Out of curiousity, What Ranger Keys did Doppelganger steal?
Masaru's arm was clenched rather firmly by Star, and what did he just hear from her? He was hers? When was this decided? He couldn't respodn to that question as Scarlet explained the rules, which thankfully, helped stopped PK-ing's at least, most likely there'll be judges or standby Players just case such a thing did occur. "Well, since my friend Star wants to team with me, could you perhaps have this young lady here be your partner?" he nodded to Shiina and looked to the young friend they helped steer away from her target. "Nothing to worry about, so just enjoy yourself and don't let your vengence drive you okay Shiina?" he asked her with a smile.
~Rift between Worlds~ Within the silvery veil of nothingness, a man watched the mayhem unfold, his hat ebign that of a fisherman's and his dull trenchcoata dn glasses, this man was a Prophet and the world was comign to an end, and he knew who was causing this disturbance to the world. "Curse you, Decade! Everywhere you go, destruction will always follow!" The man cried out in frustation and begun to filter out worthy candiates to take care of this troublesome problem, destroying Decade, he did note fellow Riders so they wouldn't be helpful at all, especially since Decade somehow always maanged to befriend them even they were sent to kill him initally, the woman anmed Lightning could be a worthy cause with other notable candidates. ~Grassy Landscape~ A man in blue coat clenche dhsi O-Katana in his hand, scanning the area with a cautious eye, he ended up in this landscape despite beign in the birthplace of hsi Father, Sparda, last he recalled, he charged at Mundus to prove he could defeta him, but instead, he came upon this place, no demonic energy or demons out to kill him, if he was back in the Human World... "Then I'll have the unfortnate chance of meeting my brother again, does Fate love to throw him in my path anytime?" he questioned to himself. ~Vs Oozelings~ A stray Oozeling was approaching harry but a cry came from nowhere. "Izanagi!" he said as a white bowled hairstyled youth wearing a uniform clenched his hand, shattering a floating card in his hand as behidn him, a huge humanoid of a man with claws and katana like a bancho in Japanese gangs moved his hand out as Thunder striked down upon the Ozzeling, frying it to a crisp.
~Gokai Galleon: Bridge- Harold looked at Hermione who asked the question. "How? Only because the person chose me for some unknown reason, of course she has he rown soul and I have mine complete, we're just...co-existing at this point, meaning she and I are sharing this body, she commicated with me and Harry for some reason but we never complained about it, you can meet her if you want to but that's going to ask me permission to enter my mind and if she argees to it, besides, she's a very caring woman, almost like motherly in a way." He said to her.
Aoi ran along the floor, head down to avoid the energy blasts as he placed a hand behind him, pulling a blue gun form seemingly nowhere and changed the ammo within it, firing Fire Bullets with precison and slicked against the TestBlazer's stomahc and jumped back a far distance. "Now for a super special awesome attack!" He said as he spread out hsi arms, two materialized swords appeared wrapped in energy and he pointed his index and middle finger at Testblazer "Twin Swords of Epicness!" he cried out as the swords stabbe dthemselves into the monster's body in it's shoulders.
Masaru listened to Star's apparent plan if it had not been for the newcomer suggesting she pair up with someone, who she was, he didn't know but it seems teh Tournament focused on two Players at a time, a Tag Tournament perhaps. "Well, it's nice of you to offer your help miss, but I think-" He cut off quickly at the cloaked Player along with the stuttering of SHiina, it was Masamune no doubt about it and he placed his hand on Shiin'a shoulder to bring her back to reality. "Kindly leave us please, Masamune, I do not want any trouble before this Tournament." He said calmly and lead Shiina off elsewhere in the room with Star and the newcomer. "You'll fight him in the Tournament, it's better that way rather than cause a situation here, plus I'm sure the Tournament will enforce no PKing's" he said to the three women. "I'll team up with whoever wants me, and may I ask just who you are miss?" He asked Scarlet.
Masaru listened to Shiina's story of her family and Star's reccomendation of using the Tournament to test the weapons whichw as a godo idea in itself and if Masamune was going to take part in it as Star ocne again, took up the tole of drag mistress without warning, he gotten used to it, but he did make a note of changing his armour when he got free time, the bulky gold armor provided good defenseive capabilites, but if eh wore coat armor or such, he'd have less weight and be able to utilize the new Dream Eater Sword more efficiently.
Not sure if Masaru will attend the Tournament since Star has a plan of journeyign to Floor 48 for a Branch of a Store and perhaps a meal or something
~GokaiGalleon: bridge~ Harold rubbed his forehead as Ahim agve him the chest with the Ranger Keys. "Merlin's beard, that is a problem... argh." He was frustated with the comlexity of it all, he swore that even Snape's Potions were easier than this. "We attack Doppelganger over and over again but the guy never dies, so tell me Vexen, if you have a godamned plan, please SHARE it with us because we aren't as smart as you, we're focused on staying alive!" he snapped at the Chilly Alchemist. "Calm down kiddo, nothing's going to be solved by getting angry." Yuri said as marvelous spoek voer the intercom. "We'll use the Ranger Keys Greater Power to combat that annoying pest, just like last time." He said and put the ship on auto-pilot when eh returned. "Greater Power?" Harold asked and Marvelosu nodded. "All of the 34 Super Sentai's power, we used it once before with the Black Cross King." He said seriously and Yuri spoke. "And if that doesn't work, I'll fuse with him." he said and Harodl looked at him. "Fuse with Doppelganger!? You're crazy!" he said in surpise as Yuri gave a smile. "He's not a God Harold, besides, Soul Fusion is one of my many abilites, it can either have me being consumed by Doppelganger or I consume him and use his power for my own, that's the risk of being a Harmonixer."
~ Savannah: Kakashi's Group~ Yuri looked at the darkened skies, it was similar to the Neameto Float's summoning but there wa sno float or huge Judgement Ring covering the world. "So it isn't someone trying to re-order the nature of the world or using the R'lyeh Text to summon a God from beyond the Stars... if those three books fell into this world, who knows what kind of a mess they could do." He thought to himself. ~Minato's Group~ Kirito nodded at the suggestiona s did Tsukasa as he looked at teh darkened skies. "It's like the world is coming to a end." Tsukasa duly noted. ~Bower's Castle, ENTERING THRONE ROOM!~ Aoi held his sword, prepared for the boss figght to occur. ~Oozelings~ Edward was about to rnat at Ivan but was silenced promptly and clapped his hands together and brought to hsi mouth, getting the slame off and he had a irriated look. "How'd you like this huh!?" he clapped hsi ahnds to the ground as a ground formed hand shot out to punch the Oozelings as jaden readied his Duel DIsk and placed a Monster on the DIsk. "Elemental Hero Neos, Attack!" He called out as the Duel Monster appeared and punching a oozeling and it didn't affect the person much as he looked at hsi hand coated in purple slime.
Masaru heard Star's words and he was about to say something until the girl shyly told them she didn't blame them but Masaume himself before coming a angry with her fists clenched before introducing her Tamed Beats and about the level masamune would msot liekly be at. "You're right about not being able to touch him, I've heard the same rumors and I wouldn't be surprised if he is that Level, especially if he's one of the Founders of Laughing Coffin." he said to her, arms crossed. "However, it's me you should blame for abandoning you and your partner despite Star taking me without allowing me to agree to it, if I remained, your friend would of survived, I won't ask you to forgive me for what happened on that day, if anything, I should of refused outright instead of being taken away, if I must atone for what occured on that day, I'll accept being Jailed and face justice as you demand it." He said to her rather calmly. "I do not blame Star for her pulling away from the group either, she was only trying to do what was best to clear the Game." he finished
Masaru examined the blade and given it a experimental swing, she was right in what she said so it was most likely centered around quick kills but the drawback to having such High Weight and Agility would be blocking in time, granted he could block quite well with his Mastered One-Handed Sword Skill with Parry being Maxed too, so the drawback wasn't so much of a worry but the sword itself was a grand design and if one favoured speedy assasults, they'd consider this a work of art and he appericated it, it would give him more blows to deal. "It's absolutely incredible, you outdone yourself on this one Star." He said to her with a smile and he opened up the Menu, shifting his usual sword with Dream Eater being his equipped weapon until he heard the bell ring, indicating a customer. "Looks like your branching trip will have to be delayed for a little bit." He said and re-equipped his armor took the steps up to the store, Star following and what he saw surprised him. "Isn't that...?" He thought as he took in the appearance of the customer, the Wolves were a familar indication that the girl was a Beast Tamer, he personally didn't know that many apart from Silca who managed to tame a Dragon but the girl was a familar one, it was the partner of the kid who died that day by Masamune and he stepped forward, allowing Star room to move behind the counter as his eyes were shadowed by his hair.
Masaru turned to note the owner of the store, taking note of what the young woman wore, a brown shirt with white shorts, she did look cute in them but he chose not to voice it, besides, she had the right to wear whatever she gotten in the game since stores sold clothing as many people didn't want to stay dressed with one set of clothes and she was at home, a Safe Zone so she could freely walk around unprotected "Ah thank you Star and sure, I got free time on my hands" he said to her and walked past teh counter and down the steps leading into the forge or rather the palce where she crafted her arsenal, it was mildly impressive but he never bothered training up his Blacksmith skills when Star could fill that role and repair the weapons, he decided to take off his Golden Armour however a she opened the menu, no point in wearign soemthing so bulky in soemone's house as his armour vanishe dian flash of light, revealing a black shirt with white trousers. "So, what have we got?" he asked her about her newly forged weapon, noting her face was a bit red, perhaps from the heat of the room, especially crafting and smelting
~Bowser's Hallway, before Boss~ Aoi was a bit surprised at more offering help but he accepted it. "The more the merrier as they say, fine by me, I don't think this place implements a Turn-Based Battle system." he said and opened the door to see...a huge turtle with a spiked back and his jaw dropped a little. "I think we're witnessesing a legendary boss!" he exclaimed. ~Savannah~ "Yo, Jaden's my name and duelling is my game!" he said with a grin as Edward nodded at the newcomers.
Masaru was about to leave the Teleportation Gate until he received a notification and opened the Menu, sliding down to <<Mail>> and opened the message as he read it, it was quick and simple to say the least, it seemed Star found the potential ingredients for a sword as she decided to become a Blacksmith for Players to acquire very decent armour but she reserved weaponary for people she knew personally. "I remember now, I asked for the best sword she could craft..." He thought to himself, he did need more powerful swords when old ones were progressively getting weaker against stronger monsters while they could be reinforced up to +40 but she didn't seem to be a Personal Blacksmith either and he gave a sigh, closing it. "I got nothing better to do." he muttered and turned on his hell to return to the Gate and gated to Third Floor. "Now where was it again?" He asked himself, as he walked in a direction, to recall where she lived again, not many players came down to the Lower Floors as most prefered to join Guilds or focus on Clearing the game, granted being on the Front-Lines came with risks, even more so as a Soloer but even more so, the Players who weren't adept at the game saw them as a sign of hope while PKers did run amok, there was many ways, but the most silent one was when a Player slept and the killer moved that person hand to accept a duel to die, but the most known one was Laughing Coffin until his thoughts were interupted when he came upon Star's home, since it was her home, only she allowed people indoors to her personal house, specfic ones more to the point as the Towns and homes you owned were Safe Zones from PKing, but stores were open to the public. He opened the door to Star's shop as it rung, indicating a customer if Star was busy in the forge and he looked upon the rows of suited armour behind glass boxes, if anyone wanted one of them, they'd of course have to pay Col, and since the armor was at it's peak best condition, that was a lot of Col to throw in, but survival outweighed money, food was also needed, even though they were in a Virtual Reality, they can get hungry but by eating something, it forces the body to register it as eaten, sleep was also a important factor.
~GokaiGalleon bridge~ Harold rubbed his forehead as if a headache would form, thank Merlin for Serenity's powers, she did take over without notifying him but it was all to protect the others so he can forgive on her on that until Vexen asked his question about Horcruxes and destroying them. "Horcruxes? Never even heard of it before, proabbaly because it wa sin the Restricted Section." He muttered aloud. "Is this something we can use to rescue Hermione's frgament?" He asked him simply, staring at the Chilly Alchemist.
Masaru slain another monster with rather perfect accuracy <<Savage Fulcrum>>, leaving the traces fo a 4 upon his slain monster that disperaed into pixels, as a notification popped up, tellign him the estimation of his Col and Experiernce, he was steadily reaching for Level 71 as he looked at out to the horizon, it had been a year and a a few months since Novemeber 6th, 2022, the day Kayaba imprisoned 10,000 players. "How time flies..." he said lowly asn thought on recent events, the Front-Lines have just reached Floor 54 and everyome was taking their time to advance to the next floor, what with the Dungeon having more floors, but everyone changed since that day, the day everyone split off on their serperate ways after beating the Dungeon Boss, but they all added one another, perhaps to keep track of everyone and place the blame on someone. "Guess I'm done for now, I'll head back Home." he said, placed hsi sword on his back, sheathed as he walked alogn the dirt trodden path, masaru inside, felt guilty for the events that occured on that day and decided to throw himself into grinding as much as possible, perhaps to assure nothing like what happened that day occur every again, He never did make much contact with everyone else since he figured they all blamed him for it. Rumors had it that were some outstanding people such as the Black Swordsman, Kirito otherwise known as another Beater, Asuna of the Knights of Blood or by her other name, Flash Asuna, noted for her rapid strikes with a rapier, Heatcliff, the leader of the Knights of Blood Guild he too, somehow was given a title by the people known as the Golden Knight, perhaps in refernce to his armour he wore. Masaru entered the town and headed for the Warp Gate, he also never joined a Guild either as he called out "Floor 7!" he state dbefore the rings form and warped him to the chosen floor.
Hmmm then... Masaru has become level 70 with Equipped Skills. One-handed Sword <<Mastered>> Parry <<Mastered>> Battle Healing <<Mastered>> Searching <<850>> Tracking <<Mastered>> Hiding <<890>> Extended Weight Limit <<900>> Sprint <<934>> He has become a Front-Line Fighter, throwing all of his dedication to clearing the game and to protect others as he feels guilty for the death of Shiina's partner and decided to become stronger so he could stop PK-ing's happening again, he also has a House on Floor 7 <<Monster Arena>> but he has reculantly added those he partied up onto his Friend List, taking time to vist them once in a while. New Armour New Sword (First One)
~Hallway of Bowser's castle~ Aoi decided to lead to the most elegant door there, most likely the Boss Room? "This should be where the Boss is, beta him and we'll warp out out of here." he said and tapped the door with a knuckle. "Well, that's part of the plan anyway." he muttered and pushed it open.
Then if it's time-skip, we should proabably sort out the issue at hand or everyone else hates Masaru and Star much?
