RWFC6: Old First

[Edwellken]

[To put less of a strain on myself and make things easier to follow from now on, I'll respond to one trial at a time in the order they're listed in the op.]

[Strength]

"Ho? Then come here! *I use the blade one handedly as I rapidly fire the gun to his face and distracted will be caught by the Iron maiden that is coming up from behind it*

I clash with the knight's blade, attempting to parry it and leave the knight's guard open before thrusting the blade into it's chest.

Your maneuvers succeed. Your respective opponents are either impaled or caught in the Iron Maiden. Kura's opponent has likewise been reduced to ash.

The king returns to his relaxed posture.

"...That was strength to you?"

He's waiting for an answer.

The knights begin to slowly regenerate.

 

[Edwellken]

[Speed]

I remove the Crono armor and turn in to chibi form

You're met by a caretaker who escorts you to the kids' outdoor playground, which is genuinely massive.

"Thank you for coming. The children are expecting you. They can be a handful, but try to be patient with them."

There are about 100 of them running about, with kids ranging from humans to various humanoid animal looking races. They haven't noticed you yet.

 

[Edwellken]

[Wisdom]

"So that's why it's 3 people...Well, no need to rush."

I then head to the left side first. Before that, I made a rope and a stick, tie one end to the stick, drive it down to the ground, and held the other end to leave a trail. Before leaving, I stopped and check for the door where I come in behind me.

The door you entered from disappeared.

Alpha the ferret, who is now riding on your shoulder, licks your cheek.

 

[Edwellken]

[Courage]

I see The and quickly inform him on the situation telepathicly. I then grab both David and The and teleport us to the cabin.

The inside of the cabin is a mess. Spiderwebs line most of the ceiling and everything else is covered in dust, save for a curiously clean typewriter on the desk in one of the far corners. On the opposite wall is a large trunk, completely covered in cobwebs.

 

[Edwellken]

[Patience]

The liquid has no real scent.

The monkey statue is now positioned as if it's drinking something.

 

[Edwellken]

[Luck]

I pick a card.

Any card

You choose gold. It's another 1d100.

(You can still choose two more cards.)

Remaining cards: Black, White, Red, Blue, Silver

Hand
Red: 1d100x1 White: 1d100x1 Gold 1d00x1

 

[Hl3_or_bust]

I activate my X-Ray Visor to try and see what's inside the box, checking with the rest of my visors and senses in case that doesn't work

 

[DragonEmperor23]

Damn it. I thought this was going to be something simple. I guess I have to define what I view as strength?

I face the king.

"I worked long and hard to get this far. I trained, over and over again until I could get to my current form. Every session was like a nightmare. There were times where I thought of giving up. Of letting myself get eclipsed by the others and become useless. That it was all pointless and I was going to be the weakest forever. But I got back up. And I kept getting back up. All so that I could achieve this power. This power, for the sake of keeping what I care about safe."

I bring my left hand up in front of me and clench it into a fist.

"The ability to protect my friends. That's what I view as Strength."

 

[Junkoposter]

"Hmmm, very well then, I guess I'll follow the monkey then." Uber commits big sip on the bowl.

 

[Jinsye]

Red and White

Colors of Canada

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

Griffin reappears as though he was always there.

"What doors are left?"

 

[Christian_Higdon]

"Okkkay?" He said, confused.

 

[Edwellken]

[Cooking]

"You both made steak? This should be interesting..." the guide says.

"So, who wants to go first?"

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

[Gib door]

 

[Hl3_or_bust]

[no]

 

[Edwellken]

[@Monarch only Strength is at full capacity right now.]

 

[Andykhang]

"Woa, that tickle Mr. Ferret."

Anyway,"door gone" huh... Checking that, I test out the toughness of the rope a little, and put a little "surveillance" on the stick, before I and Alpha go to the left , and THEtwo the robot clone go to the right, both holding their end of the rope.

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

I go float through the Wisdom door.

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

[Cooking]

"You both made steak? This should be interesting..." the guide says.

"So, who wants to go first?"

"Me."

 

[TISSG7Redgrave]

"What I define as strength? Well you see..." *I launch flaming needles to my opponent regenerating as I think...The answer was obvious. Idiotic as it maybe or cliche I simple need it and the words came out as naturally as I could think*

"Simply put what I see as strength is to fight like hell to protect things. I won't ever let things go like friends I'm greedy I won't even give them up to myself (Nacht). To never lose anything and standing by what I believe to protect the shit I want to protect that's what I call strength and power!" *I then also make a hurricane or fire to my enemy as I said all this*

 

[Andykhang]

[You sound pretty insecure there though]

 

[Christian_Higdon]

"Okay then." He then put his tongue in the bowl.

 

[Blahblah9755]

"Hyah!" Along with my kick, three more phantom recoilless kicks occur in the distance. My kicks slice through the last four robots.

"CHALLENGER: GUEST SEEMS TO HAVE SATISFIED ITS GOAL OF OBSERVING MIXED COMBAT FORM#183573. EXITING SESSION."

"Phew." I let out a sigh of relief.

The hundredss of quintillions of broken robots scattered around the battlefield vanish, as I'm returned to the inside of the gourd. I fall back to the ground and take a deep breath. Why? Why is there full army combat in the mixed style combat forms?

"Wow! What an incredible performance!" The holographic message begins playing for the 763,879th time. This is the 563,524th time I've heard it with noteworthy injuries, the 31,457th time I've heard it while in a state where I was worried for my life, and the first time I heard it after not having learnt a new skill and advanced my combat ability.

"Uhh sorry Kura! Forget I said anything." As Shiro bows, the recording ends yet again.

"ANALYSIS: INJURED STATE OBSERVED. CHALLENGER: GUEST REQUIRES MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. ACCESSING SUPPORTIVE MEMORY. RESTORING USER: GUEST TO 'HEALTHY' STATE.

Thank you. I get back up, and ready my stance. Alright, let's just do one more. I can't end off on a sour note like that.

…I've promised myself that too many times already. This tine let's do something to make sure I follow through.

"I'd like to challenge the most difficult possible setting."

"CONDITIONS SET TO: 'GUEST'. STATUS, VERIFIED. CHALLENGER WISHES TO EXPERIENCE: ********* COMBAT FORM. RESTORING COMBAT SETTINGS."

"STATUS, VERIFIED. STRENGTH ANALYZED. SETTING DIFFICULTY: ERROR. CHALLENGER: GUEST DOES NOT MEET REQUIRED PARAMETERS. REVERTING TO LOWEST DIFFICULTY. SETTING DIFFICULTY: TODDLER. CHALLENGER: GUEST WILL NOT DIE WHEN KILLED. SWITCHING TO APPROPRIATE LOCATION."

"VERIFICATION COMPLETE. INITIATING COMBAT MODE. You're going to lose."

Then, I die.

At least, I think that's what happened. I didn't see it's stance or strike. I didn't even see a wind up, or any preparatory movement. One moment it stopped talking, the next I woke up to the robot healing me. Then I challenged it 10000 times to the same result.

"Alright… this isn't gonna work, is it?" I quietly mutter

Well, it's probably time for the tournament match soon, anyways. I check the alarm I set sitting on the frozen Realm's head. It seems to have automatically silenced itself after being ignored for too long.

"Shit."

[Patience]

The gourd in The Stranger's possession begins shaking, before Blane pops out.

"Hey guys, sorry I'm late." I see Uber and the Stranger in front of me, and look around. We're in a small mostly empty room. The two of them are drinking from two bowls, in front of a stone monkey.

"I have no idea where this is."

 

[Christian_Higdon]

The clown starts to scream, his eyes bulging.

 

[Junkoposter]

Uber continues to drink away.

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

[Waits patiently for Wisdom test]

 

[Edwellken]

@Monarch

On the other side of the door, Jane is fiddling around with some rope.

@Blah

A bowl filled with the strange liquid appears in front of you as well.

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

"Me."

[h]

 

[Christian_Higdon]

"...Oh, it's just you." He then licks the inside of the bowl again.

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

"Hi, I've forgotten who you are. Watcha doing with that rope?"

 

[Andykhang]

[@ed I was going into the cave though]

 

[Blahblah9755]

I look at the bowl,then the monkey, then to the other two. Money see, monkey do…

"Hey, um, what's going on? Ah, if you can't explain right now, I can wait." Uber seems very focused, and this might be the most concentration I've ever seen from the Stranger, so it might be best to wait. They might not be able to stop for now.

 

[Edwellken]

[@ed I was going into the cave though]

[While fiddling with rope]

 

[Edwellken]

[Strength]

"Hmph. Prove you have this strength through your actions."

The knights (except the one Genesis fought) finish regenerating. Several dozen more rise up through the floor below, completely surrounding the three of you on all sides. They ready their weapons.

 

[WHYNAUT]

I have my Ghost analyze the typewriter. I watch out for any signs of the monster coming close.

 

[Andykhang]

"Hi, I've forgotten who you are. Watcha doing with that rope?"

"Ah...Do you guy know a tale about a hero going into a labyrinth to slay a monster, and in order to prevent getting lost he tied himself to a rope at one end, and a stick at the other end to be able to traced it back? Well, that."

As I was saying that, I and THEtwo go further in

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

Reality warps and shifts until the manifestation of the ultimate being makes a decision. Schordinger's paradox arises. Dual natured waveforms twist and turn, unsure whether they should collapse into:

[A] "I think it was a string he left trailing behind him in the story, but I can see the entire labyrinth from here with my clairvoyance anyway".

"I think it was a string he left trailing behind him in the story. Seems like a good idea seeing as my clairvoyance doesn't seem to be working in this place."

 

[Andykhang]

[She]

 

[Overlord775]

I nod to the caretaker. then i hop my way in to the outdoor playground, while emiting a solf and warm light and doing doggo sounds

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

[She]

[Adriane gave the string but it was theseus who let it trail behind him wasn't it?]

[Or are we thinking of different stories here]