Super Smash Zone

    One of several areas on this side of Videoland devoted to pure combat, the Super Smash Zone is a series of stark platforms floating over a blasted plain. Fights here are never to the death... opponents here battle for knockout and ring out victories, well-moderated by the weapons that occasionally fall from the sky here, littering the ground. Practically anything is possible, from healing energy to high explosives, though they soon fade back into the surreal nothingness from which they came. Bizarre polygon and wireframe dopplegangers also haunt this plane, duplicating and challenging both heroes and villians. High above, a single platform hovers above the rest, forming a bizarre lynchpin for the entire place... though few who have ventured so high have returned to tell the tale.

A platform rocks as a man sits down on it, jumping onto the ground. Cress looks around for a moment, looking side to side and regarding those that have already arrived. He looks at Paula and gives the girl a nod, before he reaches down to his side. Hopefully, he won't have to beat up on a little kid by the time this is over. That would make him feel plain bad. He draws his sword with a simple motion, and rests it against the ground, before he starts taking note of the others. Dr. Wily is to be expected, even if he is using a robot (which was also expected).

Paula eyes Doc Robot. "...he sent you instead? Is that even legal?" She brightens, noticing Cress, and waves to him.

Over the Smash Zone, Fox is waiting to enter the fight from his Arwing. He's not going to hit the ground until the fighting starts. That's what the parachute is for.
After getting himself thoroughly lost in the Industrial Nightmare, Ian Recker has...finally found the Super Smash Zone, in large part thanks to the help of a generous Sim. "Hey, thanks--I owe you one," the pilot remarks as he reaches the border of the zone, looking over the blasted wasteland with a bemused expression.

"(heart.gif)," the Sim replies, giving a Ian a goggly once-over.

"...Right. Same to you, buddy." With that he's off before he can get dragged off to make horrible Sim!babies, taking a running jump at the nearest platform and flicking out the Girl Wings at the last second for a bit of an extra boost. Once he's made it to his chosen perch, he takes a seat on it, looking at the competitors around him. Wow, he knows--none of these people. So he'll just be checking his gun instead.

Doc Robot looks over at Paula. He looks tired. "The Doctor did not sign up. He entered one of his creations. This one." He pats the metal thing, at the moment unrecognizable.

<Fac-EVIL> King Bowser says, "Alright losers! Let the most awesome one win! And as long as it's me, or if necessary one of you, then it that's grand! Gwahaha!"

Arriving at the Super Smash Zone, Hawke folds his arms over his chest as he stakes out a start point. Glancing over at the Doc Robot, the Black Hole commander nods to it, then returns his attention to the upcoming battlefield, mapping it and his opponettes.

Ms. Rosenqueen is on time as always, in her usual dress; she examines the battlefield and its residents carefully, saying as little as possible. It would probably be a good idea to avoid provoking anyone /before/ the fight begins. She gives a brief nod to Cress and to Mr. Recker, as if to say, 'Please do not hit me when the time comes.'

<Fac-EVIL> Borgan says, "That's an idea. Shall we...leave each other alone for the moment?"
<Fac-EVIL> Hawke says, "An agreeable idea."

"Hey there, Cress, Paula right?" A voice murmurs softly but in a well-enunciated manner behind Paula and Cress. Yikes! When'd he get there! He must have been moving pretty quietly, or hiding well. In either case the young man nearby is in fact Slayn Wilder!

"Don't believe we've met, I'm Slayn." He continues with a smile.

While it's unlikely Cress can see it, Paula might be able to see bits of Dark Fairy fluttering around Slayn's head, <Hello hello!> Raimy chirps.

<Fac-EVIL> King Bowser says, "Sure. I'm all for smashing the goody-two-shoes first, before focusing on the ones that /matter/."
<Fac-EVIL> Captain X says, "We do want someone from the Fortress to win."

Shang Tsung appears via teleport, surrounded by a green glow. He stands on one of the platforms, spotting first Paula, then Cress. The sorcerer smirks, although inside he's practically ecstatic at the thought of all these powerful, vibrant /souls/ in one area. All for his to take a peek at. He laughs. An ornate chair materializes, and Shang sits down, content to rest and watch the others until it's time to begin.

....did it just get a little dark in here?

The shadows in the arena begin to thicken and coalesce into a long ovoid form, and the alien invader known as Zoda steps forward, green armour clanking as his form towers over most of the others present. Zoda folds his arms over the burning shadows of his chest and waits. The alien invader does not care for this competition, nor the meaningless fools who have entered it. He is here for one reason only.

There are people on his list who have entered.

And they will fall.

It isn't hard to find the Super Smash Zone, if one has been there enough times. The Dark Gamemaster Commander materializes on a floating platform, stepping off and simply crossing his arms as he adjusts his jacket. He doesn't greet the other combatants, nor does he pre-match mock them. The others don't matter to him, or rather, will not matter until the match starts.

Hawke does get a nod and a wave, though.

Said Captain X.

Oh, well, there's Etoile. Recker knows her. He looks up from his gun-checking long enough to wave at her. He seems to have gotten the message.

<Fac-EVIL> Doctor Wily says, "My rrrobot will not attack you until you attack it... or I tell it othervise."
<Fac-EVIL> Zoda says, "Sssssssssspeak of the devil isssss a human expressssssion appropriate to thisssss sssssetting."
<Fac-EVIL> Borgan says, "Hmm hmm. Well, I suppose we'll see."

Cress gives a quick nod to Etoile, returning the understanding. When she looks at Ian, the swordsman looks at him to size him up. He takes three things into mind:

1) He looks tough. Krill armor is like that.
2) He looks handsome, but may be a nice guy - he did thank someone.
3) If he tries to hit on Etoile, he will have to tear Recker's face off.

He looks back at Slayn, then. He gives him a pilot smile and nod. "Cress Albane," he says, by way of introduction. "Pleasure to meet you."

<Fac-EVIL> Doctor Wily says, "Hmm... speak of the devil..."
<Fac-EVIL> Doctor Wily says, "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

Doc Robot walks over to the judge, pointing at the metal object and chatting with him for a moment or two.

Judge General nods.

Doctor Wily nods in return, and walks off to the stands.

King Bowser drives into the arena on the Tyrant, does a few wide donuts, and crashes into a set of empty bleachers off to the left. He then leaps out of the dustcloud, and lands near the middle of the arena.

"Gwahaha! I guess I need to get the wheels adjusted on that thing! Glad this is a fighting match. I'm the biggest, baddest brute around! I'm sure to win!" Stomping his foot on the ground for elaboration, Bowser laughs, some flames escaping from his mouth. "All of you losers had better just quit!"

Obviously, someone never told Bowser the strategy of being discreet.

Paula eyes the metal thing warily. "...I see." Mentally, she makes a note to avoid Wily. This shouldn't be that much of a problem, there's really only one person she's planning on seeking out personally should she get the opportunity. "..huh?"
 
She looks over at Slayn and grins, "That's me." Then she squints at Raimy, recognizing it as a fairy (she hangs around Link so this isn't hard to do).
 
Out of the corner of her eye, she notices the aformentioned target and tenses. "...mm."

Maya has also prepared herself for the brawl. This is going to be interesting that's for sure she's perched up on one of the platforms waiting and watching. The brawl hasn't started yet, but Wily's here? Well Doc Robot is in the match at least. That gets her attention and then several others she knows arrives. This is going to be one heck of a furball she thinks. Maya checks a few added weapons she brought for the melee.

Borgan stays right where he started, finishing his sandwich.

Eventually the sandwich is gone, and Borgan gets up from his seat, returning to his platform. He glides out toward what will soon be the fighting area, taking up more than his share of space off at one side. He flies. He can ignore the big drop.

Hawke nods to Captain X in return, finally deciding on which way he wants to go to start.

Miang enters alone, without fanfare; she steps towards one of the platforms lifting its way up towards the battle itself. She has brought a popsicle with her, which is mostly gone; it is, after all, very hot in much of Videoland at the moment.

Jak idly checks his equipment as he makes his way into the area saying to himself, "Good thing I left Dax behind. No need for him to get squashed in this place. He's probably already sitting infrong of the TV to watch." He notices Maya and looks around for the quickest way up. He changes into his light form and flies up to where the junker is. A frin crossing his face as he looks across the battlefield.

Fashionably on-time, Stahn rides into the area atop his blue dragon, Gourmet. He's grown rather fond of this particular method of transportation. As the beast nears the floating platforms, Stahn leaps off of its back, motioning for the creature to fly away. "It's been a long time since I've been in a tournament," he says cheerfully as he turns towards the others. Scanning the group, he makes his way towards the most familiar faces; Cress and Etoile.

"Ian Recker," the pilot says from where he's sitting, finishing with the gun and putting it away. "So are we really just kicking the bejeezus out of each other until one guy's left?" Next on the "check the weapon" list is the Krill puck, but that amounts to pulling one of them out, looking at it (it blinks), and putting it back.

Doctor Wily's robot sits there, an inactive lump of metal. It doesn't even really look like anything.

A little bit early, Nanami wanders into the brawl area, stretching her hands over her head. She doesn't really expect to win this one, but she can at least try to put up a good effort, and maybe she can find a couple people to work with for a while. It would help if she hadn't worked with nothing but backstabbers for the last couple years, though, right Etoile and Harlie?

Slayn blinks at something on the radio. Perhaps Ness's honor system surprised him. Slayn is someone who understands the worth of backup and allies. Including in 'colliseum' matches. "Sounds like it'll be a chaotic match." His eyes slant a little towards Ian Recker. He -does- look tough. "Entirely unpredictable."

<That's why I love it~> Raimy chirps.

"Try not to enjoy yourself too much, Raimy. And be careful." Slayn notes to his comrade.

<I am wrecker looks about right...> Raimy murmurs.

"Ian," Slayn whispers back.

Doc Robot sighs. Wily had better know what he's doing.

Paula unloads her frying pan and takes a seat on the platform, shutting her eyes. She appears to be meditating or focusing or something before the match starts.

<InterZone Chatter> Judge General says, "HEAR YE ALL, GOOD PEOPLES!"
<InterZone Chatter> Judge General says, "THE BRAWL BEGINNETH IN TEN MINUTES TIME!"

Up above the battlefield in the Arwing, Fox is loading his backpack with as many weapons as they can hold. Also, a small parachute to slow his descent just enough to get him down in one piece.

"That sums it up," Cress replies, looking at Ian. He nods his head once to the man in the Krill armor. He lets his sword rest against his hip, before he reaches his arms up and stretches once - forcing back a yawn. He then relaxes a little and shakes his head again, before looking at the approaching Stahn. He gives him a nod.

<InterZone Chatter> Raine Sage says, "..."Beginneth"?"
<InterZone Chatter> Judge General's Chocobo WAARKS!
<InterZone Chatter> Doctor Robotnik says, "Don't you know old english when you hear it."

"Great. It's been a while." Lessee. Ian's already verified that the wings are working, and it's not like the boots /can't/... So he's got nothing to do. Except make idle conversation. Oh, dread. "You a friend of Etoile's?" he asks of Cless.

Miang slides the remainder of the popsicle into her mouth, trapping it, it seems, with her lips and drawing the stick out carefully. She then aims for a platform near the top, stepping carefully off and enjoying the breeze, swallowing the mouthful of slush as she looks down and towards the assembled.

A good croud, she thinks.

<InterZone Chatter> Roll Light says, "That wasn't old english.  Old english sounds like this: Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon."

Meis Triumph makes his way toward the site of the big battle, just hopping from one platform. This is going to be one heck of a fight, but Meis is planning to give it his best shot. After all, he needs to make a descent showing or he will lose yet another chance to get some respect and perhaps even a bit of love from the ladies. Who knows what will happen in this fight, but hey, that's half the fun.

<InterZone Chatter> Core Commander says, "ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE?!"
<InterZone Chatter> Doctor Robotnik says, "There are many forms in different zones, Roll.  Just like a Light bot."
<InterZone Chatter> Raine Sage says, "No.  There's no such language as home."

<Fac-EVIL> Hawke says, "Pick and choose your targets, ladies and gentlemen!"

<InterZone Chatter> Raine Sage says, "...Also, Power Pack members in this foolish act, if you lose any teeth or fingers, try to bring them back with you."

"Mm-hmm," Cress replies, giving another quick nod towards Ian. His eyes follow as Miang comes onto a battlefield from up above. He looks back at Recker after a moment. "Cress Albane," he replies. "I'm in the same Palace, uh, force that she is, too. The Scions." The blond-haired man brushes a few locks of her back. "Your name's... Ian Recker, right?"

<Fac-EVIL> Eggplant Wizard says, "Remember, backstabbing is best saved to when your allies LEAST expect it!"

<InterZone Chatter> Raine Sage says, "I can't reattach them if they're not there."
<InterZone Chatter> Roll Light says, "...well, uh.  That was in most Earth zones.  What the man was using was Shakespearian english."

<Fac-EVIL> Core Commander says, "Good hunting."
<Fac-EVIL> King Bowser says, "Gah, plumber-boy isn't here!"

<InterZone Chatter> Paula says, "..I'm not losing any teeth or fing-..I think I'm the only Power Pack person here."

In a burst of smoke, sulfur, and demonic lighting, something this way...
...coughs and sputters onto the battlefield. "Stupid... sulfur..." Laharl hacks and coughs several times.

<Fac-EVIL> Hawke says, "Imagine some other Palacite in the overalls, then."
<Fac-EVIL> King Bowser says, "He mustn't have entered the tournament at all! Scared of me, I bet."

<InterZone Chatter> Raine Sage says, "Really?  I'm a little surprised and delighted."

Stahn waves back to Cress' nod, and stands off to the side of him and Etoile... and the curious guy who looks like he's been eaten by a bug. The Swordian master raises an eyebrow, but says nothing. The others are in the middle of a conversation, after all, it'd be rude to interrupt.

<Fac-EVIL> King Bowser says, "Hrumph, that'll have to do."
<Fac-EVIL> Captain X says, "I bet there was a pasta buffet special or something. Anyway, I will say this. I want someone from the Fortress to win."
<Fac-EVIL> Hawke says, "I believe we all do."
<Fac-EVIL> Borgan says, "As I have already suggested."
<Fac-EVIL> King Bowser says, "I want ME to win!"
<Fac-EVIL> Captain X says, "Obviously, /I/ want to win, but that's to be expected."

Shang Tsung hmms as others come in, stroking his beard. So far he can't really see which are good fighting souls to pick from, but he won't /really/ be looking until the fighting actually begins. The little girl and the pan? Feh...but maybe that one of those two swordsmen..

<Fac-EVIL> Shang Tsung says, "Of course."

Maya picks up a water bottle by her and drinks it, this will be her last chance for such things before the battle. When that is finish she starts to radio a few friends who are here.

"That's what people call me," Recker remarks, a little distracted. By Miang, natch; he may already have two competitors for his affections, but that doesn't keep him from enjoying the scenery. "The Scions. She told me a little bit about you guys--the Palace, anyway. Sounds like a pretty good deal, from what I heard."

"It is," Cress answers. "You get to save the world, fight the bad guys, and get a /really cool/ treehouse to live in." Sometimes, he can be proud of just that: he lives in a freaking treehjouse! The young man scratches the back of his head. "Maybe you can come by and check it out sometime, huh?"

Borgan just stands there. He looks both bored and impatient, neither of which is particularly unexpected, as he leans on his large staff. The banner flutters.
He checks his watch.

"Do you intend on joining?" Slayn asks, not sure if this guy is a Palace member or not. Regardless, he has been considering it himself for a while so he feels it's a pertinent question for himself.

Xavier stands, and waits. Occasionally, he glances around at the various cliques, but it seems he isn't feeling very social today.

Stahn Aileron takes the opportunity to cut in. "You guys live in a treehouse? Dude, I want a treehouse!"

Dropping in from out of nowhere on a grappling hook is none other than Agent 17 himself, entering in his usual manner. He dusts himself off before taking a look around at the huge crowd that's gathered for this huge brawl, and grins. "This should be fun!"

Phoebe steps onto the battlefield. She unstraps her bow from her shoulder and looks around to examine the competitors in this match.
...That was basically it, really, Phoebe's unsure of how things will go today, but she can only wait and see for the time being.

<InterZone Chatter> Judge General says, "Last call!"
<InterZone Chatter> Judge General clicks off.

Miang looks downwards, and perhaps she sees Ian looking. She smiles, thinly, and then turns to flick the plastic stick for her refreshing iced trip well clear of the match and the assembled.

She doesn't manage to make it sparkle.

The HERO OF SPIELBURG drops from the sky!
 
 No, really, he does. From a Platform. It's traditions, damnit. Right next to Stahn, to boot! "Yo." He says, in a voice trying to immitate the youngun' of the Terra zones, and fails quite miserably.

Etna wanders on a short distance behind Laharl, wearing a gas mask and carrying a conspicuous tank full of sulfur, which she is spraying around with reckless abandon. "Huh?" she says, looking over at Laharl. "...oh."

A...treehouse? That...sounds kind of neat, actually. Ian smirks a little. "I've been thinking about it," he says to Slayn. "But I've got--uh--prior arrangements. High muckety-mucks wanting to keep an eye on their pilots, and all that."

Stahn jumps as Hero drops down next to him. "Gah!? Dammit, Hero, don't DO that!" He turns towards the nameless one with a serious look on his face. "Jeez, you almost gave me a heart attack..."

Judge General shouts! Hwæt! All ye pay heed to the rules and prepare!

Everything lifts into the air, leaving everyone on a floating platform suspended in mid-air. It's a big platform, with little platforms floating above it, but it is a /long/ way down.

Gameshark arrives, dropping in next to Captain X. "Sup Xavier. Ready to own the hell out of people?" He gives his equipment a lookover, and knucklepops.

Gao loves nothing more than a good spirited chance to bash heads. With this being the biggest brawl of 'em all, there was no way she was going to miss out on the fun. She's been camped here since last night, though mostly unnoticeable as she's spent most of the day napping off all the ale she drank overnight. The noisy arrival of everyone else is her alarm clock, and the dogwoman goes from sleep to bright eyed and (literally) bushy tailed in 0.5 seconds. "ALRIGHT! It's party time!"

"Really? Yeah, that can do it--" Cress pauses, as they begin lifting up. He blinks once and nods his head. "Well, looks like this is it. We can talk more about it later." He puts his game face on, then, lifting his sword up, and clanks it down onto the ground. It rings slightly, as he looks up and watches the Judge General. Things are about to begin, after all.

 Alas, area attacks aren't allowed in the Brawl. Otherwise, it'd be scatterbomb time all over the field. With the fight about to begin, Fox sets the Arwing to auto-pilot and bails out, using a touch of parachute power to make a soft landing. Said 'chute is summarily ditched.

      "Don't do what, the 'yo', or dropping from the sky thing?" The Hero of Spielburg says as he...is lift up from the sky again. Awe man! He just /came/ down a minute ago!

"Finally," Borgan says, sounding relieved. He stays put when the platform lifts up, but looks down over the side just to judge height. That is, in fact, quite a ways.

The breeze ruffles Miang's skirt, such as it is; she may have designed it to ruffle easily.

She sweeps her bangs back with one hand, takes a deep breath, and lets it out, while giving Gao an idle wave in passing.

After shaking his fist at Etna (ANGRILY, no less), Laharl turns to the coming fight at hand. He draws an axe, hefting it to test the weight. And then he bellows his demonic challenge.

"HAAAAA HAA HAA HAAAAAAAA! THERE CAN BE ONLY NONE!"

Heyo, ground rising beneath his feet. Stahn stumbles a little as the earth moves, but quickly regains his balance. "Guess it's time. Good luck, guys, I'll try not to beat you too badly." He flashes a smile and a thumbs up to Cress and Etoile.

Gameshark calls back, "THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN EITHER, YOU SHRIMPY IDIOT!"

"All right!" Etoile shouts, nodding as Judge General says to prepare, snapping out of her weapons-check trance briefly. She draws two pistols and, with a brief pull in her dress, gets Chillbane ready for quick-draw action; she seems a little shocked by the platform raising itself, but keeps her balance. She gives Stahn and Cress a brief thumbs-up back.

Laharl pauses to consider this.

"Etna, confirm or deny that statement."

Stahn Aileron responds to Hero, "Both."

Maya has read the rules and knows what can and can not be done. She grins sightly as she gets ready to spring into action. She gets her rifle ready, it's show time. The breeze ruffles Maya's hair a bit as she looks out to the battle zone. It's time to brawl, she hopes though her friends place well. She's ready to leap into the brawl.

Agent 17 gives a nod to the Judge General as he makes sure he understands all of the rules, before making sure his gun is loaded. Then he tosses his jacket off and it disappears somehow. Magic? Who knows. Either way, it's easier to fight with less restrictive clothing on, right?

Etna sticks her tongue at at Laharl, but she has a gas mask on, so it's hard to tell. Then she takes the gas mask off, and chucks the gas canister...somewhere.

"What?" She blinks at Laharl owlishly. "Oh. ...well, if there can be only one, then OBVIOUSLY you'll win, Prince!<3 unless i do, that is..."

Nanami is considering asking Laharl to team up with her... When, naturally enough, he yells out that challenge. He'd probably plant that axe in her at the first chance, she decides, pulling out the three-piece staff for the first part of the battle.

Ian Recker could be more bothered by the platforms suddenly going from "hover" to "way the fug up there". "Sure. I'll look you up." That said, the pilot gets to his feet, leaning out over the edge and restraining the urge to throw something over the side. Not very well, though, because a moment later a penny is sent careering toward the ground below.

"Good luck, break a leg, don't die, yeah?" he bids to the nearby competitors, before pulling out his pistol and actually grinning.

The large object that Doc Robot left behind stirs.

Suddenly, its casing sloughs off in a mass of viscous yellow go, and a single spherical object floats into the air, electricity sparkling around it.
Throwing a quick salute to Miang, and one last check on frequencies, the Black Hole commander sets and prepares to go.

Shang Tsung's chair dissapears, and he stands, already taking a stance: legs spread, left arm raised higher than the other, the right arm close to the chest. Both arms are held in a way that resembles a snake that is just about to strike. He moves in a slightly rhythmic fashion to avoid muscle cramping until the fighting starts.

Zoda is cool.

Captain X is aqui.

Borgan is cooler than Zoda. Look at his robes blow dramatically.

<Fac-EVIL> Gameshark says, "All right, EVIL people. I expect ONE of us to win here. Have fun, andp lay dirty."

The spherical object opens... it's an eye.

And suddenly the YELLOW goo starts to coalesce, rising and forming around the eye.

Slayn Wilder quips at Ian, "I'll try to avoid both."

<Fac-EVIL> Zoda rumbles laughter.

Mike Jones steps out of the men's room, fixing his jacket a little. "Man, was that a line, or was that a line?"

Compelled by base instinct, Mike flicks an empty Fun sized box of Junior Mints at Zoda's head.

Paula still hasn't un-meditated yet but she's still here.

<Fac-EVIL> Doctor Wily says, "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Laharl is not cool.

"HA, SEE THAT, TRAVIS! I WILL WIN!"

Ian Recker's Krill cape thing billows all by itself. BEAT THAT.

<Fac-EVIL> Captain X says, "Yep, been over that, will be annoyed if a Palacite wins, etc. etc. Go out and kick ass."

Gameshark calls back, "YOU SAID NONE!"

<Fac-EVIL> Captain X says, "Like me."

Miang Hawwa closes her eyes and mutters something cryptic to herself.

<Fac-EVIL> Hawke says, "Palacites and Neterworlders first."

Meis Triumph merely nods to the Judge, pulling out his sword, twirling it once or twice. He drops it due to that, but picks it up as he is ready to fight. He puts it over his head head as he holds it with two hands in a rather intense force about him. He waits for the go ahead to attack, trying to be as forced as he can.
 
 As for looking cool, he has goggles on his head. He doesn't even try for that at this point.

<Fac-EVIL> Core Commander says, "Or even worse a sassy neutral, wins."

Laharl shouts back, "I'LL STILL WIN, I'M THAT GOOD!"

"Oh." Hero replies to the long haired swordman, double taking at him, grinning wide. "And we'll see about 'not beating us too hard', Aileron!"

Gameshark says, "YOU MEAN THAT BAD!"

Stahn Aileron is wearing a pink cape. Clearly, his coolness is off the charts.

Gao belches. You want cool, go look for Crowdia.

Yellow Devil ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSS!

"..." Ian looks over at Slayn, then reaches up to scratch the back of his neck. "...Yeah, I suppose 'break a leg' probably doesn't work here, huh. But if you wanna, be my guest; less people to get in the way."

Jak's eyes shift left to right as he loosens the straps on his weapons. Nodding to the Judge he doesn't pull out any weapons yet saying, "Everyone is already acting cazy." He nods towards Maya saying, "Time to get this show on the road."

Mike Jones blinks once, twice, and three times at the emerging Yellow Devil. Oi, someone got creative.

Still a little shocked, Mike asides to Zoda, "Is that, um, legal?" a pause. "And do you have a spare extension cord?"

Judge General stands on his own floating platform. "ALL YE BE READY?"

Zoda grins. "Yessssss."

Hawke says, "Roger."

Yellow Devil says, "ROAAAAR!"

Paula mutters, "Ready."

Maya grins to Jak, "That it is Jak." She looks out at the various people here. "I'm suprised none of the Palace's gamemasters came...oh great...it's the Yellow Devil." Why did it have to be the Yellow Devil? Of all of wily's creation. "I am ready!"

Laharl lets out a demonic howl.

King Bowser slams a fist into his palm. "Ready to roll!"

Ian Recker raises his free hand, fist closed. "Let's go!"

<Fac-EVIL> Doctor Wily says, "GO, MY DEVIL!  DESTROY THEM!"

Gameshark brings out his sword, and salutes Judge General Gladiator style. "WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO SMASH, SALUTE YOU!"

Miang flips her hair with one hand. "Ready!" she calls out.

Gao returns Miang's wave with a smile, a wink, and a thumbs-up before shouting up above, "OH HECK YEAH!"

"Ready as we'll ever be!" Cress shouts, raising his sword up into the air be.

Fox McCloud does the battle taunt. "C'mon!"

Etna pulls out her spear, drops into fighting stance, and smirks. "Y'all gonna /die/."

Captain X just gives a little salute.

"Ready!" Etoile yells, twirling her pistols and raising one as if to say, 'Lay on!'

Shang Tsung says, just because he enjoys doing so, "You're souls are MINE!"

Slayn Wilder bobs his head, "Ready, sir."

<Wooh Wooh!> Raimy yells. Well, it's more like a loud chirp. Assuming you can even hear her.

Stahn Aileron raises Dymlos into the air. "Let's kick some @#*!"

The Hero of Spielburg draws out his sword in a dramatic motion and level it upward! "LET'S DO THIS!"

Nanami waves a little bit, seeming to consider just how to avoid getting crushed in a hurry.

Borgan raises his staff about an inch off his platform. He is, now, smirking. "This will be an entertaining test."

Mike Jones gets a megaphone, "THAT'S KIND OF A HEAVY QUESTION, MAN. I MEAN, EXISTENSIALLY SPEAKING, WHO CAN DECIDE WHAT 'READY' REALLY IS?"

Jak draws the morph-gun, "LET THE CARNAGE BEGIN!"

"SHUT UP, JONES!" Cress shouts.

Zoda looks around.
"Now you now why I hate him."

Etna barks, "SHUT UP AND HIT SOMETHING, JONES."

Ian Recker throws a penny at Mike, while he's at it. "LIKE THE MAN SAID!"

"SHUT UP, JONES!" Hero adds.

Agent 17 cracks his knuckles. "Let the mission begin!"

"JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONES!" Laharl screams.

Maya says, "Not now JONES!"

Judge General blows a whistle, which is air siren loud. "COMMENCE THE BATTLE, WORTHY FIGHTERS!"

At the signal that the brawl has begun, Paula calmly stands and opens her eyes. She looks completely calm but that changes in seconds as she turns to glare in seething hatred at her target: Captain X. "XAVIER COLE!" Paula bellows as she suddenly springs into action, moving and jumping at an intensity fueled by telekinesis and the burning desire to distribute beatdowns. The frying pan is gripped tightly in both hands, glowing a faint red, indicating the traces of a PSI offense up.  
"THIS!" The frying pan is swung mightily with all of Paula's strength at Captain X's face. "IS FOR FOURSIDE!"

Paula strikes Captain X with her When midgets attack, revenge of the Chosen Four! attack!

Zoda uncoils from his relaxed pose and....is struck in the head by a box of mints. The Prime Invader glares at Jones...but Jones is not why Zoda is here. The alien steps off to one side and dissolves into shadow. it is time. Zoda can pick apart the Palace heroes at any old time. But now...now provides a golden opportunity for him to strike at the children of Mother Brain, in a field where they cannot call upon the majority of their personal power. Within the arena, personal strength is everything. And Zoda is strength.

Shadow begins to boil out behind Mother Brain's favoured son, the Dark Gamemaster known as Captain X, as Zoda coalesces in green armour and shadow, laughter rumbling.

"You are firssssst, ssssstrongesssst in all of Videoland sssssave Zoda. It isssss fitting, then, that you sssshould be the first to fall."
Zoda raises one massive fist over Xavier, his red eyes gleaming as he glares at Gameshark. "Do not interfere, Crosssss. Our time sssssshall co---"

He blinks as Paula strikes Captain X right out of the gate. Zoda shrugs, turns, and tries to punch Gameshark instead. It's all good.

As the alert goes off to start the battle, Hawke's already on the move and the offensive. He knows that this battle will get brutal quick. Leaping from the ground to the platform, reaching into the overcoat, he withdraws his pair of Desert Eagles, looking around for an applicable target.

Finally, he settles on one, with the Spirit Blacksmith ambling around. He hasn't been seen much outside the Palace, but Hawke knows of his profile from reading up on such things at Captain X's discretion.

The Black Hole commander swings both of his pistols up and opens fire, .44 calibre shells being spent quickly as their leads race for Meis, and the casings drop to the ground with a tinkling noise.

Shang Tsung quickly opens up by moving both arms and putting them together, firing two bright flaming skull at the nearest person. That person just happens to be Cress. He then backflips to get some distance.

Zoda misses Gameshark with his ZODA SMAAAAAA....wait, little girl. ........ZODA SMAAAAAASH attack!

For a moment, Bowser is not sure who to fight. For all his boasting, he's now left with an 'Umm, now what?' feeling. But it passes quickly, as he sees his first hero. Which just happens to be Hero.

Bowser charges directly at the Hero of Speilburg. There's not even much finesse to his attack, for now. Just a stomping charge. "Fungah! Outta my way, losers!"

Hawke strikes Meis Triumph with his Guns! attack!

Shang Tsung strikes Cress Albane with his Twin Flaming Skulls attack!

King Bowser misses The Hero of Spielburg with his Charge Charge Crunch attack!

Aaaaand they're off. Ian looks left, looks right, then runs for the edge of the platform he's on, sighting on the nearest target--which happens to be Hero. "Here goes nothin'," he mutters to himself, then opens fire on the hapless sputchpuppet.

Ian Recker misses The Hero of Spielburg with his Oh nos! Unintentional double-teaming! attack!

Miang is surrounded by a brief, wispy effusion of indigo light that erupts out from her body in a harmless wave, leaving only a faint effect like heat distortion. She takes a deep breath and lets it out - five percent is a little much... there, four point four. How appropriate.

She dashes forwards with the springy energy of a ballerina in low gravity and does a spinning backflip off the side of the platform. She twists herself around and descends, leading with both hands, towards Mike Jones, aiming to knock him down and cushion her blow on his body at the same time.

Miang Hawwa strikes Mike Jones with her Surrendering the High Ground attack!

Upon hearing the cue, Captain X does not hesitate a moment further. He dashes into the center of the arena, pulling out the strongest Gamemaster gun in Videoland, only to...

Take a psych-powered frying pan to the face from a crazed little girl in a pink dress. Not a spectacular beginning! But alas, if he can pick out the weaker ones first, all the better.

The Dark Gamemaster wipes blood away from his nose and mouth, forming a malicious grin as he glares down at Paula. "For Fourside? What, you didn't appreciate that little gesture? Well, I'll have to do better next time!" He spins his MadCatz blaster, aiming to hit the girl at close range.

Twirling his axe around in the air, Laharl cackles madly. "Time to let off a little steam... hahahaha... I needed this." Scarf flailing semi-dramatically behind him, Laharl leaps up into the air while his Mana power builds. Focusing it into the head of the axe, the young Overlord-In-Exile slams himself at Captain X.
                "FOR THE NETHERWORLD!"

Captain X misses Paula with his REVENGES attack!

Laharl misses Captain X with his Graviton Bomb attack!

Yellow Devil growls, starting down the platforms. The devil is /huge/. HUGE. But it has no trouble moving, leaving sticky footprints as it moves towards the first victim it sees, the indomitable Ian Recker. The Devil roars as it reaches for Recker with a gelatinous fist. "WAAAAARRRRRRRRUUUUUGGGGHHHH!!!"

"Let's go! HyaaaaaaaAAAAH!" Cress shouts, as he goes rushing forward. his eyes fall on Gao. Unfortunately, though, he finds something else coming for him - a pair of flaming skulls. He grunts and is thrown to the ground, rolling around once, before he comes up. He turns, spying the sorceror. His eyes narrow, before he jumps up - and goes right over Shang's head. Instead, he comes down for Gao. His sword swings down, in a hard chop aimed for the dog-woman.

Cress Albane strikes Gao with his Sword Chop! attack!

Ms. Rosenqueen is quick to move, quite unfamiliar with the sort of 'mass combat' this seems to be but adaptable enough to just go with the flow. Scanning the battlefield, she immediately spots someone from her own zone -- Gao. The dogwoman's poor behavior during the first attempt at the melee is still relatively fresh in her memory, and Etoile snaps off two shots from so far away -- and moving farther away still -- that Gao may well think they come from out of nowhere.

Yellow Devil strikes Ian Recker with his There's always room for Jell-O! attack!

Etoile Rosenqueen strikes Gao with her Hey, Dingus, Say 'Excuse Me' When You Burp! attack!

"BY MY HONOR!" The Paladin of Spielburg let out as he jump off the white, transparent platform and rush headlong into the fray! His sword's aura of blue flames erupts to life, he's heading toward a target completly random! Which happens to be...the Yellow Devil. But there seems to be obstacles in his way! First he /dive/ out of the way of Bowser's mad charge, then bounce and roll out of harm of Ian's fire. He then jump and /DIVE/ the holy blade of his right into the Yellow Devil's eye!

The Hero of Spielburg misses Yellow Devil with his Soulforge Dive attack!

And with that, they're off! Stahn immediatly leaps into the air, becoming engulfed in flame as he rockets up towards a higher platform. Looking at the other combatants, he commences throwing fireballs, starting with the biggest target. Let's see you dance your way out of this one, Borgan!

Stahn Aileron strikes Borgan with his Sniping: the most annoying trick in the book attack!

Maya looks to Jack one last time before she looks down at the massive battle zone before them all. Even as Zoda goes after Gameshark. There goes Paula after Captain X, and so many others getting into the battle of doom. Maya now says to Jak "See ya in the meele." She then leaps away before Jak has a chance to attack her, dropping down towards the battle zone. She now brings up her rifle as she hits the ground and choses to give some added havoc to the Yellow Devil. She raises her rifle and opens fire sending a stream of bullets, maybe she'll get lucky and score a hit? Or maybe not.

Maya strikes Yellow Devil with her To quote David and James. Shoot the Core. attack!

Jak's goggles are already over his eyes as he quickly makes his move. Eyes focused on one of the largest targets in the arena which happens to be the Yellow Devil. Not wasing any time he morphs his gun immediately into the Peace Maker and starts charging it up. Taking a deep breath he takes aim saying, "Time to see how much is going to take that machine down." Not waiting for a full charge he quickly unleashes one then two balls of electrical energy towards the Devil.

Gameshark looks unimpressed as Zoda goes straight for Gamemaster Aggro. "Oh. I am So Scared." He eyerolls, and catches the Prime Invader's fist, falling back only a step as he absorbs the incoming strike. "Something you need to learn, Zoda, is that there's ALWAYS someone stronger." Pivoting, the Cheater brings up his sword and uses it as a pivot point, launching Zoda towards Jones. "Now how about you go play with your buddy?" It probably won't hurt Zoda, but Jones might not appreciate the sentiment.

Gameshark misses Mike Jones with his Here, YOU Take Him! attack!

Borgan bursts into action as only Borgan can: he stays put, but his face spreads into an unwholesome smile as he looks around. Target, target...

Oh, there's Laharl. Borgan glides that direction, very slowly, fist clenched. Arcs of energy dance around it, violet and black; he points one fat finger at the 'Overlord' as he does so. A tiny ball of violet electricity detaches from his hand, drifting slowly and almost gently toward Laharl, sparks flying off it. When one of the sparks gets too close to Laharl, the entire ball discharges at once in a blast of black lightning.

About this time, one of the fireballs hits Borgan - and splashes off the barely visible shield surrounding him. It hit. He doesn't seem to have been affected very much.

Jak strikes Yellow Devil with his Meet the Peacemaker! attack!

Borgan misses Laharl with his Black Spark attack!

 Whee! Frying pans! Flaming skulls! So where is Fox for all this?

      Way the hell out of the way, where he won't be clocked upside the head by large blunt objects. He's got a sniper rifle, and they're most useful when you have a quiet place to aim and shoot from. Let Vendettas 'r Us put themselves out of business. There's a big Yellow eye thingy that needs poking.

Fox McCloud strikes Yellow Devil with his Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk attack!

Slayn takes a moment to close his eyes and collect himself. "Let's do this, Raimy."

And then Slayn's body seems to split in too, both bodies going a little hazy.

Meis Triumph hears the go ahead and just charges with his sword out in order to lay into the fray. He is sort of unsure of who exactly to attack right now, and that costs him dearly as he gets smacked into by the guns of Hawke. The young blacksmith winces in pain as he gets lit up by Hawke's powerful attacks, the Spirit Blacksmith just getting blooded in the first few seconds of combat, that's always fun. Merely fighting off the pain for right now, the Spirit Blacksmith goes right for the man, trying to give him a couple of slashes. Meis might not be much of a fighter, but he is giving this battle his best shot.

Yay! Smashy time! Smashy time! Gao cracks her knuckles, and after a brief radio check, sets her sights on the volunteer to be Victory Garden's first target of the night: Mike Jones. "Alright you little twerp," the dogwoman shouts as she forgoes all of Miang's gymkata and double-dashes right into JOOOOOOOOONES's face. "This is what you get for usin' big words- OW!"

Alright, plan revised: After getting shot at and hacked at, Gao will instead lose her balance, trip, and stumble into Mike instead!

Meis Triumph misses Hawke with his ATTACK attack!

Slayn Wilder strikes Slayn Wilder with his Doppleganger! defense-increasing attack!

Gao misses Mike Jones with her I Meant To Do That! attack!

"PHILISTINES, ALL OF YOU!" Mike defends via megaphone, ducking the hurled things. Except the penny. He pockets the penny. Smirking saucily, the hero of the Startropics...sees that his preferred target is, in fact, busy. Hrm. Oh, hey, King Bowser is jumping Hero. Mike moves to hop-and is tackled by everyone's favorite overly cryptic jerk, Miang. Falling to the ground with a reasonably attractive woman on top of you may not be the worst way to spend a Thursday evening, but Mike's read his boy scout manual.

Also, he really, really hates cryptic villains. So, he points the megaphone Maingwards, and yells. "NO! WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYTHING /STRANGE/ AND /MYSTICAL/ JEEPERS! ITS CREEPY! WE WERE ALL HAVING A NICE TIME AT THE DANCE UNTILL /YOU/ SHOWED UP-"
Mike pauses, and says normaly, "Roll over, babe.", sit-hopping to the side so Zoda and Gao can both miss him. PERHAPS THEY WILL BUMP INTO EACHOTHER. Then, he continues, "WITH YOUR WATCHES AND YOUR BEEVERS AND OOOOOOH YOU MAKE ME SO ANGRY! GO! JUST...JUST GOOOO!"

Mike Jones strikes Miang Hawwa with his Super Teen Extraordinare stun attack!

Etna laughs giddily at the sound of the siren! "Awwww yeah!" she declares, then suddenly...slides Longinus across her back and pulls out a morningstar on a chain, which she wings at Captain X's head. "FOR THE NETHERWORLD!" she echoes.

Feeling a little bit worried about the sheer volume of people around her, Nanami hangs back for a few seconds, waiting for an opening, and as Hawke and Meis go at it, Nanami decides to try and take advantage of the situation, pulling her Peacemaker pistol out and cracking a shot off at Meis' back. Well, it's only fair, right? He's probably done something recent to deserve it.

Etna strikes Captain X with her Good Vassals Don't Betray Their Boss Until After He's Tanked All The Aggro attack!

Nanami strikes Meis Triumph with her Strike from the shadows! Or while your opponent has a huge guy in their grill. attack!

So many targets, so little time. Quite a challenge for Agent 17, but that's just the way he likes things. If everything were easy, he wouldn't have fun with things, and then they'd be dull. So it's good that there's a challenge presented here. The current challenge? Trying to figure out who to target...

And then he gets an idea as he spots Shang Tsung. He's heard a lot about this guy, and frankly, Agent 17 really doesn't believe he's all that, even after seeing him fire off those flaming skulls. He quickly jumps at Shang Tsung, while letting out a martial arts type yell as he aims a flying kick at him!

Agent 17 misses Shang Tsung with his Agent 17 was Kung-Fu Fighting, his kicks were faster than lightning attack!

Phoebe watches at the firepower and bladed weaponry go off. She ducks to avoid stray blasts of fire, and tries to move to the side of the arena in order to avoid being the target. She's glad she hasn't spoken yet, it seems to have paid off as she can tell she hasn't been a target yet.

Putting an arrow into her bow, Phoebe looks left, and looks right, before she raises the bow to her eye and sees what she can do to make sure this shot actually hits.

Phoebe strikes Phoebe with her Slow and Steady win races. Do they win fights? accuracy-increasing attack!

    Arthas is here. Doesn't matter when he got here. He has been standing on the sidelines watching everyone else go crazy on each other, but now he draws Frostmourne and stalks in the direction of a certain blue-haired girl that was instrumental in the ruination of one of his plans, and has just generally been a pain.

    Arthas waits until Maya's back is turned and then swings at her head, without even shouting threats or anything else villainous!

Arthas Menethil strikes Maya with his Head Slash attack!

Judge General watches dispassionately, his chocobo pecking at the ground idly. He has no stake in this... he was paid to be here.

Two capsules tumble down from the sky, opening above Meis Triumph & Slayn Wilder.

Random Smash Item: Super Mushroom (+buff/end)
Random Smash Item: Poison Mushroom (+debuff/end)

Zoda is sent sailing off toward Jones by Gameshark, snarling as he slides backward, armour grinding along the surface of the arena as he slowly rises to his feet, hearing the soft *clong* of some small, squishy being bouncing off his form. He ignores it. After all, it is only right that weaklings fail against Zoda's power. Jones gets a glare.....but Zoda does not pursue Mike for one very simple reason.

Sometimes Mike beats him.

And he doesn't want to be beat.

So instead Zoda begins charging (very very slowly) across the battlefield, his footsteps shaking the ground as he closes in on Captain X and the group surrounding him. Zoda reaches down with one enormous hand, trying to envelop the entirety of Etna's skull in his fist. "DO NOT INTERFERE!" Zoda roars. "OR FEEL THE WRATH OF ZODA!"

He squeezes. He's a jerk like that. He also sees that other people get items. This is unknown to Zoda.

Shang Tsung stares right at Cress even as he jumps over him, continuing to watch him attack Gao. The sorcerer's eyes glow green. Then, he sees Agent 17 come at him with a laughable attempt at martial arts. He raises a fist and blocks the kick. He smiles at Agent, before running towards a different target: Stahn Aileron. Now, Shang summons his straight sword, and with his own martial arts scream of "HYAAAA!", swipes at Stahn twice horizontally, following with a broad upwards sword sweep, and finishing with a stab aimed low at his legs. Shang realizes he'll need to find an ally soon, at least temporarily. He doesn't want to get knocked out before looking 'into' all these fighters, so to speak.

With Meis charging in with the swords, Hawke steps in, twisting into the attack and using his pistols to defend the attack. Yes, the pistols are big enough to be used as bracers, which they are in this case. As they collide with the sword, the Black Hole commander grunts, holding him in place for Nanami to shoot. That was helpful.
Kicking forward, Hawke attempts to punt Meis from the platform, sending him down towards the ground. And if he's fortunate, the Spirit Blacksmith will come face to.. something.. on the lovely Etoile Rosenqueen.

Hawke misses Etoile Rosenqueen with his Doing my part to get Meis some (p)lay.. attack!

"Cripes!" Any further shots Ian intended to level against those around him are interrupted by JELL-O TIME in the bad, horrible, wrong way. He goes down in a visually jarring smear of purple, green, and yellow, sliding toward the edge of his platform on his back. "--oh, gross!" This, on putting a hand against his chest and coming away with what looks like neon snot. That just won't do. He peels himself off the platform, shaking to get rid of as much of the junk as he can, before eyeing the ugly that knocked him over.

Change in tactics time! And, hey, his original target kinda-sorta helped him out there, so he may as well return the favor. Away goes the gun, out comes the Krill puck, which Ian forthwith launches at the Bright Yellow Snot Beast with all the flare of a World-Cup champion!

Okay maybe not that much flare.

Ian Recker misses Yellow Devil with his GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAL attack!

Shang Tsung misses Stahn Aileron with his Flowing Blade attack!

Continuing his ranged assault, Stahn stays tucked safely out of the way, raining fireballs down upon the battlefield. Who knows, maybe everyone will mistake him for a stage hazard or something... though Fox's sniping might draw more attention up here than he wants. Still, the Swordian master continues aiming at the really big targets, being easier to hit from this high up. And speaking of big targets, that shell of Bowser's is looking an awful lot like a bull's eye from up here. Bombs away!
Stahn Aileron misses King Bowser with his You're weak vs. lava, aren't you? attack!

Zoda misses Etna with his I Am Crushing Your Head! (crushcrush) attack!

Well, Miang has many reasons to be popular. Being hit by her is probably still not fun, since these reasons are not Zack Island-level.

Her ears ring from the megaphonic assault, and as she presses herself up to her feet with a pained expression, she ripostes, "What is it that you're protesting, exactly?" with an arched eyebrow. Even with balance temporarily shot, she can still make an insinuation!

Xavier deftly ducks away from Laharl, though he takes a hard hit from Etna's morningstar. "Oh," he sneers, "I seem to be drawing aggro from the midgets lately! Weirdest thing." His tone is almost maddeningly casual as he leaps back, grinning at both Laharl and Etna.

"Your precious Netherworld is a waste. Accept it! I assure you, I won't stand to see anyone from your unimportant zone win this challenge."

He reaches to his belt, the Controller-S forming into a sword-shape as he dashes and slices at Etna, singing quietly to himself. "Short people got..no reason...Short people got..no reason..."

Captain X misses Etna with his SHORT PEOPLE GOT NO REASON TO LIVE attack!

Slayn Wilder strikes Slayn Wilder with his THE POISONED DONUT endurance-decreasing attack!

Paula returns that glare, looking as serious as a little girl possibly can. "There won't be a next time, you big /jerk/!" she retorts, though there is a hint of uncertainty in this declaration. The future actions of Captain X were always hidden from Paula, which bothered her a lot. Unfortunately for Xavier, Paula seems quick on the response, her PSI magnet enveloping her body and absorbing Xavier's blast.
 
She notes Etna joining the fray and offers a weak smile but nothing else. She isn't the type to tell her to go away 'cause it's "her fight" because then Etna might start stabbing her. "..and this is for Ness." She pauses, then twitches at Xavier's song.
 
Just for that, Captain X gets panned in the kneecaps.

Paula strikes Captain X with her Short people got every reason to break your knees, yo. weak attack!

Gameshark leaps high into the air to survey the chaos and death. Captain X seems to be getting an assload of aggro, and the Cheater can't allow that. Diving downwards, Travis sweeps towards Paula, bringing the sword around for a nice flat-side whack.

Gameshark strikes Paula with his This Should Be Familiar Somehow attack!

Oh god, so much for maiming the yellow devil! The Paladin lands on the ground besides the monstruousity! Too bad. Oh well! Ther eis /plenty/ of other targets abount here! Including one that is fighting currently a poor little pink midget..which seems to be doing just fine without help, actualy. But, there is /another/ Gamemaster nearby that just asks for a beating.

      Thus, with a leap then a charge, the Hero of Spielburg swing his holy blade toward Gameshark. "HELLO, TRAVIS!" He shouts, heartily!

The Hero of Spielburg strikes Gameshark with his HI, THERE! attack!

<Fac-EVIL> Zoda says, "Zoda requiressss an explanation!"
<Fac-EVIL> Gameshark says, "Of what?"
<Fac-EVIL> Zoda says, "What are the sssstrange itemssss hovering over the Palace foolssss?"
<Fac-EVIL> Shang Tsung says, "Capsules."
<Fac-EVIL> Zoda says, "Elaborate."
<Fac-EVIL> Captain X says, "They happen during these tournaments."

Well, that didn't work out. Bowser seems irritated as Hero cleverly dodges him, but he's NOT daunted! It takes more than that to get a Koopa down!
He gets his sights locked on Fox McCloud next, and charges at the pilot. In his hurry, he manages to avoid Stahn's assault, he barely even notices it, in fact. Bowser can be incredibly single-minded. As he approaches Fox, he takes out a giant hammer, and prepares to whack him hard with it. "FORE!"

Wrong game, Bowser.

Yellow Devil sidesteps Hero, geting the hell out of the way from that big stabby sword. However, it can't avoid getting peppered by blasts from Maya, Fox, and Jak, roaring as the shots sink into it. As Ian strikes at it, the entire thing explodes into thousands of chunks, surging towards Maya with malice and hate. Ian's shot, predictably, hits nothing but air.

King Bowser strikes Fox McCloud with his FORE attack!

Cress goes rushing in closer to Gao, armored footfalls echoing over the platform as the din of battle rages around them. He moves in closer on the dog-woman, throwing out his left foot in front of him. His hand wraps around the second hilt of the blade, to give him increased leverage as he swings the blade around in one hard arc. This sends the sword wheeling around in one, hard chop that goes for the woman's side.

He shoots a quick glance at Etoile and another at Recker, to see how they're doing. Unfortunately, Stahn is behind him, so he can't really get a glimpse at how he is doing at the moment.

He gets his eyes back to his opponent, though, as the blade finishes its swing and slams into the ground with a cleaving motion. He takes a deep breath, then begins to raise the sword back into a defensive posture.

<Fac-EVIL> Gameshark says, "In Smash fights, items drop into the fight. They can be used to either help or harm."

Well, Agent 17 truly underestimated Shang Tsung, and he missed with his attempt to strike him. At least he's still distracted with Stahn Aileron, but that's not the point right now. He ponders to himself quickly whether he should stick with Tsung or find a more formidable target.

After a moment, he decides to go after Gameshark instead, remembering how he has a thing against those who like to cheat. With a quick draw of his gun, he levels it and fires off a couple of shots at the cheater!

Yellow Devil misses Maya with his FORE! smash attack!

Cress Albane strikes Gao with his Wheel Slash attack!

Agent 17 misses Gameshark with his Gunshot attack!

<Fac-EVIL> Zoda says, "Ah. Zoda comprehendsss. Zoda requiressss one of thessse itemsssss."
<Fac-EVIL> Shang Tsung says, "I'm sure you do."
<Fac-EVIL> Captain X says, "They fall where they fall."
<Fac-EVIL> Gameshark says, "If you're lucky, one will fall near you."
<Fac-EVIL> Shang Tsung says, "Also, there are pokeballs."
<Fac-EVIL> Zoda says, "Who conterolsssss the disssstribution?"
<Fac-EVIL> Captain X says, "Partially the judges, partially gravity."

Borgan rotates his platform until he can look up at Stahn, beady eyes narrowed. "Down, boy!" he rumbles, loud enough to carry up there, and makes a sharp gesture downward with his staff.

Winds suddenly start to spring up around Stahn in a sphere, whirling and cutting away with bladed breezes. Lightning starts to spring up in the whirlwind too, arcing from side to side and possibly even through Stahn. "Never enter a magician's duel with the Black Dragon Wizard. You'll regret it!"

Borgan strikes Stahn Aileron with his Force Wind attack!

Ms. Rosenqueen moves away from the falling Meis, glaring up toward Hawke for a brief moment; she does not attack Hawke, however, as tempting as it is. After all, in a weird sort of way, she feels sorry for him. Instead, she spins her pistols around twice, and eventually finds a better target in the form of... King Bowser. She snaps off two quick shots at the big, spiky guy, remembering briefly her altercations with him while she was in the Fortress.
Etoile Rosenqueen misses King Bowser with her Bang Bang <3 attack!

Backflipping away from the bursting black spark, Laharl lands on his feet, snarling a warning at Borgan before turning back to Captain X. Laharl understands something. There are a lot of people that don't like him here. He figures that he'll team up with the ones that hate him a little less for the time being. Now, if only he can backstab them before Etna backstabs him.... hmmmmmmmm. "HEY, TRAVIS! THINK SLOW!" And without waiting for Gameshark to ponder out the meaning of his incorrect statement, Laharl swings his massive axe at the Gamemaster's chest to take the heat off of Paula for a few moments.

<Fac-EVIL> Zoda says, "The judge.....thissss would be the armoured being on the avian mount?"
<Fac-EVIL> Gameshark says, "YEs."

Laharl strikes Gameshark with his I'd AXE you a question but I don't think you'd answer attack!

<Fac-EVIL> Zoda says, "Zoda comprehendssss. Zoda will asssisssst the children of Mother Brain in wiping the field of thesssse.....gnatsssss."

Meis Triumph blinks as he gets shot from behind by Nanami. He winces in pain, but there is little he can do when he is getting assualt by both sides by people with guns. "I haven't even DONE anything recently," the Spirit Blacksmith remarks, a result of trying to figure out if this is earned or not. Either way, he knows that is the way the game works, so he just tries to figure out what to do, holding up his sword to defend himself. As he does though, something just falls from the sky right on him. He grows. He's now... MIGHTY MEIS. The Spirit Blacksmith just blinks and merely tries to jump to see how high he jumps with his larger size. Apparently, it is a bit more than he thought. "Wooooooooooah!" Of course, as luck would have it... he lands where Hawke is. The man has a lot of time to move, so hopefully he'll use it.

Mike Jones cheerfuly calls out towards the like six people who missed. "Ah ha ha, the little girl hit first. You should be proud! Write home to your loved ones!" This would've been wittier if the pose was earlier, but what can you do. He idly flips the bird at Zoda's retreating form, twists out of Miang's spider-woman grip with some classic 1980s breakdance fighting, and hops to his feet.

"Y'know, Miang, usualy I'd do some crazy acrobatics, some flips, some jumping, maybe even a little groove thang mid attack. It keeps me in shape, and it makes the whole experience more fun!" Mike then takes out a baseball bat, smiles, and swings. "But...you're just not worth the energy, lady."
This particular version of the sniper rifle comes with a fast reloading cartridge of high-powered blaster shots, an extendable bipod for shooting at a prone position, and a cushioned shock pad. Just for those pleasant afternoons camping in the New England countryside. It's a good thing.
 
 Unfortunately, Fox's Martha Stewart moment is interrupted by Bowser charging at him with a large mallet. He pulls up the rifle to try and block it, and winds up breaking the long weapon. "Hey! These are expensive!" Well, at least he now has a blunt object to crack Bowser upside the head with. He does so.
Naturally, the irony is that despite Slayn's hard work to protect his body from an assault from evildoers, the poisoned mushroom hits his leg and Slayn goes BWOOP BWOOP BWOOP.

Slayn is now Raimy sized. He looks over his body dubiously for a few moments before looking over to Raimy.

"Hey," He tells his comrade, "I can see you a lot more clearly when I'm short."

<R..really?> Raimy burbles.

"Yup." Slayn notes, "Can you carry me?"

"I think I can!" Raimy trills, floating over to Slayn and picking him up of all things! Yikes! Dragged into the air by Raimy, Slayn seems to be turning his poor luck into a strategy. He is a pretty good tactician after all.

Slayn is carried oooover Captain X's body--and is dropped! Slayn goes falling for the Gamemaster Commander and summons out his Ring Weapon--a large sword, though it's kind of like a toothpick now. He slices down at Captain X's shoulder before leaping away, aiming to get 'picked up' by Raimy again. It kind of looks like he's flying to those that can't see Raimy, but that's obviously not true!

Mike Jones strikes Miang Hawwa with his WOOSH attack!

Fox McCloud strikes King Bowser with his It's a good thing. attack!
You have taken 20 damage.

Meis Triumph strikes Meis Triumph with his Super Meis endurance-increasing attack!

Slayn Wilder misses Captain X with his Slayn is a miracle worker. Turning Debuffs into FUNK! attack!

Meis Triumph strikes Hawke with his Do the Mario! attack!

Maya has been able to avoid agro for some time untill Arthas just up and sucker punches her so to speak. She snaps forward from the force of the impact and goes sprawling. She looks around as she recovers from the hit. Then she sees Paula "GO PAULA!" is all she ways to that before she turns her attention back to the battle at hand. Does she go after Arthas? No Oh snap she's got Devil Agro! Who cares about going for another target she attemps to get clear of the attack and manges to leap clear. Now that was too close for comfort there. She moves to get away from the Devil. Now clear of that she mutters for a moment. Paulas battle does get her attention all right, what the heck she'll join in there for a moment. Her rifle hisses open and then several seeker missiles launche seeking out the Dark Gamemaster. After the shot is fired she's moving off to seek another foe.

Maya strikes Captain X with her Seeker attack!

Wow, nobody likes Etna today. The thump thump thump of Zoda arriving causes her to turn, and wow that is a big, big hand. There is only one possible answer to this! She takes about four steps to the left, escaping Zoda's crushing grasp. Then she drops the morning star - it'd only slow her down for this one, and LUNGES up at Zoda, crescent somersault kicking him up into midair a few times before suddenly punching him back at the ground. Hopefully. He's kind of big. The airtime also enables her to slide past Captain X's thrust. "I'll interfere in whatever I damn well please!" she snaps.

Shot at, hacked at, nearly collided into, and hacked at again! And yet, Gao rises! "ARGH! YOU!" A vein pops on her forehead as an accusing finger is pointed straight at Cress! "You're interrupting my beating the big words out of that loudmouth! And you're the bozo that Marjoly fell for that nearly blew up our castle!" Ooh, now you did it Cress, you've aggroed the brawny midboss. For penance, find a way to dodge this incoming hail of fists. "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ROOFERS IN THE MARL KINGDOM COST!?"

Etna strikes Zoda with her Disgaea Fist Techniques Are Ridiculous attack!

Gao misses Cress Albane with her Punch, Kick... Nah, Let's Go With Punch, Punch attack!

Jak doesn't wait to see the Devil's reaction as he catches sight of a death knight attacking his ally. He thinks about quickly firing off a shot or two but holds back for the moment. Grumbling a bit he continues to move keeping sight of the devil since its large enough. For now he does his best to avoid anything that comes his way. As he moves through the battlefield he waits until he gets a clear shot of a familiar Dark GM as he switches to the blaster rifle. Firing off several shots from his gun towards Gameshark, not caring if he recognizes the ammo or not.

Phoebe stops to consider her options, looking over (and therefore aiming at) good targets. Going from the fat man to the Dark Gamemasters to the Yellow Devil, she finally decides on the latter and aims for the Yellow Devil's eye. Thwip.

Once she shoots, she begins to move around in a loose arc, in order to discourage extra firepower from coming her way.

Well, things just don't seem to be going that well so far, at least, though Nanami enjoys watching everyone attack the Gamemasters. She'd join in, but the people attacking the gamemasters seem to be getting smacked around in return, and Meis... Got something wierd. And so Nanami's going to stay back, still, this time aiming for her own future one on one opponent, who's firing missiles in the other direction just now. Doesn't seem like a bad idea, really, but...

Jak misses Gameshark with his Fire at Will, No not WILL, GAMESHARK! attack!

Nanami strikes Maya with her Click, click, OW. attack!

Phoebe strikes Yellow Devil with her Stopping the Eye of the Storm attack!

    Arthas could go after someone else, but he doesn't feel like it. He doesn't recognize any others present as having been a greivance to him in the past--Oh, wait. There's Paula. Huh. Lifting his sword, he aims at the psychic girl and fires a stream of black and green energy with skulls inside of it at his target.

    He'll get back to Maya in a moment. He just wants to at least attack Paula before she goes down.
Arthas Menethil strikes Paula with his Death Coil attack!

Judge General continues to watch. He pauses for a moment, then looks up as two more items fall. This time, the victims... er... recipients, are Jak & Laharl!

Jak gets...

Random Smash Item: Super Mushroom (+buff/end)

Laharl gets...

Random Smash Item: Bunny Hood (Free weak attack next round on top of normal attack)

<InterZone Chatter> Arche Klein says, "Laharl put the hood on!!"
<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "Laharl put the hood on!!"
<InterZone Chatter> Laharl says, "What?"
<InterZone Chatter> Laharl says, "No!"
<InterZone Chatter> Arche Klein says, "PUT THE HOOD ON"
<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "PUT THE HOOD ON"
<InterZone Chatter> Laharl says, "NO!"
<InterZone Chatter> Mike Jones says, "Muwah-ha-ha-ha GUESS WHO HAS A CAMERA OVERLORD!"
<InterZone Chatter> Laharl says, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
<InterZone Chatter> Ness says, "PUT THE HOOD ON! Ness demands pictures!"

While Paula doesn't mind other people attacking Captain X, she does mind other people attacking her. She yelps as that giagantic sword smacks her across the platform, a feeling that she certainly does remember. With a groan, she picks herself back up and shakes a fist at Gameshark, "Go away, Travis, this is personal!"
 
Then Arthas nails her in the back with a Death Coil and no large amount of deja-vu is lost on that too. She groans again, then growls, slowly turning to glare at the death knight, hands twitching. The red aura that had been faintly clinging to the girl from the PSI offense up suddenly intensifies...then just as suddenly, vanishes completely.
 
The air around Arthas quite rapidly heats..and heats and heats and heats until it suddenly combusts with frightening intensity. Accompanying this is Paula's furious telepathic voice. ((SAME GOES FOR YOU...YOU...SLAVE TO ROTTING CORPSES!))

<InterZone Chatter> Arche Klein says, "Put it on and hit Mike Jones with your bunny powers!"

Paula strikes Arthas Menethil with her Burn, baby! smash attack!

Zoda rumbles in confusion as Etna slips out of the crushing grasp of his mighty fist, blinking at his hand, which opens and closes. "Curioussss," he hisses before being punched and somersault-kicked up into the air, then back down. The Prime Invader grumbles and rises to his feet, hissing dark shadow out of his mouth.
"Inssssectssss," Zoda hisses. "Annoyancccesss....GNATSSSS!" The massive alien's form begins to burn as orange fire flows along it. "INTERLOPERSSSS ALL!" Zoda surveys the field, and sees others get more items. He snarls.

"/YOU!/" Zoda roars as he levels a finger at the Judge General. "Zoda requiresssss a powerful item, ssssssuch assss you gave the othersssss. You will provide it. But for now...." Zoda turns toward Slayn, his foot rising up to try and boot the young man away. "Thissss....." Zoda hisses, reaching for the hilt of Slayn's huge broadsword Ring Weapon, "....will be fitting armament for the interim."

The Cheater finds himself assaulted by several people. Well, that's no fun. He bobs and weaves, the gunfire spritzing past him. He is not, however, so lucky with Laharl and Hero both laying into him. The Cheater is sizzles and chopped, and he reels back, taking evasive action as he types into his Holo-Computer. What's the Cheater up to this time?

Captain X suddenly surges with a crackling aura of violet energy, the lightning not harming him, but instead reinvigorating him and closing wounds. Looks like the Cheater is going for the support.

<InterZone Chatter> Laharl says, "No! It's stupid!"

Yellow Devil recoils backwards as the arrow strikes at its eye, hitting it as it recoalesces. The Devil staggers, shaking its head as its eye vanishes inside of its body, the arrow popping out of the goo on its own. The Devil growls, then all the goo disperses, leaving only the eye. A moment later...
...and a wave of goo surges from the ground, trying to bowl Phoebe over as the Devil's Eye twitches with electricity.

Yellow Devil strikes Phoebe with his SURFIN' TALLON IV! attack!

Keeping his eyes focused on the battle below, Stahn smirks as Borgan begins casting. This'll be easy enough to deflect... but something catches the corner of his eye, and the Swordian master glances around to see Shang Tsung approaching with his sword drawn. "Ack!" Stahn cries as he leaps to the side to avoid the strike... and off the platform he was perched on. Oops. Needless to say, he no longer has anything to hide behind as Borgan's whirlwind spins around him, cutting at his armor and sending arcs of electricity dancing across him. With a cry of pain, he falls to the ground... and right on top of Gao, if she's not looking out for falling blockheads.

<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "It's not stupid, it's cute!"

Stahn Aileron strikes Gao with his y helo thar attack!

After Meis falls, Hawke was scanning around for a fresh target, seeing that Captain X is under siege. Clipped by the boot of Meis, Hawke is knocked off of the platform.

He hits the ground, rolling forward. As he comes to his feet, part of him considers firing at the Blacksmith. But with everyone piling on his Videoland Boss, Hawke checks one thing before he moves forward, opening fire on the shruken Slayn.

Gameshark restores Captain X with his Not So Fast, Dogpile! minor healing!

Zoda misses Slayn Wilder with his What's Mine Is Mine, What's Yours Is Also Mine weak attack!

<InterZone Chatter> Arche Klein says, "BUNNY POWERS, MISTER."
<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "And..um."

He shoots! He scores! And by that, we mean Ian totally missed his target. The pilot snaps, watching the Devil break apart and reform only to go after somebody else. ...well, he's not upset enough about his clothes to pursue that vendetta yet. (Besides, the parasite is self-cleaning.) Turning in place, Ian sweeps his surroundings, looking for his nominal allies. They seem to be doing okay--but wait, what is this?! Some grown man attacking a little girl?! In fact, a BUNCH of them attacking a little girl?!

"Hey! You! Ugly!" A hand holding a gun is levelled at Arthas as Ian bounds over toward the edge of the platform. "Leave her alone!" Okay, maybe a free-for-all melee is not the time or place to be a Boy Scout, but she's--she's a little girl! And so Ian opens fire on the Death Knight forthwith.

Ian Recker strikes Arthas Menethil with his And I got my shooting merit badge for this! attack!

<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "It gives you super powers?"

Hawke strikes Slayn Wilder with his Blast You! attack!

<InterZone Chatter> Mike Jones says, "Buffs are automatic in the brawl anyway. It'll wear you if you don't. Read the rules, shirtless!"

The bat hits Miang in the side of the head with sufficent force to knock teeth loose.

Instead, there is a peculiar hum, and she straightens up, with a bruise on her cheek. "Mm," she says, rubbing the spot. "For someone with such a low opinion of me, you certainly have a great deal to say!"

Her leg then blurs, perhaps even with speed lines, as it is slung up towards Mike Jones' lower body. Obviously, she is aiming for the most potentially painful location, but her leg is going fast enough to hurt any shins, thighs, arms, or other assorted pieces of scenery that Mike Jones should use for interception.
Jumping may or may not be useless.

<InterZone Chatter> Laharl says, "Super powe--NO! It isn't worth it!"

Miang Hawwa strikes Mike Jones with her Special Gebler Technique: Cheap Shot attack!

<InterZone Chatter> The Hero of Spielburg says, "Too laaaaate."
<InterZone Chatter> Mike Jones says, "Also, Klein, protip: eat a steak or two if you wanna look like a grownup."

Captain X was incorrect. He has not aggroed short people. He has, apparently, aggroed EVERYONE.

Blame Fourside. Or Smooze. Or a very dangerous personality. Or his position as Mother Brain's lieutenant. Or being an arse.

In order, he is panned in the kneecaps by Paula, avoids having a tiny Slayn stab him with a cocktail sword from above by holding up his hand, and gets hit in the side from Maya's seeker missiles. When the dust clears, he stands very still for a moment, for he is very, very /angry./

"Excuse me." He needs to take some anger out, and take some anger out, he will. And as everyone knows, Mike Jones exists for just such a purpose! As his wounds close, thanks to Gameshark's healing, he gives a thumbs-up to Travis before running up to poor Jones and sticking something onto his shirt.

It glows. It's sticky! It's a favored Plasma Grenade. It will explode in a big purple ow.

"No clue," Cress answers smoothly. As the punches come raining in for the swordsman, he takes a step backward, letting one of the punches shoot just by him. His eyes narrow, as he follows the brawny woman's movements. "And don't blame /me/ for your boss' sick fixations on blonde guys!" he snaps back, then sounding a good deal more angry. He slides back around her, then lashes upward with his blade.

As he does, he tries to strike Gao with the sword hard and throw her up into the air - a mighty uppercut slash, showing just how much strength the swordsman has.
Cress Albane strikes Gao with his Uppercut Slash attack!

Captain X strikes Mike Jones with his Ur Loud smash attack!

Well, it appears that both Shang Tsung and Gameshark are both rather worthy opponents, meaning that this brawl may be more challenging than Agent 17 thought it would be. But no good agent ever gives up over anything, and if you think this is something worth giving up, THINK AGAIN!
Agent 17 waits for Gameshark to finish with whatever it is he's doing, and then he rushes towards the cheater before leaping into the air and attempting to deliver a flying kick, like the one he attempted to use on Shang Tsung, except this time hopefully with a bit more accuracy!

Agent 17 misses Gameshark with his <insert Kung-Fu Fighting joke here> attack!

It may be Fox's attack that connects, but Bowser notices Etoile's failed attack more. Hey, it's the traitor! No one likes traitors! He might even get some brownie points for beating her up, gwahaha!

Bowser turns away from Fox for now, and starts charging towards Etoile. "If you had stayed with the Fortress I wouldn't have to bother with you right now! Tough luck, sister!" Bowser roars, as he spits a few large fireballs in her direction. Mwahaha, what fun this tournament is! So chaotic.

King Bowser strikes Etoile Rosenqueen with his Fireball'd attack!

<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "Bunny bunny hop hop!~<3<3<3"

Borgan ignores Stahn once he's no longer a visible threat - that is, he fell somewhere where he can't see him.

Instead, he looks around, popping his knuckles as he decides on a new target. There is one person here whose voice he just can't stand...spotting Etna, Borgan opens his hand wide before closing it, miming a left-handed javelin toss despite the fact that he did not, in fact, have a javelin in that hand - or anything at all!
Despite technically being unarmed, Borgan just threw a giant ice spike at Etna. Sometimes it's good to be the wizard.

Shang Tsung tsks as Stahn goes out of his reach, but at least Borgan nails him. Who the heck now? He sees Fox. Ah-ha-ha! The winner of Hades' famous tournament when the HEartless were around! Yes...Shang leaps across the platforms towards him and Bowser. He no longer has his sword. Instead, he tries to surprise Fox with his /own/ flying kick, immediately going into his Snake stance before Fox completely recovers, and throwing out a gut punch. "So! Show me some of those moves you defeated Sephiroth with!" he sneers at the Fox.

Borgan strikes Etna with his Ice Lance attack!

      "HEY! Cress!" The Hero of Spielburg calls out over the chaos, as an attempt to get the fellow swordman's attention, but likely was missed in the whole noise and carnage going on around. Oh well. That's too bad. Maybe he should switch targets while he still can--WOA! Fireball!
 
 Barely ducking as it comes Etoile way, the Hero stares at King Bowser's direction, twirling his blade and charging at the turtle dragon! "KEEEEEEEEYAAAH!" He screams, leaping high and dropping his blade donward at the Koopa's thick skull!

Shang Tsung strikes Fox McCloud with his Flying Kick to Gut Punch attack!

The Hero of Spielburg strikes King Bowser with his Thick Skull Slice! attack!
You have taken 20 damage.

Ms. Rosenqueen screams as she takes Bowser's fireball dead on in the chest; that /hurt/, really, and she doesn't particularly want to deal with that much pain. For now, she leaves Bowser alone and switches targets. She scans the area briefly, and after some thought, decides to give Miang a good pistol-sniping in the butt again. After all, it worked very well during the melee, so who's to say it won't again?

Etoile Rosenqueen misses Miang Hawwa with her Obligatory Rear Joke attack!

Mike Jones is about to hit Miang again, because he really doesn't like Miang. She reminds him of Albedo, and Albedo reminds him of Zoda, and Mike is glad that Zoda has a frillion clones because that means he can /keep killing him over and over and over/, which explains their relationship fairly well.
Then, he has a grenade stuck to his shirt. "Dude, okay, I was even telling them to back off. Argh, you sack of harbl." PLASMA! Plus Miang kick, but the PLASMA takes priority. Miang hears a satisfying crunch of a shin getting splintered, though. Mike is thrown back into the ground, groaning, and shakes a fist at Captain X. "Next round, you!" But first...

Adorabals Bunny Hood Laharl. He's pretty sure the hood has some terrible magical power, but Mike doesn't /care/. He has no shirt because of plasma and his hair is on fire, he needs this man! "Laharl! Think fast!" Mike hurls a horsehide at the Prince, pulling an instant camera out of his pocket to take a quick picture of Laharl before the baseball would make contact. "And say cheese!"

Mike Jones misses Laharl with his Fwing Click Smack attack!

Maya watches as Paula gets smacked by Arthas, that ain't nice at all. The Paula goes explodies an she wants to keep away from her for now. That's when Nanami turns up, she looks to her for a moment. She then puts some distance between her and Nanami. Still no big attacks just yet, nope. Hopefully she's lose nanami in the melee for now. She's heard Mike's sage advise and isn't going after X again. So who to go after, humm looks like Shang's going all out on Fox. She raises her rifle again takes aim at him, then changes targets from Shang to Miang. Why not give Mike a hand? The grenade launcher on the rifle then belches a grenae at Miang. It sails through the air and if it hits? KABOOM!

Maya strikes Miang Hawwa with her Grenade! attack!

Ring Weapons only work for the wielder! Zoda goes for it, but Raimy pulls Slayn way at the last moment--foiling Zoda! Anyway, he probably doesn't want it as a toothpick anyway. "Whew, that was a close one," Slayn murmurs.

"Slayn, watch out!" Raimy chirps and a laser bolt knocks him, while small, onto the ground in a smoldering heap, the burns seem to have done quite a number on him--but it also seems to have knocked him back to normal size!

Groaning, Slayn rubs at his head, shaking at it lightly before letting out a breath. "Alright." He murmurs, looking about--he didn't see who hit him, but he does know King Bowser is one of the top contendors of the Smash Bros Singles.

Slayn raises his blade over his head and charges for the Dinosaur, aiming to help The Hero out! The guy's practically a saint after all. One quick slash for the King's back.

As Stahn slams into her and knocks her right into Cless's mighty uppercut, Gao comes to a realization: There's waaaaaaaaaaaay too many darn people here. "Everybody's gettin' in my way! ARGH!" With an angry growl of her own, she hefts the first swordsman bodily over her head and chucks him at the -second- swordsman with the force of a really large artillery cannon! "I'm not goin' down without gettin' a hit in somewhere! KAAAAANJOOOOOOU!!!"

Yes, it's a powerful strike, but don't worry about Stahn. He's going in head-first, after all.

Slayn Wilder misses King Bowser with his Hero Slice! attack!

Gao strikes Cress Albane with her You On The Other Hand, Aren't So Lucky smash attack!

Fox McCloud does tend to go through weapons pretty quickly, but at the rate this is going, he'd better as the Judge for a cash prize to recoup his costs.
 
 And now Shang Tsung is tempting fate by mentioning the name of you-know-you. Quiet you, there are enough bishy guys in black in Videoland already. The flying kick come out of nowhere and knocks Fox back a couple of steps. So, he wants to go hand-to-hand? Well, Fox doesn't need fancy flipping flying kicks. He just uses a time-honored classic called...

    Arthas didn't really expect not to be attacked back, but the flames that explode around him are a bit more intense than the retaliation he expected. And then he gets shot by some goofy-looking punk! For no reason! No, in Arthas's mind attacking a little girl isn't a 'reason' for him to be attacked.

    Turning his attention away, even as smoke streams from his singed clothes, he charges at Ian and swings the 6 foot long sword one-handed, trailing icy mist through the air as the freezing blade heads at Ian's side.

Fox McCloud strikes Shang Tsung with his The Facepuncher! attack!

Arthas Menethil strikes Ian Recker with his Icy Slash attack!

Really, this amount of chaos IS exciting, and Nanami's quite enjoying it. Probably time to get a little more involved than she had been, though, and so Nanami starts in with the first magical attack, not too concerned about Maya escaping into the chaos. That's fine, really, as she doesn't want to get into a personal match in the middle of all this! She lifts her hand, a trio of flaming arrows launching out and heading for Arthas, who once assaulted her in the middle of a grocery store. It's score-settlin' time!

Nanami strikes Arthas Menethil with her Fire is the devil's friend, right? It wants to be your friend, too! attack!

"I DENY THE BUNNY HOOD!" Screams Laharl, as the cutesy-wutesy object lands on his head. "Wha--HEYGETTHISTHINGOFFOFME!" Shouts Laharl in indignation. He forgets about/ignores the fight as he tugs at the hood's ears, trying to pull it off to no avail. He manages only to fall on his bum. Cutely.
"AughwhatthehelliswrongwiththisthingImtheOverlordIshouldntbesubjectedtothissortofdeameningembarissingsortofsituationinfactIdemandthatyouallstopthisrightnow
heywhyarentanyofyoulisteningtomeHEYLEAVEETNAALONENOONEISGONNABEATHERUPBUTMEHOWMANYTIMESDOIHAVETOTELLYOU
PEOPLETHATANDTHATGOESFORFLONNETOODOUBLEFORFLOONEACTUALLYANDNOONEBUTNOONEISALLOWEDTOKILLMAIM
HURTDESTROYMARRYOBLITERATECRUSHBRUTALIZEEVISCERATETORTUREOROTHERWISECAUSEDISCOMFITURETOARCHEKLIEN
BUTMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Laharl takes a deep breath.

The Prince is a blur of motion as he swats Mike's pitious attack away. With inhuman (and indemonic?) speed, Laharl closes the gap between him and Jones, leveling a series of punches at the teenager, trying to knock him around the arena. And then since he's JUST THAT FAST, Laharl goes for the combo, trying to punch Mike Jones around the planet with a single blow. Disgaea fist skills are really redonkulous.

Laharl strikes Mike Jones with his King Of Beasts weak attack!

Meis Triumph narrowly avoids getting launch at by Hawke, the large boy taking to the air to avoid the kick. He is about to do something ELSE to him, but well, Hawke is gone by the time he comes back down. "...Darn it." Meis looks around, just trying to figure out who to attack... When he sees a perfect chance. Now actually larger than his target, he comes charging right for Bowser, trying to take advantage of the Super Mushroom before it wears off. "RRRRAAAAARG, fear like the little Japanese people fear that green lizard thing!!!"

Meis Triumph misses King Bowser with his Attack of the (Teen) Titan attack!

<InterZone Chatter> Arche Klein says, "Awwww..."
<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "So kyoooot!"
<InterZone Chatter> Laharl screams bloody murder.
<InterZone Chatter> Ness says, "Flonne?"
<InterZone Chatter> Mike Jones click click click.
<InterZone Chatter> Ness says, "Can I have copies?"
<InterZone Chatter> Mike Jones says, "The black eye is so worth it."
<InterZone Chatter> The Hero of Spielburg says, "Mike! You'll give me a copy of theses photos when this is done, if you can!"
<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "You mean the tape of the Brawl match that I'm making so I can watch it over and over again? Sure!"

Phoebe's okay, really. That thing can't move fast enough to hit her, she's pretty certain. Right?

Phoebe gets a surprise as the electric goo washes over her. What comes out from the goo is the girl on the floor with her hair going everywhere. It takes her a moment to get back up. Trying to put as much space between her and the Devil as possible, Phoebe runs further into the chaos that reigns, looking back and forth in an attempt to look for a) allies, and b) things to hit.

Her hands begin to glow red, and she looks one last time before she decides on Laharl. Yeah, he's a cute bunny. So cute, in fact, that it must burn.

<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "But... Hmm... the Netherworld Reclaiment Project does need funds..."

Phoebe strikes Laharl with her Fireball Go! attack!

Etna lands! Raises her arms overhead! Ten point finish! "That's right, back off!" she jeers at Zoda, bouncing up and down. She runs back over and retrieves her morning star, getting it spinning again in preparation for another good whack on someone! "C'mon!" she barks. "I'll show you how we do it Netherworld style!" spin spin spin THAT IS LAHARL IN A BUNNY HOOD "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA" Etna very nearly hits HERSELF with the star as she doubles over laughing at her Overlord in torment, but then she gets a faceful of ice javelins, and spins, no longer giggling. "You like ice? Well then HOW ABOUT A LITTLE FIRE, SCARECROW!"

And then she slams the morningstar into the ground and spins and spins and somehow manages to actually throw the entire arena into the sun. Oddly, Borgan is the only one who is likely to notice.

Etna strikes Borgan with her I'm Not Even Kidding, She Can Do This attack!

Jak quickly moves to find cover after that last shot. Holstering his gun his eyes shift left to right as he focuses on coming up with a plan of action. He doesn't have to wait long as he notices the Mushroom coming down and catches it allowing the effects to take place. Once thats down he quickly moves once again this time drawing out a pair of pistols from his belt. The goggles are no longer over his eyes as he decides to remain with his regular target and fires several shots towards the devils eye.

Jak strikes Jak with his Super Mushroom endurance-increasing attack!
Jak misses Yellow Devil with his Blaster Barrage attack!

Judge General hmms, and watches two more capsules fall. Captain X & King Bowser are the lucky winners this time!

Captain X gets...
Random Smash Item: Maxim Tomato (+maxim)

King Bowser gets...
Random Smash Item: Delicious Food (+food)

Satisfied, Paula turns away and scans the battle quickly, trying to relocate her target. She, on the other hand, takes note of Zoda and, like many kids in the Power Pack, is totally distracted by the opportunity to enact her revenge upon him..but how? An idea quickly crosses her mind moments later as she reaches down the front of her shirt and pulls out a necklace with her piece of empathite tied to it. She grips the stone in her hands and channels her telepathy into the alien. Yes, a stupid thing to do, but this time, Paula's mental defenses are prepared.
 
What she shoves in her mind is something horrible, something sadistic, something summoned from a horrifying dimension from who knows where. It is...a song.
 
((It's a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake if the way is hazy]

You gotta do the cooking by the book you know you can't be lazy!

Never use a messy recipe the cake would end up crazy

#-1 FUNCTION (ANSI) EXPECTS 2 ARGUMENTS BUT GOT 1

We gotta have it made you know that I love cake! Finally it's time to make a cake!))

Paula strikes Zoda with her Ultimate suffering endurance-decreasing attack!

The Hero of Spielburg does manage to get Cress' attention with the shout. He turns his head briefly, looking towards him, and calls out, "Yeah, I'm here!" he answers, before looking back towards Gao. "What is it?"

Unfortunately, he finds another annoying problem: Stahn, being thrown at him. He gets bowled over by his fellow warrior, knocked hard into the ground. He rolls a few times, before he leaps back up. "I got her, Stahn!" he shouts, diving forward. He lifts the two-hilted blade up over his head with both and leaps - jumping and coming down with one, hard slash. However, as he lands, Gao may here an audible click.

She will most certainly notice the fact that, as Cress' left hand leaves the sword, it pulls away a cylindrical hilt. As soon as it moves the right distance away, there is another, far more noticeable sound.

*FZZZZZSSSSSH*

Count Dooku's red lightsaber is only visible for a moment before it spins around in one hand, little more than a red blur, and slashes up in a wide arc to clip Gao with a second blow.

Cress Albane strikes Gao with his Lightsaber Dual-Wielding Action! smash attack!
Gao has been knocked out!

Click. Click. Click. "Awww, you do like Klein after all! So cuuuuute!" And then kharma hits when Mike is literarly punched across the stadium, slaming against the wall. Ow damnit ow damn-"Is that a-" Mike reacts by instinct, hopping in to the air and leaping sideways, just missing the savage uppercut type thing. He doesn't want to /know/ where that punch would've taken them, seeing as the Neatherworlders need to blow up the fricking planet to match one of Gameshark's nastier shots. Darn showoffy magic...

And then someone sets Laharl on fire. Mike smirks, feeling vindicated. "Y'know man, you should tell her. Now! I've never seen you look hotter-sieze the day!" Jones quick-hops away from the angry little boy, hurling a couple of horsehides at Captain X while shouting, "HARBL HARBL ITS CAPTAIN HARBL" because he's hurt on the /inside/ from that grenade.

No, really, Mike's pretty sure he can feel the internal bleeding.

Mike Jones strikes Captain X with his HARBLE attack!

Miang, after administering her kick to Mike Jones, twists around with a strange wake of glitter. There is a brief flash of that indigo light, just below the threshold of clear perception, as she sees that bullet coming and leaps to the side, letting it expend its power off into the distant sky.

The grenade hits, and shrapnel cuts into her legs; she uses that force to leap upwards, tucking her legs up under her body as she ascends. She grabs the edge of a platform in passing, hoisting herself up to a full vertical stance, and then swinging back down and forwards, leading with her boots towards that grenadier - both bootheels, fortunately, merely hard as they descend towards Maya's head!

The Devil's sludge pulls up around Yellow Devil as Jak fires at it, the shots impacting harmlessly with the goo. Striding forward in humanoid form once more, Yellow Devil roars as it quakes the field, heading for Jak with two mighty fists. But it doesn't seem to be aiming to grab him. Oh no. The Devil is just going to run him down and smash him flat beneath his mighty feet!

Shang Tsung is punched! In the face! Blood flies out of his mouth, and he spits more out. Wiping his lip, he grins darkly at Fox, looking directly into the pilot's eyes...the sorcerer's own eyes glow bright green, just like with Cress. He leaps suddenly, launching two kicks to Fox's face, before slamming him into the ground with a third kick. All through this his body stands straight, as if the wind just carried him up.

Miang Hawwa strikes Maya with her This Might Hurt More If I'd Worn Spikes attack!

Yellow Devil misses Jak with his TRAMPLE weak attack!

Shang Tsung strikes Fox McCloud with his This Is Called A Throw In My Game attack!

Zoda begins to grow very angry as he misses stealing Slayn's sword. He knew he should have activated a different clone.

Time and the tide of battle carry the man's massive sword away from the overlord, however, and so he moves back toward the Gamemasters. Somewhere in the melee that seems to have enveloped them, there has to be someone he can crush, destroy or otherwise....

....why hello there, small blonde girl in a pink dress.

This didn't work with Etna, possibly because her head is so freaking tiny that she managed to slip out of his grip. Paula, however, is a different story. The mental assault begins to degrade some of his mental control over his form, and Zoda roars his defience. "FOOL!" he shrieks. "You know not what you tamper with! Now DIE!" Zoda reaches down for her hair, tries to tighten his grip, and then whirls and tries to smash her into the ground as hard as he can.

Which, incidentally, is pretty damn hard.

Zoda strikes Paula with his No, THIS Is Ultimate Suffering attack!

When the Cheater goes evasive, he means evasive. Agent 17's kick sails over the Cheater's head as he glows and rolls pase. "Hah! Your kung-fu is weak, Generic Man!" He tumbles away, and brings up his Justifier, firing randomly into the crowd.

And by 'randomly' I mean 'at Maya's back'.

Gameshark misses Maya with his Justifier Level 2: A Justified Response attack!

*Vroooooooooooooooooooooooooooom*

<BONK>

The capsule finds its target on Bowser's head. It splits open on the spot, and a piece of DELICIOUS FOOD falls in Bowser's hands. The Koopa King is annoyed that these capsules CONTINUE to hit him on the HEAD, but he was granted a tasty treat, so he can let it slide this time.

"Hey cool. Jerky. Spicy too. Just the thing I need to get my flames going. Gwahaha!" Down the hatch! If the jerky isn't barbecued, it's gonna be by the time he's done eating it!

For Borgan's next trick, he visits the SUN.

The Sun is not a fun place to visit.

He lands with a loud /thud/ as the point of the platform drives itself into the battlefield itself; Borgan has to use his staff to push the point back off with a pop. He waves his staff in the air, making a spinning motion; far above, a sparkle glimmers. The glimmer grows, turning from a red point to a meteor visibly trailing flame to, right about now, a beach ball-sized projectile smashing straight down.

It is aimed at Jak, because Borgan can't be bothered to steer a meteor.

Borgan misses Jak with his Comet Break attack!

As Hawke prowls the battlefield, he finds himself having to dodge attacks here and there as he moves along the field of battle. As he judges the action, he turns on Stahn. Gesturing out, a Black Wave of energy wraps around the Palacite, attempting to draw energy from him, and then carry back to the Black Hole commander for use.

And from the looks of it, first blood went to the Palace. That's not too terribly good.

King Bowser restores King Bowser with random delicious food.
You have been healed by 5%.

Hawke strikes Stahn Aileron with his Black Wave! drain attack!

Oh, awesome! It's a triple team against the huge KING BOWSER! Best take advantage of it! "ALRIGHT BOYS!" The Paladin says, backing away from the Koopa and spinning his blade once to showoff the neat trail of light that follows after the blade, "Let's take 'm down!"
 
      But...wait. Is that...Jerky? JERKY!? OH NO! NOT JERKY! This will revitalise the giant turtle dragon! Gasping visibly, the Paladin does not intent in allowing Bowser to have a delicious, trouble-less dinner! It's time for another smacking!

"...Harbl? Harbl?! Jones, what the fu-" Captain X is kept from violating rating as he's smacked with horsehides by a certain crazed young man with a yoyo. The glare returns to the psychic Jones, and he reaches for his pistol again.

Maybe it's merciful that a capsule appears above him, and the all-powerful M-marked tomato (...tomato? Why tomato? Is it the lycopene?) falls in front of him. As soon as it's touched, its power surges through Captain X, and he pauses to let it flow. "I'll be right with you, Jones, Paula," he promises.

The Hero of Spielburg strikes King Bowser with his DO NOT HAVE A NICE DINNER! attack!
You have taken 21 damage.

Captain X restores Captain X with a Maxim Tomato.

Etna successfully beats up Borgan! She doesn't even wait to see what happens when he gets back from outer space, because she's too busy sprinting at Phoebe, who has apparently set Laharl on fire. "Bad! No setting the bunny on fire before pictures are taken, are you crazy!?" she barks, and in true Netherworld problem solving, then sends the morningstar at the girl's face.

Etna strikes Phoebe with her You Need Some Iron Spikes In Your Diet attack!

Shooting people usually ends in them coming after you, so Ian was sort of expecting Arthas to come running after him. Which mean he is being charged by a crazy bastard with a sword. Or maybe that's a crazy with a bastard sword. Whatever. He backpedals a few steps, then realizes with mildly sickening dread he's not going to make it out of the way, then bracAUGH THAT HURTS ow. Good thing he braced, though he's sent reeling off to one side in a spray of...purply-yellow stuff from his armor. He presses a hand against his side, spinning away from the blow and landing on one knee.

"/Cripes/. You people play for keeps around here!" His ribs. His--parasite! He drags himself upright, backing off a couple of steps. He puts his gun away, pulling out not one but TWO Krill pucks and kicking them at Arthas in quick succession. EAT EXPLODING DEATH!

Ian Recker strikes Arthas Menethil with his Sharing the love <3 smash attack!

Well, so much for THAT assist. Stahn is too dazed from his fall to resist as Gao lifts the swordsman up and hurls him at Cress. At least he didn't feel that nearly as much as Albane did. Stumbling to his feet, he glances at Cress, gives the doggirl an incredulous look, and runs /thattaway/ with a call of, "She's all yours!" Cress can keep the man of a woman that is Gao. But that leaves Stahn without a target, and no perch to snipe from, either. Until he can get his bearings, he just dashes across the field with his shield held out, pushing aside anyone in his way. Then Hawke decides to start pulling Stahn's energy away from the Swordian master, a wave of exhaustion sweeping over him for just a second. That second is more than enough, however, and causes Stahn to lose his balance, and fall headlong towards... Gameshark.

Stahn Aileron strikes Gameshark with his I'm just running into everyone today. weak attack!

There is a law that states that the effectiveness of ninjas is equal to the reciprocal of the number of ninjas present. And since Shang Tsung is the only ninja around, he's pretty effective. So Fox has to cover up against this non-sensical and so-called throw. Wasupwitdat?
 
 Y'know, were Fox is from, the only things you throw are grenades. Hey, that sounds like fun. He jumps out of explosive range and leaves a sensor grenade behind him, right under Shang Tsung.

Gao stands triumphantly! Finally, she was able to hit someone! Of course she had to use someone else as a blunt object, but still! "Now, for my next goal, not to be the first one out-"

Have you ever seen a lightsaber used as a baseball bat? You just did right now, as Cress's strike knocks Gao right out of the arena! "Thiiiiiiiiiis suuuuuuuuuuuckssssss....." *ping*

Fox McCloud strikes Shang Tsung with his Someone set you up the bomb attack!

Well, things seem to be going okay so far, Nanami deciding to continue her aggression from range, lifting her hand up again and aiming a second spray of fire at Arthas, who has someone considerably closer to him to worry about and hopefully won't hurt her in return, right? Right. Fire away.

Nanami strikes Arthas Menethil with her Firing away attack!
Arthas Menethil has been knocked out!

Again considering her options, not wanting to attack Bowser once again, she glances around -- and then goes for Hawke, wanting to give him a little payback for the earlier attempt at kicking Meis into her. Spinning both pistols around, she watches him go for the drain -- and then, the second Hawke finishes, she opens vigorous fire, sending four rounds the way of the Black Hole commander.

Etoile Rosenqueen strikes Hawke with her I Disapprove Of Any And All Things That Send Meis Closer To Me attack!

Slayn watches Bowser ... uh ... eat food. He shakes his head lightly and raises his blade again, glancing over at The Hero of Spielburg, as he moves into strike, Slayn makes another move, this time slicing at King Bowser's side! His back, it seems, is spiky and relatively invulnerable. Not one of his smarter moves, Slayn reflects, but he'll make up for it now.

Raimy meanwhile flutters onto Slayn's shoulder, "Wow, he's really big..." She whispers.

Laharl acts an a non-standard way to being lit on fire. He stands there and burns.

Then he starts shaking.

Then he explodes in a fury of flames which, incidentally, overwrite the previous flame debuff. Laharl searches through his Bag. Let's see...

Cosmic Sword
Legendary Spear
Bahamut's Talon
Kaiser Knuckle
Magical Girl Wa--huh? Damnit, Flonne.
Ion Mk9 Samurai. YES.

Laharl equips the gun and fires waves of bullets in Pheobe's direction.

Laharl misses Phoebe with his Throwing Lead attack!

Jak's eyes narrow as he quickly moves until he shrinks back down from the effects of the mushroom barely avoiding the Devil's attack saying, "Ok thats what they meant by the crazy items in this tournament." Looking up he notices the Meteor and quickly moves from where he is as it comes crashing down. He's half tempted to take a few shots at Borgan but doesn't as he pulls out a large grenade from his face. Anyone looking at it would notices that it looks a bit like a skull up close. Jak looks towards the Devil then to Borgan before finally deciding to take a shot at the large man as he pulls out the morphgunas it switches to the grenade launcher. Shoving in the projectile he sends a surge of dark eco energy into the weapon. He then takes aim and fires launching it to a position above Borgan before it splits apart into several smaller grenades which seem to focus on his large target as they fall down from the sky.

Slayn Wilder misses King Bowser with his Not a Fireflower attack!

Jak strikes Borgan with his Skullsplitter Grenade smash attack!

<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "Use the magical girl wand, Laharl! It's full of powerful love!"

Well, cheaters do prosper it seems, and Agent 17 is going to let that be for now as he goes after another target instead. Then he spots Etoile Rosenqueen, and while he really has nothing against her per se, she's just the nearest target. "Nothing personal, miss, just doing my job!" He shouts as he rushes towards the heiress before leaping into the air slightly and attempting to deliver a roundhouse kick at her stomach.
Agent 17 strikes Etoile Rosenqueen with his can you stomach this? attack!

<InterZone Chatter> Laharl says, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "Er, if you don't want to that badly..."
<InterZone Chatter> Ness says, "Flonne? I think this calls for a song."
<InterZone Chatter> Ness says, "To encourage Laharl not to hide his love away."
<InterZone Chatter> Ness says, "D'you guys have the Beatles in the Netherworld?"

Meis Triumph blinks as his ram attempted failed on Bowser, proving that the large lizard is much more ninja than he thought. The Spirit Blacksmith tries to figure out his next target, still rather big and jumping around to avoid getting hit by all the stuff that get thrown around. Of course, Super Meis tries to attack one of the Dark Gamemasters. "Heads up, Captain X!" the oversized Triumph offers as he tries to stomp on yet another baddie. Being big is odd, that's for sure.

Meis Triumph strikes Captain X with his Tatics from Mario, Take 2 attack!

WHAM!

Phoebe goes flying towards the edge of the arena. Sliding to a stop, Phoebe takes another moment to get up and look around. Thankfully, the flight gave Phoebe more agility, and thus Laharl's bullets fly into whatever void this place is in.

Taking one last look at Etna and company, she ponders seeking aid. Of course, yelling it will just draw more fire. Instead, she just puts another arrow into her bow, and takes aim again. Hey, it works, doesn't it?

Phoebe strikes Phoebe with her The Sense of Sight Rocks accuracy-increasing attack!

Maya thinks this battle is getting pretty crazy here. First comes Miang's attack which she's unable to avoid. She's kicked off her feet and sent flying. However this is a good thing for Maya as she evades Gameshark's attack. She gets back up a bit slowly. As for the blast? Well it's still going? Prehaps something might happen with it later? Who knows. She's back on her feet now and who to go after. She does't go after any gamemasters. She spys Bowser Koopa. She reaces towards him leaps up in the air attempting to pull a tribute to one of the Palace's most known heros. The humble plumber known as Mario, and away though the air she goes. Will she land on target?

Maya strikes King Bowser with her Do the Mario! attack!
You have taken 15 damage.

<InterZone Chatter> Gameshark says, "Man, Heroes. Get some new moves."
<InterZone Chatter> Ness says, "Like attacking Fortress fortifications while the Dark Gamemasters are in the Brawl?"
<InterZone Chatter> King Bowser says, "Yer all a bunch of posers!"
<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "We have the Beat Alls..."
<InterZone Chatter> Mike Jones says, "Hey, Gameshark, why do your bolts of elemental chaos look like lime green fireballs?"
<InterZone Chatter> Ness says, "Oh! THey're almost the same thing."
<InterZone Chatter> Mike Jones says, "I mean...seriously."

Judge General watches dispassionately as Arthas is taken down without much pomp and circumstance, waving a hand and teleporting him off the field and into the stands.

That cleared, he looks up, and two more items fall down... one for Phoebe and one for The Hero of Spielburg!

Phoebe gets... a Pokéball!

The Hero of Spielburg gets...
Random Smash Item: Pokeball (+pokeball)

<InterZone Chatter> Flonne says, "What should we sing, Ness? We have to do it together, they're a group band!"

As he asorbs the energy in, Hawke suddenly finds himself under attack from the girl that lead the assault on his base. The bullets tear into his overcoat, driving him backwards as they do so.

Growling, the Bla