RWFC8: We Are

[CrimsonStarFallen]

"Oh... i understand now. This is about Realm, right?"

I give an audible sigh.

"What do i need to do? What was i supposed to do?"

 

[Edwellken]

He walks over to Kura.

"You watched every single one of your peers either betray you or sacrifice themselves to save you. Are you sure you'll be able to prevent the same from happening now that you have someone you yourself want to protect?"

"..."

He hops over to Azencard and Blane.

"You wanted to protect Realm, but all you've succeeded in doing is prolonging his demise against his own will. How can you face him as a friend after everything that's happened?"

 

[Christian_Higdon]

"...." He starts to cry more. "F**K ALL OF YE! F**K YOU, F**K MEH, F**K YOU, YOU AND YOU ESPECIALLY!" He started pointing at everyone. "I'M THE GENIUS! I AM THE ONE WHO HAS BROKEN MYSELF FOR THIS!?" He then starts to scream.

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

"Who are you to scold me about that, you mon-" I stop myself. I need to calm down.

I stare daggers at Alpha.

"You speak as if Realm is destined to die and nothing can be done to stop it. That's ridiculous, and i'm not letting it happen. I'll have you know that i still haven't given up. I'll change fate itself if i have to. Who the hell do you think i am?!"

 

[DMUA]

I'll change fate itself if i have to. Who the hell do you think i am?"

[AZENCARD THE DIGGER]

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

[MY DRILL WILL PIERCE THE OUTERVERSE]

 

[Junkoposter]

[wut]

 

[Hl3_or_bust]

"We can't be everywhere at once. Expecting us to fight the Supreme Darkness on every single front is just unreasonable even if it's what we need to do. There simply aren't enough of us. Realm wasn't able to be helped because by the time we had any idea what was going on, it was already too late, as regrettable as that entire situation was."

"Simply regretting what has already happened and wishing it could be different won't help anything. Moving forward and making due with what you have is the only way for things to get better. I more than intend to do so, and expect the rest of us to at least try to do the same."

 

[Junkoposter]

Uber thinks about saying that she can technically be everywhere at once, but she decides that now isnt the best time to say that.

 

[Blahblah9755]

[Because I had already started writing this when Ed addresses us, Blane was already in the gourd, and therefore did not hear the voice, or wasn't paying attention to it.]

As I keep thinking about what past mistakes I need to correct, one in particular comes to mind. I open my gourd and go in. I need to prepare first. There's an interesting tidbit of information I find from Fran: magic stones. The crystallization of a being's excess magic, they possess traces of skills. They're a simple structure of solidified magic, but, if Fran's sword, "Master" absorbs them, then the skills contained within will be added to him.

With this in mind, I activate Unlimited Blade Works, and begin projecting. Magic stones, the pure form of magic, appear. But instead of the magic of a monster, these ones are the magic of a sword. Every sword I can create, I reproduce the magic of in crystallized form, and with Master, I slice each apart.

The Time Splitting Sword, Blade of Tathagata, Atom Cutter, Master Sword, Fire and Ice Blades, Extension Blade, Unbreakable Cosmic Sword, Lokomo Sword, Phantom Sword, Fierce Deity Sword, Four Sword, Great Fairy's Sword, Tsumugari Muramasa, Myoujingiri Muramasa, Caladbulg II, Hrunting, Durandal, Rule Breaker, Harpe, Kanshou, Bakuya, Aestus Estus, Sul-Sagana, Ig-Alima, Balmung, Shoutouren, Daitsuren, Kenmyouren, Beagalltach, Moraltach, Brahmastra, Clarent, Crocea Mors, the sword of Paracelsus, the Bridal Blade, Naegling, La Pucelle, Deathgaze, The Sword of Unsullied Truth, and numerous others. Each one is crystallized and cut repeatedly, until each skill they have has been maxed out within Master. I repeat the same process with other weapons and equipment I can recreate like this: Gaé Bolg, Yeoui, the magic tools of various Links, and anything else I can think of.

"That probably won't make any difference, it's not like I'm fighting you, it just makes me feel more confident in myself."

My greatest mistake, that would have to be this huh? "I noticed that both you and Azencard were acting strange, but didn't do anything. At least, not enough. Because of that it was too late, just like you said, and Kuro was taken. Crap… I'm just stalling by talking to a statue. Let's do this."

I take hold of the original Time Splitting Sword, and draw it.

"Hey Realm, been a while, though I guess not for you."

[He's still paralyzed from the neck down by acupressure, but there's no longer a sword freezing Realm's time.]

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

"... Now that i think about it, you are asking me how i can face him if i keept him alive while he desired death."

"That's bullshit. The way they acted, the way they talked... it was clear to me that they clearly didn't want to die. There's no way i can just choose between "Kill him" and "Let him be corrupted". Not if i still have the chance to defy both."

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

I am able to sense and observe the events that happen inside the Gourd. I think about going, but hesitate.

I watch the events inside it from the outside for now.

 

[Junkoposter]

Uber sighs, she lays on a gap an relax's. She honestly has no clue what these people are talking about besides the fact that "something really bad has happened".

 

[Edwellken]

"You all have the right mindset (well most of you anyway). Actually, as long as you're taking the path you yourself decided as being correct, who am I to tell you what you did was wrong? I didn't mean for it to sound that way. My apologies.

If you want to make sure that you don't repeat the same failures, that's all the more reason to understand the extent of your true power isn't it? If you agree, then I'll let you in on a little secret."

The ferret starts licking its fur.

"I'm the one keeping you all here. To speak plainly, the reason none of you can leave is because I don't want you to."

I take hold of the original Time Splitting Sword, and draw it.

"Hey Realm, been a while, though I guess not for you."

[He's still paralyzed from the neck down by acupressure, but there's no longer a sword freezing Realm's time.]

"Blane..."

Realm looks around at his surroundings, realizing the condition he's in. He grits his teeth. He's barely holding back tears, which you can tell rather easily is because he doesn't want you to feel sorry for him.

"I'm sorry." he says. He turns his head to the side, unable to bring himself to look at Blane directly.

 

[Christian_Higdon]

"......" He then starts to sob. "I never should've joined this team. I never should've even got up that day. I should've stayed home, lied in bed and cry myself to sleep!"

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

"...What is that supposed to mean? There are some pretty serious implications there, Mr Ferret." I ask Alpha.

Meanwhile, i melancholically watch the scene inside the Gourd, feeling immense amount of guilt.

 

[Edwellken]

"It's exactly as I said. Your powers are serious business you know? If I let you back into the real world without you knowing how to use them, reality could meet a fate worse than simply being eaten by the Supreme Darkness.

You have two options available if you want to get out of here.

1. If you kill me, this dimension will collapse and you'll end up back somewhere in the real world.

2. Master the powers of The Old First and pave a way out yourself.

Well, both options are surprisingly similar now that I think about it... Okay, scratch that, forget I said anything."

Alpha strikes as menacing of a stance as a small furry animal can make, and starts shadow-boxing in your general direction.

"PUT UP YER DUKES! If you want to escape my realm, then you'll just have to kill me first!"

 

[Christian_Higdon]

"....." The Stranger growled, his temper reaching the limit. "Alright then, motherf**ker, let's go."

 

[Hl3_or_bust]

I'm somewhat amused. On one hand, this being has the physical form of a literal ferret. On the other, this is almost definitely no indication of it's actual power.

Having passively observed Alpha anyways, I check to see if I can gleam any meaningful information from observation alone.

 

[The_Smashor]

[Retgonned]

 

[Junkoposter]

Uber continues to lazily lay on her gap. "Fine, geuss I'll fight you~." A gap opens up, and using her power to manipulate the Instantaneous, makes a train intantly hit the feret. Uber chuckles. "I know this won't do anything, but its funny to me~."


Touhou 15.5 - Yukari's Trai

I did it for the meme ovo

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

"I'm not in the mood."

I snap my fingers, and in a instant, the space the Ferret is on splits and explodes, ripping appart anything there in a quantum level. I then release and fire at him with a hundred weapons from GoB, all covered in the black fire that can erase things from existence.

Just to make sure, i increase and compress gravity in that area to a level that would make a black hole look like a joke, forming a singularity on Alpha.

 

[Junkoposter]

[something something Thanos snap joke ovo]

 

[Andykhang]

"Not enough...To make him serious!"

My blood...Is boiling with excitement.

Filling with an intent to fight, I fill my body with infinite strength, and charge at him.

At the same time, I create a World filled with the Concept of Severing, shaped it into a sword, and push it to the limit as I swing it multiple time...

"No, it have to be simultaneously..."Three Thousand World of Severance"!"

Charging with emotion, I Sublimation and evolve my Nine Lives, loaded it with the concept of "striking simultaneously", as I bring out 3 blow not just to cut Alpha off, but to cut this entire spacer off.

 

[The_Smashor]

I realize that I cannot leave without killing Alpha.

"Oh. Well, retcon that."

I slowly approach Alpha, using my body control to dodge out of the way of any attacks around me.

 

[Jinsye]

I write down the word "dead" on the crow

 

[Blahblah9755]

"No, I'm sorry." I put my hand on Realm's chin and point his face towards me, looking him in the eyes. "You were in pain. You still are. I should have done something, tried to help, to find a solution. But I didn't. I'm sorry." I give him a Jakehug, and hit accupoints to undo his paralysis.

 

[The_Smashor]

I continue approaching Alpha, ignoring their picture of Rei put in frount of me. It was nothing but an illusion.

"You put a picture of somebody in fount of me I want to protect. Someone who I want to protect. And by god, even you're keeping me here won't stop me from protecting them, at least in some capacity. My powers can reach any universe in an infinite multiverse."

I swipe my hand.

"I've removed Rei's ability to die, assuming your hell of a world allows that. I've removed the very concept of death from her being. She could still get hurt. Heck, she could still get disintegrated and just be a floating consciousness, unable to ever die. Honestly, it's kind of selfish on my part to do this. She can still feel pain, but never feel the release of death. But, this is all I can do. If I can get to her, then I can heal her. Pain is only temporary. Suffuring is not forever. At least for me, death is eternal. For now, this is all I can do. If I could get to her, I could save her. But I can't. And that's not my fault. No, you little log of feces, it's yours."

Seven pink mirrors appear around me. Several people with armor appear.

"These are people I couldn't save in a previous life. Forced to die for the cause. While I can't say I agree for what they died for, I can still shed a tear for the genuine sorrow of the one who couldn't do anything about it, despite their immense power. All of my past lives before now? Flukes. Their mere soulless machines, no matter how human they can seem. There's only one who was truly a past life of mine."

My grey bodysuit starts turning into a flesh-like substance. Brown hair grows from the top of my head. A mouth and eyes appear, and my nose gains nostrils. A thin mustache I grab my sunglasses and put them on my forehead. A pink mirror appears next to me, revealing a young girl, no older then twelve. A mirror then appears around them and they transform into an adult woman in armor with what looks like a scorpion tail with a pink diamond on the end.

"I may be a machine. But, I also was, and always will be a human being! And as a human being, it's my privilege, nay, my responsibility to feel emotion! To shed a tear for the dead, but also to not allow guilt and sorrow to take grip of my entire being! This is what being human is! We feel guilt but we move on all the same! This is what my precursor did. If Rei dies, then it's not my fault. No, it will be on your conscious that a child died! And if I can't save that child, then you can be damn sure I'll avenge her!"

Myself and the armored illusions around me do a massive group pose.

 

[Christian_Higdon]

".....**** it." He said, as he pulled out a bench, a blanket and a pillow. He then started to lie down.

 

[Edwellken]

The ferret gets crushed by a train. He then explodes, is cut into pieces, dies, is ripped apart on a quantum level, burned by EE flames, and has what little of him remains sucked into a black hole.

"Well. That was intense." he says, once again as a disembodied voice.

The dimension warps, turning the sky and surroundings red with malice.


On the horizon you can see Alpha's head, now the size of a mountain, begin to rise from beneath the ground. The rest of him emerges. From the neck down, a human body like that of a bodybuilder's is a bizarre contrast with the rodent's smiling head.

"Here's my retort."

He strikes the ground with a ferocious chop, causing it to ripple into tsunami-like waves which hurtle towards your group. Simultaneously, hundreds of miniature rifts appear in the area and start firing arrows at each of you that consist of a strange energy which can't be blocked absorbed or resisted [Almighty]. The vortexes themselves shred the very space of anything they touch.

"No, I'm sorry." I put my hand on Realm's chin and point his face towards me, looking him in the eyes. "You were in pain. You still are. I should have done something, tried to help, to find a solution. But I didn't. I'm sorry." I give him a Jakehug, and hit accupoints to undo his paralysis.

Blane feels his shoulder wet with tears.

"I only- ...all I ever wanted was to protect you guys. I didn't want to watch you all die! I should have-"

He pulls back from the hug, wiping his face before looking back at Blane.

"I should have trusted you. In the end, all I did was fail even that. But it's not too late, you can still kill me... I won't hesitate again!"

Realm looks Blane in the eyes, determined. His resolve is easy to discern.

 

[Christian_Higdon]

"Aaaaah, piss off." He then starts to sleep.

 

[Junkoposter]

Uber opens gaps all around her, she opens another gap in front of the Alpha's face, the arrows should go threw the gaps and go straight into the giant ferret's face.

 

[Christian_Higdon]

The clown then woke up and was angered by this sight. "Okay, cut the crap, cut the music, what the ****!?"

 

[DMUA]

On the horizon you can see Alpha's head, now the size of a mountain, begin to rise from beneath the ground. The rest of him emerges. From the neck down, a human body like that of a bodybuilder's is a bizarre contrast with the rodent's smiling head.

"Here's my retort."

[You may think I'd throw JoJo onto here, but, not today. ]

 

[Jinsye]

I trust my luck to avoid the arrows and try to... sing the parrot away.

 

[Blahblah9755]

"Slice." I say as I draw my finger across his neck.

"The only thing that's allowed to die right now, is that attitude. Until Kuro's saves, until the Supreme Darkness is defeated, until we've won, and everyone has been either saved, or avenged, you aren't allowed to die."

 

[PsychoWarper]

"This... is really dumb, I just wanna leave" Jackson says as he enters Niflheimr Fenriswolf and avoiding the attacks.

 

[Andykhang]

In opposition to the malice, I feel my fighting spirit light up even more. I feel like I need to light up like a sun, to be able to defeat him.

So I stab into the ground...no, into the dimension itself.

Combining Dark Matter with my World...I create a world that eat into this dimension itself. At the same time I establish my zone, I also taking advantage of the encroachment to "charm" the entire dimension, with Alpha on it.

My feeling burn, as I mixed in the concept of "fighting" and "befriending" within the world I crafted.

 

[CrimsonStarFallen]

"No."

I split myself down to the sub atomic level to avoid the arrows. I then atempt to deflect the ones that get close to my allies through telekinesis, while also closing the vortexes through manipulation of space.

While that happens, 2 clones of mine start releasing all types of Noble Phantasms at Alpha-t, another close stays inside a pocket dimension to craft a powerful weapon. The last clone stays to watch over the Gourd.

 

[Monarch_Laciel]

Threat. Meaning found. No time for apathy.

Accessing knowledge of magic.

Accessing knowledge of Second True Magic

Multi DImensional Refraction Phenomena ... activated.

An infinite number of Griffins all appear to overlap each other for a moment and perform an infinite number of all possible actions to defend against the attacks and strike back at their foe.