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Post by B.o.B. on Jan 15, 2015 21:44:32 GMT -8
B.o.B:"A shame, but not surprising. It is a very very old myth from a long dead culture. Although I think it describes you very well."B.o.B. flicked its fingers into a gun like shape and the pulled the trigger. As Megami was looking for an alternate route, several cannons rose from the floor and walls. Firing off several shots at Megami. B.o.B.:"If you will indulge me, I would love to tell you the story. I promise to keep it short." Releasing its hand B.o.B. pointed down to several places of the obstacle course, at which spider drones appeared. They looked around and then began to hunt for Megami [Battle 5]
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Post by ~Divine|<3|Heart~ on Jan 15, 2015 22:05:14 GMT -8
“I don’t know how long we can last like this!”
As Megami rounded the corner, it was like an answer to Xenneth’s wonder. Multiple waves of cannon fire had plummeted Megami’s body as she had taken her arms, held close to her face. All at once, her body had begun to glow along with the terrain around her that started to grow tufts of grass in places across the obstacle course. Xenneth made haste sliding a Battlechip in during the heavy cannon fire. In a flash of blinding green light, waves of energy traveled throughout the hall that Megami had made haste to run through. By the time the intensity of the light died down, there it revealed Megami standing in the middle of the hall but yet something was different.
“It’s Agia Soul...”
Astonished, Xenneth looked at the familiar form now in a different light. The long flowing blue and white robes had been replaced with white pieces of armor with running trenches between the thick pieces. A green light glowed and dyed down in luminescence in timely intervals around three seconds while Megami uncovered her face revealing two large circular pads on her wrists that projected a dome shaped green light with a plus insignia cross upon its face. It seemed like some sort of futuristic version of a Mett Guard.
“We have time for a story.”
Megami smiled in a confident manner as she said this. Without another word, she continued down the halls in a sprint. All the while, her right eye was coveted by a single monocle that started to flash with multiple cursors upon its face as if it was targeting and tracking something.
[smear:f25eff]~Xenneth&Megami~[/smear:e6de19] Battle Post:: S.I.X. Now Listening To:: ----- Chatty Ditz (OOC):: -----
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Post by B.o.B. on Jan 15, 2015 22:17:10 GMT -8
B.o.B:"Wonderful!"The cannons continued to fire relentlessly, as B.o.B. swung its arms to the side, sending columns shooting out from the wall at Megami.B.o.B.:"The myth starts with Pandora, which is the greek word for gift, who was the first woman every created by the gods. When she was born each god gave her a gift, the gift of beauty, charm, and talent. And other such gifts, but the final gift was a box. " The spider drones climbed over the walls closer towards Megami.[Battle 6]
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Post by ~Divine|<3|Heart~ on Jan 15, 2015 23:06:58 GMT -8
“Wait? It’s a story about Gods?”
It seemed that the story from the analytical Navi struck a chord with Xenneth. Soon after, how Megami gasped, it seemed to make her flinch too. However, one could not be sure considering she had turned another corner to meet face to face with more cannon fire. She had to make quick work of them, not because of them causing some potential damage, but the story that was unraveling. So, she did so in a haste as Megami stomped her feet into the grassy terrain.
Vines reached up to Megami’s beets and roots seem to imbed themselves along her ankles. One by one, the cravats on her armor lit up with a bright green light while the NetNavi had reached out her right hand and formed what seemed to be a large multi-barreled gun upon her right arm. The barrels begun to spin and wildly whirl around in a circle as the shaft of the weapon begun to grow as luminescent as the pieces of armor that dawned her body. She took aim with the weapon towards the mounted weapons on the walls.
“Mana Gattling!”
There was a whirl of bullets that shot forth with the force of a battalion. The walls became riddled with scorches of pure earthen energy that would surely simmer the cannons down to twisted metal and pieces of plastic remains. However, there was one thing Megami did not defend against and it was a column that shot out from the side. She could only raise her arms to defend and be knocked into the wall.
“Megami-chan!”
The only thing stirring her from a gentle sleep from the blunt object was the story that was captivating her attention and Xenneth’s voice. She stood up slowly, breaking into a weak sprint, and then running as she lifted a brown hearing the story.
“A box?” she reiterated with fascination, “Why a box?”
[smear:f25eff]~Xenneth&Megami~[/smear:e6de19] Battle Post:: S.E.V.E.N. Now Listening To:: ----- Chatty Ditz (OOC):: -----
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Post by B.o.B. on Jan 15, 2015 23:19:53 GMT -8
B.o.B:"Yes a box, given to her by the father of all god Zues. Who told her that under no circumstance was she to ever open it and look inside it. No matter what!"Megami's mana gatling ripped the cannons to shreds, but that was no problem the arena had plenty more traps in store for her.B.o.B.:"Can you take a guess at what she did?" One of the spider drones climbed over a wall right next to Megami, It had found its prey. It jumped at Megami! [Battle 7]
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Post by ~Divine|<3|Heart~ on Jan 16, 2015 10:22:23 GMT -8
“She opened it...”
Xenneth, speaking in a depressed manner, replied to the question himself. He did not know the story, but it felt as if it was direct at the both of them. Megami had even stopped in her advance seemingly more interested in the story, or perhaps reality set in. They had been willing to try to control what was in the box to offer. “Pantheon” who was like a guard dog forbade them to use the power themselves in her own way. The program made decisions with the dark power or even Megami’s strong abilities trying to keep them from deciding...from messing up...
As Megami thought this, the arachnid-like machine crept upon her. Her right monocle had flashed quickly with a cursor, but a strange arrow on the side pointing at the edge. Quickly, Megami spun around as she dodged the monstrous machine, but yet, that one terrible movement while she was rooted caused her to nearly lose her balance. She quickly regained her balance with her footing and turned her head from left to right letting the monocle capture the creatures in her vision, locking on to them.
“I feel that I know this story already,” Megami said in a puzzled fashion as even she did not understand her words, “But I do not know what was in the Box. Please, go on?”
Right hand itching with anticipation as she prepared for the answer, and the attack of the strange creatures.
[smear:f25eff]~Xenneth&Megami~[/smear:e6de19] Battle Post:: E.I.G.H.T. Now Listening To:: ----- Chatty Ditz (OOC):: -----
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Post by B.o.B. on Jan 16, 2015 11:06:50 GMT -8
B.o.B:"Correct! She opened the box, and what poured out relentlessly was all of the evils of the world. She tried so desperately to close the box, but it was too late. Deception, hatred, anger, jealousy, greed, death, and many more evils fell upon the earth infecting mankind."The other spiders climbed over the walls around Megami. Each one prepared to strike at her, but B.o.B. stood at the top of the tower holing them back. Then thrusting its left arm out, a spike shot out from directly under Megami. Aiming to hit the Dominus Captivus on her chest.B.o.B.:"She wept over her folly, and this is where most people end the story. However there is more..." [Battle 8]
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Post by ~Divine|<3|Heart~ on Jan 16, 2015 14:34:42 GMT -8
“Megami! Your time!”
The words of were like a void at this point. The story was grim and that was what was pulling her in. Megami had told herself that she was fighting to the best of her ability, and Pandora’s fate was not fazing her, but it was. Truth be told, she could not help but to reflect on everything thus far: her misery, her childish desire, her obsession. All of those things weighed her body until it was hard to move and avoid the incoming attack.
*SWOOSH!!!*
“MEGAMI!!!”
“AHHHHH! UGH!”
The spike hit its mark and of all places, that scar. Anything but that scar! The pain it caused was ten-fold as the spike protruded into Megami’s Dominus Captivus marking. She reached coning her left hand around the stalagmite to push her off, but to not avail. Her strength was drained and ,to make matters worse, the plated pieces of armor on her body broken away to dust and then sparkling pieces that lost their luster within seconds. She was helpless and conscious for that matter for the pain. She wished this would be over…and the moment she wished, the creeping dark hue came back to her eyes.
“Are you crazy?!” Xenneth cried over the gym intercom, “She can’t take more of this! Stop! Right now before you-”
“No, Xen-kun! Finish…” she panted as Xenneth gasped trying to make our her words, “Finish…we can! We can finish!”
She had given up once, but not anymore. Megami pushed on, her body only budging inches off the spike. Whether she would escape now or later, there was no telling. However, she stared at the spider wondering when it would attack.
[smear:f25eff]~Xenneth&Megami~[/smear:e6de19] Battle Post:: N.I.N.E. Now Listening To:: ----- Chatty Ditz (OOC):: -----
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Post by B.o.B. on Jan 16, 2015 14:49:29 GMT -8
B.o.B:""Quiet human! She must be able to endure much more if she wishes to remain in control!" B.o.B.'s shout echoed throughout the arena. B.o.B. never shouted, but this was something too important to let some boy get in the way of.
B.o.B. retracted its arm and the spike receded into the ground. The spiders though advanced all of them leaping in to attack. B.o.B.:"Most people say that Pandora is a lesson to mortals that some secrets are better left kept. That there are powers not meant for the likes of them to understand. That we should fear the unknown. Most people pity or accuse Pandora of being foolish and reckless! for opening the box. But they all seem to forget the very last bit of the story. " [Battle 9]
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Post by ~Divine|<3|Heart~ on Jan 16, 2015 16:37:10 GMT -8
Foolish? Reckless? Was that what he was getting at? Was he saying Megami was this?
Megami knew she was naïve. She was told this many times over and she still could not let go of that kind-hearted nature. Every time Xenneth saw it, he felt like some kid trying to teach a child. Then there would be times when he felt like she was hopeless. However, none of it changed the fact that they were friends. Megami made him believe in so many ways too. Watching her strive in pain while remembering her encouraging him made him feel like he was cuddling her. Maybe the NetNavi was right?
Even if he was, what of it? One way or another he would not see his friend suffer!
“I-It doesn’t matter! N-not anymore…” Xenneth interrupted, “Megami doesn’t need the Pantheon’s strength or need to try to control it alone! She has me! She always will have me, no matter what! I promised! Plus, there is one more thing that came from the Black Box program other than Pantheon!”
Xenneth dialed up the setting on his P.E.T. and afterwards he had pressed one button. Megami, lying upon the floor, had begun to push herself up hearing the sound of Xenneth’s chiming voice. Even in her suffering, as she smiled, she struggled with joyous thoughts in her heart and strengthening her. From there, she had let out a cry as she knew from this feeling welling up within her, she knew what was coming. An energy coursing through her being was light a light arriving from the end of the tunnel.
[smear:f25eff]“FULL-SYNCHRO!!!”[/smear:e6de19]
With one glare from her eyes as the spider-like creatures leapt at Megami, their assault met nothing but empty air as her being seemed to vanish into thin air with one shout.
“Area Steal!”
Not far off from the arachnid machines, letters translated from Latin text swirled around on the floor in parallel circles around one another with a human shaped form in the middle of them. Their words various in meaning as some pieces of the texts lit up brighter than others for glimpses of a second: Love, Generosity, Loyalty....many more with just as much virtuous meaning as the next circled the form of Megami who panted heavily. The words around her started to swirl upwards as they broke their connective pattern and begun to make a cylindrical spiral above the NetNavi taking the shape of something big…something feral…
“[Soul] Phoenix! Giga-chip in, download!”
Megami closed her eyes as the light erupted from her body and spread outwards in a brilliant white burst. Behind her, the form of a giant green bird appeared with wings spread wide. Akin to the Eternal Phoenix and the Death Phoenix, the large, brilliant form of the Soul Phoenix made itself known with a spread of its wings, a beat, and then a wisp as it let out a cry and sent flying forth spiraling cones of energy that aimed to drill themselves into the spider creatures around the field.
[smear:f25eff]~Xenneth&Megami~[/smear:e6de19] Battle Post:: T.E.N. Now Listening To:: ----- Chatty Ditz (OOC):: -----
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Post by B.o.B. on Jan 16, 2015 16:50:32 GMT -8
B.o.B:""The true ending to the story goes like this... The waves of energy hit the spider drones, causing them to explode in a huge conflagration sending shrapnel and bits of rock across the whole arena. B.o.B.:"...Even though Pandora was unable to stop the release of all the evils, there was still one thing left in the box. A small but powerful being..." B.o.B. swung its arms down like a hammer, and from the ceiling fell a massive stone cube. [Battle 10]
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Post by ~Divine|<3|Heart~ on Jan 16, 2015 17:31:24 GMT -8
“Being? Another God?”
This story was getting worse than a bad deal! Even as the Soul Phoenix dealt some fatal blows, they were not without punishment. Megami’s body was scratched by the shrapnel. She winced, kneeled, and caught herself; the body of the Goddess was hanging tough as the only thing that was causing her to keep up her strength was her very own willpower as well as the synchronization with young Xenneth. Truth be told, anticipation to hear the rest of her story kept her pushing forth, and the Pantheon trying to take over was like an evil chasing her, letting her know what would happen if she began to dwindle.
Megami’s eyes were low as her body, and it was fortunate as it helped her see the shadow that was below. She looked up to see the crushing form of the cube that was barreling down upon her, threatening to smash her into the terrain. With limited strength, she reached her hands up as the cube came barreling down upon her body.
*THUD!!!*
The gym floor of the arena cracked but nothing more. Megami’s feet dug into the ground while her hands held up the massive stone. It should have well crushed her but there was something strong keeping it from doing so. It was more than just the synchronization with Xenneth. It had become apparent with the way the energy flowed from within her body and outward. The silhouette of Megami’s being was like that of a majestic, but feral, creature. The sound of the rushing energy coming from Megami’s body mimicked the very cry of a bird: a Phoenix.
“Soul Phoenix is giving her enough strength to hold it off…”
Xenneth stating the obvious as he looked to Megami struggling to hold up the stone cube.
“Thank you…Xen-kun…” Her appreciation came from her lips as if she was thanking a God for a blessing. All the while, her eyes slid as she searched for B.O.B.’s form through as she struggled. She seemed to, at the very least, be thinking of some sort of plan. Her memory recalled what she seen on the monocle from her altered form. The flickers and flashes as she ran through the maze were not meaningless. With the eye of a hawk, Megami seemed to be watching B.O.B. with God-like patience.
“…one shot.” she whispered.
[smear:f25eff]~Xenneth&Megami~[/smear:e6de19] Battle Post:: E.L.E.V.E.N. Now Listening To:: ----- Chatty Ditz (OOC):: -----
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Post by B.o.B. on Jan 16, 2015 17:46:04 GMT -8
B.o.B:""At the very bottom of the box lay Elpis..." B.o.B. jumped off the tower, landing in front of Megami. Who was struggling to keep the stone cube from crushing her.B.o.B.:"...the Greek spirit of hope." B.o.B. planted one foot in front of it and then swung both arms upwards, sending 4 colums to rise under the corners of the cube. Lifting it off of Megami. [/bobb]B.o.B.:"So don't fear your inner evils, they are as much a part of you as your hope is....Shall we finish this?" B.o.B. said taking a jump back, its stance was that of a fighter. The right arm turning back to its usual black form, motioned Megami to "bring it on" as they say.[Battle 11]
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Post by ~Divine|<3|Heart~ on Jan 16, 2015 19:21:21 GMT -8
“Hope…”
Is that what this was? This power? A lot of things came from the black box program, a lot of powers that could be twisted by Caliga and the Dark Soul and had been. Element City was wrecked by the mythological manifestations that came from Megami’s body. In seeing them for herself. She even restrained herself from using any of the other Goddess series chips that came from the black box. However, she could see now that it was probably unnecessary.
The shadow grew smaller over her as the cube was lifted into the air; A weight lifted off her shoulders in more ways than one.
There was only the manifestation of the Soul Phoenix and Xenneth that was sending her pent up power into overdrive. The beckoning from the analytical NetNavi was like a sign to unleash it all on something. With a nod of her head and a change of stance, Megami had started to bring her hands to both of her sides as she assumed a position familiar to Xenneth and could mean only one thing:
“Ready, Xen-kun?”
“Yes…Mega Cannon one! Battle chip in, download!” Megami brought her right hand forth…
“Mega Cannon two! Battlechip in, download!“ Then it was her left hand that followed…
“Mega Cannon three! Battlechip in, download!” Slowly, she pressed them other until both of her hands melded together…
“Right hand of the Goddess…left hand full of human potential…exceeding beyond impossibility…”
The bright light exploding from Megami’s hands had lit the side of the field. The blinding light that was emitted from the body of the Goddess had shrouded the arena’s rear full of white. By the time it begun to subside, there stood Megami encircled with the Latin rings of text, but holding a large cannon that seemed to almost make her torso up to her head nearly unseen. The golden barrel was long and made the weapon seem like a stretched version of an ordinary Cannon weapon coated in gold coloring.
[smear:f25eff]“Divine Program: ExaCannon!”[/smear:e6de19]
The barrel of the cannon had begun to light up as the black space became a hot yellow and red as if it was about to breath fire. At that last moment, there was a cry that was nearly drowned out by the hum of the cannon powering itself up…
[smear:f25eff]“Perfect Synchro!”[/smear:e6de19]
*BOOM!!!*
Charity…Patience…Kindness…Light…
Several of the latin text spiraled around a stream of blazing white cannon fire, but it was near illegible with the speed it raced across the field. The first wave of the stream was like the front of a torrential blast as one by another followed the next. It was hard to tell at that this point if the shot was one or many, but at this point, it did not matter with how even the arena’s ground was torn with a trench.
The two had stood by as their communed hearts had begun to come to a calm, and their momentary synchronicity was coming to an end.
[smear:f25eff]~Xenneth&Megami~[/smear:e6de19] Battle Post:: T.W.E.L.V.E. Now Listening To:: Last Chance by Nicki Minaj ft. Natasha Bedingfield Chatty Ditz (OOC):: -----
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Post by B.o.B. on Jan 16, 2015 19:37:42 GMT -8
B.o.B:""Good..." This sparing match had turned out to be so much more. As the light gathered around Megami, B.o.B. prepared its own final relation. The ground around B.o.B. began to crack and then break off in chunks as they began to gather together over B.o.B.
Taking the form of a gigantic hand. As the last piece fell into place the hand flexed and then balled into a fist. B.o.B. threw a punch, facing the oncoming barrage of light. Causing the hand to move in front of B.o.B. B.o.B.:"The masters hand!" The fist colliding with the beam blinding the entire arena in white light.[Battle 12 OOC: NICE FINISH!!!]
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