[open log] Kiss Kiss Punch the Moon

[mansionstaff]

Who: Everybody smoochin or punchin.
What: wedding festivities and the apocolypse. Wow!
When: January 5-8th
Where: the Clocktower. The moon? The doors!!
Rating: P for Pow

They had to do it now, that's what they had said. Now, in front of everyone, here at the clocktower. The stage was set for a blast of a time, as gorgeous as it could be at the last minute. The festivities were bound to be a fantastic time, even with looming orange moon filling half the sky.

At least, it was a nice time before the nightmare of a face began to open its mouth in silent congratulations for the happy couple. (Or maybe that was a silent scream.)

It was a nice time before the masks rocketed out of their confines, smashing glass and walls and anything in their way. The door was made for them, and that was where they'd stay, nice and cozy as the apocalypse seemed to open above them.

The clock tower rang the time. As the echoes of the chimes rang out through the air, the clock above door began to move. It was counting down, and with it, the door slowly opened.

Three days.

What to do, Smash Academy?

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BOOM BOOM POW

[mansionstaff]

[But there is business to attend to afterwards! Now is you shining moment, Smash Academy. Will you venture through the doors? Will you lay all you have on the line to blow the moon out of the sky? Show us what you can do beyond this point!]

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[will_be_god]

[Well. That wasn't the best of scenarios. Cyrus wasn't entirely sure what was going on, but it had something to do with the imminent threat...This was something that could surpass perhaps even the powers of Dialga and Palkia.]


...This is...

[But even with the inability to process emotions, he couldn't bring himself to say the two words that he knew had to follow it. There wasn't anything left.]

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[feelings_of]

[Oh look, it's Mesprit. Your favorite, Cyrus! Except she didn't see you until she was about two feet away. She realized who she'd approached and cringed, floating backwards and out of reach.]

You! What are you doing here? Decide to destroy more lives before the moon can do it?

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[will_be_god]

That...

[That voice was something he recognized in an instant. Slowly, he turned to face her]

...This could have been avoided if you and your sibling had cooperated.

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[feelings_of]

"What?!"

Mesprit clenched her fists, frustration building as they spoke.

"You were going to annihilate the world! ...I think! There's no way any of us were going to just let you zap us again and doom us all!

"And besides, it HURT!"

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[will_be_god]

Cyrus stared impassively at the furious spirit. "For the greater good, anyone ought to be willing to sacrifice themselves. Anything else is built on a mountain of greed."

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[feelings_of]

"There's nothing 'good' about anything you could have planned!" Mesprit huffed. "It's not 'greedy' to not want to endure pain at the hands of a madman!"

Her face was twitching. She'd felt anger before, but she couldn't remember having to deal with such a feeling of pure hatred. She was beginning to realize Cyrus and his vision went against everything she stood for as a Sprite of Emotion dedicated to doing good.

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[will_be_god]

"Pain is fleeting. To bring about a pure eternity of justice and peace--that is worth enduring that pain." The sprite was furious, embodying rage and hatred, that very quality that had permeated the world.

"What I would do would be the liberation of our very souls, and you would prevent that out of sheer greed..."

[drawin_on_trees]

[Skull Kid is really scared.

He was on the other side the last time this happened. He caused a lot of pain and suffering. But maybe, now, he could do something to stop it from happening again. So he wasn't going to run away. He was going to face his fears. He was gonna do... something. He didn't know what yet. Just. Something.]

[will_be_god]

[Suddenly--Cyrus! He rested a hand on Skull Kid's shoulder.]

We must all strike if we are to have a chance at survival. Here.

[he pulled a pokeball from his vest and handed it to the young man]

Houndoom will obey you. I will focus on whatever may occur. I suggest you do the same. Understand that this is intended as a temporary arrangement...

[He winced heavily as a brief but powerful headache struck--further effects of his massive change]

...Luck is meaningless. Action is all that will work.

[drawin_on_trees]

[Skull Kid gawks at the pokeball, his eyes widening so much they look as if they may pop right out of his head.]

I can... I can have this? Really? T-thanks.

[TEMPORARY, Skull kid.]

[will_be_god]

For now. Let us fight so that we live to hand it over again.

[he pauses for a moment, then dashes off towards the tower]

[birdlady]

[After her stirring speech, Melia wasn't about to back down either. She holds her staff out on front of her.]

Star-searing flames of absolution!

[A red ball of light appeared, floating above her head. Anyone near her would feel their strength and energy increasing. Time to get fired up- literally.]

[monotreme_101]

"H-huh...!?"

Knuckles, still dressed in his formal wedding attire, looked down at his hands.

"Hey. I feel... stronger. What are you doin'?"

Not at all accusatory. More like sheer wonderment.

[birdlady]

Melia managed a smile. Sometimes, she forgot that not everyone here was used to ether power.

"It's the effect of the ether. As long as this spirit remains active around me, you'll be more powerful."

[monotreme_101]

"....how much stronger can you make me?" Knuckles asked, looking up at her. Maybe, if she could lend him enough power he really COULD go Super! Or something like it, anyway!

THAT'S NO MOON, IT'S A oh wait it actually is a moon.

[trustycrowbar]

Gordon had actually planned on being at the wedding, if only just to use it as an excuse to sneak off and face the danger of the clock tower without endangering anyone else. But he'd been exhausted, fallen asleep and missed the wedding.

He was in the middle of a lovely dream where everyone he loved was being torn apart by giant masks and he could do nothing but watch, when he was rudely awakened by a nearby shower of suspension fluid and glass. The masks rocket past, and seem to hover in the middle of the lab indecisively for a moment before blasting through the ceiling all at once (dammit he just FIXED that) and it's all he can do to gear up and boost after them as they rise to the clock tower in strange synchronicity.

All this certainly happens close enough to the wedding reception to shower bits of dirt and flooring over the whole thing.

"For, for the record, I didn't do that!" He yells to the panicked party that the masks had literally crashed. He can see the doors open as they fit into place, with the moon looming over it, almost close enough to touch.

...Wait. Skull kid said someone went into the moon in Termina, but he didn't know how... The masks hold strange properties of resonance, and the tower had changed, gained conductive properties, almost like it was shifting to mirror an entangled version somewhere...

"Good god. That whole goddamn thing is a teleporter!" He suddenly calls out, pointing a crowbar up to the top of the tower. "Those doors will lead us into the moon! Whoever's responsible for this has to be up there!"

"Anyone who can fight, get your kit and meet me up there! We don't have much time!"

[Anyone who wants to go moonwards, reply here. No posting order, just jump in anywhere.]

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[megabuster]

The Blue Bomber was ready for duty.

"Then what are we waiting for?!" Rock asked, flashing his armor on. "Let's go save the world!"

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[birdlady]

"I am as ready as I'll ever be." Melia followed, her orbs of buffing spells still hovering around her. "Everyone! Good luck!"

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[monotreme_101]

"Let's go punch this moon in its stupid FACE!" Knuckles replied, slamming his fists together loudly.

He had no kit to take with him. Just his fists. And his wedding formal wear.

He was going to try and deck the moon while wearing a tuxedo.

This day had turned out kind of weird.

[trustycrowbar]

Buffing spells settling on armor and quills alike, they make their way up the tower.

With only a second to look back and glance at everyone below, Gordon jumps through. He was a smart man; he knew there wasn't a good chance of them coming back. And without the Bastard in the Suit to play his keeper, he knew there wan't an easy out this time even if they DID find the Final Mask.

But hey. Maybe this was all he was really meant to do. Save the world.

Not necessarily live in it.

[birdlady]

Melia steeled herself. She never expected to be in another situation that she may never return from. This was a strangely familiar feeling.

She followed after Gordon.

[monotreme_101]

Knuckles sprinted up the steps as quickly as he could. He wasn't going to break the speed of sound, here, but he was quick all the same. He just hoped they could breathe up there - from what he remembered of Space, it was kind of not big on that whole oxygen thing.