Topic: An RPG
The ongoing story of the people aboard the S.S. Calmwaters

The dragon lashed her claws across Diablo's hide wherever she could, kicking and slashing like the wild animal Matt expected to see. Her jaws snapped in attempts to tear into the demon's face. Better not risk a shot, he thought, as he curtly dropped Hugo away from Diablo and resumed his arc of flight in the same motion. "Wait until they break up!" he called to Hugo.
"Yeah, I got it!" the Mettaur said, charging his weapon.
Diablo attacked animalistically at Helena, slashing at her hide with his claws and talons. Whenever the dragon attempted to bite his face, the Prime Evil turned his head and blocked with the large, curving horns that jutted from the sides of his skull.
With a particularly powerful strike with his tail, Diablo forced the dragon away from him, then thrust out his claw and fired another dark meteor at her.
R.D. saw his chance and skid to a halt, and immediately light flashed behind his back, morphing and elongating as it solidified into two large, cylindrical cannons on his back, aimed downwards. The two new weapons swung over his shoulders into a firing position as R.D. took aim, and the barrels began to glow as energy gathered into it.
A sound hummed in R.D.'s ear as the interface in his helmet acquired a lock on the crimson Lord of Terror. Immediately, he fired the twin cannons, and the explosion of power nearly shoved him back with the recoil. Twin red and azure beams lanced from the barrels of the cannons, streaking through the air at Diablo.
The demon roared in pain as they slammed into him, exploding and sending him careening through the air. Through the smoke, Diablo glared at R.D. and thrust a claw out, dark energy building for a counterattack.
The dark meteor smashed into Helena, causing the dragon to lose control and spiral through the air toward the great, expansive earth. Matt's eyes widened as he noticed this. "Okay, now I'm sick of this crap!" He brought his charged claws before his face. "I'm gonna fuck you up, Diablo!"
With a battle cry, Matt charged back in the fray, flying right toward the demon with a burst of speed provided by the Dragon Drive. In midflight, he crossed his arms, preparing for a certain kind of blow.
As Diablo fired a dark meteor towards R.D., he caught sight of Matt's rush and turned, his claw glowing gold. Sneering, the Prime Evil drew arcane symbols in the air, and strange energy gathered between the various rows of spikes on his back. Wings of red energy grew from where the spikes met Diablo's back, extending and blazing. With a flap of his own new wings, Diablo charged forward at Matt, readying a devastating attack of his own.
R.D. ignored the Dark Meteor attack as it neared, opting to retract the two cannons on his back, his eyes having caught sight of Helena's fall. He quickly began a sprint, activating his boot thrusters and skating across the torn dirt towards the falling a dragon, causing the counterattack to miss. With a powerful leap into the air, R.D. caught up to his plummeting friend, and grabbed hold of her back.
Together they slammed down into the ground, only with R.D. landing on his feet. Summoning all of his Lumiya-enhanced strength, R.D. planted his feet to prevent from skidding back and held up Helena's massive girth on his own. Growling, he set her form as gently as he could on the ground, quickly moving away so that she wouldn't attack him, and returning his attention to the battle at hand.
Helena gave R.D. a wary eye as she craned her neck, but there was nothing else-she seemed to be a lot more in control to realize who her allies were. With a flap of her wings, kicking up dust, she rose again, higher and higher to soar back into the fray.
"Come ON!" Matt shouted, psyching himself up to meet the demon head-on. "I got a special gift, and it's ALL for you!"
Hugo narrowed his eyes as he scampered back toward the battle. I hope whatever you've got planned is going to work, Matt.
Energy condensed into Diablo's claw, forming a massive blade of dark gold energy, embodying the power of destruction itself. With a quick move, Diablo brought the blazing sword overhead as he plummeted towards Matt, making a vicious slash as he closed in.
With Meta, Juno, Kouken, Reckoning & Dokuro down, the task of defeating Electra was passed to the Za-Fuzen.
“Foolish creatures.” Electra thought aloud as Shujou & Elrick flew toward her.
Shujou and Elrick flew at Electra fists first, and struck her hard. However, it seemed as though the attacks only annoyed her. The 2 Za-Fuzen immediately started an incredibly quick barrage of punches focused on the large lightning hawk’s chest.
Electra let out a powerful cry of anger, which sent Shujou & Elrick aback. Shujou raised his right arm, and elevated his index finger. As Shujou did this the other Za-Fuzen powered up large Gouka Spheres, and waited for further instruction. By simply pointing his right index finger at his foe the other Za-Fuzen fired their Gouka Spheres at Electra.
Electra let out another cry, only this time she seemed to be in slight pain.
Elrick took advantage of this time, and fired a Demi Bomb right at Electra’s beak before he flew in at her ribs with a Gouka Blade prepared.
The Demi Bomb landed, but it was then that Electra realized she would not be able to defeat these beings so easily in her current form. She flapped her wings a single time, sending waves of electricity in all directions.
Elrick was sent flying back when he was hit by the waves of electricity, and landed hard on the glass. “That hurt.” He muttered.
Shujou and the other Za-Fuzen managed to put up shields just before Electra’s attack hit them.
Electra once again transformed into a geyser of lightning, and then, while absorbing her other form, turned into an angel-like being. “Okay boys, let’s play.” She said with a bit of anger.
That can’t be good. Tanya thought as she gazed upon Electra.
Shujou bared his fangs yet again, and glared at Electra with hatred. “Show me what you’ve got.” He said angrily, and then snarled a little.
Shujou & Electra soared at each other fists first with uncanny speed. Their fists collided, causing a small explosion of lightning & Gouka. The two flew backward, and then engaged in hand-to-hand combat yet again.
Elrick rose up from the glass, and just stared at Shujou & Electra for a moment. It was amazing—a battle between true titans. They were matching each other move for move, it was almost like they were inside each other’s head. “That is so cool.” Elrick thought aloud.
After some time, Shujou finally managed to get in a good solid hit. He used a strong hammer fist, knocking Electra downward. However, just in the nick of time, Electra spread her wings, slowing down her descent. She landed on her feet, and then leaped up at nearly the speed of sound, and uppercut Shujou. Right then, Elrick decided it was time to stop watching, and get back into the game. When Shujou went flying from Electra’s attack, Elrick came flying by from behind Electra, and slashed her back with the claws on his left hand.
“Grrah.” Electra let out as she looked at the rather deep gashes in her back. She quickly turned to Elrick, and fired a lightning bolt at his torso.
Elrick simply became flames, making it so he was completely unaffected by the lightning. He then flew right at Electra, and washed over her in his Gouka form. Once he passed her, he became solid again, and attempted to strike Electra in the head from above.
Electra quickly turned half way around, a sword made of Kuro-Raikou in her left hand. Just as Elrick went to strike, Electra shoved the blade through his heart. She glared hatefully into the young Za-Fuzen’s eyes as the life began to leave his body.
Elrick looked at Electra first, puzzlement and fear in his expression. He then looked at the blade that had been stabbed through his heart. His eyes widened in terror. He now knew he was going to die, and there was nothing he could do about it. He grinned slightly, and let out a faint laugh just before the blade was withdrawn from his body. A look of pure agony came upon his face as the blade left his body, and then his expression became blank as he fell down toward the ground.
Shujou had regained himself just in time to see Electra run her blade through Elrick’s chest. His eyes widened, and his jaw dropped. The instant he saw Elrick start to fall he let out a terrifying roar of contempt, and rage. He soared at Electra with incredible speed, and punched her dead in the face.
Far off, Shouten watched as the young Za-Fuzen was killed by one of The Seven Beasts. “I hate having to do this…” He thought aloud.
Elrick landed on the sand hard, and then reverted back to his normal demonic form. He lied there helpless, hopeless; blood flowing from his chest and back, just waiting for death.
Electra went flying from the devastating attack, and when she finally came out of the daze she started trying to figure out what just happened. She looked, and saw Shujou flying toward her. Where did that come from!? She asked herself mentally.
Shujou quickly came in with a barrage of punches, which he finished with a powerful blast of Gouka.
The blast sent Electra crashing into the sands, but she didn’t stay there for long. She rose up out of the sands surging with lightning. “Is that it!?”
I can’t kill this thing…not like this. Shujou thought, and then looked to his right. He saw in the distance a large body of water, and then an idea came to him. Of course. What Meta said… Lead her into the water. “Za-Fuzen! Gouka Body!” He ordered his soldiers.
All the Za-Fuzen transformed into their Gouka Body form, and looked up at Shujou. “Follow his lead!” Tanya shouted to the others.
Shujou flew at Electra, and then two engaged in hand-to-hand combat yet again. Electra was the first one to get a hit in, delivering a couple good kicks to Shujou’s torso.
Shujou back-fisted Electra right in the face, and then flew off toward the water a bit. Electra followed, eager to strike back.
Quickly realizing her leader’s plan, Tanya followed suet with the others close behind her. She struck Electra from behind, and then continued toward the water, and sure enough Electra followed. Soon, the other Za-Fuzen joined in, striking, and then flying toward the water.
(OOC: Hey Morphy, if you want Meta to jump in here, you can go ahead and have her help them out )
A pair of eyes fluttered for a moment, fighting against the idea of opening as little rays of desert sunlight tried to enter them, scorch them, blind them.
After a short few moments, Meta's bloody red eyes had become opened, and, groaning silently, she sat up. Gilgamesh, having felt her stirring, shifted his body a little, and allowed her to sat up, leaving her side as he stood up. "How do you feel, my lady?" He asked in worry, in a polite manner, like a servant would to a master.
"I feel... rather well..." Meta uttered slowly, as if not too certain of her own condition. She looked up and around. "What has happened since I went out cold?" She asked.
"Well..." Gilgamesh said slowly, glancing at Michael for a moment. "Ryan and Dokuro tried to fight Electra and ended up getting fried, and afterwards the Za-Fuzen assailed her."
Juno... Juno... Juno! Said a voice inside MegaMan Juno's mind.
Juno's eyes shot open, and then he sat up. "Who...What was that?" He asked himself. He shook his head a little, and then stood to his feet. He looked to his left, and saw that Kouken was still knocked out. "Kouken!" Juno called out to his fellow Ancient. "Kouken!!" He shouted louder.
Kouken's eyes slowly opened, and he then glanced around a little. "...the devil?" He muttered as he started to slowly stand up.
"Come on!" Juno said loudly as he looked from Shujou and the others to Kouken. "We have to help them."
"S'wha...?" Kouken said tiredly as he looked at Juno with confusion. He suddenly heard the sounds of a sizable battle, and then looked in the direction of the noise. "Ooh." He let out in realization, and then looked back to Juno. "Whenever you're ready."
"Next time, girl," Michael said, his eyes still watching the battle, "I'd either dodge or block any attacks coming from the one of the Six Weapons of Destruction."
The gray-haired youth fished another cancer-stick out of his pocket and held it out to Meta without even looking at her.
"Cigarette?" he asked conversationally.
Seemingly in a daze, as her outlook of her eyes seemed somewhat to be that of someone recently having gone either blind or stoned, Meta yanked the cigarette Michael was holding and took a breather from it, before spitting the thing out. "Blergh. Next time I wanna taste smoke, I'll go to a vulcanic eruption." She said in a rather annoyed and angered tone. She then got up and stretched herself out.
"Alright then," She said clearly, "I guess it is time to kick some tardy bird's ass."
Michael chuckled softly as he brought another cigarette up to his lips and lit it. "That got her jump-started," he said quietly, then louder, "Well, you two have fun. I'll be rooting for you."
Meta shook her head a little to get a strand of hair out of her eyes. "Yeah, whatever you say, prettyboy." Meta replied to Michael's statment, not giving any time or attention to look at him.
"Let's go, Gilgamesh." She ordered her bodyguard.
"Yes, ma'am!" Gilgamesh said, and immediately followed after his mistress as she ran forth to knock the electric phoenix down.
(OOC: The electric pheonix...I like the sound of that
@R.D.: Y'Know, I'm kind of starting to like this Michael guy )
Juno & Kouken quickly merged into Saikou once again, knowing it would take their combined strength to stand a chance against Electra, even with Za-Fuzen fighting beside them. He flew off with great speed toward the group of Za-Fuzen, and when he saw an opening he fired a ball of AngelWater at Electra's head.
Electra's upper body jolted backward and to the left when the AngelWater struck her. She let out a faint cry of pain, and then looked in the direction the attack had come from. "Wha...?" She breathed as her eyes widened at the sight of Saikou.
"Oh-hoh! Bet you weren't expecting this!" Saikou said loudly with tremendous glee.
"Sh**." Electra cursed, and rolled her eyes in anger. Well, at least I don't have to deal with that pesky girl again. She thought, trying to look on the bright side.
The group, now including Saikou, started back up again, attacking Electra and leading her toward the water. Though they, too, were taking hits, it wasn't nearly as bad as the onslaught being inflicted upon The 6th Beast of The Dark Apocalypse.
Edited by Juno on May 18, 2007 at 21:15:32.
(OOC: Just for the sake of enlightenment, Morphy, where did you get a big piece of earth? It's all sand here 0_o)
Electra turned around just late enough to where she was unable to prevent Meta's attack from doing her harm. "Aah!" She exclaimed as the piece of earth slammed against her body. She flew back a bit, and then glared in the direction the attack had come from. "Don't any of you know when to stay down!?" She said with rage, and then fired a large ball of lightning at Meta.
Saikou & Shujou moved in for an attack, their bodies covered by their element of choice--Shujou using Gouka, and Saikou using AngelWater.
By simply making her body into a kind of X-shape, Electra sent powerful gusts of Yakunan-Kaze in all directions.
The strong winds sent Saikou, Shujou, and the other Za-Fuzen back a ways, and it also sent Gilgamesh's spear downward.
(OOC: Sand = dirt. Dirt = earth. Earth = sand.
... I've got a jar of dirt, I've got a jar of dirt, I've got a jar of dirt, and guess what's inside it!)
"Whoopsie." Meta uttered. Her hands aimed downward, she focused her mind on increasing the gravitational forces between her body and the Earth as she deactivated her ability to fly, and immediately shot downwards, quick enough for the attack that Electra fired to miss her by a hair's breadth.
Her mind went racing. What is powerful against lightning, wind and darkness? She thought.
"Earth, heat and light?" She guessed for herself to try and answer her own question. "Wait, that's just crazy. I mean, whoever ever heard of Holy Magma?"
Just then, a light went up inside her. "Gilgamesh, no doubt." She thought. It seemed to her that up to now, he was the one she could trust most and could answer the most questions she had.
She smirked. "Alright then, holy magma it is."
As Electra made herself into an X-shape to send her evil wind all ways around her, Meta made a large shield of earth rise up in front of her to not only block it, but prepare for her next attack.
(OOC: How is a being of evil going to use the light elements, which can only be used by warriors of light?)
Saikou looked to his left, and saw that they were very close to the water, now. Just a couple good hits... He thought to himself.
"Well, guess I had better help." Derek thought aloud, his blade resting on his right shoulder, and the hilt gripped loosely in his hand. He started to walk toward the fight, and then popped the blade off his shoulder. He tightened his grip on the hilt, and then latched onto it with his left hand as well. I'm coming Electra... He thought as he started running forward. He jumped high into the air, his sword spinning quickly above his head. "BlessedEarth!" He cried out, and his blade became covered by a white rock-like substance. By now Electra's Yakunan-Kaze was gone, leaving her wide open for an attack. As he descended he held onto the handle of his sword with all his might, and then when he was at just the right distance he slashed Electra hard across her torso.
"Chaaahh!!" Electra cried out in pain as she flew backward from Derek's attack.
Derek spun around in mid-air, lifted his sword above his head again, and quickly descended down to the sands. The instant he hit the ground he slashed his blade into the sands, and shouted: "Ground Claw!" A huge blade-like piece of BlessedEarth rose up before the tip of the sword, and raced toward Electra.
Electra was still a little dazed from the slash, and was unable to guard against Derek's Ground Claw. The attack hit her hard, knocking her all the way over to the water. She shook herself out of the daze, and focused on her opponents. What are you planning? She thought to herself, and it was just then that she saw the water that was about 45-feet below her.
Edited by Juno on May 21, 2007 at 12:25:33.
(OOC: She's not, she's planning on using Earth and Fire infused with Light, like a substitute.)
Michael yawned and stood up, flicking away another burnt-out cigarette to the ground. This time, he didn't take another one out, but stepped forward as if on an invisible staircase. And in that movement, he disappeared, phasing out of existence and appearing once more across the desert, at the edge of the Nile, settling down on its banks and looking up at the battle. He placed his hands in his pockets and smirked.
Something flickered at the edge of his conscience, however, and he frowned, turning his head to look across the desert sands, southward.
And he felt a growing darkness gathering somewhere above the continent.
"Interesting," he muttered, looking back at the battle while keeping a part of his mind monitoring the slowly-increasing nexus of darkness.
As Meta prepared to fuse the element of fire with the earth, her mind clicked somewhere, and she changed her plan. Heat makes air rise, that'll only help her. Plus, she could take energy from it. No, I need cold, to make her go down more easily, and to allow her own energy to flow away instead of my own.
It was then that Meta flew straight up into the sky, at the moment that Derek started to move towards the great bird. As her hand rose up higher, a large amount of earth came loose from the ground and gathered together to form a great chunk of earth in mid-air, and she tried to gather ever more of it to make it at least as large as Electra herself in her hawk-form. She withdrew any possibly heat energy it could have had within it, converting it into gravitational energy, so that it would drop faster towards the earth, and also so that it would become incredibly cold. Not so cold that the air itself would liquefy or anything, but still cold enough to make a polar bear shiver slightly. Her eyes lit up somewhat as she added light energy to the large sphere of earth, so that not only would Electra fall because of the great amount of mass and gravitational energy it possessed, but also the air around her would be forced downwards as it cooled to a much lower temperature very quickly, leaving little escape, and third, to also blind her with the light the chunk now emitted, enough light to be called brighter than the full moon. Making no sound as to not alert her foe prematurely, Meta threw forth the large sphere of incredibly heavy, incredibly cold and incredibly shiny earth, aimed perfectly for Electra, aimed as such so that it would knock her clear into the sea upon hitting her.
Edited by Morphman on May 21, 2007 at 18:59:41.
(OOC: How can Meta, an evil being, use light?)
Electra saw the attack coming, and transformed into her Kuro-Raikou Body form. She shot up, and through the chunk of earth, and then returned to normal.
Derek reacted quickly when he saw the piece of earth start to fall. "Shujou!!" He called out, and the Za-Fuzen leader came flying toward Derek.
Derek jumped onto Shujou's back as he swooped down beside him. He stood on the demon's back, his sword at the ready. With great speed Shujou flew just below Meta's attack, and then Derek took the flat side of his blade, and knocked the chunk of earth back up into the sky.
Saikou quickly realized the plan at hand, and shot a beam of AngelWater at the freezing cold rock. Once the AngelWater hit it froze, thus becoming GodlyIce. He then flew at the attack while a few Za-Fuzen occupied Electra, and punched it hard with his right fist.
The attack flew at Electra with amazing speed, and by the time the Za-Fuzen had left her alone it was too late for her to do anything to prevent the frozen piece of earth from hitting her. Her eyes widened a mere second before the attack crashed into her, sending her into the large body of water below.
Saikou, Derek, and Shujou landed a few feet away from the water, and watched the huge splash with a sense of victory.
(OOC: Same way Ziatoch can. Light and Darkness are just that: light and darkness. Light is not innately good, darkness is not innately evil. A being of light can still be evil, a being of darkness can still be good.)
Michael watched as the fused Ancients, the human, and the demon landed a few feet behind him and off to the side, then turned at the rising pillar of water that designated where Electra had struck the ocean. "It's not over yet," he muttered, frowning.
(OOC: Exactly what RD said there. Now if she had been using "GoodEnergy" or something like that, then something is not alright, or the user is just *good* like that.)
Meta looked on as the attack she had used was dodged, but re-cycled somewhat to still knock down Electra into the ocean. With the amount of salt in it, the electrons within the lightning hawk's body would surely be spread out quickly, essentially ripping apart Electra in the process.
"Well..." Saikou said as he started at the water. "One down, six t-"
Suddenly another huge pillar of water erupted, only this time it wasn't due to something going into the water, but something coming out of it. Electra was alive, and enraged. Her body was sparking with Kuro-Raikou, and her fists were clenched tightly. "I'm not done yet!" She exclaimed.
"Oh yes you are." Saikou said, and then flew into the air, all the while powering up an attack. "Torpedo Blast!!" He said loudly as he once again fired his Torpedo Blast.
Electra fired a bolt of lightning at the attack, but it was useless. The powerful blast of AngelWater struck her hard, sending her back into the water. This time, instead of a mere splash, an explosion occured.
The Za-Fuzen put up barriers of Gouka around themselves, Derek protected himself with a dome of earth, and Saikou put up a sheild of AngelWater. After several seconds the explosion had passed. There at the edge of the water was a young woman with white angel wings, and long black hair. Her atire was very similar to Electra's, only it was completely white.
"What the...?" Saikou let out as he looked down at the angelic being, which looked nearly identical to Electra.
Edited by Juno on May 21, 2007 at 13:53:15.
Meta hold up a hand to split the large amount of energy coming her way so it would not hit her, and closed her eyes. After the explosion was over, she started her descend.
"Oh, this is just great." Meta uttered as she came down and landed on the shore where the sea met the land. "Let me guess, this girl here is supposed to be the good half of Electra?"
Derek lowered his dome of earth, and the Za-Fuzen disposed of their barriers. Saikou landed a little behind and to the left of Meta, his shield no more.
Derek walked over to Meta, Saikou, and the angelic being, and said: "Not exactly." He stopped when he reached the young woman, and just stared at her for a moment.
The young woman's eyes fluttered open, and everything was quite blury at first, but soon cleared up. "Wha...?" She breathed, a confused look on her face.
"Electra." Derek said softly as he knelt down, and stabbed his blade into the ground to his right. "Electra..."
The young woman, now identified as Electra, turned her eyes to Derek. "Derek?"
Derek smiled, knowing they had succeeded. "It's good to have you back, kid."
Edited by Juno on May 21, 2007 at 14:13:36.
"Oh boy," Meta uttered, as her eyes suddenly widened and one eyebrow went up to twitch a little. She turned her body a little to look at Derek, and, her brow twitching slightly, said somewhat louder than before, "She is your daughter?"
Inside, Meta felt quite disturbed at the moment. She really did not mind killed giant monstrosities or even relatives of her, but this person was something wholly different entirely. Killing off someone she could use as a possible ally, as she thought that the girl surely was one of the stereotypical 'good guys', certainly wasn't her style.