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Post by Felix Falora on Oct 13, 2011 1:19:18 GMT -5
Kefka looked as Fluttershy stared at him and scolded him. Now even though he was a mass-murdering sadistic fuck, he also still abided by the Rule of Comedy when it was prevalent. It was in his nature as the only Final Fantasy Big Bad who was actually a clown and... well the situation he was in was hilarious. A little pony was literally staring him down and yelling at him to undo the damage he caused. A worthless... fragile... pony! He broke down into laughter and leaned back, just laughing at up as if the world's best joke were told. Luckily the jester's reaction gave the others time to react. Especially Patchouli and Meiling, who flew in front of Fluttershy.
"Don't try to reason with him, Fluttershy!" Patchouli exclaimed. "He's not one of your typical Equestria monsters! He's in a completely different league, a mass murdering sadist who only takes pleasure in killing and destroying others, and were he not laughing at you, he would be eradicating you! He wants nothing less then us dead and he's too insane to dissuade! There are few people who truly deserve to die, but he is one of those few! And that's why we're not going to stop at just knocking him out... we're going to kill him. It'll help all worlds in the end."
"Flattery will get you nowhere, ruffles," Kefka said at Patchouli. "In fact, I think I'll start with you, maybe strip your magic powers away from you one by one and break you before ending you." Before he could move, however, Meiling ended up in front of him quickly and struck him hard with her palms, the chi running through her enhancing her attacks.
"If you want to get to Patchouli-sama, you'll have to do it over my dead body!"
"Trust me... I was counting on that!" Kefka chuckled madly and shot out blue balls of energy that would begin to explode at random points in the air. Meiling would grab Fluttershy and fly around them, dodging them as she brought the Pegasus pony back down to the ground.
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Post by DM: Dersite Merchant on Oct 14, 2011 19:50:04 GMT -5
The more he talked, the more he sounded like the villain Discord with violence and sadism amped up. And as bad as Discord was...
"I-I'd do as they say, Fluttershy," he said meekly, looking up from his slow attempts to thaw the multicolored pegasus. "I've got a reeeally bad, messed up feeling about this guy..."
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Oct 14, 2011 21:41:33 GMT -5
Seeing Kefka's reaction, Fluttershy was tempted to agree. Her initial attempts to scold him not working, she resorted to the other trick in her arsenal. She closed her eyes, summoning up the last bits of her (rapidly draining) courage...
And opened them in a disapproving glare. Otherwise known as, The Stare. She gave Kefka such a stink-eye, which ordinarily would cow even the most vicious of beasts into submissive obedience. If this didn't work, Fluttershy had nothing.
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Oct 14, 2011 21:51:05 GMT -5
Michael narrowed his gaze at Kefka, who was preoccupied with Meiling and Patchouli. "Yo, Chuckles, did you forget about someone? I'M RIGHT HERE!" Michael activated a borrowed Spellcard, klaxons blaring to announce it. "Raven Sign!" Michael gained raven's wings on his back, launched up, then flipped, launching himself at Kefka while shrouded in a nuclear aura. "Yatagarasu Dive!"
Mokou could see the explosions now. 'Dear Kami, please don't let me be too late...' She was almost in the clearing where the house was.
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Post by Felix Falora on Oct 14, 2011 22:12:30 GMT -5
Fluttershy was screwed. The stare didn't even cause him to blink. "Run, run, or you'll..." His trademark line was interrupted by Michael's attack. Of course, this didn't break his stride in the least. "... get run through." As he said this, his wings flared out in a sword like motion, stabbing for the charging Michael. Havoc Wing. A little trick he knew how to use before a certain gray haired mongrel stole the trick from him to use against a spiky haired blonde and his party of over emotional children.
Meiling put Fluttershy next to Spike. "Stay here!" she said before hopping back in the air. She attempted to get the drop on Kefka with a dive kick, but he shot a Thundaga spell up and pretty much caught her hard. She fell down and hit the ground, but she picked herself up as the impact didn't phase her. "Patchouli-sama!"
"The lack of a proper incantation may decrease the power, but we've no time for that." Pulling out the card for one of her strongest attacks, she growled. "I have to get up close."
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Post by DM: Dersite Merchant on Oct 14, 2011 22:32:33 GMT -5
...Crap. Spike knew this guy was as a bad as bad news could get. Fluttershy wasn't making an ounce of progress, and he'd probably completely mess her up--possibly worse than Discord did--before killing her if she didn't get out of there fast. Thankfully, Michael provided enough of a distraction to allow Meiling time to get Fluttershy to safety.
Spike, meanwhile, was going around melting the ice around Rainbow Dash at different points every so often. He was afraid that, if he kept to one spot, he might melt through too fast and accidentally burn her while she was still encased. Looking around and asking whomever might have an answer, he asked, "What'll we do? This guy's insane. And insanely powerful."
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Oct 15, 2011 0:36:02 GMT -5
Fluttershy gave up on trying to stop Kefka. Just as well, really, she was completely terrified of him again. She wished the others didn't have to get hurt just for her sake, but it wasn't like she could help them. Her plans of attack were pretty much wasted at this point.
So she turned back to Spike, trying to think of what could help Rainbow Dash. Then it hit her!
The pot of soup was still really hot! She grabbed the handle with her teeth and tried to drag it over to Rainbow Dash, but with the soup in it it was simply too heavy. She tried using her wings to get extra pull, but to no avail. "Oh no... what can I do..." She looked around desperately for another option.
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Oct 15, 2011 2:01:55 GMT -5
Michael wasn't able to fully stop himself. He flared the raven wings, attempting to stop, but all he managed to do was lift himself a little. Fortunately, that was all he needed; instead of getting impaled through the heart, Michael was stabbed completely through the stomach. No other vital organs were hit, thankfully. Of course, that didn't mean that it didn't hurt like all hell. "GYAAAAH!"
Mokou burst into the clearing. "Mike! ...No. NO!" Mokou noticed the frozen Pegasus by the house and ran over. Seeing Spike attempting to melt the ice, she said, "You're gonna need more firepower to melt this stuff, kid; it looks like it's been slowly regenerating." Mokou put her hands on the ice encasing Rainbow. "...Damn... I can't feel much heat coming from her body... she's probably got hypothermia already... gotta get her out before she goes into hypothermic shock..." Mokou's phoenix wings appeared and she inhaled. She breathed a stream of flame that seemed to circle around Rainbow's frozen body.
"Ghhk!" Michael coughed blood up, to his brief enjoyment, onto Kefka's back. Michael managed to say, "P-Patchy! G-get ready... I'm gonna blast this guy's makeup-adorned ass right to you!" The eye on his chest started glowing; klaxons blared as Michael activated another Spellcard. "E-Explosion Sign!" Michael coughed up some more blood, but finished declaring it. "G-Giga Flare!"
A large orb of concentrated nuclear fusion shot from the eye on Michael's chest, blasting Kefka towards Patchouli and pulling the Havoc Wing cleanly out of Michael's stomach. Michael hovered in the air, his Sync deactivated, attempting to Sync once more. No flash denoted one... but he succeeded. Overalls appeared on him as he fell. 'It's up to you guys now...' Michael's eyes closed as he crashed to the ground, dead.
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Post by Felix Falora on Oct 15, 2011 2:25:34 GMT -5
The moment the wing hit, Kefka heard the wonderous sound of sharpness cutting through flesh. The pleasure it brought him could not be described by mortal souls. Even if the blow did not strike an instant kill, it was fine. Actually, that only made it better. It was quite dull, after all, if they only died without screaming. Those pained expressions, those cries of agony... that was what made everything feel a lot better. "What a waste of life," Kefka said with a couple of chastising tsks. You know... for comedy. "But then again... don't feel too bad. I'm enjoying it quite a lot, so you get to bring a smile to somebody!"
Rainbow, while trapped in the ice, was only aware of coldness. Heat had left a long time ago. But what was worse was the fact that she could still see everything. And she had seen what had happened. She saw the blood dripping and, were her whole body not stuck, her eyes would've widened. No... this can't be happening! She wanted to scream. Please... Let this be a dream. Please!
Kefka was cackling madly... up until the last attack made by Michael before he fell. It set Patchouli up nicely. And in that moment of hidden emotion, a spark came within her mind. A card formed in her hand that she had never once wielded before. Some Youkai were powerful. Their attacks were not coaligned with signs, but instead were only given one name. In Patchouli's case, she had the answer to her dilemma. A spell that combines all seven elements... I'll show you my true power.
"Life's Creation."
Two spheres flew out on either side of her. One was bright and radiated of light while the other was dark and radiated a more sinister energy. They spun extremely fast and lazers began to pound Kefka into submission. But just as it seemed like only the Sun and the Moon element would be represented, the five crystals of the Philosopher's Stone formed a wall joined by the spheres and began to shoot their respective elements. Fire rained, water cleansed, wood blew, earth quaked, and metal was tempered. Each and every element struck Kefka hard with more force that should've ever been used upon anyone under the guidelines of the Hakurei cards.
Meiling flew down to grab Mike, but felt his pulse. Non-existent. Looking up at Kefka, she saw him falling after the brutal attack from Patchouli and jumped up. "I'll finish it!" Grabbing Kefka, she spiraled down with him, causing his head to bash upon the ground. However, the impact also made his body bounce up slightly and she struck hard with her palm upon his heart, years of martial arts training finally showing when the supposed killing blow was struck and Kefka's body was flung into a tree. The ponies came from a world of peace and harmony, where they never saw anyone die. For Youkai like Patchouli and Meiling, killing was sometimes second nature.
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Post by DM: Dersite Merchant on Oct 15, 2011 21:14:09 GMT -5
Spike stepped back in surprise as Mokou showed up. "Huh? Who are...? Whoa..." he started asking before she breathed an impressive amount of fire that completely thawed Rainbow Dash. "Nice firebreathing," he remarked, sounding genuinely impressed, "but... What are you exactly? ...I swear I've seen wings like that on... something before..." mused the dragon.
His attention however was soon drawn to the young human stallion... Michael, right? His face fell in horror and sadness as he watched Meiling examine him. Despite coming from a lighter and softer world where he'd never seen anything regarding killing before, even he could make out what the scene before him meant. Oh no...
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Oct 15, 2011 21:20:32 GMT -5
The pale yellow pony watched, relieved as Mokou was able to thaw Rainbow Dash out. She was hopeful that her friend had made it through the ordeal unharmed, and fortunately for her, her attention was too focused on the scene in the remains of the house to notice the drama unfolding behind her. "Thank you very much," she said to Mokou. "If you hadn't come to help, I don't know what we would have done... I'm very grateful you are able to help."
She turned to the soup, glad it had survived the attack and decided to pour Rainbow Dash another bowl, which would help heat her insides up to get back up to body temperature. Plus it would be nice after her issues to relax with it. She held the bowl delicately on one hoof and set it down on a plank of wood once it was filled.
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Oct 15, 2011 21:42:33 GMT -5
Michael's wounds had sealed themselves up while Meiling and Patchouli were dealing with Kefka. In spite of his "not-dead" status, his vision was still nothing but blackness. He thought to himself, '...Where the hell are the Pearly Gates? Wait... I'm not dead?! That means it worked! ...Boy, am I lucky. Well, okay, body, time to get going.'
After several moments of nothing happening, Michael thought, '...Aw, piss. I can't move at all. My Chi isn't flowing properly and my body feels like I got crushed by a two-ton press. Well... nothing to do but wait it out, I guess.' Michael could faintly hear things going on around him.
Mokou stood up. "Thanks, kid. I'm a human; an immortal one with Phoenix powers, but still just a human." Mokou then turned around. "Now, if you'll excuse me a minute, I have something to deal with." Mokou walked out of the now-repairing-itself house and over to Kefka's body. Grabbing it, her wings flared up. She didn't know if he was dead or not, but she still figured it best to launch him. As her power flared, she said, "PISS OFF, RONALD MCDONALD, AND DON'T COME BACK!" Throwing his body into the air, Mokou activated a Spellcard. "Phoenix Wings: Fire Bird!"
A phoenix effigy shot from Mokou's body, catching Kefka and launching him northward, far, far away from the City. Mokou walked over to Michael, knelt down, and said, "...Damn it. I was too slow..."
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Post by Felix Falora on Oct 15, 2011 22:07:44 GMT -5
Rainbow felt the ice thawing. Though heat was slowly returning, her body was still rigid and she hit the ground hard. But as she shook, mostly due to the cold, another feeling overwhelmed her, one alien to the brash, steadfast Pegasus. She had just seen someone lost their life in front of her eyes. For the first time in her entire life, a sense of finality of that knowledge struck. She closed her eyes. She could finally close them. She didn't want Fluttershy to see her like this. Hell, it seemed like Fluttershy didn't even notice what happened behind her. It would be better for the more sensitive and easily fragile pony to not know. Hopefully the others would be more receptive to that. Is this... is this what Equestria might have to deal with? Nopony would last...
Patchouli did not celebrate. Nor did Meiling. How could they? The magician floated down towards Michael. She kept a neutral aura around her. Meiling was easily more showing. Patchouli felt like she had shown enough with the creation of her new Last Word. None of it would bring Michael back. "Patchouli-sama... was he spying on us? How would he have known to attack the minute Marisa and Alice left?"
"He would've attacked regardless. He just.. got extremely lucky." Patchouli looked up at the sky. "Yeah... whoever governs the luck of this world can burn." For her words, it began to rain. "... ... ... Let's get the ponies inside. We have... a lot to think on, I'm sure, and a lot to explain to Marisa and Alice when they get back."
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Post by ShadesofGrey18 on Oct 15, 2011 22:14:37 GMT -5
Mokou said, "Yeah... let's. That blue one is still probably really cold; I'll get a fire started in there." Mokou started solemnly walking back to the house.
Meanwhile, Michael thought to himself, 'Oh, damn! They think I'm still fully dead! Gaaaah! C'mon, body! MOVE, DAMN IT!' He exerted all his willpower to try and open his eyes, to say something, to give them a sign that he wasn't dead!
Michael's eyes opened. He tried to lift himself into a sitting position, slowly, sloooowly. His muscles were barely responsive and his Chi wasn't flowing well, but he managed to slowly lift himself into a sitting position. In spite of how hoarse his voice was, he managed to say, "...G-guys...a...little...h-help, please? Ungh..." ...Yeah. Probably shouldn't have tried to push himself so hard so soon.
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Post by DM: Dersite Merchant on Oct 15, 2011 22:29:33 GMT -5
Phoenix powers...? Of course, now he remembered. Princess Celestia had a phoenix named Philomena. The 'immortal' part fit, too; according to Celestia, phoenixes shed their feathers and burn at the end of a life cycle then emerge anew from the ashes. Huh, could Mokou 'rebirth' herself li...
"Whoa--!" Spike wheeled around when he picked up Michael's voice from where he lay. Michael was moving! "He's alive!" cried the dragon in surprise.
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