 | Okay, so why exactly are we doing the show late this week again?
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 | I'm not entirely sure, but I blame Ultros.
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 | Me!? What'd I do? Blame someone useless like Morte instead.
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 | Hey, hey, I'm the blame-ER around here, not the blame-EE. And I blame Odin.
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 | And I blame the guests who aren't here yet to refute me!
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| Hmm, surprisingly shrewd maneuver there.
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 | And I blame all of you clowns. Now get to work.
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| Yeah, yeah, whatever you say. Alright ladies and germs, welcome to the post season week of Season 52. We'll be doing things a little different from usual today and interviewing the full teams for the traditional team match instead of going down the divisions as normal.
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| Mainly because this lets us get away with two segments instead of four.
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| Hush you. Alright Gil, bring in the first team.
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| Alright, please welcome the team from the left side of the bracket, the Godlike Champion Zophar and the runners up from the other divisions, the maverick hunter Zero, Flay Gunnar and Mia Ausa.
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 | Greetings.
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 | Yo.
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 | Glad to be back!
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 | Wow, even losing doesn't get you down, does it?
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| Of course not! No hero wins every battle, things wouldn't be very dramatic that way, now would they?
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| The man does have a point.
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| And his hair has more of them!
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| ...stop talking, Odin. Just stop. Anyway, let's start things off with the easiest interview. Zero, this team battle is really just another mission for you, isn't it?
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| Yeah, pretty much. It'll be a good chance to even the score with Asellus, but other then that I've got no issues or drama going on here. It's just another fight.
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| That's kinda boring.
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| I'm a Mega Man character, what do you want, plot?
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| Point.
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| Alright, well thank you Zero. Now, Flay and Mia, do you think you two will be able to work together?
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| What do you mean?
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| Well, Flay did get shown up pretty bad by your boy-toy in the finals. You know he's gonna be out to hurt him in the team match.
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| Nonsense, a simple rivalry between heroes does not warrant such base plots of vengeance.
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| Are you sure Nash is really another hero? He DID turn on his own crew afterall.
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| Hmm...
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| He got better! He's a goodguy, I promise!
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| So what about you, Mia? Can you fight against Nash?
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| Er, well, it is just a friendly match, right?
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| There is nothing friendly about this place. Ever.
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| Um...
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| Hey, if you want I can just take him out for you. You won't have to raise a hand against him yourself.
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| Could you? That would be...wait, no, that's no good either. I don't want anyone to hurt him!
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| Yeah, see, not hurting the other guy isn't really an option around here.
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| Alright, enough of that. Zophar, are you up to leading this dysfunctional team to a victory?
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| Eh, I'm not really going to bother with any "leading". They can just do their own thing, and so long as they manage to do something I can take care of the rest.
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| Spoken like a true final boss.
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| What, the complete disregard for his underlings?
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| Pretty much, yeah.
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| Hey, if you minion types could ever do your jobs right and maybe stop the heroes once in awhile, we wouldn't look down on you so much.
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| Ah, but without the failings of your minions, you would not exist! So be thankful for their ineptitude!
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| ...I don't follow. What do you mean I wouldn't exist?
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| If the minions could stop the heroes, then the heroes would never reach you, and you would no longer be the 'final' boss. Without your battle against the heroes, you would have no stats and no ranking, and you would not be standing here as Godlike Champion! You would just be another NPC villain that everyone forgets about as soon as they finish playing.
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| ..huh, surprisingly I managed to follow that.
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| Reminds me of an old saying: "If you give it stats, they WILL kill it."
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| I think this has gotten a little to philosophical for this show, so how about we move on to the next team. Gentleman, Mia, Zophar, glad to have you, now go away.
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| I need to go get some practice in anyway.
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| Hmph, how idiotic. Of course I'd still exist...
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| ...but I don't want to fight Nash...
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| Farewell until next time!
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| Oh yeah, Flay!
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| Yes?
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| Can I have your sword if you lose?
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| No.
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| Aww.
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| Ultros, bring in the big loser and the winners of the divisions that don't matter.
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| Introducing the Godlike runner up, everyone's favorite harmonixer Yuri Hyuga, along with the charm lord Asellus, Nash Rumack and Garret the Mars Adept.
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 | Watch who you're calling a big loser, babe.
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 | I think she's just jealous that she doesn't get to be on your team.
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 | Yeah, but she wasn't even in this season at all.
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 | Yay, I'm a champion!
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| Hey, you lost the finals and Godlike is the biggest division. The label stands.
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| Actually Godlike is the smallest division. The adjective you want is something like highest or strongest.
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| Go shove a textbook in it, nerd.
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| Hey!
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| So, you guys have any big plans to take down Zophar's crew?
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| Well, Asellus and I are trying to figure out if there's a way to perv them out, just for the hell of it.
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| It's shouldn't be THAT hard. I mean, I'm better at this game then even Edge.
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| Considering that my girlfreind is the only female on that team, I am 100% against this plan. You're with me, right Garet?
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| Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Who's with what now?
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| ...nevermind.
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| On a serious note though, we figure since they're all PCs but Zophar, we just need to keep Nash alive long enough to status the lot of 'em out. Then Asellus and I can do our damaging thing and try to take Zophar down before he picks us all off.
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| And how long do you think you can really keep a middle alive against Zophar?
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| Not very. Which is why I'm just glad he's as fast as he is.
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| Yeah, way to make me feel good about this fight guys.
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| Knock off the whining. At least you're a pretty important part in the strategy. Unlike some people I could name.
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| Oh yeah? Like who?
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| ...right.
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| Well you all certainly seem to have it more together then your competition does.
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| Well they kinda have to, considering who that competition is. Zophar needs no puny strategy.
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| Hey, I've got twice the experience of most mains at doing this thing. If I can't take a random band of really different characters and make a solid team out of 'em, then there's something wrong. Besides, this lot is nowhere near as weird as the freaks I'm used to working with.
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| So are you referring to your old teams with folks like Zhuzhen and Joachim, or your DL exploits with Edge and TimeLord?
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| Yes.
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| Heh. Alright then, to pose the same question on this side that we did on the other, Nash, any problems with fighting against Mia?
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| I'd really rather not, but I'm sure she'll forgive me for using my status magic on her. And if I go down, it will be from Zophar or Zero getting hold of me, not from her magic.
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| Ooh, dissing your girl's talents? Hope you like the couch, buddy.
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| What? Hey, it's the simple truth. They need to take me out in one shot and Mia can't do that.
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| Hope you've got some spare blankets, it's gonna be cooooold out there.
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| So, I guess that wraps us up now, doesn't it?
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| See, half the segments, half the time.
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| I told you to hush about that.
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| Alright, I'll close us out then. First of all, let me remind everyone that Behind the Scenes will no longer be running on it's normal schedule, but on weeks one, three and five only from now on.
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| Wait, does this mean we'll have to interview twice the people on week 1?
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| Most likely, yes.
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| ...oh, I'm going to grow to hate week 1 very quickly.
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| And that takes care of the last show of Season 52. Have a good week everyone, and make sure to go vote in the pools. We can't keep the divisions properly balanced without your input. |
I, Kazan, bid you welcome to the RPG Dueling League, dedicated to the art of pitting the greatest warriors of the RPG Multiverse against each other in honourable combat! Within lies the greatest showcase of fighting talent you will ever lay your eyes upon!