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Ryu vs Lloyd
SageAcrin "Oh, god, not you again." Momo said, horrified, as a familiar figure appeared at her door. "Oh, no, no, look, I'm here to apologize." Rikku said. "Please let me in?" "Why doesn't she sound like she's eaten an entire ice cream cake any more?" Rei said. "I'm here to make up for what I...I mean, well...I guess I did." Rikku said. --- "...Well, doesn't that beat all. Multiple personalities?" Rei said, shaking his head. "Yeah, it sounds pretty strange to me to." Rikku said, staring at her shoes. "But you believe me, right? I mean, if there's anything I can do to make up for it..." "Of course I believe you." Momo said. "And it's no-" "Hold on a second." Rei said, dragging Momo over to one side of the room. "Ouch! Rei, what..." "Shh. Listen. Ryu, remember?" "What about him?" "He's fighting a dragonslayer, and he's one that's smart enough to have all of us under guard. He's even guarding Peco, and I'm not sure the onion has enough brains to wander into the arena by accident, let alone cost a Godlike his match. But Rikku has resources, and isn't under guard." Rei said, smiling. "Do you follow me? It'd even be justice, she's caused a lot of trouble over the years." "Well..." Momo said, shrugging, as she turned back to Rikku. "Well, there is one thing you could do." "Name it, I'll be glad to help." Rikku said. --- The match was expected to be a intensely pathetic one. All the money was on Lloyd, the dragonslayer. Oh, some of the more technical minded people talked about Ryu resisting instantly killing attacks, but most of the crowd didn't buy it. Lloyd had managed to permanently kill a Dragoon, which isn't even as much of a dragon as Ryu is. Of course he'd win. (Well, more or less permanently. The fact that Lavitz was in the crowd didn't especially phase anyone.) Lloyd, certainly, believed this would be an easy win. He simply chuckled quietly the entire time, softly smiling Then he froze with that smile on his face. Literally. As a massive blast of ice sheared out of the arena floor, encasing him. Since Ryu had shortly turned into an ice dragon before this happened, everyone simply assumed that he had done it, even the judges, and that they'd just missed something. Rikku, of course, knew better. "Heehee! Did you see that? Just a few dozen Ice Gems and enough time, and I can pay back that stupid girl that's screwed up my life!" Rikku said, triumphantly. "...does it strike anyone else as really surreal that she's talking about herself like that?" Paine said. "No more surreal than your outfit. It's good to see her stop being an idiot." Auron said, staring at Rikku. "..." Yuna said, shaking her head. She still hadn't gotten over the realization that she'd been trying to emulate a headcase split personality. "Well, I guess our troubles with Rikku really are over." Momo said. "Who would have thought?" "Heh, and she won me a lot of money, too." "Rei! You bet on a rigged match?" "Of course I did. You can lose money on the other kind." Rei said, spreading his hands. "Well, that was fun, but I'm tired of staring at the Godlike in the ice block. See you!" Rikku said, running happily down the hall. Then she tripped on a far-flung ice chunk, and fell flat on her face. "...Oh no." Paine, Auron, Yuna, Momo and Rei said simultaniously, as Yuna rushed to shake Rikku awake. "Huh? What happened?" Rikku said. "Are you okay, Rikku?" Yuna said, concerned. "Rikku? Is that your name? Nice to meet you. Hi! I'm Viki." Rikku said happily, as five people groaned... --- "Chu!" Rikku's Chu-Chu personality bellowed into the darkness. "Ha! So you're stuck in here now, too! It's time for me to pay you back!" Rikku's X-2 personality said. "I think you're both forgetting something." Rikku's original personality said, her eyes flashing a moment. "Not only have I been stuck in this head a lot longer than you two, which makes me mentally stronger than you? I'm a lot better of a fighter than you two. Put together. And you both have made me look bad for a long time. I may be stuck inside here, but you two are going to be removed from my head. Permanently." Rikku said, affixing a Godhand that appeared out of the darkness of her mind to her hand. "Um...?" "Chu!?" "I'll even be nice enough to give you a headstart." Rikku's dominate personality said, smiling, as she pulled out a grenade. "AAHHHHHH!" "Chu! CHUUUUU!" "Whoever's in control right now may be causing trouble up there, but they've given me time to take care of a few problems." Rikku said, giggling. "I'll get rid of these, take care of that last personality, and I'll finally get to be a normal person again. Now, to kill that Chu-Chu first!" She said, dashing into the darkness of her own mind... Ryu: 48 
Lenneth Valkyrie vs Terra Branford
Overacid ...Terra sat in her locker room, admiring the present that she had just received. "Edgar is such a thoughtful guy, and this jewelry box is so pretty!" Terra admired the gem-encrusted box before opening it up and pulling out a pair of sapphire earrings. "These will do nicely for my match," she commented. -Later that Day- The match with Lenneth was a hard-fought one. Both were equals on the field with their swords, and both had as much drive and motivation to win the match as the other. Terra felt herself slipping into her Esper-form, and suddenly it took over. This act caught Lenneth off guard, and surprised her for a split-second. This was all that Terra needed. She shot into the air, high above Lenneth, and unleashed a powerful Ultima blast. The blast was right on target. Lenneth took the full force of the blow, dropping her to her knees. She hesitated for a moment, then began to get up, muttering to herself that Ultima wasn't all that she had heard it to be... ...And that's when the second blast hit her. After the match, the DL medics were perplexed. How do you revive someone who's been vaporized? They pondered this turn of events for quite some time afterwards, eventually deciding to get back to it "after dinner". Terra returned to her locker room to relax after the match, where she found Edgar waiting for her. She threw her arms around him. "A genuine Gem Box for me? You shouldn't have Edgar!" "I hoped you would appreciate it, Terra. I still have bruises from those Kefka Fanatics trying to get that for you!" Edgar rubbed his bruised face, but decided it was worth it in the end. Lenneth Valkyrie: 42 Tide
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Zeromus vs Wugui
superaielman "So you know this guy? Looks like a loser." Edge twitched. "How's he supposed to stand up to the second ugliest and eviliest thing in godlike? Damn Orlandu. Damn Zeromus." Yuri simply grinned. "Yeah, Wugui isn't much of a fighter, but he's two things going for him. Instant death.." "Which is worthless against Zeromus." Edge sprung up, ready to leave. He was stopped by Yuri grabbing his arm. "And he heals from magic damage. All types of magic damage. Guess what Zeromus doesn't have?" Yuri laughed, and put his feet up. It didn't take Edge long to recall his struggle against the incarnation of hate. "Come to mention it, the freak didn't have a physical..this'll take a while." Edge cracked up as he saw Zeromus throw magic out with ease, and seemingly was stunned by Wugui only getting stronger from the blows. Wugui was slowly closing in, pummling Zeromus with his outsretched arms. " Keep an eye on things here? I've got a match to prepare for." Oh yes. He had a -lot- of things to prepare for. Zeromus: 29 Lyndis
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Xenobia vs Chaos
OblivionKnight Pretty simple. Xenobia, for all her feminine wiles, can't utilize them on such a dastardly and very straightforward foe. Goals for Chaos? Uh...chaos. Seriously, why worry about women when your only goal is to turn the world into a massive experiment in entropy and time paradoxes? This match was over as soon as Chaos threatened to go back in time and erase Ghaleon from existence. This, of course, was unacceptable to Xenobia, so she immediately forfeited the match. On the positive side for Xenobia, thanks to a little bit of sweet-talking and deal-making, she now has a young baby Ghaleon all for her very own. When you have your own chibi-Magic Emperor, who needs a Godlike championship? Xenobia: 31
Zog vs Eirika
OblivionKnight Eirika's a pretty amazing fighter. Graceful, beautiful, elegant, sexy... She can also fight too, with her sword, the monster-slaying Sieglinde. This blade, like the other Sacred Twins, is designed to significantly hurt monsters, dragons included. It's the perfect weapon to use to slay a Dark Dragon like Zog. Now, Zog is no idiot. Oh, sure, he's a little cocky and uninformed, but not a real idiot. He therefore knew what this blade would do to him. Now, strong as he may be, he didn't want to feel the scorching powers of such a divine weapon on his skin. So, he came up with this awesome idea... He ate her. Match begins, Zog swallows Eirika whole. Hey, dragons have done this before, right? Unfortunately for Zog's digestive tract, Eirika didn't go down easily. This was embarrassing, to say the least, as while Zog was awarded the win, the end result was pretty bad. A few days in the hospital, and a large dose of Lactulose later, and Eirika was finally expelled from the dragon. Interestingly enough, she was followed about two seconds later by Elvis, the 1936 Philadelphia Flyers, a pirate's bounty in gold and jewels, and the Demon Sword Levantine. Make of this what you will, but now Eirika's getting married to Elvis next week (much to her brother's dismay), has free tickets to every Philadelphia Flyers game, is bloody rich, and now wields both the Levantine and Sieglinde. Fair trade for becoming part of Zog's digestive tract for a few days, I'd say. Zog, meanwhile, won't eat anything solid anymore. On another note, he's a big fan of Bill Cosby now, and thinks Ghost Dad was the greatest movie ever made. Zog: 43 
Antenora vs Adel
SageAcrin Adel's power has one major flaw. Some of it came from a Sorceress she merged with, the one time anyone has seen her full power. Needless to say, this isn't an ability Adel can normally use. However, in this case, a little "bribing" of the judges(Who were Noel, Vincent and Kinnison. Bribing, threatening to rip their kidneys out, same thing.) and a Mickey Finn later, and Adel had Rinoa strapped to her chest. Unfortunately, it turns out that merging with a unconcious woman has some downsides. Like being unable to think clearly, or actually cast spells. You know, little downsides. Well, maybe not so little. Adel promptly fell over onto Antenora as the battle started, in a daze. However, Antenora's actually a lot smaller than Adel, and despite her struggles, she couldn't get the dazed, but still concious, Adel off her. So, Antenora ended up smothered unconcious by a knocked out Rinoa's chest. While possibly not the most disturbing way to win on record, this certainly ranks up there. Adel swore off ever touching Rinoa, no matter how much power it would bring her. Oh, Antenora? Outside of now screaming in terror at the mention of Rinoa's name and blowing up the nearest people/objects/buildings, she's fine. Oh, and she keeps cats, now. Lots and lots of cats. Antenora: 30 
Edwin Odesseiron vs Drachma
Otter A grumbling Edwin was forced to throw the match ahead of time, citing an inescapable mission elsewhere for his rather unforgiving masters in the Red Scourge. Not that he was too upset over it. He was the one man who knew the notorious Mother's true identity, amusingly enough, and it would probably be almost pathetically easy to put a stop to his (well, her) little cult uprising, earning glory from his superiors and maybe some sort of reward from the local government as well. All in all, not a bad bargain for missing a match he hadn't really been looking forward to fighting anyway. Edwin Odesseiron: 12 XCNinja
Rydia vs Luc
superaielman -Shrine of time- "Yeah, you owe me. I want to see what's going to happen." Edge glared at TimeLord, some annoyance showing through. "Let me see my glorious victory.. and Rydia's, of course." TimeLord shrugged, and waved his hand. "As you wish.." Scenes of battle flickered forth. Rydia stood alone against the full armies of undead that Luc could summon, ending with a final, brutal staredown with Luc.. and her getting leveled from behind by the summoned Yuber. The last thing Edge saw before the scene faded was Rydia struggling to her feet after the battle, only to be met once again by Yuber's gleaming swords.. "It appears Luc asked for his summons to be legal to compensate for Rydia's on summons, and somehow the request pasted muster." Edge grimanced. Another screen quickly popped up. The Ninja Prince stood toe to toe with Alhazad, trading blows. Edge suddely slumped over from what looked to be a sleep attack.. Edge turned away and winced, as the Metal Demon tore his image apart. .."And wouldn't you know it. Piastol somehow managed to get on the schedule commitee. By some miracle, you and Rydia fight at the exact same time." Timelord let his TimeProphecy spell disperse. "You've got enough time to save either Rydia or yourself. Which is it going to be?" Edge leaned into TL, and whispered. "I've got just the plan.." ---- Edge ran hard to the heavy arena. Rydia was on in a few minutes, and he only had one simple plan to hold off the assault. "Heya." Panting, quickly filled in Rydia on what was going to happen. "You need to master a new summon.." --- Edge stood next to Rydia. She had recluctantly agreed to Edge's idea. When Luc approached the judge, he saw Rydia's eyes widen. Luc smirked in Rydia's direction, and pointed. "Now the fight's even." With that simple statement, the fight began. Luc was quickly working on summoning Yuber and the hordes of undead, which would be Rydia's undoing. Rydia wasted no time. "Edge!" Hitting the ring at a dead sprint, Edge leaped into the air. Landing a solid kick on the surprised Luc's jaw staggered the mage, but he held his casting even still. Edge shook his head. "No time.." Even as he spoke, unearthly creatures began floating in the space within Luc's summoning square. "Have to use the utlimate attack.." Edge took a deep breath, and prepared his strongest move."Eblan Utlimate Strike: The great equalizer!" Without further ado, Edge ran up to Luc, raised his foot, and landed a -very- solid kick.. well, below the belt. Luc, while one of the greatest in the multiverses at holding a spell, even when facing blows that would chop him in half. Sadly for Luc and despite all appearences.. the little wind mage was a man. Like any man, Luc promptly clutched at the wounded area and staggered around the ring in epic pain, as the male part of the crowd groaned in sympathy. The Bahamut that followed Edge's attack was almost a mercy. Rydia: 61 T.G. Nevareh
Princess Toadstool vs Ptolomea
SageAcrin Ahhh, Ptolomea. Hardened veteran of many battles. Who has seen maybe two women in the last few years. (Maybe, since no one in their right mind would definately define Caina as male or female.) Ptolomea promptly took one look at Toadstool, and offered to take her out to dinner. Toadstool, with charactaristicly swift uptake, smashed him over the head with her frying pan. Declaring that he liked feisty women, Ptolomea continued hitting on Toadstool. Toadstool continued hitting him. Finally, he simply swept her off her feet, ignoring the repeated whacks(Or possibly not. This wasn't entirely a charactaristic act for Ptolomea; Maybe the blows on the head were taking their toll.), and took her home. He, of course, walked out of the arena first, since his opponent was clearly not touching the ground. Willful ring out, clear loss. But in the grand scheme of things, this probably doesn't matter that much, since Ptolomea probably couldn't have taken any more pan whacks before he started singing "Eyes on Me". Of course, Toadstool has no less than two people experienced in tracking her down, and they have many allies. Cocytus wouldn't be a match for the Koopa Troop if they joined forces with Mario and his friends. Even if they did support Ptolomea. Which, of course, they didn't. (The only one that didn't ask him how many times he had been smacked over the head was Vinsfeld, who didn't bother taking the time and just kicked him out.) So, with the captive princess, Ptolomea went home. And that's how Ptolomea's home was demolished in a few minutes, and Princess Toadstool was saved. Nintendo looked into making this event a new sidescroller. However, it turned out that the plot was too short. So they're making it a puzzle game. Expect to see "Tetris Attack 2: Ptolomea's Revenge!" out in stores around 2008, give or take a few (dozen) years. As for Ptolomea, he's now under the sincere delusion that he's Bowser. The rest of Cocytus is too busy cracking up at his giant paper mache shell to take him to a therapist. Princess Toadstool: 55 
Edge Eblan vs Alhazad
superaielman Edge ambled over to Rydia. "Looks like it'll be a while yet before I meet you in He-" His words were cut off, as the summoner laid out Edge with a kiss that made the prince light up like a christmas tree. "TL showed me the screens. You did that for me? Amazing. You deserve a reward.." Taking Edge by the hand, Rydia quickly took him to a rather secluded spot for some personal time. "What about your match?" "Ah.. let's just say that the crowd will get it's money worth." --- Alhazad looked at the clock, annoyed. While he had already been declared the winner due to Edge not showing up, he still wanted to see if something -would- happen. The crowd was violent enough... The crowd was packed to the brim with people who had an axe to grind with Edge Eblan. Piastol, Ghaleon, Fuse, Rude, Zelos, Orlandu, Zidane, Royce, Xenobia, Alys, just to mention a few. With the godlikes there to expel anyone who dared root for Edge, it was very unhappy with Eblan's ruler not showing up. Just as things were about to get really ugly, Alhazad spotted a -very- infamous face edging into the arena, radiating magic and infinite mastery of magic. Spotting the look of mischief in TimeLord's eyes was a dead giveaway. Wasting no time, Alhazad fled the arena at full speed, and didn't stop running until he was outside the arena. A quick scrying spell got him into the arena. "Perfect timing.." TimeLord had just lept into the center of the ring, removing the cape he was wearing. Of course, the crowd had burst into angry noise at the sight of the TimeLord, who was far from popluar among Edge's enemies. Alhazad shook his head at the sheery idiocy in front of him. Not even Ghaleon leaped up to attack the TimeLord at the first chance.. and the only chance they'd have to stop him. Royce and others had up to try and land a blow.. but were too late. The scrying spell froze then, stopped dead by a far greater magical force. .."OverDrive.." The scrying spell jarred back into motion a few minutes later. TimeLord was long gone from the arena. In the center stood two things. Piastol and Zidane stood in the center of the ring, a tangle of flesh. Neither were wearing a scrap of clothing, and Zidane's hands had.. interesting... placements on Piastol's body. Near the two stood a stunned Ghaleon. Instead of his Magic Emperor gear, he stood in a hastily put on dress. He also had a T-shirt on with a weird logo.. Alhazad did a doubletake, and closed in on the shirt. Clear as day, on the front.. "Trannies for Menardi" ..Alhazad broke into laughter at the first part. The back was even worse. "Robbed Albedo" Laughing, Alhazad released the spell and decided to.. ah.. make haste out of the arena. For that it was funny, he didn't want to be in Ghaleon's way when he was on a rampage.. Edge Eblan: 34 
Marivel Armitage vs Jaffar
Sei Marivel can beat up Jaffar in so many ways: chop off his head with a Guillotine, stomp him into the ground with mechs, fry him into a crisp, put him to Sleep then suffocate him with Garan's pillow... Not that Marivel wanted to of course. It'd be such a shame to damage such a well-built package after all. So, Marivel decided to charm him instead. Unfortunately, since Jaffar was a cold, emotionless assassin, and thus, not prone to hormonal outburst, this failed utterly. Not that Marivel would have had that much more success on the average passerby, what with a body that screams less of 'free sex' and more of 'jail bait'. So Marivel decided to do things the old-fashioned way instead, bonking him on the head with an Aport, then dragging him by the hair out of the arena (making sure to make him leave the ring first, of course) and towards the Crimson Castle, where he serviced the vampire in a variety of ways for a week. When his time with the Crimson Noble finally ended, he staggered out of the castle, completely spent... Who'd have thought being forced to help around Marivel's lab would be so tasking? All those heavy equipment, the various instruments that needed to be cleaned via toothbrush, feeding the biological monstrosities... One lesser than he would have left that horrible place a broken man. Better death than that again... ...what? You expected something else from a mad scientist? Marivel Armitage: 40 
Setzer Gabianni vs Barret Wallace
Tide What's the one game that shares the two interests of both duellers? Russian Roulette of course! Sezter, being a professional gambler, knew he was on his turf when Barret suggested the idea. He promptly stood in front of Barret and looked at the other dueller with confidence. Barret smiled, took his gunarm and proceeded to unload a full clip of ammunition in Sezter's face really hard. MORAL OF THE STORY: "If you're playing Russian Roulette, you're only supposed to load in one bullet, stupid Barret." ~ Sezter (before being rushed to DL infirmary) Setzer Gabianni: 46 Caius
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Bleu vs Franz
SageAcrin It was a fierce battle. Bleu smashed, clawed, and belched flames, while Franz electrified his opponent, dodged and swiftly thrusted with his lance. All the while, a mounting roar could be heard in the background... Then the pineapple knocked Bleu out. Franz promptly ran for dear life, as the shower of coconuts, pineapples and various other unpleasant edibles showered around him. Needless to say, Peppita's challenge had gone a little too far. Franz made it about four feet before getting knocked out by a qumquat, and the judges declared him the winner right before two of them ended up stuck in a giant pumpkin. It's a pity they decided to only hold a few matches on this day, really. On the upside, the crowd was treated to the third judge, Ghaleon, who the pumpkin had been aimed for(Presumably, at least. The other judges were Tengaar and Yuffie. Neither is known for having people care about them enough to throw pumpkins.), procceeding to utilize quick thinking and powerful magical skills to decimate the crowd with a shower of sticks of candy and cinnamon rolls. Unfortunately, people were alive to hear him declare his new technique "Hard Rock Candy'n Rolls.". He was shortly thereafter covered in pastries, candy, fruit, rocks, and several trees. Bleu: 18 
Maria Balthasar vs Watari
CmdrKing As anyone can tell you, ninjas are fast and hard to hit, no matter how bad at ninja-ry they are. In fact, they specialize in people not knowing where they are, whether using illusions, mirrors, smoke bombs, shadows, Invis Edges, whatever. Watari, deciding it might keep his enemies confused, did a little of everything for his match with Maria. Noticing their match was the first of the day, he set Maria's clock a good half hour ahead, ensuring she'd arrive early. He then set up an elaborate system of mirrors, holograms, smoke bombs, and even a cardboard cutout all around the ring, in such a way that it would appear to be him moving really, really fast, in and out of shadows. (no one knows how he constructed such an elaborate illusion in the space of ten minutes or so. Popular sources cite outside help, but since when have ninjas been against outside contractors?) Finally, he used a borrowed Invis Edge so he could watch the proceedings in peace. The end result was Maria coming to the match, well before the judges arrived, and assuming the match had started. Again and again she summoned Seibzhen, attempting to smash what seemed to be Watari. So used to enemies running circles around her, she didn't realize that she was hitting little more than smoke and dirt. Eventually, the gigantic gear used all its fuel, and collapsed in the middle of the arena. Right on top of Maria. By the time the judges arrived, Watari had taken down the whole illusion and become visible again. Seeing that his opponent was in no condition to fight, the ninja was awarded victory. In unrelated news, Maria has apparently come to dislike gears and fighting. Similarly unrelated, some claim to have seen Citan attempting, as he put it, "to knock some sense into her". Though some claim this is related to his sudden jump in income. Maria Balthasar: 19 
Peppita Rosetti vs Karn
SageAcrin The Duelling League has seen many insane events, ranging from magical girl Godlike transformations to Ultros becoming a respected member of the journalism community. (Okay, possibly not that respected.) However, this one takes the cake. Quite literally. Peppita and Karn battling it out in a pie-eating contest. How did this come to happen? Well, Peppita was hungry when they were talking that match over, and she's a young girl. Meanwhile, Karn saw an opportunity. After all, he's twice as big as Peppita. Oddly, Peppita won this match much the same way she wins everything else. A giant fuzzy thing lept out of the ground and ate the competition. Granted, in this case, it's in a more literal sense than normal-Peppita's Fairy Friend promptly ate the entire table. So the entire competition was eaten, not the competitor. Karn, of course, tried to get Peppita thrown out for interference, but most judges agree by now that summons are legal. However, ironically, the competition wasn't technically over. The exact phrasing was exceptionally unfortunate for this contest: The person that could remove, using their own powers, the most food from the Arena, won. And that you didn't lose until you admitted defeat or were incapacitated. So, while the fuzzy giant munched tables, Karn started throwing pies at the audience in a desperate attempt to keep up. After all, that counts as removing pies from the arena with your own power, right? And that's how Karn ended up starting the greatest pie fight in history. Approximately 72000 pies were consumed(In the sense that they were inedable afterwards, at least.), the battle overflowed out of the arena and into nearby hallways and corridors, splashed over into other baked goods(The most painful case involving a fruitcake, Albedo, several small girls, and a lot of hospital bills. Needless to say, the little girls easily proved that it was self defense. Albedo was trying to lick pie off them.), and several bakeries were looted. Then the mob got into the fruit. All told, there were a few dozen deaths, 452 injuries, half a billion Gil lost by various buisinesses, and it took seventeen hours to dig Karn out of the pile of baked goods. Peppita never got a scrap of food on her. However, her big friend had a stomach ache for nearly a week, and no one underestimates Peppita anymore... Peppita Rosetti: 42 
Yang vs Gijimu
superaielman Gijimu's a wise man. He took one look at a review of the horrific carnage in Rydia vs Luc, and when he saw that Yang was his foe.. ..A Final Fantasy 4 character, who mastered the art of kicking... Well, who can blame Gijimu for bowing and quickly forefiting? Yang: 52
Rivalry?! Grefter THEY WERE GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. YOU REALLY CAN'T TOUCH THE SPLEEN EATING MENTAL EXPLOSION OF THE DARK MUSIC INSPIRED BY OUR GREAT LORDS THROUGH THE GATES THROUGH WHICH WE BURN WITH INSPIRATION. WAS A GREAT PARTY AFTERWARDS, NO HARD FEELINGS. THEY ARE A GREAT GROUP AND SHOULD GO FAR IN THEIR OWN CIRCUITS. HELL, THURDSAY SAYS HE WOULD DO THEM ALL. NOW ON A FINAL NOTE WE PRESENT TO YOU, THE AWE INSPIRING SONG MAGIC DANCE BY THE ONE AND ONLY DAVID BOWIE DONE BURNING INTO THE GATES OF YOGSOTHOTH WE BURN STYLE. David Bowie - Magic Dance, arranged for BITGOYSWB. Presented within normal text rather than their singing voices to allow for readability. Shigeo: You remind me of the babe. Fujin: What babe? Shigeo: The baby with the power. Fujin: What power? Shigeo: The power of voodoo Fujin: Who do? Shigeo: You do. Fujin: Do what? Shigeo: Remind me of the babe. Shigeo: I saw my baby, crying hard as babe could cry Shigeo: What could I do Shigeo: My baby’s love had gone Shigeo: And left my baby blue Shigeo: Nobody knew Shigeo and Zoah: What kind of magic spell to use Fujin: Slime and snails Shigeo: Or puppy dogs’ tails Thurdsday: Thunder or lightning Shigeo: Then baby said Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Put that baby spell on me Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Put that magic jump on me Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Slap that baby, make him free Shigeo: I saw my baby, trying hard as babe could try Shigeo: What could I do? Shigeo: My baby’s fun had gone Shigeo: And left my baby blue Shigeo: Nobody knew Shigeo and Zoah: What kind of magic spell to use Fujin: Slime and snails Shigeo: Or puppy dog’s tails Thursday: Thunder or lightning Shigeo: Then baby said Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Put that baby spell on me Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Put that magic jump on me Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Slap that baby, make him free Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Put that baby spell on me (ooh) Shigeo: You remind me of the babe. Fujin: What baby? Shigeo: The baby with the power Fujin: What power? Shigeo: The power of voodoo Fujin: Who do? Shigeon: You do Fujin: Do what? Shigeo: Remind me of the baby Fujin: Dance magic, dance, ooh ooh ooh Fujin: Dance magic, dance magic, ooh ooh ooh Fujin: Dance magic Zoah: What kind of magic spell to use Zoah and Shigeo: Slime and snails Zoah and Shigeo: Or puppy dog tails Zoah and Shigeo: Thunder or lightning Thursday, Zoah and Shigeo: Something frightening Thursday: Dance magic, dance Thursday: Dance magic, dance Thursday and Zoah: Put that baby spell on me Thursday and Zoah: Jump magic, jump Thursday and Zoah: Jump magic, jump Fujin, Thursday and Zoah: Put that magic jump on me Thursday and Zoah: Slap that baby make him free Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Jump magic, jump Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Put that magic jump on me Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Slap that baby Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Shigeo: Dance magic Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay: Slap that slap that baby make him free Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) Zoah, Fujin and Thurdsay (Shigeo): Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance) HQMD: 8 BITGOYSWB: 30 Neither: 24 Mad Fnorder
Quest for the Nether Scroll Otter Malik chuckled confidently. He'd always considered it something of a ripoff that his uncanny powers of displacement seemed to do so little for him, but here they were finally paying off. He'd flown right past legions of undead warriors on the way to his target and had even picked up a crowd of impressed-looking phase spiders who watched his continued exploits with interest. This dungeon was a breeze, and best of all, he wouldn't have to deal with any adventurers showing up just in the nick of time. Finally, there it was. Snatching the Nether Scroll from its pedestal greedily, the mad prophet wasted no time in reading it aloud as Edwin had instructed. --- Now for a quick update on the Athkatlan balance of power. The so-called Order of Mother, whose origins we just observed, came into the public light a scant few days later, having taken over the hideout of the newly-recruited vampire remnants and formed a rather considerable force of spiders as well, with phase spiders nearest of all to the much-rumored leader herself. Already, the Shadow Thieves were finding themselves hard-pressed by the aggressive intruders, which seemed to target this clan specifically in its acts of wanton violence for reasons that remained unclear. The worst part was that most of the Thieves sent to assassinate the shadowy "Mother" seemed to wind up in her employ; it seemed she had most effective methods of both elusion and persuasion. Little was known yet of the woman who now represented the greatest single threat to the city since the infamous Bodhi, except that she was a tall, attractive blond woman in wizard's robes who seemed impossible to hit for even the most enchanted of blades. A few witnesses of questionable authenticity had reported her to mutter about the "glory of Mother" in demented tones, hence her widely-used nickname. She herself was rumored to deal with her subordinates only one at a time; along with the large number of vampires and spiders in her retinue, this served to keep the entire operation as obscure as possible. Needless to say, by now damage control was in order. The Watchers of Helm sent no less than Keldorn Firecam. The DL police sent Aya Brea and Fuse, since Katsuya was already on a mission at the time. The Red Wizards of Thay sent Edwin Odesseiron to clean up his own damn mess and not return until he'd done so. The city lay imperiled, but most residents remained calm. It happened every so often that some mad prophet would finally snap, assume some alter-ego, and make a bid for domination. It had been dealt with before, and, so they hoped, it could be dealt with again. Malik Succeeds: 42 Malik Fails: 19 |
