melodiesofeternity | The Final Loop

"Months!" Plague Knight says, as the damage continues to roll in everywhere, as the Heroes of Light continue to take powerful blow after powerful blow, "I've been saving my gil and items for months, stocking up, eh... Ehehee! Months of savings, down the drain! You all..."

Again, another vial is thrown up into the air, and a second hurtled towards it with exacting precision, one impacting with the other in mid-air.

> Mix (Mega Potion + Mega Potion (Heroes of Light AOE)
Whole lot of expensive AoE healing.

"You all had better win!"

Tyzias is like a leaf on the wind. She flies through Adrien's strikes, batting one after another after another away, not a centimeter of movement wasted, but-- still. It isn't enough. Several of the blows snake through Tyzias's guard, scoring deep gashes across her body.

She grunts, stumbling back right into Corrin's Shadow Yato, the blade shoved directly into her guts. Thankfully, trolls have several auxiliary nervous organ systems--evolving on a death planet has some advantages--but it still hurts like fuck. What happens next is undoubtedly worse, however.

Tyzias hangs there, stunned for a moment, on the end of Corrin's sword. Some may mistake her for dead for how little she moves. Eyes glassy, face shadowed... but, after several seconds of tension, she slides herself off of the blade, still refusing to look at Corrin.

"You're right," she rasps, hoarse.

"I am a fuckin' coward.

"Always have been. Always will be.

"I could've done something. Anything.

"But nah.

"I hid away in my room, pretending that all the reading and studying and shit I was doing was anything other than an excuse to make myself sleep at day.

"...

"Cowards have a fuckin' purpose, though, bulgekelp.

"We're the ones who stay behind, quivering in our boots, and doing all the math and all the work so that when the real fighters come back they have something to come back to.

"That's what I was doing all those sweeps. I couldn't make the injustice stop--I'm not a leader or a mutant or what the fuck ever--but I could make shit easier for the people who did have the capability down the line. Give them a foothold, a weapon. Start chipping away at the foundations.

"Yeah, I never fought on the frontlines. Yeah, I'm a coward. At least by Alternia's standards.

"...but asterisks are a hell of a thing, aren't they? Sure wasn't this great of a fighter before I came here, despite all my 'inherently violent troll instincts.'

"You know, I've been meaning to give those a whirl." Tyzias turns around, and her smile is downright savage. Something you would expect off of a madman, not a law student. In a flash, she's... she's slapping Corrin with her fingerless glove. "Duel me, asswipe. If I'm such a coward, I should be easy to kill, right? You heinous, genocidal bitch." She chugs down a hi-potion as she puts her glove back on, healing herself, closing more of her wounds. "The rest of you, back the fuck off. She's mine."

> Hi-Potion (Tyzias | Single Targe)
Heals for a strong amount.

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This wasn't working, that much was obvious. They could try and deal with Adrien later- right now, they needed to deal with the Queen. "Sorry," came the apology to... the girl fighting against him. Vimes didn't know her, but he could see when she was having more success. "I think I'm making things worse, and if we don't take care of Ramaa we're all gonna be in trouble."

He turned, fixed his gaze on Ramaa, and dimly he remembered, an eternity ago.
Lance-Constable Carrot, charge this man!
Sam Vimes charged, bellowing in rage now, shield-first, straight at the Empress, white light collecting around the truncheon.

> Righteous Strike (Ramaa | Single Target)
Moderate holy/physical damage to a single target.
> Vengeance (Self)
Reduces damage received by 20% and deals back 10% of damage received for 5 turns.
Turn 4/5.

Things are charging up and it's making Dante pretty anxious, honestly. Lots of fighting, lots of healing, it's honestly getting hard to keep track of it all. Fortunately, there's a lot of healing going on, so he can take other actions to help around. Job Lore lets him make a quick shift over to Time Mage, where he's focusing his magic on Asriel.

“Hey! Time to make some magic happen!”

> Haste (Asriel | Single Target)
Allows an ally to use two attacks in the turn, at the cost of the Time Mage's turn. Doesn't stack with other similar effects.

Okay, Okuyasu was alive. Now to keep the rest of his friends that way. He was hurting, too, but he wasn't the worst of them. This thinking-of-others-first thing was starting to become habit after all.

Snow White knew it wasn't much, but it would at least do something -- hopefully enough for the moment. "Frisk!"

> Soinra (Frisk | Single Target)
Healing - medium strength (Manafication)
> Soinra (Frisk | Single Target)
Healing - medium strength (Manafication).

> Dualcast (Snow White | Single Target)
Can cast two spells back to back.
> Manafication (Snow White | Single Target)
Makes spells medium strength, Soin > Soinra. One turn left.

On one hand, Kuja looks to be back on their side now. Great. One more person to help tackle Ramaa. On the other hand, will it be enough? Everyone's still kicking right now, but Tilly hasn't done enough putting on the hurt, so now it's time to change that.

With her white aura intensifying, she and her chocobo start to channel their magic into her halberd, pointing it at the sky to call upon her strongest attack. The incoming Last Judgment is aimed directly for Ramma.

> Divine Stances: Pestilence (Self | Single Target)
The Pestilence Stance shrouds the cavalier and their mount in a white aura and adds special effects to all skills.

> Last Judgment (All enemies | AOE)
Imitation of the ultimate black magic. Summons a meteor to attack all enemies with a powerful dark attack. Lowers defense of all targets by 05% in Pestilence Stance.

For a brief moment, as blood leaks out of pretty much every place on their body, Frisk tenses up. Maybe this hadn't been such a good idea after--

And then Kuja breaks out of it. Tears intermingle with their extremely bloodstained clothing as they give Kuja a final squeeze, whispering, "I knew you could do it," into his ear before letting go. Of course, they follow after him on their jetpack, whooping, and... are those wings unfurling from their back?

Yup, those are definitely rainbow wings. They stop just in front of Ramaa, yelling, "DO YOU HEAR IT, RAMAA!" Strains of violin music are emanating from nowhere. "ALL ACROSS VAIKUNTHA, EVERY PERSON, EVERY MAN, WOMAN, CHILD, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN... ALL OUR HEARTS ARE BEATING AS ONE!

"AND WE ALL HAVE ONE PURPOSE: TO DEFEAT YOU!" Their wings grow massive, protecting the entire party from Ramaa's string of attacks as the music reaches a heartwarming crescendo.

> Hopes and Dreams (All Heroes | AOE)
Doubles the party's Physical Defense and Magical Defense until the end of Frisk's next turn.

Megatron hesitates for only a moment after seeing all the healing is looked after, before turning to face Ramaa and her beast. Despite knowing what she's trying to do and the consequences of failing to stop her, this is the first time since he arrived that he will have to inflict actual damage on another living creature. And despite it all, even after all this time, there's still that dark little thought in the back of his brain module asking if this is the time he won't be able to stop once he starts.

But needs must.

His tome flips to a different page and with a grim look he summons up a [Shadow Flare], sending it hurtling towards Ramaa, to do what he can before she releases all her stored-up power.

"Brace yourselves!" He yells a warning to the others.

> Shadow Flare (Ramaa | Single Target)
Dark medium attack spell on a single target.

Castor grits her teeth through Eye for an Eye and Hot wings alike, but she doesn't back down. She wipes blood from her face, smearing it messily along her cheek and arm as she stares down Raama's smug fucking face, unflinching in the protection of her magic. Castor brings her fists up and...

> BOOTSHINE (Raama | Single Target)
A Moderate damage combo with a higher chance of Critical Hits. Both Damage and Crit Rate scale with EXP.

As she re-centres after the series of blows (at least one of which she hopes broke Raama's nose,) Castor can feel the swirl of her own power finally coalescing around her, spurring her movements on faster and faster, and she attacks again.

> GREASED LIGHTNING (Castor | Single Target)
As battle drags on, you only go faster. Every 5th turn allows you to take 2 actions in one turn. Effects increase with EXP (every 4th turn @750 EXP).

> PERFECT BALANCE (Raama | Single Target)
An extremely powerful five hit Combo.

Buffs:
> BROTHERHOOD (Heroes of Light | AOE)
Buffs party member damage by 10% for 4/5 turns.

"Nngh!" Reno shielded his face as he was blown back by flames, wincing as he felt himself burning. "Fuck! Don't -- don't give in! We can't afford any more Melodies!"

Plague Knight's potions were a welcome soothing balm. Reno wiped his eyes with the back of his arm. Still alive. "I owe you one!" he called back to the little green man before running back into danger.

> Chaos Thrust (Ramaa | Single Target)
Powerful weapon combo against a single target.

> Dragon Heart (Reno | Single Target)
Doubles the potency of all attacks and skills for three turns. One turn left.

Asriel stares at Kuja, and slowly takes a step back, removing his arm as Frisk starts to go 100% anime on them while Kuja starts to go 200% final boss. "...I think you're already kind of overdoing it, but I'll--"

Wait, everything slowed down. What just--

Asriel turns to see Dante, having done what he was just about to do to Kuja, on him.

Best. Boss. Ever. Hands down. He is so asking for a pay demotion as soon as possible.

Asriel flicks back, and nods firmly to Kuja. "You're quick enough already, I'm going to make sure you stay overcharged for AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, GO AND KICK HER BUTT AND SAVE THE WORLD!" He says, letting the magic do its thing, the effect of his strong declaration rather ruined by the fact that he's slowly sinking back down to the ground the entire while he's talking to him, forcing him to shout into his cupped hands as his paltry flying taps out only a few feet from the crater.

> Extend (Entire Party | AOE)
Extend all buffs on the party by an extra turn. 1/3 stack limit.

Huh. Well.. there's that done. There's still kind of some time left before the impending horror, though. Can't make Kuja faster, what else should he..

Wait, is that that dog again?

...Sure, why not. Dog, Haste, electric boogaloo, whatever.

> Haste (Red Savarin | Single Target)
Act twice in one round, doesn't stack with similar effects.

Edited 2019-04-23 00:45 (UTC)

It was no small windfall to see Corrin stay her hand, let alone to see Kuja turn back against the empress. But between the frenzied pace of the battle and the pain and stress of the attacks he'd weathered- the riposte of swords, the flames of a dragon, the ravages of spellcraft in the... bright pink raw- the battle was almost starting to become a blur.

But with each hit, the •Adrenaline Boosts quickened his breath. His focus honed. Arcane current flowed through the DAHAK and burst through its seams. And by the time the sound of thunder had cleared the din of battle his ears and time itself seemed to slow down, thatenergy had starting showing in arcs, circuits, and circles across his body just as much so.

He was all too ready and willing to let it out.

Before he could even plan his next move, the arms of the DAHAK came crashing down on the Bahamut-egi, answering the fires of his attack with the full force of a •Magitek Wall brought to bear against him. But he was just getting started. And once he got down to work, there was just no stopping him.

And the end of the world would have to try a little bit harder than that.

Both arms were turned back to the Empress. That bright flow flared out from the palms once again, and arcane energy accumulated in crackling masses from both its palms. By the time it errupted, it had swelled into a fusillade. •Magitek Judgment. One after another. •Magitek Judgment. It was nearly an artillery barrage by the end.

He could only hope that it was enough to finish the job.

> Magitek Wall (Bahamut-Egi | Single Target/Counterattack)
Passive skill. Responds to elemental attacks with a weak sword combo.

> Magitek Judgment (Ramaa | Single Target)
Inflicts powerful non-elemental damage to an enemy. (Under effects of Magitek Armor = 200% Damage, on top of other buffs)

> Magitek Judgment (Ramaa | Single Target)
Inflicts powerful non-elemental damage to an enemy. (Under effects of Magitek Armor = 200% Damage, on top of other buffs)

> Sentinel (Madhuri | Single Target)
Raises defense by 10% (on Red) and takes all damage aimed at a single target (Madhuri)

> Magitek Armor (Red | Single Target)
Transfers to a Magitek Armor and shields the user with it. Skills can be used either by the pilot or by the Magitek Armor's weaponry. Skills used by the Magitek Armor have doubled efficiency.

> Adrenaline Boost (Red | Single Target)
Passive skill. Raises physical defense by 5% and attack by 15% for two turns upon being hit by a powerful, heavy or severe attack.
>Focused Ultima (Kuja) (0t)
>Shockwave (Kuja) (0t)
>Eye for an Eye (Adrien) (1t)
>Eye for an Eye (Adrien) (1t)
>Hot Wings (Bahamut) (2t)
+25% DEF, +75% ATT

Corrin is back to normal! Awesome! But, as much as she wants to help her dear friend, Ramaa had to be dealt with first.

"You'll pay for what you've done to everyone!" she shouted. She knows that her standard finishers won't do any sort of purification, but they'll still hurt. Time for a Precure Shooting Star via Spellcraft: Glamdring

> Spellcraft: Glamdring Precure Shooting Star (Ramaa | Single Target)
Fly into your opponent as a powerful comet-like force. 15% chance to purify an enemy, can heal an ally by 10%. Chances rises as enemy is weakened to max of 65%. Bosses are immune

When used together with a skill, delivers a basic weapon attack along with the skill.

> Power of Emotions (Self | Single Target)
Passive Skill. Depending on state of mind, gain or lose 1% bonus to stats per turn to a maximum of -5%/5%. Below -5% Disables the job. Current Level: +2%

> Leadership Material (Next 3 | AOE)
assive Skill. Can boost the stats of an ally by 5%. Number of allies increases per level to a max of 4. Current Level 3

Sasami had been petrified - she messed up when the Megaflare struck and she had been killed and reborn. It brought too many memories of the past again. But, it seemed that things were getting worse by the minute. She had to act.

No need to heal and the sky was cracking again. She had to do something and she knew what it was.

"HOLY!" she shouted.

> Holy (All enemies | AOE)
Ancient holy spell. Inflicts severe damage on all targets.

Casting a defiant grin toward Ramaa, Selphie points her staff in the Empress's direction. She knows that it won't count for very much, but it's better than nothing. With the added effect of the cold front from Serge's ability, the perky brunette opts to put one of their aggressor's on ice.

> Ice Master (Ramaa | Single Target)
Fires a low level ice spell at the Empress that has been boosted by Harmony, Melody.

S'reee considers the magic she knows as Red Mage; she's less practiced at it, given it beaches her when she switches out of Illusionist. There were enough healers, so she sang the words for Dualcasting Glacier twice. Ice seemed to be the order of the day

> Glacier (Ramaa | Single Target)
Weak elemental spell (ice)

> Glacier (Ramaa | Single Target)
Weak elemental spell (ice)

> Dualcast (Self)
Passive Skill. Allows to cast two spells back to back.

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The chord has changed, and Serge feels the shift. A woman's voice lifted in prayer. Incense and the rasp of a whetstone on steel. The hum of otherworldly power. The faint scent of bitter herbs and board wax... Sunlight on his face, far-off wingbeats. Home.

His eiku shifts in his hand, grip changing to hold it like he might a blade. "You think you can just get away with it, huh? Take away our friends, kill our loved ones, destroy our world- Well, you can't. Everyone in the world- no. Everyone in every world. Every timeline, every single person who lives, ever has lived, ever will live- they're all coming together, here and now! To beat you!"

White energy collects, magnified by the building chord. "You can't beat us! You can't stop us! We're the Heroes of Light! If you break our weapons, we'll beat you with our bare hands! If you break our arms we'll rip you apart with our teeth! And if you kill us, we'll just come back stronger and we will never! give! up!" He moves, then, too fast for the eye to see, leaving only a trail of white light in his wake.
"So quit complaining about the fate of the world and either help us change it or die. But we will not. Let you stand in our way."

> Dash & Slash (Ramaa & Bahamut-Egi | AOE)
Deals medium Holy/Physical damage.
> Harmony, Melody (Entire Field)
Boosts Holy skills by 45%.

Edited 2019-04-23 02:25 (UTC)

From out of the clouds, like a bolt from the red skies, Richard comes down from a mighty [Jump]. His lance sparked. His eyes narrowed.

Ramaa.

He flung himself at her, bright light shrouding his spear as he let off a crisp [Chaos Thrust] as he descends onto her.

> Chaos Thrust (Ramaa | Single Target)
Powerful single target combo.

Edited 2019-04-23 02:28 (UTC)

~~shhh, he's been here the whole time~~

Ravus raises his sword and points it at the empress. On Eos, he was unable to defeat the gods and save his world.

This time, his target is a human. She, he can face.

> Midare Setsugekka (Ramaa | Single Target)
Deals severe damage to a single target and absorb the damage inflicted to heal self.

[1000 Exp skill, so this is his one use for the hour.]

Yeesh, that blond guy was really giving them a run for their money the way he slashed across the entire field like that... But when he swiped her, Kid couldn't be bothered to give it more than a half-hearted block.

There's lacerations on her arms— but they're mostly surface wounds. She doesn't have time for that, focused wholly on Corrin, whose eyes once more flashed from that alien purple back to the familiar red Kid had come to know... and trust.

She felt alive during that combination attack, but the elation was short-lived, seeing her friend staring off at something; prompting her to look quickly over her shoulder to see... nothing.

When she looks again— there's a very angry troll on top of her, the chaos of the situation clearly escalating. At least there was some hope they were getting through to them!

There was a tinge of empowerment knowing that, so she grit her teeth, focusing power into the next attack... There wasn't much Kid could add onto Serge's speech, except for maybe—

"Say yer prayers!" as she launched herself on the offensive.

> On Board! (Heroes of Light | AOE)
Raises physical attacks for all allies by 10% at the beginning of the turn (buffs remains only for the turn)...

> On Board! (Ramaa | Single Target)
...then attack at the end of the turn with a medium attack. Potency of the attack increases by 10% for every ally that attacked this turn.

Rutile slid gracefully away from the crowd she'd been standing with, quickly trying to decide their next course of action. Their eyes seemed to always dart back to the empress, clearly showing concern for all of that casting Ramma seemed to be feverishly... building up?

There was a chance, but. Rutile had attempted this skill once already— before Phoenix had resurrected them. Perhaps there was the faint possibility that such magics may have replenished their strength to cast it again along with their health and potency when the Eidolon had answered the call.

Well, they thought, eyes narrowing. If there was any hope for luck to be on their side, now was the time. The gem rose their tome up high, trying once more to call upon the ultimate skill they possessed as a scholar.

> Succor (Heroes of Light | AOE)
Places an adloquium shield on the entire party.

( wasn't sure if the first one counted since it was before ~~they died~~, the form + actual battle start, sob.... .////. )

...This really isn't good. Adrien needs help--he needs help and he needs to stop hurting his friends. But Klonoa looks at their true foe and blanches. He steps back swiftly, and holds the Wind Ring above his head. Adrien will have to wait--right now, it's his turn to protect them. All the healing powers they've given to him--the strength, the kindness, showing a stranger from another world, for one fleeting moment, almost what it's like to belong.

The Wind Ring transforms itself, becoming almost like an umbrella staff, the jewel in the center beginning to emit a swirling green energy. Klonoa lets it rest against the ground before he manages to bring it up in his arms again. Getting his footing, he raises it towards the sky, a great wall of pure wind manifesting for just a moment before it blooms viridian and fades once more.

He exhales sharply, and braces the staff against himself. Whatever happens next, Klonoa's ready to make sure the worst of it doesn't come to pass.

> Wind Shield (One attack made by an enemy, chosen next round | Variable)
Completely negate one attack delivered in the next round.

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Ren isn't flinching— his expression as a level as ever, clear focus in his grey eyes as he stares down the empress. If all else fails, he supposes— there's one last ace up his sleeve, a skill to gamble on...

He remains on the offensive. And since Ramaa liked Eidolons so much, well, why not let her meet as many as he could manage while she still stood?

"This is it!"

> Partial Summoning (Leviathan): Tidal Blast (Ramaa | Single Target)
Leviathan attacks a single-target with a concentrated jet of water, dealing moderate damage.

She knew she needed to be focusing on Ramaa, on helping the others. But the thought of Adrien spending a single minute longer under the control of that woman just didn't sit well with her. It was like Dark Cupid all over again. Only this time she knew the truth.

Talking to him didn't seem to be helping, much like the last time. And after a moment, she realized why it wasn't working. This was almost like the last time, wasn't it? The same purple energy, the blonde being caught up in someone else's stupid scheme? At least he wasn't trying to Cataclysm her face this time. Silver lining, maybe?

They still hadn't talked about what happened on the way here. Tikki thought she was being ridiculous, but that was fine. There'd be time to deal with it later. Now, though, she had to snap him out of it. Again.

It wasn't hard to sneak closer while Adrien was busy focusing on everyone else. She waited until she was close enough to reach out and touch him. A hand grazed his cheek as she gently turned his face toward her. "You're better than her, and we need you with us." It felt like there was more to say, but there was no time.

So she leaned in and kissed him.

Soon enough, she pulled away. There was no time to wait and see if it had worked. Dante's Job Lore allowed her to swap over to Red Mage, which she followed up by Dualcasting Glacier at Ramaa. It wouldn't be much, but it was better than nothing.

> Dualcast Glacier (Ramaa | Single Target)
Passive Skill. Allows to cast two spells back to back. Two weak ice elemental spells, in this case.

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mods if this isn't cool just let it fail..... :x

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