That was when a man announced his presence. How he had managed to remain unseen the entire time would be a complete and utter mystery. "Wait wait wait...Let me get this straight...You're tellin' me this ISN'T butter?! I can't believe it!" With a chuckle, he didn't give anyone a chance to respond before immediately walking up and swiftly going around and shaking all their hands and introducing himself to them. "Hey how you doin'? Name's Beucefilous Dionysus Alexander, love the plant thing you got goin on by the way greeny, but you can call me Beuce Beucey Alex Dino fil steve whatever you want.' The extremely fast paced and without pause between his words means in which he spoke was disarming to say the least. As if it was impossible for the brain to process what he had just said until a few moments afterwards. Even if Stephen tried to read his mind, he would find that it was like staring into the maw of the abyss, and prying into it for too long would come with the cost of his sanity "So it sounds like toothless' girlfriend is captured by the big bad and you're gonna go take her place? Man why not just jump in there and bust some skulls! You got some power in your corner!" He said, grabbing Caleb's hands from behind and throwing them as boxing like punches at the air. "Stage a little rescue op and you'll have horny gonzolas in debt to you for saving her, probably the girl herself, you walk free, and you can start a superhero crime fighting team together! 20 bucks i could talk whatshisface into giving her up without a fight." That's when his eye twitched. He was...eccentric. Odd all in all, there was no denying that. But if you managed to decipher his words which may as well have each had a language their own as far as most people were concerned, you'd find that there was almost some spark of intelligence behind them. Damion saw who he was looking for before long. When he did, he called him over. "Darius, we've got a problem. The girl escaped while i was unconsious. If she lets word about us out, it won't be long before the authorities arrive. So we've got to track her down and recapture her." Damion paused, having seemingly just noticed something he found odd about his brother. "Darius...Why aren't you covered in blood? What happened to the man you were chasing? Don't tell me...He got away? If so...that's two we need to track down."
R's body was covered entirely with scars. The most noticeable was the enormous gash on his back, from the battle with Xindai's projections. but some of the scars were different. The scars were a bright white hue, and were in every place imaginable. "Do not touch the white scars. They are to be left alone." R instructed. No...it was more like warned. He laid down on the bed next to Xepphiras. Her hair was soft and pressing up against the side of his arm. He needed to do research after the healing process was complete, but the effects of fatigue were beginning to catch up with him. Perhaps, if only for a short while, he'd stay there and rest. In the meantime, he let the healing fix his injuries. "She's right. If we can get help, though small it may be, it would greatly aid us in defeating them. After all, their lives are at stake just as much as ours. Gexln, once you're ready, take whoever you deem necessary and go to the other worlds. Warn them of the danger. The lights and darks are both at your disposal now, so bear that in mind. If we don't cooperate, then we may as well slit our own throats and save Kingdom Hearts the trouble." Said the heartless, delivering the order as to what to do next. "As much as i hate to admit it, Xindai would have been useful in the fight against the agents. With the powers of his reality marble, it's possible he could have even talked down Kingdom Hearts. Unfortunately he can't be trusted." It wasn't long before the healing process was over, if felt pain during it, he didn't show it. As Natana changed back into a more familiar state, Beuce knelt over and grabbed her hand. "No, no come on! Stay with me!" He pleaded to the girl. She...She couldn't die on him. Not again. "Ananta...Please...Don't go. You can't leave me...." Beuce said his voice beginning to become shaky. He gripped her hand tightly, but mere moments later, there was nothing in it. She had faded away, dead and gone by his own hand. Losing the will to hold it up, Beuce's hand fell to the ground. Slowly, he ran his fingers across the ground where she had been. No longer able to hold it in, tears welled up in his eyes and began to stream down his face. She couldn't be gone. The thought just wouldn't sink in with the young wielder. The assassin next to him walked over and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. Raising his head into the air, Beuce cried out her name at the top of his lungs. In that one word was all his anger, sorrow, pain, and all the power his voice could muster. "ANANTA!!!" Spoiler: Since some people prefer to leave it at serious, this part is optional to read Beuce stood and turned to the audience, all of which had tears in their eyes and were giving him a standing ovation. "Thank you, thank you!" It wasn't long before a man holding a small golden statue walked out and handed him it. For that performance right there, Beuce won an oscar. I know his wife died and all, but it was totally worth it. He began wondering what his next wife would be like. Maybe a blonde this time...Or purple. Suddenly, he had the urge to climb, he shrugged it off and blew a kiss to the audience."
Beuce decided that with break time, along with Marahute, they had enough sustain and didn't really need a mega-potion. So, due to lack of time, Beuce decided to just use a combo in a short post. Also...over 9000 or...something...Obligatory reference go.
Kel's reluctancy had run out, but Beuce had yet to use his. They weren't quite healed enough to the point they could outright battle Mim, so Beuce decided to give ananta a little more time for her picnic. Ah, reminded him of his time in Kaylito's house eating handcrafted tables whole. Good times, good times...In order to honor the memory of Kaylito's table, he would drag out this break time for as long as he could. His arm not concealed by his sleeve, the runes which appeared as he activated the thaumaturgy spell were apparent. As no one ever explained what it looked like, Beuce decided that it would be best to make it look as awesome as possible. He held his arm in front of him, as the space between the party and mim turned a thick amber color and cracked, bending and dragging out the space untill it resembled a broken, warped mirror, barely revealing what the enemy was doing behind it. It wouldn't have been too difficult to traverse this broken space, had one the willpower to do so.
R showed no surprise that Gexln had walked out of a dark corridor. He'd always expected him to return. The surprise on Gexln's face conveyed his thoughts fairly accurately. After all, if one hadn't witnessed the desolation Omega was capable of first hand, they would never believe it. How could he know what awaited them. "Omega is stronger than any of us could ever hope to overcome. There is only one way we could ever hope to defeat him. The counterpart to Kingdom Hearts itself, the X-blade. However..." R's voice trailed off, there was a problem he had thought of aside from the obvious one of how to obtain it. "Omega isn't the only threat we have to deal with...There is another agent. Chaos. From what i've heard, even the godlike power held by Omega would fall short of besting Chaos. The two of them together, it's possible that not even the X-blade would save us." R said solemnly. There was quiet for a few seconds as the realization of just how grim their situation was set in. "If we can find a way to forge the X-blade and defeat Omega before Chaos arrives, then perhaps we've got a chance at victory." He turned his head to the curtain hiding Ananta and Xepphiras. "After the healing process has been completed and i've seen to it that Xepphiras is taken care of, do i have your permission to access the libraries of this world? Perhaps i will uncover a way to forge the true X-blade in them." Beuce looked somewhat confused at the question. What the hell were they? "Well..this is...called a spear and the other one is a keyblade. The thing everyone uses to fight with. I'd think it'd be kind of obvious...Ohhh i get it you're stupid that makes sense." Beuce said, coming to a conclusion which in all honesty, was probably the right one. Beuce, on the other hand, only acted stupid. He was far smarter than he let on most of the time. Did he act on that intelligence all the time? No. Most of the time? Not really. Now? yep. He got into a stance which was all loose and tight at the same time, Yeagerbombastic style. Thanks to Satsujin, he now knew this girl's weak point. With a charge, he swung his keyblade in a swift horizontal strike, but stopped shortly before the attack connected, simply to get her guard up in the wrong place. In his other hand, with gunginr, the slashed upwards across the girl's torso. Whether she avoided it or not was irrelevant. As Satsujin appeared behind her and slashed at her waist, Beuce brought down the tip of the spear dead center of her chest. Right where that light had been. If this didn't work, video games had lied to him for years.
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Beuce had been struck hard by the bombs, him and Stratos had been hit by more of them than anyone else. She did some damage alright, but that wasn't going to keep them down. Not with their kind of strategics. Shortly after he was knocked unconscious, Ananta began dancing. Yes. Dancing. However this dance possessed magical properties. The healing properties it possessed filled the party with vital energy, tending to their wounds, restoring their magic, and strengthening their hearts. Now sufficiently healed, he pushed himself up off the ground and stood once again, noting that they were under the cover of reluctancy. With the opportunity to do things other than attack, this was a golden chance. "Come out, Three caballeros!"
Beuce clapped for Stratos as he unleashed the trip around the sun limit. That was actually pretty intense. Even in her hardened state it would do massive damage, and if he'd done the calculations right, she wouldn't be able to sustain her Rhino form after that. "Did you ever think of pursuing a life in drama? You'd be pretty good at it." He said to Stratos with a chuckle as he waited for the smoldering of Mim to fade, allowing them to see her once more.
R nodded, pleased with the outcome. He obliged the request not to look behind the curtain, but spoke from the other side to Ananta. "Know this, Sage of the Crystal. So long as you don't betray us, you have my undying gratitude for healing her. But if you try anything, if anything happens to her at all, i don't care what else happens afterwards. You will die." R threatened. It was obvious and understandable that he didn't fully trust this mint-haired woman. After all, she'd expressed her hatred for people like them before. Nevertheless, he didn't have much choice but to trust her slightly for now. If he wanted Xepphiras to be healed, if he wanted her to be alright, this was the only choice he had. He took a seat, and began waiting for the healing process to finish. Satsujin did not hesitate in his counterattack. With blinding speed, he unsheathed Narukami. "Tsubame Gaeshi!" he called out, slashing at Natana three times. One at the neck, one at the waist, and one across the torso. Only, there was something significant about these strikes. There was no first, second, or third. No. They were all exactly simultaneous. Blocking one would mean you couldn't block another, and even if you managed to deflect both of those, there was no way to defend against all three simultaneous strikes without some form of barrier. And even then, most wouldn't think to use a barrier, as they would have no idea what was about to happen until it was too late. For plot relevant purposes, the strikes connected in this post and tore her body apart. She'd regenerate soon enough, but while she was in pieces a glimmer caught Beuce's eye. Right in the center of her chest. Well, if Beuce had learned ANYTHING from video games, it was that shiny things, especially in the chest, were weak points that lead to their defeat. "Unkillable huh? We'll just see about that, won't we?" He summoned his keyblade and Gugnnir, ready to defeat Natana once and for all.
Beuce didn't seem to be all that intimidated by the Rhino's presence, but he was grateful that he now had a magical barrier to take a bit of the damage should he be hit. Barrier...That might just work. His body began to glow with a pale white light. "You're goin' down sags." With a running start, he charged the rhino with as much ferocity as if he'd been one himself. Shortly before he came into contact with her, he pounced towards her, cloaking his own body in protective barriers and punch her. He punched a freaking rhino. An old lady looked strange but this...
The scenery of the world they arrived in was beautiful. Halls and streets of stone, citizens in the streets without a care. They had no idea of the impending danger. R didn't make note of any of this. There was only one focus in his mind. The red-haired girl next to him on the glider. Would he be able to protect her from Omega? Let alone Chaos? He could try. As they arrived at the medical wing and he was asked which of the two was more injured, the answer he would give came to mind immediately. Without hesitation, he placed his hand on Xepphiras' shoulder, his eyes locked onto her, and motioned for her to step forward with a nod. "She is the more injured." He said to Ananta. Though he knew it wasn't true, he knew he was the more injured, it was more important to him that she be treated. "I will be fine. My treatment can wait. The endurance of a heartless outstretches that of a human by far." R said, trying to convince the girl to go before him. It may have been quite obvious who was the more injured out of the two. R could barely stand. Yet still, he placed her before himself. Beuce turned around to see the source of the voice mocking him. It was the girl who had murdered his red-headed wife, his other wife, but not the other red-headed wife. Obviously as she was murdered too, yet still not his blue-haired wife. No...This was his green haired wife. "He used the cut your goddamn head off line, didn't he?" Said apparently the reincarnation of King Solomon, the biggest player in history. He glared at Natana for being evil and murdering the hot wife. "Oi, petals. We've gotta take down this chick. Think you can help me out?" he asked. Satsujin nodded. He'd failed in all of his battles thus far, he wouldn't fail in this one too. He promised Caleb that he would repay his debt by helping in the wa- "Okay does your text color change every goddamn post? Pick one and stick with it! Jeez." ...He promised Caleb he would repay his debt by helping in the war. So far, all he had done was slow everyone down. Not anymore. He would help defeat her, and Omega as well. He made a decision...Satsujin no longer had any purpose. Their only reason for living was the death of R. He...He no longer desired that. He would become a knew person. This time, he would fulfill his debt.
India'd has his fill of tormenting Dmitri for the moment. Now, he started to analyze the situation as to where they were, and how to escape. He looked over at the front door, the most obvious option. It was wide open, but through the doors was a long staircase leading into a dark and chilling area. He doubted that it would even lead to the same world they were trying to get back to. Looking for another means, he deduced that the dark area was only lead to by those stairs, and any other means of exit would return them to their desired destination. "These will be quite useful." He said, taking down a piece of cloth which had the names of tournament participants written onto it. "perhaps we could form these into makeshift parachutes, then we leap off the side of the coliseum, allowing Dain to keep us afloat with his wind magic. I realize this doesn't sound like the best idea in the world, but we don't really have a lot of options."
Since Beuce had forgotten the mp cost for dumbo, He was forced to redo his turn through some paradoxical turn of events. He saw no Azurite around here, but paradoxes were apparent. He ran up and bare fistedly struck Mim multiple times, hoping to get in a hit and knock her into the mines. Unfortunately, his combos weren't as long as most. However, anyone could knock them into the mines, not just the user. That was good to know.
R's gaze turned to Ananta. She was offering them refuge. Nowhere was entirely safe from the wrath of kingdom hearts, but some places were safer than others at least. He didn't know if he could trust her, but at the moment there wasn't much choice in the matter. Nodding, he stumbled to his feet. "You have my thanks. As of now, conflict between light and dark is pointless. Unless we work together, there won't be anything left to fight over." R said, then helped Xepphiras to her feet. He held the girl close to his side as he spoke, as though protecting her was the main thought on his mind, even over the words he was speaking. "Lead the way." Beuce quickly got back onto his feet. R managed to make his laser things go back at him and temporarily stall it in the process. So if there were a time to retreat, it'd be now. He quickly got to his feet, and heard Ananta telling people to go to Crystalis. Guess they were making that their new base of operations. They had good food, so he wasn't complaining. He ran over to the person notorious for being knocked unconscious for ungodly amounts of time to make sure he wasn't have a relapse. Thankfully enough, the man was fully awake and standing before Beuce even had been. Satsujin looked over at Beuce running up to him. He had a vague memory regarding something about a nose involving him. Nevertheless, he remembered him as the one who had come up with the strategy for defeating the darks. "I believe retreat is our only option." "Yeah no kidding. I came here to make sure you weren't unconscious for another 20 pages." "...Pages?" "Don't worry about it. In any case, grab my keyblade!" Satsujin reluctantly did as he was told, and grabbed Beuce's keyblade. He didn't know quite how, but somehow the two of them were wisked away, leaving a rainbow trail behind them as Beuce yelled the word reference. It was by far the strangest thing the assassin had ever done.
Damion's eyes fluttered open as he found himself laying face down on the ground. His narcoleptic habits had gotten the better of him. While he had no doubt that his brother was able to catch and kill the witness, he looked around to see no sign of the girl he'd taken. This was bad. He hadn't gotten what he wanted from her, but that wasn't exactly a crying shame. What was really the trouble was that she witnessed them. They had to track her down and keep her from bringing the authorities into this. While him and his brother were strong, numbers beat power. Another option would be...to enlist some help. Perhaps join the mafia. Whatever they were going to do, he needed to find Darius first. Pushing himself up off the ground, he began walking in the direction he'd last seen Darius.
Beuce began frantically waving his arms and panicking as she began to flash them. "OH GOD PLEASE NO SPARE M- oh it's just light. I thought...oh." He said, apparently not really caring about the fact he could barely see. Nevertheless, dots filled his vision and attacking would be somewhat of a moot point as the chances of hitting her were down the crapper. So instead...Why not call in a little help? He raised his fist to the sky as an orb of light appeared around it, apparently channeling some kind of magic. With an uppercut-like motion, he threw the orb into the sky. "Come on out, Dumbo!" When it descended once more, it was now much larger and an oblong shape. From it burst a small baby elephant with enormous ears. It landed right next to Beuce as he patted it on the back of the head. "Hey, long time no see. We're in a bit of a jam here. Think you could help us out and knock wrinkletits onto those mines?" He asked the elephant. Having understood him, Dumbo took flight and circled around mim. He fired a barrage of 10 water pellets, each one knocking her onto a different mine. "Yea-heah! Get her!" Called Beuce from the ground.
Beuce glared at Mim as she bended the rules in her favor. Psh. Man if he knew you could make the rules that broken he would have done MUCH better than that. Like the"okay but we get all three of the evil apprentices and all our keyblade wielding allies and clones of them and the elemental guardians and yen sid in his prime and ALL of the order our entire party has a grow and full deck status and this rule can't be revoked by any means." rule. I mean they could just pendulum summon all that crap right? Invent pendulum summoning in the middle of a fight? No? aw. Well i guess there was no sense crying about it now. Beuce struck a stance that would make one swear he was in street fighter four, then ran at at Mim. He leaped over her rather skillfully and laid a field of mine square around her, as she was now on the ground. He expected stratos to follow up, placing his mine square so the overlapped and they could push her into two at once.
Beuce looked over at Stratos as he talked about the equivelant of throwing a sun at someone. "Yeah, i know it. Pretty sure that falls under a category on its own. While you fight, your heart builds up power inside it. You can draw that power out in a lot of different forms, Generally the path you took will shape how the power manifests, but there are exceptions. Like, for example, the sun thing. That takes all the power your heart can muster to dish out, but there isn't much which can stand up to it. To be honest, i've never seen it. I'm curious as to what exactly it looks like. Maybe it's different for each person..." Beuce said, then began thinking to himself. While making a pondering face, he walked over toward Mim. "Oi! Quite NPCing and respond! Do you accept the rule?"
India gave a puzzled look to Dmitri. He stood silent for a moment, his expression as though the answer should be completely obvious. His mind sorted things out like a machine. "Dawn shows no signs of a traumatic experience such as losing a family member. She doesn't remember this other sister. Which could imply that she was either too young to know what happened, and given her age difference to you it's likely she'd have some recollection of it, if extremely slight, or that she arrived into the family after the incident happened. In addition, you and she share no discernable similarities in your appearance. There are siblings who don't look alike, but nearly all share something. A nose, their eye or hair color, but you two share nothing. Also, her name. Signifying the dawn of a new start, perhaps? Viewing these factors simultaneously, the most likely explanation is that she was adopted." India said. He and Dain made a good team. Dain kicked the **** out of them physically, and India did so mentally. Thus their opponent was left utterly defeated.
