Soleil and Thea turn around upon the sparks of magic occuring, Soleil instinctively going to draw her sword, putting herself between the sparks and Thea. However upon seeing Xi moves her hand away from the hilt of the sword. Before whispering to thea

that guy looks like he wouldn't look out of place in the order, and the mentions of a wizard, wonder what his deal is?

Well, there's only one way to know for sure..

Thea then walks up to Xi, Soleil trailing close behind.

Uh, hello! armoured person! Is everything alright? Warped to the wrong area?



As expected, Tedd is in a hospital bed, Left arm stump now properly bandaged up, as well as various other injuries from the last few years now finally healing properly, Luckily his right arm is A-ok to be used, which he is using to make notes on a notepad

Well, lets see, originally we had about, what? 700 ish heroes in the order, and now were down to....assumably 14?, At the very least we can modify our budget, but we'll also need to change the patrol rota, inform the neighbouring kingdoms of our current predicament, and so much more...

Tedd tilts his head back, bumping it against the wall as he sighs in frustration.

Lets just hope Embla isn't planning anything stupid for now, I don't think I have the mental capacity to put up with something like that-

Tedd throws the notepad to the edge of the bed, before picking up his phone, Its screen is significantly cracked at this point

I should probably check if anyone's tried to contact me, Knowing my luck I've missed some important stuff while I've been gone.

As tedd opens his phone, he pauses, and looks over to the window.

Huh, I wonder How everyone who left to head to askr is doing-

Thea comes walking out of the hospital entrance, Soleil following right behind her, Thea pulls out a comically large map, and begins looking through it.

So, what's next for us? Just back to the order and do what we normally do?

Thea looks over at soleil from the map

Well, I've been told i need to "take time off" and "Please for the love of Askr Thea you need therapy" So im focusing on the former one and going sight seeing on this planet.

She gives Soleil a smile, and ruffles her hair.

You're coming as well, I'm not going on break alone

Soleil smiles back, elbowing thea as the two of them begin walking off.

...Hey, while were gone what do you think everyone else is going to be doing?

Well...

As Thea begins talking while the two keep walking, neither of them notice an orange blur fly across the sky.

Hey, uh, can somebody give me a hand here?

Mighty has only managed to drag himself halfway upright so far.

Tedd walks up and begins pulling mighty up.

Look i don’t want to send you into another laughing fit but have you been keeping something like that up your sleeves the entire time i’ve known you?

Ngh… hehehe…
Well, Tedd has failed. Mighty spends the next fifteen seconds letting out pained wheezing-laughing noises.
Depends which part! Glassing their entire world? Sure, if I could get my hands on the Starforce earlier…
The thing before? Nah. Check this out.

He shoves one hand into a jacket pocket and pulls out a fistful of charred wood mixed in with two tiny emeralds.

I didn't plan to get killed. I was just ready for the possibility, and when I saw the opportunity it gave me I took it and bluffed with style. I had to drive home just how far they were from winning, so they'd get… discouraged from even TRYing, and never realize, that I, was actually, full of crap.
SpERGHking of, you know any good hospitals? I may look fine but it feels like I was run through a *conspicuously placed cough*ing blender and,,, reassembledwithsuperglue, *gasp* I can,,, BARELY, talk anymore– and that's noteven… considering you, Mad Cap'n Tedd--
yeah thats, that's honestly for the best I can feel it now it hurts so badly
Come on, let's go and get medical help before either of us die of blood loss.

The two idiots stumble through the portal, leaning on each other so neither would keel over and die.

Glass wanders in as well and as he sprints to catch up, a single die falls out of his pocket as he exits. It rolls past the chairs of dice that had turned to dust along with their dreams, past the monitors that had displayed meticulous plans that had all gone wrong, before eventually producing what could be the last sounds ever heard in this realm as it finally stops skittering, landing on a 20.

Glass slowly gets himself up, wounds seemingly more prominent than before, yet all he can do is smile. His beaming face briefly flashes to relief as he spots someone before approaching the party.

Well! …Now what?

Lindhardt is following behind glass, desperately trying to heal the greatest bandit of his wounds, as mighty, still lying on the floor, finally forces the portals shut, Sharena and Alfonse open up a portal back to CZ proper

Well, let's finally get back somewhere safe, i think that’s the first thing

As the fire emblems head through the portal, Steve stops glass just before he exits.

Steve: Sir glass, i must once again give my thanks to you for that duel, it has been the first time in a while that i have felt truly…Alive so to speak, If you ever wish for a rematch, I would be more than happy to take up my sword against you once again, it was an honour.

Steve then exits through the portal as well.

Any time.
Glass breathes a sigh of relief as his wounds start to vanish, flashing a thankful grin before tossing a coin Lindhardt’s way. Proceeding to sit on a broken pillar, he stares into the concrete sky, lost in thought.

To think this would be where I’d end up.

I knew this strange world would be full of surprises…but nothing quite like this. To think it all was to start with a sword thy had deemed fitting of my prowess, plucked from the shrines of fools that worshipped a god that cared not for them. Eventually, it went from being robbed of victory by that divine wind to encountering and being cornered by metal horses… but now…now nothing stands in my path. From being able to consume the tonic that they call Root Beer that would surely kill a man with the energy flowing through it to being able to take on that darkside commander…I think I really am becoming the warrior I always dreamed of being…no, was meant to be, gods’s will be damned.

Glass sits up more upright, unable to contain his smile as he looks towards his hand, making a triumphant fist.

Even now I’m sure that they cower on their gilded thrones, especially when I went toe to toe with the devil itself. …Sure he wasn't as scary as thou thought he’d be and sure he eventually came to help us after those other warriors jestered on him…But clearly it was because he knew exactly who he was dealing with. And behold the culmination of my strength, being able to handle and overcome the mighty Steve!

Pulling the scared yet still shining blade from its sabre, Glass stares into the reflection.

In fact, I didn’t even feel the wind that time. If it isn’t a sign thy know not what-

Coughing and wheezing from behind him distracts him from his self-absorbed inner monologue.

♫ Gods renewed - Fire emblem heroes ♫


Everyone begins getting up off their feet, looking around the control room, Steve is already up and about, checking each of the monitors in the current room, all of the rooms within the dungeon seem to be intact outside of the skeletal remains of thea’s run through the dungeon, however every single camera pointing towards the dice realm shows a brief moment of the area before everything promptly collapses and the feed cuts off.

Steve:...Sir Mighty I have no words what the actual fu-

Steve is cut off by Mighty breaking down into laughter and Vier running into the room

Vier: Steve! The entire realm is g-

Steve:Gone? Yeah, All that's left is the dungeon and this control room I’m quite fortunate Zenith made me put this in a separate dimension

Steve pauses, before beginning to laugh, it's not an evil laugh mind you, but rather, a laugh of relief, He then coughs, and turns to the group.

Steve: I must thank every single one of you for what you’ve done, With the machine gone, and the dice realm truly obliterated, there’s no way that Icos, Or any of the dice council will be able to return, If there is anything i can do for you please, i will me more than grateful to try and fulfil your request before i begin trying to fix the damages done by the council

Thea raises her hand.

Can we leave? Get back to the chaos zone?

Steve glances over at the sputtering wormholes, before glancing back at thea

Steve:..Once those wormholes are closed, It should be safe for one of your reapers or the prince and princess to open up a portal back.

What about you and Vier? Will you two just be staying here?

Steve pauses, thinking to himself

Steve: Well, once i have managed to…do what i can to fix damages caused, i will most likely continue to work on this very dungeon, although perhaps now that i don’t have icos and zenith breathing down my back, i can make what i’ve always wanted to make, rather than a glorified death trap disguised as a defence system, I’m not sure about vier though, they, haven’t been around long, so this is the first time in their life where they don’t have to do something because they’re being told to.

Alfonse frowns, thinking for a good long time.

Well, you two could join us at the order, It would probably be a nicer spot than just living…Here. ...You’d need to pack up all of your stuff though…,

Steve goes to say something, before Alfonse puts his hand up to where Steve's mouth would be.

Shush, look, it's been an incredibly long day for me, I have watched by sister die because of your dead boss, i have been put in a pickle jar and almost used as a battery because of your dead boss, If you feel guilty about being on the council, which, from what i can tell, you were actively trying to oppose, your already miles better than how narcian was when he joined us.

Steve pauses, before looking over to vier, who gives Steve a nervous thumbs up

Steve: Very well Prince Alfonse, We would be honoured to join you

Steve clicks his fingers, and all of the technology in the room seems to magically be stored within a briefcase resting on one of the walls, He looks over at Tedd, who’s attempting to welcome Vier to the order, but offers her his now non existent hand, the two of them stare down at the lack of hand.

…I’ll get that checked out when we get out

He offers vier his other hand, and the two shake hands instead, Tedd then moves over to Steve, and sticks out his hand.

I don’t think we ever properly got the chance to talk before now, Welcome to the order, Steve

The two shake hands.

A puppet will die with no one to control it, are you happy with that fate? To die for just a taste of free will?

Tailtiu attempts to cast the Arcane euphoria on the figure, but nothing happens, no magic comes out of the tome, nothing.

This body is limited in strength,but puppets cannot do anything the puppet master doesn’t want to happen

There are more attempts at firing spells, which just leads to the same results, a singular, weakened solar winds tornado hits the figure's hand, only for it to do nothing.


...As i was saying

Glass gawks on in utter horror at the monstrosity before him, mouth ajar.
(I…what are thee)
...Magic seems to not work… Looks like a job for steel!

Pushing whatever fear he had to the back of his mind, recklessly Glass charges, kracked katana shining amidst a vantablack backdrop. As the merc looks like a gnat in the dimensional creature’s view, it’s attention is quickly redirected by an certain Reaper’s
Ahem.
Mighty is behind the giant, ominous figure, surrounded by shards of glass and holding an oversized glass receptacle that glows orange and hums violently in his arms.
A moment of your time, please?
This, as I hope you're aware, is a "Rogue Star", specifically one of the Explode elemental alignment. It is an object of great power and unclear origin, quite possibly formed naturally at the creation of its home world despite its perfect symmetry. To put its strength into perspective, under normal circumstances it can multiply the strength of anything aligned with its element at distances measured in astronomical units. It always outputs this level of energy with no evidence of its supply being limited. And yet, somehow, you trapped all that inside these glass containers so well that I didn't even notice you kept my collection right here until I went looking for them!
That's impressive! Nice job! Though, this pressure-cooker style suppression has made it very volatile, just like the rest of them.
So, the way I see it here, you have a pretty favorable situation on your hands! If you decide to surrender and let us go in peace, you'll get to live to see the consequences of your actions… which is more than I can say for some of your little gang.
If not, well…
Mighty acts aloof and fidgets with the large glass thing for a few seconds, then looks the figure dead in the eyes.
Well, you find out what I was getting at with this.

The entire group goes silent, Figure included, who places the machine down onto a non-existent floor before turning to mighty.

An interesting proposition, coming from one such as yourself, But won’t unleashing that power also obliterate everyone else here, you and your one armed friend will probably be fine…But can you say the same for everyone else? And once you leave, what's stopping me from simply starting from scratch. Puppets are easy to make, and control, we will simply found ourselves in this situation once again,and again, and again

The figure moves one of their hands up, picking up mighty in the palm of their hand, and lifts him up to eye level.

What will it be? How do you want this to end, knowing that any choice you make will have consequences, make your choice Starboy

…










Moments later, everyone present besides the Figure realises that they are now on the floor of the Dice Dungeon's control room, each with a sputtering wormhole struggling to fully close near them.

Steve gratefully takes glasses hand and gets up off the ground, clutching the stab wound where glass had impaled him with the blade, he looks towards the large machine at the edge of the room

Steve: I suppose now the last thing to do would be to destroy that infernal device, Sir mighty and Prince Alfonse did significant destruction to it during the battle, but I fear that the world won’t be safe if it isn’t completely erased from existence.

Vier looks over towards Steve with shock

Vier: But won’t that…

Steve: Yes, it will also cause the temporal and spatial collapse of this realm,but perhaps…Perhaps that's for the best. Vier, I’m going to need you to do a run through of the entire prison block, make sure no one is still trapped in there, if you find anyone, take them to the Ai dungeon. It should be completely void of any danger at this point. There will be a portal at the end which should return everyone safely to their own worlds and timelines.

Vier stays silent for a second, before nodding, and running off towards a newly opened entrance. There's another faint rumble, slightly more noticeable than the last one.

Alfonse, upon hearing the plan, pulls the embedded Fensalir out of the ground, no point leaving it here once the entire world caves in on itself, But as he does, there's a faint glow that appears from the centre of the crater, which grows larger and brighter over the course of a minute.

aw man! I got here too late! Askr blessed me with his power and everything!

Alfonse eyes widen as the Light finally begins to dim down. Revealing Sharena, a new, Flower covered lance in hand, floating slightly off the ground.

Well, at least everyones safe no-

Sharena is cut off by Alfonse hugging her

...I’m just glad you’re ok Sharena, i really thought you were gone.

Sharena goes to say something in response to her brother, but decides to not say anything about it for now.

Come on, let's get outta here!

Sharena begins to open a portal to leave the dice realm as Steve begins to walk over to the machine, He looks up at it, and sighs, drawing his broadsword once again, he goes to finally destroy the machine.

The ground rumbles once again, this time with enough force to knock everyone on the ground off their feet, Steve looks around, dropping his broadsword. The ground continues to rumble periodically, growing more intense each time.

Steve:...Oh no.

Before anyone can react, the entire council room vanishes, leaving everyone floating in an endless, black void, only being able to see each other and the fabled machine, a large hand appears from the nothingness, and grabs it.

♫ 02 battle - Kirby 64 ♫

Puppets refusing the actions of their puppeteers

Another hand comes from the abyss.

Do you not know what happens? When a puppet attempts to move without its puppeteer

A large shape appears from the darkness, however it never seems to come to a solid, constantly changing shape between various 2 and 3 dimensional forms, occasionally the shape just disappears, or changes to a form that is utterly incomprehensible to the human eye, every shape has eyes covering every single inch of its sides, staring down at the group.

The momentum of the swipe, coupled with watching both Octoiact be utterly obliterated as well as the embers falling from the sky that signalled the death of Icos, meant that steve had no choice but to take the elbow strike, knocking steve down as the blade is dislodged, Steves blade goes flying out of his hand, sliding along the floor, But rather than try and fight back, steve stays down, watching as the zenith corpse turns to dust now that icos is dead, leaving just him and vier. There's no real reason for him to keep fighting, With a strained voice, steve instead reached out his hand to glass

Steve: The battle is yours, Sir glass, And it seems your friends have had similar victories, you should count yourself fortunate to be in such good company

At the same time, the icos battlefield has finally lowered to the same level as the rest of the ground,Narcian is looking down at the remains of the Rune axe with Kempf giving him a supportive pat on the back, Soleil is hugging thea, incomprehensibly sobbing to her friend as Linhardt heals everyone, Fedelgard, Morgan and Tailtiu are discussing what next and Tedd is weakly laughing as he’s being supported by Dierdre and Xane to keep him from falling over

Ahaha! We did it! We killed Icos! We survived! aha ha ha…Oh man did you see that last attack, i put everything i had into it! Ha ha ha….. I can’t feel my left arm anymore…

Deirdre looks at Tedd with a look of concern, and proceeds to take off the gauntlet on Tedd’s left hand, His entire arm looks completely black and cracked, a few seconds later the arm turns to ash, and completely crumbles onto the floor. Tedd looks down at his missing arm, and goes to scream, but just doesn't have the energy to register what's truly going on. Xane and Dierdre both glance at each other before rushing Tedd over to Linhardt

—

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At the same time, Vier looks up at the sky as the various embers from the arcane overdrive continue to dance through the air, they then look over at Alfonse, who's just quietly looking down at a singular lance embedded in the floor, sadness hangs in the air amidst the feelings of relief from the victory.

….

The ground faintly rumbles.

NOW!

Narcian picks up Soleil and moves her out of the way, as Icos attempts to get up, only to hear the oncoming wave of several critical hits.



Icos is then bombarded by the sheer barrage of critical hits, yelling in agony and anger as the bombardment doesn’t let up. The fire emblems then move back for just a split second, As Tedd hovers over the severely wounded Icos, one final critical hit sound plays as several magic tomes appear around Tedd, all focused on the dice head.

YOU’LL NEVER DEFEAT ME, I’LL KEEP COMING BACK, I’LL ALWAYS TORMENT YOU TILL THE END OF TIME, I AM ICOSAHEDRANNIHILATOR, THE FUTURE RULER OF-

SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY

Tedd then unleashes the arcane overdrive focused directly on Icos, completely engulfing the dice head in a maelstrom of magic, Icos doesn’t last a second, screaming bloody murder as they are completely annihilated, the force of the attack manages to lower the pillar back down to the ground. As the attack finally comes to an end, Tedd falls down, Barely being caught by Narcian as the reaper begins to catch his breath.

...It’s over…It’s finally over.

You are all, the most annoying insects… THAT I HAVE EVER FACED.

♫ Deal gone wrong - Deltarune ♫

This is a little too successful, as the increased anger allows Icos to channel their anger, causing a shockwave that knocks the group off their feet!Suddenly, a force beyond their power weighs down the group, preventing them from getting back up. Icos then teleports in front of Thea, grabbing her by the shirt and raising her off the ground, Thea tries to struggle out of their grip, trying to strike the dice head with the maltet, Icos then begins cackling like mad, producing a regal sword out of thin air where their other hand would’ve been.

You. Pegasus girl. You are nothing but an anomaly. Dying again and again, but given so many chances to come back, Oh how lucky you are.

Icos inches the blade closer to thea’s neck, towards a visible scar,Thea begins struggling more, trying to move away from the blade, Icos just laughs at her attempts to free herself.

Lets see what happens when you die again, shall we? Don’t worry, your precious pink haired friend will join you soon.

♫ silence ♫

Before Icos can do anything however, They’re struck in the back of the head by a rock, which causes them to drop both thea and the blade in surprise. They turn around, finding Narcian, who manages to pull himself up from the floor, tightly gripping his rune axe, glaring Icos down.

♫ Fight or flight (instrumental) - Vs sonic.exe (Friday night Funkin) ♫

Icos begins slowly moving towards Narcian, producing a twisted version of the Maltet in their hands, Narcian begins backpedalling slowly, keeping an equal distance between him and Icos

Oh narcian, i don’t think i’ve ever seen such a waste of space like yourself, it's quite impressive really, a cowardly general thats so bad at their job, the only time they stay and fight is when the luxury of power is threatened by a bunch of Children, and even then, they are killed by those children!

Icos wildly swings at narcian, Who manages to block each of the strikes with the flat side of the axe, causing it to crack further and further, Narcian grits his teeth, but doesn’t respond to Icos, instead focusing on Icos’ movements in order to keep blocking their attacks

And what's even funnier? You’re somehow ever WORSE then any other narcian EVER!

The few remaining screens that weren’t shattered flicker to life, through the static, Narcians numerous failures in life can be seen, from everything that happened before his death, To his fight with Giant Gold with the Bomberman insulting his axe, Getting caught in the pyrus hurricane by D.S Dragonoid, being shot twice by Fakeman RDS, Until eventually, all of the screens show the same thing, Narcian’s death at the hands of thea in his original timeline.

Askr was a mistake for you, you’ve grown soft, you view people as “friends” or “companions” rather than the cannon fodder they truly are,It was the one thing i respected about any other narcian i’ve witnessed, but you have NOTHING, YOU ARE A FAILURE, AMONGST FAILURES..

Suddenly yelling, icos attempts to skewer Narcian once again, He attempts to block the attack once more, but as the twisted lance collides with the axe, The rune axe proceeds to shatter, the sheer force of the collision knocks narcian onto his back, he begins shuffling further away from icos, still maintaining eye contact, still staying silent.

COME ON, SAY SOMETHING, BEG FOR YOUR LIFE, INSULT ME, ANYTHING,SPEAK YOU MISERABLE LITTLE PILE OF SHATTERED EGO WITH YOUR STI-

♫ Fight or flight (instrumental)(2:21 minutes in) - Vs sonic.exe (Friday night Funkin) ♫

Icos is cut off, quite literally, by Soleil charging forward and frantically stabbing them several times in the side, Icos shrieks in anger and pain, trying to get the girl off of themself, Narcian takes this opportunity to tackle Icos to the ground, kicking them in the head as he does.

as the light dies down, Icos finds themselves looking at…Themself?

I’m just as much of a clown as you are!

Xicos laughs at the real Icos, Who responds by attempting to smack the faker with their ceremonial mace, but the false icos just moves behind icos, tapping them on the shoulder

Missed me!

Another swing, Xicos disappears again, this time Icos is bopped on the head with a playing card.

You should really invest in a better weapon, that mace looks a bit too flashy to be effective!

Full of anger, Icos attempts to smash the mace down on the faker, only for it to become embedded in the floor.

Oooo! And there we have it ladies and gentlemen! Three strikes and you're out! Now let's see what our wonderful guest has won from that shocking display!

♫ Drumroll ♫

With a flash of light, Xicos transforms once again, or should I say,transforms back into his true form, He cracks his knuckles, and motions towards his side, as a portal opens up.

Behold! Your prize is your death at the hands of several aggravated heroes! Go and get ‘em!

♫ Attack! (Roy amiibo) - Fire emblem echoes ♫

Icos is instantly blindsided by a strike to the face,narrowly being grazed by an ice cold spear, They only have a second to look over to the stream of Angry yet determined fire emblems that come charging out of the portal. Icos attempts to hit them all with a singular magic attack, only to get struck by a mixture of Kempf’s Venin edge being thrown at them, which does minimal damage, but manages to temporarily blind them, Lindhardt then casts Gravity on the dice head, causing them to drop to the floor, and beginning to slowly drop the platform from the increased gravity.

Icos begins screaming bloody murder, thrashing about and firing off magic spells as the FEs begin spreading out across the arena, Deirdre, Morgan and Tailtiu proceed to cast spells from the book of naga, the Arcane eclipse and the Arcane euphoria, Causing meteors to crash down on the dice head from a phantom blood moon, the moon then turns into a blue,crescent moon, as spiked rose vines burst out from the ground beneath icos,launching them up into the air, The blindness from the Venin edge wears off just in time for icos to see the large, ghostly golden dragon appear from beneath him, and burst into powerful holy magic. Icos is then grabbed by Edelgard, now in her full hegemon form and thrown directly back into the same crater caused by the increased gravity, Icos is then bombarded by a double solar winds by Tedd and Xane mimicking tedd!

Icos gets up out of the crater, only to be attacked by Soleil, Thea and narcian, the three striking the dice with their respective arcane weapons and jumping out of the way of the wild and frantic slashes of various summoned weapons, Narcian eventually falls back, backpedalling towards Tailtiu, throwing her the rune axe, The two give each other a nod, before Tailtiu begins to charge up a powerful attack. As Narcian swaps out, Xane hops in, rapidly changing forms between various heroes in an attempt to further enrage and baffle icos.

While standing, looming over Tedd, Icos takes the moment in, this is it, this is the true beginning of the end.

...Do you feel that? The crushing feeling of defeat,knowing that there's absolutely nothing that you can do to stop it, That everything you’ve done up to this point will be reduced to nothing, it's utterly amazing, it's the best part of doing what i do, you wouldn’t understand, with how feeble minded you are, I suppose even an insect such as yourself can at least understand and be thankful for the mercy i bestow upon you, that you won’t be around to see your world torn apa-.

Icos is interrupted by quiet laughter,laughter that only grows louder as tedd begins to stand up straight, no longer resting on the scythe, trying his hardest not to laugh.

♫ The circus - Deltarune ♫

Ohhh man! Im sorry, im sorry, i’ll stop laughing during your big evil winning speech, it's just *snort* You’re just so ridiculous! Your plan is weird, i mean, destroying the world and everything in it? Just because “hurr durr we don’t like it that way”, and you’re just *snort* expecting everyone else to go “oh yeah that's a great idea, lets allow the Insane control freak to tear down EVERYTHING we love and replace it in their own image!

Icos is physically taken aback by Tedds comments, they scowl at the reaper.

Well! It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks, and it's not like they can do anything to st-

Tedd steps forward, putting his hand up to Icos’ face, and shush them

OOP! HERE THEY GO AGAIN! God you're hilarious! I’d recommend you change your job from B-list villain with delusions of grandeur to court jester if you weren’t going to die in a few minutes! You really think no one would try and intervene? your entire council has had trouble dealing with Alfonse *snort* Alfonse for Nagas sake! and look at you! You look like you're about to kick the bucket just from chasing t-me alone!I think even HT would give you trouble-

Icos goes to speak again, But is once again shushed.

You wanna know the best part, the biggest punchline to this joke? It’s you, Icos. Even if you did win, even if you managed to beat every single person in the chaos zone, managed to fix up your broken machine, and warp reality to the point where it collapses again, and rebuild it exactly how you want it, do you expect that people just won't rebel? It's inherent in human nature, Face it, dice head, you were always destined to fail, no matter what. And when that happens, you’ll have Nothing, you’ve devoted your entire life to a cause like this? Quite a sad experience if i’d say so myself. But hey, what do I know.

There's a flash of light

Icos appears in what looks to be a large castle grounds, They scan the surrounding area, finding no trace of tedd, They do however, find another portal, with traces of dark magic leading up to it, Icos enters the portal, ready to kill whoever's on the other side, leaving a crowd of concerned people at Garreg Mach Monastery, wondering what just happened.



Upon exiting the portal, Icos finds themself in a dark abyss, as well as someone walking between them and the next portal, A someone who looks exactly like the person they've been chasing, Icos goes to attack what they assume to be tedd, Only for The person to look Icos dead in the eye with their own, cold, lifeless eyes, It reminds Icos of death itself. Icos then quickly scrambles into the next portal before the person can do anything, remaining silent the entire time.



Icos enters the grounds of a nearby castle, by the scars on the land a battle has taken place recently, Once again however its deathly silent. A portal, sparking with electricty appears next to the cliffside. Icos Clenches their remaining fist

...You can't run forever, Reaper, I know you're going to tire yourself out with these portals eventually.



Icos enters... well, I don't feel like giving a description of where i work.

Icos is then slammed down into the ground of the test chamber they're in, before being slammed against the walls, the ceiling, every single part of the chamber, the room is then bombarded with Astro crushes,Galaxy bombs and my very own time arrows

Enough.

Icos releases a shockwave, shattering the glass from the test chamber, But before they can do anything, GraviTy uses his gravity hold to send Icos through a newly opened portal.

D-do you think we did enough? like he asked his to do?

GraviTy gets up and watches as the portal flickers and fades

We can only hope, This is the only chance we had.



Icos is thrown out of the portal, Landing them back where they arrived, in the raised arena, Tedd is on the opposite side of the arena, propping himself up with his Scythe, out of breath, Icos dusts themself off, trying to not let the heavy damage be visible, Before slowly floating towards tedd, Producing another ceremonial mace.

It's over, I'd say you gave it your best, and that i find it respectable how much resistance you and your friends have put up, But i don't approve of lying, You never had a chance from the beginning, like the common wasp, you only existed to be crushed beneath our might. Good riddance.

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How long do we have to spend waiting here? I'm getting tired.

Just a little bit longer! When he gives the signal we'll pop out and BAM, dead dice head!

And these arcane weapons, They should allow us to deal huge damage to any of the council?

thats what Ganglot told me, and i doubt she would lie about a situation like this.

I've been aching to do an encore after what happened with zalgo! Lets give these assholes playing god a show to remember!

The ring from the two blades colliding causes Alfonse to pause momentarily, snapping him out of his murder fuelled rampage, With both him and Vier pausing to look over towards Glass and Steve's duel.

As Steve lands, He has no choice but to take the strike from glass, allowing himself to be impaled by the cracked mani katti, Steve winces in pain, but rather than letting the pain or the anger get to him, proceeds to use his free hand to attempt to wrestle the sword from Glass' grasp, and with his other free hand, however weak it may be from the strike, attempts to swing at the Legendary bandit with his broadsword!

In a singular strike, the Schestorpse is sent flying into the ground, turning to dust upon contact, the dust then is seemingly absorbed into the ground.

Octoiat manages to fare much better, Summoning another halberd in an attempt to block each of the punches, However, with each strike, the Blade of the halberd becomes more dented until it breaks, leaving only the spike on the weapon!

...However, at the same time, the sickening ring from the strike occurs, The noise causes Mighty to flinch for just a second, But this second is all Octoiat needs, They muster up all their rage and strength, and drive the broken halberd through mighty's chest!

With insane laughter, Octoiat throws mighty up into the air, up to the same level where the upper battle ground was taking place, Hundreds of weapons fill the sky, as Octoiat appears next to the weapons

Octoiact: ROT IN HELL, STAR BOY.

All of the Weapons suddenly fly forward, Impaling mighty with extreme prejudice before sending him crashing into the ground below, The resulting shockwave knocks alfonse and Vier back, Allowing for Octoiact to descend from the sky, glaring down at Alfonse and glass.

Octoiact:Gaze upon this reaper, one of your so called gods, and despair! The age of the dice council is upon you, and theres nothing you can do to stop it now!

Alfonse gets back onto his feet, Gripping the Arcane Éljúðnir, staring down Octoiact, Vier takes this moment to step away from the prince.



♫ Pandora Palace (In-Game Version) - Deltarune ♫

Icos and Tedd come tumbling out of a portal, appearing to be on some sort of broken bridge, Tedd kicks Icos off him, Tedd summons his scythe, and Icos produces what appears to be a ceremonial mace, and the two begin clashing, jumping between the different fragmented parts of the bridge that are dangling over a cloudy abyss, Attempting to blast each other with Magic spells, causing some of the supports holding up the bridge parts to break, From the roof looming above the area, something seems to try and grab Both Icos and Tedd,and drag them into the ceiling, Tedd blasts both Icos and the mystery thing with a Solar winds, causing heavy damage and allowing the two to escape from the unknown attacker, Icos, now with confidence in their own abilities restored, begins to counterspell Tedd's magic. Expecting this however, Tedd attempts to counterspell the counterspell, causing the battle to turn into an intense game of back and forth, with the magic spell exponentially growing in power with each subsequent counter, Until eventually, the magic orb floats towards the centre of the makeshift battlefield, and promptly explodes, unleashing several hundred Solar wind tornados,hitting the two combatants.

Tedd is knocked into one of the few remaining sections of the bridge, Using the opportunity, Icos charges towards him, holding the ceremonial mace above their head, But as they do, Green lightning begins wildly shooting out of the ceiling above, One of the stray bolts strikes Icos' weapon, causing them to drop it in surprise. Knowing whats coming next, Tedd opens another portal behind himself, causing him to drop through it. Icos follows after a few seconds, Screaming bloody murder.



Icos comes charging out of the portal into a large temple room, with a large, dead dragon in the centre, There's a fading portal on the opposite side of the room, with sounds of laughter coming out of it. Scowling, Icos dashes into it, leaving the Dragons table completely quiet.

Despite slipping on ice, the robot manages to parry the icy punch, throwing Polar back to the edge of the ring, The icy one barely manages to keep their balance from enabling a ring out, they take a split second to re-evaluate the situation, before conjuring up a small ball of soft snow, and throwing it at the robot, in an attempt to block the robots "eyesight"

With the robots vision obscured, Polar then skates forward, using the icy ground to build momentum, and proceeds to drop kick the robot, while the damage dealt isn't significant, the momentum transferred from polar to the robot, coupled with the icy ground, causes the robot to go skidding across the ground, subsequently causing a ring out!

A few seconds pass as polar gets back onto their feet, before breathing a sigh of relief, leaving the arena once the victory has been officially confirmed.

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Saias is laying flat on his back, looking up at the skies, attempting to process what on earth just happened, the only noise he can make is some sort of noise of agreement with Meandra's statement

Julius is face flat on the ground, he's alive, very sad i know

Saying that Scales sliced up Untedd was not an understatement, he's on the floor, partially dismembered,

Rest in pieces i suppose

Untedd then gets back up, pulling himself back together quite literally, He goes to re-enter the battle, Before getting a phone call, He groans, answering it and turning away from the rest of the raiders

What is it, I'm in the middle of getting my ass handed to me.

Sounds of talking come through the speaker, its indecipherable

...Really? Right at this second? But i'm busy!

More talking

...Alright, fine, I'll do my stinking job, see you in a few minutes.

Untedd hangs up the call, before groaning, and walking off, motioning for Brickell to enter, targeting TRBF with an advanced intel

Nath, now fully extended, just looks down at scales, she begins to deploy the deltafield, only for the delta field to surround her instead, activating an upgraded version of the move,which can instead be applied to the user or a team mate for 2 turns, giving that unit increased accuracy and chance of a status affliction

Then, her face shows the faintest signs of disgust, before firing off a bullet hell at scales!

Icos keeps up the fire pillar, mostly out of both spite and to make sure the summoner stays dead, keeping their focus directly on the pillar.

♫ Random gods - Rainworld ♫

for a split second, every single screen surrounding the battleground turns to heavy static, while its only for a second.The distraction causes Icos to lose focus, they turn back around, only to watch in horror as tedd slowly walks out of the fire spiral, now covered in an ashy grey soot, the embers of the fire spiral cling to his outfit and hair, as he takes a step forward, Icos begins to slowly back away.

What are you doing? you should be dead! destroyed! obliterated!, what is this?

Tedd continues to walk towards icos, the static of the screens only grows more intense by the second, he flashes a malicious grin at Icos.

Oh this? Just something i've been holding back for a very long time, you should be proud of yourself Icos, you're the first person to ever truly witness my....Caos Ceniciento form, the pinnacle of my own power

Tedd materialises his scythe aswell as solar winds out of nowhere, and takes another step forward, beginning to cast the spell,Icos attempts to counterspell once again but-

I wouldn't even bother, my magical prowess is beyond compared at this point, your pathetic counterspell will do nothing to me.

At the last second, Icos chooses to teleport out of the way of the solar winds, appearing on the opposite side of the arena, they begin firing off weak spells, unable to hold focus to cast anything stronger.

no, NONO! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU VILE DEMON

THIS ISNT WHATS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

Tedd continues to calmly walk towards Icos, simply knocking each of their spells away with his scythe.

It's over Icos. You, and your council, have lost. And I'll make sure you never get the chance to make your dreams a reality.

Tedd swings the scythe back, but just before he can take out Icos, the dice head throws a weak water spell at tedd, while its power is next to nothing, the resulting splash causes the soot on tedd's face to be washed away.

♫ Silence ♫

Tedd stops mid swing, and he and icos both stare at each other.

...

...

Instantly, Icos gets back up, charging at tedd and knocking him backwards, causing him to drop the arcane downfall and all the screens to shatter, Icos then grabs tedd by the shirt, and opens up a portal beneath him.

I'm afraid your little show, whilst impressive, has come to an end, goodbye you filthy vermin. I'll see to it that your friends suffer horribly.

As Icos drops tedd, He manages to grab Icos' cloak, Causing icos to be dragged into the portal aswell, Icos angrily screams at tedd as the two of them are pulled in.

Polar rolls their shoulderblades as they enter their own arena, looking down the robot

Alright, fight smart, that's the plan.

Polar begins circling the robot, randomly swapping between going clockwise and counter-clockwise, occasionally hitting the robot with some kind of weak attack whenever possible, in the meanwhile the ground beneath the robot becomes frosted, eventually turning the arena into somewhat of an ice rink, the weak attacks causing the robot to begin slipping on the ice,causing it to drop its guard, and for Polar to hit it with a significantly stronger attack, with their fist encased in a block of ice for the impact!

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Jamke braces for impact, Only for Emblem Leif to proceed to parry each individual shot of Astra with the Master lance, Which allows Leif to get in a Quadruple hit on Evilyn. Jamke uses this opportunity to draw back his bow, and with perfect aim, launches an arrow at lyns sword arm!

I have no excuses for what i have done, but i do not see justice before me,all i see are two weapons of war, fighting in a never ending battle.

Nath once again activates Attack mode, followed up by preparing a shield counter incase she is attacked

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Untedd, now slightly slowed cuz of the bloody Ichor on his feet, attempts to shake it off, Thanks to the forces of nature though, he gets 2 AP

He looks at nath

Untedd pulls out a broken pair of defibrillators, that are still jolting with electricty,

Unted then slaps nath on the back with the deflibrillators, causing two energizing jolts