Empty words from an empty soul.
One look at the earth beneath you is enough to prove that gazing is all you did, if no better.
Sodoma gestures to a broken purple umbrella, a round mask with a sword through its face hole, a single golden scale...and quickly summons some foliage to cover up three metallic heads vaguely shaped like hedgehogs.
This world didn't need to fall. I've seen it live on myself.
And yet, what have you done for those left to die? Nothing but rob them of the restored peace they deserve.
Sodoma once again aims a Prosper Burst at Ruby.
At least she doesn't try to justify herself.

(Battle Theme) ♫ Kirby's Return to Dreamland/Kirby's Adventure Wii - Steel Hometown ♫
Magnet Beam. to hit with.
S-stay away from me. I can hurt you.
Prong bright. Sparking.
Husk tries to hit with prong.
Mezzo knew how to stop the prong from hitting him. Swinging Magnet Beam..
Mezzo keeps swinging stick weapon made of Magnet Beam.. Swinging. Swinging.Swinging.SwingingSwingingSwingingSwingingSwingingSwingingSwingingSwinging
Husk has a broken prong. Stuck in the wall. Soaked in fluorescence.
Pick up prongTHROWS IT AT MEZZOhits wall. Mezzo is not hit.
Nothing hurts on the outside.

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(Character/Dialogue Theme) ♫ Kirby Right Back At Ya! (Japanese soundtrack) - Whispy Woods ♫
Something is sitting on A Soft Stone.


Someone knew she was a friendly woman.
(...well, it would have happened sooner or later. I can never tell what happens in areas like those...)
(At least I got the chance to warn him. Without scaring him.)
(I hope he's safe. He seems like a great person to meet again.)
"Friendly woman" looks down at grass. Nice grass. Almost like ?outthere?.
(There's something I love about these greener warps. It takes me back to older times-)
A Peterchy.
When you were Garden Woman?
Friendly woman jumps at the response.
How did you know what-
I just heard you say it in your head.
...oh.
(soft laugh) You worried me for a moment, I thought I met you before and somehow forgot.
Wouldn't blame you.
Well, in any case, you're certainly right.
I don't know how long

it's been since I called myself that, though.

Both Splashes knock Sodoma away, the last hit from Jade launching the back of her head right into the thin end of one of the gates!!
She drops to the ground, the wind surrounding her fading as she feebly holds herself up on two hands.
All she does is give a smile as the flames engulf her...
...for as they do, they begin to fade into a pure white aura, Sodoma bursting out of them a moment later with the effects of a x5 Sacred Revival!!!
Greed is certainly one of your signs of evil.
Sodoma unleashes a Prosper Burst on Ruby!

Sodoma chuckles at Ruby's fury, soft enough as is that the crackling of her burning body only barely makes her audible.
You don't even try to hide your darkness.
Sodoma proceeds to summon a Bloomy Flower, aiming it at Aquamarine!

As her body ignites, Sodoma begins breathing coarsely as she summons a Cyclone Shield for Pop Kid.

It was a world I cherished. Could I return it to what glory it had before, I would.
But time and space have brought us here, and for whatever it takes to restore prosperity, you impede on it.
Sodoma fires another Balance Ray, this time at Agate!

Its eye glowing, the remaining Nominon swoops at Mack, who anticipates the strike and ducks down. What he doesn't anticipate, however, is the squid-like creature stopping above him, and clamping down on his head with its tentacles, sucking away his Energy!
AGH GET IT OFF GET IT OFF-
Yuugen-V wiggles Mack free by striking the Nominon in the eye with a Star Flare, Mack holding nothing back as he crushes the monster with a Flame Stone!!

Mack, YuugenMagan Visage, and Terumi gain 28 XP!
Mack reaches Level 6!
Terumi reaches Level 4!
Level 3 upgrade! Terumi learns Ice Storm!
Level 3 upgrade! Terumi learns Mirk!

Mack is still catching his breath and trying to piece together what the Nominon just did. As Yuugen-V walks over to him to figure out where to go next, Terumi follows...
Hm?
You...you helped me?
Eh, you haven't pulled any tricks yet. Figured even if you would, we'd take out the weird "them" thingies you were-
Terumi's eyes begin to well as she wraps her little arms around both Yuugen-V and Mack, somewhat like a mix of thankfully hugging and clinging to something safe.

I hav'n't found anyone nice since I left to get th' thing for Mommy before the mirror...n'...Idunno where I went, I-
P-please, calm down. It's okay. Nobody's here to hurt you now.
Mack tries to squirm free from the hug, though as Terumi's words begin to sink in, he slows it to a more gentle release. Terumi still hesitates to release, and stays close.
So, uh...I guess we'll go and clean up the rest of Princess Biohazard's mess up ahead and come back to let you know it's safe to-
Terumi clings to Mack again, this time absolutely for safety.
I don't wanna be alone.
Mack, look at her. She's scared out of her wits, we're probably the first two people to give her empathy in years...I don't think she even knows how she became...y'know...
As Yuugen-V gestures to Terumi's ghostly aura, Mack lets out a groaning sigh.
Fiine. Guess it'll help anyway if anything shows up here after we leave.
Mack and Yuugen-V continue through an opening in the rocks from the wreckage of the earlier scuffle, Terumi right between them.

The Nominons both slowly float toward Terumi, Yuugen-V intervening ASAP with a Zan!
I don't know what kind of hell this girl's been through, but I'm not about to let you add to it.
One of the Nominons is launched towards Mack, who finishes it with a Drain!
...?

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Somehow, Schmitt's early-morning confrontation with Re-Class isn't escalating beyond passive interrogation.
Right. So this..."Abyssal Fleet" you're talkin' about...what're their plans?
Destruction. Not gonna say what I mean by that.
So, just going out on a limb here...you're just one of the frontline pawns before they bring in the big guns.
What?! No!
Look, I dunno where I came from but with them, I dunno where they are, but I'm not tied down to their dumb plans.
Schmitt double-takes, sincerely confused.
Wait, but your plan is just to wreck stuff, right?
Yep.
And who told you to do that?
The Fleet.
And you don't listen to the Fleet anymore.
Heck no.
So why are you wrecking stuff?
Re-Class opens her mouth to start a sentence...only to realize she has no answer.
...

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Zan: (Impact) Wielding Impact magic, the user creates a tall, pillar-like shockwave, dealing damage and pushing opponents away.
Variants: Zanma (Power Level 2), Zandyne (Power Level 3), Ma- (All opponents; can be a prefix to any of the prior three)

I have no problem comprehending the malice of your motives. So crumble like the fiendish fool's gold you are.
Sodoma fires a Balance Ray at Sapphire!

We are here to settle in a new world. A new world where we shall prosper even after the darkest hour of ruin. An hour so dark some filthy imp had the gall to claim he could reduce existence to nothingness.
If you stand in our way, you're only betraying your beauty and virtue, reducing it to darkness without purpose.
With the monologue done, Sodoma summons a Bloomy Flower, aiming it at Sapphire!

As the first hit strikes, a whirlwind can be felt from the gate...with scatters of petals from a garden around it.
What worth is fortune if it's without virtue?
Sodoma did indeed tag along, albeit from aimlessly wandering into the ship while spreading her garden. She's entered the battle, beginning by surrounding herself in a Cyclone Shield

(Event Battle Theme) ♫ Dragon Quest III - Fighting Spirits (Remix) ♫
Mack immediately starts by leaping off each Mold Container...
...which finishes each off immediately, none of them seeming to have even been preparing attacks.
...?

Mack gains 4 EXP.
Yuugen-V gains 4 EXP.

??? gains 4 EXP.
??? reaches Level 2.

As Mack looks around, confused, small wisps not unlike the one already lighting the area are released from where the Mold Containers were before.
Each wisp gathers to the first, all of them combining into one spirit...
...a spirit of a small, frightened child, breathing frantically.
...

Her curiosity now mixed with heavy concern, Yuugen-V slowly tries to approach the girl...
I-w-we're not here to hurt you. I don't think. You don't seem like you're trying to hurt us.
The child shakes her head, pointing to behind Mack and Yuugen-V.
...t-them...
"Them" doesn't give us answers, that could mean-
While Mack had only turned to see what the girl was pointing at out of confusion, he quickly pieces things together as a swarm of creatures approach the duo. Trio? Not sure. More importantly...

Itcouldmeanthoseandprobablydoes.

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As Beta Satan vanishes, Sodoma seems, for the first time in a long while, truly...

...satisfied.
A feeling she seems to hold as if it's the end of an era. She doesn't think much of the potential for a further threat, or even of those she was allied with that she deemed "dark" and "bad". She simply begins to grow a garden, with a face that looks ready to keep doing just that for eternity.

You're not going to kill me. Even if you hurt me, I'll still come back. Most importantly, you, and everything you stand for.
Sodoma wraps the battle up with a Prosper Burst.

Sodoma decides to give out one final Cyclone Shield. Being...well, who she is, it takes a decent amount of willpower for her to decide to give it to Darkened Chord.

As Mack and Yuugen-V venture deeper into the cave, the area suddenly illuminates as something flashes in front of them!
Gah!
You're gonna have to learn to be less jumpy one of these days.
I will hurt you if that was a pun because I'm a pogo-
Wait...
Mack actually looks at the strange light source: nothing more than a small pale wisp.
Mack grumbles.
Look, zombie gal, it wasn't funny when Mr. Skellington did it, it's not funny now, quit with the weird flame talking.
Mack, with how much she was showing off when we met her...I don't think this thing is her doing.
Well then, what is it?
Before Yuugen-V can get a closer look, the wisp quivers and zips back up against a wall, the light revealing three...frankly, gross creatures.

Okay, we're asking questions later!

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Volt Man turns to Jack, slightly confused.
Sonic Man, meanwhile, tries his best to break the silence between them and Quin.
Quin, I-we don't know what event you mean, but regardless, we didn't intend to leave you.

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Schmitt is still standing alert. While he doesn't grow drowsy, the dirth of activity has made him struggle to focus on actual animate objects.
Before his focus can shift to a rock, he hears the water ripple from the opposite exit of the cave.
As he speeds his way across the cave, out of the sea emerges a familiar figure...
Okie-dokie, just gotta figure out where they won't think to look by sunrise, and-
AUIGH
Re-Class is struck by a flying kick, knocking her to the nearby shore!
Ugh...
Who was that? You ready for more already?!
Re-Class readies her arm cannon, looking around in front of her frantically for whoever landed the first strike...
...only for them to grab her shoulder from behind, turning her to their direction.
Save your bullets. What I'm ready for is answers.

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*Decided to condense things so that the initial Re-Class encounter happened April 20th, the day the first post was made.

Balance Ray.

I can't lower his attack...but I can provide the next best solution.
Taking a big 180 from her totalitarian tirade earlier-
I heard that, Brash.
...Sodoma provides yet another Cyclone Shield, this time to Calx.