Chameleo Arm dodges the lasers, and right before the nukes could hit...!

(???:) ZA WARUDO!

Time stops.

Well would you look at that. I finally get to be relevant again for the first time in years.
Parallel Aeon 1 then redirects all of the nukes toward the ships that fired them, and resumes time.

You must be the wannabe Arc Villain.

Parallel Aeon 1 then throws a couple of Photon Buzzsaws at William.

Hate to break it to you, but your subplot's being cancelled before you can even reach your prime.

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Move Name: Photon Buzzsaw
Type: Laser/Cutter | Tier 2 | Category: Physical
Description: The user throws a really sharp sawblade made of lasers at the target, dealing damage and ignoring the target’s Defense boosts!

Chameleo Arm, now visible and sporting a bright red color, flies out of the smoke whilst covered in a Flame Wheel, and rams William with it!

You wanna know something? I was fully prepared to let this entire incident slide.
Even if Kirby IS this "Omni-King" of yours, not only would he easily beat up the guys you sent after him...
Trust me, he beat ME up and then proceeded to go after my clone on Planet Hotbeat just for funsies...
But as it turns out, I ain't a fan of the guy either. Besides, even if your plan didn't involve Kirbo, you're still committing one of the most classic blunders a villain can make; gloating ad nauseam about your "endless" power, or at least the power you plan on getting. It would only be a matter of time before someone came along and trounced you, and I could walk away thinking I was being a massive troll by not nipping this in the bud when I had the chance.
But NO! You just HAD to be an hole! And for that, I've decided you don't get this one for free anymore!

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Move Name: Flame Wheel
Type: Flame/Swift | Tier 2 | Category: Physical
Description: The user cloaks itself in flames and charges at the target, dealing damage and raising the user’s Speed stat! If the user is Frozen, this thaws them out instantly and deals double damage.

(So THAT'S what's going on.)
(This purple guy is trying to gather a crapton of this "Agony" stuff, and he's also sent a bunch of people, one of whom may have the exact same gimmick as me, after Kirby so the purple guy can try to pull a Russian Reversal on that pink troglodyte.)
(I REALLY oughta jump in and stop all of this.)




But I think I'll choose not to.

Chameleo Arm prepares to go in the opposite direction of the fight.

A masked figure watches in the distance.

so that's mechagodzilla, huh. looks like this is gonna be fun to watch.

The masked person pulls out a lawn chair and sits back.

Think there's something messing with him?
...?

Chameleo Arm reveals himself.

Like, I haven't even watched the Godzilla movies, so I have no idea why he's going after the city, but at the same time, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't go attacking random places unless he had a motive of some sort.
now that you mention it, it's definitely weird how mechagodzilla only seems interested in that one building and not the others.
Well, since I recently got bored fighting that guy with the digging sawblades, I think I'm gonna launch me an investigation.
and what exactly makes you think you won't get your handed to you?

Chameleo Arm turns invisible again.

Eh, no real reason. 'sides, not like anyone's gonna notice.

Chameleo Arm then starts moving toward the general area Mechagodzilla is attacking, but not TOO close.

Hellion Lady goes straight for Cut Man's face with a Boost Punisher!

Calx prepares yet another Scrap Coff-

oh hey, is that one of those "raid boss" people you were talking about?
...Why yes, actually. Now stay back, I need to debu-
THERE YOU ARE, YOU OFF-WHITE OXYMORON!

Hellion Lady accidentally shoves Calx out of the way!

LAST I CHECKED, I WASN'T DONE SLAPPING YOU IN THE FACE!
say, is it just me, or do you use big words you don't know the meaning of just so you can sound smarter?

Hellion Lady tries to hit shi-Rou with a Boost Punisher, only for the latter to dodge and then leave the general area. It then occurs to Hellion Lady that she accidentally switched herself in.

Calx realizes his initial plan of Level Buster > Earth Power might not work, so he instead uses Scrap Coffin twice.

Calx goes for an Aftershock Quake this time.

Scrap Coffin again.

Calx comes out of nowhere and launches a Scrap Coffin.

Do you honestly think you can take all of us down by yourself? I hope you didn't need that Speed stat.

Ensemble starts making her way there as well.

Yeah, I'm too lazy to actually write dialogue and such for this next bit, so Imma just narrate it instead.

Gonna purchase me 3 Coupon Booklets, then use that price reduction to buy an Upgrade Ability and 3 Weapon Slots,. All 4 of these are going onto Ensemble, by the way. Now lemme show you the abilities I'm giving to Ensemble.

Homing Sniper+
14 > 18 Power | 8 > 6 WE
If WE cost was already 6, then Accuracy goes up by 5% instead.

Photon Missile | Missile/Explode Type
53 Power | 88% Accuracy | 8 WE
Effect: Goes 2 actions later than usual.

Freeze Lock | Freeze Type
30 Power | 100% Accuracy | 5 WE
Description: The user freezes the target's Weapon Energy systems.
Effect: Inflicts Ammo Blight. Ammo Blight prevents the target from regaining Weapon Energy until the end of the next turn, which is the maximum amount of time any instance of Ammo Blight can last for. It also can't have its duration extended by any means, and upon wearing off, the unit inflicted with Ammo Blight becomes immune to it for 3 turns.

Unabatable Icicle | Freeze/Attack Type
45 Power | 95% Accuracy | 10 WE
Description: The user launches a big, ornate spear made of ice at the target, thwarting any attempts to superficially guard against it.
Effect: Ignores the target's shields, can't be reflected or redirected, and ignores center-of-attention abilities like Rose Toss.

Stuff before shopping: 1674 Zenny, 8 Crown Coins
Stuff after the fact: 174 Zenny, 5 Crown Coins

...Well that was an anticlimax and a half.
you think that's bad? try watching the ending of monty python and the holy grail.
Actaully, that move's ending was pretty hilariou-

Hellion Lady then realizes that shi-Rou is standing within chatting distance.

WAAAAIIIIT A SECOND! You're that guy who somehow used MY Zenny to buy a skillslot for YOURSELF, IMMEDIATELY after bumping me off!
i know you didn't mean for that to sound weird, but "bump off" doesn't exactly mean "shove out of the way".
What, you think you can mock my verbiage just because you look all transparent and ancient and stuff!?
well, what about you would you like me to mock? i take requests.
also, i'm pretty sure i was using my own funds to buy tha-
YOU WANNA TAKE THIS OUTSIDE, HOLE!? I'LL THROW DOWN WITH SOMEONE WHO AIN'T THE RAID BOSS! I DON'T GIVE A FLYING F!

Hellion Lady follows up with a Malwrath Bolt to worsen the debuffs Lapley just received!

Hellion Lady decides to try an Argent Inferno this time!

Hellion Lady suddenly appears out of nowhere, and launches an Abyssal Twister at Lapley!

I see SOMEBODY likes pranking people! How about we have a little prank war, you and I?

Not sure if it’s relevant, but I managed to actually dodge Tyr’s first actual attack. Dunno if this counts as a no-damage run, though.

Calx buys 3 Coupon Booklets.

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Hellion Lady notices a bunch of zenny in her wallet, and some Coupon Booklets that weren’t there before.

Sweet, that Fortune Module’s paying off already! Time to go spend all this dosh!

Hellion Lady heads over to the store.
Hellion Lady buys a Weapon Slot!
Hellion Lady learned Argent Inferno!

Argent Inferno | Flame Type
55 Power | 100% Accuracy | 6 WE
Description: The user launches the target upward with a giant pillar of flame.
Effect: Goes last, and always misses if the user is Blinded and/or the target is hiding behind an obstacle such as a Super Block or an Ice Wall.

Hellion Lady buys a Skill Slot!
Hellion Lady obtained the skill Crimtane Hellfire!

Skill Name: Crimtane Hellfire
Description: Grants 1/5 WE cost reduction and x1.125 attack power to the unit's Flame-type moves, and if attacking a target that's weak against Damage-type moves, said Flame-type moves gain Damage as an extra type.

Hellion Lady then buys a Growth Module and equips it! Hellion Lady then prepares to exi-

(???:) outta the way.

This random person named shi-Rou shoves Hellion Lady to the side.

(shi-Rou:) one of those skill slots.

shi-Rou buys a Skill Slot!
shi-Rou obtained the skill Remnant Soul*!
Hellion Lady notices 375 of her Zenny vanish from her wallet!

Hey, wait a sec-

shi-Rou walks out, content with his acquisition.

Stuff in wallet before shopping spree:
1559 Zenny | 8 Crown Coins

Stuff in wallet after the fact:
184 Zenny | 5 Crown Coins

(Note: Mugshot will come later)
Name: shi-Rou | Type: Experience/Weapons
Stats:
EN: 11 | WE: 20
ATK: 13 | DEF: 11 | SPD: 15
Weakness: Wily, Earth
Resistance: Experience, Weapons

Skill: Remnant Soul*
Description: This unit's Experience-type attacks are laced with weaponized Remnant, and do 1.25x as much damage to those with Empty as one of their types.

Moves

remnant slasher | Experience/Weapons Type
5 Power | 100% Accuracy
Description: The user strikes the target with an extendable dagger made of solidified Remnant.
Effect: Hits multiple times based on the user's Speed stat. The user gains 1 WE each time this hits, unless it hits something that has a resistance to Cutter.

remnant repeater | Experience Type
4 Power | 96% Accuracy | 1 WE
Description: The user fires arrows of solidified Remnant at the target.
Effect: Fires until either it misses, the target is disabled, or the user runs out of WE. Power increases by 2 with each hit, but Accuracy goes down by 4% with each hit. Can't cost less than 1 WE.

remnant mending | Experience/Recovery Type
4 WE
Description: The user focuses their Remnant to heal wounds.
Effect: Restores 15% of the user's health. Can be casted multiple times in the same turn, but still consumes WE.

remnant blaze | Experience/Flame Type
30 Power | 100% Accuracy | 4 WE
Description: The user attacks with a fiery blast of Remnant that burns through the target.
Effect: If a center-of-attention move is active on an enemy, this hits said enemy AND the intended target at the same time.

remnant pylons | Weapons Type
6 WE
Effect: All allies, other than the user, have the WE costs of their abilities reduced by 2 for 3 turns. This lasts 5 turns if the user is Experience and/or Weapons type.

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*If anyone has a better name for this, please let me know.
Also, while I'm at it, the lack of uppercase in shi-Rou's abilities, name, and dialogue is intentional.

Your five-digit all-hitter may seem intimidating to others, but this isn't the first time I've narrowly dodged complete annihilation. That goes to Betan's pyro-nuke.

Calx goes for another Aftershock Quake.

Wha- why would you willingly allow everything aimed at you to auto-crit? That sounds EXTREMELY counter-productive if you ask me.

Calx then triggers an Aftershock Quake.