((Oh, THAT Doctor.

Looking back, I can see a lot of ways people improved. Including me!))

((Is it good if I have been keeping page 27 open in another tab all this time?

Really, the scream was leading to something I thought was good at the time, but now I'm thinking differently, so I'm going to just turn it into something else))

--Ashwood Forest, Somewhere, I forgot where--

"What the-"

But it was too late, the dynamite exploded in Alex's face, but he seemed fine though, just an ow from him. The explosion revealed an old temple of sorts which Alex floated to the ground with wings.

--Old Temple, Somewhere Else--

Fawful had just then appeared somewhere in the old temple and started talking, "This is the mess, but Fawful is out. They have confusion now, wondering where Fawful has went while he laughs at them," Fawful looked around, "I have confusion, where am I? Fawful meant to go somewhere else so he could find the perfect mustard of doom. But I have curiosity, and satisfaction of watching and eating cheeseburger meat always brings Fawful back." Fawful proceeded to do something, and the King of Evil appeared.

((Actually, you taking control of Cynthia would probably be a good thing, as she's pretty much the main thing keeping me from posting. It's rather hard for me for some reason to think of proper dialogue for her, so yeah. You can take her))

--Kurduhm, Vault--

In reaction to what Severa was now doing, the Inkling decided it was a good idea to shoot Severa in the face with her ink gun in order to try and blind her.

Just then, the ink on Scanbot randomly disappeared b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶i̶d̶e̶a̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶I̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶f̶ and Scanbot turned towards Giltitan quickly. "COME ON, YOU, I DEMAND A REMATCH... OH WAIT, MY SCANNERS INDICATE HE'S DEAD," Scanbot turned towards Lance, "HOW MAY I BE OF ASSISTANCE TO YOUR LOW IQ? DO YOU WANT ME TO SCAN THE MONSTER WHO HAS AN IQ SO LOW THAT SHE MIGHT AS WELL BE A ROCK. NO WAIT, SHE'S DUMBER. MAYBE YOU SHOULD MARRY HER SINCE YOU BOTH ARE IDIOTS AND HAVE IDIOT BABIES, JUST LIKE ALL THE IDIOTS I HAVE MET. MAYBE I SHOULD SCAN THAT FOOLISH IDIOT UP THERE WHO THINKS HE CAN RIDE A WYVERN. COME BACK WHEN YOU GET YOUR FACE BITTEN OFF, YOU PROBABLY DESERVE IT. AS FOR-"

"Just scan the room for some guy wearing red before I shoot you, and scan her," said Lance.

"OK STUPID. SCANNING ROOM," Scanbot then (if the following is ok by you) turned towards the direction of where DeRosa was hiding, "THE RED GUY IS OVER THERE. WHY DOES HE ONLY WEAR RED? HE'S PROBABLY AS STUPID AS THAT ORANGE SQUID, THAT'S WHY. HE EVEN HAS THEIR HAIR THE SAME COLOR AS HIS CLOTHES, UGLY. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO ONLY WORE RED WHO WERE MUCH MORE STYLISH THEN THAT PERSON. HE'S SO UGLY I BET HE HAS TO USE BRAINWASHING IN ORDER TO GET ANYONE TO LOVE HIM."

--Candyland--

"Noo, i dent balev su," said Prospector Ooga Booga.

"Whats war?" asked the marshmallow, "Never mind, do you want MORE friends? We can get you more friends, just follow us to the FRIENDINATOR 2000! EVERYBODY CAN BE FRIENDS WITH THE FRIENDINATOR 2000! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"i touht weh wer frnds al redy," asked Prospector Ooga Booga

"We are! But we can be even more friends with the FRIENDINATOR 2000! YAY!"

"ook," said Prospector Ooga Booga, "led da wey."

"But only if our bird wizard friend comes along," said the Marshmellow, motioning for Plague Knight to follow as they set off to the Friendinator 2000. (But only if Plague Knight follows)

((well shit... i really dont know what to do in the vault i feel like there are enough people attacking DeRosa and i dont really know what else to do there so... any ideas?))

"So does that mean I won? Pretty sure I won. Wellp g-night, wake me up when its over."

And with that Desidia took a nap, in the middle of the battlefield. Sonus was too occupied to DeRosa to care though. He charged forward and started to swing his giant tuning fork.

((Just thought i would mention, that tuning fork has a special abillity to it. The sound that comes from it when it hits something is magnified to a dangerous level so whatever is close to the tuning fork when it hits something will feel the pain. Do what you want with this information))

(What did i miss on the places i was on? 2 much 2 read)

((Jeez, I just realized how old this thread is.))

((EDIT: Lawl. I forget so many things.))

--Hospital--

"Meh," Jake said, "I can always just call in a chopper to bail us out. Zombies don't have choppers. We can even pick up the motorcycle."

Walking through the fresh hole in the roof, Jake spied Henry standing there. "Hey... uh... you! Guy with the freaky robe! Man, you know about the whole zombie infestation, right?"

((I'll post in the vault again tomorrow. In the meantime... sleep! Glorious sleep!))

((...What else was I going to do with the dead corpses of everyone in the Manor? At least this one is a (sort of) cyborg zombie.

Besides, I can't throw something TOO crazy at Zack and Sarah before they've really used their Gauntlets.))

--Kurduhm, Residential District--

"Serra..." Erk stood up, gritting his teeth. Were the vortexes... gone?

"Hahahahahahaaaaa!" Kefka grinned. "This isn't going fast enough. Quick! Aaaaaaaaaaand CONFUSE!"

Kefka's Quick spell quickened his actions, and his Confuse spell muddled Serra's mind. "Erk, I'll... huuuuh. Woooooow... what are these weird... uh... gotta fight... or something..."

"Confuse. Drat! Serra, your Restore staff- OW! Don't hit me with it!"

"Sorry, I'll use it on you! Uhh, Shiny!"

Erk ducked under a weak blast of Shine. How was he going to break this? Erk knew nothing of Final Fantasy's Confuse magic, but he knew plenty about Berserk, a similar condition from his own universe. Berserk could be removed by a Restore Staff. And according to a few stories... well... "I do hope this works..."

Erk, out of the blue, threw his arms around Serra and kissed her.

"Um." Serra's eyes widened. That was sudden. The magic was broken, though. Was that...

"Serra?"

"Yeah... I think the Confuse MAGIC is gone, but... uh..."

"Awwww, isn't that sweet? ULTIMA ULTIMA ULTIMA ULTIMA. Which is significantly LESS SWEET! GAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kefka's Dualcast and Quick effects allowed him to cast four Ultima spells at once.

But this time, Serra and Erk were able to move backward, taking less of the blast from each Ultima, and thus taking less damage, which made the four Ultima spells at once bearable. "Nngh... four of those at once?!" Despite this and their high Resistance, the damage was still enough to make Erk double over in pain.

"We... can take him." Serra, still standing up, threw Erk another Mend, and he reciprocated with Heal. "Come on, then."

Meanwhile, in the air, Luna Wing met the Shadow Twins' assault with her own move. "Noble Parry!"

Blocking the first hit from the Shadow Twins' tornado attack, Luna proceeded to drop under them and slash at them in a split-second, ending up behind them. The rest of the Squadron spread out and began peppering the Twins with assault rifle fire.

--Kurduhm, Capitol Building Exterior--

"PRETTY GOOD! Oh, uh, gimme a second." Turbo roared, "SHADOW ENERGY? PFFFFFFT! DISSIPATORS ACTIVATE! HA, I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FIGHTING LIKE GENTLEMINOTAURS! ARE YOU A BULL OR A CHICKEN? COME ON! PICK ONE!" The Cyborganic Turbo-Minotaur simply dissipated the Shadow Energy into the air in harmless quantities. It was actually fairly painful, but Turbo wasn't about to let that show.

Dashing toward the beast, Turbo shouted, "UTHER, GO KILL THAT FAT ROBOT! I'LL GET THIS CHUMP IN CLOSE RANGE!"

Walton shrugged. "I gave him fair warning." As the Wind Beast's scythe came swinging down, Walton clasped the blade between his hands, then kneed the scythe's pole with enough force to break a small rock wall, before releasing the blade, leaping above the Wind Beast, and aiming a punch at its head.

"Haah! Pan and Shovel shall prevail! For we are... DANGER FOOOOORCE!" Dan and Rick continued striking down Shadow Spawn after Shadow Spawn...

"Watch out!" Amy's hard light bullet sailed over Dan's head, shooting down a Shadow Spawn that almost landed a blow on him. "Dan! You're getting careless!"

"Ah... sorry."

"Sir!" Uther turned toward Shiki. "I thank thee for your aid. Ah, but actions hath greater volume than words!" Uther handed Shiki a dose of medicinal Ragnaid, imported from a faraway land. "Our land yet runs tests to improve this miraculous medicine further, but I am certain this shall alleviate some of your wounds. And now..."

Uther sheathed his sword and drew a small double-bladed axe from his jacket. Then he leapt into the air, throwing the Magnetized Tomahawk in the Heavy's direction. "It would be remiss to be caught lacking a ranged weapon in a gunfight!"

Cecilia, back by the propane tank, watched her Blink Drive as she set up the Pyroplastiques. "All right... that's 5%. It's go time."

Using her Blink Drive, Cecilia took the propane tank right up behind the Shadow-Heavy, then blinked back to her original position.

"95% heat! Shadow Energy... such an irritant." Still, thanks to Helena's Pyroplastiques, which reacted efficiently with gasoline, there was now going to be a large fiery explosion behind the Shadow-Heavy in just about eight seconds.

--Capitol Building Interior, Outside the Bunker--

"Ohhh, yeah! So you know how to fight, too! Well, hope you know how..." Smash Rock began a crazy awesome guitar solo, creating a wild and varied pattern of Luxonic Bolts. "...to ROCK!!!"

"Awrighty, that looks like a big one. Super Sentry?" Engie lifted his wrench. "Tear. Them. Up."

"LASER?"

"Laser."

"UNDERSTOOD." The Super Sentry's laser cannon rose out of its casing, then, calculating the trajectory that would force one of them into a bullet, unleashed its laser in Arkhov's direction.

"SPAAAACE!" The Space Sphere blasted his way through Genevra's shadow bolts to begin aiming at her back. "SPACE SPACE GO TO SPAAAACE! Who's space? I'm space! I'm CAPTAIN SPACE! SPACE CAPTAIN IN SPACE!"

Four more soldiers fell to Vhytel's Shadow Blades...

--Kurduhm, Underground Vault--

DeRosa watched Severa run toward him, readying his own blade, but was quickly forced to parry Gerome's lance with his own sword thrust. Minerva reared back to pull Gerome out of the way of the blow.

"HAAAAAH!" Severa aimed two fierce blows at DeRosa, grazing him with one.

DeRosa chuckled. "Did you need to get so angry? Being my thrall isn't actually such a bad experience-"

"Arcfire!" Cynthia didn't like the things DeRosa was saying, and decided the best way to interrupt them was by throwing a fireball at him. DeRosa was forced to dodge aside, leading him directly into Scout's well-timed Force-a-Nature shots, which sent him flying backward.

"Yeah!" Scout reloaded his Force-a-Nature. "This is me kickin' yo [REDACTED], moron!"

A sniper rifle bullet shot the place DeRosa was about six seconds earlier. "I think I got him, minion!"

"You didn't." Wes pointed toward DeRosa. "Skarmory, Fly! Jumpluff, Leech Seed!"

"Rotom, Shadow Ball!" Rui looked toward Wes. "Is he weak to that?"

"Eh. He's probably at least going to take neutral damage to it."

The three Pokemon struck all at once, forcing DeRosa to take the hit from the Shadow Ball. But even that didn't seem to faze him.

"Honestly, this is all so hilarious..." DeRosa flicked his blade in the air. "But I'm done putting up with your insolence. Blizzaga! Curaga! Thundaga!"

DeRosa had spent the fight with the Giltitan Defaulting to keep his Brave Points high. This was why. Braving twice, DeRosa first group-casted Blizzaga, sending the powerful ice spell at all targets, Desidia included, but not the Spy; he was being too stealthy. Then he used Curaga on, of course, himself. Finally, he focused his Thundaga spell directly at Sonus, sending bolts of lighting raining down at him.

"Gaah!" Severa was forced back, nearly hit by Blizzaga.

Gerome sailed above it on Minerva's back, while Cynthia endured it, gritting her teeth. "M-Mere c-cold will n-never s-stop a t-true h-hero!"

The three Pokemon scattered, with Rotom slightly injured by Blizzaga. He gave Rui a quick glance, grinning, before turning back toward DeRosa for his next attack.

Claptrap was hit by the Blizzaga as well. "Your master doesn't like the cold, Red Minion!"

"An' your BETTER can't get hit by the cold, sucka!" Scout ran in place, making a very rude gesture with both hands. "Come on! Hit me! HIT ME!"

Well, that was distraction enough. Spy uncloaked, and promptly planted his knife in DeRosa's back.

"You call that a backstab?"

Spy leapt aside to avoid a counterattack, pulling his knife out as he went, and recloaked. "Your HP is ridiculous, by the way. I assume it's from performance-enhancers?"

"Hmph. You have no idea how well the men of Eternia train, do you?"

--Manor di Fieghan--

"All right!" Zack switched his Gauntlet to the Energy Crossbow arrangement. "I'll fire as soon as he starts up again!"

"And I'll fire NOOOOOW!" Sarah fired her Gauntlet's second setting, and immediately was blown off her feet by the recoil. "Yaaah!"

The attack definitely did something, though. It sent particles with extreme kinetic energy at the Giant, knocking it over. Zack nodded. "Kinetic Shotgun. I guess that works."

Alf followed up with a blast from his Blunderbuss. "Okay, Zack! Hit him with the laser!"

"Father... you want this, right?" Zack took one last look at the prone Giant, before unleashing a charged Energy Crossbow shot.

The blast tore through its body, cutting off the connection to its dual Sylfite Arms at the same time as it killed it.

Zack lowered his gauntlet. "That... should be... just about all of them. Sarah... are you all right?"

"Mm-hmm."

"So... that's it. Now... Father's body can be buried. We'll find a spot. Next to Mother." Zack looked again at the giant. It was barely recognizable as his father anymore... except for the face. And the armor. "Dad... why did this happen? It... it isn't right."

A tear fell from Zack's eye. "I... I can't imagine what I'll do without your help. But I'll do what I can. I'll rebuild the town, the manor... I'll rebuild it as well as I can."

"Brother..." Sarah looked down at the giant. "Father... and Mother... I'm going to rebuild it, too. We'll do what we can... just wait." Sarah's voice cracked. "The manor's going to be all refurbished... a-and the town is going to have people living in it again. It's going to be... really good..."

((I'm likely going to be unable to post until 10/29 due to classwork (specifically, one freaking test) weighing me down.))

((Skipping Pi again...))

--Kurduhm, Underground Vault--

"Don't be ridiculous." DeRosa grinned. "I'm aiming for you because you look like an easy target."

"BWUK BWUK BWAAAAK! What's the matter, DeRosa? Too afraid of a decent Scout, chump?" Scout, still running in place and making incredibly rude gestures, started laughing.

"Scout?" Severa turned toward the Scout for just a second.

"Uh, what?"

"Stop running there like an idiot and kill him off before he pulls another Grand Theft: My Brain! Ugh!"

"Geez, fine, lady!" Scout mumbled, "Crazy [REDACTED]."

"What was that?!"

"Nothing."

DeRosa rolled his eyes. "Ladies and gentlemen, our heroes." He promptly looked toward Cynthia. A wicked grin was on his face as he prepared to cast Ae-

"ROTOOOOOOM!" Rotom planted a Thunderbolt right into DeRosa's back while he was distracted. As soon as he finished, DeRosa had to jump to avoid a Solarbeam, at which point Skarmory tackled him, pushing him right into Claptrap's range.

"Thanks, metal minion!" Claptrap planted a corrosive bullet right in DeRosa's arm.

"Skar!"

DeRosa turned toward Rui. "Well. Not bad, trainer. I confess that was a decent scratch."

"I don't talk to people like you."

"Pity." DeRosa smiled as he parried a stab from the Spy, forcing him back. "You could learn a few things. And I'm sure it would be mutually enjoyable-"

DeRosa barely avoided Gerome's lance, and failed to retaliate before Minerva sailed back into the sky. Gerome sighed. "This would be a more difficult fight if you didn't waste your time slipping vague innuendos into every other sentence."

"Which says a lot about my opinion of your prowess, does it not?"

"It'll be the last opinion you hold. Embrace your fate! Cynthia, now!"

Cynthia, still a bit chilly from the Blizzaga, shouted, "THIS IS TH-THE END, F-FRIEND!" Gerome and Cynthia struck at once from both sides, and while DeRosa avoided their weapons, he didn't avoid their mounts. Minerva's claws tore a gash into his back, and he got a real butt-kicking from Cynthia's Pegasus.

"Heh. Not bad."

Just as Spy was getting in position to backstab him, DeRosa vanished. Spy growled, "Keep your eyes open, ladies and gentlemen. I saw his health. He's far from dead."

"'Ey, Spy. After we get done smashin' this punk-[REDACTED] wizard, I gotta make a deal witcha. Involving hats."

"Ah, yes." Spy smiled. "Hats, the greatest pleasure of any mercenary's life."

"You're not serious!" Severa shook her head. "There's a murderous and incredibly creepy maniac wizard running around and you are talking about hats. Unbelievable."

"Hah! Of course we are!" Spy whispered in Severa's ear, "We have to make him feel as if we don't respect his power. That makes him likely to do something rash."

"Huh. That's... not TOO bad of a plan."

"Well, I am used to this sort of thing." The Spy sighed, remembering the times enemy Pyros would chase him across the map, setting him on fire at the cost of their own life. "Far too used to it."

DeRosa materialized behind Desidia, preparing to cast more magic...

((Where did everyone go... go... go?))

((That's what's been keeping me. Again, I'll post this wednesday at the latest.))

I am Freddy Krueger and I have been killing off the people who used to post on this thread

--Kurduhm, Underground Vault--

"Not bad..." DeRosa flicked his blade skyward, casting a Sleep spell toward Desidia before whirling about, dodging the Inkling's attack and blocking the Snake's bite with his sword in the same motion. "Why don't you get back to your nap, then?"

Thunk! A Hand Axe struck the ground near DeRosa's feet. "Just die already, will you?!"

Severa had run around the wall, and Rui's Rotom was phasing through from the other side. DeRosa clucked his tongue. "Hmph. Still upset, aren't you? Must you be so emotional?"

Severa ignored DeRosa's words and focused on moving in, her Silver Sword drawn. Rotom, meanwhile, was distracted from his order to use Shadow Ball on DeRosa by something... very, very interesting.

"Roootoooom." Rotom stared at a worn-out jackhammer, unearthed from a pile of gold...

((Anyone familiar with this Generation IV Pokemon probably has a good idea of what Rotom's about to do.))

Sorry about the double post (again)

Hey guys so I have some news. So recently I kind of, slightly f***ing messed up at my school and got in huge trouble. So in turn I can no longer use my computer till around winter break. So now I have nothing to post with unless I borrow someone elses computer. Bottom line, I will try to find a way to post but until I do I can't post.

(Because im 2 lazy 2 check, just tell me what I missed

((What do you mean quit? I never quit, I'm just too lazy to make a post here, ever, for some reason. I even still got part of my post in a word document somewhere.

Wouldn't jackhammer Rotom be Electric/Ground type?

EDIT: Just came over my laziness and completed my Kurduhm post in the word document, but I can't post it right now, so please don't post there until I get my Kurduhm post up tomorrow.))

((Did I miss anything?))

--Kurduhm, Vault--

"OH YEAH, LIKE ICE MAGIC IS GOING TO HELP YOU AGAINST A JACKHAMMER. DID YOU KNOW JACKHAMMERS HAVE NO BRAIN?" said Scanbot.

"(Neither do you...)" said Lance.

"WHAT WAS THAT SIR IDIOT? I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF MY INFERIORS," said Scanbot "BECAUSE JACKHAMMERS HAVE NO BRAIN, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY STUPID, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE! THEREFORE ANYONE WHO POSSESSES ONE PROBABLY SCORED EXACTLY 61 ON THEIR IQ TEST. SCRATCH THAT, THEY PROBABLY DID LOWER."

Lance simply used Plasmafield on DeRosa and hoped to get lucky and get an evade debuff off, while the Inkling threw ink grenades towards DeRosa in order to try to blind him, when suddenly...

“Garbage, all of you! What kind of boss fight is this?” said someone. This someone was floating in the air above them simply drinking coffee. “All of you are useless at this, and the fight isn’t even that hard! Why don’t you take advice from the robot thing and go back to school.”

“FINALLY, SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS,” said Scanbot.

“Great, now there’s two of them,” said the Inkling.

“SCANNING PERSON WHO ISN’T AS BIG AS AN IDIOT AS THE OTHERS. SCAN COMPLETE,” said Scanbot, “MY SCANNERS INDICATE THIS PERSON HAS A POWER LEVEL OF 9001, NO SERIOUSLY, 9001. HE’S WAITING FOR YOU IDIOTS TO FINISH UP.”

“That’s so I can make you do another boss fight and see how long it takes you to die from old age here from boss fights,” said the person.

“(Is he seriously going to summon another boss? I’ve fought enough bosses already here,)” said Lance.

“JUDGING BY HOW WELL TRAINED THESE IDIOTS ARE, I’D SAY THEY WON’T EVEN FINISH THIS FIGHT,” said Scanbot.

“I was only going to summon two bosses, so that saves me the hassle of summoning the second,” said the person.

“SUMMONING ONLY TWO BOSSES? WOW, MAYBE YOUR IQ IS LOWER THAN I THOUGHT,” said Scanbot.

“Well, both of them are major bosses and-“

“WOW, THAT’S TOO HARSH FOR ANY GAME, EVEN FOR THESE IDIOTS. YOUR IQ IS PROBABLY LOWER THEN THESE OTHER IDIOTS. MAYBE YOUR IQ IS LOWER THAN THE ORANGE SQUID.”

“Oh geez, fine, I’ll ask the others. Should I summon the first of the major bosses once you’re done and summon the other boss at a later point, or summon both the bosses in a row at a later point?”

“What is this person talking about? What’s a boss fight?” the Inkling thought.

“Why don’t you figure that out yourself?” said the person.

--Candyland--

“But there’s only one model of it because we invented it at Candyland! YAY FOR ONE MODEL!” said the marshmallow. Soon the group winded up at a building made of candy. “It’s in here! THE FRIENDINATOR 2000 OF FRIENDSHIP! YAY!”

“et lukz nic,” said Prospector Ooga Booga.

“IT IS NICE! IT GIVES HUGS AND EVERYTHING! YAY!” the marshmallow led them inside (I’m assuming Plague Knight is following) into a room with several chairs. “Wait here, I’ll set up FRIENDSHIP! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” the marshmallow went towards a door, but was interrupted by a giant chocolate bunny who came through the entrance holding Ashley (left) and Red (right) hostage. “I got the magic meanie and red thing meanie!” the bunny said. The marshmallow turned around, “YAY! Now we can turn them into magic friend and red thing friend!” the marshmallow turned towards Plague Knight and Prospector Ooga Booga, “Sorry, I have to make the more mean people better friends first. Sorry bird friend and prospector friend! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” The marshmallow headed through the door which he was going through before the bunny showed up.

“This is your fault,” said Ashley, “Right now I could be commanding a hoard of monsters and taking over Diamond City, but you just had to go to Candyland.” Ashley’s eyes turned pure red. Red couldn’t really blame her, and she was right now scaring him. Red decided that he should try to get them out of the Friendinator building, but how? Some sort of plot driving device was preventing him from using his powers and getting out of there. He turned towards Plague Knight. “You got to help us,” he said.

--Cat Temple-- ((It’s the old temple))

((Note that took away almost all of his health))

“What do you mean me as a tank? That could almost killed me!” said Alex as he drunk a greater health potion, “I’ve survived much worse though, ever had Cuthulu come and throw you into outer space onto some floating island in the middle of nowhere where things from your world suddenly come there including a giant mechanical worm called the destroyer which tries to eat you? Barely made it out alive, had to drink several of greater health potions. Now, why are there statues of cats everywhere?” There were indeed statues of cats everywhere, as if the temple was made by cats, “It’s as if they worship a cat here,” said Alex, “We should probably get going and see if we can find anything.” Alex used his wings to fly over the floor of a nearby hallway in case of traps.

--Floralia--

And Samantha followed to the castle, because I have no idea what else to say here.

THIS seems to be going well.

((How on earth did this get all the way down here all of a sudden? Probably Galax spamming over all threads in GC))

((Why do you care?))

((Nah, Electric/Ground is Bulldozer Rotom.

Giltitan was never killed, by the way. What? You ask. But we knocked him over and he stopped fighting! Well...))

--Kurduhm, Vault--

DeRosa was able to deflect the grenades with a quick Aero and duck under the plasma field, but these dodge attempts led him right into the sphere of steel.

Not to be deterred, DeRosa used his magic to project a few words. "Come on. I'm a mage. I specialize in telling physics to sit down and shut up." The ball began gathering frost...

"The Ductile-to-Brittle Transition Temperature of that's a bit too low, dear, and you might have wanted some Antimagic for this fool. Very good choice otherwise." The frost quickly disappeared from the ball as an old lady popped out of the floor and began leaning on the ball of steel. "I'm surprised there are any mineral-warpers other than me and those guys on that other planet."

Scout rushed around the makeshift wall, Claptrap behind him. Then Cynthia and Gerome flew in, with Wes and Rui, as well as Jumpluff and Skarmory, right behind them. Severa turned around. How did... she...? "Whoever you are, be careful. That man is dangerous."

"I appreciate the concern, dear, but I heard that whole mess. Let me put it this way: you didn't quite kill the Giltitan." The old lady gave a mischevious smile. "Heh. I was suspicious of that Profiteur fellow, you know. But trying to take our vault's treasures? Oh, this time they're going to choke on the trouble they've bitten off."

Wes raised his eyebrows. "Wait, your vault? ...Are you..."

"Ertha of Kurduhm, one of the Eight Elite. Don't worry... I'm not going to fight you. The Giltitan was my own creation- a sort of fighting suit for me to battle invaders unnoticed." Ertha looked around the vault. "While this fool probably didn't realize it, there are many treasures of incredible power in this vault. The idiot would have pawned them off, wouldn't he?"

"I... meant no offense, madam."

"Hmm. Perhaps we should execute him?"

Fiore DeRosa shouted from within the ball, "Execute? ...Surely... surely you jest!"

"So, how's it feel?!" Severa shouted, "When you took control of my mind... that's how I felt! You understand now, don't you? Knowing that there's nothing you can do to save yourself?" Severa kicked the ball of steel. "Execute him!"

"It was what he was sentenced to," Gerome stated. "According to one Einheria Venus, he, along with Erutus Profiteur and one 'Salve-Maker Qada' were all accused of a plot against their homeland, the Duchy of Eternia."

"And you can verify the claim?"

Gerome nodded. "Scout! The paper."

"Over here, brotha." Scout stopped trading hats with Claptrap for a minute and pulled a paper out of his pocket. "That it?"

"Yes." Gerome opened the scroll. "You can read this, correct?"

"Of course, dear. Hmmm." Ertha took the scroll.

"Fiore DeRosa, Red Mage and ex-Captain of the Eternian Forces' Bloodrose Legion, as of the 11th of October, is hereby charged with high treason, conspiracy against Grand Marshal Braev Lee, attempted murder and mental control of the Grand Marshal's daughter, one hundred and thirty-two counts of first-degree murder, four hundred and seventy counts of forced mental theft- suppose that will need to go up by a bit- and thirty-nine counts of corruption, thirty-eight of which were verified by Bloodrose Legion Second-in-Command Einheria Venus. Attached is a copy of the 'Red Report', evidence written in Fiore's own hand in which he openly admits the vast majority of these crimes. Furthermore, Fiore's detainment by the Wind Vestal and her party, along with the detainment of Erutus Profiteur and Salve-Maker Qada, has been proven just in light of recent events. His Majesty the Grand Marshal has seen fit to personally execute Fiore DeRosa at the earliest convenience. Signed, Alternis Dim, Dark Knight and Member of the Eternian Council of Six." Ertha skimmed through the Red Report, then shook her head. "That proves it. Honestly, you tried to kill the daughter of your nation's ruler? Is your head full of rocks, boy?"

"Boy?!" Fiore stammered at the notion of being called 'Boy' before snapping, "...Th-that... that proves nothing! You don't know anything about me!"

"Oh, but I do." Ertha glared at the metal ball. "We've had ladies disappearing- no one knew why, but this sheds a little light on the subject. That Red Report told me quite a bit about your 'Pheramore Toxin'. As for that voice... please do hold off on those bosses. Everyone except me is tired of fighting in here, so I'd just shove a metal spike through their neck and end the fight quickly. But that's no fun, is it?"

Wes recalled Skarmory and Jumpluff. "Well... guess that's that. Phew..." Wes shook his head. "That guy was a real piece of work. All right, Rui, guess it's time to-"

"Look out below!" Cynthia flew her Pegasus over the ball of steel encasing DeRosa. "Here's a gift, Old Man Red!" Said Pegasus promptly defecated, with the result splattering against the ball. Severa and the Scout burst out laughing, the Spy let out a derisive snort, and even Gerome cracked a smile.

"...That was... why, you... I WON'T BE INSULTED LIKE THIS! FIRAGA! ...gaah, no, Blizzard, Blizzard!" Sizzling could be heard from inside the ball for a few seconds during this fit of spellcasting.

((My original plan was to have DeRosa Brave three times and group-cast Blizzaga when it got ugly, and end up killing off Jumpluff, who's double-weak to Ice. And when i say 'killing off' I meant permanently. So you actually saved Jumpluff by ending the fight this way.))

--Candyland, Friendinator 2000 area--

Plague Knight immediately recognized that Ashley and Red couldn't be from this land. Skull brooch and pitchfork gave that away. Maybe these were strong enough for Mess-what's-his-face? ...And where the heck was Robin?!

"Hoooooold oooooon a minuuuuuute." Plague Knight leapt forward. "These two look like... err, LICORICE KNIGHTS. And y'know, you can't just use the standard options on Licorice Knights! They might not be your friend if you do. Trust me! IIIII'm a friendologist!"

Plague Knight reached into his pocket for a flask. "Hmmm. But first I have to make sure they're actually Licorice Knights. SOOOOOO, hmmmm, ahhhhh, let me thiiiiiiink." Plague Knight grabbed a notebook and pretended to flip through it, while actually preparing Blink Grenades under his cloak with the other hand. "L... L... L... L-I... L-I-C... LICORICE! Okaaay. Right! Here we go!"

Plague Knight grabbed the Prospector, and in the span of three seconds, used a Blink Grenade to teleport in a flash of smoke, right up to Ashley and Red. "HERE'S MY TESTING METHOD," he shouted, in an attempt to get the Candylanders to believe he was still testing to see if Ashley and Red were Licorice Knights...

...right before placing one hand on Ashley's shoulder after dropping a Blink Grenade, holding onto the Prospector with the other hand while stepping on Red's foot to make sure he'd go along too, and promptly Blinked the four of them to the entrance. "YEP! We've got Knights! And now it's time for us to GET OUTTA HERE!"

Plague Knight promptly started leaping out of the room, juggling flask bombs haphazardly in the air as he went. "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! They ain't your friends! If they give chases, I'LL BLOW UP THEIR FACES! HEE HEE HEEEEEEE!"

--Cat Temple--

"Health... potions. Okay." Upsilon watched as Eta and Theta claw-slid down the shaft, then helped them get down to Alex's position. "Riiight. So do they have a robot version?"

"Wouldn'tthatbearepairpotionormaybearepairoilIdon'tknowEtayou'retheexpertonthiswhatwoulditbe?"

"It'd be an Oil of Repair." Eta nodded. "Or maybe these potions work on robots. I don't know, maybe we'll find out."

Upsilon looked around at the Cat Temple. "Wonder what's in here... I don't have the power to actually lift you two, but I think we could trigger traps early if they're connected to the floor."

"Early. How?"

Upsilon's machine guns began whirring. "This." Upsilon fired a bunch of bullets at the floor after Alex passed, to activate any pressure plates or other traps.

"Good thinking! I'll look around here for anything that looks like a trap. Hmmm..." Eta began looking at the walls.

"I'lljustmakesurenothingcomesinbehindus." Theta raised her Precision Blaster. "IwonderwhatkindofcatwasworshipedhereIhopeitwasanicecatthatwouldn'ttrytohurtus."

((If I mention a character examining the walls, can you then write if there is anything suspicious (like a stone face that could conceal a fire jet, or a weird crack in the wall) on the walls?))