Rebecca attempts to use a Thorned Vine Whip from the alley to strike Spark directly, but the whip bounces off of the blue barrier. In fact, it bounces off so hard that it hits her back in the face. She's downed and also bleeding from the thorns. "Owwwww the fuck."
Catara attempts to punch through the barrier trapping Luna, Hinata, and HYPERNOVA and also gets blasted back. "The. Heck. Was that." Patrice aims at the blue barrier surrounding Spark, imagining a ball of flame flying at it, shattering the barrier, with the flaming ball then exploding when it's within range of him.
[YEAH!! DIRECT HIT!!!]
[With the Revolver of Untold Truths' PSYCHIC FIREBALL, it shatters the Blue Counterspell Barrier and deals direct damage to Spark in the process with its explosion. The HP bar leaves yellow and is now bright green. It's about a quarter of the way to the left. The flames encase Spark as he attempts to shoot a spark of electricity at Patrice. Thunderous Spark misses Patrice. Seems being enveloped by flames affected his accuracy.]
Viper emerges from her tent with the dagger in her hand, imagining it to be blue and cold as she waves it at Spark and speaks confidently. "ICE VOLLEY."
[ANOTHER DIRECT HIT! KEEP IT UP GANG!! YEAHHHHHHHHHHH]
[With the Dagger of the Avatars, a horde of Ice-packed snowballs erupt from it and all smack Spark in the head. The Psychic Fire caused by Patrice seems to get out of the way to not melt the Ice. You see the HP bar at the bottom of the stage slowly diminish as snowballs strike. Ironically, despite his Health Percentage being drained, he does not look injured in the slightest. The bar is now down to about 55%; nearly halfway down. With the fire no longer blinding his vision, Spark casts LIGHT'S WRATH on Viper . If this hits, Viper will be struck with BLINDNESS status for the next round. Contested RNG.]
[CONTESTED RNG ROLL. RNG’s 14 VS VIPER’s 11]
[LIGHT'S WRATH misses its second effect chances, but the Light still seems to lightly burn your skin like a weak sunburn. You take 3 damage.]
[VIPER HP = 97]
[SPIDER HP = 100]
[PATRICE HP = 100]
There's a flash of green Sparks from the alleyway as Spider and Error appear by Spark. Shifting her grip on the bat, Spider aims a swing at him.
[Before you swing, you notice that Spark grins toward your direction. His body is no longer enveloped in psychic flame and the Ice Volley had disappeared due to the heat melting it.] [Spider swings the bat into Spark's face as he attempts to catch it. With a sudden glow of angry crimson, however, when he grabs onto it, he screams out of sheer pain. You hear the sizzle of heat on flesh, and as such, the force combined with the heat causes more damage to the enemy. :) You didn’t think only they were able to access this, right? :)]
[Spark's HP bar is beginning to run low. around a third of it remains and the lime green becomes a light pink. Critical health percentage has been reached. Seeing his target is in close quarters, he attempts to cast Rage of the Many on Spider. A cloud of black smoke rises above Spider and thunder is heard. The Many Gods of RNG commands thee to roll. RNG ROLL = 18 - SUCCESS The lightning attack doesn't even hit Spider. It touches down behind Spark and misses him as well. Tsukuyomi rushes the other barrier and attempts to GARGANTUAN PUNCH through it and gets blasted back, taking damage. Tina uses Life Wish on Tsukuyomi and Rebecca to heal them back to full. Toby is trying to figure out how to save Luna and Hinata, but everything he tries fails.]
[Speaking of Eclipse Blade, they are currently struggling heavily to keep up with HYPERNOVA. It seems she's using the barrier rather well to her advantage, feigning missed attacks and rebounding them into Eclipse Blade, who are currently taking heavy damage. Neither of them seem too injured to fight but their total shared HP is definitely starting to become an issue. Eclipse Blade are also looking for ways to shatter the barrier but it seems their power isn't strong enough to counteract Spark’s COUNTERSPELL BOUNCE BARRIER. Even Luna's own Psychic Magic isn't enough to break through. Despite taking damage, HYPERNOVA seems completely unharmed, but with Luna’s LIBRA SCAN showcasing her HP, it’s clear that damage is beginning to pile on.]
[Tina attempts to cast LIFE WISH on ECLIPSE BLADE but even that spell is negated and instead heals Tina, who was already at HP100. She is currently at HP125, somehow. Spark is currently on 28% HP. He casts LIGHT OF RUIN on the whole party. THE MANY GODS OF RNG COMMAND THEE RNG ROLLS. DIFFICULTY = 15.]
[Wow... couldn't just tell them what Blinded means? It just means you'll have to roll a second d20 to hit. And Difficulty = 15 means rolls 15 and higher dodge the Blinded Status. Smh]
[ROUND ONE - DEFENSE PHASE - BEGIN!]
[VIPER RNG = 1. Oh Viper…]
[Oh Viper indeed. She takes 30 damage and is blinded next turn. Attacks will require a second d20 to hit... as thus they requested.]
[VIPER HP = 67]
[PATRICE RNG = 14.]
[Patrice takes 15 damage and is blinded for the next turn. Same effect as before, yadda yadda.]
[PATRICE HP = 85]
[SPIDER RNG = 20!]
[whoa. a nat 20. So not only does Light of Ruin not affect you with Blindness, you don't take any damage. You also notice Error's glow charge up. Your next attack is Boosted meaning you will deal double damage, and perhaps other effects may happen…]
[SPIDER HP = 100]
[With Turn 1's Defense Phase completed, we continue to Turn 2. Spark's shield is still down, his HP is around 28%, and he doesn't seem to be very injured despite the apparent 'critical health'. Whoever is near the alley notices Chandra is charging up something with his Lunar Laevateinn. Light is being absorbed into his sword. He will not be able to move until Turn 3. Tina attempts to cast Life Wish onto both Patrice and Viper, but due to being BLINDED, the effect misses. Sol attempts to cast SOLAR RAY onto Spark, but due to the swirling clouds, the power of the sun is unable to breakthrough. Speaking of the clouds, the swirling becomes more intense. A wind begins to pick up as well and the multicolored lights from the spotlights in the area begin to shine a eerie glow on the battlefield. Shadows are being created. And some of those shadows are being absorbed by Spark himself. You see him laugh at The Gang and company as he speaks, "HAH! THIS IS THE POWER THE MANY GODS ABOVE HAS GRANTED ME! I CANNOT BE STOPPED!"]
[TURN TWO - ATTACK PHASE. BEGIN!]
Gripping Error in her hands. Spider takes a second to eye up Spark and his new shadow ability before going at him with another swing, shifting her weight to put even more power behind the boosted attack.
[CONTESTED RNG ROLL. SPIDER 16 VS SPARK 2 ~ SUCCESS!]
[Spark looks up at the glowing bat about to slam onto him. For the first time all battle, you see him actually react to an attack, not out of readying another one, but out of sheer fear. Error's crimson glow increases even further as Spark guards his head with his arms. It cannot be stopped however. Spark's right arm breaks with a sickening crunch from the slam and his HP drops from 28 to 8. That light pink on his bar is now red. The pain he feels causes something else to happen. Over on the side of HYPERNOVA vs ECLIPSE BLADE, HYPERNOVA is seen standing over the now downed and bleeding duo. It seems their fight has become a one sided struggle against death itself. She says with a snarl, "This is what you get for interfering with our world. This is it. Good--"]
[The barrier once holding the pair in place with their ultimate foe breaks apart. It shatters into hundreds of pieces and falls to the ground. "What the hell did you DO FATHER? Wh- AHHHHHH WHERE AM I!?!?" You see her on the ground clutching at her head, breathing so incredibly deeply, hyperventilating even. Luna manages to grin slightly before passing out.]
Patrice, blinded by the light, tries to aim at Spark, imagining a ball of lightning streaking towards him, before pulling the trigger.
[PATRICE ACCURACY + SPIDER’S LUCKY AURA 8+3=11]
[Despite your BLINDNESS status, you barely hit Spark, dealing a glancing blow to his low HP. He goes down to HP = 1. Spark is still tending to his shattered right arm and is unable to act. The shadows continue to flow into his body. On the other side of the battle, HYPERNOVA is continuing to fight off whatever control was placed upon her. Luna and Hinata are currently passed out, and according to their LIBRA SCANs, they're at HP = 0. It does not appear that they're dead, but merely unconscious. HYPERNOVA is currently at HP = 95.]
Viper blinks and struggles to perceive the world around her for a moment, knowing that she's still oriented towards Spark she waves her dagger at him and confidently speaks, "ICE SHOT" she hopes that it hits, she can only hope that it hits.
[VIPER ACCURACY + SPIDER’S LUCKY AURA - 1+3=4]
[You missed but in a way that's just kind of impressive. The shot doesn't even get close to hitting Spark, missing wildly off to the side.]
[TURN 2 COMPLETE - ALL COMBATANTS WITH BLINDED RECOVER THEIR SIGHT.]
[The barrier surrounding Spark begins to regenerate. Spider is blown off the stage but does not take any damage from it, instead landing in one of the nearby tents. Error attempted to deny that power but was denied itself.]
Viper calls out loudly as she asks "DID I HIT HIM??"
[Spark is still standing proud and his once light-themed self begins to turn dark. In fact, you begin to realize something. You've seen this before. You've had visions of this form.]
Tsukuyomi sighs. "You missed, Viper. You-- You did what you could and I'm thankful." She has Luna's currently unconscious and heavily wounded body in her arms, much like Sol has Hinata's.
[With the Counterspell Bounce Barrier being reformed, Patrice’s Revolver of Untold Secrets attempts to automatically hold it back from fully regenerating. In her mind, she hears the following: "I can't do this alone! I'm not strong enough!"]
"You can't, and I certainly can't. But we? We can," Patrice says quietly, a hint of steel slipping through at the end. "So tell me... How can I help?"
[The moment the Revolver goes to speak, it finds it is unable to. In fact, you begin to lose sight of it, despite feeling the weight and metal of its design. Speaking of sight, everyone in the area loses the ability to see.]
[No, that's not right. The entire battlefield is blanketed in a thick inky darkness, as if absorbed by the figure in front of you. A black hole, if you will where light is inescapable. None of The Gang or any of their allies are able to see each other. It is like they're alone, but that can't be right? It's familiar. The dreams and visions they all had that they shared. It's so uncomfortably familiar.]
Spark walks around in front of each of The Gang with a grin on its shadowy blob of a face. With a sense of rage but also curiosity in its voice, it says, "Well look at you now? You thought you could beat a God. And yet, you cannot. I am unable to be damaged in a way that matters. The Many Gods Above will be bringing me up to their level soon enough. I will be ruling this world, and soon, all worlds. Even my daughter, worthless. A tool that couldn't even finish the job! What will you do? What... can you do?"
And then its stands back and watches with a smile on its face. It seems to enjoy the struggle.
[CONTINUE ONTO PHASE TWO]