Troops Come Marching In

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It's finally tournament time, which means it's time for the cavalry to move on out. When the rescuers make their way to the abandoned factory that had been named as the entrance by Q, it's rather easy to spot where their destination was. In fact, they were greeted with the appearance of extremely out of place grecian columns and ancient-looking ruins, complete with a large set of stairs leading downward; there might as well be a big neon sign with arrows pointing downward and the caption "HEY EVERYONE!! HERE IT IS!! ENTER THIS DUNGEON!! WIN FABULOUS PRIZES AND LOOT!!!" It's a rather alarming testament to just how powerful rumors are in this town, if the Junes saga wasn't indication enough.

Reiko, a member of the Seven, awaits them at the entrance with her Jack Frost standing at her side, clutching two strange objects in her hands as every assembles.

"I took a look around inside before you got here," she began, a matter of fact tone to her voice, though it was still light despite the gravity of the situation. "It's something else in there! Looks like they've set up some kind of maze inside... You'll have to get through it if you want to find the others deeper inside.

"You'll split up into two groups to get through it; Eikichi, Rock, Kotoha, Ruri and Yosuke on one, and Nano, Shinjiro, Lucas, Lucina and Billy on the other. It'll make it easier for you to get through undetected, but be sure you stay together with your groups, OK?"

She moved forward with the devices in hand, handing one off to Ruri and the other to Nano. "These are courtesy of Q-- they'll teleport you and any others in a short radius back outside here, but they're one time use only. Make sure to only use them once you've found all of the others, OK?"

Once she'd handed them off, she stepped back out of the way of the entrance, her Jack Frost following at her side. "I'll stay out here and watch your back; if you need anything, you can contact me or Q over the CommLink. Good luck! And try not to get anyone killed!"

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3 - Attack with Dark/Fire/Wind/Water/Lightning/Mind + Marakunda

[unbroken_chain]

Great, just great. Kotoha had figured these two were idiots, but she had had them pegged for prissy idiots, not violent idiots. Well, you live, you learn, you crush all opposition before you. Easy-peasy. Before she unholsters her gun, she'll just reach into her bag, draw out all six pokeballs - three in each hand, held between her fingers - and release her team. The sheer number of pokeballs being used at once prevents her from using the manual release switch, sadly, so she's going to have to call them all out by name using the voice-activation feature.

"Tomoe! Solar Logos! Arthur! Scorpina! Zoroark! Tesla! I choose you!"

As Kotoha draws out her gun, she quickly snaps out a series of orders.

"Night Daze! Fiery Dance! Acrobatics! Thunderbolt! Aqua Jet! Psychic!"

As she reels out the orders, a process so familiar it's automatic, she takes a brief second to summon her Velvet Persona - a pair of old men made out of...felt?

Her team springs into action - Zoroark releasing a shockwave of pure shadow, Arthur's eyes glowing as it lashes out with a wave of invisible force. Tomoe roars, a deep basso sound, as she rockets forward on a column of water, while above the three flying pokemon release their attacks - a massive blast of flame from Solar Logos, an inch-thick bolt of lightning discharged from Tesla's antennae, and Scorpina's massive, six-foot body blurring into near-invisibility as she puts on a sudden burst of speed.

As Kotoha directs her Persona to use Marakunda, the two old men have a brief conversation.

"Twins, huh?"
"Yeah. Twice the trouble, twice the annoyance!"
"Guess that means we need to get outta here twice as fast!"
"Dooohohohoho!"

INVALID COMMAND (x10) | ALMIGHTY - COSTUME...CHANGE?!

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The attacks are launched towards them but do little effect, as the rainbow hearts continue to stand upright, blocking them from their demonic oppressors. However it was their turn, and they put on a pair of sunglasses just for the majestic glare of everything.

"CONDITION!" Eros raised his hands to the left.

"RANDOMIZATION!" Anteros raised his hands to the right and they formed a fusion which spread white light in the entire tunnel.

The the unseen crowd (?!) of clapping public, a Nekoata appeared holding a small wheel and spun it for them, winking at the visitors, before the condition appeared on a scoreboard behind them.

"END RESULT!"

Everything poofed away and disappeared again, as they removed their glasses and casually placed them in their pockets.

"Oooh this one's gonna be fun!"

"Remember! You try to do something during that round that breaks the rules and you shall be PUNISHED!"

"So now it's our turn!" Eros gave all of them a small wink. "But if we're gonna fight, mom always told us that you need a makeover!"

Suddenly, a spell burst through and everyone found themselves wearing togas with flowers in their hair. Yes, even the robot.

"MUCH BETTER!"

"Oh I could kiss them for that!"

"Now now, remember that we're here to fight."

"But they look so nice."

"No."

"Maaaan..."

[Next round, give me the numbers 1-10 in any order you wish. This shall be used for your random stats, and also keep giving me one number from 1-4.]

Hack the Music - 7 -2

[electricyousei]

Ruri just sighs as Yurika seems confused and pulls up Omoikane, looking for the music feed. Figuring it has to at least run on similar principles to that she's seen on town she reaches out with her nanobots and looks for the mp3 player, or jack or anything.

1-10 thinger

[electricyousei]

7, 10, 1, 3, 5, 9, 2, 4, 6, 8

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She will find on the left wall a music system carefully mounted in the wall.

No hacking required.

[electricyousei]

That being the case, she'll just sigh at something so antiquated, set it to the FM channel Omoikane broadcasts on and nod as she changes the music to this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy9UoRVhJqg

[deathboss]

What is this sentai show music HE HAS NEVER HEARD BEFORE?!

6, 7, 5, 2, 1, 3, 9, 8, 4, 10 | 2 | Insult

[unbroken_chain]

Kotoha looks at the condition and barks out an order to her team.

"Break off, guys!"

And then it was toga time. Kotoha spends a few brief moments frantically checking her new outfit before her expression becomes coldly furious.

"Okay, that's it. I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me NO CHOICE."

With that, Kotoha strikes an aggressive pose, hands cupped around her mouth as she shouts.

"YO MAMA SO FAT, PEOPLE THINK SHE A SNORLAX!"

TAKE THAT

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They blink at her for a few seconds.

"You know I would be more insulted if I had an idea what a Snorlax was."

"But does it really matter? Roses are red violets are blue, mom made us pretty, what happened to you?"

OH DISSSSSSSS

COME ON AND SLAM

[unbroken_chain]

Curse these know-nothing yokels and their complete lack of knowledge! They have no way of understanding how COMPLETELY Kotoha just OWNED THEM. She'll have to dumb it down.

"Oh, that's rich, coming from the professional blind dates! Forget second base, have you ever even gotten a second date?"

Taunt | 3 | 8, 2, 7, 10, 4, 1, 6, 10, 5, 9, 3

[bakegarasu]

Okay now they're seriously pissing him off. But he can't do anything this round, so he starts pacing a little.

"Seriously? What the fuck are you guys trying to prove? That you're fashionable or something? Who the fuck cares? That you're strong? You're just hiding behind your barriers. Come here and have a real fight you assholes."

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The two demons giggled and pointed to him.

"Hey if you were strong enough, you'd be able to break through or figure out what to do, you know!"

...they did have a point.

TALK | 7,3,2,5,4,6,1,9,8,10 - 2

[deathboss]

A little uncomfortable on the yo mamma jokes, Eikichi decides to try a more diplomatic approach. If anything these guys seem more like overly excited children and nerds than completely serious demons. They might be powerful, but there was definitely a way to beat them.

"So you guys do the whole wall routine often? You look pretty prepared for it."

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A man after their own ethics!

"Yeah! We practiced real good to make sure it went well!"

[deathboss]

CALLED IT. There had been something rubbing him off the wrong way. So he'll just have to bluff his way through this. He's totally a pro at this!

"Never had a demon come up with such an impenetrable wall spell before, babes! So uh..congratulations on...being good at that...there any weakness to it?"

Eikichi has a lot of trouble lying, we're sorry.

WEAPON CHANGE - QUAKE DRILL | 10, 1, 9, 2, 8, 3, 7, 4, 6, 5

[flyonadog]

Well, the toga and flower crown was...odd, but it only went over his armor, and thankfully didn't replace it.

"If I can't attack, might as well switch tactics," Rock mumbles to himself as a flash starts at his head and works its way down his body, changing his colorscheme to green, white, and purple, and replacing his buster with a cone-shaped drill.

Just swapping one's gear can't be that bad, can it?

[X]

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"Hey that's still getting a weapon ready! It's totally using a skill!"

"HOLY IT RULES BREAKER!!"

X

A Giant X appears on top of Rock, and he finds himself unable to move. Just his face so he can still talk.

"Rules are rules! Now you forfeit your next turn!"

No he's X's precursor--/shot

[flyonadog]

"What?! You never said I couldn't do tha--Gack!"

Yeeeep. Can't move. He can still stick his tongue out at the demons, though. Because he is totally a mature robot.

NEXT ROUND | CHARM (MIND, ALL)

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Well that had been an...interesting round. Taking out their glasses again, the twins began their stock-footage routine.

"CONDITION!" Eros raised his hands to the left.

"RANDOMIZATION!" Anteros raised his hands to the right and you know the rest and so on...

"END RESULT!"

Everything poofed away and disappeared again, as they removed their glasses and casually placed them in their pockets.

"Sweet we don't have Persona, heheheheh. Let's give our powers a little whirl!"

"Time After Time.."

[40% charm spell!
NUMBERS: 2, 9, 3 & 7
> RURI IS CHARMED!
> KOTOHA IS CHARMED!
>> AND HER POKEMON TOO!
> YOSUKE IS CHARMED!
> EIKICHI IS CHARMED!
> MEGAMAN IS CHARMED BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER!]

"So hey, what do you guys think about standing down and singing praises about us?"

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Kotoha raises one hand.

"Oh! I've been in a musical before! I can sing! Tesla, keep the beat!"

At her command, the UFO start to emit a funky beat. Kotoha quickly clears her throat before launching into a song.

"They all ended in failure.
There may be other days as rich and rare
We couldn't share.
And made me believe you've got more thrills to spare

You're so puppy-like.
I would give it all - I would sacrifice
When you wanted to fight but decided to hide behind a wall.
I write a letter each and every day

FOREVEERRRRRR
You make it easier when life gets hard
We are already on it.
To an island where we'll meet

You're so puppy-like.
I would give it all - I would sacrifice
When you wanted to fight but decided to hide behind a wall.
I write a letter each and every day"

(she came up with it just now)

[flyonadog]

"...but I can't stand down, thanks to your genius interpretation of the rules laid out!"

Not quite an expected charm response, but Rock tried.

[bakegarasu]

Don't mind Otoha he's just going to stand here and look confused/embarrassed.

[electricyousei]

The problem with Ruri liking you is she's even LESS likely to put up with your bullshit than usual as she wants her friends to grow past that. And while her player is no song writer, imagine a song accenting that even though the pair are idiots, with poor fashion sense, that are too dense to understand the concept of negotiation, she's MODERATELY CERTAIN they aren't child molesters.

And this is not done to a cheery beat.

EX: Ruri Version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It1UpXDCOts
ACTUAL VERSION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_HgF0kdmqY

[deathboss]

Eikichi begins to sing and...

CHARM CANCELED

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"STOP HIM!" The two brothers covered their ears, as blood began to pour forth. While the other songs seemed to have calmed them, the false security was nothing that was Eikichi's 'attack'. For humans it was just annoyance. For certain demons, it could spell their doom.

Besides, not everyone was a fan.

> Charm effects nullified!

As the twins continued to cover their ears, there was enough time to look at the wall and maybe figure out a way through...