Ah, Week 5! It's time for the Final matches in the Monstrous Pit, and everything Season 34 has led up to this point. The contestants have fought well to come this far, but it will take an extra push to truly become the best of the best, ay? But before I forget, here are Last Week's Results!

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I have a few things to talk about this week, signors. First, of course, are the usual Nomination Pools for next season. If YOU want a say in which duellers square off in the Monstrous Pit next season, make sure and drop by the topic for it.

In addition, we are going to be ranking some new blood for the Pit, and we need your input for their specific rankins. If you have an opinion on where the new casts should go, hurry and give your opinion, signors!

With that out of the way, let's talk matches! Godlike's is quite powered up. Ghaleon is, once again, fighting for a Godlike championship. His impressive magical powers speak for themselves-for who else could match his winning record? Yuri is no stranger to dominating Godlike himself, with his various Harmonixer transformations and the abilities they give them. The two have not fought before, but now they must prove who is the stronger. Ghaleon's usual Chaos Shield strategy may not work so well, as not only does Yuri have such powerful magic as For the Children, but can also consistently get more turns in with which to deal with Ghaleon's tanking strategy. He'll also have plenty of healing too, if he so chooses, which is good for him because Ghaleon's onslaught is nothing short of impressive. Ghaleon's ID will force Yuri to have to defend against it, making him waste valuable resources in order to do so. It could be anybody's fight, but I'm sure you can figure it out, signors!

In heavy, Delita and Beatrix cross swords in a match that pits Beatrix's White Magic and fearsome blade techniques against Delita's repeated use of his Holy Sword skills. Since Beatrix can quite easily heal away his damage, Delita will most likely repeatedly Crush Punch and hope for a win by his Instant Death. It's a risky ploy, but may win big. Meanwhile, Beatrix will be intersplicing her healing with her various skills, including the ever-fearsome Shock. The main question here is which will happen first-Delita getting lucky and IDing Beatrix, or running out of HP and falling just short of his goal of a Heavy Championship? Signors, think carefully!

Ninja. Prince. Pervert. Middle Champion? Edge is going to have work hard in order to add the last to his already impressive(or not!) list of titles. Elena has her White Apocalypse spell, which will put quite a dent in Edge's unimpressive defenses. However, Edge will be giving it back in spades, with his various ninja skills and speed advantage. Elena still has her healing, though, so merely surviving the first magical onslaught may not be enough....or perhaps, with Image, it will be? Elena will already have a difficult time getting in enough of her other attacks in order to deal with the slippery ninja royalty, but Image will truly wreak havoc upon her accuracy. Of course, she doesn't need much! I suppose Edge might, ahem, use his charm on the young Songstress, but who knows how that might work out...though, as the artistically inclined DL member from last week drew, he does have some rather important Motivation.

Annnnway, onto Light. This one is fairly simple. Rennac keeps attacking White Wizard relentlessly, hoping he will eventually land a crit or run White Wizard out of resources. White Wizard, meanwhile, will keep healing and hope to run Rennac out of his own weapon charges, or possibly to get in enough Ruse's in order to become too evasive, or enough Fade's to make Rennac into a smouldering pile of smited evildoer. Will Rennac's RES be enough to withstand the white magic? Possibly, but his ability to withstand her hammer is another thing, IF White Wizard ever gets a chance to use it, ay? Rogue's aren't known for being able to handle wrath from above, but then White magic users were never known for being able to withstand several swords in the face either! Which method will prove victorious?

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Go and vote with GUSTO, signors, and make sure and participate in the Nom pool and ranking process! The Monstrous Pit will always want your input, ay? Until next time, this is your humble host, Morrie, and now enjoy a very special(well, Odin is rather special, ay?) episode of Behind the Scenes!
What a disgrace. I never want to see Chisato and the rest of those freaks again. Time for the scab workers. What are our options?
Hail, minion.
Gah! What the hell are you doing here?
Who said anything about options? Heh heh heh. So nice of you to not fix that weakness to dark weapons and spears, Nate. The boys and I from Brig will handle things. Any complaints can be directed towards Iria's spear, which just happens to be aimed at your back.
That sounds wrong.
..You know what? I don't care. You can deal with BtS this week. Just don't make my studio explode. It also annoys the old crew, which suits me fine.
Once again, despite being doubted by all, the glorious White Wolf arises. No amount of punishment can keep my tactical genius down. With the Norgard Defense Force at my back, I'll take over the DL and the NR and then Forsena! Of course, I can't hang around without my loyal minions. Duran will be my second in command today.
I wouldn't count on that, judging by how pathetic Cai and Lyonesse were this season.
Hey!
Hee hee! That's almost as good as the time I helped Duran plan his duel with Zophar. Of course I got a little tipsy then Salamance stopped by and...
Can it, you worthless freak.
Did someone call for me?!
Screw this, I'm going to go get drunk.
Aaah, I'm back in charge. Iria, get the cameras. Vaynard, sit over in the corner and fail. Cai, call our first guest. We have a bunch of losers. Boring. Anyhow, bring in the guests.
No one's waiting to be interviewed. Apparently all of the currently ranked duellers are protesting Nate's choice to fire everybody on the BtS crew by not showing up.
Except us. They laughed when we tried to join them...
I blame Vaynard. Anyhow, who are we going to interview then?
Me, of course!
Ugh. You. Weren't you fired, you substandard mopper and inferior white haired badass?
From BtS. But now that Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria's being ranked, I have an offical form and can enter the league. No more mockery! I'll take Godlike by storm! Soon sugglebunny and I will doublechamp!
My research shows that 95% of our viewers think you're not Godlike. 55% think you're less of a Godlike than Fujin, and 15% think you lose to Vaynard in a straight duel.
That 15% is 85% right. There's no way a master tactican such as myself would lose to a four year running joke like Odin.
As compared to yourself, who's been a joke for going on ten years now.
Want to make something of it, skirtboy? The arena's that way. I'm itching to try out my new, kickass form!
Bring it. I can withstand the horrors of war. I can withstand the horrors of split ends. I can deal with Kuja dragging me off for events best left unmentioned. I can even deal with Dryst somehow ending up a division above me. But taking insults from a loser with a mop and who couldn't even handle one mortal girl? That I can't handle. I'll see you in the arena, you pathetic excuse for a God.
Iria, kindly escort Vaynard and Odin far away from here as possible. Which still leaves us with no guests.
Easily solved. Like Odin said, there's a whole group of fighters who haven't even been assigned a division yet. They're too new to know that we're scabs.
Excellent. Any of them hanging around?
Yo.
Prepare to face divine punishment.
Finally.
Hrist? Ahahaha. Pathetic. No woman can truly master the sword like a man can, and you're living proof of it. *URK*
I didn't expect to see a sword shoved up a nostril within ten seconds of arriving here. Nice form.
Ah, so the rumors were true. They gave you a worthy form in VP2.
Correct. I've returned with a form that befits my status as a Valkyrie. Much like Odin, I'm no longer a running joke to be dragged out and laughed at every few seasons. Unlike Odin, I'm a decent fighter and don't get in slapfights with the cleaning crew.
That's our lovable scamp Odin for you. So who else are you bringing with you?
Alicia, of course. My sister Silmeria's also joining us, along with Rufus and Ull.
Aah, sounds interesting. I always appreciate a fine female fighter. What about Dylan and Leone?
They got stuck in interstellar traffic on the way and got eaten by Tanzer.
Ah, so no one cared enough to rescue them.
Basically. If you'll excuse me, I need to wipe the failure off my blade and work on punishing some loud mouthed losers. I have a lot of scores to settle for thirty seasons of mockery.
Heh, she's got style. I dig that.
Killer, you're coming from the immensely popular Shadow Hearts series. It took a while for you to get ranked in the league proper. Is that have anything to do with the lack of Yuri in your game?
It's got nothin to do with it, damn it! That loser ripped off my style and then people have the gall to say we look alike. I'll kick that scrawny Harmonixer's ass all over the arena if we meet in Godlike. We're gonna kick ass and take names, Lady and I. I'm sure the rest won't embarass us too much.
What about Frank?
We don't talk about him.
Fair enough. The last one... mm? Heh heh heh. Now this I didn't expect. The rest of Lang's friends decided to show up?
I am no friend with anyone who betrays the Mystic race.
One note personality?
I won't even dignify that with a response.
You'll fit right in with the average Godlike boss.
What's that supposed to mean?
Just that you and Jade are going to have many a deep converstation. Anyhow, I think that just about wraps us up. Join us next week for more exciting action on Behind the Scenes!
*****************Nate's mansion******************
Thanks for the drink, Alfred. So how were the ratings?
Down 85%.
WHAT?!
Half of the viewers are protesting the firing of the BtS crew. 25% don't know or care who the Brigandine characters are, and 100% were offended by the lack of Odin beatings.
How much will that cost me?
Well.. Chisato could set fire to three studios a week and you'd still make more money than you would with the Brig crew. And that's not considering the fact that most of the league is seriously considering not appearing on BtS wiht you employing scabs. I recommend rehiring everyone. At half their pay, of course.
Ugh.
Also, they might stop trying to invade the mansion.
And eating the trash.
That was just Odin.
How'd you get in?!
How else? I had Ultros and Gilgamesh beat up your security. Thanks for rehiring us, boss.
I give up. Just go host BtS and leave me be.
Yay. Time to go tell the minions.
*****************Behind Nate's mansion******************
Hey, there's Chisato! Did it work, boss?
Yep. We're rehired.
Yay!
I pickpocketed Nate's credit card. Let's go get drunk and blame Odin on it.
Sounds good to me.
Me too.
*****************Empty BtS studio******************
So that's where you are. Edge, why are you just standing here?
It takes me thirty four seasons to get to the finals, and I don't even rate an interview? Man, that's harsh.
You've had enough fun this season, judging by how often I've had to get drunk and avoid you.
Not the point, damnit! Not the point. *Sniff*