HALL OF THE DEAD "She's been a bit off... But on the whole she's still Kaida. Sucks I can't really do anything to fix that... I wonder if this is how HE felt," Aux sighed. "He who?" Seiza asked. Aux was about to speak a name, but more fuzzy memories came to now. "It doesn't matter," he said, as he tried to hide how he forgot. As the fog began to clear more, he notice Seiza was slowly starting to fade away. "What's happening?" "You faced your demons head on... no need for a spirit guide anymore. Guess I have nothing left to teach." Aux nodded solemnly. It was sad to see him go, but there was nothing he could really do to stop it. "Is there anything you want me to tell Kaida?" "Tell her to keep moving forward. I know her, she'll stop completely if she doesn't... and goodbye." Aux nodded again. "I will." He gave his arms one last good stretch. "On the bright side, finally gonna get some peace and quiet." Seiza smiled as he faded away fully. The fog cleared long enough for him to catch sight of Ananta. He walked up to her and scanned around for Luna. "You okay?" he asked her.
Aux summoned Bambi
"Alright, we get it; everyone hates everyone..." Alex walked back into the waiting room hoping to de-escalate things. "Luther, we got what we came here for, let's bail already...." He looked at the others still in the room and glared intensely at AJ. "And you! If some one offers to surrender without a fight- TAKE THE FRIGGIN DEAL!" He yelled at him before flinging a guitar pick at his head. He looked at the other semi=finalists in the room and tried to keep his cool. His eyes eventually locked onto Karina. "As for you... you're an idiot if you think you can rely on anyone but yourself." FINAL MATCH "This is it folks! The final match. David vs Goliath! Achilles vs the heel! The Final Match! Jecht vs Stratos!" 1) Jecht ████████████████ VS 10) Stratos ██████ "READY! FIGHT!"
Aux used Aeroga on Karina, Aux covered Karina.
Guild Hall Update 3.11 ABILITIES + Counterattack no longers gives CG during the counter AURA + All Aura combo finishers now add +100% damage as well as 1 hit. JOB + Ranger - Mage Gunner increases projectile by 100% (From 200%) + Ranger - Sniper now has a 50% chance of dealing a critical hit to aerial targets. + Red Mage - Red Slash now combines the MAG and STR stat for a FLAT damage cross slash. SKILL COMMAND + Strike raid cooldown increased to 3 turns (From 2)
Faust, AJ, Kel, and Beuce vanished in a puff of black smok as they were transported to the waiting room overseeing the arena. "And with that folks, we're down to our final four contenders!" Pain yelled into his microphone. His announcement was followed by uproarious applause. The Several of the walls separating each arena was lowered until the arena was shown to be cut on half by a giant wall. SEMI-FINALS "In AREA ONE, it's the one sided slayers of the season; LUTHER vs JECHT!" 1) Jecht █████████████████ VS 14) Luther █████████████████ "In AREA TWO, it's the lady with the hot temper KARINA, vs the man with all the luck right now; STRATOS!" 8) Karina █████████ VS 10) Stratos █████████████████ "READY! FIGHT!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HALL OF THE DEAD - AUX "Alright alright, enough with the guilt trip already..." a tired voice sighed. From out of the fog, a lean man with his hands in his pockets came into the clearing. Clayton turned to him, with his gun ready to fire. "And who exactly, are you?" "Friend of a friend you could say...." The strawberry blonde man looked down to Aux. "How yah doing, kid?" Aux looked up in confusion at the man. It was Kaida's guardian and librarian from Central Haven. "Seiza?" he asked. "You were expecting some one else?" he chuckled. "Yeah... how'd you get here?" Aux asked. Seiza looked around. "Well... same way all these other guys got here I suppose." "But... you're not..." Aux tried to struggle for an explanation. He was left behind in Central Haven, but No Heart would have needed him for something. "If I'm appearing to you with these guys, I'm afraid so. "HEY! We demand you leave him to suffer! He is to be punished for his beastly crimes!" Gaston announced. Seiza looked down at Aux for a moment. "He's some bad choice yeah, but... I wouldn't out him as a criminal." "His actions are enough to warrant his demise. He used both our desires against us into darkness. And in the end, we paid the price. He should be punished the same way..." Seiza looked to Aux. "You do that? Use darkness to get what you wanted? What do you even want with it?" Aux thought back to when he was a child about to depart with his grandfather -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLASHBACK 6 years ago... A young, thirteen year old Aux pushed down on his suitcase, making sure he had everything packed. He had a wide grin on his face as he couldn't wait to get going. His mom and dad showed up into the room with his mother holding her own arms in sadness. "Oh, my little man... Are you sure I can't pack you some more food?" "Mom, I'll be fine," Aux whined. His dad stepped forward, while comforting his mother. "Oh I'm not worried about you pal... It's that grandpa or yours..." "Kai, you promised you'd be supportive," his mother replied. "Izo, he only takes interest in him because of that key he has... Your dad's been obsessed with it. It's been running his life since before you were born. I mean why do you think he left your..." He stopped once he saw tears starting to stream down his wife's face. "Honey, I didn't..." "It's fine," she abruptly replied. She seemed very bothered by it, but wiped her tear as she turned to her son. "Look. My dad was never there for me when I was younger. But he's traveled many worlds. Learned so much that he could teach you. And I only want the best for you." She wrapped her arms around her son and hugged him tight. "Whatever you decide to be. I love you so much." She kissed his forehead and backed away. "I'm gonna see if your grandfather is ready..." she covered her mouth and left the room, not wanting to cry anymore in front of her family. His dad looked back to him ."You sure you want this. You know I'm no 'world traveler,' but I could tell you're getting better over at the auto shop-" "Dad..." Aux interrupted. "If I stay here, nothing's gonna change. I'm still just gonna be a dumb kid from a small town." "Look whatever those mean kids at your school said, it doesn't mean-" "But dad, they're right! I'm never gonna be anything here. I mean... I love you and mom and all, but I don't even know what I want to be. I'm bad at school, I'm bad at sports- I can barely keep up with you t the shop. Maybe... maybe this is what I'm meant to do." His dad crossed his arms and looked at his empty room. "But for five years Aux? That's the rest of your childhood. I mean, next time we'll see you you'll be a man." "A man that makes you proud," Aux replied. "Some one who's strong... and smart... and will never settle for less than what I am right now." His dad walked forward and hugged him. "Whatever happens, you can always come home. And regardless of how it turns out, we will always support you. So long as you keep doing what you want to do." His grandfather; Kurt appeared into the room. "Auxillius," he spoke in his harsh voice. His dad let go of him as they both turned to see the old man. "It's time." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I wanted to be stronger... Well, better, I think" Aux replied. "And for the first time in a long time... I think I am." The ropes vanished from around his wrists as he stood onto his feet. "And I've made bad choices. Horrible even. And I know I'll be accountable for it. But not by you." He glared at Gaston, causing him to vanish. He turned his head then to Clayton. "Everyday I think about what other choices I could've done. I thought power could've made those choices easier. But it didn't. They were just made harder." Clayton lowered his weapon. "You don't control me. I'll made up for what I've done. And if I can't... then I'l be receive my punishment. I'm not gonna let you or anything else consume me ever again..." Clayton vanished in smoke. Aux turned to Seiza. "Did No Heart do this to you?" "Couldn't tell you," Seiza shrugged. "This hall uses the memories of the deceased. I only know what your memory of the living me knew." Aux gripped his fist. "I'm sorry. If I didn't help him take Central Haven, maybe you would've escaped." Seiza looked at him and gave a weak grin. "How's Kaida doing?"
HALL OF THE DEAD - AUX Aux stared at Gaston as he tried to dart his eyes around to see if he could spot anyone or anything else in the room. "Don't bother boy... There's no one here but us." Clayton smirked Without sound or warning, Aux was tackled from behind and knocked to the ground. His hounds bound up behind his back. The figure that tackled him stood up with his boot on Aux's back. "No one escapes from Gaston!: the man flipped back his hair and pointed a crossbow at Aux. "Gaston?" Aux asked, tugging at his roped hands. Gaston propped up Aux onto his knees as Clayton lifted his chin with his shotgun. "Well, no one him but us. And him." Aux kept his intense glare. "Haunt me all you want, I didn't kill you. You let the darkness in your hearts get the better of you." Clayton scoffed. "Yes, I forgot that you were oh so holy and noble." "Naturally. Your allegiance with No Heart and the dark remnant was enough to ensure your pure heart remain in tact!" Gaston pontificated. "Hey, I never said I was perfect!" Aux yelled back. "Young man, we are not here to judge you... That trial is saved for someone else." Clayton said, holding his gun firmly. "We were driven by greed and pride in our life, but you were driven by your own darkness. While it didn't overtake you. Your decisions have cost lives... You've endangered those your travel with. Through them into darkness without anything to defend themselves." "And what about the deer from the forest?" Gaston asked as a silhouette of a female deer ran through the fog. "You think you're much better than us... But have the heart of the hunter. Hunting the weak for sport. I know I felt stronger when I hunted the Beast. I'm sure you felt the same..." Aux hung his head at his guilt. The darkness he carried felt like an unsatisfied hunger. Always wanting more strength. "You didn't pull the trigger... but you might as well have. Influence is just as responsible as action," Clayton replied. "I doubt you even remember the boy in the armor... what was his name again?" Clayton asked. Aux tried to remember but felt like any memory was all a forgotten dream. "Oh well, it doesn't matter now..." He held his gun and cocked it as Gaston lifted his head up. "Any last words? Maybe a regret or two?" Aux stayed silent as he thought of all his faults and bad choices. He replayed the moment of pushing Kaida and the others into darkness. What was he even doing with them? What kept him there? What made him think any of this was making a difference in their eyes? He's already done so much wrong. Much as he tried to do the right thing, they were still the choices that HE made. No amount of darkness could take the blame for his choices.
November - December 2019 This Month's Keyblades are 50% off! Happy 8 years of SOS! The rewards have been granted to their respective players! Stratos leveled up! (64) (65)
Aux wasn't necessarily set on freeing Marx anyways, but his willingness to play teddy bear to the giant three headed dog was still appreciated. "Okay... If that's what you want..." he whispering, moving towards the door. He cracked his knuckles and crabbed the door's jagged edges, attempting to open the door with brute force. As he grunted to try and proy open the door, he stopped once he noticed the skull shaped keyhole. He muscled his way through most of his enemies, he forgot he could actually use the keyblade for practical uses. "Oh, right..." He stopped pulling and summoned his keyblade, gently tapping on the door to unlock it. A magical seal was unlocked, opening the door a whole meter wide while making a brief, but abrupt sound. The ears of one of the dogs lifted, causing absolute silence in the room. The moment passed as the dog simply squeezed Marx tighter. "We'll be right back... 'Stay.'" he whispered to Marx as he, Ananta and Luna walked into the eerie fog of the next room. As the fog got thicker, Aux tried to make sure he stayed close to the other two so they wouldn't get lost in the fog. They had only walked into the fog for a couple of seconds but something was... strange. There was no sound. Light only coming from the lit flames of the underworld floating near the ceiling. The only sound heard was their own footsteps. He looked behind them as the doors were now closed. But how? There was no sound. No one closed it... Things were getting more unsettling by the minute. A cascade of flames engraved a message onto the door on their side of the closed door. "HALL OF THE DEAD." "Great..." He used his keyblade and tapped the door. No response. The keyhole was gone. As the three of them faced the door, a black tentacle was slithering it's way behind Luna. Without warning it wrapped around her mouth and dragged her into the fog. Hearing a struggle, Aux turned around in time to see her vanish. "Luna!" he called out, reaching out to nothing. It was dead silent again. He turned to Ananta. "Stay by the door..." he instructed. He pointed his keyblade above and tried to ignite a fire spell. Nothing. Blizzard? Thunder? Both nothing. Magic was dead down here. He felt the fog thicken around him an Ananta as she faded behind the thick fog. "Ananta?" he pushed his hand forward, and tried to touch her shoulder, but instead his hand landed on the door. "Ananta?" he repeated louder. The door was gone too. It's as if the fog was mysteriously seperating them. He swung his arm about, but she was already gone. HALL OF THE DEAD - AUX "What's the matter boy? Feeling a little lonely without your friends?" a deep british voice asked. Coming into view, the figure cocked his shotgun loudly. He came into view in his yellow hunter's shirt and pencil thin moustache. He pointed his gun at Aux. "Frightening to be alone with your thoughts. But then again.. thought is what seperates us from the animals." Aux glared at him as he uttered his name. "Clayton..." ---------------------------------------- HALL OF THE DEAD - ANANTA Having been seperated by Luna and Aux, she was all alone. While she didn't move, Ananta heard a light clapping sound as a figure moved towards her. "Y'know I didn't peg you for much of a killer, but you sure proved me wrong, huh?" Standing in his wife beater and miliary gear, Rourke lit up a cigar as he continued. "So tell my bright eyes... scale of 1 to 10.... how big a mess you think you're about to be in?" ---------------------------------------- HALL OF THE DEAD - LUNA Luna was thrown onto the ground by the tentacle as she heard a baritone cackle from the figure who took her. Pushing past the fog, Ursula twiddled her thick nails as she smiled at the princess. "Hello my dear... My don't you look pretty with your legs? I'm oh so going to enjoy removing them from you though... hmmm hmmm hmmm," she chuckled. A deeper man's voice came into earshot, as a lean, brittle old man walked into view. "Patience is a virtue sea witch... Besides, this girl still has much to answer or her crimes." Frollo stood tall over her as she was still on the ground. "We meet again sinner.... Allow me to graciously pass onto you... your JUDGEMENT." ------------------------------------------
In the sixth bracket, Sok nodded to Stratos as he covered up his face with his cloak. "Right right, man you guys keep busy" he chuckled. He waved his hand up and yelled; "I FORFEIT!" A puff of black smoke absolved around the short beast boy as he waved to Stratos. "Good luck best buddy!" He disappeared in the smoke that carried him away as the winner Stratos was jeered with booing for lack of a good match. In the fourth bracket, Hercules nodded to Faust. "She's very important to me. If I had only been stronger...." he lamented as he clenched his fist. "Even if I had my strength back... She doesn't have much time. Her soul is in the Underworld. I thought by competing in this tournament I could win her soul back the honourable way." He looked to the crowd that was cheering Herc to fight back. "But this... this isn't honour. This is glory." He put his sword back into his sheath. "Even if I won the tournament in time. Hades probably would make another backslide andmake things worse. I'm gonna find my own way to get her back." Hercules beat his chest to Faust. "Thanks for a good fight. I'm sorry I don't have the time to give you a worthy one..." He held up both his hands. "I yield." The black smoke enveloped him as he was taken out of the tournaments. Fans crying out that they had lost their betting money. In the seventh bracket, Fang smirked as she lifted her hands up. "Fair enough... G'luck tiny..." She disappeared in the puff of black smoke. In bracket eight, Vincent fell hard on his back from Kel's final uppercut. It was a clean knockout as he clawed glove twitch, trying to pick himself up. He sighed as he spoke. "Even though this doesn't hurt that much, I still feel the sting of failure..." He dropped his guns and lifted a hand up. "I'm out," he replied, black smoke enveloping him. -------------------------------------------- In the loser's waiting room, Alex looked to all the contestants that lost. He could feel the electrical surge that was running through his body from AJ's attack. Thankfully he got ringed out before unleashed the fury of his sound and thunder auras. In the room he found Laguna, Vincent, Fang, the hooded boy, Shadow, Nessus' near dead body, and Hercules. Hercules ran out of the room, murmuring to himself in trying to find Hades. The rest of the contestants left the room to find good seats to watch the other fights. Alex looked at the scoreboard, watching the active names still in the tournament. Along with Luther and Jecht, six of the SOS party members were still in the tournament. The name he was looking for caught his eye as he sighed in disappointment. "Dammit... He's here..." Alex didn't want to do more than he had to. Hopefully Luther wouldn't run into their target in the next round. --------------------------------------------- "Despite a lackluster first round, the horse guy at least bled a lot!" Pain yelled. The columns lowered into FOUR Sections. The players poofing into their respective areas. "L-lets get those health bars to normal!" Panic added, pulling a lever. As he did this, a large green wave covered the arena, healing all players. QUARTER FINALS "In ARENA ONE, It's AJ the electrocutioner VS the deadly JECHT!" 1) Jecht ████████████████████ VS 11) AJ ████████████████████ "In AREA TWO, it's the handicapable BEUCE vs the merciless LUTHER!" 9) Beuce ████████████████████ VS 14) Luther ████████████████████ In AREA THREE, it's the powerful KEL vs the mighty KARINA! 8) Karina ███████████████████ VS 13) Kel ███████████████████ In AREA FOUR, it's magic man FAUST vs buddy STRATOS! 10) Stratos ███████████████████ VS 12) Faust ███████████████████ "READY! FIGHT!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, In the underworld, the party was slowly making their way past the dark, three headed dog until the dog yawned and grabbed Marx, pulling him in like a teddy bear. Aux held his breath as the dog held a tighter grip on the boy.
"In bracket five, Alex dug his face into his hand. "I really... REALLY don't have time to deal with your little act of ignorance right now. I'm trying to HELP you! I know you have a keyblade and you came with the others, so just cut me a break already and tell me who you're with..." 11) AJ ████████████████████ VS 15) Alex ████████████████████ "In bracket Six, the boy was eager to answer his question but quickly covered his mouth, "Umm.... I can't tell you that. He gave me strict orders not to." The boy covered his mouth again quickly. "You didn't here that! Man I shouldn't have said that. Look, I wanna talk about all the cool stuff you guys did, but I can't tell you until he finds you..." He covered his mouth again shaking his head back, knocking some sense into himself. "Sok, you had one job!"He leaned his head back and stepped back on his clook, accidentally revealing his face and appearance. He looked to be some sort of anthropomorphic lion-boy. "AHH! Don't look at me!" He quickly rushed to get his clock back, but tripped over his own untied laces, falling flat on his face. An empathetic sight, but the crowd was just hardily laughing at him. 10) Stratos ████████████████████ VS 16) The short guy in the hood with the tail ██████████████████ In brack seven, Fang shrugged her arms. "Oh well, guess we can take the mental fight outta the occasion. Brute instinct it is then!" She leapt into the air by polevaulting high up and prepared to crash land right on top of Karina. 3) Fang ███████████████ VS 8) Karina ██████████████████ Vincent wraithed out of the way and reloaded his guns and continued supressing fire against his opponent. 4) Vincent ████████████████████ VS 13) Kel ████████████████████
Oh thank you! You have no idea how long I've scoured the internet for the "Destiny's Union" version from Toybox. Love the triumphant pick-up after Woody and Sora throw the shade. (Track 56 in case anyone's curious)
View attachment 50424 The battles wre not even a minute in, and a loud buzzer sounded. "AND LAGUNA IS OUTTA THERE!" Pain yelled. "Looks like Jecht is gonna show mercy!" "He barely laid a scratch on him before going down.!" Panic added The crowd chanted Jecht's name as the victor sat down with his legs crossed waiting for his next opponent. Lagun'as unconcious body disappeared in a puff of black smoke and was brought to the waiting room of losers. 1) Jecht ████████████████████ VS 5) Laguna ELIMINATED "In the fourth bracket, Hercules quickly ducked out of the way, only getting lightly singed by the Ice spell. "I couldn't agree more. I need that card badly. But I refuse to be given it without a fair fight. A true hero earns his victory!" As he said this, hercules drew his sword and tried to bend it. Struggling, the crowd began to laugh. "Looks like wonder boy can't is having some trouble!" Pain blared as he watched the fights. "Right no demi-god strength..." Hercules sighed. "Fine... We'll do it the hard way...." Hercules ran at full speed toward Faust, throwing his sword straight at the magician. 7) Hercules ██████████████████ VS 12) Faust ████████████████████ "In bracket five, Alex looked around at the walls surrounded the two. He looked back up to AJ and held his hands up in a peaceful attempt. "Look... I don't know who you are, but I know you're with the SOS. Just tell me who else entered the tournament and I'll let you win." He looked around to see who else was listening, but he kept his voice nice and low. "Do we have a deal?" 11) AJ ████████████████████ VS 15) Alex ████████████████████ "In bracket Six, The boy tilted his head at Stratos' question. "Fight?Oh... I was hoping we could just, y'know, talk. I mean nothing super personal about backstory or whatever, just more of a Q & A really. Like what was it like in the realm of darkness? No wait, How was the mark of mastery? Oh wait wait wait, What's your favorite world you've been to! Personally, I liked your adventures in Ohana Island, but I gotta say, I have a soft spot for Camelot." He stopped as he looked more down at his shoes. "Oh geeze I'm rambling again. Sorry, I know I ask a lot, I'm just so curious to know you guys better!" 10) Stratos ████████████████████ VS 16) The short guy in the hood with the tail ████████████████████ In the lucky bracket seven, Fang leaned on her spear. "Well well, you finally learned how to be a big girl, huh?" She twirled it around her weapon as she placed it firmly on the ground. "Shame really... Because I'm about to make you feel real small." Fang quickly kicked up he spear and threw it at an alarming speed, Karina only barely managing to evade it. As Karina looked back at the spear, Fang quickly ran to her and decked her in the nose with her elbow, before recovering her weapon. "Another thing you should know... I fight dirty" she grinned. Karina wiped the blood from her nose and summoned her keyblade. Throwing it straight forward, only for Fang to dodge it. As she moved back into her fighting stance, the keyblade came back like a boomerang from the strike raid and knocked Fang in the back of the head. Karina caught it, flashing her own grin. "So do I..." 3) Fang ███████████████ VS 8) Karina ██████████████████ Vincent lifted his guns and began to open fire on Kel, raining down bullets like rain. 4) Vincent ████████████████████ VS 13) Kel ████████████████████ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile in the underworld, Luna had opened the gate. The new surroundings were dark and gloomy, with an everlooming fog surrounding them. The colors were faded gray and blue stone all around them, as before them was a large gate into the inner sanctum of the underworld. But what was even more surprising was a giant black, three headed dog sleeping in front of it. As it snored, the stench from it's breath as it exhaled was almost unbearable. The sound was even more unpleasant. But something about the sight of it, trying to chase something was somehow asorable. "I vote we don't wake it up..." Aux whispered to the others. He began to slowly move around the dog, signalling the others to follow.
All the tournament combatants were transported in a puff of black smoke as they were teleported to the main stage. The stage for the tournament was defeated into 8 separate arenas. Combatants were cut off from communicating with players that weren't in their sector, making the battle very closed off, except for the audience. As all sixteen fighters were brought into the arena, the crown let out a tremendous cheer. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WELCOME TO...... THe UNDERBOOOOOOOOOWWL!!" Pain yelled into his underworld themed megaphone. The crowd cheered louder, as the fighters were put face to fave with their opponent. "We have the living! We have the dead! We have.... CARNAAAAGEEE! View attachment 50424 The crowd was unanimously hyped for the fights ahead. Pain and Panic took turns announcing. "In the first Bracket! The man clad in Denim and bullets! Laguna!" "And He'll be fighting the only dead guy to pass the preliminaries! The Manly! The Deadly! JECHT!" As the crowd cheered on, a giant scoreboard with health bars was displayed. Laguna rolled his shoulder back, now ready to be serious. 1) Jecht ████████████████████ VS 5) Laguna ████████████████████ "In the second bracket, it's the Mercenary who would sell his own mother for the right price! The deadly Ninja... SHADOW!" "Well... he's not wrong," Shadow shrugged. "And his opponent will be the guy with one arm! Let's give a hand for Beuce!" There was more clapping as it was apparent not much was known about the SOS. Shadow chuckled at Beuce's introduction. 9) Beuce ████████████████████ VS 6) Shadow ████████████████████ In the third bracket, it's the Centaur of Stomp! The monster that'll kick you in the head two times over! Nessus!" A large blue, monstrous centaur cracked his knuckles in front of Faust. "Let's make this quick, 'two-legs'..." "And he'll be fighting the spiffy fella in the black coat! Luther!" 2) Nessus ████████████████████ VS 14) Luther ████████████████████ "In the fourth bracket, It's the town favorite and peoples's champion! Hercules!" "And his challenger is Faust! Who we've been told is a street magician!... Wrong contest buddy..." Panic chuckled. Hercules drew his sword as he prepared to fight. "Sorry.... But I really need to win..." 7) Hercules ████████████████████ VS 12) Faust ████████████████████ "In bracket five, we have the blande kid with the blank face! AJ!" "And he'll be fighting the guy who dresses too loudly! Alex!!!" Alex looked up and scoffed at his intro. "Hey! SCREW YOU!" He looked back to see he was fighting one of the SOS members. He sighed, whispering to himself; "Great, Just great...." 11) AJ ████████████████████ VS 15) Alex ████████████████████ "In the Hades bracket of SIX, we have the lean cuisine fella with the black hair... Stratos!" "And he's up against.... wait, did this guy even write his name?.... Uhh... the short guy in the hood with a tail?!" The crowd clapped... but in a very confused way. The hooded figure in front of Stratos giggled in an almost... excited fashion. 10) Stratos ████████████████████ VS 16) The short guy in the hood with the tail ████████████████████ In the lucky bracket seven, we have some good looking dames!" Lots of hooting and hollaring followed. "Lady number 8 is angry and likes to take charge! Give it up for Karina!" "And she'll be fighting the tall glass o' wine in front of here! The ever so sleak and sharp; Fang!" Clapping continued as Fang look disgusted. "Stupid little pig man... I'll be sure to knock him double for that one." She looked in front of her as she twirled her spear in preparation. "Do I know you?" she asked, curiously looking at Karina. 3) Fang ████████████████████ VS 8) Karina ████████████████████ "And finally! In bracket seven is the creepy! The gloomy! and the super spooky!..." Vincent looked at Kel and whispered with his hand; "Don't worry, I don't think you're spooky-" "-VINCENT!" Pain finished. "Oh..." Vincent hung his head down. "And he'll be fighting the kid with the spiky blue hair... Kel!" 4) Vincent ████████████████████ VS 13) Kel ████████████████████ With akk combatants on the board, Pain continued to explain the rules. "Remember! You can do whatever you want in these fights as long as you STAY IN YOUR BRACKET! That means no flying or escaping the arena!" "If you manage to kick your opponent out of the arena! You win by knock out! If you can get them to yield, You win by default! And if you kill your opponent, well... They can try again next year!" The crowd laughed at the very dark joke. "Your health is tracked and every round you'll be able to replenish a bit of health. So it pays not to get hit, folks!" "Now with all that out of the way, let the tournament begin in 3.... 2.... 1.... KILL EACH OTHER!" The crowd roared as the battles began...
Guild Hall Update 3.1 ABILITIES New Rework, all abilities have been unequipped! - Air Combo levels will be removed. Only "High Jump" with "Combo" will be required to do air combos. - Combo Lv1 now costs 3 AP - Combo Lv2 now costs 4 AP - Combo Lv3 now costs 5 AP - Cover now costs 3 AP - High Jump now costs 2 AP - Magic Lock-On now costs 2 AP - Cheer now costs 2 AP LIMITS - Limits can be used at anytime and no longer require a turn to activate. MAGIC - 4th Tier Magic spells can be learned starting from Level 70. - Mine spell now only costs 2 MP. (From 3 MP) KEYBLADES - Ferris Gear - Ability "Glide" increases Air combos by 100% Power - Ever After - Ability changed to "Incantation" (Cure Spells extend Max HP by 5) - All for One - Ability grants 50% Crit Damage for every ally (From 25) - Atlantean Ark - Increase HP by 20 instead of 10. - Hidden Dragon - Ability changed to "Dragon Fire" (Increase Fire commands by 100%)
"Oh! That'll be-" Panic wasprepared to ask for the entry fee before being nudged hard by Pain. "Oh! You're in luck! Anyone carrying a keyblade gets to move automatically to the next round! Right Panic?" he winked "Oh! R-r-right! That's right! Free entrance to the key holders!" He smiled, giving them their numbers. "What! No fair..."Laguna sighed. He was immediately pushed aside by a man in ninja garbs, making a scene out of it. "WHAT?! I COULDVE GOT IN FREE!" The man yelled, his doberman barking alongside him. The cash hording man himself was Shadow. He turned to the group and spotted Beuce. "Oh... of course it's you," he sighed. His dog; Interceptor began to growl. "Down boy..." he glared. "For now..." "What are you complaining about? You already passed the pre-lims..." Laguna replied, pointing to the "6" on his shoulder. "Yeah... but I could've done it FOR FREE!" he argued. Panic finished writing down the numbers and slapped them on the SOS wielder's arms. "And voila!" Pain jeered. The numbers were as followed; 8 - Karina 9 - Beuce 10 - Stratos 11 - AJ 12 - Faust 13 - Kel "Stupid politics..." Shadow said as he angrily marched off. As he walked off, a tall, muscular hero with orange hair and greek armor strolled to the front. "You seem... familiar..." Vincent replied to the hero. "Yeah... he's kinda the town hero. You know.. The one with all the statues!" Laguna said as he pointed to a large one of him in the square. "Ahh yes... That's where I know you," Vincent added. He gave a hardy salute. "Hercules is the name...Looking forward to fighting the best," he nodded whole heartedly. His smile quickly faded though. "Wish it was all just for fun though... I'll see you guys inside...." He nodded, walking into the coliseum. "What was that about?" Vincent asked. "Who cares! We got a prize to win! Let's move out!" Laguna cheered, walking behind the SOS wielders and pushing them all in. "Only 3 spots left folks! Hurry Hurry!" Pain yelled obnoxiously.
"Pleasure to meet you Stratos and Beuce," Vincent replied with a light bow. Karina was right about one thing. It had been sometime since the group left Beast's Castle. "Yes, the castle has been deserted for a while now. Ever since the Beast and his servants left, things have been rather quiet. The village carried on after Gaston's demise and the dark creatures have subsided. Feeling no need to stay I left the world. And So I've ended up here... " Vincent recalled an earlier event that happened just before Beast and the other left. "That reminds me... The beast left who new companions who said if I should find noble key wielders, to give them a message... He says; 'We are still with you.' He was a small mouse named... Mickey, I think." "Huh? That's weird, something kinda similar happened to me," Laguna replied. "Some hot headed Duck named Donald." He looked over to the registration booth. "You guys better hurry up and get through the qualifiers. The top 16 slots are almost filled up!"
"Aux" he replied to Marx. "And Trust me, none of this is sitting well at all.... I smell a trap," Aux replied. "Hades seems like he's running things around here. At least for today. And I don't know what he's planning, but if he gave you a gate into his home turf..." He paused for a moment trying to piece everything togather. "What does he have to gain by letting us down there?" he softly spoke. Hades could be in allegiance with Ursula's group. Or maybe a threat entirely on his own. No one in town seemed to worry about him, so maybe he was distracting them. But from what? "From the sounds of things, everyone seems to be in a bit of a rut. Maybe they entered the tournament to blow off steam or something. Besides, it's just the handful of us for now. Even if it's a trap, I want to see what this Hades guy is being so sneaky about. Who knows? Might even find a weakness." He looked around to see if there was anything more suspicious above ground to explore. There didn't seem to be much aside from local events. "Not like we'd be much help up here anyways. I vote we explore the underworld. Probably find an exit down there anyways. I find this group gets suspiciously lucky that way... "so who else is in?" ---------------------------------------------------------------- By the tournament entrance, Pain and Panic, were accepting bags of coins while they let contenders enter. Pain was a small, portly, obnoxious, maroon colored demon. Next to him was Panic; his fragile, timid, thin doft green counterpart. "Man! I could really get used to this gig!" Pain said, counting the money. "Yeah, Too bad Hades doesn't care about money. He'll probably make us throw it away or something when he sees how much we made," Panic sighed. "You mean... IF! He finds out how much we made..." Pain replied. "If... If is good...." he smiled, the two of them continuing their jobs. From where the SOS contenders were at the coliseum gate. a voice called out. "Faust? Is that you?" A man with long dark hair and a jean jacket came jogging up to the group. "It's me, Laguna! Remember? There was that whole thing in Atlantis with the exploding commander. Good times... But it's awesome to see you and some more of your buddies! Small worlds am I right? So you guys gonna participate in the tournament?" Laguna was talking very fast for the group to keep up. Before he continued on, a dark skinned, large muscular man walked by. He wore a red bandana under his unruly black hair, sporting a black tattoo symbol over his shirtless chest. "Well if you are, they say HE's the one to beat... His name's Jecht. Only dead guy to make it to the round of 16." Another voice caught Laguna off guard. A low, monotone melancholy voice that sounded familiar. "Depends on your definition of dead. "Whoa!" Laguna jumped back. "Who the heck are you?" "Sorry... I thought I saw someone familiar and needed to be sure," The man donned in crimson clothes turned to Karina. It was Vincent. "Seems I was correct. Pleasure to see you again madame." "Man he's smooth," Laguna spoke under his breath. "It seems much has changed since our last meeting," Vincent replied, looking at Karina's new clothes. "For the better, I hope."
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Thinking about it, that's probably how Aux had been feeling most of the time. He had been focusing on helping other as more of a distraction then a kindness. He figured they were both just dealing with things in their own way. "Okay, just... Don't stray to far." He noticed that Faust, AJ, and Stratos had all left for the tournament, leaving only Kaida and Ananta remaining. He could see Ananta seemed to be going through some sort of rough time. Choosing not to let her and Kaida stew in their own heads together, he offered an alternative. "I'm going to the pier to get the others. Parrot girl, you're with me. You can find out if they're dead or evil." He mostly walked off, unsure if she would follow or not. In his mind he just wanted objectives. Something to keep him away from whatever empty feeling he was having. He managed to catch up with Luna, Marx and Steel at the pier. In his head, it seemed like he had seen everyone but Beuce since their arrival. "Good, that's everyone... Where's Beuce?" He asked. He looked down to see Luna was holding something as well. "And what's that?"
