shoot it shoot it shOOT IT

L00T sidesteps the lightning. Not her first time. She then looks down at Lapley as the entire altercation with yet another deus ex machina happens...

...unmoving for a few moments, before sheets out a single exasperated sigh.

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Given how this month's been for TTC, my victory frankly feels rather hollow. But even if it didn't, due to a lack of time and motivation on my end I couldn't run a satisfactory raid boss at the moment if I tried, so I won't force you to endure another raid that gets cut early or runs into some other wall. Still, I'm not bailing on the game altogether and I hope someone else takes up the mantle.

MIDI shoots the Junk Golem.

Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
A figure flies through the calm sky at supersonic speeds.
WHOO-HOO!!!
Performing a wide loop-de-loop, the figure - a winged humanoid with jet exhaust coming out their legs - descends towards a series of jagged, snowy mountaintops, weaving through the air between them without ever slowing down, then begins following a stream yet further down. As the stream becomes a full-blown river carving out a canyon, slowing down allows the blurry mess to turn into a goggled guy flying so low above the water that he is kicking up higher waves than a speedboat would. Following an opening from the canyon into a large plain, he takes a sharp up-and-left turn, flying towards a section of the airspace teeming with various volant vessels from ground level to the edge of space...

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Soaring high over minty green fields only sparsely tamed by agriculture, leaving a meandering river that reflects the lavender of the sky in the distance as he zeroes in on the center of activity: cargo holds, hangars, a dozen long runways constantly busy with arrivals and departures, a powerful radar tower being built and an older one making do for the timebeing; in short, the main spaceport of the planet Fabri I. A familiar cacophony of precise communications between pilots and the tower fills his radio receivers as he dives headfirst into the port's airspace. Normally, he would be on the ground, helping ships navigate safely up and down.

But right now he's on vacation.

Having singled out a specific vessel, a cargo ship ascending into the sky, he grins before increasing his speed. Slowly spreading out his wings - something in between those you'd find on a moth and a fighter jet, before they sprout hard-light extensions - the forward acceleration turns into lift, causing him to rapidly ascend directly upwards, just barely catching up with the ship and securing himself within a cubbyhole in the hull. He barely manages to activate a mask covering the remainder of his face before nearly falling out due to the ridiculous rise in speed as the ship bumps its thrusters up to full power, exiting the atmosphere and breaking orbit within minutes.

L00T casts Múspell Flames! One of the fireballs hits immediately when she moves, and one more will hit at the beginning of each turn for the next 19 turns; each one lowering Defense by 4 stages. These numbers have already taken Forces of Nature into account.

and the the giant Kirby EATS THE ENTIRE GODDAMN CITY

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Noticing a rhombus chasing him, Chord opts to run around the warehouse, weaving around boxes and occasionally sending buster fire at Jevil, all the while charging his other buster arm. Once that's done, he gets significantly faster, runs straight for the center of the room and vaults over Jevil, discharging a charged Swift Buster shot straight at the diamond as it gets close to the clown!

Content with what she's done, L00T puts up a Plasma Barrier, all the while smugly grinning at nobody in particular.

L00T doesn't seem particularly sad, though the effect does technically still work.
I certainly hope that's not the peak of your ability... not that that would surprise me.
She barely even puts in effort to cast her following spell, and yet the storm of light almost instantly engulfs Lapley.

xX_L00T_Xx casts Dire Godstorm.
And now for some technical deets! Do keep in mind the effects of L00T's skill, which changes her main core to give full STAB, then Forces of Nature AND Spirits of Light and Dark, which on top of the whole WE reduction song and dance effectively quadruples its effects. So, in total that's 4*(2+2*(1 for the multiplier + 2*2 for the two Defense stages that Depressed took from L00T and Looghy + 8 for all the status effects people have been caused)), giving us a grand total of 112 double super-effective hits, not counting any weaknesses or resistances Lapley herself has!

As if to agree with the other two schools of the arcane, the driving forces of Anima magic begin making a stir of their own.

L00T looks around at the world shifting around them, then down at the little idiot.
You can't tell me a child did all this.

I wish I could say we did. It was a tough battle, but not one we'd lose... the problem is that brat coasting off Mum's credit card up and whisked us away!
L00T purchases 4 Level Ups then turns back to Valk with a grin that's somehow both smug and reassuring.
But, by the time we next meet him, we will all have only grown stronger, no?

Not this again.

Valk wakes up to someone trying to force-feed her glowing blue Monster Energy.
Hello? Are- are you okay?

Howling Blade.

Despite the abysmal amount of damage she was dealt, L00T doesn't falter. She doesn't flinch nor kneel nor show any outward sign of having been hit with the fury of God and plagiarism. She just looks taken aback.
Trash?! You're talking a lot of trash, old man... she says, slowly fading to white and out of existence...




--before flying back onto the battlefield from behind, hopefully striking him with a relatively inept sword slash that nonetheless may or may not create a whirlwind.
...but I am the strongest mage in Magvel, PERSONALLY responsible for restoring peace to the continent, death is a nonissue to me, and though I must admit I am slightly outmatched I have NO plans to yield to the likes of YOU.

Wha- is that- Jevil?!
Chord uses a Super Arm to hurl the anvils that would've hit him back at Jevil, creating a huge number of metal shrapnel if they impact another one on the way.
(What the hell kinda universe is this?) You shoulda stayed in your basement, prick!

A loud thud and a furious gust of wind erupt from the spot where L00T landed, digging in her blade. The gale only gets stronger, turning into a full-blown blizzard. I hope her demeanor speaks volumes about her opinion of the situation because I have tried doing that multiple times and it just hasn't worked out.