Shoryu Magami

Dissidia Dreams: A Final Fantasy Adventure (Gohan, Raddum, Shoryu Magami)

@Raddum

While it's best for us not to assume too much about how the battle will go until all the cards are out (the spoiler about the Hell Dragoon could make or break this situation, which is why they're being sent out), we're basically in agreement about all of this. It seems like a good idea to send Marche too. Essentially, Mateus is fairly confident that the Hell Dragoon will at the very least mess these two up if not outright kill them under ideal circumstances, so sending Marche out to let him gain experience is a good idea alongside it.

Also, I think that's a good logic to work with in terms of whether or not you control any of Mateus' Hell Knights, yeah. Good call on that.

Dissidia Dreams: A Final Fantasy Adventure (Gohan, Raddum, Shoryu Magami)

@Raddum

About to head up the road for food, but figured I'd reply once more.

I'm inclined to say that we can go under the assumption that Cecil and Freya are somewhat ahead of time compared to the other protagonists, which justifies them getting attacked immediately in my next post. The WoB group are behind the rest of them, as far as I'm concerned. They've barely done anything other than wake up and look around. The Mist Cave trio have had enough time to wander around the cavern and find each other. Basically, even if the villains all attacked the groups at the same time (which isn't likely unless the more powerful villains direct all forces present), they don't have to occur in the same/next post.

Mateus would send Marche against Firion only if he was certain Marche won't reveal that he's present here. He'd like to kill off Firion as quickly and silently as possible, so Firion being in the presence of two other powerful fighters sort of works in the protagonists' favours. I'm thinking we should let IC development and conversation between the villains decide who they go after, apart from the Hell Dragoon that I already introduced being sent after Cecil and Freya (for a very specific reason). I suppose it's your call if Marche would want to particulate in that attack, or go after the WoB group or the Mist Cave trio. I can say now that Cecil being 'incomplete' right now, alongside another reason (something I won't spoil yet), means that Hell Dragoon is actually a match for them; in fact, this one warrior could probably overwhelm them depending on what sort of state Freya is in.

We're in agreement that Marche has an advantage in the sense that they'd be reluctant to kill him, but yeah, defeat will start getting to him. Also, yeah, Mateus can and probably will teleport Marche out of a bad situation.

When I said 'if they have any sort of personality', I meant this as a hypothetical in order to avoid spoilers. Since you've spoken about it, I'll confirm to you that they are emotionless husks for the most part. Saying anything more than this might reveal more than you'd like to know, but most of my comments in the last post involving this were about whether or not you'd want to control them at all in your IC posts. If you do, I'll need to reveal certain things about whichever ones you're controlling.

Dissidia Dreams: A Final Fantasy Adventure (Gohan, Raddum, Shoryu Magami)

@Raddum

Here's my thoughts:

You're right about the WoB group, though arguably it does make sense that the villains would attack them in their current disorganized state, so it's more a matter of whether or not someone decides to.

The reason I say 'decides to' is because I would imagine some of the more powerful villains can both teleport and are also aware of where the protagonists/antagonists are right now. I don't mind spoiling that Mateus, for example, is fully aware of what most people're up to, but you're also right about the bigger villains not taking action first because he doesn't actually want to directly move in yet. If you recall in Firion's first post, I implied someone was 'watching' him. I don't think I need to explain further.

There's multiple reasons for why Mateus isn't directly going to move forward, and plans to work through 'pawns', but some of it includes feigning how powerful he actually is in order to keep Chaos distracted. There's a few other reasons too, and I will say that he won't pursue Firion directly unless he has to because he considers Firion the greatest threat to him. Not only is Firion far more powerful than he seems (due to being from the same universe as this Mateus, which has been explained in the CS, though Firion currently has lost a lot of his power and memories due to Mateus messing with everything), and also because Firion is the piece of the puzzle who could reveal certain truths about him.

So Mateus' biggest priority is to eliminate Firion, but he won't do it directly if he can avoid it. I'm inclined to say that he'd have introduced the Hell Knights to Marche and explained that they'll be his subordinates, and I'm also thinking he'd probably give Marche command over more than one of them if Marche requested it or if Mateus deemed the strategy he has in mind making it appropriate. If Mateus happens to be the only villain who knows where everyone is, he'll probably keep it secret so as not to give the other villains too much information, and try to manipulate the board subtly.

With regards to the Hell Knights, if you actually want to have access to controlling any of their actions (since Marche can control them), I'll say now that if they have any sort of personality they more or less don't show it at all. Though it's one of the few things I hadn't settled on, there's a good chance they don't speak either. That said, each of them has a specific fighting style and I might need to spoil certain things about them for you to be able to know how to write their fighting styles, so it's sort of your call with this.

Dissidia Dreams: A Final Fantasy Adventure (Gohan, Raddum, Shoryu Magami)

@Raddum

That makes sense.

I'm actually planning for one of them to accompany him most of the time, at least. I even had that one worked out, but thought it might be better to wait until I knew which party Marche's gonna target.

With this all said, I've been contemplating contingency plans for when I inevitably have too many CSs for that single post to hold. I might need to just cut those in the 'Others' category to bare bones (name, picture, notes, et cetera).

Dissidia Dreams: A Final Fantasy Adventure (Gohan, Raddum, Shoryu Magami)

@Raddum

Good to know.

I figured I should mentioned as well - just for the record, in case there's uncertainty - that these 'Hell Knights' will more or less follow Marche's orders too, just because he's more or less a proxy of Mateus at this point. There'll be more of them, but I won't reveal them until they do something.

Dissidia Dreams: A Final Fantasy Adventure (Gohan, Raddum, Shoryu Magami)

@Raddum

I decided to say 'screw it'. The CS has now been added, alongside a whole new category. Entirely your call if you read prior to my next post. Spoilers are, for the most part, extremely limited unless you think too heavily into it.

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@NekoMizu@Bakamusume

Look what you two've done to my beautiful thread.

Shame on you.

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Still need two more players.

Figured it was worth a bump.

Dissidia Dreams: A Final Fantasy Adventure (Gohan, Raddum, Shoryu Magami)

@Raddum

Lol, that'll be interesting to see then. Looking forward to it. Although, the additional characters I'm bringing wouldn't have been factored in yet, and likely couldn't even once you saw CSs.

Speaking of which, I really am considering posting up one of those CSs now, just to let your mind contemplate what the fuck's coming.