-=Mission START!=-
All the Questers were in the Big Room... Normally Mewtwo would have been the one to call them in, but this time he only announced the mission. Metal was sitting in the big room, looking his normal self. Next to him was some weird fighter in full platemail.
Gibby: "What's going on?"
Aribar: " 'allo, all..."
Digifanatic: "Whoa, who's that next to you?"
Aribar: "I've called you here for a couple reasons... And Digi has brought up the first! Everyone, I would like to introduce Zeni Hunter, my brother."
Metal: "...Aha..."
Digifanatic: "Oh..."
Metal: "Hello."
Deloth: "Hello."
Gibby: "I didn't know you had a brother."
Zeni: "Hello... Stange people..."
Digifanatic: "Nice to meet you." He extends his hand as if to shake Zeni's.
Zeni shook Digi's hand. "Well, I guess I'll take over from here... A big problem has happened... Something that could doom this place as well as our Whaller..."
Metal: "This must be related to what Mewtwo said earlier..."
Gibby: "Well what else is new?"
Zeni: "The Protectors of Whaller have been working for years on a spell that could allow us to travel to wherever went when I... Kinda... Made him warp to this place... Well, the good news was that the spell worked... I'm here because of it... The bad news is the the Thieves of Whaller also got a copy of the spell."
Metal: "...That sounds bad."
Digifanatic: "Oh, I see..."
Gibby: "Who are they?"
Zeni: "Intelligence reports say that they plan on coming here and take villains from here to get an advantage back in Whaller... The Thieves of Whaller? They're a group of mudurers and bandits... A very organized and powerful group of murdurers and bandits... They have been plauging Whaller ever since humans arrived there... If they gain help from here I don't think the Protectors of Whaller will be able to stop them."
Metal: "So... we have to murder the murderers and banditize the bandits?"
Aribar: "Yup. Because if we don't, Whaller is doomed... And after Whaller they'll surely try and take over Nintopia..."
Gibby: "...we ARE the good guys, right?"
Metal: "Well, w ehave to use our good guy powers to defeat all the bad guys."
Digifanatic: "Sounds good."
Zeni: "With Aribar's help I managed to fix up your... Umm... What did you call it, Aribar? Warp room? Well, I managed to fix it up so that we can go to the last known spot where the copy of the scroll with the spell was located..."
Metal: "In Whaller?"
Zeni: "Correct... We're assuming they haven't used the scroll yet."
Gibby: "And if they have?"
Zeni: "... Well... Ummm..."
Metal: "We're doomed?"
Deloth: "Then we're going to have to hunt them down here."
Aribar: "If they have and they need to warp back, they'd have to warp back to the tower... So we could just wait it out."
Metal: "So then, are we ready to go?"
Aribar: "Yes. Off to the warp room!"
Digifanatic headed to the Warp Room, with Aribar, Zeni, Deloth, Gibby, and... a late Pat.
Gibby: "Well... I'm game."
PatVanDusen: "WAIT FOR ME!"
Aribar: "Okay, okay... You can come too, Patrick. We'll need all the help we can get."
PatVanDusen: "What are we trying to do, exactly?"
In the center of the warproom was a glowing sphere of light... Probably what would take everyone to Whaller.
Metal: "Alright! Heere we go!" He cartwheeled into the warp. Deloth also stepped into the warp.
Aribar: "We're heading to my homeworld to stop bad things from happening... Very bad things, Pat."
Gibby: "Stop a group of thieves from destroying Whaller, and eventually Nintopia."
Aribar, Zeni, and Pat walked into the warp. Gibby leapt into the warp in a cannonball-like fashion.
Everyone appeared in a clearing in a forest... In front of a massive tower.
Gibby: "oooo...big tower..."
Deloth: "Ten to one that's gonna be significant."
This tower looked like it had to be at least eight or ten stories tall... From the Questers' current position, they couldn't tell.
Digifanatic: "Well, this place sure looks nice...so far, that is."
Metal: "...They should ban evil people from building towers."
Digifanatic: "Heheh..."
Aribar: "Hrm... This is actually some ancient ruins..."
Gibby: "How ancient?"
Metal: "Oh. Well then, it's haunted by ghosts?"
Deloth: "Think they could be there?"
Aribar: "If I remember my last journey here this tower was erected to honor the elements, and in fact the very elements themselves guard it."
PatVanDusen: "You mean we get to fight dirt?"
Zeni: "And fire... And water... And wind!"
Gibby: "Sounds like fun." He says sarcastically.
PatVanDusen: "I call dirt."
The entrance to the tower was right in front of them... A large door with a red 'T' painted on it.
Zeni: "That would be the mark of the thieves..."
Gibby: "Hey...T for Tower! Or...that also..."
Deloth whacked Gibby.
Metal: "Can we open it?"
Gibby: @_@; "Owie..."
Aribar: "Sure..." The elf unsheathed Moonlight, and Zeni took out a flaming Greatsword.
Digifanatic: "Oooh...nice sword, Zeni."
Gibby ...stepped back. Metal kicked the door open. PatVanDusen put his hand on his hilt, but seemed hesitant about drawing attention to his sword.
Zeni: "Thanks... It costs a ton of money."
Digifanatic: "I believe that..."
The door flew open, the sound of it crashing down echoing throughout the tower.
Digifanatic: "Uh oh..."
Aribar: "... Nice and stealthy... Good."
Metal: "Well, it's open now."
Deloth unsheathed his katana, as Digifanatic carefully entered the tower.
???: "... Protectors! Prevent them from reaching the Captain!"
Deloth: "And so it begins..."
Gibby: "Aw nuts..." He whipped out his gun.
Digifanatic: "I had a feeling that was coming."
The Questers all heard that voice from behind, as well as the sound of about a hundred weapons being unsheathed...
Deloth: "This...is bad."
Gibby: "Maybe...we can reason with them."
PatVanDusen: "Hmm. That would be a lot to reason with, by the sound of it."
Anyone who looked behind into the clearing would have noticed a small army of thieves... All armed with swords and armored... There was at least fifty of them there.
Deloth: "Guys, run."
Gibby gulped.
Aribar: "...Zeni and I can take them... You guys go ahead!"
Digifanatic: "Alright..."
Deloth ran inside the tower.
Metal: "Why don't we all beat up the thieves?"
Gibby: "Are you sure? There's...a lot of them...and they're all...equipped."
Aribar lanced out at the thieves with his magic and Zeni charged and cut through the first wave. Digifanatic looked for the stairs.
Aribar: "No! Just go ahead! Time is of the essence! They may be activating the spell right now!"
Gibby: --; "Well I guess they can handle it."
PatVanDusen entered the tower.
Digifanatic: "Best thing is to head up, unless someone else is there."
Metal shrugged and ran into the tower after Pat.
The inside of the tower was lit by laterns on top of the ceiling.
Gibby followed Metal.
The lights don't seem to reach the far corners of the room which were covered in darkness.
The group came in on the west side of the room... On the east side of the room there were two exits: One leading to another room and another heading downwards.
Digifanatic: "Wanna head down?"
PatVanDusen: "No."
Digifanatic: "Alright."
PatVanDusen entered the other room; Digi followed him, as did Metal.
???: "... How did these guys get past the guards outside?!"
Gibby checked to see if he could hear anything downward.... nothing at all.
Deloth followed the others.
The group saw roughly ten men sitting around a card table... They were just now springing up and unsheathing their weapons.
Deloth wielded his katana and growled.
Metal: "Wait! We're... new thieves!"
Gibby: "We are?"
Deloth: "Oh, way to go, Pat."
Metal: "Yes we are!"
Gibby: "Oooh...yeah! We are!"
PatVanDusen: "Yes. We need some tips. In thievery."
Metal: "And we've come... to study... your card playing!"
PatVanDusen: "That too."
Gibby: "We're not good at cards."
Theif 1: "... Then what is our official password?"
Gibby looked at Metal.
Thief 2: "We'll give you ten seconds.
PatVanDusen looked at Metal.
Aribar: "Ten..."
Aribar: "Nine..."
Digifanatic: "Oh snap..."
Aribar: "... Eigh--..."
Deloth: "Gravy?"
Aribar: "Is that your final answer?"
Digifanatic: "No..."
Metal: "We're too new. We need a password."
Gibby: "Yeah...to be initiated!"
PatVanDusen: "Yes. That's the third reason we came."
Aribar: "Hey... Wasn't one of the most deadly Protectors of Whaller blue?" He pointed to Gibby. PatVanDusen looked at Gibby and gasped.
The others were agreeing with thief number two... "Yeah!" "Oh man, we're toast..." "I heard his name was Mr. Monster!" "Let's just get them!"
Gibby: "Uhh...I'm normally pink?"
It looked like they were going to fight... No way to get out of it now!
-=BATTLE!=-
Gibby: "Curse my blueness..."
Metal: "...Okay... let's toast them."
Gibby: "mmmm...toast..."
Bandit 1: "Concentrate on the blue guy!"
With that said Bandit one slashed Gibby.
Gibby: "I am not who you think I am!"
Metal: "He is the Phantom of the Opera!"
Gibby: "I'm a human who was turned into a blue kirby...that's IT!"
Metal: "...The human was the phantom of the opera."
The second Bandit then extended his hands and... A huge ball of dirt flew at Gibby. "Kerb-by? Never heard of them!"
Gibby: "...shut up, Metal." He leaped over the dirtball.
PatVanDusen: "The difigurement was lost in the transformation."
Metal: "I wanted to scare them..."
Gibby: "Yeah, well that's what I am. I'm not a protector...I've never even BEEN here before."
Metal: "Don't worry, I'll punch them down."
The third one dashed up and slashed Gibby... Or at least Gibby thought he did... He struck too fast to tell.
Gibby: "Fine...time for a whooping!" He fired a shot at the one that just slashed him, and missed horribly. --; "Story of my life..."
Metal: "Don't worry. I'll clobber them!"
PatVanDusen ran over and let loose a fiery kick into Bandit 3
Bandit 3: "Gah! Cheater!"
PatVanDusen flipped over and unleashed an equally fiery punch on the bandit, hitting.
Aribar: "Gah! You little..."
PatVanDusen flipped back, distancing himself, and let loose a punch that quaked the air between him and the bandit.
The Bandit had grown wise to Pat's attacks, however... He ducked under the attack.
Three thieves focused on beating Gibby up.
Gibby: "ME...KIRBY...NOT...ANYTHING ELSE!" He got by the first two, but got hit by the third.
Thief 5: "Yeah right, Trulander!"
Gibby: ;; "I don't even know what that MEANS!"
Metal: "...Wait... I'm an Earthling! Fear me!"
Thief four slashed Patrick with a stunning blow... Literally. "Para-slash!"
Metal: "I destroyed the world... you're next... ha ha ha hahahahahaha!"
Thief 4: "Bah! Earthlings are just in faerie tales!"
Metal: "...Okay... I'll have to smack you until you realize my power!"
PatVanDusen: "Augh..."
Thieves five through seven slashed Metal a bit... well, tried to. Only one hit.
Digi swung at the Thieves... and missed wildly.
Thief 5: "Hah! You'll have to do better than that!"
Metal: "Yeah. Like I can do!"
Deloth attacked Bandit 3 with a Bomb Kick... but at the last moment he missed.
Metal: "I'll show you how it's done... eat this, you dirty bandits!" He ran up to Bandit 3 and punched him with a superfast punch. "MACHPUNCH!"
Aribar: "Why you little--!"
Metal then gave the disgusting thief a stab to the forehead with his evil-looking stun baton.
Digifanatic: "Ooh...nice shot!"
Metal then spun around wildly with his wand, threatening Bandit 3, 2, and 1 simultaneously... Alas, he only hit one bandit.
Metal: "Darn... oh well. That's only the beginning of the pain!"
Bandit 1: "Arrg! Eat earth! Earth Ball!"
A ball of earth was shot at Metal... who turned invisible for a split second and dodged it.
Metal: "Ha-ha! You cannot touch me, filthy thief!"
Bandit 2: "... Fight magic with magic! Yaah! Squall Strike!"
Another extremely quick slash headed Metal's way, hitting him.
Metal: "...Copycat!"
The final Thief attempted to knock Gibby's gun out of his hand... and failed.
Gibby: "HA! Nice try, Bandit!" He knocked the Bandit's weapon away instead, then fired a shot at the Bandit that attempted to knock his gun from his hand, missing.
PatVanDusen turned to face Bandit 3, and once again let a shockwave into the air, hitting him.
Bandit 3: "Gah! I'll get you for that!"
Aribar: "Ow!"
PatVanDusen then turned around and tried to uppercut his target... and missed.
Theif one dashed at Metal and then slashed him once, stunning him. "How dare you paralyze Bob?! Para-Slash!"
Metal: "Curse you!"
Gibby: "These guys are evil...EVIL I say."
The next four thieves took advantage of Metal's state with normal attacks, hitting him twice.
The last two thieves attacked at Digi and Deloth respectively, but it didn't seem to make much an impact.
Metal was taking his hits rather calmly... in fact, it was only after the last hit that he appeared to have been taking damage.
Deloth: "Gah! Why, you..."
The thief easily dodged another of Digi's attacks.
Digifanatic: "Argh..."
Deloth did a regular swipe at Bandit 3, missing.
Bandit one fired another Earth Ball at Deloth.
The second bandit normally slashed Digi, then, missing.
Bandit 3 then disarmed Gibby... nope! He failed.
Gibby: "Cut that out!"
Aribar: "Grrr!"
Gibby inhaled in some air, held it in so that his face was bright red, and then blew fire right at Bandit 3, pummeling him with intense heat. He then ran at the same bandit, and attempted a running kick to the stomach, but instead stubbed his toe on the floor and did a charlie brown fall. "UUUGH! Good grief..."
Theives 1-3 hit Gibby, Digi, and Metal respectively... or at least they appeared to, as they all missed. A lot.
Thief 4 attempted to disarm Metal... but Metal blocked the attack, and then threw Thief 4's weapon into the wall.
Metal: "Take that, you smelly thief!"
Thieves 5-7 tried to attack Gibby, Digi, and Metal respectively again; they hit Metal, missed Gibby, and then damaged Digi some.
Digifanatic: "Say hello to my friend...Big Bertha." He whipped out a golf club and tried to whack bandit 3 with it... and missed.
Deloth just stood there, and so it was Metal's turn to attack again.
Metal drunk a weird potion, then pointed his wand up in the air. "RETOUCH!" He regained some HP... then he went insane and started spinning wildly ala Crash Bandicoot at the Theives. And he hit them all, and got a crit!
Gibby: "...you'd think he'd get dizzy."
Metal, now looking rather confident, did something else... an elbow of death at the guy who stunned him! He missed, however the stun on him wore off.
Gibby: "I guess so..."
The first two slashed at Gibby and missed.
Aribar: "Die, Trulande--Hey stand still!"
Gibby: "Never! And for the last time...I'M NOT A TRULANDER!"
The final Thief picked up his weapon and ended his turn, daze gone.
Metal: "Disarm that bandit!"
Gibby ran up to the bandit, and attempted to disarm him, and succeeded.
Metal: "Great!"
Gibby: "Serves you right..."
Digifanatic: "Reverse psychology!"
Aribar: "Cheater!"
Gibby leapt up, and tried kicking the bandit in the face... but he missed.
Gibby: "Blast!"
The first thief tried to disarm Gibby... but instead he failed miserably.
Digifanatic: "Hey don't feel too bad. I can't do squat."
Gibby: "Stop with the disarming!"
Metal: "...Yeah... you guys really suck at it."
... The next thief listened to Gibby and Para-Slashed him!
Gibby stepped back dodging the attack, and laughs at him. Then he shot him back.
Metal: "...Jeez... no wonder why beats you guys up left and right."
Thief 2: "... Never mention that stupid elf to us!
Metal: "Okay."
Gibby tried a running kick to the stomach again, and hit. He finished off the combo with a fire breath, and missed.
The third, fourth, and sixth thief tried to Para-Slash Metal, Digi, and Metal respectively. Metal was hit only once, and so was Digi.
The final person did another 'brilliant' thing; Disarming Deloth. He failed too!
Metal: "...I doubt these guys will ever disarm anyone ever."
Deloth: "Naughty, naughty."
Digifanatic used Thunderstorm on Bandit 3, hitting.
Hit! Continuer.
Metal watched Digi burn Bandit three with a tiny spark.
Digifanatic continued with a Super Mario Punch, hitting again.
Metal: "...You call that a thunderstorm? I sure hope this fight gives you EXP..."
Bandit 3: "Hey! How did you get coins from that?"
Digifanatic went one more time on the Bandit with the Golf Club... and missed.
Metal: "...Wow... now you're stealing from a bandit... great!"
Gibby: "I want coins..."
Digifanatic: "Well...at least I hit." He smiled.
Metal: "These guys are tough, for sure... until I get my overdrive mode online!"
Deloth attacked Digi's target with a regular slash and missed.
Metal did another quick wave of his wand, healing some of his own damage. Then, he stabbed an undazed bandit witha Giga stab, dazing that bandit.
Digifanatic: "Whoa!"
Metal then followed it up with another rapidly-spinning attack against 3 bandits! 1, 2, and 3 respectively. He hit... one, two, but not the third time.
The bandit tried an Earth Ball at Metal! "Die!"
Metal sidestepped that attack, though.
Bandit two was dazed, and bandit three was dazed too.
Gibby fired a bullet at Bandit three and hit then he ran up to him, and tried another running kick...of d00m! But he missed... with d00m!
Metal: "Soon, the gloves will come off, and so will your heads."
Gibby: "Must...work on kicking..."
Thief 1 retrieved his weapon.
Metal: "We should disarm that thief again!"
Thief 2 and 3 slashed at Deloth and Metal, missing Metal and slashing Deloth.
Metal: "Keep on trying! You'll just miss us more and more..."
The next thief retrieved his weapon as well.
The next one after that missed his turn.
Next one slashed at Gibby... and missed! The last one got his weapon.
Metal: "It's about time I unleashed my true power on you duds."
Deloth growled and performed a One-Two Stab on Thief 2, missing.
Metal decided to give Thief 2 a beating! He first did the Giga Stab. *STAB!* *CRIT!* He then gives that thief a beating with Mach Punch! *SMACK* And then bashed him again with that Giga stab. *BONK* And then Mach Punched him. *SPLOT!* He then went.. into OVERDRIVE!
He glowed... tired of this battle, he used his ultimate move... EVOLUTION WAVE! 1 random attack from everyone in the battle combined together and shoot at all of the bad guys. A strange wave of energy caused the Bandits to lose their weapons, destroy most of them, and then take a bunch of damage!
Bandit 3 and Thief 2 died.
Metal: "Darn... didn't quite work like I wanted it to... but it was still effective."
Bandit 1 saw Metal as a huge threat and responded by Earth Balling him... missing.
The next one was dazed....
Gibby shot at Bandit 1 and missed.
Thieves one and three ran away from battle.
Metal: "Cowards... I could have pulverized them."
... Up the stairs behind them, that was.
Gibby: "AFTER THEM!"
Thief 4 tried to disarm Metal... and actually succeeded!
Thief 4: "Hah! Now what, weakling?"
Metal: "...You idiot... I can kill you my bare hands!"
The next thief tried to Para-Slash Metal, hitting him and stunning him.
Metal looked unphazed despite being stunned... like he had a trick up his sleeves.
Deloth slammed Bandit 1---er, the Card table--with a One-Two Stab.
Metal glowed, and was healed, getting rid of the stun, but ending his turn. "Your magic does not effect me as strongly as before."
Gibby shots at bandit 1 again...because he can. He hit, too! He then attacked him with fire breath, hitting again! Then he finished it off by attempting to grab hold of him.... and succeeded, barely, holding the bandit and then failed to kick him.
Metal: "Why won't you just give up? Your defeat is near."
Gibby holds him in place for the next fighter.
The bandit tried to stab Gibby quickly, missing.
Thief four stabbed Metal.
Thief five dashed up the steps since he was weaponless.
Thief six stabbed Metal again... missing.
And the last guy lost his turn.
Bandits 1 and 2, as well as Thieves 4, 6, and 7 remained. Thief 4 had not been touched at all this fight.
Deloth attacked Bandit 1 with a One-Two Stab, hitting at last. Then he hit again with a flare swipe.
Metal: "I wish you guys used robots... this would be a lot faster."
Deloth then punched Bandit 1 and failed when he slashed Bandit 1.
Metal gaves Bandit 1 a nice hammer to the face, and then did his dreaded attack of doom... Dryer Throw!
All the thieves failed to dodge; the massive mushroom cloud hit them all.
Metal then flew after four targets, with an even deadlier spinning attack! He hit them all and dazed them too. Then he healed himself.
The first Bandit slashed Metal... The second fired an Earthball Metal and missed....
Bandit 2: "Die, you ungodly person!"
Metal: "Like I said. I am a deadly Earthling! My planet DID explode... just as you said... and now I'm out for revenge! The evil Tridus destroyed Earth."
Gibby attacked thief 4 with...a bullet to teh head!
But before the battle could end, the remaining thieves ran away, believing Metal's story and fearing him to be an "evil Earthling."
Metal: "Hahahahahahahahahahaha!"
Gibby: "...aww...I wanted to beat them up some more."
Metal: "Uhh... that's why you never fight with an Earthling! ...I'll probably be known as the fearsome 'Earthling' for now..."
The group also foundnd a bunch of little gems... They were worth about 245 coins. The group could now either go down the tunnel back in the main room or up the steps...
Metal: "Hmmmm... let's follow those thieves." He walked up the steps.
Deloth: "Agreed." He followed.
Once up the steps Deloth and Metal just missed a door in front of them with symbols representing Earth and Fire closing...
Gibby headed up with the others.
Metal: "...Hmmmm... how shall we open those doors?"
Gibby: "How about pulling them open."
That was the door to the south... A door on the east wall had the symbols of Water and Wind.
Deloth: "Wait a second. Maybe they mean that we have to use the appropriate elements on them."
Metal did remember to pick up his weapon earlier, too. "Hmmm... maybe..." He hurled a flaming dryer at the fire door.
Gibby: "..."
These doors DID have door handles.
Metal: "The explosion should open it. ...Or not..." He walked to the fire door and tried to open it. He opened it just in time to see a thief land dead at his feet, gems protruding from his body...
Deloth: "Ohhhh-kay..."
???: "Earthslide!"
Metal: "Freeze! In the name of Earth---"
Gibby tried snatching the gems.
...The group another thief being knocked down by a huge ball of dirt... In fact, now all those thieves that ran away were down.
Digifanatic: "Whoa..."
Metal: "..." He picked up the dead thief's body, using it as a shield, taking the money off of it casually.
The gems dissappeared as the group touched them.
Gibby: "Aww..."
Metal: "...Curse! ...I mean... curses!"'
Deloth looked at the other door. "What about this one?"
Gibby stepped inside. "I wanna know what's going on here!"
Metal: "Who goes there who destroys thieves?"
Digifanatic cautiously followed.
... *SLAM!*
The door slammed shut after Gibby and Digi entered, keeping Metal and Deloth out..
Digifanatic: "Hey, what the heck?"
Deloth: "Crud."
Gibby: "Uh oh..."
Gibby and Digi noticed a figure walking towards them... He looked like this:
Gnome: "Why, 'allo there! What brings you to my room of the Elemental Tower? Oh, I'm Gnome by the way... The Elemental spirit of Earth!"
Digifanatic: "Ah..."
Gibby: "We're here to stop the thieves of Whaller!"
Aribar: "Oh... I see."
Gnome: "Then I guess you can pass..."
Gibby blinked.
There was a doorway on the east side of the room.
Gibby: "...really? cool..."
Digifanatic: "Thank you."
Digifanatic walked towards the door. Gibby headed to the door too.
Digifanatic: "I'll open it." He opened the door and held it open for Gibby.
Gibby: "Why thank you."
Digifanatic: "No problem."
Gibby bowed jokingly, and stepped inside.
Gnome: "Earth Slide!"
As Gibby exited the room Gnome slammed the door shut with an Earth Slide.
Gibby: "Huh? What gives?"
Digifanatic: "Oh boy..."
Gnome: "I don't like the way you look, kid... Put up yer fists!"
Digifanatic scoffed, and got ready to fight.
Gibby banged on the door. "What's going on? Open up!"
Digifanatic tried to open the door, but it was covered in dirt... he could not reach it.
Digifanatic: "Dah!"
Gnome: "...Speed Up!"
Gibby: "He eats a kite? What are you talking about?"
Digifanatic: "Never mind!"
The elemental gained a yellowish glow...
Gibby looked around the place trying to find a way out, but found nothing. He shrugged, and went to sleep.
Gnome: "Come on! Fight me!"
Gibby: "zzzzzzzzzz"
Digifanatic: "Right." He headed up to the Gnome and tried the golf club, missing.
Gnome: "Too slow!"
Digifanatic: "As if I didn't know that..."
Gnome: "Sorry, but one of us has to die to get past this room... And it won't be me! Gem Missile!"
Digifanatic: "I ain't taking apologies right now..."
Three shiney gems flew towards Aribar, smacking him.
Gnome: "Face it! You can't beat me!"
Digifanatic: "hmph..."
Digifanatic tried a Fire Punch, missing.
Digifanatic: "ACK! How dare you..."
Gnome: "... You're not good at this fightin' thing, huh?"
Digifanatic: "Not really."
Gibby: "zzzzzzzzzzz"
Gnome: "If you gave me some money, oh, say, 5000 geos... I'd let you pass."
Digifanatic: "Well, you got lucky. I have nowhere near that, so I guess I am screwed."
Gnome: "Not a single Geo?"
Digifanatic: "Uh...I got about 2500."
Gnome: "... Lemme see them."
Digifanatic handed him all of his 2,498 worth of coins.
Gnome: "...G-g-gold! This is easily worth four times as much as I wanted!"
Digifanatic: "Oh..."
Gnome: "...Just five hundred coins..."
Digifanatic: "Okay then. Can I please have my 2,000 back?"
Gnome: "... Oh, right..."
Digifanatic: "No offense. I'm just making sure I have a fair deal."
He handed everything back but the 500 and then jumped for joy before disappearing... The dirt around the door too...
Gibby: "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"
Digifanatic headed through the door, and poked Gibby. "Don't worry, only me."
Gibby woke up, yawned, and scratched his "butt". "What happened? Did you win?"
Digifanatic: "Well, for 500, he let me go."
Gibby: "Sweet deal."
They both realized that door took you outside... They were on a balcony roughly two or three stories off the ground. This place was big... Meanwhile...
Metal and Deloth were still in that chamber with the Fire/Earth and Wind/Water doors.
Metal shrugged and opened the fire door... not. He couldn't push or pull it open.
Metal: "...Ok..." He tried to open the Wind door.
It easily opened... And water came out of the connected room's floor to this one.
Deloth: "Gah!"
Metal: "Gah! I was just using this door to avoid the water!"
Deloth ran over to Metal.
Metal decided to enter the door.
Deloth: "Now this whole place is gonna flood!"
Metal: "Oh well."
Water cascaded from the walls onto the floor... Most of it went down through drains that kept the water at roughly three inches above the ground, but some was now running into the previous room.
In the middle of the room was a statue of a mermaid with a staff... 
Deloth followed Metal inside the room.
Deloth: "Uh, hi?"
Metal: "Hello."
The door slammed shut behind them... Not like it mattered.
Metal: "...Why are we talking to a statue again?"
Deloth: "Don't ask."
Metal looked for more doors.
Deloth walked up and examined the statue.
There was a door on the same side of the room they came in, only further down the wall.
Metal went up to that door and almost tried to open it.
But then Deloth saw what was in that picture... On the pedestal below it there was some writing that he could not understand.
Metal would notice the same writing... "...Ahoy! Weird writing!" He tried to read it, but failed, so then he took the smash dex and activated the translator on the writing.
Metal: "Smash dex. What the heck does this say?"
Dex: "Undine: Elemental of Water and Ice"
Metal: "...The two things I hate most... There's gotta be some sort of switch sitting around here."
Deloth: "Agreed..."
Metal tried that other door again. It opened. It also led outside to a balcony like Gibby and Digi's door did, but not the same one.
Deloth: "Hmm."
Metal went out on the balcony and looked down.
*SLAM!*
Metal: "...These doors are seriously getting on my nerves."
As Metal headed outside the door slammed and locked... Trapping Deloth in the room of water.
Deloth: "Hey, lemme out of here!"
Metal: "...Stupid door." He started beating on the door. "I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll... make this door explode!"
Undine: "... Oh no... Did I mess up and forget to stop people from passing again?"
Sounds of door being beaten with a hammer could be heard... but it was not even dented.
Metal: "Hmmm... I could use Infinity Blade... but that might destroy the entire tower."
Deloth: "LIVING STATUE!!!"
Metal turned to the wall next to the door and started attacking that instead.
The water elemental looked at Deloth... "Oh, it looks likes there is still one person left..."
Metal broke the wall... It led to the room with the stairs and two doors.
Deloth: "Uh, uh..."
Metal: "Take that, you smart alecky wall!"
Deloth: "Why do you want me in here anyway?"
Metal triumphantly marched in through the hole in the wall and tried to break another hole in the wall leading to the room Deloth was in, but failed to do so.
Undine: "... Ooh, I'm not suppose to let anyone pass without a fight..."
Metal: "Hmmm... I'll just have to wait... although now I can just march into another door and beat up some more punks."
Undine: "So... Ummm... Prepare to die I guess..."
Deloth got into a battle stance. "Man, I hate water..."
*ELEMENTAL BATTLE!*
Metal patiently waited for Deloth.
Undine started things off by casting Freeze! A ball of ice flew at Deloth and hit him dead on.
Deloth: "Aich!"
Metal got an evil idea. He started attacking the ceiling by jumping up to it and then attacking it.
Metal: "Smash! SMASH!" *BLAM* He hurt his head instead. "...Curses. I wanted to tear this building apart from the inside. Now all I have is a headache."
Deloth attempted to hit Undine with a Flare Swipe, and did hit. He followed this up with a One-Two Stab, missing.
Undine: "Gah! Evil fire user! Coooold... BLAZE!"
Deloth: "Look, if you want me to stop, just let me out..."
The water underneath Deloth's feet erupted into blue flames, burning him with ice.
Metal went out on the balcony to see if there was anybody below worth toasting. He saw more thieves fighting Aribar and Zeni. So he decided to throw debris at the thieves from above.
Deloth gasped... he was in bad shape.
Metal: "Your castle is shoddily built! I can destroy walls! Take this! And that! And this!" He hit someone on the head and killed them for 0.00000000000000000000000000001 EXP.
Deloth scanned Undine.
*DING!*
UndineElemental of Water
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Metal: "Hmmm... well, that was mildly worth it..."
Deloth: "Hrm..."
Metal: "I can't just leave Deloth in there... but there's no way to smash in the walls either..."
Deloth glanced quickly to see if Undine's chains were in range.
Metal: "...Maybe I can knock on the door." He went and knocked on the door to the water elemental room.
Deloth: "Look, maybe we can work something out here."
Metal: "Hello? Anybody in there?"
Deloth missed Undine with another Flare Blade. "I hate to do this, but I must get out of here!"
Metal got no answer from the knocking... But now his feet were wet from standing in the water.
She tried an Energy Drain at Deloth and stole some of his energy.
Metal: "I'm the... fiercesome Earth mailman! I have a delivery of pain for whoever's locked this door... ewww... water..." He backed off, kicking the water off of his feet.
Deloth used a One-Two Stab on Undine, hitting her. Deloth followed up with a Flare Swipe and also hit, but then missed Undine with a punch.
Metal: "I really wish I had a crowbar... any genies hiding nearby?"
Undine: "Grrr... Cold Blaze!" She tried to freeze Deloth again, barely missing. "Grr... Stand still, evil one!"
Deloth: "Me, evil? Look, who trapped you here? "I'm only fighting because you won't let me out!"
Undine: "... You are a follower of my brother Salamander, the Fire Elemental... You must be evil!"
Metal punched stuff in morse code at the door.
Undine: "... I don't know... Who trapped me here..."
Metal noticed a fly buzzing around his head. "Shoo. Shoo!" He swatted at it, but missed. It landed on his nose. He tried to flick it away, but then it landed on top of his head. He tried to squash it, but the fly then began ramming itself at him. Metal tried to headbonk it in return.
Metal: "I wonder why it's attacking me... surely it's a misguided fly."
It started flying around in circles, evading Metal...
Deloth hit Undine with another One-Two Stab, then hit Undine with a Flare Swipe, and then punched Undine... his hand going through her, as she had already been defeated. She faded into nothing, leaving only her staff and some gems worth 100 coins behind.
Deloth: "What the heck?!"
Metal got tired with the fly and punched the door again.
Deloth grabbed her staff and the gems. Then he opened up the door out. "Phew."
MEANWHILE...
Back to Gibby and Digi.
Digifanatic: "Well, this is an odd situation."
Gibby: "Sure is..."
The only way to go was up the steps near them...
Digifanatic: "Well, guess we take the staircase..." He started climbing up the stairs.
Up the steps... And to a door with the Fire emblem...
Gibby climbed up after Digi. "Gee, I wonder what elemental THIS is?"
Digifanatic: "Heh..." He opened the door, trying his best not to be burned by any ambush. A wave of heat assaulted him once the door opened. "Whoa..."
Gibby sweated.
It was just then they realized that inside was a small ledge over a path of lava... Lots... And lots... Of lava.
Digifanatic: "Yikes..."
Gibby: "Man, why'd we have to get the volcano room?"
Digifanatic: "That Gnome wasn't even of Fire..."
There was a very narrow pathway to the center of the room...
Digifanatic started traversing the path very carefully. Gibby followed.
Once at the center it branched out leftwards to a door, and rightwards to... A chest!
Digifanatic: "YOWOWOW!" He began to fall at the lava, after tripping.
Gibby tried to catch him, but Digi was burnt to a crisp instead. "Sorry 'bout that! It's these fins..."
Digifanatic: "Good thing I bought a couple of these." He reached into his pocket, pulled out a Mushroom, and ate it.
Gibby n' co reached the crossroads... they could now either go towards the treasure chest (It had a narrower ledge), or the door...
Gibby went to the treasure chest, ever so curious. He opened it to find... 300 coins in the chest!
Gibby: "YAY COINS!"
Then both he and Digi fell off and flew back to the start, on fire.
Gibby: "...ow..."
Digifanatic: *YOW!*
Gibby: "You got another mushroom, Digi?"
Digifanatic: "Sorry..."
Gibby: "blast..." He managed to catch Digi and pull him up before he could fall in again.
Digifanatic: "Thanks!"
Gibby: "No problem."
Digifanatic: "But I wish it wasn't this bad to try and cross..."
Gibby: "There should be an easier way."
Digifanatic: "I wonder if there's a weak spot in the walls, switches, air conditioning..." He noticed a statue on the eastern wall... it looked like this:
Digifanatic: "Hang on..." He walked to the statue.... well. He tried. But the pathway didn't go anywhere near it.
Gibby noticed a couple slates in the floor loose... They'd make cool ninja throwing stars! He grabbed a hold of them.
Digifanatic: "Hmm...wonder what we should do with them."
Gibby: "Fling them at enemies of course." He handed some to Digi.
Digifanatic: "I was thinking that, but I dunno if that statue would like that or what..."
Gibby and Digi aquired 5 Rough Tiles each!
Digifanatic tossed one at the statue.
He hit it... and woke it up!
Digifanatic: "Uh oh..."
Gibby: "...uhhh..."
Salamander "... Who dares wake the great Salamander?"
Gibby pointed at Digi. "He did it."
...They noticed the lava rising...
Salamander: "... Oh really?"
Gibby nodded.
Digifanatic tried to exit the door if at all possible.
Gibby: "So I'll just be going then..." He tried to side step away...
... The lava became level with the ledge and pathway... The door was locked.
Gibby: "...eep!"
Salamander: "... Then you may pass, person who woke me..."
The lava suddenly cooled, making the entire floor walkable...
Gibby: "Now hold on a second...that doesn't sound very fair."
Digifanatic: "Thank you very much--SHH!"
Gibby: "Digi, don't leave me hanging!"
Digifanatic walked over to the door. "I'll tip him." The other door opened as Digi went near it.
Gibby sighed.
Salamander: "As for you, marshmallow..."
Gibby: "I'm a kirby thank you very much..."
Salamander: "Did you know I like smores?" Salamander had an evil look...
Digifanatic entered the door...
Gibby weeped.
The door slammed shut behind Digi... And Salamander got ready to fight.
Gibby: "Look, I'll give you anything you want...how about money! I got plenty!"
Salamander: "I'm not as bribable as my Earth cousin..."
Gibby: "Yeah? Well...how about...a nice BULLET TO THE FACE!" He whipped his gun out, and shot him.
Salamander: "Gah! You hit me!"
Gibby then ran up to the guy, and attempted a running high kick....
Garrick then suddenly fell atop the fire elemental. He immedately pushed off it and leapt back, patting out flames.
Gibby: "Garrick! How nice of you to 'drop' in!"
Gibby chuckled.
Garrick shook his head, then looked to Gibby, pointing to the flame elemental. "Bad guy?"
Salamander "Gah! Only one person is suppose to face me! Oh well... Time for you to face the flames of defeat!"
Gibby: "Indeed."
Garrick: "Right then." He ran up to the bad guy and attacked with a Haymaker, hitting him in the nose. He continued on with a flurry of kicks... that missed.
Gibby: "Nice moves, Garrick."
Salamander: "... NOW you've made me mad... EXPLODER!"
The entire room was engulfed in an explosion, hitting Gibby and putting the puffball at the brink of death.
Salamander: "... Ah! Now I feel better!"
Gibby shot at the elemental and missed. "Bah..."
Garrick ran in right as he dodged the explosion, slamming his fist into the firey guy's face. "You got stats on this guy, Gib?"
Gibby: "Nope...but i'll gladly do it later."
Garrick held his fist there while he scanned... *DING!*
SalamanderElemental of Fire
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Garrick quickly followed up with a series of punches, knowing the guy was almost down for the count... but he missed.
Salamando: "Grrr... Take this, mortal! Fireball!"
Three fireballs of doom flew at Garrick, and two hit him.
Gibby shot another bullet at the dragon, hitting him. Then he tried to do a matrixy jump shot, which also hit. He then tried to kick the dragon in the head... and missed!
Salamander: "You... Cannot beat the power of Fire!"
Gibby: "Garrick, care to prove him wrong?"
Garrick jumped into the air, LEAPED off of Gibby's head, and DRILL KICKED THE ELEMENTAL.
Gibby: "ow..."
Salamando faded into nothingness as he was hit, leaving behind only his staff and some gems worth 100 coins.
Garrick: "...sorry, Gib."
Gibby grabbed the staff.
Garrick: "Saw the opening...had to take it. Didn't mean to hurt you." He scooped up the gems
Gibby: "It's ok...as long as iI'm alive."
The door was unlocked now.
Garrick: "Alright. Shall we continue?
Gibby: "Yes...lets."
Gibby headed to the door, followed by Garrick. Both exited onto a balcony and joined up with Digi.
Garrick: "...erm...Gibby?"
Gibby: "Yes?"
Garrick: "I thought you were a knight. Why the gun?"
Gibby: "I'm trying something new. I got bored of the sword thing."
Garrick: "Ah. Remind me, I'll teach you some tricks."
MEANWHILE...
Metal was now alone; as a fly had chased Deloth away.
Metal: "...I must find something to do." He headed up the stairs through a hole in the wall. "Let's see what's up here..."
He saw... A large open area... There was nothing there except a statue of Jinn, and a large well behind it.
The statue looked like 
Metal punched the statue. "Anything in there?"
Jinn: "... Ow! Why did you do that?"
Metal: "Because...you talk. Now then. I have a one-of-a-kind deal."
The statue came alive and floated in the air... He also summoned up a saber...
Jinn: "... Oh really?"
Metal: "You pay me 500 coins, and I will not pass."
Jinn: "Ummm... ... Okay. Now if only I had coins... Here's five hundred Geos, though!"
Metal: "Okay."
Jinn handed Metal a bunch of gems, just like the ones found on the thieves he killed earlier... The approximent coin value of them would be 50.
Metal: "Thank you. Now, I will not pass." He turned back and left the room via the way he came in.
Jinn: "..." He went back to looking like a statue.
Metal tried to punch a hole in the ceiling outside of Jinn's room. But it was too high... There was a wall on the east side, though... And it was roughly twenty-ish feet high. Metal tried to climb it. He got up about 5 feet before falling down.
Metal , now angry, decided to try to kick the wall in and enter whatever room was inside. Instead, he stubbed his toe. "...Hmmmm..."
Jinn sorta woke up...
Metal turns to the door where the Jinn guy was. He decided to run his way through, as fast as possible, while scattering all his money (295 coins everywhere)
Metal: "...There's no door outta this place anyway, is there?"
Jinn: "... Nope... Just using this well, which must be powered up by my defeat..."
Metal: "Hmmmm... okay... INFINITY BLADE!"
Jinn took 756 damage... he fell back and into the well which begans to blow EXTREMELY FORCEFUL gusts of wind upwards... They lifted Metal up to the roof.
A bit later...
What was left of the two groups reached the roof of Salamander's chamber... In the middle of the roof, which was completely solid and such, was a large tower... Probably a twenty foot diameter.
Digifanatic: "Well, this is interesting..."
If one looked off the edge one could see two ants fighting a bunch of other ants... Wait, no... Those ants were just Aribar, Zeni, and the thieves still... Though there don't seem to be many left...
Digifanatic: "I wonder if I would kill a thief by spitting at it...but I ain't gonna try it."
There was a door to the inside of the tower on either side (Both Metal's and Gibby's).
Gibby: "I'll try it!"
Digifanatic: "We might be high enough...anyways."
Digifanatic: "I was only kidding."
Even more later...
All were in that miniature tower heading up some steps to the roof...
Digifanatic: "Hey Metal. How was your side of the story?" He started climbing up the stairs...
Gibby climbed as well, with Garrick.
Once everyone reached the roof they all felt a strong magical aura... It was being emitted by a scroll in the hands of a heavily armored person.
Gibby: "Not...good...at all!"
Digifanatic: "Hey, it's that scroll Ari was talking about..."
This man was wearing incredibly spikey fullplatemail, and he had a sword on his back... That was just plain huge. The man's face was mostly hidden under a faceplate fashioned to look like that of a dragon.
Gibby: "Uhh...hi."
Tordek: "I, Tordek, welcome you Protectors of... You are not the Protectors of Whaller... Who are you?"
Gibby: "I'm Gibby!"
Metal: "I am Metal, the deadly Earthling! And defeater of Orlando! And Aribar's friend!"
Tordek stuffed the scroll into his pocket and unsheathed his huge Claymore... That he could hold in one hand.
Metal: "...And head of the Questers!"
Digifanatic: "Digi, friends of those two... And him." (pointing to Garrick)
Tordek: "... Earthlings are extinct... And you defeated Orlando? I highly doubt it... Ah, Aribar's friend... So you're weak scum."
Gibby: "...that looks like it can hurt."
Tordek: "What? The elf and his friends couldn't come themselves?"
Metal: "Look off the side of the tower."
Tordek did so. "... All I see are dead bodies of my men."
Metal tried to boot Tordek off of the side of the tower! But... he didn't even move.
Metal: "...Darn. I knew you wouldn't fall for that..."
Tordek: "... Hah! I thought you were actually going to push me off the edge..."
Metal: "Now then. Let's fight! And I'll show you the wrath of Earth!"
Metal: "Though I have to be careful... I might accidentally explode this planet if that scroll does anything bad."
Metal: "So... whatever you do, don't try to misuse the scroll."
-=FINAL BATTLE=-
Tordek: "... I believe I should test out this scroll now..."
Metal: "But... you might warp Whaller into a black hole like Earth was! ...Oh well."
Tordek began saying the magical incantations... Before the thing was burnt into flames by a shot of lightning.
Metal: "...That was weird."
Aribar: "Alright! Thordain hit!"
Gibby: "Wow...how lucky are WE?"
Digifanatic: "Ari!"
Aribar and Zeni had apparently made their way up the tower...
Digifanatic: "Hey you two!"
Tordek: "... It is too late... I have already summoned my troops!"
Metal: "...Oh well."
Anyone who looked over the edge would see the entire rooftop covered with thieves...
Digi looked over. "Oh my goooooooooooooooooosh..."
Zeni: "... You guys take him on, we're guard your backs. Come on, bro!"
Both him and Aribar headed back down the tower to combat the army of the thieves... And thus the battle began.
Tordek: "I'll show you the true meaning of power!" He dashed at Metal Man and slashed him.
Metal: "Ouch!"
Gibby pulled his gun out, and shot Tordek. It penetrated his armor!
Tordek: "Gah!"
Gibby then blew out a wave of fire at Tordek...
Tordek lunged out of the way with unimaginable speed.
Gibby: "Curses!"
Digifanatic: "Wow. Heavily armored and fast..."
Garrick mets Tordek at the end of his lunge, smashing into him with a Haymaker
Tordek: "Gah! So, you want to play rough?"
Digifanatic: "NICE SHOT!"
Garrick put a HUGE dent into Tordek's armor. Then he jumped up and struck with a Gamma Drill Kick, and jabbed...
Tordek: "Pathetic..." He stopped Garrick's punch with his hand.
Garrick smirked at Tordek. "Your armor isn't all it's cracked up to be, slick."
Digifanatic scanned the boss. DING!
TordekCaptain of Thieves
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Digifanatic tried a Fire Punch failed. "Argh...get em, Metal!"
Tordek: "Fools... Not even Zeni Hunter himself could match blades with me!"
Metal: "You're the boss!" He used the last of his overdrive mode, and glowed red and fired several blasts of red lasers at the thief.
Gibby: "Thank you, captain obvious."
Digifanatic: "Sorry..."
Tordek was hit all but once by the deathrays. HP: 381/1000%
Metal now must build up his overdrive gauge again! ...So he smacked Tordek with a Giga Stab.
Tordek: "Gyah!"
Metal followed up with a Mach Punch, continually smacking Tordek.
Tordek: "Grr... You shall be... The first... To die!"
Metal then Giga Stabbeds Tordek again.... well. Not that time. He missed.
Tordek: "Grrr... YAAAAAAH!" He raised his Claymore into the air above his head and it glowed a golden color before he SLAMMED it down on Metal. "Giga SLAAAAAAAAAAASH!"
Metal: "As you can see now, I am a real Earthling." Then... he died.
Tordek: "I shall NOT be cut down today, man of metal..."
But... another Metal just walked in through a nearby door!
Gibby: "Crap!" He fired another shot at the evil one and missed.
Tordek watched as the bullet didn't even pierce his armor... He looked at the new Metal. "... You should be dead!"
Gibby sighed.
Garrick swept Tordek to the ground with a sweeping kick.
Tordek: "Stop that, fool!"
Garrick leaped up and Drill Kicks him again, then jabbed at Tordek and failed.
Metal stabbed, punched, then stabbed Tordek again before being blocked.
Tordek was stunned... So Gibby went.
Metal: "Your defense is great... but I shall eventually destroy you!"
Gibby performed his fire breath at Tordek and failed yet again.
Garrick went for another Haymaker and hit.
Metal repeated what he was doing earlier, and heavily damaged Tordek yet again...
Tordek couldn't move...
Gibby tried...a super cool jump shot!
Tordek watched Gibby shoot a bird flying in the distance.*
Gibby: "Must...nothing...WORK!?!"
Metal: "...Just more for me, I guess. I'll eventually regain overdrive mode and speed up my stab-punch combo."
Garrick went for another Haymaker and hit again, before missing with a drill kick. Then Metal missed entirely!
Tordek still could not move...
Gibby SHOT Tordek in the face.
Tordek: "Ow! Why you little... Puffball!"
Gibby then failed to hit with his next move, as did Garrick.
Metal continued his incredibly repetitive attack pattern, hitting twice more. "I'll just keep this up until you admit that Earth rules you thieves!"
Tordek: "Arrg... QUIT THAT!"
Metal: "What're you gonna do? Stab me?"
Tordek: "... Something far worse... Sword Rain!"
Tordek tossed his sword into the air where it then rained down hundreds upon thousands of little needles of pain... Hurting his own troops as well probably.
And then everyone but Tordek's troops dodged it!
Metal: "And so, Tordek kills his own troops."
Tordek watched as the Questers emerge unscatched and he basically murdered most of his troops.
Gibby: "Nice going..."
Tordek: "Damnit!"
Metal: "...I don't know which is worse... that time a boss exploded itself or that."
Gibby took out the salathingy's staff, and failed to hit Tordek with it.
Tordek HP: 634/1000%
Metal: "Hmmm... just a few more hours of punching and stabbing him ahead... That armor sure is tough. Let's see what happens when I unendingly continue to stab and punch it.
Gibby: "Well...this thing's useless."
Tordek: "Grr..."
Metal continually stabbed and punched Tordek.
Tordek: "I've had ENOUGH of you! Giga Slash!"
Metal was hit by the sword slam... but survived anyway.
Tordek: "... No one has ever survived that attack before..."
Metal: "Tsk tsk tsk... I'm called Metal Man, not plastic man."
Gibby scanned the staff...maybe he was using it wrong. DING!
Staff of SalamanderBashing Weapon. STR modifier to hit. |
Gibby: "...that's IT? Hmmm... Lets try it out..."
Gibby pointed the staff at Tordek, and attempted a three fireball attack.. it flew far off to the side...
Metal: "...Gibby... those Blue Jays are NOT the target. They might attack you!"
Gibby: "I...hate birds..."
Garrick attacked Tordek with another Haymaker, missing.
Metal did his thing... one punch..., hitting and going Overdrive!
Metal's armor opened up again, revealing yellow lines of energy, and he looked more crazed, like he was when the battle began.
Tordek: "... What trickery is this?!"
Metal: "It is time to destroy you! ULTRA SHIELD!" He glowed, and a large shield with Metal's emblem, the moon, blocked attacks from hitting Metal. "Recover!" He recovered some HP... ending his turn.
Tordek: "..."
Tordek stoods there again...
Gibby tapped the staff on the ground, and tried the fireball attack again, hitting Tordek some times.
Tordek: "Gaah! It burns!"
Gibby took out the magic gun, and shot Tordek, before missing with a fire breath attack.
Garrick went for a heel drop and hit again.
Tordek: "Gah!"
Garrick ducked low and sweep kicked Tordek next.
Tordek: "Damn you and your kicks!"
Garrick leapt up and drill kicked at Tordek.. missing.
Metal used another Meltdown Attack to give Tordek a pounding.
Tordek HP: 977/1000%
Tordek: "No! I shall not be defeated by the likes of you..."
The fight continued; Tordek was defeated, and soon Aribar and Zeni reunited with the Questers. Garrick dexed Tordek's armor, trying to figure out its composition.
Dex: "... You would somehow have to find a way to cut the metal and then shape it somehow... It would be hard finding the tools
Garrick: "Ari, can your people do this?"
Aribar: "Oh, what? Umm... There is a colony of dwarves on Dragonfire Island that may be able to do it, but it would take many days to travel to the nearest port and book passage there."
Garrick: "...and you say we won't be able to come back to this planet after we leave?"
Zeni: "Well... The original plan was to destroy this scroll and all knowledge of how to make it lest the thieves get a hold of it again."
Metal: "Didn't you destroy it? I mean, earlier, with the lightning and everything."
Zeni: "We planned to destroy both copies, ours and theirs. Wait..."
Metal: "Well... maybe we could edit the spell..."
Zeni: "Your... Your base of operations is very tightly defended, correct?"
Metal: "Yes."
Garrick: "I just want to talk with these...'dwarves'..."
Metal: "It has survived everything. Vast attacks of armies, all of which failed."
Zeni: "... Maybe we can store the scroll there and whenever it is needed it is right there..."
Metal: "Any intruders wound up not doing much, or being defeated. Like... the item combiner... Some guy stole it... we got it back. Then, later, some evildoers stole some soup. They took the fake vat of antifreeze instead."
Aribar: "... What about that, Metal? Zeni might have actually had his first good idea..."
Metal: "Well, it is a good idea. It would be an honor to store it. Nothing has really been stolen from our HQ without being quickly returned."
Aribar: "Excellent! Then it can be stored there and whenever we need to go to Whaller I can be a guide... Heck, maybe I can contact some old friends and open up a trade route."
Aribar: "Well... Is everyone ready to warp back?"
Metal: "And with this, we have prevented a repeat of a disaster we had on our home world. Yes."
Garrick: "As long as I can get in touch with those dwarves later on, yes." He scanned Tordek s armor before he left "Dex, make a copy of the composition of the metal. Store that data for later. Alright, let's get back to the Stadium."
Aribar took the oringinal scroll from Zeni and waved goodbye to his brother... He spoke the incantations of the spell and the Questers began to feel as though they were falling through the air...*
Well, the Questers were falling through the air... Everyone fell to the ground from the ceiling of the Warp Room.
Aribar: "... Oof... Never was good with teleportation spells, but at least we're back..."
Metal: "Whew. That was fun."
Garrick landed with a thump, shaking off that feeling. "Very. Now, if you'll excuse me." He turned and walked out of the Warp Room, through the Big Room, and out into the hallway
What awaits the Questers now that their Whalleranian Adventures are over for now? Find out... on the next episode of SUPER SMASH QUEST!