melodiesoflife | Endgame || Apocalypse

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Endgame || Apocalypse

Characters: Anyone
Where: Pandaemonium
When: March 05th
Summary: The first phase of endgame begins! The Heroes of Light are on their way to deal with Garland as they’ve left their unfinished businesses in the hands of their friends amongst the NPCs. How will it end? The mingle threads shall not be modded, only The Guardian will be modded. Please do not start individual threads for The Guardian, reply in a single thread. Starting from now on, the game is officially in endgame. Please do not post any new posts on Mognet or in the Log Community, unless they’re backdated to before this event. The second phase of endgame will be posted once The Killer Of World thread will have been unlocked and completed.
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Mingle Thread
The Guardian
The Killer Of Worlds

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Lailah couldn't do much as her being was currently one with Chrom's, but the battle was just as exhilarating. Thankfully fire was her domain - while Chrom's attacks wouldn't do as much damage due to being imbued with the element of fire, at the very least he was taking mitigated damage from fire as well. Sir Chrom, she directed her thoughts at her partner, My strength is yours. It matters not the worlds we hail from or the labels we place upon ourselves, you are a Shepherd, one who acts as my vessel. Focus your heart, and we shall be victorious! Let's end this cycle once and for all! She relinquished all control, allowing Chrom full movement as her power poured into him.

In Chrom's mind, Lailah had done more than enough. For once in his blessed stay on this world, at long last, he was not on fire. Moreover, he wasn't even as damaged as the others might be so long as the Fire Seraphim had linked her power to his.

Still, whatever he experienced, she likely felt as well, so he braced himself with a brief Cura spell to make sure his partner was unharmed.

He wanted to ask her if she was all right, but after hearing her voice, he nodded once in silent determination.

"Right," he agreed, shifting his stance. The melding of Falchion with the entirety of his right arm was flickering with Lailah's flames. Though he was hesitant to use her true name, knowing the weight that it carried, it seemed like there was no better time, and no better cause. Garland had to be stopped. "Together, then! Guide my blade, Fethmus Mioma!" Even as he said it, he felt the purity of their bond grow that much brighter, and the flames on his sword burned like an inferno.

Chrom leaped at Chaos, a primal shout tearing out of his throat as he swung the massive flaming blade with quick flowing strokes. The tattered and singed cloak billowed out behind him with his powerful movements as metal sang out against metal.

Saori let go of Ruby when the smoke bomb cleared, just barely dodging a pillar of fire. She pulled out a wide strip of paper with an brush ink drawing of a fox carrying a bushel of rice in its mouth. She kept these special ofuda from her home world hidden for such an occasion.

The black ink changed to red and it gave off a golden aura before burning to ashes. Inari's Ofuda would provide a small luck or crit boost for two more rounds of attacks. In the mean time, she summoned a Clone. One armed herself with the machine gun and began to fire, flanking Chaos's right while she circled his left while casting Water Ninjustsu at him.

With Flight, Ace had easier time facing the pillars than others, Of course, that didn't mean he was safe, by far, for the powerful gusts of wind thwarted his plans and reduced his mobility greatly, but though he'd been hurt, at least he was no longer risking falling off the shaking platform.

Unfortunately, he'd also been separated from his partner, so his gaze was drawn to the Selphie’s dramatic attempts at shielding Tear with her own body. Even though she resisted, it was clear the girl's current state wouldn't allow her to do that for too much longer.

“I'll take it from there. Heal yourself.” Belatedly, the cadet realised he wasn't even moving his lips, he'd been this swept up in the moment - it was a telepathic message sent Selphie’s way, and, well, certainly a way to ensure that the girl would hear him.

And he meant his words, following up with the Vanish skill to materialise in front of the pair. With luck, he should be able to withstand some of the upcoming attacks thanks to the knowledge of Excellence. For now, however, he could not allow himself to remain idle, using Partial Summoning to call forth Shiva while he waited for the melodist to regain her strength.

Selphie heard the message in her mind as she steadied her shield. Now wasn't the time to panic about an ability she had never heard of as In the Red kicked in for the brunette. She quickly used the boost from the haste spell to Dualcast Cura on herself before nodding briefly as Ace materialized in front of her. The spell took most of the bite from the burns that still lingered as dashed ahead with another faint nod.

Without a second thought, Selphie unleashed Ice Brand from her sword at Chaos.

That was an unpleasant reminder of the primals she'd fought against in Eorzea. K'pandolu gritted her teeth and tried to set her feet against the pushback. She wasn't falling off the platform, at least, and she looked to see if anyone else looked too close, ready to try to grab them if they needed to be, as she activated Shushin. She'd had some vivid visions of what could have been against Titan, when they'd come up against him, and she didn't want to see it happen in actuality.

"Make sure you have space should he try that again!" she snapped out, and cast Blizzara.

While Parasraya didn't fight, she cast a healing spell on Ramza that restored his health by 30%. That wouldn't do if this one were to die, after all. She then proceeded to cast the very same spell on herself, whilst she carefully tried to stay behind the Heroes of Light using shields so as to take advantage of their protection.

Rukia found it much easier to breathe all of a sudden, and there was no need to look around to see who had cast the healing spell at her. She could feel the unique traces of Jade's reiatsu permeating the healing magic, and it not only bolstered her health, but her resolve as well. They were united in this fight.

She straightened, opening her mouth to speak the dual incantations to summon Hades and Odin back into the fray.

"O masked ruler of all that has shed mortal flesh..."

There she goes again...

Even though multiple attacks do hit Chaos, the beast doesn’t seem to relent in its assault, not does it appear to be wounded. However, there is a way for the Heroes of Light to notice what it is weak to. It screams in pain upon being hit by attacks dealing 03%+ damages. It flinches upon being hit by attacks dealing from 01% to 2.99% damages. Attacks dealing from 0.50% damages to 0.99% damages causes it to roars. Anything below 0.50% doesn’t get any reactions from the beast. And unfortunately, there is naught to steal from the beast himself, maybe from Garland… Regardless, it follows up with two attacks:

>Darkfire Smash
Chaos rushes forward and grabs a Hero of Light: Akane. He crushes her into his hand before propelling into the air and smashing her onto the ground.
The impact point of Akane’s body is Tear’s very position.
Anyone around Tear will be hit with ripple effects from the attack, dealing moderate damages.

Akane is dead! There isn’t much left of her…
Tear is dead!

>Oblivion
Chaos roars and a powerful burning wind encircles the area: it pushes aside most Heroes and forcibly pushes together ten Heroes in particular, stacking them.
The stacked Heroes are Kaji, Albel, Twilight, Duster, Kidd, Rialynn, Pyrrha, Mikleo, Nanami and Sparks. Everyone else is safe.
Chaos jumps before them as the wind keeps them together, swiping his tail at them and throwing them off the platform, out of reach.

Kaji fades into the abyss! He will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Albel fades into the abyss! He will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Twilight fades into the abyss! She will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Duster fades into the abyss! He will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Kidd fades into the abyss! She will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Rialynn fades into the abyss! She will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Pyrrha fades into the abyss! She will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Mikleo fades into the abyss! He will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Nanami fades into the abyss! She will no longer able to participate in the battle.
Sparks fades into the abyss! He will no longer able to participate in the battle.

Characters that were cast out of the platform cannot be brought back through any means—Healing spells, life spells or other methods won’t work as they’ve disappeared. All those characters are still very much alive and are in no danger of being killed for real. They will all return by the beginning of Endgame Phase 2, once the Apocalypse Event is over.

Attacks Debriefing:
Shiva: 03%
Solid Script: Blizzard: 02%
Final Embrace: 02%
Twin Wave: 01.80%
Leviathan: 01.50%
Shock: 01.35%
Partial Shiva: 01%
Water Ninjustsu: 0.90%
Ramuh: 0.80%
Ice Bullets: 0.55%
Fortune’s Arc: 0.50%
Odin: 45%
Chaos Saber: 0.35%
Octoslash: 0.33%
Blizzaga : 0.30%
Judgement: 0.20% (x2)
Amped Strike: 0.15%
Mirage Dive: 0.12% (x2)
Plunder: 0.10%
Deathblow: 0.10%
Air Punch: 0.08%
Charged Shot: 0.05%
Melodies of Life: 0.02%
Drain: 0.01%
Life Thief: 0.01%
Blind: Null
Power Break: Null
Hades: Null
Magic Bolt: Null
Combustion: -01%
Avatar State: -01%
Fethmus Mioma -02%

Total Damage Dealt: 13.36%
Chaos Remaining HP: 14.64%

Edited 2017-03-10 15:15 (UTC)

Jack shouts out loud as Nanami is forcibly pulled out of his protection, the exact thing he was trying to prevent. "NO!"

Nanami, Sparks, Ki...Mary. He stares in shock as they are just removed, vanishing into the abyss, without even a chance to fight back. This. He didn't know about this. They're just...gone. Nanami just wanted to go home. Sparks won't get to see Earth again. Mary. There's so much left unresolved for her.

Jack raises the greatsword, and he leaves Parasraya behind to charge at Chaos, letting out a very uncharacteristic yell of rage. Forget this. The time for caution is over as of right now. The edge of the light-enchanted greatsword shines as Jack attacks with Shock twice.

Deadpool blinked in surprise as he attacks... did jack. Even worse, he ended up getting caught in the shockwave that killed Akane and Tear. He couldn't help but look up and wince as the two.

"Ooooh... yeah, that's going to be a tough one to walk off." Deadpool said, getting to his feet. "Okay, so hitting him with Judgement isn't going to work, huh? Alright, let's see..."

And he'll take notice that ice really hurts him.

"Alright, time for Naruto handsigns!" And Deadpool starts doing random seals to unleash two Ice Ninjutsus onto the beast.

Akane... Tear... The ninja's anger grew as they were treated more as victims of a childish tantrum than a battle. Then Albel started to be pulled from her, and she tightened her grip, skidding as she held on for barely a minute. "No!"

Then he and others were gone. Twilight, Mary, Nanami...

And Sheena went from angry to pissed. "Chaos!" she roared, downing an Elixir before once again using High Summoner to call Shiva and Odin back into the fray.

"Don't worry about-" Ira began, glancing back at Lydia before continuing to search for Mary. He was about to Doublecast Cura on himself and Mary, after all. It was going to be-

Then he sees Tear and Akane, and he screams out his friend's name. He sees Mary (and several others, though his mind registers her specifically) vanish into the abyss. Something in him lurched, and with it, so too did his rage. Grimacing, he turned his full attention to Chaos again, hidden blade the Assassin had given him lowering into view as he lunged forward.

"Welcome oblivion!" Darkness coated the blade as he did so, making the blade seem even longer as he brought it and Soul Eater down one after another with Continuous Swings, before escaping to the middle of the room with Dark Corridor at the cost of 5% of his own health.

Ruby could only watch helpless as the ten heroes were scooped up and disappeared into oblivion, one of them being Pyrrha.

Again. Again. She couldn't protect Pyrrha, even with Jaune here.

"PYRRHAAAAAAAAAA!" Ruby cried out, her heart feeling wrenched watching her friend disappear. "CHAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!"

Ruby raced towards the beast once more, replacing her scythe with her Galactic Knight's energy saber, performing two Shocks in retaliation.

"GIVE ME BACK MY FRIEND! GIVE ME BACK PYRRHA!"

Edited 2017-03-10 16:03 (UTC)

"Light, ice, and water!" Chiaki calls out after watching the effects of their attacks closely. "Those are his weaknesses!"

And in order to help them exploit at least one of those weaknesses, she once again plays the Pac Man Theme, providing the Heroes +50% damage on their light elemental attacks while reducing the damage they take from Chaos' dark elemental attacks by the same amount. And with her second action, she capitalizes on that bonus by sending a Holy spell Chaos' way. She's trusting they have enough healers this time around that they'll be able to bring Tear and Akane back around.

No. No. No no no no. Eyes went wide in horror as Chaos knocked the heroes off and she saw Mary among one of them. Saori gripped the sword in her hand. A fire burned in her eyes. Hell has no wrath compared to a goddess angered.

"You bastard!" The clone ceased fire and together they cast Ice Ninjutsu and Water Ninjutsu. Chaos will taste her blade now.

Aoi watched Akane take Chaos’ hit, and the fact that she looked like someone else at the time didn’t make it any less horrific. ‘Not again.’

Duster, Nanami, Kidd, and the others go hurtling over the edge of the platform and into the void. ’Not again, not again, not again.’ The ones he wanted to protect. Why them, and not him? Why was it never him that died? There wasn’t enough anger inside of him to drown out the despair.

“Lydia, you better freakin’ survive this.” She was the only one left that really mattered, that dumb, sassy, adorable, creepy kid.

In an alternative world, in a parallel time, Akane and Duster and the others were fine. There had to be a version where they won, where they could be happy. But here, in this world, his fight was over. There was no point in living once you lose the ones you care about the most, was there?

Vanishing across the battlefield to get into position beside Chaos, Aoi ‘Santa’ Kurashiki activated his Dark Knight’s Sacrifice.

Proved their worth, indeed. While Ardyn had little to stake in comparison to the others,he had an image to maintain. As the flames erupted from all sides, he could not dodge lest he too fell off the edge.

Yet by the time he'd recovered and patted himself out for the most part, more of their number had been either crushed or sent into the abyss. Yet he could not help but catch that note of despair in the young man's voice before he charged off to his doom.

"Ah, the young... Ever so quick to assume the worst despite the dust not yet having settled." The fight was far from over, after all. Not that he would do anything to assist the falling - he couldn't even if he wanted to - but instead, he would have to rely on the skills of others once more.

Smirking faintly, and despite his injuries and bit of black liquid dripping from the left corner of his mouth, Ardyn Imitates Chiaki's Holy.

In that moment, it was as if time had stopped. Feeling the numbness spreading throughout his limbs, Ace staggered on his feet as he saw Tear's lifeless body and the slaughter that soon followed. One by one, the Heroes were disappearing into the darkness....

"Come forth." Suppressing the silent cry that was forming at the back of his throat, the cadet instead focused his entire strength into the High Summoning of Shiva and Leviathan. A flash of pain darted through him as he muttered the incantation - only now the extent of his own injuries was beginning to dawn on him - but it was nothing compared to the anger flowing through his veins; if his destiny was to be consumed by the same void, so be it. There was nothing left to lose.

"No!" Oh, this is getting bad. But it looks like everyone's wised up big time! "Alright, you ugly creep. Now you're gonna get it!"

Following everyone's lead, Sonic cast both Water Ninjutsu and Ice Ninjutsu. Maybe if he can get him weak enough, he can use his Magitek Armor to really do him in.

Selphie cursed under her breath as she darted forward, searching for her friends after so many were knocked off the platform and two were dead. Part of her wanted to scream in agony as she skid to a halt next to Yuri. She looked at her friend and nodded to him and Flynn. She placed her hands on her knees as she looked at her housemates before standing back up.

"Hang on guys," Selphie shouted before making an intricate series of motions before a green light washed over the three of them as Full Cure activated. She brandished her sword as soon as she could and fired off a Blizzaga spell at Chaos.

"Everybody, don't give up!"

"Sparks!" Of all the Heroes on the Battlefield, that man was genuinely the last person Chrom expected to see thrown off of the platform due to the heavy Magitek Armor he rode in. His hand stretched out instinctively as if it were even possible to reel him back, or any of the others who were flung into the abyss.

His head swung around to glower at Chaos, his teeth grit. "You dastard...!" He thrust his bladed arm into the air, summoning all his power to cast Shock at his enemy.

He could only hope that they could be recovered at the end of the fight. Surely they were still alive. They had to be.

Desperation kicked in automatically with the death of the two women on the battlefield, and it turned Chrom's stomach to feel it. Keeping the others safe now seemed imperative. Rather than taking a second attack, he elected to keep Sentinel active combined with his Crystal Shield. They couldn't afford to lose anyone else!

Even with Chiaki's Limit Break protecting him, the raging flaming winds threw Cloud aside and sent him rolling a short distance. As he clambered back to his feet he watched in horror as Chaos made his counter assault. He barely had time to process what happened to Tear and Akane before the others went flying from the arena. He felt a chill in his blood, and flashback to the encounter the Him from the previous cycle had. If he had White Mage maybe he could do something. All he had was Cura thanks to Paladin and-

No

No. Fight first. Win. Hold the line and fight back. End the fight quickly and then everyone could be safe. He had no illusions this would end as genially as the fight against Arthur and his knights had but they had tested them with their strength for this exact reason.

And the others were fighting with him. The Imperial Anthem from Johnny and Levy's call to arms still held strong in his ears. He touched the Fairy Tail mark at his shoulder and then nodded, pulling the rest of his sword off of his back. Returning the gunblade to the main mass he rain forward to attack Chaos again, his footfalls matching the pace of Chiaki's song. This time he let loose with a double Shock

Jaune’s only a few steps away from Pyrrha when he’s pushed back by the force of Chao’s blast, forced to watch in horror as Pyrrha is flung off the platform, vanishing from sight. “PYRRHA!” He runs to the edge she disappeared from and looks down, hoping to see her but seeing nothingness instead. He trembles, tears starting to fall. “No… I was supposed to have more time…”

He doesn’t have time to mourn, though; not yet. Chaos is still there, and damn it if he’s not going to do all he can to take him down now, somewhat charred body or not. He runs in, sword drawn and screaming in a blind fury and attacks with an Ice Brand. He can still feel his Deflect Limitbreak charged up inside of him for when an attack comes his way.

((ooc: Deflect: Attacks dealt to Jaune are automatically parried with the damage being dealt back to the attacker. Limit one turn.))

Tsubomi was horrified how little her initial assault had done to Chaos. That horror increased as Chaos killed Akane and Tear, then cast others into the void. "No... I won't let this stand!"

With Akane and Tear's deaths, Desperation kicked in twice, making her stronger. Her strength was boosted even more with Levy's We! Are! FAIRY TAIL! ability. This was stacked on with her own In The Red ability.

Melodies of Life did barely anything, thus Tsubomi tried something new, opting for two Shock strikes, aided by the Ultima Weapon sword and the Piracy skill

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