Final Fantasy || Melodies of Life

[melodiesmods]

Characters: The Heroes of Light
Where: The Planet’s Core
When: May 31st
Summary: The end is at hand! Will the Heroes of Light prevail and stop Kalki from using the Calamity to destroy all of existence?

Mingle | The Enterprise
Exploration | Final Dungeon
Final Boss Battle
All Good Things…

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[fearlessherosheart]

"Well!" Tazendra summoned more fire, using a double Firaga. "This is certainly a challenge"

[nomorecowbell]

"hang on, let me try something!" Nanami was trying to hold on to her island. She focused on the Crystal of Illusion, trying to weave an illusion that would work like one-way glass -- the Heroes could see the Eidolon, but it couldn't see them. No help for the winds -- and wow, did she wish she had left Psychic equipped so she could fly, or had at least brought a Levitate ability, especially after last time -- but maybe Bahamut couldn't target them for larger attacks.

"Yell if you need healing!"

[mindofathief]

The winds appeared to be good enough to leap through. Continuing his songs, Duster yelled "Thanks!" at Aang, jumped to a higher platform, then took a running leap at Bahamut for a Boosted kicking attack. If all went well, the winds would not act against his favor and he'd get an attack in while continuing playing his concertina.

He hoped he looked impressive and not silly.

[charming_jerk]

The claws clapped and the pyramid broke, and suddenly there was nothing below Johnny. He had to act fast before he fell into the void. Thankfully he had his Dragoon Jumps to get him back on a platform, any platform. If he could make it back to Reno he had owed some big-time apologies and thanks. All that seems like it was for nothing, too. All his clawing barely seem to leave a dent.

[red_planet_blues]

Sparks was regretting not equipping more fire spells. They seem like the only thing even remotely getting through, but that wasn't saying much. Best he could do for now was two Shocks in a row and hope that maybe Light would have a similar outcome.

[ninjainviolet]

"Whoa!” Sheena cried as she dug her katana into the platform to keep from falling off. Good thing she still had that out, she thought to herself as she checked on Albel's condition. Seeing he was all right and doing the same thing she did to stay put, she chuckled before looking up at Bahamut.

So fire did some damage, huh? And hopefully, so did Shiva when she summoned her before. Because the ninja had a plan.

Rising the best she could, she once again used High Summoner to call on Ifrit, followed by Shiva, hoping the sudden drastic change in temperature would have an effect.

[not_most_days]

Being near Deadpool like this was just an exercise in grinding her Giving Looks skill. "I don't know what you're on about, but if you're sitting on a power that Kalki gave you, now might be a time to use it." She didn't let herself linger on that and instead turned her attention on the dragon. Fire seemed to be working well so she fired off a Fire Ninjutsu at each wing.

[neverfirstclass]

Cloud swallowed most of his cry as he was hit by the gust of wind. As close as he was, and at the angle he was fighting Bahamut at, he put himself at a bad risk for being knocked off into the abyss. Fortunately his reaction time was well honed and just before he was pushed away he thrust his sword into the stone.

Using the momentum of the wind he swung himself around the hilt of the sword and back towards his foe. With practiced skill he broke his sword down into two, delivering back to back Shocks!

[jadethenecromancer]

Jade dropped down into a crouch, lowering his center of balance against the powerful gusts of wind. Regen should at least help mitigate the damage it was causing, but this was going to make fighting more troublesome.

Most of them seemed to be hanging in there, though. After casting Curaga on Santa, Jade went on the offense and let loose an Ultima.

[revitalise]

Winds buffeting around them, Tear's instinct was still to nimbly yet firmly make her way to Minato's side and unceremoniously wrap an arm around his waist to better secure them both, refusing to allow either one of them to fall into the abyss. Eyes still holding defiance, she made use of her Imitate ability to send yet another Firaga spell toward the mighty Eidolon, at the same time fading out the previous combination of songs to weave together another pair.

Theme of the Crystals carried through the air to her allies, alongside a rousing tune of her own composition that those of her world would find somewhat familiar—Finish The Promise, seeking to drive their spirits into landing critical blows.

[needsteaplz]

Ceiling Walking just barely made it possible for Saori to stick to the Eidolon. Unfortunately, she had to pull out her sword from Bahamut since she didn't have the strength to slice it through. She quickly did the signs to create a Clone and the two shot Fire Ninjutsu at the where the wings connected to the body.

"Doesn't anyone here have a fire-based Limit Break?! Now would be a good time to use it!" She didn't care if no one could hear her over this wind but she had to try.

1/2

[melodiesofdeath]

The efforts to stop the wings with Ramuh worked, but for this turn only. Other attempts at affecting Bahamut's status failed however.

> Akh Morn
A set of five energy beams crashes onto three different targets. Hit anyone on the same platform then the target.
Each beam deals damages equal to 15% the targets's maximum health.

The Heroes of Light targeted by Akh Morn are: Pyrrha, Tear and Reno. They and anyone sharing a person with them will lose 75% of their maximum health. This will kill them if they were already beneath 25% of their maximum health.

Round Summary:
Ramuh: 1%
Judgment: 0.5%
Regular Attack: 0.01%
Burst Shot x2: 0.8%
Excalibur: 0.6%
Focused Holy: 0.6%
Excalibur x2: 1.2%
Charged Shot: 0.5%
Firaga x2: 1.6%
Judgment: 0.5%
Shock x2: 1.1%
Amped Strikes x2: 1%
Fire Ninjutsu: 0.5%
Fire Stream: 0.6%
Flare x2: 1.2%
Firaga x2: 1.6%
Kick: 0.1%
Shocks x2: 1.1%
Ifrit: 2%
Shiva: 0.5%
Fire Ninjutsu: 0.5%
Shocks x2: 1.1%
Ultima: 0.6%
Fire Ninjutsu x2: 1%
Total: 20.21

Calamity Bahamut's Health: 58.2799%
Countdown to Tera Flare: 07 Turns

2/2

[melodiesofdeath]

Ramza-Kalki re-appears, floating right in front of Calamity Bahamut and staring down at the Heroes of Light.

"I would hate for this battle to be too easy on you. Let me use your favorite strategy."

>Calamitous Ascension
Restores 30% of the target's total HP

Kalki uses the healing spell on Calamity Bahamut, restoring 30% of its health. She cannot use other moves while Calamity Bahamut is summon and will disappear by the beginning of next turn. However, she cannot defend for this turn.

Round Summary:
Calamitous Ascension: +30%

Calamity Bahamut's Health: 88.2799%
Kalki's Health: 100%

Re: 2/2

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

Time seems to slow. It doesn't feel like those other deaths, the tens of thousands that Jack has felt over the centuries. This is the one he can see coming. Just like the first one. One man with a gun standing in the way of an unstoppable force that wants to destroy all that is. But where else could he be standing?

Jack looks away from the dragon, and looks instead to Chiaki. A hand reaches out, as if just his will could cover the distance between them, and protect her from so far away.

Remember what the Face of Boe said. His dying words.

Jack hadn't meant to overhear it. But despite the seriousness of that moment at the end of time, he has remembered what Martha said. He has known for years (or millenia, depending on how you count it) what his last words would be. There is no Doctor or Martha Jones here to bear witness to them. And the person they are meant for might be too far away to hear. But he speaks anyway.

"You are not alone."

The beams hit. Jack's body falls, and this time, he isn't getting back up on his own.

Due to the restrictions of the Time Agent Job, casting Life will not work on Jack Harkness.

Re: 2/2

[line_piece]

"Jack!"

Chiaki's hand reaches out toward his in vain. He was one of the first friends she'd made in this unfamiliar place, and one of the only ones who was always willing to take her utterly at face value. To lose him meant losing part of her new home, and for the first time the young AI keenly feels what it's like to have a part of her heart ripped out. She's witnessed deaths before, to be sure, but this is the first one that really affected her on such a deep, personal, almost primal level.

"...Don't worry. I'll finish what we started."

Turning slowly back to Kalki and Bahamut, Chiaki begins to sing The Melody of the Calamity, gesturing seamlessly with her hands to weave a spell during the song and dropping a Holy spell on Kalki. She's just as full of hope as ever, but it's tempered by the sorrow of loss. Kalki is about to see just what happens when you push Chiaki too far. Some hearts are stained too black with madness and despair to ever be healed by hope, and those people must go the way of Junko Enoshima. For the good of the world.

Re: 2/2

[pole_position]

Pyrrha lets out a cry as the attack strikes her head on, once again forced to a kneel. But moments later, even though she's out of Magic, she can feel power rising within her. Slowly standing, her body glowing red as the countless bullets littered about the battlefield begin to levitate around her, she activates her Limit Break: Magnetic Semblance. Sending a pulse of energy out into the void, she deftly scoops up all the bullets from the various Gunner skills she and the others have used, as well as Garland's sword and Excalipoor, sending them all hurtling at once toward Kalki. And once she's done, she drinks an Elixir, granting her a much needed second wind.

[mindofathief]

His attack hadn't done much. Duster grunted in disappointment, but he continued playing You're Not Alone and Melody of the Calamity.

"Kalki! You're not going to get away with this!"

[scriptrix]

"We'll never give up on this world!"

Levy cries out as she turns her magic on Kalki herself next, using back to back Nosferatu spells enhanced by Ignis to both heal herself and damage their enemy. There's no way Bahamut will go down if they ignore Kalki now.

[arcward]

Jaune cries out as the beam hits him, causing him to miss a step of his dance. He's in a world of hurt and has defintiely seen better days, but the fight is still raging on, so he can't stop yet, not when everyone else is still fighting so hard. He uses Disillusion to combine two of his dances, his Chocobo Dance and his Moogle Dance to cut both opponents' magical attack and their defenses in half, in addition to poisoning them. Topping that off with Soul Moves, he should be able to halve them both a second time. He's also ready to activate his Deflect Limit Break in case another hit comes his way.

((ooc: Deflect is an offensive parry where attacks dealt to Jaune are automatically parried with the damage being dealt back to the attacker.))

[neverfirstclass]

Cloud just kept on fighting. The sight of Jack falling was now seared into his memory, but all he could do was keep on fighting forward. "We don't care if you don't think we can win, Kalki. But we're going to at least make sure you don't either. The only one threatening Crystallis here is YOU." With a rising slash and a falling strike he unleashed two Judgement attacks, hitting both of them. At least he didn't fully strip down his sword to do it this time.

[not_most_days]

Another chance. Mary had to take it. She couldn't risk missing the window for it. It didn't seem like she could do much more right now to hinder Bahamut anyway.

Instead she ran up his back and vaulted off of his head, aiming to stab Ramza-Kalki out of the air with her hidden blade while her free hand once more raised the special crystal. Hopefully she wouldn't just vanish before it could be used this time.

[shinrasfinest]

Much like Cloud, Sephiroth got very much back on the offensive as the wings are apparently paralyzed and so the winds died down. It wasn't more than a few moments before he'd picked his next stepping stone of floating island and easily made the jump with a supporting Dash-

It just had to be Tear's platform though, didn't it?

The splash damage from Akh Morn hit hard. That large cut of health took Sephiroth's breath away enough for the swordsman to be forced to a knee. But he was able to have that next breath, which was the difference from the death before. Staggeringly he took that next breath in and held it firmly, only a moment later releasing it as he forced his aching frame back up and hoisted Masamune back into his signature ready position.

He glanced around, but really, if anyone on this platform had been taken out there wasn't anything at all he'd be able to do for them. He was one of the hard-core fighters here, and he had to keep that up right til the end. There was a warm hum starting to accumulate just beneath his skin, the tell-tale sign that his limit was building despite the slow-burn to it that came with the custom job. A double-edged thought; though he had his reservations about that particular 'limit break' maneuver of his, it might well be the devastating damage they need right about now.

A potion was quickly downed and the bottle discarded into the abyss as Sephiroth made to leap back in for another attack, glimpsing Mary just in the corner of his peripheral vision.

Octaslash was unleashed on both Kalki and the Calamity Bahamut, using the momentum to get enough force to propel himself backwards afterwards, finding another platform on which to land.

[forcegalactic]

"Heck."

That was all he could manage when the Akh Morn hit the platforms. Heroes down, Kalki back...Kalki was back. That could be their chance. They just had to live a little longer.

He cast a Curaga on Tear and Johnny, two that he saw were near death. "Get the others, Jade!"

[jadethenecromancer]

"I'm on it!"

Watching Jack die for good was unpleasant to say the least, but they couldn't afford to be distracted now. Jade worked in tandem with Barkeep, casting Curaga on Reno and Minato. He was admittedly a little worried about letting Sephiroth go unhealed -- especially given Bahamut's attack just now.

It had been the same move as before, only more powerful and with a wider area of effect. If it kept following the same pattern...

"It's going to be worse next time! Don't let your guard down!" Granted, he didn't actually know for certain if it really would get any stronger, but in this situation? Better overly cautious than reckless and dead.