The Great Papyrus (Inverted Fate AU) (
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melodiesofeternity2019-01-07 12:28 pm
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Player Plot: A (skele)ton of Work
Who: [AU] Papyrus and everyone else attending the expedition
When: January 7th
Where: The I.B. Magitek Tower
What: The I.B. Magitek Tower may rest on top of the ruins of Asura's temple. Thus, it's up to our heroes to investigate the tower in hopes of finding the great Eidolon within.
Warnings/Notes: Let's just say it's gonna get... topsy turvy. ;)
Everything is pre-arranged. The flight to the tower. The appropriate waivers. Naturally, everyone who accompanies Papyrus will have to sign to gain access- the Triumvirate was rather adamant about preserving the more confidential secrets within the tower, after all.
But once the appropriate paperwork gets signed away, the tower staff escorts the group toward the elevator. Though with the sheer turnout, it may take a few trips to get everyone down below.
[ooc: Info and sign ups are here!
As a quick clarifying note, here's the gist of how the temple and tower relate.
- Characters can access terminals on specific floors, which will open up stairways to an upside down and photo negative version of the I.B. tower without any people in it. Characters enter on the ceiling, which is now the floor, but must proceed to doorways that are on the floor (now the ceiling).
- The elevator does not function on these flipped floors, but it does function on the regular floors, which is what will allow them to skip around to key areas.
- For the trials, there are only terminals within three floors of the destination (as outlined in the comments).]
When: January 7th
Where: The I.B. Magitek Tower
What: The I.B. Magitek Tower may rest on top of the ruins of Asura's temple. Thus, it's up to our heroes to investigate the tower in hopes of finding the great Eidolon within.
Warnings/Notes: Let's just say it's gonna get... topsy turvy. ;)
Everything is pre-arranged. The flight to the tower. The appropriate waivers. Naturally, everyone who accompanies Papyrus will have to sign to gain access- the Triumvirate was rather adamant about preserving the more confidential secrets within the tower, after all.
But once the appropriate paperwork gets signed away, the tower staff escorts the group toward the elevator. Though with the sheer turnout, it may take a few trips to get everyone down below.
[ooc: Info and sign ups are here!
As a quick clarifying note, here's the gist of how the temple and tower relate.
- Characters can access terminals on specific floors, which will open up stairways to an upside down and photo negative version of the I.B. tower without any people in it. Characters enter on the ceiling, which is now the floor, but must proceed to doorways that are on the floor (now the ceiling).
- The elevator does not function on these flipped floors, but it does function on the regular floors, which is what will allow them to skip around to key areas.
- For the trials, there are only terminals within three floors of the destination (as outlined in the comments).]
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Even if he takes a massive amount of hurt from this stunt, that's alright, because he can mitigate that. He's charging for the control panel as fast as he can, zigzagging across the floor and slapping his fist on the big button! There's a big button, right? There's always a big button. If there isn't a big button, that would mean Serge has just done something extremely stupid for no reason.
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Though before he gets too far, the metallic hatch up above opens, and a ladder drops down. Those lacking in mobility will find it a much easier way to proceed to the next doorway. In fact, Papyrus halts in his hovering for a moment.
"WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY CONVENIENT!!!" That being said, he turns to Frisk. "BUT FRISK, I'M ALL FOR CLEVER QUIPS AND FLASHY MOVES! I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO LOWER YOUR GUARD. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL BE WAITING FOR US ON THE NEXT FLOOR..."
On the positive side, they'd find no turrets this time. On the negative side, something far bigger awaited them. A large, scorpion-like robot, joined by two more Magitek armors.
As the group progressed, they'd find the Scorpion robot readying its Search Scope for any convenient targets.
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The Eidolon was pretty beaten up from their last fight, not nearly at his full strength, but he nodded anyway. One more hit and he'd probably be out, though.
Regardless, he and Finn split from the group to get on the edge of the smoke screen before casting another Thunderstorm at the target. It could paralyze it or something, sure, but Finn was more keen about getting the thing's attention away from the others.
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Klonoa takes a deep breath... and flicks on that unassailable smile. Just being around him, everyone can feel his Inspiring Presence, making them able to take more punishment.
"You can do it, Finn! We know you can pull through where it counts! Frisk needs help, give it everything you've got!"
The Inspiring Cheer fills Finn and the eidolon with the most powerful kind of strength there is: emotional. They gain an extra action.
Extra Action!!
Ramuh, apparently affected by Klonoa's sheer existence, too, hummed deeply to himself before striking another Thunderstorm harder than the first, raising the chance of paralysis from 10% to 20%.
Re: Extra Action!!
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Unfortunately, one of the Magitek Armors decides to pursue, firing off any icy Magitek Beam. The other tries to rush at Klonoa. However, as the enemies launch their attacks, Papyrus unleashes Bone Barrage, sending magical bones flying across the field!
The first Magitek armor staggers midway through launching its Magitek beam. A close call, to be sure! All the while, Papyrus' gaze darts around the arena.
"FRISK! FRISK? ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?" Wait. Maybe he shouldn't be so loud. Who knows how smart the AI is?
As for the Thunderstorms, the electricity makes the Guard Scorpion twitch and whir, but while both attacks land hefty damage, they aren't quite enough to paralyze. Drat!
"I WONDER... DO YOU THINK IT'D BE WISE TO WORK ON BOOSTING OUR PERFORMANCE? I COULD TRY TO WHIP UP SOME CONCOCTERESTS IF NEED BE."
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"Drupah, Papyrus! I don't know what that is, but go for it!"
Klonoa then makes a break for it, leaping at the ice beam armor and firing a wind bullet! That's an amusing sight, the armor turned into a balloon, held suspended above the wind ring as Klonoa dashes back into cover as best he can!
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But Finn stepped in front of him, brandishing the lightsaber. "The big one's the primary target. We'll handle the little ones." Little being a relative term. Still, he planned to protect Ramuh as the Eidolon fired Thunderstorm at the Scorpion again.
"It can't hurt, right, Papyrus?" he asked... then, uh- "Right?" Because clarification was important.
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"Trust me, Papyrus, I'm fine. You'll know if I'm hurt!" they yell over the clangor of battle before disappearing again. Although, truth be told, they were a bit... worried. The tower seemed to be following pretty standard game logic so far, which meant that whatever was on the next floor would be even more of a pain to deal with than this one.
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"Hey, other Frisk!" He makes a little donation of borrowed time, casting [Haste] on the ninja. "Knock 'em dead!"
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With focus directed to the Scorpion, the non-inflated Magitek Armor readies its next attack. Briefly, Papyrus weighs his options. Does he Barrage again? Ready those concocterests? Perhaps even a scientific spaghetti? A Bone Barrier might help, too, but hmm...
For now, he'll launch another Bone Barrage, stunning that very same armor.
Which is a problem because the guard scorpion's tail is up.
Which means that as soon as it takes the hit, it retaliates by firing off its Tail Laser upon the whole party, dealing some pretty hefty damage.
But, hey! At least neither Magitek Armor got to attack this round!
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Locally, there's something like a tape rewinding, as [Time Slip] restores him to the state of a few seconds ago. "Papyrus! Don't do the thing- ah, crap, it doesn't work like that-"
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And then the Tail Laser happened.
They barely managed to flashstep out of the way, but they doubted the others were so lucky. This fight needed to end now, before the Scorpion could press its advantage. Time to experiment.
Haste kicks in, giving Frisk enough of a speed boost to get this party started. Raising their hand up to the floor, Frisk summons their SAVE Star, which begins glowing almost blindingly bright. "Okay, I am done!" they yell. "In the name of whatever planetary bodies are in Vaikuntha's solar system, I will punish you!" The yellow light eventually completely consumes Frisk.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
DETERMINATION MODE ACTIVE!
ALL ATTRIBUTES +200%!
HEALTH DOWN -20% OF CURRENT VALUE EVERY TURN!
When the glow fades, Frisk's outfit is... different. For one, they're wearing a fancy black labcoat embroidered with flames over a suit of golden armor. A scarf completely identical to Papyrus's flaps heroically in a nonexistent wind, and red anime shades have replaced their glasses.
Despite their far heavier armor, Frisk still manages to flashstep again--they still have another round of invisibility, after all. When they reappear, they're behind the Guard Scorpion, massive anime sword extended to the side after an Assassinate and weak physical combo from Justice Mode that's too fast to track.
Attack Potency +250%
Skill Damage +250%
Speed +250%
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He dashes back into the open, carrying the inflated armor with him--
Wow. Frisk looks...
"Looking good, Frisk!" He calls out, before spinning around and hurling a Kinetic Volley at the scorpion--or rather, launching that inflated armor at it bodily for a double-impact! There's nothing like using your enemies as your weapons!
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"No more... I won't let you hurt me or my friends any more!" Sasami shouted. She was going to get serious now. Forget the Wind Magic, she's dropping Holy on all of those machines!
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With Finn taking such heavy damage, blown off his feet and on to the ground, Ramuh crackled like static and vanished. Well... seemed like he was the one in need of protection now. "Dammit." He hated being in this position.
He used Partial Summoning again, only this time it was Titan that tore through the ground to stand in front of him. Frisk... probably had this for right now.
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The Guard Scorpion takes all the hits, but as it was still in its defensive phase, it lets loose yet another Tail Laser.
The laser clips and strikes the inflated Magitek Armor. That, combined with the Holy seem to take their toll on the armors, while Finn's clever use of Titan should at least shield him from the brunt of the laser attack.
The other Magitek Armor takes significant damage from the Holy Spell, while the Scorpion begins to spark and tremble. Despite its counter attack, the combined assault is proving too much! The formerly inflated Magitek-Armor explodes.
The Scorpion's tail is down. Now seems like a good time to finish this!
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Using [Stave Mastery] with a physical attack. Uncertain how much it boosts attack with staves, but maybe a C or B?
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Only one thing for it. "The big one!" he says, pointing at the Scorpion. Frisk was on the move to attack, but they could at least make the target a little easier.
Titan seems to groan in agreement before lifting his gigantic arms above his head and sending them down to the ground in a Geocrush.
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BOOM!<
Bits of metal scatter through the air, though Papyrus tries his best to deflect the brunt of it with a well-timed Bone Barrage.
Once the air clears, another hatch opens. Another ladder giving them easy access to the next and final floor.
Panting heavily, Papyrus switches from Cool Scientist to Chemist temporarily.
"BEFORE WE PROCEED, PERHAPS WE SHOULD HEAL! WE STILL HAVE ONE FLOOR LEFT, AND THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT AWAITS US NEXT..."
So he'll go ahead and start by mixing an Ultra Potion to share with the others.
Interestingly, it would seem that a little slip of paper has drifted down amidst the wreckage. It reads...
Three faces. Three treacherous phases.
Brute strength, magical malice, invulnerability and healing to stave off the impending assault.
Its faces controlled by ancient stone. Tread carefully, those who seek the final key.
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