[IC Board] All the World's a Game - Season II

Washington D.C | Temen-ni-gru

The great Papyrus didn't seem to understand what anyone meant about Mida saying a swear. Weren't dams what beavers built? But he kept his thoughts to himself until he heard the queen compare the twilight to his good friend Undyne. "Wowie! We should have cooking lessons some time! Did you know that cooking food actually makes it taste better? Who could have predicted that!?!?!?" he said to Midna and Toriel as he followed the others to the massive door.

Frisk was a little too distracted by the way holding her new weapon made her feel. It was like she had used it every single day of her life up until now. Like using it effectively would have been easy. She didn't normally like to use weapons or committing violent acts against others, but she also understood that it sometimes couldn't be avoided. the enemies she encountered here would surely be powerful, and the worn dagger she used to defeat Asgor and Omega flowey might not be enough to defeat them.

The weapon made her feel comfortable, safer than she had before, but for more than one reason. Not only did her ability to survive increas greatly by obtaining this weapon, but having a little voice talk inside her head just felt natural somehow. Cerberus was no Chara, but he was close enough. But what did it mean? Did he want her to find the actual Sparda? Or maybe he wanted her to find his power. She wasnt' sure what her new friend wanted exactly, but she was sure she would figure it out if she kept going. That's how these things usually worked.

Frisk finally snapped out of her trance like state when she heard her mother and Papyrus speak. "Bet she can't suplex boulders." Frisk said in a joking, teasing manor as she followed the skeleton and the others into the next room. Whatever new dangers lied ahead, she was determined to find Sparda.

Paris, France

After Efina finished eating the lie, she idly waited for her mother to get off the phone so they could move on and do something else. Weather it was detective work or playing a game, she didnt' really mind. she was just happy to be spending time with mama. She did however make a game out of following her mother's tail as it swayed too and fro behind her.

Washington D.C | Temen-ni-gru

As the group entered the main central corridor of the tower. They were greeted by a large statue inbetween 2 stair case that line the cylindrical walls before both ending at a separate door at the end of each staircase. If they were to look up they'd see that the tower seemingly goes on forever, and that some staircases don't seem reachable. Either because they were blocked off by what seemed to be iron grates, demonic flames, or just too high to reach.

The statue in the room was large. At least as tall as a 2 story house. It was that of what seemed to be an angel with 6 wings wrapped around it, all the while it was holding a large sword carved in stone and some kind of giant lantern with a candle inside it for light.


Seeing this Julius looked around the room, and seeing the two doors he responded.

"Two doors. Don't know where they will lead us. Perhaps we should split up. Any ideas?"

"Hmm... I'll take the left door. I'll take Pit with me well. Toriel, Midna, Papyrus and Frisk. If you either of you wish you can join me. Though I'll probably be trying to do some research of this tower with Pit." Palutena replied as she turned to the others. Pit being as obedient gave a quick salute and "Yes Palutena!" before following her up the left staircase.

Leaving Midna, Julius, Toriel, Frisk, and Papyrus together...

"Well now that was quite... a sudden plan. I guess I'll take the right staircase. Papyrus if you wish you can join me. Someone better follow Palutena though. She's powerful, but sometimes she can be a little forgetful and though she may have Pit with her she might need as much help as she can get. Toriel. How about you come with me as well? I could probably use someone like you with me. Midna you seem like you could potentially help Palutena out more. You two seem to synergize well anyways." Julius spoke as he was about to take a step towards the right staircase before he stopped again.


"Though that does not mean you have to listen to me. I honestly don't mind if any of you choose to go with Palutena or not. Besides I'm used to going through large forboding fortresses on my own." He said as he continued walking towards and up the right stairs.


((will post for Paris soon.))

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The armor clad skeleton didn't have to give it too much thought. While he hadn't known any of his new allies for very long, the vampire hunter had already fought along side him and had even given him a special charm to protective him from the tower's demonic energy. He followed the vampire hunter towards one of the doors as requested. But one thought weighed heavily on his mind. "I hope Sans is alright." he said out loud as he followed the man.

Frisk who was trailing closely behind the skeleton reached p and tugged on part of his scarf that was hanging down low enough for her to reach. Once she got his attention, Papyrus turned around ad looked at the small child. "Hm? What is it Frisk?"

Frisk dind't say anything, rather she just opened d her right eye as wide as she could using her finger and her thumb while making a very 'sanslike' grin. After seeing this Papyrus smiled back at her and patted her on the head before speaking. "You're right human, Sans can take care of himself. But you..." he paused for a second before picking up the tiny human and placing her on his shoulders so that she wouldn't have to walk as far. "The Great Papyrus will take care of you! nyehehe."

The child smiled and together, her and the skeleton followed the vampire hunter into the unknown.

Observation Deck - Sector 4, Prometheus Labs - London

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"Yay! Yay! Yay! Let's get ice cream!" Flandre merrily cheered as she hopped around the room. It was of course clear that, in her moment of delight and joy, the little vampire was blissfully unaware of the rising tension between Cole and Flandre's SPARTAN friend. In fact, one could feel it in the room; filling like a soupy toxic gas. Potent enough to kill but not easily noticeable. Yet the little girl continued her merry skips and she was certain let people know of her innocent joy.
"Come on, Cole! Let's go!" Flandre tugged at the conduit's shirt in playful manner. It was quite clear that Flandre was not the kind of girl who could sit still nor wait for her delicious frozen treat.

Snapping his attention away from his less-than-hospitable SPARTAN associate, Cole looked at the smiling vampire and observed her little jig. It seems even Cole too saw Flandre's innocent ignorance. Despite the slight back and forth, Flandre still continued to dance and twirl. It was as if she had no clue as to what was going on. As to how brutal things can be. To Cole, this was a sure sign to him that Flandre shouldn't be brought into this mess. Despite everything, Flandre is still a little girl. Far from innocent. But definitely not a girl who knows how the world truly works nor what Cole has been through. Of course, who the hell would understand Cole? Definitely not Flandre. While both of them have been dragged from their world, torn away from people they once knew, Cole had it worse. Much worse.

"Ok. Let's go, Flandre." Cole replied as he slowly trudged towards the door. It was clear that he was still out of it. The toll taken on him from his brash and impulsive actions was a steep one. It was only a matter of time before Cole would be back into proper condition. Perhaps some electricity could solve that. Though where could Cole go to tap into some...?
And for the sake of Flandre's innocence and for his life, Cole turned his tension away from Alice and in towards himself. For what it was worth, Cole shouldn't go pursuing more enemies and rivalries. He already has enough of those for one lifetime. Maybe even two. The best Cole could do now is not act so angry towards those undeserving. He knew this well. But it seemed his time in this world had dulled that.
Though Cole did still honestly believe Alice could have stood to be a bit more polite and understanding towards Cole. Though, perhaps manners weren't necessarily part of SPARTAN training. A shame. Sometimes, protocol isn't everything.

Paris, France

Hearing the voice of the inspector along with her introduction, Dr. Wily immediately recognized it... Carmelita Fox. Her voice was both music to his ears, and a bit fear-inducing. She know how much punishment she could put him through should he refuse to cooperate. However he also knew that her being a rather famous officer of the law could easily help in clearing his reputation. As such he had a rather intriguing response.

"Ah Inspector Carmelita Fox. It is a pleasure to meet you despite the circumstances. Now I hear that you are having potential problems with what you assume to be Robot Masters yes? Well you have found the right person to talk with. For even though I absolutely DREAD my past, I am familiar with the nature's and abilities of the Robot Master's. In fact I have most recorded in my computer's database. I may not be able to track their current location, but I can find out where they have been with enough research. Now just tell me which ones do you think are causing some problems?" Dr. Wily asked in a rather formal, if not businessman-like tone as he spoke into the helmet. Obviously a scientist such as himself does have experience in talking publicly... or even when negotiating.



((Now these next two locations are for Mima's characters of Flowey, Marx and Magalor.))
Henir's Time and Space | Lobby


Meanwhile in the 'lobby' of Henir's Time and Space. Glaive stood atop one of the many large blue cubes in the area, looking into a small 'one-way' rift that he uses to watch the challenge unfolding with John, Nera, and Renamon. What he was seeing was quite intriguing. He was taking some enjoyment of how Nera was trying to get through to the fake copy of Master Chief... despite it being a fruitless task in how he had 'programmed' this copy.

"Heheheh... How quaint. Trying to reach out to the copy. Sadly I did not give their opponent the exact same personality. In fact this copy is almost hollow. Though the tactical and combat knowledge is their. What lies is a ruthless warrior with all the skill and lack of restraint a truly tough fighter requires. Mere words will not help you you Lucario." He spoke to himself in the empty space-like void that is Henir's Time and Space's lobby.

After watching a fair bit of the challenge the trio of 'heroes' are going through, he decided it was about time to check in on something that has... caught his eye lately.

He opened another small rift to view what seemed to be a flower. A simple flower with a actual face, yellow petals, and a green stalk. This flower was none other than Flowey... Flowey the Flower. Spying on him he noticed that it had managed to obtain a human soul. Something that... for this flower, is quite interesting to say the least. Knowing nearly full well who this flower is. Glaive snapped his fingers. Entrapping the flower in a small stasis bubble before he Glaive vanished.

On Flowey's end things would have gone completely dark as if he had blacked out, and when things would come back to normal. Flowey would find himself in an... all too familiar if not downright aggravating location.

The Ruins from his world. In fact he would find himself in that little patch of grass and dirt in that black empty room again. Though this time something was drastically different. The Ruins felt a bit emptier than usual. As if it had an... artificial feeling to it. Almost like it was just a copy. Not only that but someone was standing behind him... It was Glaive.


"Why hello Flowey. It's good to personally meet you." Glaive spoke in his almost emotionless tone as he stood behind Flowey.



((dont forget I have Kirby you guys))
Gensokyo | ???

It was a long ordeal. After Marx and Magalor had left, Kirby had quickly rushed out of the SDM and into the wilderness where he began looking everywhere. He was trying to find the two mischief makers as fast as he possibly could. Unfortunately he could not find them anywhere. They must have gotten out of the area rather fast. This left Kirby feeling rather... disheartened. He wanted to find out what they were doing here, and what they were possibly planning. But alas they got away.

Before Kirby stopped to turn to go back into the SDM, he looked up and saw Meta Knight flying off rather fast. Maybe Meta Knight saw Marx and Magalor. Perhaps Meta Knight could even help Kirby find them. As such Kirby took out his little pink cellphone with star tipped antennae that he uses to call the Warp Star. Quickly pushing the large star shaped button on the phone the Cellular device glowed before Kirby's star-shaped ride came flying in.

As the Warp Star flew by, Kirby hopped onto it and began flying towards Meta Knight in a rather hectic pattern.

Firestorm Citadel

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"Oh, thank you, thank you!" the little sprite cried out in happiness. The formerly reddened and deadened sprites became lush and green, much like the larger one. Not only that, but the dried up fountain filled with an orb of water.

"The fountains should be active now. Use the globes of water if you need to to get rid of shadow fire, it's the only way, and it blocks much of the castle." the sprite informed. HP nodded, looking to Takoizu.

"Then so we shall." HP moved over to the elevator at the far end of the floor as it churned to life, gate creaking open. Printed on the screen was a large devilish-looking skull, almost as if it were an omen.

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Henir's Time and Space

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Flowey was somewhat confused before he heard Glaive's voice echo from behind his stem. Petals flared slightly. He knew that voice.

"You know..." Flowey's form swiveled to face Glaive. "It's really, really rude to interrupt people when they're doing things, especially for... whatever this mockery is."

Flowey's face looked quite annoyed, knowing full well this place. "You can't even get the ambiance right. Hell, I could probably do better, and I will, when the time comes."

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Gensokyo

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Meta Knight's flight was interrupted by a quite familiar sound, his spherical form straightening upright and wings swinging him around to look at the Warp Star headed right towards him. The erratic pattern made him shake his head a little. Even after so long, he hadn't learned how to steer that thing more easily. Regardless, wings flapped to keep him in place, curious of what the Star Warrior may want from him.

Henir's Time and Space | Fake Ruins

Glaive sighed a little in annoyance towards the little flower. It was clear he wasn't entirely wanting to do this, but only a small part of him is like that... In all honesty is almost excited. Eager even to do this deep down. Flowey's comments though regarding how bland the replica of the old Ruins are does intrigue him. After all a bit of critique is always nice.

"Hmm... Yes. I am aware of that. Then again creating this place to the detail that it's currently in on such short notice is a feat in of itself. I could have done better if I was given time. However time does not flow naturally if at all in this realm. So I suppose I have no excuse. Anyways Flowey. How might you be? I have noticed that you managed to gather at least one human soul. You must feel quite accomplished." Glaive asked in his quiet, and rather emotionless voice as he summoned a chair to sit on behind Flowey.

"Getting ever so closer to your goal must feel satisfying... that is if you can even feel anything still." He finished with a dry chuckle... He then looked at the flower through his blank stone mask that has an opening for only one of his eyes.



Gensokyo

The Warp Star flew wildly with Kirby on it. It would fly forward before stopping, reversing before ascending, then rapidly descend downwards again. This does show that Kirby hasn't managed to get full control over the warp star just yet, but just as it seemed like he was about to crash into the forest below. Meta Knight could hear a faint "Poyo!!" Coming from down in the trees where Kirby had flown down... before suddenly the warp star and Kirby began flying rapidly and suddenly straight for Meta Knight.

Washington D.C | Temen-ni-gru


Both the goat monster and twili looked at each other, and the older of the two started speaking "Might as well follow his idea, you are faster than me and can mix that with your spells, I on the other side can survive more hits with my strength and magical support." she offered. Midna couldn´t ignore the fact that Palutena and Pit still needed another person to balance their strengths "You are right, Palutena might be good, but Pit is a speedster on attacks while she is more the heavy duty attacks from behind the front line. Julius is the balanced of your group with the skeleton being a powerhouse that needs to be guided."

So the two females went with their groups, Toriel with Julius, trident on her paw as some wisps of fire appeared from time to time, and Midna went with Palutena, a faint smirk on her face as she had some things to take advantage of.

Paris, France


Carmelita had a small smile on her face as she could feel the stare of Efina´s eyes on her, or more specifically, her tail ("Kids and their attention spans") she thought and said appendage moved more to keep the dragon girl´s attention while she conversed with the Doctor "Here is the thing Doctor, the sightings and rumors have gone through many of the robots, while some were easy to ignore for unnecessary paperwork, others have been confusing, even more with the recent days." she explained remembering the quantity of Robot Masters that she had seen in the files "I will have to give you credit Doctor Wily, you managed to make or program unique beings, but back on track, our biggest lead at the moment is Toad Man, we found remnants of what Proto Man guessed comes from Toad Man´s reserves, along with a stolen ice machine from Ice Man's workplace, which needed heavy duty equipment to take such thing.

The Inspector just knew that if things got public regarding the Robot Masters going on attacks, Wily would have the pitchforks and torches at his door step "I won´t lie to you Doctor, for what I can theorize, things will go worse before they get better, so if you need any kind of assistance for your safety, you have the police force to give you what you need to avoid dangerous elements."

Washington D.C | Temen-ni-gru


While Julius, Papyrus, Toriel, and Frisk went their own path up the staircase to the door. Julius reached his hand out as he was going to open it. But before he did so he turned to look at Papyrus and the others.

"Listen up. I don't intend to sound rude or anything, but even though I like working as a team. I'm more used to doing these kinds of 'adventures' on my own. So I hope you both can properly defend yourself, because if worse comes to worse I might not be able to protect you both. Thankfully Papyrus you showed quite a bit of potential on our way over here, and Toriel you have a strong aura of magic coming from you. Frisk... you're a definitely interesting case. You may be a kid, but you managed to tame a giant demon beast so that's something. Anyways are we ready?" He spoke to his group before opening the door.



Meanwhile with Palutena, Midna, and Pit

Meanwhile with Palutena's team. The Goddess, her angel guardian, and the Twili had already gone through their door to what seemed to be a rather surprisingly long corridor with a staircase going up before curving halfway through. The curve wasn't sharp, but it was enough of a bend in the hallway to prevent one from seeing what's on the other side.

Pit was too busy running up the stairs ahead of the two as Palutena was walking beside Midna. That was when the goddess decided to ask Midna something.

"Midna. This may be a bad time, but may I ask what it was like? In your kingdom I mean. I'm just curious." Palutena asked as she walked at a rather casual pace with Midna.


Meanwhile... Pit was running he eventually stopped as he noticed someone at the top of the stairs. From where he was standing compared to Midna and Palutena who were at the bottom of the stares. They could not see who or what Pit was staring at since it... or rather... he was just around the corner and out of sight from the Goddess and Twili.


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The Twili and Goddess could sense it though. The rather weak and faint feeling, yet eerily unnatural aura of a familiar short skeleton brother.

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Toriel made a dismissive hand gesture to ease Julius mind "It is alright sir Julius, we may look quite.." she frowned for a moment "docile, but we needed to be ready for fights in our world" she started explaining while getting closer to the vampire hunter, while the goat monster usually irradiated warmth and love, her tone as she spoke was serious "My kingdom went on a war countless of years ago with the humans, all because some narrow minded speciest people who managed to control their kind. So I understand what is at stake right now." she said while unconsciously forming a fireball in her paw and dissolving it, this going on a few cycles "I didn´t earn my title of Boss monster by being a politician, so if you need me to be your shield, don´t hesitate to ask, my trident and magic will be a wall of an inferno."

Meanwhile with the two angelic beings and the twilight one, Midna was mildly surprised by Palutena´s question "It would be easier to answer that question if we were at a study or a library, that way I could bring the hystory tomes" she answered with a joking tone, but then looked at the staircase they were heading at. "My kingdom is one between the light of the sun and the darkness of the night, for the light dwellers, it is a cursed place, for the shadow folk, it is torn for their mantle, but for me and my people, it is a balanced safe haven." the former royal spoke with a smile, but her eyes showed longing.

"We lived in eternal twilight, never being a day or night, but the in-between, while we had some problems with some of the farms since they needed sunlight, we managed to have a thriving and prosperous kingdom, our magic is in a sense, technological rather than the one of faith or elements, and with that, the twilight Realm kept progressing in its culture of people who didn´t look at the other person for who they were, but for who they are in the present." while the twili´s words were of an optimistic nature, there was something that just sounded wrong in her tone.