Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 286: Ruvyn's Rationale
Date: 7:23:19 PM, June 17th; 6:11:07 PM, June 19th, 2006.
Metal Man (GM): ...Aetos n' Robotnik
You've been grabbed by the time machine. The hit smacks the machine, and it flies backwards... and you see the other people vanish.
Aetos: "What... did you do??"
Metal Man (GM): Ivo gasps for a moment... before you find yourselves back in time a full hour.
Ivo Robotnik: "With the Time Stone... I went back in time. Thanks to your foolish partners, I escaped! Yes... all is according to plan. I must now turn you in for the bounty."
Metal Man (GM): The claw drops you on the ground; you feel a device stuck to your back.
Aetos: "Why don't you just let go of me like a good-- " *Oof*
"Wait... what did you just stick on me?"
Ivo Robotnik: "Enough C-4 to blow up the entire tower if you manage to elude me. Plus a bonus device which would create a small black hole to suck in the evidence into a small cube.
I didn't escape the X-zone for nothing.
Now... I have an hour on my hands."
Aetos blinks... .oO(This isn't good...)
Ivo Robotnik: *He pulls out a remote.*
Aetos raises an eyebrow.
Ivo Robotnik: "I want answers... or you will find yourself in far more pain than needed. What... do the Questers use for their missions? Where do they receive their information?"
Metal Man (GM): He idly tosses the remote around in his hands.
Ivo Robotnik: "You don't have any reason to protect them. They hate you."
Aetos: "... Hrm... what will you do if I told you? I'm after the same device."
Ivo Robotnik: "Aha! So you are telling the truth... Excellent...
I will ensure no excess pain is given to you. You shall not die before being delivered to my client.
Also, I shall make sure to get payback on whoever hired me.
After all... they know too much already."
Aetos: "Who DID hire you?"
Metal Man (GM): He grabs the remote, and then speaks again, wiping some sweat off of his greasy forehead.
Ivo Robotnik: "None of your business. Anyhow, what are your relations to The Void aka Illian Macgregor's half-existent nobody?"
Aetos: "Absolutely none anymore."
Ivo Robotnik: "Hmmm... and I can believe you how?"
Metal Man (GM): He turns a dial; you feel a mild shock in your left shoulder.
It appears he also patented back-mounted tasers.
Aetos: *Bzzt* "Grah! I don't! After the X-zone was destroyed, I have nothing to do with him!"
Ivo Robotnik: "Hmm... I guess I will take that for an answer... a pity... you could have gotten revenge."
Metal Man (GM): He turns off the shock, then tosses around the remote again.
Ivo Robotnik: "Do you have a smash dex, which is given to all recruits?"
Aetos: "Yes."
Ivo Robotnik: "Hand it to me and I shall ensure whoever sent me after you shall be shot... once. The Questers unwittingly expose themselves with them... just some debris from one has caused them multiple headaches from Kuja's R&D idiots."
Aetos: "Wha..." *He reverts back to his human state and pulls out his newer DEX.* .oO(Still got Talon...)
Metal Man (GM): He grabs it from you... and immediately looks at it.
Ivo Robotnik: "Excellent..."
Metal Man (GM): Then he unscrews the back cover and fiddles with it. In the blur that is his mechanical genius, he appears to have modified it. Then you see that he's stripped off the case, most of the buttons, and... attached it to his Egg-o-matic?
You see a variety of holographic images appearing on his vehicle.
Ivo Robotnik: "They don't even know you've been compromised yet... they have complex security, but for a little under an hour, I can download... everything. Yes... that's it. come to me, Gerald's blueprints on Vendetta."
Metal Man (GM): He turns away from what must be some downloading prompt and back to you.
Aetos: "Hrmm Vendetta..."
Ivo Robotnik: "The device you seek. I will have plans for it shortly."
Aetos: "Vendetta? I don't seek it..."
Ivo Robotnik: "No, no. The mission terminal. Would you like it delivered to you after I shoot your nemesis?
It is of little use to me, but I could build it relatively quickly."
Aetos: "I would like it... but I still want to know who my 'nemesis' is."
Ivo Robotnik: "Only if you give me information which would probably even turn your blood cold. You see... Kuja happened to have sent you somewhere. An empty planet.
I could use... an empty planet.
My time machine, yes, is useless against here. If I go back in time, Neo-Earthians and the like would probably kill me.
There... it would be the perfect Little Planet.
All I need... is the name."
Metal Man (GM): He leans back.
Aetos: "...first, I have a request... then you can have your planet."
Ivo Robotnik: "A request? That's a bit much, but I will listen."
Aetos: "I want you to make it so the Questers don't know that... I'm me... you blew my cover entirely..."
Ivo Robotnik: "That would be... very hard. Only if you spied on them could I begin to justify the time travel and expenses. It takes exact parameters to make sure I erase something instead of doubling it up. And trust me... doubling things up destroys any attempt to change the past."
Aetos: "Do you think they will kill me if I run into them in the future?"
Ivo Robotnik: "They were trying to save you from me. Perhaps they may take pity on you. So far I'm the boogeyman--no one has fooled them that badly. Kuja's godship ruse was more than dealt with. He got killed."
Aetos: "How much time do we have left?"
Ivo Robotnik: *Checks his watch* "...20 minutes. I will be on my way to the client within then."
Aetos: "Where will I go?"
Ivo Robotnik: "You probably wouldn't understand how deep the rabbit hole goes. If you are not willing to give me the name and/or serve as a double agent, I might as well ask my last question.
You may agree to do those later--but I have something I have to know.
..."
Metal Man (GM): Dramatic pause
brb a moment. Eating burgers.
End Dramatic pause
Aetos: "...? You know... I'm only telling you these things because when I lie, it's brutally obvious... I know there's no hope in deceiving you."
Ivo Robotnik: "...Who was the other head of the Questers when Wolfman was in charge? Who had a massive holo-tomb made in their name? Who had a past on this planet you will not name?"
Aetos: "...Good questions. Why is that man important?"
Metal Man (GM): He slams his fist down.
Aetos: "Turtle-man... thing..."
Ivo Robotnik: "It's a painfully obvious fact to most Questers. I need it because his technology is something I could use... quite a bit. Like anything else, the database has everything, but it relies on names."
Aetos: "I see. I will tell you all you want that I know, under one condition that you will not like."
Ivo Robotnik: "You aren't in the position to bargain for this... unless it is something laughably simple, I probably will not accept it."
Aetos: "Do not let your inventions harm Charles Magellean, is what I want."
Ivo Robotnik: *Smiles* "...Whatever you say."
Aetos nods. "You aren't laughing."
Ivo Robotnik: "Now... I only need the name. Then I can deal with our problem."
Aetos: "Nonetheless... Klumsy was his name. Turion is the planet. The Mission Terminal receives data from a complex transference from Gerald."
Ivo Robotnik: "Err... that will be all I need, then."
Metal Man (GM): He inputs some coordinates, then soon looks like he's invaded a candy store.
Ivo Robotnik: "Yes... this will be... much better. I don't think I'll have any problem stiffing the fool who thought you were a bad kid. Although... I must put on an appearance." *The claw grabs you again; he flies his craft out of the ruins at high speeds.*
Aetos growls... "...The fool...?..."
Metal Man (GM): You're now high in the air, and looking from above at Nintendus.
Ivo Robotnik: "Yes... I should contact him now."
Aetos narrows his eyes...
Metal Man (GM): He presses some buttons.
MEANWHILE...
It is after the previous mission.
Charles is in the medbay. I should say, he's probably awakened by now.
His (Garrick's) dex would start to go off. Charles does not answer; he appears unable to respond.
Back with Aetos and Robotnik
Ivo Robotnik: "Hmmm... it appears something else has inconvenienced my client. I believe I get to keep you, then.
After all. Finders keepers, losers... weepers?"
Aetos continues glaring at Ivo. "As long as you don't hurt Charles."
Metal Man (GM): He chuckles as he changes course... he flies away from Quester HQ and towards somewhere else very bizarre.
Ivo Robotnik: "According to my hacked security feed, he's hurt himself without me doing anything to him. I believe it would be best if I changed my modus operandi."
Metal Man (GM): *Whoosh* You're now... over Lake Hyrule.
The vehicle hovers down, over the water... and stops. A platform raises up. He drops you on it... sans the explosives.
Ivo Robotnik: "My business with hostage-taking you is done."
Metal Man (GM): He presses a button.
Ivo Robotnik: "The other bounty hunters have been notified I completed the job. But I like your style... if you truly dislike so many others, perhaps my technology could help you?"
Aetos: "Howso?"
Ivo Robotnik: "I... have a time traveling machine. I can take you anywhere, anytime. I can make you a hero again. With a few more stones, all that I wish shall be in my grasp."
Aetos scratches his chin and nods.
Ivo Robotnik: "You've been very helpful... Much more than that idiot named Garrick.
Collect me a stone and I will make sure you are given what you want."
Aetos: "I'll take you up on that. Do you know where any other stones are?"
Ivo Robotnik: "Well... that is a problem."
Metal Man (GM): He presses some buttons.
Ivo Robotnik: "I stole one from the mob, and another from a museum, and the Questers broke out one from Kuja's cold, dead hands for me today. Ah. Yes. This one is oddly familiar."
Metal Man (GM): He speaks with a grim finality.
Ivo Robotnik: "Angel Island."
Aetos: "Ah?"
Ivo Robotnik: "Bring me the stone and time is yours. Angel Island... has but one flaw with it.
A paranoid echidna named Knuckles. If I recall correctly, he probably is guarding it along with his precious Master Emerald.
All you must do is trick him out of it, and bring it here. I'd do it myself, but he can't even bring himself to speech when I appear."
Aetos: "I'm not very good at deceiving..."
Ivo Robotnik: "He's not very good at thinking. You're made for each other.
I'll show you my base in a moment." *He presses some buttons, and...*
Metal Man (GM): I must pause again! Drat!
Aetos snickers. "Well... alright."
Metal Man (GM): Mission
Dragoshi: *Quite. Since I don't want to shell out cash for a riot gun.*
Metal Man (GM): You're all in the big room, as usual.
Mission 5 is selected.
Text: It appears a team sent out to explore some ruins down here has mysteriously disappeared. Go to the arctic and search for them!
Metal walks in, and salutes, before staring at the ole' description.
Gibby: "A search and rescue, eh? Sounds simple."
Digifanatic takes a look at the summary.
"Sounds interesting..."
Metal Man: "Well... took us quite a while to get to this one, but for some reason it never was cancelled."
Alexia: "Nothing is ever that simple, Gibby."
Metal Man: "There's something suspicious going on there."
Dragoshi: "...Indeed."
Metal Man: "I want you to make sure anything bad... doesn't get the chance Ivo did."
Gibby: "Aw, you guys are just getting all paranoid."
Digifanatic: "Like any strange forces down there?"
Metal Man: "Anything. Even a bunch of monsters would deserve investigation."
Dragoshi: "...Understood."
Digifanatic: "Heh... alright."
Gibby: "I dunno why anyone would want to be down there anyway. It's way too cold."
Metal Man: "As usual... you'll be teleporting there."
Digifanatic: "Yeah, but there can be some pretty interesting things hanging out in geographic extremes."
Metal Man gestures to the good ol' elevator.
Alexia nods and heads into the elevator.
Dragoshi: "...Eh. Could've been a volcano instead. And, I really wouldn't want to hear any complaints, and/or marshmallow jokes at the expense of Gibby..."
*He walks into the elevator.*
Charles Magellean still lays in the comatose state in medbay/sickbay. Spasms still happen, and no response from stimuli of any kind.
Digifanatic: "Don't worry. I won't do that, Dragoshi..."
*He rolls his eyes.*
Gibby: "Eh... I suppose of we must. And trust me... I've heard them all."
*He steps inside.*
Julian Sawyer: "Can't be that bad... An' I think we all matured past that." *Heads into the elevator.*
Metal Man: "Just don't make me get out... the shelf."
Digifanatic follows the others on in.
Metal Man chuckles a bit and leans on the wall as the elevator gets ready to go up.
Alexia: *Blink* "Shelf?"
Gibby sweat drops. O_O; "O-Of course not, Mr. Metal..."
Digifanatic: "Noooo idea."
Julian Sawyer: "...Coulda sworn we got rid of that."
Metal Man steals Charles's body and makes him re-enact the winter ham slaying incident.
"I keep things stored in places which cannot be found."
Dragoshi: "...Like the dryer? ...Wait, that's socks"
Gibby: "Let's just get going already!"
Aribar rushes into the Big Room and onto the elevator. "Sorry I'm late! Tying shoes with one hand is a pain..."
Metal Man: "It's worse with hands of steel."
Gibby: "You'd think you'd become an expert at it after a while, Ari."
Metal Man waves as the elevator goes on up.
Digifanatic turns to the feminine voice that queried the word "shelf". He turns to whoever/whatever she is and says a simple "Hi."
Metal Man (GM): *WARP.*
Alexia: "Er, hi."
Metal Man (GM): You fly on through the white realm; Alexia's words are heard there.
Then you appear in the freezing arctic.
Gibby shivers as he steps out.
Metal Man (GM): It's so cold, you wonder if Gibby's blue from the cold and not his natural color.
Alexia: "...Nobody brought jackets, huh..." *She steps out into the snow and ice.*
Digifanatic: "No, sorry."
Gibby: "Of course not... that'd be the SMART thing to do."
Metal Man (GM): You see... a stone entrance, low in the ground.
Digifanatic: "We don't go to many places like these."
Metal Man (GM): A knocked over tent blows in the wind.
A long dead campfire sits... rusted metallic shovels lay still.
Gibby: "Hey, maybe it's warmer down there."
Alexia walks over to the tent, crossing her arms and shivering.
Julian Sawyer: "...Y'know, I didn' think it'd be this bad, otherwise I woulda packed a parka or somethin'...Maybe I's warmer in there." *Heads for the stone entrance quickly, rubbing his crossed arms with his hands.*
Alexia: "Maybe a clue is in here. A diary entry or something..."
Dragoshi walks over to the tent, somewhat oblivious to the cold.
Gibby follows Julian with much haste in his step.
Aribar shivers. He's wearing somewhat light clothing so this arctic weather isn't very nice. The elf quickly heads after the others.
Alexia looks to see anything that might have fallen out.
Metal Man (GM): Search check, aye.
Digifanatic: *Alexia: Practically the same introduction that has been given to others--you'd be looking a somewhat tall, kinda large guy in his later teens. His hair is blondish brown and wears extremely casual clothes. Containing no true visible signs of defense or even offense, he looks more like a standard passerby than a Quester.*
Metal Man (GM): You find a broken compass.
Walking down below, you enter the cave.
It is... indeed, warmer down here.
Digifanatic continues to follow the others.
Gibby: "Ahhh... much better."
Digifanatic: "Yeah..."
Alexia: "...Yeah, reeeeal helpful..." *Kicks it over and heads into the cave with the others.*
Julian Sawyer gets to the Stone entrance way, and turns back "YO! Stragglers! Get in here 'fore you freeze!" *Heads further in.*
Dragoshi enters the cave&
Metal Man (GM): You see more gear thrown about. Bullet holes. Burns.
Alexia: *Under breath* "Prince Charming he is not..."
Gibby: "What a mess..."
Metal Man (GM): Broken rocks... and this tunnel leads into a wrecked... control room.
Alexia: "...Geez. Looks like a war in here..."
Aribar continues after Julian. "I don't like the looks of this."
Digifanatic: "So, anyways, who are you and what has brought you here?"
Metal Man (GM): Strangely enough, the controls appear active down there.
Alexia: "...Huh."
Gibby: "Boy, there seems to be a control room in even the most remote of places."
Dragoshi: "Indeed."
Smash Dex: "..."
Julian Sawyer: "...How the... Don't matter." *Checks them out.*
Smash Dex: "This is the Master Hand Control Room."
Digifanatic: "Oh, I remember something like this..."
Gibby: "Master Hand?"
Aribar hrms. "Maybe this is some really roundabout way to Nova... Or... Not. Master Hand? Hrm."
Julian Sawyer: "...You gotta be kiddin' me. This is kinda off limits, ain't it?"
Dragoshi: "...Giant freakish glove thing?"
Smash Dex: "...An experimental time machine was built here."
Alexia: *To Digi* "Well, I'm... a close friend of Del. I joined the Questers to keep his legacy from dying out."
Gibby: "Oh yeah... that thing."
Alexia: "But now is not the time."
Digifanatic: "Ah, yeah, he was a cool guy."
Smash Dex: "Zio nearly went back in time and took over... but Kuja stopped him."
Alexia: "Time machine?"
Smash Dex: "It appears... someone has been here."
Alexia: "No duh."
Gibby: "No kidding."
Dragoshi: "...Yeah, seriously."
Metal Man (GM): You see footsteps, and excavation. And something else odd.
Julian Sawyer: "That ain't good... Dex, ain't most of this stuff off-limts, 'ccordin' to the Manifesto?"
Digifanatic: "Did they ever figure out what happened with him? Die? Vanish? Walk off and settle down without anyone noticing?"
Smash Dex: "...It is within our right to prevent it from being used."
...A Kuja-issue portable generator is supplying power to the controls.
Julian Sawyer: "So we can't touch it, an' make sure no one else can?"
Metal Man (GM): Who would have one of those... and... Kuja-issue magitek rifles, although rebuilt and modified heavily to replace the magitek....
Alexia: "I'm not sure... I'd rather not talk about it right now, if you don't mind."
Digifanatic takes a look and stares at any ominous logos and/or insignia that happen to be there.
Metal Man (GM): In the center is a rug with Kuja's very image on it; a chandelier, recently added in, hangs crookedly and lights the area.
Alexia looks at one of the rifles and whistles softly.
Alexia: "Mean stuff."
Julian Sawyer: "Dex, am I right?"
Gibby steps away from the chandelier.
Smash Dex: "We can prevent it from being... used... and thus, touch it for that reason."
Gibby: "That thing better not fall."
Metal Man (GM): There's another tunnel on the other side.
Dragoshi: "...Indeed, Gibby."
Julian Sawyer: "Hmm..." *Checks out the console.*
Metal Man (GM): You can see, in the LED console, it has been set to self-repair mode.
Gibby watches Julian at the console.
Metal Man (GM): The Time Machine is at 57% repaired and climbing.
Dragoshi does the same as Gibby.
Digifanatic: "This is strange... if this place was a lot more accessible, no doubt we wouldn't be seeing all this Kuja stuff... I wouldn't think."
Julian Sawyer: "Easiest way to make sure it ain't use is to cut the power, so..." *Looks for the place to de-attach the generator.*
Metal Man (GM): There's a keyboard next to it; several consoles like it, too, but... they've been locked out.
The generator is wired to the back of the consoles through a thick, heavy cable.
Alexia: "And someone had to rig that machine to repair itself. Ten to one says we're not alone down here."
Metal Man (GM): Exposed wiring has been roughly soldiered on.
Aribar looks at the console... "Why would this thing be reactivated? I don't like the fact that people are still messing with Kuja's stuff..."
Smash Dex: "The console is property of Master Hand. The paraphernalia is not."
Aribar looks about. There were no other door ways or exits other than the one they came in, right?
Digifanatic: "Well... I think that if we can blow all this stuff up, nothing to worry about, right?"
Julian Sawyer: "No kiddin'...Well, don't take a genius to figure this out." *Julian takes out Vendetta, ignites it, and cuts the cable connecting the generator and the console.*
Metal Man (GM): There's a tunnel on the other side of the room.
Dragoshi: "..."
Gibby notices the tunnel and goes to check it out.
Metal Man (GM): You cut it; the lights dim.
Gibby: "Huh... wonder what's down here."
Metal Man (GM): Gibby walks to the tunnel... and sees something else frightening.
Dragoshi: "...Greeeaaaat."
Metal Man (GM): A Kuja Infantryman.
Gibby: "...Story of my life."
Digifanatic: "Aw crap."
Metal Man (GM): In tattered armor, burnt shoulders... hole in his helmet...
Julian Sawyer: "What? Easiest way to stop the repair is to cut the power that's repairin' it."
Dragoshi walks towards Gibby "'Ey Gibbs, what do you se-Holy shiart"
Metal Man (GM): He clutches his laser rifle and stares for a moment... before calmly walking down, right past Gibby.
Gibby blinks and just watches the man.
Alexia: "..."
Digifanatic: .oO(That's just nuts)
Infantry1: "...It appears you have found us."
Dragoshi does the same as Gibby.
Aribar blinks and wonders what the others are talking about. He then sees the the soldier. "Piffle..."
Julian Sawyer: "...Goddammit, you all 'sposed to be dead!"
Dragoshi: "...That appears to be so."
Digifanatic just keeps his mouth shut.
Infantry1: "...There is no sense in resisting. As you say... we are mostly dead."
Alexia watches, but keeps a Mindblast ready to fire, just in case.
Infantry1: "But... a select group... survived."
Gibby: "There's more of you?"
Dragoshi: "...I'd ask about what happened between the past and now, but that'd be a waste of time."
Infantry1: "We are Kuja's orphans."
Julian Sawyer: "So les' finish the process."
Dragoshi: "...More of these bo-...Orphans?"
Aribar: "Kuja's orphans?"
Infantry1: "I wouldn't, if I were you... there is a reason I am not fighting you."
Digifanatic: "Huh?"
Metal Man (GM): He drops his rifle.
Julian Sawyer: "What?"
Dragoshi: "...Go on."
Infantry1: "There is a guardian over us. If we are attacked... he will protect us."
Dragoshi: "...Ah."
Infantry1: "As long... as we serve him."
Aribar: "A guardian?"
Julian Sawyer: "...An' this guardian is?"
Gibby: "What guardian? I didn't see anything earlier."
Alexia: "Guardian? Elaborate."
Infantry1: "...We are not worthy to speak his name."
Dragoshi: "...It's prolly' further back in the tunnels"
Digifanatic: "Oh..."
Infantry1: "When there is death, he rises from the ashes."
Dragoshi: "...Like a phoenix?"
Infantry1: "When there is life, he burns furiously."
Digifanatic: "Are you serious, or do you just not want to tell us?"
Infantry1: "Yes... that could be a name worthy of your tongue."
Julian Sawyer: "Then you ain't worthy to be protected by 'em. I'm callin' your BS."
Digifanatic: "Ah."
Infantry1: "He had the power to save us from destruction. You... blaspheme our guardian?"
Dragoshi: "...Ah."
Aribar sighs. "Are you worthy enough to spell it out? Or write it down?"
Alexia: "Had?"
Metal Man (GM): He chuckles.
Gibby: "Probably not."
Infantry1: "I'm afraid he will have to dispel your disbelief."
Dragoshi: "Huh."
Metal Man (GM): He stands back.
Aribar: "...Forcefully?"
Julian Sawyer: "What I'm doin' is sayin' you makin' this up, an' tryin' to scare us outta here."
Infantry1: "That... is your decision."
Alexia: "...Way to go, Julian."
Dragoshi: "..."
Digifanatic: "Oh boy, here we go."
Gibby: "Oh... the team of researchers. Are they down here?"
Dragoshi: "...I bet they died."
Aribar: *The elf spends a moment to try and remember what he glanced at the screen.* "Yeah... You didn't kill them, did you?"
Dragoshi: "...Or are being held hostage, but what reason would there be for that?"
Julian Sawyer: "Yeah, these freaks probly' sacrificed 'em to they 'guardian'."
Alexia: "Information."
Gibby: "Poor guys..."
Metal Man (GM): He pulls out but a trumpet, and plays it.
Infantry1: "Announcing... the Guardian of the Phoenix Order."
Dragoshi: "...Well, that woul-...Where the *Draconic* did you get that?"
Metal Man (GM): A familiar face walks down the steps.
Aribar rests his hand on Moonlight's hilt, not liking the thought that reinforcements might be coming.
Gibby awaits this so called guardian.
Dragoshi does the same as Gibby.
Digifanatic stands there, waiting...
Metal Man (GM): A man... with brown hair... blue eyes... and a nearly perfect visage, wearing a red cloak.
Revenant Ruvyn: "What... do we have here. Those... imps... who killed my liege."
Julian Sawyer: "Phoenix Order? What kinda cliched BS is that..." *Looks.*
Digifanatic: "Oh, you've got to be..."
Julian Sawyer: "...Who're you?"
Aribar: "...It's Ruvyn."
Gibby: "HEY! I remember you... I think."
Dragoshi: "...Huh."
Revenant Ruvyn: "You are not worthy... but I shall tell you my name."
Julian Sawyer: "...An'?"
Alexia: "Ruvyn?"
Metal Man (GM): He hurls part of his cloak off, revealing two white wings.
Revenant Ruvyn: "I am... Revenant Ruvyn."
Aribar: "Ex-Quester and used by Kuja. I remember seeing him before we were sent to Turion..."
Dragoshi: "...Interesting na-Of all the cliched..."
Gibby: "I thought we killed you off."
Julian Sawyer: "So you some kinda angel?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "From the dead... I rose. I was Kuja's only angel.
You... killed him... before there could be more."
Dragoshi: .oO(Of all the cliched wings he HAD to choose ****ing angel wings! At least it wasn't FALLEN angel wings, or I'd be really agitated)
Alexia: "The Horseman of Death, I suppose."
Gibby: "So what are you doing down here?"
Revenant Ruvyn begins laughing.
Dragoshi: "..."
Infantry1: "You do not see what we are doing, when you understand enough to disconnect... the power?"
Aribar: "Well, what ARE you doing? And what became of the explorers?"
Julian Sawyer: "Repairin' a time machine's 'gainst the law. Had to shut it down."
Dragoshi: "Yes. What became of them?"
Revenant Ruvyn: *Finally contains himself, he raises a finger, wagging it at Aribar. His right hand catches on fire.* "They burned... to death."
Julian Sawyer: "What'd I say..."
Gibby: "Grr... damn it."
Digifanatic rolls his eyes again.
Dragoshi: "...Huh. Fire elemental, are you?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "No... but it is the current fad, what with how cold it is here..."
Aribar: "And what did they do to deserve death?"
Metal Man (GM): He walks a step closer, now moving his hand over the console.
Digifanatic: "Uhh... Dragoshi, that guy did say Phoenix..."
Revenant Ruvyn: "They... like you... saw too much..."
Dragoshi: "...Yes, yes, I know. But, sheesh. Just asking."
Gibby: "I don't like where this is going..."
Dragoshi: "Me neither."
Revenant Ruvyn: "You... killed... everyone..."
Aribar doesn't like where is is going either. They would have a very hard time taking care of Ruvyn... "Kuja was a menace to Nintendus!"
Metal Man (GM): He leans forwards a bit, and a tear falls from his eye.
Julian Sawyer: "KUJA killed everyone."
Gibby: "He had to be stopped."
Revenant Ruvyn: "You... do not understand... being incapable of seeing... the bigger picture."
Digifanatic: "Bigger picture?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "The Dimensional Cannon... was built to prevent a catastrophe predicted by Kuja. By defeating Kuja... everyone will die when it comes."
Aribar: "And what sort of catastrophe is this?"
Digifanatic: *His eyes open real wide. * "WHAT?!"
Revenant Ruvyn: "I must... rebuild this time machine... and save Kuja."
Editor's Note: Ironically, he's only half wrong... I won't say which half, though!
Dragoshi: "...Let me guess, something worse than whatever was worse than Kuja?"
Gibby: "What are you talking about? What catastrophe?"
Julian Sawyer: "We stopped catastrophes 'fore. This one ain't gonna be no different."
Alexia: "SAVE KUJA?!"
Revenant Ruvyn: "He was not alive for long... you killed him before he could finish telling me."
Digifanatic: "Yeah, but these keep on getting on worse and worse."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Time... itself... would destroy us all? That... is all I got."
Dragoshi: "Odd."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Only Kuja... could defeat Time itself."
Julian Sawyer: "An' I can't 'low you to do that. 'Gainst the law."
Gibby: "Sounds like a riddle... I hate riddles!"
Dragoshi: "...Must be referring to Ivo and the Time Stones then."
Alexia: "...Time. Time. ...The Time Stones."
Metal Man (GM): He spits on the ground.
Aribar: "We defeated Kuja. If we can do that we can defeat 'time'."
Digifanatic: "Time Stones? Back me up on that, please."
Revenant Ruvyn: "That law... is hearsay. There is only Kuja's law."
Aribar: "If that fake god was even right."
Digifanatic: "I forget what they're about."
Julian Sawyer: "Kuja's LAW got its a** kicked twice over!"
Revenant Ruvyn: "And... when I'm done... that law will never be made."
Dragoshi: "They control time, Digi. If you have them all you can control time. Hell, you could prolly' go as far back as the BEGINNING of it all"
Digifanatic: "Whoa."
Revenant Ruvyn: "You... have two choices."
Aribar: "Ruvyn, you are blinded by Kuja's darkness... If there was a catastrophe, Kuja would only get rid of it so that it wouldn't interfere with his evil plans."
Dragoshi: "And they are..."
Metal Man (GM): He snaps his fingers. A brilliant display of sparks flies off of them.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You can help me... and save yourselves..."
Digifanatic: "Ari, you have a good point."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Or..."
Metal Man (GM): He turns his back on you.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You can all die, regardless of what is done to me or my men."
Julian Sawyer: "No, YOU got two choices. You either gonna step back an' lemme do my job, or you either gonna keep doin' what you doin' an' force me to take extreme measures!"
Digifanatic: "JULIAN!"
Alexia: "Julian, shut it."
Dragoshi facepalms
"God dammit, Julian!"
Revenant Ruvyn: "Allow him to speak."
Gibby: "I swear to god he's going to kill us all one of these days..."
Revenant Ruvyn: *He turns to Julian* "I... was a Quester. I understand... this sort of violence."
Digifanatic: "You should know that we've almost had it with your mouth!"
Dragoshi: "...No shiart, Gibby."
Alexia: "He'll be speaking for an ambulance if he shoots his mouth off one more time!"
Revenant Ruvyn: "Tell me more, Julian. What is it like... to not be in control of your life."
Aribar opens his mouth as if to speak, but closes it... He
He opens his mouth as if to speak, but closes it... He's not sure what to do right now...
Revenant Ruvyn: "To be thrust... into another realm... to be doomed... to die... for a cause you do not understand."
Dragoshi just watches.
Metal Man (GM): He laughs bitterly.
Gibby: "He's just messing with your head, Julian."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Everyone you love... is dead."
Julian Sawyer: "Look, if you gonna try an' get me to defect to your side with all this mumbo-jumbo bull****, too bad, ain't gonna work."
Metal Man (GM): He stares at the console, pressing a few buttons... which is clearly a waste of time.
Revenant Ruvyn: "No... defecting is not my aim. I want you... to know... what you signed up for."
Aribar: "And what do you assume that we signed up for?"
Metal Man (GM): He opens a file. One of Master Hand's files.
Julian Sawyer: "An' big mutha****in' deal. My life's been at it's best since I joined the Questers."
Metal Man (GM): He takes out... a dusty parchment.
Digifanatic: "You have a valid point, Julian. The only problem that is if we can trust him?"
Gibby: "What's that?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "You... have been hired to destroy arbitrary 'foes', as designated by a controlling body."
Aribar: "...I believe that we can trust Ruvyn. He's never given us a reason that he was not honorable."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Did you not know some of these foes... are not evil?"
Dragoshi: "...Huh."
Metal Man (GM): He shows you the parchment. He hands it to Julian.
Julian Sawyer reads it...
Revenant Ruvyn: "That... is the code you follow even to this day. I joined Kuja... to escape it."
Metal Man (GM): You read it. It says, in old handwriting... (Wolf's)
Aribar: "The meaning of evil changes from person to person. The higher ups do tell us what to do, but in the end we decide what is right and wrong. We decide how to handle a situation."
Gibby: "What does it say, Julian?"
Julian Sawyer: "Why don' you let me READ IT first 'fore I tell you?"
Digifanatic: "Ari, I don't think it could be said any better."
Dragoshi: "Indeed."
Alexia: "You said it, Ari."
Dusty Parchment: 'The Questers are hereby contracted to destroy all foes of the Stadium and of Master Hand, and in the future, that of any ruling body which it is contractually made to follow. Regardless of good or evil, they are obligated to destroy all the foes of the owners, and/or rules, and to enforce control over the area they have been given permission to police.'
Gibby sighs and lets him read....
Aribar: "No governing system is perfect, Ruvyn. Ivan Robotnik and the rest are doing the best that they can do. Faith in the system, but not blind loyalty, along with common sense makes it work."
Digifanatic: "The question remains, 'Can we trust Ruvyn to not screw us up after we've helped him?'"
Revenant Ruvyn: "Faith... in the destruction of an honest scientist's works? Faith... in... in..."
Metal Man (GM): He begins to stutter. He becomes angry.
Aribar takes a few steps back from Ruvyn.
Revenant Ruvyn: "...A... military... dictator... WHO PLOTS TO DESTROY US ALL?!?!?!"
Aribar: "What gives you the idea that Ivan Robotnik would do that?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "...Ivan... Robotnik?"
Metal Man (GM): He begins laughing again.
Revenant Ruvyn: "Ivan... no... he is too dumb to hurt you."
Julian Sawyer: "An' I'm wonderin' how you know all this when you stuck in this ****heap of an outpost."
Gibby: "Then what the heck are you talking about?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "There is someone worse... right beside you... he's been with you..."
Gibby looks around.
Metal Man (GM): He takes out a poster... of Charles L. Magellean.
Julian Sawyer: "Who, Charles?"
Dragoshi looks around.
Julian Sawyer: "Oh."
Digifanatic: "Oh my god..."
Gibby: "Charles? What?"
Dragoshi: "...Huh."
Revenant Ruvyn: "This man... has repeatedly succeeded in capturing land en masse and creating weapons capable... of taking over the world. He... is only second to my liege in military knowledge... give him a gun and no one will be free."
Digifanatic: "Yeah, he has."
Julian Sawyer: "'gain, I say BIG MUTHA****IN' DEAL. Now, I wasn' 'round for the whole Magellean Military thang when it was at it's height, but righ' now I could beat Charles with one hand tied 'round my back. He ain't that big of a threat."
Revenant Ruvyn: "...You could not beat... his chair."
Aribar: "The measures set up now prevents Charles from recreating something along the lines of the Magellean Military."
Revenant Ruvyn: "You could not beat... his space ships."
Gibby: "His chair?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "You... COULD NOT... BEAT... HIS X-ZONE RAY GUN!"
Aribar: "The Questers took down his military before."
Dragoshi: "...What's so godly about his chair?"
Aribar: "Now, calm down."
Metal Man (GM): He slams a wall, breaking a hole in it.
Gibby: "WHA???"
Julian Sawyer: "You beat the PERSON, they ain't got time to construct chairs, spaceships, or guns."
Revenant Ruvyn: "He already made them all. Whenever he feels up to it... you're all toast."
Digifanatic: "When?"
Gibby: "Gee, I never thought about it like that before."
Julian Sawyer: "Now you jus' tryin' to spread paranoia."
Alexia: "He can't. At least, not right now."
Dragoshi: "..."
Aribar: "And where did you learn this all at?"
Alexia: "Julian, let him talk."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Spread... paranoia?" *He takes out a map, showing when he basically ruled a huge portion of the world.*
Julian Sawyer: "...An'?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "...What do you think this is, Aribar?" *Takes out an old Smash Dex* "Chopped liver?"
Aribar looks at the dex... His old dex from years ago?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "What... is this?" *He opens a chest of drawers... filled to the brim with Master Hand's briefings on Charles.*
Metal Man (GM): The briefings, even from this distance, appear to say 'IMMINENT DANGER TO THE WORLD' on it.
Aribar: "What have you been using my dex for exactly? And how old are those files?"
Julian Sawyer: "Yeah, all you doin' is showin' us outdated files."
Revenant Ruvyn: "They were the last files made... before he tricked you into destroying this outpost."
Julian Sawyer: "You ain't got no solid PROOF."
Aribar: "Before WHO tricked us?" *The elf walks over to Ruvyn.* "Let me see the files."
Gibby: "Man... I don't know -what- to believe..."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Take them all."
Metal Man (GM): He hands a big pile to Aribar.
Gibby scratches his hurting head.
Digifanatic: "Thank you for allowing him."
Aribar takes one of the files and tries to find a date.
Metal Man (GM): They're labeled all over with 'TOP SECRET' and 'FOR YOUR EYES ONLY'
Digifanatic: "This may make interesting reading one day."
Metal Man (GM): The dates on them are all pretty much the same.
About Kuja's coming, yes.
Just a bit before... mid-Season 4.
Revenant Ruvyn: "These were the last official files made, before he made sure this outpost was... destroyed."
Digifanatic: "Ruvyn, is there any way we can make sure Metal has these back at the HQ?"
Dragoshi: "...Huh."
Julian Sawyer: "...Man, I'm gettin' the feelin' the reason you showin' us all this? 'Cause you know you ain't got the power to take all us on, an' you stallin' the inevitable."
Revenant Ruvyn: "These files are from the Hands, who were above him back then."
Aribar hands the files back.
Revenant Ruvyn: *He takes them back, and puts them back carefully.*
Digifanatic: "Or not, then..."
Revenant Ruvyn: "You... are talking to the master of the transformer trick. I had the power of four people once... four of you." *Points at Julian.*
Aribar: "We can talk to Charles when we get back to base."
Julian Sawyer: "An' sides, Charles can't be a big of a threat if he's in a -CENSORED- coma."
Dragoshi: "Four Julians? ...That's ****ing overkill!"
Aribar: "As for right now..."
Julian Sawyer: "What'chu got to say on Ivo? He's misunderstood an' only wants to bring peace? What BS explanation you got for him?"
Digifanatic: "Yeah, but he may have clones on him or something. Clones, holograms, appointed officials--you name it, it could be there."
Revenant Ruvyn: "If you stopped heckling him, you could control him. You could use him to prevent... the event."
Dragoshi: "...Yeah. Knowing how people abuse cliches, that might be the choice"."
Aribar: "If Kuja was right about this catastrophe, we should help you, Ruvyn. But we cannot mess with time to bring Kuja or anyone back. Not only is it against the law, it causes unspeakable chaos. The Void would return. Chaos would rule."
Digifanatic: "Yes."
Gibby: "Right. Time travel is a big no-no."
Julian Sawyer: "HECKLING? The mutha****er tried to kill us!"
Digifanatic: "Now... one question."
Revenant Ruvyn: "He was only doing his job."
Digifanatic: "May I please speak?"
Dragoshi: "..."
Revenant Ruvyn: *Chuckles a bit, and then takes out a book* "Yes, please do."
Julian Sawyer: "An' I'm only doin' mine by preventin' you from doin' what you doin'!"
*He backs off and lets Digi get his question in.*
Digifanatic: "This may sound horribly stupid or silly, but if we brought Kuja here from before his reign on Nintendus--before his reign--how would he react to the scenario?"
Julian Sawyer: "He'd go crazy 'gain an' try to kill us."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Simply show him what happened when he attempted to rule. I could coerce him into helping save the world."
Gibby: "We're not going to mess with time travel!"
Digifanatic: "Okay. I just wanted to know."
Revenant Ruvyn: "He would probably thank me for saving him."
Julian Sawyer: "...Digi, don' tell me this freak's actually CONVINCED you."
Digifanatic: "No."
Revenant Ruvyn: *Grins* "You'll have a time machine, sooner or later, even if you destroy this one."
Digifanatic: "I'm not saying he has. I'm looking at a worst-case here."
Aribar: "It won't be put to use, Ruvyn."
Revenant Ruvyn: "I won't be there to tell you what to do... but curiousity may be enough."
Julian Sawyer: "The worst-case would be lettin' him finish this machine an' bring Kuja back!"
Revenant Ruvyn: "Now... if you've had quite enough... it would be poor of me to let you just destroy this antique."
Digifanatic: "I hope we don't have to, but if we're one hour from total armageddon and we're stuck to nothing..."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Please vacate the premises."
Digifanatic: "I seriously hope we don't have to."
Aribar: "We can't allow you to complete it."
Gibby: "We'll figure another way. There always is."
Julian Sawyer: "An' let you keep on? Not gonna happen.,"
Dragoshi: "Indeed."
Revenant Ruvyn: "What if it completes itself? What if... The Master Hand's machine operates itself?"
Julian Sawyer: "Can't. I cut the power to it. An' if it does, we smash it."
Metal Man (GM): He steps back a little.
Gibby nods.
Aribar: "Then we get experts in here to stop it."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Poor, poor misguided souls... you won't like what you see when you die."
Aribar: "It doesn't matter how it is repaired. We cannot allow it to be repaired in any way. The Void returning is better than Kuja's catastrophe?"
Gibby: "Now you're sounding like a broken record."
Julian Sawyer: "Hmph. Whateva you say, angel-boy..."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Kuja can stop The Void. He did it once."
Aribar: "After we killed Kuja we had to take care of the Void."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Kuja's catastrophe would destroy everything before even The Void could try another X-zone."
Julian Sawyer: "An' then WE stopped the Void after we stopped Kuja. What's your point?"
Gibby: "I'd rather not go dealing with The Void again."
Revenant Ruvyn: "The Void's return is a drop in the bucket with the destruction of time itself."
Julian Sawyer: "Which he'd do."
Aribar frowns... He's starting to be swayed.
"How can we trust Kuja? He took over the planet before!"
Julian Sawyer: "Now you gonna stop stallin' or fight?"
Aribar: "How do we know that he won't try and stab us in the back and try to take over?"
Gibby: "Right. Kuja's nothing but trouble."
Digifanatic: "Exactly."
Revenant Ruvyn: "There will be no planet left if you don't try."
Julian Sawyer: "...What the HELL have I been SAYIN'?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "Enjoy your last years of existence."
Editor's Note: Quite chilling, given what occurred multiple seasons later...
Julian Sawyer: "Jesus, took you people THIS long to agree wit' me?"
Metal Man (GM): He draws his sword, Cala, and points it at you all.
Digifanatic: "No matter what we do, there're gonna be some real hard problems."
Gibby: "Whatever... we'll deal with it. It's what Questers do best."
Revenant Ruvyn: "I have had a wish to fight you."
Digifanatic: "Deal with what, Gibby?"
Aribar: "...To the death?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "Let me finish what Kuja STARTED!"
Julian Sawyer: "Can' believe y'all... An' it's gonna be a Death wish." *Julian re-ignites Vendetta and gets ready.*
Metal Man (GM): The entire room around you lights on fire.
Gibby: "With whatever this evil entity he's talking about is."
Dragoshi: "What the-Woah!"
Aribar quickly unsheaths Moonlight. "We don't need to fight, Ruvyn!"
Gibby sighs and unsheaths his sword.
Revenant Ruvyn: "Oh no... I insist."
Metal Man (GM): COMMANDER BATTLE
Questers vs. REVENANT RUVYN
Dragoshi readies his scythe.
Metal Man (GM): AGI's?
Aribar: "You offer us few choices. Chance the Void and Kuja taking over to defeat a catastrophe that might not exist, or do nothing and possibly cause our destruction..."
Digifanatic: "Julian, what did I say earlier about having enough of your mouth?"
Julian Sawyer: "Nothin' important."
Aribar blinks... He doesn't know what to think about Julian's comment.
Metal Man (GM): The Wraith is warped in (conveniently)
Order: Ruvyn, Julian, Aribar, Dragoshi, Digi, Gibby, The Wraith
Revenant Ruvyn: "You shall all die such painful deaths."
Gibby nods to Wraith.
Julian Sawyer: "One more reason you gonna lose, angel-boy!"
Aribar looks up at the wraith. "Good timing! We're fighting the guy with wings. Not to the death... I think."
John: *Two small, floating orbs appear, one grey and the other purple. Shadows around the area would begin drawing together around the colored specks, soon forming into a humanoid shape... Arms and a head, though no legs. 'Tis the wraith. The specks are still dimly visible from within its chest.*
Gibby: "Good timing."
Metal Man (GM): He crosses his arms... and sits there.
Dragoshi looks at the Wraith "Good timing, I do say."
Digifanatic: "Hey, Wraith."
The Wraith nods back to Gibby, then to Dragoshi, while drawing both of those orbs, the stones...
Julian Sawyer: "Oh, that the way you gonna play it? I can dig it." *Julian lays back and defends, not wanting to be the first victim of Ruvyn's assumed deadly counter. If he has one. TURN END.*
Revenant Ruvyn: "You know not what I am planning."
Julian Sawyer: "Yeah, but I got a good idea."
Aribar points Moonlight at Ruvyn and traces a circle in the air with the point. The shortsword glows purple before Aribar pulls Moonlight over his head and unleashes a slash... At nothing. Several purple star outlines fly towards Ruvyn. Aribar follows them up by peppering Kuja's angel with magical bolts of energy. (Star Storm, Magic Barrage.)
Metal Man (GM): He stands still; you hit once, before missing once, then hitting again.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You have grown Aribar... closer to death."
Aribar smirks.
"I'm moving up on your to-kill list? I'll take that as a complement."
Dragoshi just stands still and assumes a waiting stance.
Digifanatic takes a crucial stare out towards Ruvyn's self... without thinking twice, he starts off with a Fire Punch and, in very quick succession, unleashes an additional Light Ray.
Metal Man (GM): He deflects one with his left pauldron, then takes a glancing blow on the second hit.
Gibby decies to gather some information on Ruvyn first. Know thy enemy... he takes out his dex and quick scans him.
Revenant Ruvyn: "Pshaw."
Smash Dex: "...DING!"
Ruvyn
Level 200
HP: 24/3420
STR: 38
END: 38
AGI: 38
MNT: 38
AC: 22
DR: 22 (Demigodly Light Armor - 8 DR)
Dex: "End of entry."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Do you still doubt... my experience?"
Gibby: o_o;... *Goes into defense mode and ends his turn.*
The Wraith eyes its opponent warily, simply folding its arms as well... A dark barrier forms around itself as it eyes around cautiously.
Metal Man (GM): NEW ROUND
Revenant Ruvyn: "...Burn.."
Metal Man (GM): He raises a hand, and a pillar of flame raises from the ground to try to immolate Julian.
AGI check, Julian.
Julian Sawyer: *GOD DAMMIT.*
Metal Man (GM): The insane pillar of fire hits you not once, but twice, for 108 fire damage and then another 108 fire damage.
Then he walks right up to Aribar.
Revenant Ruvyn: "Your swing is STILL slow."
Metal Man (GM): He violently slashes at Aribar...
1 time.
The flaming slash deals 108 fire damage.
Julian Sawyer clings to life!
Metal Man (GM): Ruvyn then turns to Julian.
Revenant Ruvyn: "Not so tough anymore, are you?"
Metal Man (GM): He attempts to stab Julian in the gut.
Gibby: .oO(Why do all our enemies have to be uber powerful?)
Julian Sawyer: *Go To Hell.*
Digifanatic: .oO(Oh crap, we're screwed...)
Dragoshi: .oO(...Great.)
Metal Man (GM): However... he stops just an inch from his gut... and instead backslaps him.
Aribar seems to be hit, but at the last moment the elf dodges the slash by a chaotic blast of yellow energy. "Hm! I think you're the one with the slow swing!" (Chaos Control, 12 CP.)
Metal Man (GM): For... 28 fire damage.
Julian Sawyer: *Life!*
Digifanatic: .oO(But... he's going to have to kill us...*counts* a total of 18 times...)
Julian Sawyer: "...You mutha****er!" *Julian gets back up and quickly downs an Ultra Shroom, then channels blood-red energy into his hands and tries to grab Ruvyn! LUCK.*
Digifanatic: "Ari... do you have any special ideas besides try to just take him with force?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "Come and go... turn around and lose... you can fight me, fight me, but there will be another day." *He sings to himself as he is grabbed. Julian's hand burns, taking 28 fire damage.*
Aribar: "He wants a fight. Let's just give him our best shots!"
Digifanatic: "Alright."
Julian Sawyer fights through the pain, and as the energy disperses into Ruvyn, Julian whirls around and slams him into the ground! Focus Slam!
Metal Man (GM): He bounces off the ground... which cracks as he bounces on off.
He gets up as if he wasn't thrown, taking a chunk of the floor out of his armor.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You are... such a rude man."
Julian Sawyer: "I get that a lot."
Dragoshi: "..."
Aribar points Moonlight at Ruvyn. The blade glows white before a thirty foot cone of magic engulfs the elf's target. The elf's going to remain back in this fight... Ruvyn's swordplay has got to be deadly. (Bang!)
Metal Man (GM): He is hit again; his armor takes about half the damage.
Dragoshi lets out a smirk. He then unleashes a powerful burst of... Earth energy? ...I thought it was supposed to be lightning (Earth Bite. 5 SP (Changed Indignation's element to Earth for 1 SP), 6 TP)
*GAW DAMMET.*
Metal Man (GM): He blocks your earth with his pauldron.
Digifanatic figures the only thing that is possible is to just go out and attack for now... he pulls off another Light Ray from his bag of tricks, but holds himself back after firing one off...
Metal Man (GM): Almost all the attack bounces off his armor.
Digifanatic: "I don't care what much or what little I do."
Gibby decides to try his hand at fighting as well. He dashes towards Ruvyn, leaps up at his chest, and attacks with two horizontal slashes. Hit or miss, he backflips after the second slash and retreats back to the others.
Revenant Ruvyn: "I'm not going to complain."
Metal Man (GM): Hit, miss.
Digifanatic: "Me neither."
Metal Man (GM): It doesn't even damage him.
The Wraith's eyes narrow as it looks around more, looking for key points and such... It eyes the machine, the exits, the walls, ceiling and floor... As it does this, its barrier takes on a reflective sheen... End turn.
Gibby grumbles. "My attacks aren't even hurting him..."
Dragoshi: "...Well, what do you expect? Blame his armor."
Metal Man (GM): You see, mostly, the machine, the power generator, and two exits.
NEW ROUND
Revenant Ruvyn: "I command... that you both die."
Metal Man (GM): He flies at Aribar, on fire, in the shape of a Phoenix.
Aribar rolls to the side, easily dodging that move.
Metal Man (GM): *LUCK*
It is now... a 21.
Aribar is nearly hit, but a chaotic burst of speed (4 CP) allows the elf to still avoid being a burnt mage.
Metal Man (GM): You irritate him, teleporting out of the way.
Revenant Ruvyn: "I shall have fun making you use up all your energy."
Metal Man (GM): He runs at you... again... with his weapon.
Aribar: "Heh. Just keep trying. You can't even hit me!" *The elf spends some more chaotic energy to bring Moonlight up to block the sword.* (3 CP.)
Metal Man (GM): You'd notice a whole bunch of fire beginning to appear, trailing Ruvyn.
Julian Sawyer: "We need somethin' to put him out..." *Julian then remembers he has Vendetta already drawn, and goes to attack Ruvyn with a One-Two Cut!*
Metal Man (GM): Hit, hit.
Julian Sawyer ... Does it again!
*Turn Over, rah.*
Metal Man (GM): He's hit by those, and then those. But not phased.
Aribar takes a step back and pulls Moonlight in as if he's preparing for a strong slash. The blade glows with purple energy and he takes a short jump towards Ruvyn before swinging Moonlight in an arcing slash. More purple star outlines fly forth to cut Ruvyn's skin and spirit. He then yells, "Catch, Gibby! Might help!" and throws his trusty blade to the kirby knight. (Star Storm, giving Gibby Moonlight.)
Gibby blinks and grabs hold of the sword. "Uhh... gee, thanks." He never used another man's sword before. He hoped he could use it properly. He sheaths his other sword and firmly grasps Ari's.
Metal Man (GM): Ruvyn's "Skin and spirit" block the attack.
Dragoshi shrugs, then sends out another charged up Earth Bite.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
*SMACK*
Your attack appears to deal more damage than usual. He gets up... and looks at you, fire in his eyes.
Revenant Ruvyn: "That, sir... was not gentlemanly at all."
Dragoshi: "...Hmph. Do I care, phoenix?"
Digifanatic has a bunch of TP and he's not afraid this turn... he starts by rushing at Ruvyn in a white blaze (Celestial Fury) and then afterward, goes to launch in another Fire Punch at this fellow... but there appears to be an middle-blue gleam in his fist this time.
He sits out the rest of his turn...END TURN.
Metal Man (GM): Miss, miss.
Digifanatic: "I am not ashamed. It happens."
Dragoshi: "Eh. What happens, 'appens. Right?"
Gibby looks at Moonlight for a second, and then back at Ruvyn. "Well, here goes nothing!" He dashes towards Ruvyn, leaps into the air, and attacks with a horizontal slash into a downward vertical slash. When he finishes he leaps back to the others.
Digifanatic: "Yup."
Julian Sawyer: "Hmm..." *Julian walks over to Digi and Dragoshi, and whispers to them... a plan! A MASTER PLAN!*
Digifanatic eyes widen.
(whispering) "Yeah, Jules?"
Dragoshi: (Whisperin')"...Yes?"
Julian Sawyer: *Insert Plan! You know what it is! After plan* "Clear?"
Metal Man (GM): Hit, hit.
Dragoshi: "...Understood."
Julian Sawyer: "Good." *Heads back to his position.*
Gibby: "Now -THIS- is what I call a sword."
Dragoshi slowly claps at Gibby.
Aribar: "Fine elven craftmanship's to thank for that!"
Digifanatic: "Heh..." *Looks back at Gibby* "Not bad at all."
Gibby: "Indeed."
Dragoshi: "Quite."
Metal Man counts da damage...
The Wraith lets out some strange rasping noises as it backs away slowly, holding both of those stones out in front of itself... It lets out a phantasmic roar as a gargantuan blast of magical energy issues forth from its hands, directed at that potentially time-altering console, attempting to line up so that it may catch the generator in the blast as well...
Metal Man (GM): Ruvyn leaps in the way of it.
Roll.
He is hit by it, saving the console.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You won't be able to hit it while the Guardian is around."
The Wraith just tilts its head from side to side as if cracking its neck... End turn.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You've tortured me long enough... I need to destroy all of you."
Dragoshi: "...Torture? Please, watching Barney's worse than this"
*He then shuts his mouth.*
Aribar: "...You really are serious about killing us?" *The elf says this as if he's a little disappointed.*
Metal Man (GM): He powers up....
And then suddenly catches on fire, before exploding. Violently.
The entire room is engulfed with flames.
Dragoshi: "...Woah!"
Metal Man (GM): DC 26 AGI check.
MAGICAL flames.
Dragoshi: *Dammit.*
Julian Sawyer: *LUCK.*
The Wraith looks like it's about to get hit... but in some strange flash, manages to avoid (part of?) the attack...
Aribar uses a bit more oh his chaotic energy to try and avoid the brunt of the flames. (7 CP.)
Gibby is about to feel toasty.
Dragoshi also uses some of his chaotic energy to evade the attack, if possible. (9 CP)
Metal Man (GM): 104 fire damage to anyone who failed... but even teleporting cannot dodge the entire attack.
Those who dodged take 52 fire damage.
Dragoshi decides not to teleport, seeing as it's a waste of 9 CP.
Julian Sawyer, through the power of being Julian, dodges most of it.
Editor's Note: Julian Power (TM)
Dragoshi: "...Ow! Toasty." (97 damage. 203/300)
Gibby get slightly burnt.
Aribar is still blackened by the fires, but thankfully rolling away from the flames and his enchanted armor kept most of the harm at bay.
Gibby: "I... HATE... fire..."
The Wraith still got rather... mauled by that wave of fire, but manages to keep its form together, though wavering...
Dragoshi: "...You okay there, man?" *Looks at the Wraith.*
The Wraith shudders a bit, clutching a hand to its chest, but nods slowly...
Dragoshi: "...Ah."
Julian Sawyer ... LIIIIIIIIVES! "Heh, so you don' like us touchin' that console while you still around?" *Julian assumes Ruvyn is still in front of the console, as he reaches for him again, his hands glowing blood red! Luck.*
Metal Man (GM): You grab him... and burn your hand for 28 fire damage.
Julian Sawyer: *And he doesn't mind!* "Then les' see how you like it when I put you THROUGH IT!" *Julian whirls around, and slams Ruvyn into the console! Focus Slam!*
Metal Man (GM): You smash him at the console... forcing him to do something... not so fair.
He morphs into a phoenix and burns the **** outta you.
Merely to avoid hitting the console.
He takes the damage... and deals another 66 fire damage to you.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You know I will not permit the console to be smashed."
Digifanatic: .oO(Oh man you HAVE to be...)
Revenant Ruvyn: "That and Earth elemental damage is the quickest way to die."
Dragoshi shrugs.
Metal Man (GM): *Rewind* The console is smashed into. Ruvyn's eyes turn blood red.
Editor's Note: Huh, soooomebody musta gotten salty about Ruvyn stopping that. But why? Destroy the console on yer own, Ruvyn isn't going to help you.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You... have damaged... the console... that... I cannot... accept..."
Metal Man (GM): TRANCE MODE
He turns all red as he stands up, now seriously ticked off. Though it still isn't his turn.
Revenant Ruvyn: "I... will... tear you into tiny shreds..."
Dragoshi: "...Oh, gaw dammet."
Julian Sawyer then backs off "Alright, let's get outta here. Digi, Dragoshi, you know what to do!"
Gibby: *;_;* "I'm too handsome to die..."
Digifanatic: "Right..."
Revenant Ruvyn: "There... is to be no leaving this place."
Metal Man (GM): He raises both his fists, and the ground itself shakes as both entrances become buried.
Julian Sawyer's turn is OVA
"..."
Aribar blinks and measures his options. Ruvyn is an expert spellsword. He is strong enough to take on all of them. And he just tranced... And buried the entrance.
Revenant Ruvyn: "I gave you a chance to fight and defeat me like a gentleman... you could have waited until I was dead... but you were so hasty... so... hasty..."
Metal Man (GM): He seems to be holding it in merely not exploding the entire place.
Aribar knows that it's a slim chance to escape this alive, but... "Ruvyn, I have nothing against you... And we cannot win this fight now. I would ask you to allow me to sit the rest of this fight out, and not to... Permanently kill my friends."
Gibby nods in agreement.
Dragoshi nods, but knows this is prolly' hopeless, so he assumes a stance.
Revenant Ruvyn: "You... broke... the machine... that would save the world. YOU WILL ALL DIE FOR THIS BLASPHEMY!!!"
Aribar: "There are other ways to travel through time!"
Julian Sawyer: "Says you."
Metal Man (GM): The room shakes.
Revenant Ruvyn: "And you think you will let me live to use them? No."
Aribar: "Ivo's Time Stones. There's still one out there some where... There may even be a spell on Whaller we can use."
Digifanatic: "And we can get there."
Aribar: "Ruvyn... If you don't consider me an enemy then I shall not consider you one."
Dragoshi: "..."
Revenant Ruvyn: "All fine and dandy when the brute will go ahead and attempt to kill me without you."
Dragoshi calmly waits.
Revenant Ruvyn: "Either all of you let me live or all of you die."
Digifanatic: "We have the portal back at the base..."
Aribar looks to the others. "What do you say? Will you fight him? Or will you stop?"
Dragoshi: "I will only continue if he stops."
Julian Sawyer: "Man, we gonna be breakin' our own law either way."
Dragoshi: "I mean, if doesn't stop ...I get the two confused."
Aribar gets out his dex. "Dex, is there anything in the Manifesto about letting a previous foe live?"
The Wraith just folds its arms... Not making any moves, but still clutching those stones...
Smash Dex: "Searching..."
Julian Sawyer: "An' then lettin' him revive Kuja."
Gibby: "Hush."
Aribar: "Right now all I am concerned with is letting him live."
Julian Sawyer: "Man, if we let him LIVE he's gonna go through with it an' revive Kuja!"
Gibby: "But at least we'll be alive to do something about it."
Digifanatic: "Let the Dex sort it out for a minute."
Smash Dex: "You could disavow meeting him and delete all information on him. "Otherwise, if the APN finds out you're letting him live AND he's up to what he says... it will break many laws."
Julian Sawyer: "See?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "I... will only stand down if you leave here and begone. I have the power to destroy all of you... but abstain from using it long enough for you, Aribar, to speak."
Aribar frowns. All of his life he has believed that the systems that govern society would sort things out... And now to go with that system would go against what the elf thinks he must do. "Ruvyn, I have a proposal for you."
Digifanatic continues to listen.
Dragoshi continues to listen as well.
Aribar: "Come with us to Metal. To Ivan. To someone in power. Tell them about Kuja's catastrophe. Tell them that Kuja may be the only one to save us. If we work together we can win against whatever threatens the planet."
Julian Sawyer: "..."
Dragoshi: .oO(...O_O... Say WHAT?!)
The Wraith tilts its head slightly at Aribar's proposition...
Aribar: "This catastrophe is too big to discard. If it is true we're all dead..."
Digifanatic: .oO(You've got to be kidding me... but we'll see, Ari. We'll see.)
Gibby twitches.
Metal Man (GM): He is... surprised. So much so that he un-trances.
Wolfman: *in his room* .oO(...whatever those guys are doing, I hope they aren't doing anything crazy...)
Dragoshi looks at Gibby, and wonders if he's okay. He then looks back at Ruvyn.
Revenant Ruvyn: "...Well... uhh... if you are to be so honorable about it... I can't see why we're fighting."
Digifanatic: "And like I said, if we bring Kuja back from a far enough time from before he was bent on 'I am Lord Kuja of Nintendus. Bow down to me.', this may be interesting.'"
Julian Sawyer: *Under his breath* "'cause you threatenin' to bring back out worst enemy..."
Revenant Ruvyn: "...My intention was to control him, in any case."
Dragoshi: "...He's got a point there. ...I think"
Gibby: "Sooo... truce?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "I know well he is a megalomaniac. But the great catastrophe will force him to help us."
Dragoshi: "...Ah. Well, if that's the case, then I GUESS I'm curious to see how it'd work as well ...Truce?"
Revenant Ruvyn: "Otherwise, how's he supposed to take over a big astral crater in the time-space continuum?"
Dragoshi: "...Quite."
Gibby nods and hands Moonlight back to Ari.
Digifanatic: "The important thing is to bring him here from a time when he was not this crazy power monger."
Aribar mutters a thanks and sheaths the blade.
Julian Sawyer: "I ain't likin' this one bit..."
Gibby: "Hey, as long as I'm not dead, I'll go with it."
Revenant Ruvyn: "...I will... give you a truce. In the interest of saving the world."
Gibby: "Fair enough."
Digifanatic: "Fair enough, Ruvyn. Let's hope this doesn't backfire."
Metal Man (GM): +1000 EXP to everyone; +5000 to Aribar for his... suddenly left-field saving face maneuver.
Dragoshi: "...Agreed, Ruvyn. And, yes, Digi's right."
Revenant Ruvyn: "...You don't happen to need this, do you? You mentioned it earlier."
Metal Man (GM): He reaches into the machine... and rips out a Time Stone.
Julian Sawyer: "..."
Digifanatic: "The backfiring thing, or when to bring Kuja here from?"
Julian Sawyer: *Pratfall.*
Revenant Ruvyn: "It's not very useful now that the whole thing is busted..."
Aribar: "...That is needed to prevent Ivo from creating his own version of a utopia."
Dragoshi's eyes widen.
The Wraith halts entirely... Then slowly nods...
Digifanatic: "Ah, never mind, it can go either and both ways."
Gibby: "That it is."
Revenant Ruvyn: "Well. As much as I think he's misunderstood, it's better used to save the world than indulge his fantasies."
Julian Sawyer: "...My head..."
Metal Man (GM): He chucks it to Aribar.
Dragoshi: "...Yes. We most certainly need it, Ruvyn. So that we may prevent Ivo Robotnik from controlling time."
Aribar catches the stone. "Okay..."
Digifanatic: "Now... this time machine can go as far back as necessary, right? There are no restrictions aside from the beginning of time?"
Dragoshi: "...Well, that's one in our hands. Now to get the other three remaining."
Revenant Ruvyn: "...This 'time machine' is a hunk of garbage now. But a well-functioning one can go anywhere."
Digifanatic: "Okay, good."
Dragoshi: "...Good, good."
Smash Dex: "Incorrect. Two are remaining."
Digifanatic: "That's all that matters--two?"
Gibby: "Even better."
Smash Dex: "One will be stolen in the future, as Metal has said... and it will be the last one remaining."
Dragoshi: "...Oh. DON'T TELL ME LARDARSE GOT ANOTHER ONE!?"
Digifanatic: "Lardarse?"
Dragoshi: "...Ohm, wait."
Smash Dex: "He sent Julian and another from the past when Kuja ruled into the future to steal it."
Julian Sawyer: "...Wait, what?"
Smash Dex: "...We could have stopped it, however the location doesn't make sense... we couldn't stop them now."
Dragoshi: "...Smartarse term for Ivo. Though, seeing the way he looks now, that might not be the proper ter-Wate, wut?"
Smash Dex: "...It'd be better explained by Metal. I am just an automated machine."
Gibby: "I -really- hate time travel..."
Digifanatic: "Oh, right. I heard that as Lar-darse, like some funky French name."
Dragoshi facepalms.
Revenant Ruvyn: "So... we should be getting back to headquarters."
Metal Man (GM): He takes out his dex and presses a button.
Digifanatic: "I apologize! I apologize..."
Metal Man (GM): *WARP.*
Gibby: "Indeed."
Dragoshi: "...No, no, no, that's not supposed to be a-Oh, sod it, why do I bother explaining"
Metal Man (GM): MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - +20,000 coins
Oops.
Wolfman: *VG would be in the Big Room, helping whoever else is in there with minor stuff.*
Metal Man (GM):
Yes... mainly because you turned a horrible, losing situation into a win-win one.,
We'll... uhh... deal with the triple trouble of Ruvyn, time-travel, and Metal talking to him, and Aetos, next time.
Feel free to downtime.
I gotta go yonder and GM at the next stop.
Wolfman: *VG would see everyone come in.*
VG: "How was the mission?"
Dragoshi: "...Good."
Digifanatic: "Ah, Veege. How have you and Wolf been doing?"
Julian Sawyer: *Immediately after warping in* "Big headache. I'm gonna go lay down..." *Which he then goes to do.*
Dragoshi: "Ari negotiated us into a successful position."
VG: "I've just been doing basic system checks. Wolf has been tired lately... I think he's slightly out of it."
Digifanatic: "It happens."
The Wraith folds its arms as it appears, putting the stones back away into its torso as it drifts away from the teleporter...
Dragoshi: "...Now... I'm gonna go get something to eat..."
VG: "Congratulations Ari; this should help everyone for the future."
Dragoshi: "...But, before I do... We got one of the Time Stones in other news."
Gibby: "Nothing better than having some R+R after a big mission."
Dragoshi: "Two left though."
Aribar stares off into space. He blinks and hears VG's praise and snaps to attention. "Huh? What? Oh... Yeah. Thanks..."
Digifanatic: "Sure, Gibby..."
Gibby heads down to the R+R room.
VG: *Pushes some buttons to let Metal know for later* "Taken care of."
Digifanatic: "I'm gonna quick head to my room and send some words out to my supporters, so to say."
Dragoshi then proceeds to get himself a hearty meal, and go to R&R to watch TV, but before doing so..."...You have supporters?"
Digifanatic: "Always in a world of concern when you know you're leaving so many behind."
VG: "I'll be around here for a little longer if needed."
Digifanatic: "Well, friends and family, Dragoshi."
Dragoshi: "...Oh, right. Relatives and such."
Wolfman: *ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ* .oO(No... no...) (he's in his room BTW)
Aribar heads off to his room... He seems distracted by something or other.
Digifanatic: "I mean, you tell people that you're going to leave to some foreign planet that almost nobody's heard... obviously it'd be nice to tell them how you are."
Dragoshi: "Indeed."
Digifanatic: "Not a new process with me... I've been doing a bunch of times for a while, on and off."
Dragoshi: "...Ah."
Digifanatic: "Well, can't hold up my promise..."
Dragoshi: "...Huh."
Digifanatic waves off and walks to his room, where he'd eventually boot up his computer and send some intergalactic email back home telling them about the past few things--of course, the whole armageddon issue has been done in depth. However, at the end, he makes sure that he reassures them that hopefully, it can be handled.
Dragoshi NOW goes to the kitchen to eat a hearty meal, and goes to R&R to watch some TV.
Digifanatic waits at the computer about two minutes after he sends his recent letter to see if anything unusual happens... communication or anything--nope. Nothing. With that, he shuts down and heads to the vending machine to get some items before eventually following Dragoshi's lead into the kitchen.
"Oh boy... the threat of armageddon... AGAIN. Sounds like another day on the job."
Dragoshi goes to get some items from the vending machine before leaving for the R&R "...Huh. These might come in handy later."
The Wraith would just... resume its usual roaming. It could be found if looked for intently enough, should anyone wish to find it.