King Cosmos

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

To be perfectly honest, neither of the Wisp’s explanations seemed like they would be all that helpful in terms of trying to recreate the skills in question. He supposed it was a bit much to expect a detailed explanation or something; it wasn’t like Oberon would be able to give an explanation on how he cast Shield or Minor Heal if asked, he just sort of did it. It was probably the same for all of the starting skills; it was natural, ingrained, and you didn’t have to think about using it the same way you didn’t have to think about breathing.

Luckily the Wisp was also willing to demonstrate, and that was something that the Pixie could work with. As Danny picked up the pebble with his mind Oberon observed him with Magic Analysis; the flows of mana, the way they wrapped around the pebble and the way the mana almost seemed to flex somehow, like a muscle, as the Wisp flung the small rock away. It was only a brief look, but Oberon was sure he could recreate it given some time.

The second skill was a little more unusual, in that it outwardly didn’t look like anything was happening; the Wisp simply floated gently to the ground. With the Wisp’s lack of facial features, or even extremities, to judge by it was hard to tell, but somehow Oberon was reminded of the image of someone sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed. Whatever was happening, the Pixie used Magic Analysis again on Danny just in case.

Action Report

Used "Magic Analysis" on "Lesser Force"
Used "Magic Analysis" on "Meditation"

@Duthguy

Fate/Crimson Dusk

@vancexentan as long as it's Diomedes and not Dieter calling the shots that's fine.

Fate/Crimson Dusk

@vancexentan would it cause issues if Rider put himself forward as the leader? If you want Saber to take the lead for story reasons that's fine, but since Rider is a King who has led multiple military expeditions it makes sense for him to at least suggest himself as leader, especially since Saber seems so hesitant.

I just want to make sure that isn't going to cause any issues for the plot before I post anything to that effect.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

Rattleskull's final moments were a little more disturbing than Oberon had expected. It wasn't the gore, although that was more visceral than he would have liked as well, it was the pleading, the desperation in his voice. He was being ganged up on, slowly beaten down in a way that let him know the end was coming and ultimately died not understanding what was happening; he would have killed them all himself given the chance, but it was hard not to feel some sympathy for the beast.

In the distance a fireball shot up into the sky and much like Mourningstar, Oberon examined it with Magic Analysis as it soared up to its apex before exploding, the Pixie activating the skill almost by habit when confronted with new magic. "They could just be calling it a day. They can't clear out the whole cave in one go."

Oberon turned towards the Wisp hovering over Rattle's body just in time to see her and one of the Slime's begin the process of removing his head. He quickly turned away once he saw the first cuts being made; he could guess what they were doing, and for what purpose, but he didn't know how they could stomach doing something like that. The same went for eating; since there were no plants in the cave other than healing herbs there could only be one thing Mourningstar expected them to eat. This experience was very quickly turning Oberon into a vegetarian.

Eating or not eating, it would be wise to use this respite to recover and prepare for the next stage of the battle. Oberon was just thinking about how to best use his time when another Wisp, one he hadn't seen before, floated over to the group and approached a different Pixie. Although he wasn't the intended target, Oberon was close enough to hear what was said.

"You have a skill that can restore mana? I'd like to learn that; I can teach you a few things in return. I'd like to learn whatever telekinesis ability Wisps have as well."

Action Report

Used "Magic Analysis III" on Crispy's flare
Approached skill tutor Danny and offered a trade of information

@Duthguy@ReusableSword

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

Everyone always forgets the Saibamen... :3

@Double

Because they show up once and aren't that threatening. Memes about then killing Yamcha aside, the only threat is the kamikaze move they pull.

Fate/Crimson Dusk

The summoning circle was already prepared for him ahead of time and the last component, the shard of wood from the infamous Trojan horse, had been placed in its centre; the only thing remaining was the ritual itself and the chant. But, Dieter was somewhat hesitant to begin the summoning, struck as he was by a last minute bout of second thoughts as he questioned once again whether or not he could do this. Whether or not he even wanted to.

There were other Master’s on standby should he decide not to do this, he wasn’t necessary. He was replaceable. And yet, he’d still come to London, still collected the catalyst prepared for him and was still standing here in this hall as the others summoned their Servants around him. Something was driving him forward, despite his hesitance, even if he didn’t know himself what it was.

Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.
Let black be the color I pay tribute to.
Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.
Let the four cardinal gates close.
Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.

Let it be declared now;
your flesh shall serve under me, and my fate shall be with your sword.
Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail.
Answer, if you would submit to this will and this truth.

An oath shall be sworn here.
I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven;
I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell.

From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power,
come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance!

His voice was low, the chant not spoken with as much confidence or vigour as some of the others, but it seemed the ritual did not care much for such things as it worked nonetheless. Dieter covered his eyes with his arm as the swirling Od picked up again with the addition of his own summoning to the mix, coat flapping in the strong wind. When he lowered his arm he saw his Servant for the first time; tall and strong and intimidating, clad in golden armour and carrying a spear and shield like he was prepared to go to war at any moment. His crested helmet obscured his face, but beneath it Dieter could sense the eyes of his Servant on him; the sensation nearly paralysed him.

“I am Rider. Are you to be my Master?”

“J-ja.”

That seemed to be enough for Rider, or at least no other answer seemed to be forthcoming; he just continued to stare at him silently, as if waiting for something to happen. He wondered what his Servant saw when he looked at him, if the reason he was quiet was because he was disappointed with what he saw?

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

In the end Oberon never got an answer as to what the Slime was planning to do with all those crystals as rather than respond he simply swallowed one of the mana-restoring items and dashed, or rolled, away.

It seemed that a lot had happened in the few moments that he had been distracted; the group of rats from earlier had appeared and engaged the female Goblin and a couple more Slimes soon followed them, crushing the larger Goblin in their path. The first Slime, the one with the oddly shaped protrusion on top, latched onto the female Goblin as she was struggling against the larger rat before spearing her on a stalagmite that erupted from the ground. And just like that it was over, what had previously seemed like a desperate struggle was suddenly a victory in their favour; here at least, the battle had been resolved.

But that didn’t mean things were going as well everywhere. Now that the noise in the immediate area had died down Oberon could hear the sounds of fierce fighting happening nearby and looking in that direction it was easy to see the large figure stomping around with many smaller figures swarming him.

That was where Digbie and Mourningstar had gone to earlier; he could see them now, a single point of light flitting around the big guy’s head and a solitary bipedal silhouette running around. It was also where everyone else seemed to be heading to as well as first one then the other smaller Slime headed that direction, followed soon after by the two smaller rats.

With everything settled here and with no more obvious threats heading his way it seemed like Oberon should join the on-going battle as well, but before he did there was something he had been meaning to try for a while now and since he was curious what his progress on the ‘regeneration’ skill was now was as good a time as any.

“Open skills tab.”

He still had a few skill points left over from his last level-up and if there was a useful skill near to completion it might be worth spending them now rather than trying to stockpile them. However, he shouldn’t wait too long before joining the battle in case someone needing healing, so regardless of if his attempt worked Oberon began to fly towards Rattleskull.

Once there he saw a battle in full swing, a badly wounded Rattle and a host of humans-turned-monsters attacking him from multiple avenues. From a cursory sweep of the area it didn’t look like anyone was too badly hurt at the moment, other than the large creature they were trying to kill, so his services weren’t in high demand at the moment; furthermore, he didn’t want to risk firing an attack into the middle of the melee in case he hit someone other than his target, leaving him with few options at the moment.

For now Oberon would just hang back and wait for an opportunity to present itself. In the meantime, he prepared himself to cast Shield III on the first person her saw Rattle take a swing at; judging by how the female Goblin had broken straight through it earlier it might not entirely save whoever the large Goblin attacked, but it was better than nothing.

Action Report

Tried to give myself another migraine
Prepared to cast 'Shield III' on first person Rattle targets with an attack

@Zeroth

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

@CaptainSully personally, since Alex's moves are all close range that finish wouldn't work for me. On the other hand, Alex could already be dead at that stage of the fight, so that's a moot point.

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

So I've been waiting until the fight with Raditz progressed a bit further before jumping back into things, wanting to have Alex show up to see everyone already hurt or even a few people already defeated, but that's taken longer than I expected and I'm conscious of the fact I haven't posted in a while.

What would be the best way to bring Alex in at this point? Should I have Alex jump in and attack Riditz or should he go and interrupt the fight between Daiko and Josh?

DBZ: The Sagas of The Z Warrior

@Double@CaptainSully Do Majin's have souls? What actually happens to them when they die?

If you don't want to write Momo any more you could just kill him off in the Raditz fight and have him get sent to hell/erased by the Kai's a be done with it.