05): Super Bismuth's fist smashes against Hades' one, and while both seem to struggle for a moment, the robot is slowly pushes back!
Meraxa (05:02:11): Amuro: I'll take that as a maybe! *And with that, Amuro pulls the trigger, beam rifle and funnels firing in the worst prostate exam ever+
Overman Zappa (05:02:40): *Schwarz poses rather dynamically after being restored, then leaping high into the air, only to bring a grabbed Monoeye down upon the head of a Clubberskull+
tengusaur (05:02:57): Hades: "Your precious Cherubot will come out the old-fashioned way sooner or later, if that's what you're asking. However, I doubt you will want to ride it then, Pitty Pat!"
Aero (05:03:00): * Can't stop now going 2fast! She'll try to ram right through the whale.+
griefgathering (05:04:07): Purple Heart: "If this keeps up..."
tengusaur (05:04:51): Hades dodges to the side, resulting in most of the beam shots and summoned weapons just grazing him! This also means Amuro's attacks just hit his leg. Probably better for everyone's sanity this way.
tengusaur (05:05:24): Hades: "I think you're trying to get a bit too intimate with a god, considering you're just puny mortals!"
tengusaur (05:06:21): Then suddenly several purple whirlwinds appear around him, circling nearby and trying to catch the attackers! Better not ask how did he create those. (Amuro, Herb, Loran react)
tengusaur (05:07:19): Schwarz smashes the two monsters together, killing both! However, a pack of Skuttler Suits is now floating above him, watching him with their single eyes, then simply drop down heavily towards him! There's 5 of them! (react)
sketchbookfiend (05:07:31): *Turn A jukes and flies upwards and to the side, to try and avoid those whirlwinds because holy shit bro!+
Meraxa (05:07:51): Amuro: Tch. *Amuro fires his thrusters, hoping to break the wind as he flies upwards+
tengusaur (05:08:08): Madoka rips through the Belunka, making it blow up in mid-air behind Midori! However, another Belunka is already flying towards her!
tengusaur (05:08:09): But...
Drascin (05:08:18): Pit: "Ew. There would not be enough cleaning in the world to fix Cherubot after that"
tengusaur (05:08:37): The second Belunka is suddenly annihilated by a giant beam shot from below!
Aero (05:08:45): Madoka: "Eh?"
tengusaur (05:08:47): Magdalena: "Super Xenon Calamity Buster!!"
Overman Zappa (05:09:30): *Raising the arm blades once again, Schwarz takes a flurry of stabs on the descending Suits+
Aero (05:09:42): Madoka: "Oh....thank you!"
Fri Freeman (05:10:15): Herb follows Amuro's example and also flies upward to get away from the winds+
tengusaur (05:10:55): Schwarz leaves a barrage of shallow cuts on the armor of the attackers that nevertheless keeps them away... for now.
tengusaur (05:11:29): Fortunately, Amuro, Loran and Herb manage to get away from the incoming wind mostly intact!
tengusaur (05:11:34): Super Xenon looks up...
tengusaur (05:11:41): Xenon: "Watch out."
tengusaur (05:12:17): ???: "I hate to do this, but I think I have no choice. You'd be smart to get away, Pit and company!"
ZebulonCrispi (05:12:30): Super Bismuth gets away!
tengusaur (05:13:22): Hades: "Wha..." He doesn't finish as suddenly a huge glowing bomb from above hits him straight in the face!
Drascin (05:13:33): Pit and Palutena: VIRIDI?!
tengusaur (05:13:37): A golden explosion is quickly spreading!
tengusaur (05:13:51): Viridi: "My last remaining jewel! Who's awesome now, Hades?"
Drascin (05:13:59): *Yeah, Pit is going to stand dumbstruck there for a split second, and then get the hell away!+
tengusaur (05:14:15): You might want to get away before you get engulfed by the Reset Bomb!
sketchbookfiend (05:14:38): Loran flips the jets on high gear and rush away from that blast quick as he can.
Meraxa (05:15:41): Amuro: ...Grrr.... lets go whilst we can. *Amuro hates the thought, but he'll have to leave this all behind, and so tries to fly away*
griefgathering (05:16:06): After making sure she's far away enough from the blast, Purple Heart raises one of her arms against that blinding light.
Drascin (05:17:20): Pit: "What is even happening?!"
Drascin (05:17:29): (confused Pit is confused)
tengusaur (05:18:19): The explosion consumes a large part of Hades' army, leaving lush greenery behind... But the rest of them still remain, and are chasing after you!
tengusaur (05:18:27): There's still hundreds of them overall, at least!
ZebulonCrispi (05:18:43): Leopold: "Today just keeps getting more ridiculous!"
tengusaur (05:18:43): But you see something appearing on the opposite side of the battlefield...
Drascin (05:19:43): Pit: "Hey! Those are the forces of Nature!"
tengusaur (05:19:44): A large army of strange plant- and insect-like creatures rushes between you! They ignore you, and instead look towards the Underworld forces, which they engage in ferocious combat!
tengusaur (05:19:59): Most of those have a single yellow eye...
Drascin (05:20:00): Palutena: "...Thank you, Viridi."
tengusaur (05:20:20): But what doesn't is two humanoids who lead them!
tengusaur (05:20:31): http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/images/c/ce/Phosphora_artwork.png
http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/images/5/51/Arlon_artwork.png
tengusaur (05:20:46): Phosphora: "Dashing heroine to the rescue? Aren't you grateful, Pit?"
sketchbookfiend (05:20:47): Loran: "Ah it's those two!"
tengusaur (05:21:05): Arlon: "Indeed. You gave me quite the beating last time we met, I must say."
tengusaur (05:21:13): Arlon: "But I hold no grudge."
tengusaur (05:21:32): They keep conversing while firing lightning and globes of darkness at the Underworld troops, respectively.
tengusaur (05:21:42): (fighting is narrative/a free action at this point)
Drascin (05:21:54): Pit: Phosphora! Arlon! It seems everyone's here today!
Drascin (05:22:13): Pit seems a lot happier than he was two minutes ago
tengusaur (05:22:31): Suddenly, a huge shape raises from the still-glowing green forest!
tengusaur (05:22:44): Hades: "Congratulations. You've made me angry."
sketchbookfiend (05:22:48): Loran: "...Did I miss the memo about the turn they did- oh..."
Meraxa (05:22:51): Amuro fires back on the Underworld Forces, eyes widening a bit. "He's not staying down..."
Aero (05:23:05): Madoka: "He's still up?"
griefgathering (05:23:16): Purple Heart: "Then let's put an end to that anger."
tengusaur (05:23:17): But then, a giant image of Viridi appears in the air above him!
Drascin (05:23:27): Palutena: "...we don't have anything that can kill him, Viridi. You know how the Arrows of Light are probably the only thing to kill a dark god, and he destroyed them"
tengusaur (05:24:06): Viridi: "...Well, that's not good!"
sketchbookfiend (05:24:14): Turn A is going to also help blasting down Underworld forces with his beam rifle. "This is ridiculous! He took that Reset Bomb to the face but-"
tengusaur (05:24:38): Viridi: "I guess I have one thing I can still do... Watch this!"
tengusaur (05:25:10): Viridi extends her hand forward, sending a wave of green energy towards Hades!
tengusaur (05:25:29): She keeps on doing that, but her image seems to slowly fade with every second!
tengusaur (05:25:45): Hades: "What's this? Mhmhmm, it tickles. Wait..."
tengusaur (05:26:18): Hades: "I see! Sacrificing yourself for your pwecious widdle Pit, are you?"
Drascin (05:26:20): Palutena: "...wait, are you...? But that would require so much energy!"
tengusaur (05:26:23): Viridi: "SHUT UP!!"
Drascin (05:26:54): Palutena seems to know what is going on. Pit, on the other hand, is utterly clueless
tengusaur (05:26:55): A green field starts to appear around Hades! His body starts to twitch!
tengusaur (05:27:12): Hades: "Urgh! This is quite painful...!"
tengusaur (05:27:32): Hades: "At least I... am still alive..." He manages to shrug in a dismissive way, and then he suddenly disappears!
Aero (05:27:33): Madoka: "What's happening?"
griefgathering (05:27:46): Purple Heart: "Is she really...?"
sketchbookfiend (05:28:11): Loran: "I...don't know."
tengusaur (05:28:12): Viridi: "Ha... This was quite amazing, don't you think...?"
tengusaur (05:28:20): Viridi appears again! But she looks quite drenched right now.
Drascin (05:28:29): Palutena: "...I hate to admit, but it really is"
Drascin (05:28:46): Palutena notices the confusion
tengusaur (05:28:55): Viridi: "I sent him back to the Underworld, but this is only a temporary measure. He will be back in a few weeks, you know."
Overman Zappa (05:29:19): Schwarz: "Long enough that we might better prepare to face him head on?"
sketchbookfiend (05:29:31): Loran: "...We'll have to be ready when he comes back so we can finish it."
Drascin (05:29:32): Palutena: "Yeah, I know. But with those weeks I think there's something I can do"
Aero (05:29:52): Madoka: "What Sensei?"
tengusaur (05:29:54): In the meantime, the battle around you still rages on!
Drascin (05:29:58): Pit: "Thanks, Viridi! You really helped!"
tengusaur (05:30:12): But without Hades, his minions have no chance. Both White Chalice and Forces of Nature can easily wipe them out.
Drascin (05:30:44): Palutena: "...oh, right, the fight. We probably should finish that before planning. Don't worry, Viridi, we'll take it from here. You've earned a rest. And... thanks for helping Pit when I couldn't"
tengusaur (05:30:56): Viridi: "Don't get the wrong ide- urgh, I really need to rest a while now..."
Drascin (05:30:57): (that last one took a bit of effort)
griefgathering (05:32:01): Purple Heart is pretty relieved. Hearing the word 'sacrificing' is always a cause for concern.
tengusaur (05:32:18): Magdalena: "I assume our help is no longer needed."
ZebulonCrispi (05:32:28): "So it seems."
ZebulonCrispi (05:32:36): "Now, I'll draft a formal version of our agreement.
tengusaur (05:32:52): Magdalena: "Very well. Let's go, Xenon."
tengusaur (05:33:02): Magdalena: "...Don't get yourself killed, Leo."
ZebulonCrispi (05:33:06): "I'll see you after the succession is over!"
tengusaur (05:33:35): And Super Xenon departs.
tengusaur (05:33:57): Hades' invasion is stopped... temporarily. But how will we stop him next time he shows up?
tengusaur (05:34:14): And is there a way to free all the souls he's holding in his hands?
tengusaur (05:34:24): Only time will tell.
tengusaur (05:34:26): MISSION COMPLETE