[RP] Endless Cry: Final Fantasy VII - Page 4

July 4, 2008, 4:47 PM

guess i still have more fighting. splendid. shadow thought to himself as he turned back towards Yuffie. "if you were going to say sephiroth, i might as well tell you that i already know of him, in more ways then you think." shadow said then walked towards the others. "fine i'll come along and help you guys." shadow noticed a glint of materia and saw the one with the steal materia swap for an earth one. if he uses that materia in here we're all dead. i really hope he thinks twice before using quake. shadow nodded to himself, then turned towards the newcomer who had scolded the fool who had thrown the grenade. "nice job on scolding him. i would have gone with a more violent way but... ah well. my name is shadow. who are you?"

Profiles · July 6, 2008, 9:53 AM

GM Notice
The designated materia exchange has been completed

Location: Cosmo Canyon || Forbidden Caves

The deeper they headed into the cavern, the deeper the surrounding darkness seemed to become, a foreboding essence that crushed against them, forcing the intruders into a state of silent reflection. Yuffie uneeringly led the way, the only sound that of their footsteps tapping against the ancient earth beneath their feet. Finally, a small pinpoint of light appeared from up ahead, and Yuffie, Sage, Kayne, Shadow and Tokugawa emerged blinking at a shaft of light that came from somewhere above.

All at once the sound of movement forced them to turn to one side. A young man darted forward, slashing through a large incorporeal creature with the tip of his blade. The ghost of the Gi vanished with a bone-chilling scream, and as the dying notes lingered in the air, the spikey-haired figure turned to face them all.

"Do they know?" He inquired, almost a whisper. He re-sheathed his weapon into a slot on his back, a faint 'ching' echoing as it rested alongside five other blades. Yuffie slowly shook her head. He paused, sighing deeply. "Three months ago, Red XIII discovered an anamoly in the life-stream. This anamoly was not unlike the plague of Jenova that infected the planet with geostigma. But, it's workings were entirely different." He turned, beginning to pace. "Even after all this time, after everything with lost and fought for ... he simply won't remain a memory."

"I will never be a memory..."

Cloud Strife shook his head, unconsciously shivering. "Sephiroth..." At the name, everyone in the caves looked up, alert. "You all know of the damage that he's caused, and what Avalanche has done ... had to give up ... in order to stop him. But it's not over." He looked at all of their features. They didn't seem scared. They should be. "With the power of Jenova's cells, Sephiroth has shielded what remains of his essence, has stopped the very life-stream from breaking it down anew. But this is only the beginning. He has spent the last year siphoning off every last drop of his essence, from all corners of the planet, back into himself, and is about to achieve full restoration."

"He'll be revived." Yuffie whispered. She turned to Cloud. "This isn't a part-restoration, like when you fought Kadaj, or the essence of Sephiroth that we've fought before ... this is his full unbound power."

Cloud suddenly reached for one of the blades on his back, and pointed it at Sage, Tokugawa, Kayne and Shadow. "This is why you are here, why we are all here. If Red XIII's calculations are right, Sephiroth will be reborn in just seven days. That's all the time we have to get ready. And so..." Cloud charged. "I need you to show me what you can do!"

Activating Combat Mode
Avalance VS Cloud Strife

Sage
HP [125 / 125]
AP [175 / 300]
Limit Break [5 / 100]

Shadow
HP [77 / 125]
AP [50 / 200]
Limit Break [4 / 100]

Kayne
HP [250 / 250]
AP [125 / 200]
Limit Break [2 / 100]

Tokugawa
HP [125 / 125]
AP [200 / 200]
Limit Break [4 / 100]

VS

Cloud Strife
HP [9999 / 9999]
Attack [120]
Vitality [15%]
Magic [50]
Spirit [5%]
* Attack
* Blade Beam [Attack x1 + half attack onto other players]
* Cross Slash [Attack x1 + 3 in 6 Stop chance onto one player]
* Climhazzard [Critical Attack x1 onto one player]
* Finishing Touch [Attack onto all]
* Ultimate Omnislash [Required: 5 Blades]

Shadow threw up his scythe, narrowly managing to block the sudden charging swing by Cloud. Sparks burst through the air from its contact, ringing loudly and sending out a wave of wind and light. With his free hand Cloud withdrew another blade, slamming it down towards his back where Kayne was approaching. Kayne rose his blade, blocking the attack just as Sage's stun baton missed Cloud as he reacted with a swift kick to his chest.

Seeing a sudden glimmer of light reflected by his blade, Cloud jumped into the air, a flurry of blows deflecting the rapid charge from Tokugawa's battle rifle. He landed safely some distance away, and by this time, Shadow, Kayne and Sage had prepared themselves. They glanced at Yuffie, but she slowly shook her head.

Raising a small green materia orb, Yuffie concentrated. It suddenly blazed into power, and the Seal materia created a barrier around the only exit in the cavern. No one was getting in or out. Yuffie leaned back against the wall, seeing how the team would fare against Cloud's skill.

July 6, 2008, 12:37 PM

Location : Cosmo Cavern - Back Room

"Train an Army...huh?!"

Sage narrowly dodged the assault from the spikey haired leader of Avalanche, his body still drenched in sweat and showing fatigue from the last battle with the dark fang. Drooping his cold eyes to cross he noticed his cigarette had been split at some point during the introverted heroes advance. Lips pursed wide enough to allow the butt to strike the ground, something snapped into place in Sage's mind. This wasn't going to be a fight, this was going to be a massacre!

Pumping adrenaline surged through his body, streamlining directly into his things and leg muscles, pulsing with each furious pounding against the earth. He slid across the rocky floor, baton raised high to strike, when suddenly the jaded warrior leaped into the air. The click in his mind ricocheted in a fuming skull, Sage Mallory would not give up this fight.

Twisting in place he launched himself up against the cavern wall twirling like a top towards Cloud. Stretching out his right arm he turned into a pinwheel of death slamming the heavy end of his baton into the would-be teacher again, and again and again. Then pulling out of his spin he withdrew his fist, reeling back for a final assault and let go with a furious punch to the midsection intending to send Cloud crashing to the ground.

Landing a few inches away from the warrior, Sage pulled out a Soma from his pack and downed it. This was going to be a long fight and he was already feeling out of breath!

[Status] - Sage Mallory

HP [125/125]
AP [200/300]
[Action] Attack x5; Use item [Soma]

July 6, 2008, 4:56 PM

"hmmph you didn't have to sneak attack us cloud" shadow said, then rushed for cloud with his scythe upheld. he brought it down, only to be blocked by cloud's blade. perfect shadow thought and then he let go of the scythe with one hand and casted gravity at cloud with it. he then jumped back so the others could get in a few good hits.

status: shadow attacked cloud once, casted gravity once.

July 6, 2008, 5:07 PM

Kayne
HP [250 / 250]
AP [125 / 200]
Limit Break [2 / 100]
-- New round. AP +50-- ~AP [175 / 200]
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Kayne was slightly taken off guard... Ok, he was taken completely off guard, but as the rest got their balance back, and got the side of the offensive.
Kayne noted The baton users action, and decided ti was a smart one.

Kayne wanted to use the earth materia, but that might take down the whole cave, and even though they might technically win, they would die as well.

Kayne lifted his staff against Cloud, the gem on the staff started glowing as Kayne muttered the nessesairy words. "Lightning. Bolt1 - Bolt 1" He cast it 2 times, as the incoming lightning strikes headed for the spikey sword user.
Momentarily after, he chugged down a [Soma], refilling his AP, as it would be needed in this case.

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Kayne
175 AP
2x Bolt, 50AP each, 100 taken.
75 left, used 50 to drink a Soma. AP +200.

AP = 200

July 7, 2008, 11:14 PM

Location: Cosmo Canyon - Forbidden Caves

There was something in the way Yuffie spoke that put Yukio a little on edge. True, they had only taken down one monster, so it made sense that there would be more up ahead, but her tone hinted at something slightly more intense than the last monster. It was all the reason Yukio would need to reassemble his battle rifle. Several consecutive clicks were heard from the golden-haired man as he followed his 'team' further into the cave. He tossed a few glances to Sage and Kayne, as they exchanged their materia. Yukio tilted up his battle rifle, biting his lower lip at the two scarlet orbs embedded there. Two summon materia, he wouldn't have much use for those. Perhaps later on they'd serve some sort of purpose for him.

Now the 'team' had come to a stop, and before them was the leader of this AVALANCHE group; Cloud Strife. His surname was far more fitting than anyone could imagine, and perhaps his first name held equal justification. Either way, Yukio knew that he was the 'head honcho,' so to speak, and not a man to be taken lightly. He stood there, straight as a statue, listening attentively to what was said. So, Sephiroth was to return in his full form in seven days...?! Quite chilling news. Yukio was not an expert on the man, but most residents of the world had some inkling about him. Sephiroth would bring destruction, that much was certain. ...But to expect to train four novice fighters to face him in only a week's time?! They'd be praying for a miracle.

"I need you to show me what you can do!" Wait, what?! Those azure eyes widened after those words passed through his ears, and right after, Cloud was already on the move. Yukio, always being quite the observer, watched the spiky-haired man as he sailed across that rocky battlefield, attacking Yukio's 'comrades.' But then he came after him, and Yukio was quick to draw up his battle rifle in defense, a couple of burst fire shots were released, but more-so as a reacting malfunction than as Yukio's purposeful actions. If Cloud wanted to see what he was made of, he'd give it to him, on his own terms.

To do so, Yukio quickly rushed over to a rocky ledge, which provided him with a makeshift shelf for him to place his battle rifle on. He set it to 'sniper mode,' and looked through the scope. Cloud was fast, incredibly so, he'd be able to effortlessly dodge their attacks. This was precisely why Yukio would make that nearly impossible. His plan would be to fire upon him, just as he was being attacked by another. Hopefully, he would be under attack from a melee-fighter.

And then, there was Sage Mallory. It seemed even that loud-mouth could come in handy for Yukio. Sage had his stun baton held out and ready, and wasted no time in smacking the Ex-SOLDIER with it. Just as Sage would bring his weapon down upon Cloud, Yukio would shoot, aiming for a part of his body near Sage's target point. To make his attacks more effective, Yukio planned his shots like this: if Sage had attacked Cloud's right shoulder, Yukio would shoot at Cloud's left shoulder, minimizing Cloud's chance of dodging either Sage's attack, or Yukio's attack, and hopefully, making it possible for all of their attacks to be successful.

Sage followed up his initial attack with three more, and a fraction of a second later, Yukio would send a bullet at the AVALANCHE leader. Yukio fired a total of four times, matching the amount of times that Sage had attacked Cloud. Taking a deep breath in order to calm his nerves, Yukio would return to staring through the scope of his battle rifle. He would fire two more shots, and would aim them where they would do the most damage. Of course, he wasn't trying to kill Cloud, but he was trying to defeat him in one manner or another. Since Cloud was relying on that Buster Sword of his, Yukio knew where to place his last two shots. He aimed the first one at his upper arm, and the next shot, just above his wrist. With any luck, they'd hit, and make it increasingly difficult for the expert swordsman to continue attacking the four new recruits. Immediately after firing those last two shots, Yukio would snatch up a Soma from his pocket, and use it. For now, Yukio could only watch and wait, and plan his next course of attack.

Status:
Tokugawa Yukio
HP [125 / 125]
AP [200 / 200]
Actions: Attack [x6] on Cloud. -150 AP.
Soma [x1] on himself. -50 AP + 200 AP.

Profiles · July 8, 2008, 10:26 AM

Location: Cosmo Canyon || Forbidden Caves || Avalanche VS Cloud Strife

Combat Status

Sage
HP [125 / 125]
AP [250 / 300]
Limit Break [10 / 100]
[Actions] Attack x5 || Soma x1
[Effects] 1020 damage! || +200 AP!

GM Notice
Sage weapon-switched during the last battle to his sub-weapon, 'Grenades', so that is what he currently went into combat with

Shadow
HP [77 / 125]
AP [75 / 200]
Limit Break [5 / 100]
[Actions] Critical Attack x1 | Gravity
[Effects] 87 damage! || Failed to cast Gravity!

GM Notice
There were no restorations after the previous battle, so Shadow went into combat with his last known status, hence why he failed to cast Gravity

Kayne
HP [250 / 250]
AP [200 / 200]
Limit Break [4 / 100]
[Actions] Lightning x2 || Soma x1
[Effects] 418 damage! || +200 AP!

Tokugawa
HP [125 / 125]
AP [200 / 200]
Limit Break [10 / 100]
[Actions] Attack x4 || Critical Attack x2 || Soma x1
[Effects] 748 damage! || 560 damage! || +200 AP!

VS

Cloud Strife
HP [7166 / 9999]

With a wide-arching swing of his blade that sent his opponents back, Cloud retreated to a safer distance, taking a moment to catch his breath and survey the situation. He spared a glance at Yuffie, witnessing her surprised gaze, and he slowly smiled. Already, this group of strangers were acting as a single unit ... a team. Tokugawa provided the counter-fire whilst Cloud was busy dealing with deflecting close-range melee hits, Shadow was seeming to duck in and out with quick strikes and Materia spells, and Kayne casted from afar, raining down bolts of pure lightning.

A team. It was only by fighting as one would Avalanche be able to take down Sephiroth.

Closing his eyes for a moment, Cloud suddenly darted forward in the blink of an eye, heading directly for Kayne. With two quick flicks of his wrist, he slashed across his chest in a defined point, ancient symbols flaring into life as they temporarily sealed his ability to act.

Combat Status

Cloud Strife
HP [7166 / 9999]
[Actions] Cross-Slash onto Kayne
[Effects] 114 damage + Stop!

VS

Kayne
[Status] Stop!
HP [136 / 250]
AP [200 / 200]
Limit Break [5 / 100]

GM Notice
A 'Stop' status negates the AP regeneration of a player. So on your following turns, there will be no +50 AP restorations...

July 8, 2008, 3:27 PM

Location: Cosmo Canyon - Forbidden Caves

As Cloud retreated momentarily, Yukio felt the brief pangs of victory. Perhaps this Cloud Strife could be defeated, if the team continued their full-out assault. That soma had left Yukio feeling energized, and ready to plan his next attack, only this time, he felt it might be necessary to change things up a bit. He glanced at those two red spheres, once again, contemplating actually using one of them. He quickly averted his gaze to Cloud, who was already on the move, and heading for Kayne. Yukio grimaced as he watched that massive blade come down upon his seemingly laconic comrade.

But, it was Cloud's following action that really bothered Yukio. Cloud was casting a spell, signified by those surrounding ancient symbols, and that spell was: Stop?! 'What a cheating little bastard!' Yukio grumbled silently to himself, glancing at those red orbs once more, with a smirk forming across his face. He knew that the first summon, would deal decent amounts of damage, as earlier demonstrated by the electrified-brat. But the second orb; Hades...now that name promised something more devastating.

With his action chosen, Yukio held his gun out in front of him, concentrating as he readied himself to summon Hades. Taking a deep breath, he would feel a sort of warmth emanating from the chosen orb within his battle rifle. What would follow, was a surrounding aura of emerald-colored energy, causing his clothes to waver about and his hair to sway. He'd spin his battle rifle in front of him, following a similar show-off action as Cloud Strife would have demonstrated whilst summoning. Spheres of amber and scarlet colors would appear around him, and suddenly, he would bring the body of gun against his shoulder, open his eyes, and hold out his free hand, palm flat.

He grinned to himself as he waited for the grounds to shake, giving Hades his glorified entrance. He'd stare at Cloud in the process, thinking to himself: 'You want to play dirty with status effects? Two can play that game!'

Status:
Tokugawa Yukio
HP [125 / 125]
AP [50 / 200]
Actions: Summon [Hades] - 150 AP