towerofanimus | [Dark World Event] || [The Evil Realm] || [Open] || [2/3]

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[Dark World Event] || [The Evil Realm] || [Open] || [2/3]

Characters: Anyone who signed up for the Dark World Plot! Look at tag list for more details.
Setting: The 4th and 5th of March. Located in the Cursed Floors + Ganon's Tower (Floors 6, 7, 8, 12, 62, 65, 68, 70, 73 and 79 + Floor 75).
Format: Most likely action but left at the players's discretion.
Summary: Your character somehow got trapped in the Forest Floor of the Tower-- And it looks nothing like the Forest Floor the characters remember. It's the beginning of the Dark World. Some floors look pretty different from what they did before, some nearly identical. The only way to get out is to go through the dungeons that make up this Dark World.

All characters start out in the Dark Forest, then as they go throughout the forest, they magically walk into one of the three dungeons (the one they have been assigned to). By exploring the dungeons, they will acquire one of the three Pendants that lead to the Core of the Curse, from where the cursed floors can be ended. However, Richtofen is there and happy to make sure that won't be that easy.

Mingle threads are simply for Mingle, whereas the exploration of the dungeons, puzzles, etc happens in the Exploration threads. OOC information here.

Warning: While your character may survive fine and all, the dark world is a dangerous place with lots of monsters and puzzles to solve. Characters may get harmed or killed, but that is left to the players's discretion. Characters going through the water of temple may lose their patience ~~and sanity~~.

Arrival in the Dark World
Here are simply listed the three different ways your characters may have gotten dragged into the Dark World. Note this can be a combination of many of these ways, feel free to pick how your characters arrived in!

• The character may simply have been present on the floor when Ganondorf cursed it. That's really… Bad luck? If that is how it happened, the character would have been immediately transported into the Dark Forest Floor. If they arrived before the 4th of March, they would have been unable to leave this floor for three days. Which may be pretty unnerving.

• The character may have been caught by a floormaster or wallmaster somewhere throughout the tower, and cast into the Dark World. Floormasters and Wallmasters are gigantic and creepy black, red or purple hands that come out from either the floor or the ceiling and take characters to another part of the tower, point in case the Dark Forest.

• They character may have found one of the black doors ~~of Mordor~~ leading into the cursed floors. Out of luck, a creepy black hand similar to that of wallmaster could have come out of from the door and have dragged them in.

• The last option is the simplest, Ganondorf hided in the shadows and cast a spell on you that teleported you right into the Dark Forest. This option is mostly directed to those who have past history with Ganondorf or who are known to be close of Princess Zelda, Link and Tetra.

Dark Forest -------------------------------------------- Mingle || Exploration

The Water Temple: Wisdom Dungeon ----------- Mingle || Exploration || Boss Battle
The Death Mountain: Power Dungeon ----------- Mingle || Exploration || Boss Battle
The Palace of Darkness: Courage Dungeon ---- Mingle || Exploration || Dark Self Battle || Boss Battle

Richtofen's Laboratory ------------------------------ Mingle || Exploration || Boss Battle

Illusionary Room
Ganon's Tower

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[Might wanna specify which Riku you're talking about, Luke, because there's another one hanging around. He may not have been as active in the first battle, but he's there for the second one.]

Not all the magic users need protection, you know. Some of us can do just fine by ourselves.

[He's assuming a fighting stance as well, after casting an Aeroga shield on himself.]

Edited 2013-03-07 02:20 (UTC)

[Riku shoots his clone a brief glance before whipping up some Aeroga around himself as well.]

I can toggle between Graviga and other moves just fine, which means...

[Yep, he's gonna conjure up some more pressure around that Fire-breathing dragon. The ice one can wait.]

[Sephiroth technically counts as a healer, as he has healing Materia and a great deal of magic ability, but he's more interested in fighting, so he teleports toward the dragons rather than away. He has more powerful attacks that he can use.

He leaps up high into the air toward the black dragon and raises his sword. He begins to glow, a white light appearing above him and then surrounding him.

[[HEARTLESS ANGEL]]

The energy gathered around him slams into his opponent with a burst of light, an intense blast. It might not be as strong as if he were his adult self, but it's still a potent magical attack.]

[Luke glanced back and forth between the two Rikus (privately glad he wasn't the only replica present), and then over as the white haired kid suddenly went supernova. Well then.]

[He shook his head, making a mental note to ask Asch if it would be possible for him to ever learn fonic artes... and then picturing him cringing at the thought. Okay, maybe not.]

Good luck then, guys; stay safe.

[Luke focused in on himself as Riku brought the fire breathing dragon down, using one of the few buff abilities he knew to raise his strength. Once that dragon was in range, he was going all out.]

[Good luck determining which one is the replica.

And okay, he was going to go at the dragon, but then Gravity and Tinyroth happened and yeah, he's just hanging back for a few seconds.]

Yeah, you too.

[And as soon as the dragon is within decent striking distance, he'll go for it as well.]

[When each attack hit the dragons, they let out roars that shook the very ground everyone stood on. The black dragon took the most damage. Its wings struggled against the pressure all around it, barely able to keep itself up through the combined efforts of Riku and A'kin, and Sephiroth's attack left it shrieking in pain. It whipped back and forth in midair, spouting fire in every direction. Though it dipped closer to the ground, getting near it will be difficult while it's spitting fire everywhere.

Meanwhile, chaos's attack would draw the attention of the skeletal dragon. With a powerful flap of its wings, it propelled itself backward, shaking off the pain of the attack it had just underwent. It opened its massive jaws and shot a column of pure darkness at chaos in an attempt to envelop him in it.

Lastly, the white dragon soared higher than the other two. Each flap of its wings sent down a frigid wind that would chill its opponents to their bones. It circled the perimeter of the battlefield, breathing columns of ice that stacked and stacked, covering the immediate area in stalagmites of freezing ice. The ice closest to the fire dragon melted quickly, but farther away, it remained unaffected.]

Edited 2013-03-07 05:33 (UTC)

[chaos smiled at the skeleton dragon as it spewed darkness at him..before he allowed his wings to dissipate, making him drop to the ground and avoid the attack.

He quickly snapped his fingers, once, twice, three...a total of ten times. The others looked like they were handling their dragons fine for now, and this one could be a huge problem if left alone. First, he would take this one down and help the people who were attacking the ice dragon afterwards.]

[...okay, everyone was going for different dragons. Internally, Luke wanted to facepalm, but this actually didn't seem so bad, considering the amount of people they had on their side. Maybe he was too used to a small party of four...]

[As soon as the fire breather was down, Luke when charging for it, ducking around flames and fire, while avoiding the more mundane problem of slipping on the ice. Instead of letting the latter bother him too much, however, he drew the fonons from the ice into himself, where he could convert them and use them in his next attack. Once he got close enough, he ducked and skidded along the ground, half diving to get under the dragon.]

[With that accomplished, he spun around in place, creating a circle of light around him, before slamming his sword into the ground.]

Chill! Guardian Frost!

[With using fonons from ice and water, Guardian Field lost its minor healing effect, but with any luck the ice that rose up around Luke would pierce it's underside.]

[So while everyone else seems to have the downed dragon handled, the still-airborne ice one is starting to get aggravating, even if the chill it's bringing is far better than the heat ever was (in his opinion).

Conveniently its attacks are actually creating decent terrain to scale, so. That's what Raven does while circling the field, between Shadow Steps as necessary to avoid the stray blasts of flame the dark dragon is releasing. The core also trails him like some sort of faithful pet, hovering no more than a few feet away at all times and blocking stray attacks when he can't dash between them.

When he manages to alight atop one of the taller columns, he watches it warily, waits for a moment when its attention is elsewhere, then leaps. He sights down his left arm for a moment, the orb beside him rearranging its spokes to instead take on a shape closer to an arrowhead, and then fires a concentrated burst of flame at one of the white dragon's wings. The core follows a similar trajectory, aiming to maim and puncture and tear.

The recoil of the blast knocks him back some, and as he lands after that Cannon Blade he tucks into a roll, intent on regrouping with the rest of the combatants.

...Did he say his skills were nonelemental earlier? He lied. He might've been neglecting to include a few.

Though he really prefers not to have to use them, but hey, desperate times desperate measures.]

[Lancer quickly sketches a line of runes on the ground, creating a defense against the fire and the ice for those who preferred to act at a distance. However, he's not sure how long he can keep this up.]

Hey, hurry it up!

[Undeterred by the flame (he can heal himself) and dodging and teleporting as quickly as possible to avoid it, Sephiroth goes in for another attack on the weakened black dragon. He draws in a deep breath. This is another difficult one, but he wants to try it.

His sword glows with pale energy.

[[OCTASLASH]]

The cuts are fast and powerful, even ruthless.]

[Riku swerves, slides, and rolls in an attempt to dodge the black dragon's flames. Whenever he gets close enough, he flicks his Keyblade forward and unleashes a flurry of ice crystals at its sides and underbelly.

The white dragon's icy attacks do complicate things, however, and he has to slow his movements long enough to retaliate by spewing flames at the frozen columns and occasionally sending more Thundaga spells surging down from the sky.

It's a lot of magic at once, and to call it exhausting would be the understatement of the century, but he has to give it his all. Especially with three dragons instead of one.]

[ The black dragon obviously took serious damages this time and crashed unto the ground under the combined attacks of Luke, Sephiroth and Riku. It appeared helpless to defend itself for a duration of fifteen seconds. However once these fifteen seconds passed, on the brink of death this dragon would furiously breath fire all around him, the heat reaching dangerous levels around him.

The White Dragon met difficulties too with Raven's attacks and had its wing seriously damaged. It did not land and was still able to fly but obviously suffered from severe stability and navigation problems following the attack on its wing, which worsened with the thunder spells cast by Riku. In retaliation the dragon aimed an ice beam at Raven and Riku.

However, with the attention given to the ice and fire dragons, the skeleton dragon was the one free this time to interrupt others in their attacks; moving away from chaos. Its first move was to turn toward Lancer, already weakened by taking down its first form, intending to finish him off by breathing pure darkness upon him as he created defense against fire and ice. Even if Lancer moved, the dragon would follow and concentrate its attack on him

Whether Lancer managed to survive or not, the skeleton would now target Raven with one such attack follow his attack on the Ice Dragon, firing a concentrated column of darkness in his direction and following him. ]

[Since Luke's the closest to the black dragon, having been under it, he takes advantage of it being down. He skirts out of the way as it falls over, before leaping up onto it, holding onto it's back for dear life once those fifteen seconds are up and the dragon starts spitting out fire again. Once he has a stable hold, he slams his sword into the back of its skull with all the strength he can muster.]

[A'kin hangs in the air for a moment as the dragon crashes, then follows it down. From this distance, he can't tell whether it's dead or just injured and stunned, but in either case he wants to keep as close as he can afford to the heat it's radiating.

When the beast proves to have some fight left in it yet, he swoops in close, launching volleys of magic missiles at its face as he tries to interpose himself between it and the others. It's more distracting than damaging, but if he can keep just out of biting range in front of its snout, he may be able to shield them from the worst of the fiery retaliation.]

[Seeing his ally in danger, Sephiroth moved toward Lancer, casting WALL and HASTE on him, to protect him from magical and physical damage and increase his speed. He hoped that would be some help.

He moved away from the black dragon just in time to avoid its fire attack. He would move back to finish it off shortly, if necessary. He sees the others are taking care of it.

The intensity of the fighting had tired him a little, and he was slightly winded, but he wasn't anywhere near ready to give up. Taking a deep breath, he focused his next attack on the ice dragon:

[[SHADOW FLARE]]. The amount of non-elemental damage associated with the Shadow Flare attack was considerable. He took a moment to wonder why these attacks seemed easier than they used to, but in the heat of the battle, he didn't have time to consider such matters.

This done, he turned on the skeletal dragon, darting forward to strike a blow with his energy-enhanced sword.

[With the spells cast on him, Lancer holds up a bit better than he would on his own. But eventually, his barrier does shatter.]

Shit.

[He leaps to the side to dodge the column of shadow, but sees the dragon turning its head to him.]

...Is that how you wanna play?

[Since the dragon is obviously targeting him, he might as well as try to take the fight to the dragon. Sketching a raidho rune with his foot, he enhances his already incredible speed and bolts toward the skeletal dragon like a bullet.]

[As the dragon turned from chaos and struck at his friends, turning on Lancer, sighed inwardly.]

Lancer! Be careful!

[The warning is not just because of the dragon-a moment later, chaos jumped up, and summoned up a large boulder made of ice before tossing it at the dragon and jumping down. Hopefully the ice would crush its bones.]

[The attacks from the fire and ice dragons force Riku to move. Fast. He throws himself forward into a series of rapid dashes, missing the flames. However, while he evades the brunt of the ice blast, some of the attack strikes him in the back, sending him down on his hands and knees.

With a sharp hiss, he flings himself forward, feet first, one hand clutching the front of his shirt, the other gripping his Keyblade. Once again, wind wraps its way around him, boosting his defenses before he tries yet again to drag the dragons down-- the ice one in particular.]

[And then Rep picked a terrible time to attempt to attack the fire dragon, as he rushed in as soon as it was down--and then had to scramble away when it set fire to the area around it. He tosses a Thundaga at all three of the dragons, followed by a Curaga at Riku when he passes by on his way to help out with the fire dragon.]

[Raven throws himself into a hasty dash to try to avoid the sweep of the ice beam, but not quickly enough- he comes up a little short and the beam clips him as a result. Biting back a gasp, he snarls and pushes himself into a Shadow Strafe on reflex, just to put distance between him and the rest of the attack. Once clear, he takes a brief moment to catch his breath, regain his bearings, assess the current situation, and trigger the effects of Giga Drive, battlefield coming into sharp focus around him. All right, so-

And it's about now that the necrotic dragon turns toward him, readying its darkness breath at an almost painfully slow pace. The action hardly takes a few seconds, but to his adrenaline-influenced senses, never mind the added effects of Giga Drive, it's a clear signal to throw himself into yet another Shadow Step. Its attention seems split between the blue-haired man (Lancer?) speeding toward it and himself, he notes, before dashing away again as the darkness beam follows and crashes down on where he was just a moment earlier.

Okay, no regrouping here; it'd be stupid to head over to them when he's obviously the one being focused. Instead, he'll try to draw its fire for as long as he can, Shadow Stepping erratically from place to place (never anywhere near the other combatants) at a constant pace and reappearing for only the briefest of moments between each dash, and allow the others as much time and space as they can get.]

[ The combined attacks on the fire dragon would bring it to the brink of death before long, screaming and shaking the ground. The dragon would soon stop its attacks...

However the fire dragon was about to die, something unlikely happened-- The ice dragon itself turned to the fire dragon and shot a large ice beam to its fire counterpart. Not to finish off the fire dragon, but in an attempt to take down all those who were fighting it and had defeated it.

Following this the fire dragon would scream and explode in a furious wind of ashes and fire. Once the blast of the explosion over, nothing from the dragon would remain aside from dark smoke, apparently all of it flying toward the skeletal dragon and being absorbed into it.

When Lancer rushed to the skeletal dragon, rather than avoid him the dragon shot right into Lancer a column of pure darkness in yet another attempt to kill him. Chaos's ice boulder would hit the dragon but only meet with the darkness protecting its bones. However, because he had to focus on Lancer, this would leave Raven alone.

Following this the ice dragon would be the next one to slowly fall down toward the ground, unable to resist the spell dragging it toward the ground as it was subjected to the attacks of Sephiroth and the others. ]

[Luke jumped clear as the fire dragon went back down, and he had barely a moment to savor (and regret a little) that they were one dragon down, when the ice dragon attacked. He let out a yelp, trying to throw himself away from the freezing blast, but he was far too close to get out in time. The blast caught his foot, freezing him to the ground and leaving him in range of the fire dragon's death explosion.]

[He barely managed to curl himself up, protecting his head, yet he still screamed in pain as the hot ashes and fire bit into his back. A moment of fear stole his heart from him for a moment, the realization that he could die if this got any worse coming to him...]

[OW FUCK GUESS WHICH MINDSNOOP JUST GOT CAUGHT IN THAT SENSATION, OW.]

Just gonna...slide back in here...

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