Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 99: Ironic Paradise
Date: November 14th, 16th, and 17th, 2004.
Yurie(GM): When last we left off, the team had arrived at the Magic Kingdom, and were going to meet with Lord Blue Gabrialis, the ruler of the kingdom, and Lord of Spells. The team's ship has landed at the port center...
Digifanatic looks out the window to check out the new surroundings.
Yurie (GM): The outside is... well... remember Dulot from Shrek? That's kinda like what this place looks like...
Metal Man: "Wow... a castle town."
Gibby looks out as well.
James Prower: "Well, here's your stop. I'll be here when you're ready to head out."
Gibby: "Oooo... pretty..."
Garrick: "..." *sigh.* "...god damn Disney Land..."
Metal Man: "Disney what?"
Garrick: "...nevermind."
Yurie (GM): The screen goes blank and the airlock opens again...
Digifanatic heads towards the hatch and walks out.
Garrick shrugs and heads out.
Digifanatic: (to James) "Thanks for the ride."
Gibby: "Yeah. Thanks." *He walks on out.*
Metal Man follows.
Yurie walks out as well. The streets are nice and clean.
Yurie (GM): People are walking around, most wearing colorful robes, headgear, and other such things. Some are flying around, some have odd little objects floating behind them. Off to the side, a sign is being slowly floated upwards into place by a workman. The main street heads uphill, towards the main, obelisk like tower..
Garrick: "...it's your show, Yurie."
Yurie: "...Just... follow me..."
Digifanatic: "Okay."
Yurie begins walking up the main street, towards the tower..
Garrick follows behind her.
Metal Man follows, occasionally looking at the scenery.
Gibby follows... not singing the song. :-(
Digifanatic continues behind the others. "This is a nice place..."
Yurie: "Like I said, magic is pretty prominent here... heck, magic pretty much replaces technology here. That's why there's no pollution here."
Gibby: "Meh... I'm no fan of magic."
Metal Man: "I use anything I can get, so I don't mind."
Digifanatic: "I'm with Metal."
Yurie: "Of course, after Smithy invaded, most of the magic users from the area he invaded moved here and set up shop. This place is pretty much invulnerable to attack, thanks to the city's design."
Digifanatic: "Ah."
Gibby: "One less thing to worry about."
Metal Man: "Not that he's gonna trouble us, anyway."
Garrick: "I wouldn't be too sure of that..."
Yurie (GM): The group approaches the open gates of the tower... no guards or anything..
Metal Man: "Must be magically guarded."
Garrick: "Or maybe they don't need guards."
Gibby: "Or they're on break."
Digifanatic: "That's odd..."
Yurie: "They don't need guards..besides, the populace is allowed in here anyway. This is the home of the Magic Academy."
Digifanatic: "Oh, okay."
Metal Man looks about the area.
Yurie (GM): The foyer of the tower is... well... very impressive. The walls appear to be solid ivory, fluted columns rising up and supporting the ceiling. Thick blue carpet, woven with fine silver and gold threads in intricate patterns cover the floor, sans a tall, wright iron staircase that seems to lead upwards... the tower itself is hollow, with thousands of floating platforms slowly moving about high high above...
Gibby: "Nice pad..."
Metal Man: "Indeed."
Yurie: "...I'm still surprised every time I come in here... I forget they don't need to use walls and such. Well guys... let's head on up... Blue's chambers are at the top levels..."
Gibby: "Do... we have to go on one of those floating things?"
Yurie walks over and into the helix-shaped staircase... and doesn't walk up it, but walks into the center. She crouches, then jumps, floating smoothly up the helix as though gravity had no effect.
Metal Man follows.
Gibby: "..." *He reluctantly follows.*
Metal Man: "Well... I hope I don't hit the ceiling..."
Yurie (GM): The group passes upwards, passing the floating platforms. Some hold library-like book shelves, some are laboratories, some are classrooms or lecture halls... all suspended in mid air. None of the people on the platforms seem to pay any attention to the group though.
Yurie: "To magicians, the laws of physics are very selective."
Gibby: "I guess so."
Yurie glances up, then thuds against the soft padding at the top of the helix. The trip only took a few minutes. She pushes off, then lands on her feet outside the helix on solid ground.
Gibby gets out with Yurie.
Metal Man follows them.
Gibby: "That'll take awhile to get used to..."
Yurie: "Not really... this way..." *She points off to the side, which is a wide ramp that spirals slightly to the left...*
Gibby: "...oy..."
Yurie begins walking... several minutes later, the team arrives in front of a pair of huge doors. Two suits of armor flank the platinum embossed wooden doors, forming a very intricate mystical diagram centered around what appears to be an eight pointed star..
Gibby: "I'm guessing this is where Big Blue roams."
Yurie: "Be nice Gibby..." *reaches up slowly to knock on the door, then stops as the doors slowly open on their own accord.*
Gibby watches.
???: "Enter..."
Metal Man enters.
Gibby steps inside cautiously.
Yurie follows slowly...
Yurie (GM): The room the Questers enter is octagonal. Objects float in mid air: book cases, tables, scrolls, chairs... everything else. In the center is a simple silver chair, in which sits a man...
Metal Man: "Hello."
Yurie (GM): Said man is tall and slender, almost bishonen-like. He's wearing long, pale blue robes that go down to his feet. He stands, the thick amulet about his neck giving a soft chime as he does. His hair is so long it reaches his ankles, and a very strange color: white with blue glints in it. His eyes are so blue that one could very well say that they were carved individually from the sky...
Blue: "Greetings gentlemen... and Miss d'Rakateur."
Gibby: "Hi..." He says quietly.
Yurie (GM): His voice is rather odd... sounding more like two people speaking at the exact same time, with a nearly indistinguishable difference of tone...
Yurie: *...gulp.*
Metal Man: "Hello." *He realizes he said Hello twice, and scratches the back of his head.*
Blue: "I already know why you're here. You want my assistance, I suppose?"
Metal Man: "Yes."
Gibby just nods.
Yurie: "Um... yeah... eh-heh..." *Oh..my... god... is Yurie actually -blushing-?*
Gibby looks at Yurie, and blinks.
Metal Man hopes the powerful man with the magical power is not offended.
Blue: "Ahem... as much as I would like to gentlemen, I can't just help you just from a simple request. You're going to have to prove yourselves first..."
Gibby looks back to Blue. "How do we do that?"
Blue: "Simple. Bring me the Tarots of Time and Space, then I'll gladly help you." *He grins.*
Yurie: "...Time and Space??? You have any idea what you're asking Blue?"
Gibby: "I hope so cause I sure don't."
Blue: "Of course... I think it's quite fitting, don't you?"
Yurie: "...you're being petty, Blue..."
Blue: "And you weren't, Yurie? Now, I'll be kind enough to offer you transportation to the Realm of Time and Kylin's Paradise... after all, I'm not that cruel..."
Metal Man: "Well, you still can't beat this other guy we've met... he tortured everyone with exploding bananas..."
Gibby: "Those were dark days... dark days indeed." He says with a grim face.
Yurie (GM): Blue simply smiles, then snaps his fingers. Two doors appear behind him. One is marked with a symbol resembling a Mobius Loop (sign of Infinity), the other resembling a starburst of some sort.
Blue: "Go ahead and pick one... the one on your right leads to the realm of time, the one on the left leads to the realm of space."
Metal Man: "Time... or space... tricky."
Gibby: "Time always confuses me... let's do space."
Metal Man: "Okay... though I am good at both of them..."
Yurie shrugs, then opens the Door of space. The door clicks, then creeks open, revealing a black portal... which sucks her, Gibby and Metal inside.
Metal Man: "Black portals... now I've seen everything!"
Yurie (GM): Everything goes dark for a few seconds... then the group lands on something quite... fluffy?
Gibby: "Whew... a safe landing."
Metal Man: "...Am I standing on your head, Gibby?" *He pokes the fluffy ground.*
Yurie (GM): The group opens their eyes... they have landed on... what appears to be a large cloud of pink cotton candy???
Metal Man: "Oh no. We've landed in E Li Three's howse?"
Yurie: "...the heck?"
Gibby: "HEY! Candy!"
Metal Man: "Only E Li three would think of something so weird..."
Gibby grabs a bunch, and stuffs it in his mouth.
Metal Man pulls out his stun baton, and sets it to 'Kill.'
Yurie (GM): It IS cotton candy!
Metal Man: "Either that or we're inside Gibby's mind..."
Gibby: "Yummy! Try some, Metal."
Metal Man: "Which is apparently made of cotton candy."
Gibby keeps eating.
Metal Man: "You might be eating your own brain, Gibby."
Gibby: "Don't be silly."
Metal Man kicks the weird stuff, to see if it causes Gibby to fall over.
Gibby: "If this is my brain, then what's inside my head right now?"
Metal Man: "...Air..."
Gibby: "I'm not THAT stupid!"
Yurie (GM): The cloud continues to float down. Below, there are unending fields of lavender grass... platforms made of saucers, cups, cookies and graham crackers hovering in mid air, presents floating around, carnival rides... and kids running around, obviously having a great deal of fun...
Gibby: @_@ "Finally... I AM HOME!"
Metal Man: "...It can't be! My worst nightmare! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" *He covers his eyes.*
Gibby: "WHOOT! PARTY TIME!"
???: Please, do be calm..."
Gibby: "Huh? Who's that?"
Yurie (GM): The voice... comes from inside the group's heads. It's neither male, nor female... it just is...
Metal Man: "Oh no... now the man off of the dorito packages is going to attack us with cheetos... I mean... uhhh... who are you?" *He is distracted from the horror by the voice inside his head.*
Kylin: "I am Kylin, and this is my home realm... my paradise. What are you strangers doing here? You are far to old to have come here by accident..."
Gibby: "That Blue guy sent us in here."
Metal Man: "Uhhh... that guy who is the master of Magic sent us to ask for your help."
Gibby: "Right... what he said."
Metal Man: "The Space Tarot thing... we're under attack by an evil force the likes of which none have seen before."
Kylin: "Ah-hah... another group of heroes here to obtain my blessings to save their world..." *huff...* "Very well..."
Gibby: *to Metal.* "Another?"
Metal Man: "Well, the Quester Hunters did defeat Locos' 6 armies all at once."
Editor's Note: Yes, the passage of time has been hideously warped between Nintendus and Saga. I will make no attempt to fix it, for Saga sessions were so far apart that you'd probably forget about them by the time they pop up again, otherwise. This reference should make sense in a later Season 3 log...
Gibby: "Hmm..."
Yurie: "Um... guys? Lets not irritate the disembodied mental voice."
Gibby: "Good idea."
Kylin: "Very well... at the center of my paradise is my temple. Reach my temple, and then we can discuss such matters."
Yurie (GM): The cotton candy cloud then promptly goes 'pewf...' dropping the group onto the lavender grass...
Gibby lands.
Yurie: "Oof!"
Gibby: "Well can we at least have a map?"
Metal Man: "This place scares me... though as long as nothing tries to touch me, I think I can walk through it..." *He walks ahead very carefully, trying to minimize touching things and looking for a direct path.*
Yurie: "...well... we could always start walking..."
Metal Man: "Like I am!" *He starts whistling very badly.*
Gibby: "Without a sense of direction?"
Yurie follows.
Yurie (GM): There are children running around, laughing and playing around... boys and girls...
Yurie: "...I've only heard about this place..."
Gibby follows hastily.
Metal Man: "Uhhh... who needs direction? We just go to the middle. Now, keep a lookout for the doritos man... He'll start yelling at you in a language called 'Italian.'"
Yurie: "..." *She is following, looking around in wonder..*
Metal Man: "This place creeps me out. I sure hope there aren't any sugar monsters."
Deloth: "This place is just plain WRONG."
Gibby: "I kinda like it..."
Metal Man: "Yeah... well... it's really creepy."
Gibby takes in a deep breath of air.
Deloth: "I agree with Metal."
Yurie: Suggested Soundtrack: Lunar Meribia Nights OC Remix.
Metal Man: "I hope we aren't accosted by the Dorito man..."
Gibby: "What's so creepy about it? There's happiness and peace all around."
Deloth: "Yes, and that's why."
Gibby blinks. "You lost me."
Yurie walks with the others, passing by kids running around, snacking on sweets and riding the rides. They all seem to be enjoying themselves.
Deloth: "In my hopping around, places like this always had a dark center. Plus, it make me nauseous."
Yurie: "Too sweet?"
Gibby: "Well... what about those kids? They seem happy enough." *He points them out.*
Metal Man: "It's like my worst nightmares."
Yurie blinks as a kid runs towards her..then phases right through her... "...thought so... so the legends are true."
Gibby: "!!!"
Deloth: "And that is what is wrong with the kids."
Metal Man: "You see... uhhh... I've become so acclimatized to death and destruction, that this place... makes me think that the world has ended if this place can exist."
Gibby: "Wha... but... the kid... and... huh???"
Yurie pats where the kid ran through, then sighs, fluffing her hair.
Metal Man: "...I hope they don't make us ethereal like they are..."
Deloth: "Er, this place is nuts."
Gibby: "Ethereal?"
Deloth: "Can we go?"
Metal Man looks out for more kids, ready to duck and weave in case one runs at him. Then he walks ahead.
Yurie: "I've read about this place. Kylin, before it became the Lord of Space, was a chimera, a dream spirit." *She continues to walk along. The kids seem to pay them no mind...*
Metal Man: "Dreams... maybe that explains why I had nightmares about this place."
Deloth gulps and follows Yurie.
Metal Man: "I hope this sugar doesn't rust my suit." *He steps lightly.*
Gibby: "Is it similar to dream world?"
Metal Man: "Well... Dreamland at least has people beating eachother up."
Deloth wonders if they'll be attacked by a chocolate beast.
Metal Man: "Though nobody really dies, at least it's not... perfect..."
Yurie: "Over time, it gained more power and took on an actual form. All these kids are nothing more than ghosts, the spirits of children that the world forgot or couldn't help."
Deloth: "That's sad..."
Metal Man almost faints at hearing that. "...Uhhh... so not only is it the creepiest place ever, but it's populated by ghosts?"
Deloth: "Still scary, but kind of pitiful also."
Yurie: "Hence, why this place is known as Kylin's Paradise: a neverland where children never age, never suffer, and never have to worry about adults."
Gibby: "And I thought this was a happy place..."
Yurie: "It is."
Metal Man: "When are we going to reach the creamy center?"
Gibby: "I don't call ghost children running around a spirit world happy."
Yurie continues walking... the group cross the crest of a hill, which then looks down over what appears to be an extremely large, pale blue lake, where kids are swimming and jumping off platforms of candy..."
Deloth: "The fruit juice center lake?"
Yurie: "Doesn't look like it..."
Deloth: "Or is it Kool-Aid?"
Yurie slides down the hill, heading towards the lake.
Gibby follows.
Deloth walks down the hill.
Yurie approaches the lake... then touches it with her foot... then... steps onto it? "...huh... apparently, Kylin decided to make this a bit easier..."
Deloth walks onto it slowly.
Metal Man: "Water! My arch-enemy..." *He pokes it with the tip of his boot.*
Deloth: "I feel like this is thin ice."
Gibby: "Weird..." *He steps on the water.*
Metal Man: "It killed me once... I sank like a rock."
Yurie walks out onto it also... then jumps up and down. The 'water' comes up only to Metal's heel, then stops.
Metal Man steps onto it, wondering how it can support him.
Deloth: "This is freaky." *He stomps on it a bit.*
Metal Man: "If I fall in, I'm docking your pay!"
Yurie: "You're forgetting something. Kylin is the lord of space. Stuff like density, dimensionality and movement are its playground."
Metal Man starts walking across it.
Deloth: "Wow."
Yurie starts walking as well. A bit in the distance, the group can see a slender pillar of light.
Gibby: "That must be the center."
Metal Man: "Good... somewhere that isn't crazy... At least the Dorito man doesn't live here."
Deloth: "I just hope a chocolate beast doesn't attack us."
Gibby: "Who is this 'Dorito man' you keep talking about?"
Metal Man: "Well, you see, in dreaming of this place, a weird man wearing dorito styled clothes throws cheetos at me."
Gibby: "...Metal, you're a good friend, but I gotta be honest... you have issues."
Yurie (GM): The group continues walking... after a while, they approach a perfectly circular isle in the 'lake.' At the center of the isle, surrounded by tear-drop shaped trees, is what appears to be a temple made out of glass. It kinda looks like the Jefferson monument. The pillar of light is coming from its center...
Deloth: "C'mon, let's go."
Metal Man: "Eh. Everyone does." *He runs towards the land.*
Deloth: "It's the only barely-normal looking place here..."
Gibby nods, and runs to the temple.
Deloth runs toward the temple.
Metal Man: "Something normal! I must get to it before this ocean kills us..."
Editor's Note: I was momentarily disconnected at this point. Yurie carried on GMing, oblivious that the entry of Kylin would be lost to time as a result. In any case, Kylin was at the temple, and...
Deloth: "Um, hi."
Yurie (GM): It's very strange, an amalgamation of multiple creatures. It's shaped much like a horse, but has the head of a dragon, all gold and turquoise, with a single long horn jutting from its brow. Its body is horse-like, but without fur, its skin the color of polished gold, its legs ending in silver hooves. Its tail, however, is leonine, with a purple tuft at the end. White mist ripples from its hooves and around its body, like it just walked through a cloud. It turns its eyes towards the group... the eyes are... well... there's no real way to describe the color.
Deloth smiles weakly. "Hi."
Kylin: "Greetings travelers... I'm assuming you encountered no difficulties?"
Metal Man: "Nope. Though that place freaks me out..."
Kylin: "I apologize if my paradise has... 'freaked you out.' Now, what is it that you wish."
Metal Man: "Well... we need your help to defeat the 13 most evil people in existence. Who are all attacking our planet. And we need the Space tarot to get the Magic tarot."
Kylin: "Ah yes, that. Well... I'm willing to assist you... if you're capable of showing me you're -worth- helping."
Yurie: "...lemme guess, you want us to fight against you."
Metal Man: "We do have a chaos emerald..."
Yurie: "...we do?"
Editor's Note: ...We do? I guess the timestream is further eroding...
Metal Man: "Yes. Alys lent it to me in case we need it on our journey."
Digifanatic: "Oh, I never remember that, but cool."
Kylin: "I have no use for such things."
Metal Man: "Eh. Well, it was worth a try."
Deloth: "Well, what do we have to do to prove ourselves?"
Digifanatic: "So, what items do you have a use for?"
Kylin: "It's quite simple. If you can survive a battle against me, then I will assist you."
Yurie: "...I thought as much."
Gibby: "Oh great..."
Yurie (GM): Conditions for Victory: Survive for a while against Kylin or defeat it.
Digifanatic just gives a "Heh..." and gets set for a little fighting.
Yurie (GM): *Kylin floats into the air slowly... turning towards Yurie... then speeding towards her, his body warping and turning into an arrow of light...* *Miss!*
Yurie retaliates by slashing at Kylin with her sword.
Yurie (GM): HIT!
Yurie then follows up by stepping after Kylin and trying to nail it with a Slice and Dice.
Yurie (GM): Miss HIT HIT.
Gibby decides to find out information about this... thing... and scans it.
Dex: *DING.* "Kylin, Lord of Space. Health 300%: 42%. STR: 18 (+4) SPD: 24 (+7) INT: 30 (+10) AC: 18 (10 + 7 + 1) Quirks: Flight, Psychic, Powerful Will, Legendary, Mage. Defense: 3 | 3 . Attacks. Sacred Song (Single Attack, No Combo, 40% to all, no dodge) Dash (Runx2) (10%, +6) Vapor Blast (10%, +14, Projectile, no Spd to AC) Energy Strike (5%, +18)"
Gibby: "Guys... Kylin's gonna be a wee bit hard to defeat."
Dex: "Reverse Gravity (15% Damage, +10 Hit) Dimension Spike (10%, +) Vortex (Instant Death if remaining HP = 20% or less) Photosynthesis (Absorbs Light, constant) Info: The Lord of Space, Kylin, is a very dangerous foe, capable of manipulating gravity and space at its command. Don't underestimate it, just because it's not a humanoid. End of Entry."
Digifanatic looks at Gibby's Dex. "Uh... I believe that's safe to say."
Gibby pulls out his gun, and fires a shot a Kylin.
Yurie (GM): *miss.*
Digifanatic cringes... for a moment and prepares for attack. He launches at Kylin with Fire Punch.
Yurie (GM): *Miss!*
Digifanatic: "Ah... close but no cigar."
Gibby: "Well we'll be ok as long as we can evade his attacks long enough."
Metal Man: "Okay... who here has an anti-super-death force field? I don't."
Gibby: "I think mine's in the other hat..."
Deloth charges at Kylin with a Bomb Kick.
Yurie (GM): And Deloth flies wide, leaving himself open for a counter attack! The clouds around Kylin's form warp, then lash out at him *Energy Strike.* *Hit.* This is followed by Kylin's horn glowing. Small diamonds surround Deloth, then expand into spears of air. Hit! Crit!
Metal Man (GM): *CRIT OF DOOM.*
Deloth: "AUGH!"
Gibby: "...ouch..."
Yurie (GM): The counter-combo continues as Kylin's horn glows again... *Hit!* And a sphere of gravity surrounds Deloth, slamming him into the ground. The sphere dissipates as the mist surrounding Kylin's form lashes out again. *LE HIT.* And Kylin finishes by thrusting the mist into the 'ground,' a blue spike of energy blasting up from underneath Deloth. Hit!
Deloth staggers back to the group, bleeding profusely.
Yurie: "...oh dear..."
Digifanatic drops his jaw... keeping silent.
Gibby coughs.
Yurie (GM): 5-Hit combo!
Deloth: "Help me..."
Metal Man: "I can pick you up and throw you in his mouth, and then he'll choke on you?"
Kylin: "Next?"
Metal Man: "I shall show you my own power. KI-YAAAAAA!!!! BATON THROW!!!" *He runs at Kylin, trying to grab him and throw him...* *D'oh.* *leaps into a wall.*
Yurie (GM): Kylin just tilts his head... then makes that horn of his glow again... *Hit!* The dimension spike knocks Metal into the air.
Metal Man: "Ow! That tickles!" *He barely manages to avoid the next attack of Kylin's.*
Digifanatic mutters to Gibby, "Couldn't we just say, 'Thanks but no thanks'?"
Yurie (GM): Metal flies just a bit shy of the orb..
Gibby: "Err... umm... don't worry guys... one down, and... 19... to go... heh..." -_-;
Metal Man: "Hmmm... next time, I should try jumping."
Digifanatic: "Oh well..."
Yurie (GM): Kylin then looks at Metal, and follows up with another Vapor Blast. Diamonds form around Metal... *HIT.*
Deloth is holding a hand over his arm to try and stop it from bleeding.
Yurie (GM): This is followed by another lash from Kylin's mist energy. Hit! He continues with trying to envelop Metal in another energy orb...* *Miss.*
Metal Man: "You may be able to pummel me, but I will eventually have the last laugh!"
Yurie moves over to Deloth, then hands him a Maxshroom.
Gibby: "There HAS to be a weakness with this guy."
Deloth: "Thanks."
Metal Man (GM): .oO(Lucky schmuck... I could have killed him with that sword of light and chaos emerald, but I'm actually fighting fair... I hope that means something.)
Deloth eats the Maxshroom.
Yurie (GM): *Full Health!*
Deloth: "Ah, much better."
Gibby attacks with another shot from his gun.
Yurie (GM): *Miss.*
Digifanatic quickly, nods, runs and performs a Super Mario Punch.
Yurie (GM): *Miss.*
Digifanatic looks back, realizing his narrow miss, covers his eyes with his hand and walks back.
Deloth unleashes a Flare Swipe on Kylin.
Yurie (GM): Hit!
Gibby: "A hit! Nice one, Del!"
Deloth follows this up with a One-Two Stab.
Yurie (GM): *Miss.*
Metal Man tries that leap 'n grab attack again. It's everything or nothing!
Yurie (GM): Hit!
Metal Man (GM): YEOWWWWWM SMASH.
Digifanatic looks at Metal's success. "That'll do!"
Yurie (GM): Kylin is thrown to the ground, then hisses in anger at Metal..
Metal Man (GM): *DAZE*
Metal Man continues the combo by bashing Kylin on the head with that baton.
Yurie (GM): Hit!
Metal Man continues his combo with grabbing and shaking up Kylin.
Metal Man (GM): YEOUCH.
Yurie (GM): Hit!
Metal Man finishes with a nasty punch of darkness.
Yurie (GM): *Miss.*
Metal Man misses, punching a huge hole in the ground.
Yurie (GM): Kylin staggers to its feet, then glares at the group.
Digifanatic: "You are the MAN, uh... pun unintended!"
Kylin: "Very well then... I see that I'll have to take you more..seriously..." *Kylin's mouth opens and he begins... to sing. The beautiful noise sounds much like a small scale orchestra as the mist glows... then explodes, a spherical shockwave of rainbow-hued energy sweeping over the entire arena.* *Sacred Song.*
Yurie (GM): Everyone takes damage.
Gibby: "...ow..."
Deloth: "Man, you need lessons."
Metal Man: "You dented my head!"
Deloth slowly stands up.
Digifanatic: "Argh..." *mumbling* "The way he hits, he makes J-Puff look like William Hung... drunk."
Yurie stumbles back, holding her head... "Oi..."
Gibby: "That's it... now I'm gonna get serious." *He focuses his gun at Kylin, and makes as best a shot as he can.* *miss.* *He grumbles.*
Yurie: Yurie's been 'stunned.'
Deloth attacks with a Flare Swipe.
Yurie: Miss.
Metal Man repeats last turn, trying to throw the dragon into the ground.
Yurie (GM): Hit.
Metal Man follows it up with his trademark bonk to the head with the baton.
Yurie (GM): *Miss.* Kylin retaliates with another Sacred Song. More damage to everyone.
Deloth: *DANGER!*
Metal Man is somehow still alive. He can only take one more hit.
Digifanatic: *CLOSE CALL AND LAST STAND ARE ON!*
Yurie groans, shaking her head slowly. "Not again..." *pulls out a large green bottle, shaped much like a cola bottle...
Digifanatic: "He's just doing this to counter the Daze..."
Yurie: "Let's try this..." *opens the bottle, causing a green mist to surround everyone.
Digifanatic: "Hey Yurie, did you find those?"
Yurie (GM): All, FULL HEALTH.
Yurie: "No, I bought them."
Digifanatic: "Oh, cool." *CLOSE CALL AND LAST STAND DEACTIVATED.*
Metal Man: "Woah. That's lucky. As is the fact I survived without even using my Pretty Lucky badge."
Digifanatic tries his original attack... Fire Punch.
Yurie: Miss.
Digifanatic misses clear. "Arrrrgh!"
Digifanatic: "Go get him, Del!"
Deloth attacks Kylin with a One-Two Stab.
Yurie (GM): Hit.
Deloth follows up with a Bomb Kick.
Digifanatic: "You rock, dude!"
Yurie (GM): Hit.
Deloth follows this up with a Flare Swipe.
Yurie (GM): Miss.
Digifanatic: "Sweet while it lasted, man!"
Deloth: "Thanks."
Digifanatic braces for the next attack.
Metal Man runs up and tries to hit Kylin on the head with a baton.
Yurie (GM): Hit.
Digifanatic pumps his fist. "Yeah!"
Metal Man follows it up with an electric shield.
Yurie (GM): Kylin hisses, then retaliates with an energy blast.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Yurie (GM): He follows up with a Reverse Gravity blast.
Metal Man (GM): Miss.
Yurie (GM): Kylin follows up by nailing him with another attack. Aiming at Deloth. Deloth is tossed into the air, then slammed back down.
Deloth: "Aich!"
Yurie (GM): It follows with a dash at him, trying to run him over. CRIT.
Deloth: "OOF!" *He is trampled.*
Digifanatic: "You okay?"
Deloth: "WHAT DO YOU THINK?!" *He slaps Digi.*
Yurie (GM): It then follows with a Vapor Blast.
Digifanatic: "Hey... we're all hanging on."
Metal Man: "Don't worry. We will be saved by telekinetic elves."
Yurie (GM): Hit. It then follows up by another Reverse Gravity. Kylin picks Deloth up and THROWS him at Metal. CRIT!!
Deloth: "AUUUUGH!" *THUMP.*
Yurie (GM): Deloth Slams into Metal, dealing a bunch of damage to bo--or not. Only Deloth takes damage as Metal somehow trips out of the way.
Metal Man is miraculously saved by Pretty Lucky.
Deloth: *Danger!*
Yurie (GM): It then blasts Deloth with a Dimension Spike. Hit.
Metal Man: "Whew. That was lucky."
Deloth: *MORE DANGER!*
Yurie (GM): A circle of black light appears around Deloth, then collapses inwards, the Vortex wiping Deloth out completely. Deloth, -1 Life.
Metal Man: "Ouch. It'll take some duct tape to fix that."
Yurie leaps on Kylin and slashes at it.
Yurie (GM): HIT!
Yurie follows with a Headwind.
Yurie (GM): Miss.
Digifanatic feels more confident but still dubious as he goes for a Karate Double on Kylin. "I'm gonna need some work on my stuff..."
Yurie: Miss.
Digifanatic walks back to the others.
Metal Man attacks Kylin with a flying kick, and flies past Kylin and lands on the ground.
Yurie (GM): he turns and levels an Energy Lash at Metal.
Metal Man is saved by his luck yet again. The attack goes right through him like he doesn't exist.
Yurie (GM): Yurie tries again with a slash. Miss.
Digifanatic uses the one Melee attack he hasn't tried yet... Thunderstorm.
Deloth performs a Flare Swipe on Kylin.
Metal Man smashes Kylin with his baton... at high speed.
Yurie (GM): Kylin nails everyone again with the Sacred song. Yurie slashes, blah blah blah... miss.
Deloth uses a Blaze Slash.
Yurie: Miss.
Metal Man attacks Kylin with another grab-n-throw. Hit. He then attacks Kylin with the baton.
Spyke: *bonk.*
Metal Man (GM): *DAZED FOR A LONG TIME.*
Metal Man then attacks with a powerful kick.
Yurie (GM): Hit.
Metal Man continues with a punch of darkness.
Metal Man (GM): Miss.
Yurie: Deloth returns to the group. Kylin continues to go after Metal, trying to nail him with an energy blast.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Yurie (GM): Kylin follows with a Dimension Spike.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Yurie (GM): It follows with a Vapor Blast.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Deloth attacks with a Bomb Kick.
Yurie: miss.
Metal Man (GM): Miss.
Metal Man swings his baton again!
Metal Man (GM): CRIT OF DOOM. TONS O' DAZE.
Metal Man continues the combo with a powerful punch of darkness.
Metal Man (GM): *CRIT AGAIN.*
Kylin: "Enough."
Metal Man: "Very well... though I was just getting warmed up... yeah... heheheheh."
Deloth: "Finally."
Kylin: "I'm impressed... enough to give you this."
Yurie (GM): *A bit of light warps, then produces a small card, which holds the same symbol the door had: a Starburst.* *Received Key Item: Space Tarot.*
Kylin: "Take this as well."
Yurie (GM): The air warps again, then reveals a slender key, seeming to be made out of purple glass, with the same symbol being the the tip of the key. Received Key Item: Key of Space.
Metal Man: "Thank you."
Deloth: "What is that? What does this do?"
Dex: *Scan.* "Key of Space: Relic created by Kylin, the Space Lord. Allows access to other areas via Warp Door. End of Entry."
Deloth: "Awesome!"