Private/Closed Bootleg Bros. Ultimate - The Sumeragi Campaign

[PaprusTeuton]

V2

V2 watched as several of the people on the floor took a newly-created waterspout to the upper floor. Okay. V2 entered the spout after some delay, and after determining that the water would not harm them, walked in and was undamaged as they made their way to the top of the wall.

 

[Gamingfan]

Amaterasu
As the water spout rose higher, Amaterasu was pushed to the peak. The sheer force of the rising water allowed her to stand on the foam, and she was the first one to reach the roof.
Unfortunately, that also meant she was the first to see Blade's lightning strike. The sun goddess's mouth opened in shock, unsure of how to keep the resulting conduction from harming her allies. She was just about to try her reflector when a red barrier appeared above her, blocking the lightning strike. Amaterasu turned to see a strangely-dressed teen pulling her arm back. She had a strange energy within her, but regardless, Amaterasu was grateful for the assist, and barked out a thanks.
The sound of a Thorn's cry caught Ammy's attention, and she immediately jumped off the waterspout. The wolf dashed towards the fallen kid, barking as she positioned herself between him and any oncoming threats. She remained at attention, desiring to protect the now two human lives in jeopardy.

 

[Mokko]

Terrence Boom
Terrence could feel the pressure of the water forcing him upward- he suspected this would probably hurt an ordinary human- luckily, almost everyone here seemed to be superhuman, at the very least. They all had… interesting qualities, but they were all extremely strong in their own ways. Different ways than he was used to. And he’d fought a serious variety of people in recent times- physical foes. Mental foes. Magical foes. Emotional foes. Foes that wielded giant SOUL-borne weaponry, foes birthed from a world of artificial intelligence, and he’d been this close to stepping forward against a foe worshipped as a god…
And yet, somehow, he wasn’t familiar with any of this. Maybe it just meant he had a lot to learn still, but…
It was like nobody here even used a SOUL.

He surfaced soon after Amaterasu, naturally, emerging from the water and shooting upward a few feet- he hadn’t ended up witnessing the lightning strike itself, but he’d certainly heard it and felt the powerful vibration it caused… but interestingly, he hadn’t actually been harmed in any way. Why? Well, the answer was on the roof.

There were a lot of people, and as he landed, Terrence did a ‘scan,’ as swiftly as he could- it was mostly familiar faces, the same people he’d been fighting alongside in and out of this building. There was Amaterasu, of course, Thorn and his company- though things didn’t seem to be going so smoothly over there. There was that girl- Tracy was her name, the summoner…

But two were unfamiliar- or, at least, Terrence thought so at first.
They were clearly engaged in intense battle, and yet…
That was definitely… undeniably…

No. It wasn’t, right? This wasn’t real. Well, sure, it was real, but like- it wasn’t actually her. This wasn’t his world, nor was it the Frisk that existed in his world, surely. It was just… a version of her… this was definitely like the last time he’d seen her… except that hadn’t been her, technically…
So… this WASN’T the same…
And this… wasn’t The Mountain’s doing either, was it? This wasn’t quite like that time. So this Frisk…
…
He opened his mouth. He wanted to call out to her, but he couldn’t, the magic of his katana dying like a flame losing oxygen- his focus was completely lost in the moment. He remained frozen in place- confused, shocked, yet he couldn’t deny he was… happy.
At least, he thought he was? Again, it really circled back around to confusion no matter what direction his brain tried to go.

“Is that…”

“tHE HOOMAN!!!!!” Tempura was able to issue her unique greeting before he could get his thought out.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Boboiboy - Blaze & Thorn

That dog and blind dude were out first, naturally. After they had been on the ground for a few, Blaze popped out next, leaping out of the water and landing on the roof with a thud. Not as bad as he expected a reverse waterfall to be, but he'd certainly take it.

Quickly acknowledging his surroundings, he saw battle already going well underway, penguins doing...something. Ice, lightning, and a plant dinosaur all going about. There was a new beanie wearing girl and a masked person. Both unfamiliar but against each other. But the dinosaur seemed to be attacking the techno one, so that one was likely the enemy.

Wait. If the tumbosaur was there...where was Thorn?

After hearing a bark, he caught Amaterasu from the corner of his eye, he saw her next to a fallen Thorn and an hurt Tracy. His eyes widened.

"What the...Tree hugger!"

He exclaimed as he ran over to them. Flipping Thorn face up like a pancake, he grabbed their collar, hoisting them up.

"What happened?! You did something stupid again didn't you?!"

Thorn coughed, weakly giving him a thumbs up, still somewhat smoking from the electricity. Blaze grit his teeth, shaking his head furiously.

"Damn it. DamnitDamnitDamnitDAMNIT!!"

 

[ArmedBlue]

District Wall – VS Blade
​

Frisk's use of magic was enough to spare the others from Blade's attacks, destroying or knocking away the katana fragments to prevent any lightning strikes from reaching the group, while the bolt that had headed for the incoming geyser was narrowly blocked by a barrier of determination, barely managing to hold. Once again, the masked warrior showed little reaction to the ineffectiveness of the attack, simply drawing her sword again as she held a defensive stance, Frisk and Thorn's Tumbosaur alike rushing toward the Adept.

Thanks to the magic boosting her physical attributes, the human was the first to strike, going for a low slash that Blade did indeed jump over. The Tumbosaur soon followed, trying to bite into Blade just as Frisk made to slash upward, when the Adept's sword flashed around her as she spun in midair, katana shimmering with electricity. In one swift motion, she swung to both slice the Tumbosaur's maw open and deflect the incoming saber slash.

This didn't quite save her from the subsequent pavise tackle, Blade falling to the ground with a grunt, Frisk momentarily pinning her with the construct against it. A surge of lightning came from Sumeragi's enforcer, one that her opponent managed to call and avoid, and when another blast fired out at Frisk... it merely moved through her.

As though by instinct, Blade had nearly turned around halfway by the time the SOUL-user's weapon came down, the erratic nature of the saber enabling it to bypass the swordfighter's defenses. It cut down along her upper back, phasing past the cloak and armor to immediately cut into the flesh underneath, this time earning a brief shout from the woman – before she lashed out with her katana at Frisk with great speed and ferocity, leaving a streak of lightning in her wake. The damage dealt upon her, at least for now, didn't seem to slow her down as much as anticipated.

It was at that moment that more people emerged from the waterspout, all evidently in support of the attack on Sumeragi's district wall.

"So more would try to oppose order..."

Blade grit her teeth as electricity gathered on her weapon, pivoting to follow up on her earlier motion, when she swung low, and her slash unleashed a fast-moving wave of electricity along the rooftop, stretching four feet high and twenty feet wide, aiming to catch all of her opposition in its path.

"Fall!"​

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Boboiboy - Thorn & Blaze


The slash from their Sumeragi aligned opponent swiftly penetrated through the tumbosaur's head. The plant monster screeching as its head bisected, sticky sap splashing like an open wound from its stump before the creature crashed forward, skidding across the ground before stopping completely. It had been felled.

This isn't good

Blaze looked at the battle proceeding, attacks getting progressively more and more sweeping, the amount of electricity worrying for practically everyone here. There was no direct counter. Thorn and Blaze both being electrocuted to great effect within the past bit, their odds didn't seem great.

"Hey...Blaze...?"

Blaze looked down to the weak Thorn, who raised their fist to him, a smile on his face despite his injury. Exchanging a look, the green elemental nodded his head. Someway, somehow, they both knew what they had to do. Blaze nodded his head in kind. Blaze balled his own fist, connecting with Thorn. In a flash, both fighters disappeared in blinks of green and orange light.

"Elemental Shift!"

They both called out in unison, both of their forms becoming one. They became a bundle of red energy, a new figure emerging. They appeared to be an individual, dressed in various shades of red, black, and white. A lightning bolt was embalmed on his hat, which was worn on tightly facing forwards. They were dressed in a thin fitting black jacket with red highlights alongside equally as slick pants, their eyes flashing open a deep red.

"Thunderstorm."

Blade was building up something. As energy piled on and her weapon gathered power, Thunderstorm thrust his head to the side, a crimson blade forming from what seemed to be thin air.

"Fall!"

Now

Thunderstorm struck the ground with their newly summoned blade, gripping it with both hands. Suddenly, the electric wave that was called forth would be attracted to it like a lightning rod, curving away from his allies. With allies spared from the brunt of the wave, the red broadsword would start absorbing the electricity, not too dissimilar to how Blade herself was moment prior. If this task was difficult, Thunderstorm's face betrayed no sign of it.

Drawing it while bypassing Frisk, Amaterasu, Tracy, and other allies that were nearby the drawing zone, Thunderstorm grasped the broadsword by the handle, manually driving it up from the ground as it hissed in bright red power it stored, radiating.

"Begone."

He quickly thrust the broadsword like Zeus's lightning bolt, the blade becoming a thick red energy spear in flight. The goal? To terminate Blade in one decisive strike, impaling her before detonating in a shocking display of crackling lightning!

 

[Psymallard]

Akira
The policewoman followed soon after Blaze, shooting out of the geyser at the top. It was a wild scene, with over a dozen combatants. One versus the rest. It was kind of disheartening to see everyone ganging up on one person. Instead of going on the offensive, Akira moved over to Kiwi and Tracy, guarding the less physically-inclined members of the group. The masked woman started preaching some rhetoric, and then flung a wall of lightning their way. The Legionnaire braced for it, but suddenly, Blaze had changed. Where his fiery self once stood was a... cold individual, who seemed to be different in every way besides visage. He absorbed the attack, and retaliated with a lethal attack. Officer Howard was exasperated.

"Don't- ...Don't stoop to their level!"

Akira cursed under her breath. She didn't want to discipline her teammates mid-fight, so she hoped her sentiment would stick.

 

[Fraseandchico]

The Bard

The two little kids had ran up to Kiwi, having liked the song. Noting it was inspirationial, and something reminisicent of someone called the 'Muse of Hope', another musician. They sounded nice if that was true! The most response the praise got from the Bard was blubbering of simple phrases like 'Oh, thanks!', among other things.

Of course, everyone else was moving, and for a moment...Well, Kiwi was a little disappointed. Even with those who listened, it seemed Kiwi was going to be left behind.
Perhaps she should've counted that as a blessing, with what occured next.

Suddenly, smoke burst around, getting a small yelp of surprise from Kiwi before a hand suddenly grabbed them. Next thing she knew, the bard was surrounded by strange walls...
Wait - Is this the inside of a cannon? Like on a pirate ship? That's so cool-!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Giddyup, buttercup! We're taking flight! Destination: The top of that wall!" Was what...someone, said.
Huh?
BOOM!

"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Suddenly, the cannon fired. With Kiwi inside. A quick way to go up, that was sure... But also an absolutely terrifying one.

Wait, was it that terrifying? Well, yes. Blood was rushing to their head for a reason... But it was sort of exhilarating, in a way!
Then the missiles came, and-!
Wait? Missiles?
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Kiwi's shouts continued in a panicked frenzy, like a flurry of notes. Thankfully, the singing manifested some sort of protective barrier, shielding Kiwi and Miracle from most of the missiles...

If Miracle was able to hold off the remainders, Kiwi would land on the roof, completely dazed for a good moment until after Akira had moved over to both him and Tracy...
"Uhm...what happened...?"

The telltale sounds of lightning occured. Kiwi was too used to it, as much as they wished otherwise... This lady the group was fighting launched a wave of electricity from a blade. The Bard froze up instantly - Not in fear, though the facial expression wouldn't exactly dissuade that line of thinking - But in a moment of clear thinking.
"Audrey...?"

Stunned by this line of thinking, Kiwi could only stand there as 'Thunderstorm', where Blaze and Thorn had once been in a shift of energy, absorbed the lightning... And thrust forward with a broadsword for an attempted kill.
"w-wait...!" Kiwi tried to cry out, but it came out more like a whimper...

 

[comic]

FRISK DREEMURR​

The teenager grit her teeth when her attack landed - but only barely. Frisk had gone through quite a lot to reach this point of performance. Fast, strong, tough, versatile... but damn, this woman was speedy and skilled. Definitely a step above the usual Messiah lieutenants, though not really on the level of a leader.

At least, not yet.

Thankfully, the calvary had arrived. Frisk was no longer (mostly) alone, but that had two unintended effects that she was quick to realize. 1) more support was making Frisk feel relieved, and it was slowing her down, it made the stakes feel less dire and personal - not their fault, of course, but it was there... and 2) it was making Blade more ferocious, and definitively more focused. She wasn’t the type to get overwhelmed by numbers alone, and her speed meant she was quick on her feet, too. Adaptable. Dangerous.

Frisk’s slash with the imitation Chaos Saber had scored her a hit, but that phasing technique was a drain on her magic. She hadn’t tried it in some time, but it was still more of a hassle than it might have been worth. It didn’t help that Blade was exhausting her AFTER Frisk already had to reach the top of the tower in the first place.

In truth, she really wasn’t used to staying this active for this long. She was winded, her muscles were starting to ache, her exhaustion seeping into her mind... if support hadn’t arrived, she’d also be getting desperate.

She didn’t want to get desperate enough for her Other to rear its head, and that didn’t mean Chara.

Blade’s cry encouraged Frisk to pull back, not letting her weapon cut any deeper, the teen taking a quick pace back at Blade’s retaliation, the woman turning and—

“tHE HOOMAN!!!!!”

Was that a Temmie?? Frisk’s mind was momentarily distracted by the familiar, and she didn’t summon her pavise, or even a barrier, tensing her tired muscles at the sight of Blade’s attack, another wave of electrical energy. Frisk had snapped quickly back to attention, but as it had already been established... Blade was faster.

Frisk brought her arms up instinctively and defensively, but that didn’t help to stop the lash-out slash. The streak of lightning cracking out with a boom and blasting the teenager off of her feet.

Her ears rang again. Her eyes swam. Was that the second time she’d been hit by lightning? Or the third? She could feel It clawing up out of her throat, begging to be let free.

You’re weakened, it tried to convince her. You need me.

Frisk forced herself to regain her sense of both sight and self, finding herself sprawled on the edge of the roof - almost off of it. “Ugh...” she groaned, twisting her aching body away from the ledge, feeling a searing pain on her forearms. This could totally be going better... but then again, it could also be going a lot worse.

This fight had gone on long enough... Frisk was in no position to try and keep up her performance. It’d be just stupid to keep trying to force Blade to focus on her, but maybe that support would be enough to quell her... or maybe they’d all die if Frisk didn’t keep trying.

Gritting her teeth so hard it hurt, Frisk forced herself up, climbing to her feet despite her pain. Blade had just finished charging up a powerful move. Frisk wasn’t sure if she had the power or time to counter it totally, but...

“Fall.”

Blade’s attack came, and Frisk grounded herself, channeling her Determination and her determination, and—

The wave of energy was pulled elsewhere. The lightning, the energy, it was magnetized toward one of the newcomers who looked kind of like that boy whose dinosaur Blade had just killed. The boy’s broadsword had been stabbed into the roof, and it was anchoring the lightning. That was a pretty cool technique... there had to be a way to replicate it.

Frisk felt relief start to come over her, but quickly pushed it away. She couldn’t afford relief, the attack had been quelled, but Blade was still standing. However, after absorbing that energy, the boy with the sword flung his weapon like a javelin at the Falcon, the intent clear.

“Damnit...” Frisk muttered to herself. She didn’t have the time or energy to try reasoning with this kid, and if Blade was open after her big attack, she’d be killed, no doubt about it.

An angled and small barrier of red manifested in the sword-turned-spear’s path, the angle of the shield forcing the launched weapon to glance off of it. The barrier was shattered with ease, but it had done the trick, glancing the spear up and above Blade to miss her completely—before it erupted in a shower of lightning right over Blade’s head. If she didn’t outright absorb that energy, it’d probably hurt, but Frisk doubted it would kill the woman outright.

“Not... killing her...” Frisk panted, still shaking off that last attack. She could really do with some monster food right about now.

Despite wanting to fall back, Frisk kept herself rooted, still trying to channel more of her magic. That kid would just have to understand. If he didn’t... well, hopefully the others could make him.​

 

[Captain Cardboard]

Tracy Rinehart

The Penguin Ninja and Nopenguin combo hadn't been successful, with Blade having been able to avoid and block the shuriken. In the chaos of battle, Tracy considered running for cover. But she paused as she saw Thorn, laying on the ground wounded. That electric attack had taken a lot more out of him than she had thought! Tracy moved to help him, when there was a sudden burst of noise and movement! A geyser of water exploded from the floor, carrying with it everyone that had been fighting below! Luckily, Frisk had been able to cover for the appearance of their allies in their vulnerable state.

Thorn's lookalike and a... dog? The pair moved to protect Thorn, which meant Tracy could focus on the opponent at hand. Fast. Electric powered. But also, convicted of their own ideals...

Tracy drew a card. In a flash of light, there was another crack of lightning! Somehow, Thorn and his lookalike had... pulled a Polymerization? It was like they had fused together. A Contact Fusion? This new Lightning-Thorn was like an entirely different person, moving and attacking with lethal force.

The Policewoman moved up with her, and Tracy gave the woman a grateful nod. In the same moment, the person dressed as a medival archer landed next to her! Where had he come from? No time to think about that! The battle continued to evolve, Frisk... using her magic to protect Blade from Lightning-Thorn's lethal attack? She was serious about that no-killing.

Blade's lightning wave attack headed towards Tracy, Akira, and Bard. Nopenguin quickly moved to the front of the group, holding up its sign smugly. But instead of blocking the attack, Tracy watched as the attack curved away, into Lightning-Thorn. He had absorbed the attack!

The attack blocked, Tracy broke off from Akira and Bard. She ran in a wide arc around Blade, trying to flank the warrior. Frisk's move had been a risky one, she needed to cover for the girl.
"You call this order?!" Tracy called out to Blade. She placed a card on her duel disk, and a large Spell Card rose from the ground next to her. It depicted an underwater building, one painted and maintained with a water wheel next to it. Various corals and shells dotted the landscape like trees and plants. Around the battlefield that was the roof, similar buildings faded into existance. Corals and shells like trees and plants sprouted from all over the ground.

"Bodies littering the streets, the city in ruins! You claim you're for order, but all I can see is chaos and death!" Tracy yelled to Blade, and gestured to the warrior. "Now, Penguin Ninja!"
With a poof of smoke, the Penguin Ninja appeared and threw two more ice shuriken at Blade. The attack seemed stronger now, the shurikens larger and moving quicker than before. They would hone in on Blade, attempting to disarm the warrior of her weapon.
"And, since I activated a Penguin monster effect, Nopenguin returns from the grave!" Tracy said. In a whirlwind of ice and snow, the smug sign-bearing Penguin reappeared. It waved at Blade as it powered up Penguin Ninja's shuriken.

"Penguin Ninja, hide again! Nopenguin, attack!" Tracy commanded. Ninja Penguin ducked down, hiding as a face-down card once more. Nopenguin squawked, raising its sign. A large block of ice in the shape of an X appeared above Blade, attempting to fall and crush the warrior! The duelist stared down Blade with determination.

Come on! Fight me, I'm here!

Tracy Card Stats:
Hand: 4 cards
Field: Nopenguin, Metal Reflect Slime, Penguin Ninja (face-down), face-down monster
Spell & Trap Card Zone: Aquarium Set (continuous spell card), face-down card
Graveyard: 7 cards

 

[Mokko]

Terrence Boom
Things were heating up, and fast. Terrence couldn’t afford to be dumbfounded right now, he literally just could not afford it, or someone was going to get killed. That dinosaur creature had already been slain, and the new union between the ‘twins’ as Terrence had come to think of them…
It was seemingly only through intervention by Frisk herself that the fusion’s attack didn’t inflict potentially fatal damage.

His katana flared back to life, and Terrence wedged it into the ground, using it to push himself upward, vaulting over the wall of electricity that that masked girl was firing off. She was powerful, that much was clear- enough so that she was comfortably taking on Frisk, even with backup. But, on the other hand, it did seem that Frisk was making a serious effort not to let this battle progress to the point of death on either side.

The other Sumeragi he’d met up until now… well, this woman kind of put them to shame. If she was this powerful, it wasn’t far fetched to assume she held a high rank, and the higher the rank, the deeper rooted the brainwashing could get. He’d had a small bit of success with conversing with some Sumeragi grunts before, but all he’d managed to do was negotiate a retreat, and that was only when a victory was completely and utterly hopeless on their side.

But he had to try.
For himself, for everyone up here, for Kyota and his friends… and for Frisk.

“Tempura, get down,” he murmured, landing closer to the action, katana in hand, but he held it low. The Temmie ducked down into his bag at the request, as the shell on T’s back only got denser and denser.
He was really starting to feel it.

“Hey, you!”
He was calling out to Blade- feeling like this was simultaneously a dumb decision, while also being the only one he could possibly make right now.
“Listen- I don’t know who you are, but- none of the people you’re fighting against right now are from here! We’re all just… here, for some reason, and I don’t really understand why. I know we’re not the kind of people you’re used to fighting against, right? You’re surrounded by unusual things, and unusual people… and that means you don’t really understand what’s going on either. You’re dangerous to us, but you’re also outnumbered- I’m just… asking… you don’t stand to lose anything if we can just calm down, and have a conversation, right? Maybe we can figure something out- nobody needs to die up here.”

While he agreed entirely with Tracy’s sentiment, his approach was pretty different- while she was taking the giant ice block route, he was moreso hoping he could get through to this masked stranger- if he could find a willingness to just talk instead of fight, then he’d have something to build off of. He had to try and find, and appeal to, any shred of reasonability in there. Maybe Frisk's actions just now would aid in that.