Between the mysteries of last weekend, the increasing number of visions and unexplained phenomena, and the attack on Vakama yesterday, everyone is likely on edge. When Tails calls you into his lab around noon, you all are likely already aware of how this is going to go.
Once again, a surge of Chaos Energy in the city is what draws you in, though this time it is a much larger burst than before. Sonic and Knuckles are here with you as usual, with Tails remaining behind to look after Vakama and the base. Unlike before, you aren't met with robots or destruction. In fact, this city block looks remarkably peaceful, aside from where Eggman's chroma has overtaken most of the buildings.
"So good of you all to finally arrive."
The voice comes from up above. You recognize it as the one you heard last week, through that gemstone the Tails Doll had. Perched on one of the buildings is a... fox? No, he's larger than Tails, and wearing a large silver mask that obscures most of his features. In one hand he holds Vakama's missing mask; his other is extended with six gemstones floating around it, a soft teal glow from beneath his black glove marking the seventh. There's a different gemstone on the center of his chest as well, though it doesn't look like the fake Chaos Emeralds you've seen before.
"You all have the pleasure of fighting me, Infinite. I am the Doctor's trusted ally... and I have been watching you all. Your struggles with my nightmares and illusions were so... delicious. You have my thanks for the show."
He kicks off the building, floating towards you all and the ground, though stopping high enough up, still out of reach. And for those of you getting any bright ideas, a deep red begins to fill your vision, tinting the corners of it as the very world itself begins to warp around you - this isn't exactly Chicago anymore, you see. The buildings still exist, wrapped in white chroma, though they bend and twist in ways they shouldn't, making it hard to tell what's real and what isn't.
"I'll snuff out your lives here and now for the Doctor's ambitions! Let's see what you're made of!"
[Joker manages to dodge out of the way of the explosion and the rocks this time, thankfully, so he’s able to turn those dodges into an odd sort of acrobatics (he’s really going to need to thank Viktor for the nicer leg…), end with a flourish that heals More, Dorothy, and Wednesday for medium damage!]
[ i don't know how this works given wolfwood's injuries but he'll have some sick dodges ( 19,16 ) avoiding both the water and the rocks. though, again, it's probably due to this happening so many times before? sometimes your body knows how to react without thinking. ]
More explosions.
I'm startin' to think that we should be bringin' more stuff with us than just what these shards give us.
[ of course, not everyone has it easy compared to him (somehow) AND SURELY HE WON'T DRAW AGGRO FOR THIS but he'll make his way to oscar, fukuda, and lucifer for some moderate heals. the man is slowly become heal bot fr fr. ]
[ Explosion and rocks dodged (15 &12), Yves does not want to get hit today. He will try to trap Metal Sonic again with vines! For being a pointy metal menace. ]
[ But it's the sort of thing that's said because Lark wants to try protecting Oscar too. The gems in their hands glow from the strength of their bond...
[Fukuda grumbles as he's healed, though he's so low energy at this point it's unclear if it's because he's mad at WW or because he doesn't want heals wasted on him.]
[ More remains entirely unresponsive, wholly unaware that there are people out in the real world who worry for him and would want him returned.
No, he's standing in an imaged sea of flames that he has accepted as his personal purgatory. He deserves to be here. He deserves to be looked at with such accusing eyes, to reach and never grasp anything. ]
[Eat shit Zavok, not only does he miss but he gets a laser counter attack for his trouble. (20) And, now that she and Gyles have activated their shards together...]
You can't keep doing the same old thing and expect to win ♪
[Three more Rios appear, all of them firing at Metal Sonic, Zavok, and even attempting to fire at Infinite. Despite being ranged attackers, the copies actually rush into melee range of both of them.
Yeah. [ Their shards resonate, and suddenly there are many more Rios and Gyleses than there were previously. An additional three of each, to be exact - and they're here to pack a punch.
Two Gyleses aim their powered up lasers at Metal Sonic, and the third targets Zavok. eat a nat 20 from both of them, nerds, ]
[There's entirely too much damage on Zavok and the illusion can no longer keep himself in one piece. Like Shadow, he fades into those glitchy effects without causing an explosion and thankfully without throwing any more rocks.
Metal Sonic is immediately caught up in Yves' vines, and the rest of the damage takes him down remarkably quick. It's not like a 1 vs 28 was ever going to go well for him, after all. But unlike Zavok, Metal Sonic's got one last "fuck you" to the gang... because yeah, you guessed it, he's going to explode. Everyone roll a 1d20 for damage, you know the drill.
For once, Infinite is silent. He watches all of you from his position floating above and it's impossible to tell what his expression is doing beneath that mask. You have a brief moment to heal after the explosions - you might want to make use of it.]
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