Zoey Boey

World of Light

Level 3: 17/30
Word Count: 534
Location: Al Mamoon Northeast- Rocket Inc
Points Gained: 1
New EXP Balance--- Level 3: 18/30

Jesse's arm recoiled back as she fired the mighty one-handed shotgun blast directly into Orendi's face. Shutting that sadistic chatter box up was extremely satisfying. Blue sparks joined the spray of blood and collected on the ground.

Orendi's face wasn't completely obliterated, but she wasn't exactly going to be winning any beauty contests either. Whether or not she was still alive remained another matter entirely. She wasn't immediately dead, but was a wound like that survivable? Even with the crazy advanced healing in this world, she wasn't sure. And Orendi didn't seem like the kind of person who was 'Friend-Heartable'. The Director elected to just lay her lay there for now.

Well, Jesse didn't have much of a choice. Her fight wasn't over yet. A bullet slammed into Jesse's shoulder. Immediately, the blue crystals suctioned into her Health and restored almost all the damage. Meaning Jesse only took a step forward from the impact and turned to glare at the troublesome sniper.

Jesse reverse jogged back behind the pillar Orendi was previously hiding behind.

(So. What's our plan here? Keep rushing him down?)

Keeping Mordecai's position in mind, Jesse switched her Tool Gun to No-Collide. The nearly silent beam sank into the pillar, and nothing would seem amiss. Exhaling, she felt a rush of adrenaline course through her. Then, she defied her instincts and ran head first into a pillar of steel and concrete. For a moment it was nothing but pitch darkness. But she knew how big the pillar was, and how long it would take for her to sprint through it.

Emerging into the arena again, suddenly much closer to Mordecai, she No-Collided the pillar behind her as she dashed forward. Ripping a chunk from the pillar she flung it at Mordecai's head. Hand still out stretched, she pulled on the spear she had javelined at him earlier and sliced it through the air towards his legs. Finishing things off, and exhausting her Energy supply for the next 15 seconds of combat, she brought her hand around and ripped a chunk from the ceiling to slam it down ontop of him. A barrage of powerful telekinetic attacks, with intent to smack the sniper around like a ragdoll.

If that put the sniper down, Jesse would take as many shots as possible to hit his hawk with a beam or two of Inflation with her Tool Gun. Unbalance the bird out of the air, like what had happened with Mona. Big head, big body, big leg. This sniper struck her as professional, and if she had a moment to breathe, she'd spare his pet bird. After all, he might be on their team soon enough.

If it didn't...then she'd have to run for cover and switch handguns. Start up the firefight again and be more careful this time. The Director was a bit caught up in her own fight to notice exactly what was happening in the rest of the arena, but if she had to hazard a guess...they were winning? Midna seemed to be doing something important. Or perhaps she was just fighting everyone in the world. Mao was taking on the Dragonborn, and Sectonia was dueling Shadow. After she finally defeated Mordecai, Jesse wasn't sure who she should prioritize next. The playing field was incredibly volatile.

World of Light

Level 6: 12/60
Location: The Maw: The Depths
Word Count: 644
Points Gained: 1
New EXP Balance--- Level 6 : 13/60

"Eh?" The brunette blinked.

Suddenly Sakura had Mirage's iconic Dart Gun in her hand. Even though she had only seen him use it once they got onto the Maw, she had the engineer and the Dart Gun linked inextricably in her mind. Holding it felt like wearing Cammy's beret or driving Akira's motorcycle. Or if she let someone else wear her iconic bandana! Everyone had special moves and-

Sakura blinked, holding the big Dart Gun as Mirage went to go save Nadia. Suddenly, Sakura realised the onus was on her to build her and her fellows a Dart bridge.

Poor Nadia was completely enveloped by the monster in a very terrible way, but Sakura trusted her feline companion would be able to avoid harm long enough to get to safety. But what if the magnet's attraction wasn't strong enough from all the way down there? Maybe Nadia would need help getting up.

But if she didn't need help, and Sakura helped them anyway, that might lead to more problems. These catwalks weren't very stable. If Moreau chased them as they ran up some darts Sakura shot down there, what if that destroyed everything?

...Then they'd just have to deal with that. Sakura wasn't going to leave anyone behind. Or leave it to chance. Sorry, escape bridge, you'll have to wait. Quickly, Sakura briefly wondered if there was anyone else more qualified to use the Dart Gun. But she didn't think anyone like that was available. Geralt and Ace were from a fantasy world, Bowser and Kamek certainly didn't seem like the type. Junior, maybe, but just got up. And Blazermate would be busy ferrying people. Bella and Rika probably only used the guns that were attached to themselves. Mirage was holding the magnet so he was busy, too.

That meant that Sakura was the only available to shoot this darn gun. Her only experience with a gun were super soakers, laser tag, and light gun games at the arcade.

Screwing her courage to the sticking place, Sakura stood next to Mirage. First, she needed to find a spot Nadia could use. Searching with her eyes, she spotted a fallen platform on it's side. That was near enough to Moreau and the second floor of catwalks. If she spaced them out properly, it could be done! Glancing over her shoulder, she made sure the slower members of the group (that weren't her) were all caught up.

"Yosh, ikuzo!" She hyped herself up for this unorthodox task laid before her.

Sakura aimed right at the spot she wanted, her little arms extended all the way out. She leaned back, closed one eye, and stuck her tongue out the corner of her mouth.

When she fired it, she realised the Darts travelled in an arc. It landed on the ground, sticking straight up.

"Sh-shimatta!" Sakura exclaimed. Firing again, higher this time, she was dismayed to see the dart smack right into the last one. "Shimatta!" She repeated again.

On the third dart, she succeeded. Next, she fired the second, but she felt like it was too high. "Shimattaaaa." Hopefully other people didn't think she was swearing.

"That's not a swear." She said to everyone just so they knew.

"Shimattashimattashimattashimattashimatta- ueeeh... YATTA!" An exasperated Sakura celebrated. Finally, after what felt like an eternity but what was only a few (possibly crucial) seconds, she organized the three darts. Roughly evenly spaced, they should be climbable. "Okay, go go go!" She shouted down to those doing battle with Moreau. "Whatever way is fastest!"

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

yup its true, joker has too much plot armor to lose

(which is also why the 'debate' about why batman doesnt kill him is very silly)

Planet Mobius - A Sonic Universe Open World

Amy Rose

"Oh, I know, he's such a sap, isn't he?" Amy said, whimsically staring off into the horizon. "It's just in his nature. I wonder if some people are just born good? Is that fate?"

Amy giggled, nodding at Mina. Amy sat on the branch and started to explain, her legs swinging underneath her. "You're dead on, sister. I was wandering away from my village when we first met. I got bored easily and well, I was convinced there was a big wide world out there."

"I must have gone pretty far away. I was kidnapped by an evil robot version of Sonic! At that moment I thought 'wow, I've never seen a boy hedgehog before. Are they all this mean and shiny?'" Amy said. "I also had a different hair style, and my favorite color was green instead of red and pink." The hedgehog added for some reason.

"Aaanyway. So there I was, kicking and screaming and then trying to strike up a friendly conversation with my kidnapper. I'm pretty sure this was back when Dr. Robotnik wanted to power his robots by putting creatures like me into his machines. And turning us into robots? Putting us in robots? Just copying us and keeping us imprisoned while our robot dopplegangers wreak havoc? Something like that, I can never remember." Amy said dismissively.

"So this was robot was all like: 'YOU'RE GOING TO BE A ROBO-SLAVE OR SOMETHING.' And I was like: 'Noooo please I'm just a little girl!'" Amy made a convincing robot face and voice, before switching back to being a damsel in distress.

"And then," Amy shot to her feet, balancing precariously on the extended branch. She slashed her arm through the air like a knife.

"In comes that handsome boy I would come to know as Sonic the Hedgehog! He's all: SWOOSH, VOOSH! It was the most epic battle I've ever seen. The two almost seemed evenly matched, but of course it was like he said: 'No tin can is a match for the original! Give it up!'" Amy took a Sonic-like pose and did a shockingly accurate impression of Sonic, despite the two being of the opposite gender.

"Then he saved me and took me back to my village! Oh, my hero!" Amy sighed, placed her hand against her forehead and swooned. Swooned so hard she fell right off the branch. Mina Mongoose would have to catch her to prevent the pink hedgehog from falling thirty feet onto the ground.

Once caught, Amy looked at Mina. She slung her arm over the Mongoose's neck. "So yeah. Afterwards he was like: 'Hey, you're cute! Can we be boyfriend and girlfriend forever and ever?' Who was I to say no! Besides, I was about to ask him the same thing. Yeah, it was pretty much true love at first sight..." Trailing off, she laughed nervously, twirling a strand of her hair in her finger. Amy just stared past Mina for a moment, biting her lower lip. After a moment she shook her head and seemed to snap back into reality.

"...Anway, I'm his girlfriend, not yours. Could you set me down, please?"

《 H.E.R.O. 2064 》

On the N-Train

---

Two heroes left the nuke room to travel elsewhere. Following them were various, colorful sounds. Gunfire. Ice crystalizing. Chainsaw. The distinct sound of someone being utterly pulverized by a hero with super strength. Breaking bones, impact, mid-fight commands. Rending flesh and spattered gore. Truly, it sounded like a blood bath in there. Pandora was almost sad she was missing it. Almost. Trying on actual modern (ish) clothes was a new thing for her, instead of just wearing what amounted to street pajamas. Getting clothes spattered with viscera...there was something uniquely uncomfortable about it. As opposed to before, where the got mostly on her bare skin. Or aforementioned street pajamas.

Young people getting exposed to horrible violence wasn't new. Pearl clutchers may pretend to be shocked and appalled. Children, eighteen years old, they decry. Killing and seeing people die. It's awful! The minimum age to sign up for the army is seventeen. Kids start learning to kill early. Then they're shipped off to war and start mowing other people down.

Hell. Back in her day, they'd have 12 year olds strutting about the battlefield with drums! Mind the flying limbs, now, dearie.

Pandora gathered all her items in her purse carefully. Kicking off her shoes, then her socks, she gently pushed her shoes into the floor, where they might be safer. Rolling her shoulders, she made the 'table' was pushed neatly back into the wall from whence it came. Rising to her feet she strolled leisurely down the train car. Before her was the space between train cars. On the caboose before her, in which the battle was taking place, she could see Chainsawyer currently attempting to terrorize her young teammates.

This situation was why it was good to keep forces in reserve. He had severed the train cars, and the nuke car was slowly drifting away from the train. No doubt isolating it from the rest of the train would be ideal for them. Perhaps they even had a plan to lift the whole thing up and away, or something ridiculous like that. Though she doubted the super villains of today had that much pizazz left in them.

Needless to say, it would do the children no good to be cut off from the rest of HERO. Pandora angled her open hands towards the chain. Her willpower extended outward like little feelers. Connecting herself to the coupling, she willed it to extend forward. Pulling from the metal of the train car, the end of the coupling snaked out towards its other half. Once there, it molded together, good as new. Then she demanded that it shrink back to it's previous length. It obeyed, pulling the speeding caboose forward from where it had drifted slightly.

Once that was done, Pandora reached out for the door of the caboose and opened it.

"Excuse me, Chainsawyer? You there, the vermin." She called teasingly out to him. "You missed. The train car is still connected." Using her left foot, she kept a 'lead' on the coupling. If he went to chop it again, his chainsaw would melt right into the coupling and become attached by the blade.

If he went after her instead, that was his mistake. If he turned around and kept going after her teammates, well, that's another mistake for him, too. Big dumb brutes like him were easy to handle. Pandora kept an ear out for the train car behind her, making sure not to get snuck up on.

World of Light

Level 3: 15/30
Word Count: 901
Location: Al Mamoon Northeast- Rocket Inc
Points Gained: 2
New EXP Balance--- Level 3: 17/30

While Joker's plan was nice, Jesse had the feeling this was going to be total chaos. That's how it was in her experience, anyway. Once super natural powers got involved, and people entered a big fighting room, shit goes wild fast. Improvisation was the only plan available. Especially since this team she was working with seemed to have little experience as a cohesive unit, and no obvious leadership hierarchy.

(Just try not to die.)

The big guy with the hammer activated his shield. Reinhardt, huh? This meant he deflected her spear attack. However, she did manage to make the smug leader hit the deck, which was nice. Energy shield probably couldn't be No-Collided, which is something Jesse learned back at the Museum.

What really sucked as that Shadow was very slippery. Not only did he dodge every single one of Jesse's bullets, he also executed his magical abilities while under fire. Considering that her throwing objects was only going to be slower than bullets, Shadow was probably unbeatable to her. He's too fast. Unless, she could try hitting him with the Tool Gun. No travel time on the little blue beams, as far as she could tell. If he managed to enlarge his already oversized head, he'd probably die of an aneurysm or something.

Jesse wouldn't get time to contemplate these ideas. While the rest of the team had scattered, Jesse had definitely been one of the ones to scatter the most. And she had drawn quite the bit of attention to herself. She had a lot of attention on herself.

First up on the agenda was this weird imp lady, Orendi. Jesse squinted at her taunt, and looked around at the circle of death that had formed around her. Not ideal. Sprinting out of the way, she ran for another pillar. She almost peaked, when a sniper bullet slammed into the pillar. Several. Mordecai was shooting at her. Blinking, she scooted away from that angle. The Orendi lady also fired a giant laser in her direction, which caught Jesse's arm. Her Health ability protected her, but Jesse screwed up her mouth into a frown and grunted. Now, what? She hated being stuck like this.

At that moment Futaba Sakura gave her some kind of speed bonus. "Thanks." Jesse felt more confident being able to move around without getting hit.

The fight had developed while she was busy trying not to get blown to pieces. Ciella managed to trap Shadow and Nastasia from escaping, which was good. She was their main target. Both the Resistance and the Seekers were evenly matched. A prolonged battle would be a deathmatch. However, Nastasia was the weak point of the Resistance. If they could kill her, that might make things a lot easier.

Jesse had to focus entirely on keeping herself alive. The Director was a very hard target to hit, especially with Futaba's magical help. But there was too much pressure on her to actually fight back. Sprinting, ducking, and evading, glancing shots harmlessly gliding off the invisible force that protected her, Jesse was on the back foot. She put objects between herself and her enemies but they kept forcing her to move. Be they solid pieces of cover, or floating objects. This was a bootleg version of one of her more advanced telekinetic abilities that had been stripped from her by Galeem. If this kept up...

If this kept up, Jesse felt like she would win against the sniper and the imp. Mordecai had to reload at some point, and that witch surely had to pause to regain her magic. However it might be too late. There was more to this battle than just this 1 vs 2.5.

(I hate that bird.)

Woes no more! Sectonia went crazy, shooting magic at every foe. This gave Jesse the moment to advance. Tired of missing, she switched to Shatter, the powerful shotgun variant of her Service Weapon. The barrel widened, the blocks forming, shifting, trembling into shape. Firing off a blast at Mordecai's annoying bird, she sprinted forward. Orendi's magic was slow to start up, which Jesse felt like she could take advantage of.

To ward off any incoming sniper shots, she tore another spear out of the ground and flung it's pointed tip towards Mordecai at high speed. This attack was no joke, but she really just wanted him out of her hair. Her true target was Orendi. Sprinting forward, hand shotgun pointed at the ground, Jesse locked onto Orendi. No where to hide. Cover would do her no good if Jesse was right on her ass.

Her goal was to circle around a pillar and get right up in Orendi's face. She even ripped a concrete chunk out a pillar and flung it where she thought Orendi was going to do, just to make it so she would have to dodge backwards into Jesse to get away from it.

If successful in closing the gap, Jesse would open the imp up with a flash of white, kinetic force. That should send her reeling. Glaring down the hovering iron sights of her Shatter gun she lined up a point blank shot and pulled the trigger. Psychic pellets would tear and pass through flesh, the combined force enough to knock someone back, or down. Failing that, they'd be shattered to pieces instead.

Unlike her target, Jesse wasn't much of a talker in combat.

Street Punk Serenade: Delinquent Days

sorry for the delay! finally got a post up.

Street Punk Serenade: Delinquent Days

Yonaka Aimi

'They think I'm a kid', she says. Yonaka smirked ruefully under her mask. Aren't you? Aren't we all? But she didn't say that part out loud. Yonaka knew what Mai meant. Even though it wasn't an issue Yonaka herself ever had to deal with. People took one look at Yonaka and, well, 'kawaii' wasn't exactly what came to mind.

"Guess you'll just have to prove yourself, then. Don't worry, I know you got the stuff." Yonaka reassured her young...friend? Protege? Student? Understudy? Just who the hell put this lost child in her care, anyway?

Oh, right, she did. Mai had a lot to prove, just like Yonaka did. And underneath all the bluster, if Yonaka was a good judge character, (and she believed she was), was a good, brave heart. The makings of a strong woman who looked out for others. But if she was left to drown in the dust of stupid-ass racists and social isolation, she'd never have a chance.

But Yonaka would never say something like that out loud. No way. She had a reputation to uphold!

"Lookin' forward to crackin' some skulls tomorrow..."

---

Yonaka actually had a couple of targets in mind of her own, but she wouldn't be surprised of little Li could scrounge up some leads of her own. Some...Li-eads?

First of all, Denki. Or, "Snot-Rag", as he is known. He was one of the kids that got assaulted. Denki was a popular subject for bullying. But physical assaults? Not so much. It came up on her radar as it were when he didn't show up for his part time job at the video store.

Next was Mitsu. Art student, member of the track team. Real model kid. Unpopular dweebs getting bullied was nothing new. Poor children like Denki being on the bottom totem pole was just the nature of things, unfortunately. But middle of the road, contented, reasonable achievers like Mitsu? That went beyond enforcing a bad hierarchy. Now it was just senseless violence. The distinction probably didn't mean much to adults, but it meant something to Yonaka.

But she had time. She was going to talk to Denki at his work, and then catch Mitsu on the field during gym class.

Yonaka walked into the school courtyard, missing her kendo stick but still wearing her signature mask. She spotted Mai Li and noticed it looked like the shorter girl wanted to talk to her.

Yonaka made eye contact and nodded. Smoothing out her long skirt she sat on a stone bench under a tree and crossed one leg over the other.

"So, you got any leads? Think of this as high stakes initiation!" Yonaka said brightly. "Now, despite my reputation..." Yonaka lowered her voice, leaning in towards Mai. "I'm not sure it's the best move to threaten kids into telling who beat them up by threatening to beat them up. Seems kind of pointless to me. Today is the day of a soft touch Yonaka. Of course I'm not going to go around flirting with a bunch of first years, but who doesn't want the approval of a pretty girl like me, right?" Yonaka chuckled.

"In any case. They might be able to relate to you, more. After all, you're in danger, too, right? Maybe they don't want to be treated like helpless little kids either." Yonaka said, observing her fingernails and checking for dirt. Internally, she realised she might be letting the tiniest glimpse of empathy show. Oops. Quickly, she concocted a scheme to correct this. Blinking, Yonaka looked up and squinted at Mai Li.

"...You are a first year, right?" She asked, looking the tomboy up and down like she was just seing her for the first time.

World of Light

Level 6: 10/60
Location: The Maw: The Depths
Word Count: 811
Points Gained: 2
New EXP Balance--- Level 6 : 12/60

Kasugano Sakura breathed a sigh of relief as the proxy was defeated and Peach was restored to good health. "Phew! That was a bit close." She smiled wearily. Standing and brushing her dress off, Sakura felt like they were making progress. Junior had managed to drain the entire place. That meant they could start making their way downwards.

Sakura peaked over the edge, hands on the railing (that was almost head height with her) to see below. Moreau, that poor wretched man desperate for approval, was flopping around quite pathetically.

Ace Cadet got knocked down from above, causing the little girl to gasp. "Watch out!" Unlike some of the others, the thought that Ace was seriously injured didn't cross her mind. She knew he would be fine. Ace was way, way tough. And she knew what laying on the floor with the wind knocked out of you looked like. Sometimes all you could just do was stare up at the sky and re-evaluate your life choices for a few moments. Usually when that happened, Sakura was staring up at the ceiling of the Kanzuki estate after being span around in the air like a pinwheel. Everything worked out, with Link and the others doing their hardest to distract and avoid being smashed by the big fish monster man. Sakura wished she could help, but she was a totally useless kid. Being useless- a liability, even- wasn't something she was used too. Didn't feel great.

But Sakura blinked in surprise when she noticed Duerage walking around by himself. Somehow, he must have gotten separated from the others. Heart rate increasing, Sakura's eyes widened as Moreau locked onto Duerage. Duerage must have been hurt, or something. It's like he wasn't even there.

Then he got crushed to death. It happened so fast. A cold sweat flashed down Sakura's face and she backed away from the railing. Her eyes snapped over to Mirage, who almost must have seen it happen. Her hands were shaking again. Her heart was sinking, she felt like she wanted to throw up again. Nothing came out as she retched quietly, covering her mouth. The pain in her stomach weakened her jellied knees and she fell down. There weren't any more tears to shed. All out. Was it just dehydration at this point? When was the last time she drank fresh water? The campfire, probably. Sitting around that fire with fresh fruit and a cast of colorful characters from other worlds...it almost seemed like a lifetime ago. Before they entered this terrible place.

Duerage. Poor Duerage. Mister Geralt was right. He could have been happy. Not anymore. Snuffed out. All he wanted to do was help. He was Mirage. It just felt so surreal. It wasn't so much the grief of losing someone, as much as it was the new life being cut so tragically short. Duerage was full of so much potential and now, it was all over.

Mirage, Geralt and the others had already descended below. Dart jumping, or something. Bowser and Rika followed after. People were going on the floor to fight Moreau and target his weaknesses. Sakura had a pounding headache and her joints were sore. Like she had fallen down a flight of stairs and then starved for two weeks.

Things were moving fast, and she didn't want to get left behind. She couldn't be overwhelmed by the loss. By the guilt...already she was thinking that she should have stopped Duerage from ever leaving. His charismatic confidence had duped Sakura into forgetting the dangers of this place. Sakura glanced around to make sure no one was being left behind in the Command Center. It was then she noticed the Blue Magnet half. Shrugging somewhat apathetically, she scooped it up. Might come in handy. Holding it in one hand over her shoulder, she did her best not to drop it. Then she followed Rika and Bowser down to the others as they descended to the floor of the Depths via some hopping platforming. Sakura almost slipped a couple of times, but she didn't make a big fuss out of it.

She caught some traces of what Rika and Bowser and Kamek were talking about, too. Something about that machine they were working on.

Once she was within range, Sakura tried to work through her headache to consider what was going on. "Cheat, Mister Geralt..? Cheat how?" She held the side of her head. She really wasn't in the mood for that style of planning. If he was hoping someone would come to the same realisation he was coming too and narrate parts of plan back to him, well. Sakura wouldn't be providing that.

"Maybe we should just feed Moreau some of that goo Mister King Bowser found...can't imagine it's edible." She mumbled. She watched Nadia and Junior run, eyeing them with concern.

Dungeon Clearer! A Fantasy Adventurer RP

i dunno why i didnt say anything earlier, i guess i forgot. but my intention was that nuri crushed the lone skull under her foot. i can edit my post to reflect neffy's actions i just thought i would mention it.