Island Skypiea

[Larsi]

Original Post By: chris mic
Trial of Swamp

Gedatsu was in shock. He looked down on his sleeve, torn and ruined. This... thing did this. How dare he? Turning towards his foe, Gedatsu started to speak. And by speak it was of course heavy breathing and a lot of huffing and puffing.

Lepi, stone-faced and bold, sat there still as a statue. What the fuck he simply uttered in a calm, neutral tone.

You come here and ruin this tree and now my shirt. You barbarian! With that he charged forwards, punching first with hjs right, then with his left, anger flaring even higher as his other sleeve tore.

HUUUUH?! Y-- NNNGH!

Lepi staggered, instinctively taking a step back, then another one, and another one, until before even he realized, he was running backwards. The strange man charging himself with his fists forward equipped with rage and strength managed to knock the fishman away by striking his chest, locking him into an embarassing cartwheel. Lepi's momentum halted and he lay there, his face muddy from the ground and his clothes as well. That guy... he might be more of a knucklehead than even me... Without a moment's hesitation, the young fishman tried to stand up, using his hand and knees to move back up, slightly halting to hold his chest with his spare hand.

It all was happening so fast. Lepi thought to himself. This guy seems not to be able to control his power! I feel bad... but I might need to beat him down after all! It's bad news, but he'll end up hurting both of us, and that isn't VERY at all! The ice we skate is getting pretty thin... but the water's getting warm so I might as well swim. For the sake of both of us... I must go for it! So be it!

Blow-Up Punch! yelled Lepi, running back, following his cartwheel track on the mud all the way towards Gedatsu.

Spoiler

-Blow-Up Punch:
Swell up your arm and hand and enlarge it and the spikes on it due to your Pufferfish Fishman nature and smash it into an opponent. (21 Fishman Krate and 21 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: C

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: larsi
Trial of Swamp

The soldier already knew he was unmatched, yet figured he should go out like a man. However the scream that escaped his mouth as his attack glanced off the monstrous skeleton and he fell towards the soft death was anything but manly. But who could blame him? He was about to meet the same fate he with horror only moments ago had witnessed his partner succumb to. He gasped for air, grabbing wildly, even calling out to Gedatsu or God to please save him. But there was no response. Long before he tired the soft, spongy wetness encased him, closing off any escape or oxygen.

Gedatsu thought he heard someone call out to him, but he paid them no heed. His foe had once again vanished. Unable to see him, he stopped. He turned his head to the left and to the right "looking" in either direction. Not there either. Quite the peculiar fellow the priest thought to himself, standing there, his pupils hidden in the top of his eyes, actually unable to see anything. So obsessed with his foe having disappeared, Gedatsu didn't even hear the footsteps as Lepi approached, not at all subtly. Unaware until the last moment, he only felt the spike and blunt force crashing into his chest.

His mouth was blown open and his pupils returned to facing forwards. He wanted to say he found him, but he was quite literally left breathless by the touch of the fishman, sent flying backwards a couple meters. Landing on his rear, he looked down on his chest, seeing the holes left by the spikes as well as the mark left by the limb itself. Drawing a ragged breath, he realized that the fishman had torn his garment even more. With fury that made him temporarily lose his sense of pain, he rose to his feet, walking angrily forwards. Opening his mouth, he attempted to shout angrily at Lepi. YOU- but he was cut off by blood spurting from his mouth. Yet he continued his stride, waiting until he was within striking range, creating a fist that he directed with great force, amplified by his dial, towards the Fishman's own chest.

Spoiler

60 strength + C- rank vs 41 durability. One DPR lower, somewhat effective.


Jet Punch (ジェットパンチ, Jetto Panchi?): Gedatsu activates one of the extinct Jet Dials on his elbows to throw a punch so fast that he disappears. He dislikes using this technique however because activating the Jet Dial tears his clothing (particularly the part of his sleeves around the elbows).
(41 mastery, 41 strength)
DPR: B

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: xatch
Trial Of Swamp

The bony brawl beginning to bestow biblical beat-downs, bewildering blows, and a beautiful baptism below a barren bog, basting brave bishops in a bath of bitter bereavement, while a boastful bully basks blissfully like a Boss. Plunging his Bone arm into the swamp where there priest had just filled his lungs with disgusting viscous liquid as his final gurgles released his soul from his mortal coil.

He gasped for air, grabbing wildly, even calling out to Gedatsu or God to please save him. But there was no response. Long before he tired the soft, spongy wetness encased him, closing off any escape or oxygen.

Xatch blindly feels for the strange weapon the priest still had clutched in his dead hand. After a few moments the humandril pull out the odd sea shell shaped item the dead priest was still grasping. Quickly inspecting it, So this thing causes cuts? Thought Xatch as he turned the device around and inspected it thoroughly. Noticing a button on the apex of the shell, Xatch stares into the hole as he presses the button.... SHING* A pressurized blast of air shoots directly into Xatch's face, making him drop the dial and lessening the effect of the slash to his face. Looking around embarrassed to make sure no one saw what just happened. Xatch picks back up the shell and places it the crux of his hand with the exit port facing away from his body, and thumb on the apex trigger. I think I get it now! Xatch thinks to himself as he looks over at his Nakama's fight. Meanwhile there is a big "X" shaped slash on xatch's skull that he cant see.

It seems the Very Nakama had just delivered a serious blow to his enemy but was in line to receive a counter of his own.

Opening his mouth, he attempted to shout angrily at Lepi. YOU- but he was cut off by blood spurting from his mouth. Yet he continued his stride, waiting until he was within striking range, creating a fist that he directed with great force, amplified by his dial, towards the Fishman's own chest.

From this distance there wasn't much Xatch could do to interfere or stop the already thrown punch, But Xatch did again notice a strange set of shells his opponent had attached to their elbows in order to increase their fighting capabilities. Not wanting to risk his Nakama's well being Xatch decides to try a new technique he just learned.

As the Skeleton starts to move towards the conflict between Gedatsu and Lepi, he balls the dial up in his fist, Rears back like a baseball pitcher with one leg in the air to gain momentum. Slamming his raised leg down and using that momentum to transfer the energy into a powerful punch, The Skeleton detaches his arm at the elbow and sends it flying at Lepi (where Gedatsu is heading) in hopes of catching Gedatsu off guard, the flying punch is aimed towards where Xatch thinks the back of his head will be.

Spoiler: Abilities used

Humandrill Mimick- Axe dial- Requires 31 Mastery (41 mimick)
Allows the user to absorb and shoot back cutting attacks equal to mastery +2 ranks.
(this was used on myself accidentally but was dropped so it didn't do full damage)

Yomi Yomi pistol- Throwing a hard punch at the air, the fist is detached to create a flying punch... The fist can stay closed for a punch, or open to grab and latch onto the opponent... The fist will need to be retrieved, at higher mastery of can crawl back..
41mastery, 41str, 41spd, C DPR

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: joby

TRIAL OF GOD
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The sound of Jobymamushi’s arms cutting through space exploded with the roar of cannonfire. the ominous electrical light from above bounced off the reflective and elastic surface of Jobymamushi's fuzzy rubber arms covered in Haki. The molten metal, which the self identified ‘God’ had sent out to shield his precious arc, flowed outward around the hull of the ship, cooling in place just as Jobymamushi’s left arm struck the barrier with a loud KLANG!!!

KLANG!!!!! The sound rang out like the deep bellowing of an enormous iron bell. Hmmm too slow stupid Joby HEEHEE The mink’s smile cracked even larger. They could tell the outcome from the first strike.

Joby’s right fist connected with the barrier as their left arm snapped back as quickly as it had been deployed. This time the healthy and full-bodied tone the metal had made came out more like a horrifying screech as it yielded to the force of Joby’s blow and crashed into the hull of the Ark. The wooden planks splintered and cracked as whole sections of the front of the ship began to come loose and creak from the force. The additional momentum from Kiki running full speed toward the Ark gave Joby’s punches a much appreciated extra ‘oomph’! The gold cracked under the pressure as Joby’s fist pulled back and their left arm struck again in the same place! This time the gold completely gave way and the only sound that could be heard was the sound barrier exploding outward from behind Jobymamushi’s elbows in conversation with the explosion of wood and mechanical bits from the Ark as the blunt end of Joby’s arm, where their hand had once rested, hit its target dead on.


Suddenly something in the light above began to shift.

Joby could feel the hair on their neck stand on end. Well that can't be good HEEHEE! Something big was coming. But Jobymamushi couldn’t afford to let this opportunity slip through their fingers…. no matter how many they’d already lost on this god forsaken island. They had to stay focused on their attack no matter what.


As Jobymamushi’s right first fired off another shot of their ‘Gattling Gun’ into the Ark, a massive bolt of electricity rained down from the clouds and striking Jobymamushi as they stood atop Kiki's head. Joby being made of rubber, had a natural defense against the phenomenon. (Gomu gives +1 to electrical durability). They could feel their whole body burning, it was strange, Joby had been struck by lightning before and felt nothing. This was a markedly different experience. Their muscles did not spasm and contract as normal flesh would and their skin did not boil and char as any others’ would have—but god damn did it hurt. On some level, somewhere in the depths of their subconscious in that moment, Jobymamushi made a mental note to defend at least a little bit against the next lightning based attack. Even as pain shot through every inch of their body however, the crazy mink could not help but smile. What are the odds? they thought. Of all the abilities that curse these seas, of all the myriad beings and things that inhabit this vast and wondrous plane—how could it be that these two would find themselves here and now? A man with a seemingly unstoppable power over the most violent and vicious expression of nature's aggression in its rawest form, and a crazy monkey with the one body impervious to its most devastating effects.

Jobymamushi remembered back to when Shalki had first joined the crew. The cyborg had expressed great confusion over Joby’s gomu gomu powers. On the islands floating in the sky, the substance known to those of the Blue Seas as ‘rubber’, did not exist.

As Joby began to acclimate to the sensation of burning pain within their chest, the mink let out an aggravated and guttural roar!

Now, with their right arm elbow deep in the Ark's guts, Jobymamushi was ready to fuck shit up proper.

Instead of pulling their fist back from within the Ark this time, Jobymamushi unclenched their fingers and allowed them to stretch out within the bowels of Enel’s ship, grabbing on to as much of its innards as possible and squeezing as tight as their strength would allow.


They needed to be cognizant of how much Haki and energy they were using with maintaining gears 2 and 3 simultaneously… after this, they’d need to catch their breath a bit.

Jobymamushi tensed every muscle in their right shoulder, forcing all the air from their left arm into their right as their fist grew in size within the Ark, securing their grip even further and causing even further structural damage within the ship as they pull down with all their strength, attempting to pull the ark down out of the sky and plummet it monstrosity deep into the Vearth in front of where Kiki now stood! Jobymamushi knew that they were at a severe disadvantage as long as Enel had that ship. The first order of business was to sink it at all costs.

GOMU GOMU NO: GIGANT JET HAMMER!!!

Spoiler: technique used

Gear 2 + GeOriginal Post By: ar 3 + Hardening version of (improvising since there is no official gear 3 version of this attack but the intent is the same)
-Gomu Gomu no Jet Hammer (ゴムゴムのJET (ジェット) ハンマー Gomu Gomu no Jetto Hanmā?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Jet Hammer"): The Gear Second version of Gomu Gomu no Ozuchi. The user wraps their legs around their opponent and, at an extreme speed, smashes them into the ground. Unlike the normal version, the user does not twist, and then un-twist their legs during the execution of this technique.(61 Mastery, 61 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: A

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: smileyman

The Trial of God

Enel stood at the edge of the deck, looking down on the carnage below. He felt another of his useless priests fading from this world. Two more were still fighting. What a pathetic bunch. Must he do everything himself? He refocused his attention on the creatures below. The smaller of the two that caught his attention suddenly started transforming his body, enlarging his fist. Feeling that this could be troubled, the God reached out with his mantra. He could not send down an El Thor from the skies, as he was too close to the ship, but something similar might work.

Channeling electricity through his trident, he extended the gold, sending it flying into the golden face on the wall in front of the deck on the Maxim. Still keeping his eyes on the beasts below, he channeled even more electricity, swinging his weapon forth, pulling parts of the gold free much like flowing water. Over the edge of the deck and down below, it formed a shield alongside the hull of the great Ark. Then, with his free hand Enel stretched towards the sky, the clouds starting to churn and spin, rumbling deeply.

Bringing his hand down towards the surface below, the heaven spewed forth an arc of lightning, surging into the remnants of the gold face, before moving down below. The gold budged from each of the hits from the monkey, but quickly reshaped to a shield. After a few attacks, the lightning strike reached below, surging into the massive, blackened fists. Enel did not know how effective it would be, but it should at least be enough to deter the assailant. Together with his own electricity and that of the strike, the gold was sure to be scorching hot. If it did not deter him, the liquid gold wold start to attempt to wrap itself around the attacker.

Spoiler

-Gloam Paddling (雷冶金（グローム･パドリング） Gurōmu Padoringu?, literally translated as "Thunder Metallurgy"): The user uses their electrical powers to heat and melt nearby metal and then reshape it into anything they desire.(21 Mastery)
-Raigo (雷迎 Raigō?, literally translated as "Thunder Greeting"): The user combines their own electric powers with the Ark Maxim to create a huge spherical cloud filled with electricity.
(61 Mastery)(requires Ark Maxim) Destructive Potency Rank: A

"The gold its melting like ice cream! Some sweet caramel covered ice cream!" Kiki thought to himself but he had to force himself to focus again. He was angry at himself because the thought already made him hungry.

Realising that the Captain was still on his head/shoulder, he quickly stopped worrying about the melting ice hmm... Gold, knowing that the captain would handle it if it became a problem.

TRIAL OF GOD
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The sound of Jobymamushi’s arms cutting through space exploded with the roar of cannonfire. the ominous electrical light from above bounced off the reflective and elastic surface of Jobymamushi's fuzzy rubber arms covered in Haki. The molten metal, which the self identified ‘God’ had sent out to shield his precious arc, flowed outward around the hull of the ship, cooling in place just as Jobymamushi’s left arm struck the barrier with a loud KLANG!!!

KLANG!!!!! The sound rang out like the deep bellowing of an enormous iron bell. Hmmm too slow stupid Joby HEEHEE The mink’s smile cracked even larger. They could tell the outcome from the first strike.

Joby’s right fist connected with the barrier as their left arm snapped back as quickly as it had been deployed. This time the healthy and full-bodied tone the metal had made came out more like a horrifying screech as it yielded to the force of Joby’s blow and crashed into the hull of the Ark. The wooden planks splintered and cracked as whole sections of the front of the ship began to come loose and creak from the force. The additional momentum from Kiki running full speed toward the Ark gave Joby’s punches a much appreciated extra ‘oomph’! The gold cracked under the pressure as Joby’s fist pulled back and their left arm struck again in the same place! This time the gold completely gave way and the only sound that could be heard was the sound barrier exploding outward from behind Jobymamushi’s elbows in conversation with the explosion of wood and mechanical bits from the Ark as the blunt end of Joby’s arm, where their hand had once rested, hit its target dead on.


Suddenly something in the light above began to shift.

Joby could feel the hair on their neck stand on end. Well that can't be good HEEHEE! Something big was coming. But Jobymamushi couldn’t afford to let this opportunity slip through their fingers…. no matter how many they’d already lost on this god forsaken island. They had to stay focused on their attack no matter what.


As Jobymamushi’s right first fired off another shot of their ‘Gattling Gun’ into the Ark, a massive bolt of electricity rained down from the clouds and striking Jobymamushi as they stood atop Kiki's head. Joby being made of rubber, had a natural defense against the phenomenon. (Gomu gives +1 to electrical durability). They could feel their whole body burning, it was strange, Joby had been struck by lightning before and felt nothing. This was a markedly different experience. Their muscles did not spasm and contract as normal flesh would and their skin did not boil and char as any others’ would have—but god damn did it hurt. On some level, somewhere in the depths of their subconscious in that moment, Jobymamushi made a mental note to defend at least a little bit against the next lightning based attack. Even as pain shot through every inch of their body however, the crazy mink could not help but smile. What are the odds? they thought. Of all the abilities that curse these seas, of all the myriad beings and things that inhabit this vast and wondrous plane—how could it be that these two would find themselves here and now? A man with a seemingly unstoppable power over the most violent and vicious expression of nature's aggression in its rawest form, and a crazy monkey with the one body impervious to its most devastating effects.

Jobymamushi remembered back to when Shalki had first joined the crew. The cyborg had expressed great confusion over Joby’s gomu gomu powers. On the islands floating in the sky, the substance known to those of the Blue Seas as ‘rubber’, did not exist.

As Joby began to acclimate to the sensation of burning pain within their chest, the mink let out an aggravated and guttural roar!

Now, with their right arm elbow deep in the Ark's guts, Jobymamushi was ready to fuck shit up proper.

Instead of pulling their fist back from within the Ark this time, Jobymamushi unclenched their fingers and allowed them to stretch out within the bowels of Enel’s ship, grabbing on to as much of its innards as possible and squeezing as tight as their strength would allow.


They needed to be cognizant of how much Haki and energy they were using with maintaining gears 2 and 3 simultaneously… after this, they’d need to catch their breath a bit.

Jobymamushi tensed every muscle in their right shoulder, forcing all the air from their left arm into their right as their fist grew in size within the Ark, securing their grip even further and causing even further structural damage within the ship as they pull down with all their strength, attempting to pull the ark down out of the sky and plummet it monstrosity deep into the Vearth in front of where Kiki now stood! Jobymamushi knew that they were at a severe disadvantage as long as Enel had that ship. The first order of business was to sink it at all costs.

GOMU GOMU NO: GIGANT JET HAMMER!!!

Spoiler: technique used

Gear 2 + Gear 3 + Hardening version of (improvising since there is no official gear 3 version of this attack but the intent is the same)
-Gomu Gomu no Jet Hammer (ゴムゴムのJET (ジェット) ハンマー Gomu Gomu no Jetto Hanmā?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Jet Hammer"): The Gear Second version of Gomu Gomu no Ozuchi. The user wraps their legs around their opponent and, at an extreme speed, smashes them into the ground. Unlike the normal version, the user does not twist, and then un-twist their legs during the execution of this technique.(61 Mastery, 61 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: A

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Kiki saw the captains attack, which he didn't notice before, land which appeared to land successfully. He sent another barrage of attacks towards the mean man's ship and then grabbed onto the Hull.

Kiki had assumed that the captain would pull himself towards the ship but he never left kiki's head/shoulder. When he noticed the muscles in the captains stretched arms tighten he knew exactly what the captain was trying to do.

He kept running but he prepared himself mentally. If that ships dropped by as much as a meter, Kiki would be in range and would jump with both feet off the ground and grabbed onto the Hull. Kiki knew his immense weight would aid in bringing that ship to the ground.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: ziosa
Trial of Ball
The Shandians attack with equal resolve, they were reclaiming Upper Yard from the people that had taken it over; clashing with their foes several overwhelmed their enemys while several others were pushed back. The two groups were now down to a smaller amount to what they were but they keep attacking each other.

Grimacing a bit from the pain, Genbo keeps trying to push them back; only noticing that several people had moved to attack from multiple directions at once after a few moments had passed. Being slightly faster than the Divine Soldiers, the large man swings his bazooka to strike the people on his right; hoping to stop their attacks. While doing this he takes out an Axe Dial to attack his enemies coming on the right, hoping that he was both fast enough and it would be enough to stop them; he activates it towards them.

Laki looks down from the tree branch, seeing that she had got one of them but the other shots had missed her targets. Someone pokes their head out so she aims at them, only for them to bring their head back into cover before she can fire, cursing she stops aiming at them. Several moments pass before several soldiers come out of cover charging at her; Laki doesnt bother aiming too much since there wasnt much distance between her and them, firing down at them as a group rather than trying to hit any in particular.

His strategy seemingly working, Kamakiri relaxes a little only to suddenly see a massive column of lightning in the distance. One of the few Shandians to react to it, the warrior is distracted when the soldier comes through the flames at him. Looking back infront of him, he sees them coming at him; remaining quite calm he brings his Axe Dial up infront of him. Trying to use it on the soldier, the spear ends up inbetween them as they were already attacking.

Still running from the poison cloud, Wiper thinks about climbing one of the trees to try and get closer to his enemy; before he can though two more balls are sent his way. Choosing to destroy these first, the Shandian only slightly slows down as he aims and fires at them. The area being suddenly lit by the column of lighting, he doesnt see what is inside them; looking at the bright light Wiper figures out who must have been the one who did it near instantly.

Gan Fall's Home
Landing on the platform by their house, Pierre folds his wings against his body and heads into the building. Gan Fall gets off when they stop in the middle of the room.

Taking the still limp body of Shalki, the former God places them on the bed in the corner of the room. Standing up, he inspects the cyborg in more detail than before.

"Even if I knew how to fix your strange body, it would take a long time to recover from this sort of damage" Gan Fall strokes his beard "I doubt you will be up and about in under a year, but I will do my best to help you in anyway I can" the old man promises the broken body infront of him, vowing to not let him die.

Pierre walks over and lies down on the floor near the bed, neighing and poking them with his nose.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: ranger

Shalki's Home (present time)

Spoiler: Heartful

Yera took a long time to move since Shalki entered suddenly and left suddenly yet again, declaring his vengeance for their mother's life. It was too quick and confusing for her to bear. At first she lay down on the entrance hallway floor, curled up and cried. She cried from the warm memories of Reli. Her beautiful smile and loving touch. She cried for the terror of the skeleton she saw killing the men outside. How it reminded her of what her father fought everyday. The eternal war with the Shandians. She cried of joy for seeing her brother again for a moment... and in anger that he left so soon. She slammed her fist into the hard wood floor.

When she finally had gotten enough energy to stand up straight and not fall over in fear she managed to grab hold of the staircase railing beside her. She felt so weak. What could I even do? She thought. I'm just a girl. I can't do anything about the problems around me... She would meekly pull herself up step by step. When she finally reached the top of the stairs she almost fell over again. This time knocking into the bright tan colored wall. She didn't even notice that it hurt. And now... Shalki is going to... she realized somthing... He can't possibly defeat God! The intensity of the realization brought about the eruption of sorrow yet again. She slid down the wall.

(2:00 in the song)
Down on her knees her brilliant blonde hair fell over her face masking herself from the world before her. Only inside her mind. He'll die! "SHALKI!!!!!!!!! SHALKI!!!!!!" she screamed with all her might. A waterfall of pain and despair running down her tender skin. "BROTHER PLEASE COME BACK!!!!!!" her face lifted up towards the further heavens if there was such a place please... please mom, watch over him.

Downstairs the front door opened suddenly slamming into the side of the home. Patos ran inside. "Yera! Yera! Where is Shalki?". He was in full uniform. Sweating heavily. He had just run all the way from the station across town to get home when he heard the news that Shalki had returned home. "I just heard you screaming his name!"

*uhgn-Huuuu!* Yera gasped for a breath, still letting her emotions out at the same time, distorting her breath into a tear-jerking cry for help.

"YERA!" Patos bolted up the stairs to his daughter. "What happened to you?" the currently caring father took his little girl in his arms. She turned to face him with a wrinkled face. Dripping with tears. "D... Dad... I'm sorry! I-... didn't finish dinner yet..."

Gan Fall's Home​

Shalki's cold body nudged as Pierre nuzzled him. He wouldn't get up anymore. He would not be able to answer Yera's heart wrenching calls...

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: chris mic

Trial of Swamp

Gedatsu thought he heard someone call out to him, but he paid them no heed. His foe had once again vanished. Unable to see him, he stopped. He turned his head to the left and to the right "looking" in either direction. Not there either. Quite the peculiar fellow the priest thought to himself, standing there, his pupils hidden in the top of his eyes, actually unable to see anything. So obsessed with his foe having disappeared, Gedatsu didn't even hear the footsteps as Lepi approached, not at all subtly. Unaware until the last moment, he only felt the spike and blunt force crashing into his chest.

His mouth was blown open and his pupils returned to facing forwards. He wanted to say he found him, but he was quite literally left breathless by the touch of the fishman, sent flying backwards a couple meters. Landing on his rear, he looked down on his chest, seeing the holes left by the spikes as well as the mark left by the limb itself. Drawing a ragged breath, he realized that the fishman had torn his garment even more. With fury that made him temporarily lose his sense of pain, he rose to his feet, walking angrily forwards. Opening his mouth, he attempted to shout angrily at Lepi. YOU- but he was cut off by blood spurting from his mouth. Yet he continued his stride, waiting until he was within striking range, creating a fist that he directed with great force, amplified by his dial, towards the Fishman's own chest.

Spoiler

60 strength + C- rank vs 41 durability. One DPR lower, somewhat effective.


Jet Punch (ジェットパンチ, Jetto Panchi?): Gedatsu activates one of the extinct Jet Dials on his elbows to throw a punch so fast that he disappears. He dislikes using this technique however because activating the Jet Dial tears his clothing (particularly the part of his sleeves around the elbows).
(41 mastery, 41 strength)
DPR: B

Lepi was in shock of the impact. Gritting his teeth and opening his eyes up he audibly said Yikes once more.

His arm deflating, and seeing the delirious state his opponent was in, he couldn't help but feel sorry. Assuming a calm state once more, crossing his arms and wondering what to do, a few thoughts went through his head. Honestly this guy is bothering me... I wanted to be friends but I ended up hurting him pretty badly. Oh well, we got a doctor on our ship! If need be, we'll heal him back up! For now, I must not forget the task at hand! This is the life I've chosen as a pirate! My world's on fire... how about yours, priest?

That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored! declared Lepi, not realizing his internal monologue had become spoken, lacking the context to make sense for anyone in hearing range. That didn't matter however, as Lepi lost his crossed stance upon realization Gedatsu was coming back. Having the resolve to end the trial, Lepi didn't move. Instead, he placed his left arm in front of his torso and started inflating it, the spikes standing tremendous. Planting his feet on the ground, he adjusted his hat with his free hand, braced for impact and smirked.

Swole Defence! Make me proud, lefty!

Spoiler

-Swole Defence - Arm:
Swell up your arm and hand to enlarge it and the spikes on it due to your Pufferfish Fishman nature and defend against an opponent's attack directed towards your upper side. The opponent will be damaged for attacking you. (21 Fishman Krate and 21 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: C (For Defence). 1-turn cooldown.

The impact was inevitable! However, at that moment, Lepi's eye caught something in his peripheral vision.

Wh--

It was his comrade's fist, heading right for him?!

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: larsi

Trial Of Swamp

The bony brawl beginning to bestow biblical beat-downs, bewildering blows, and a beautiful baptism below a barren bog, basting brave bishops in a bath of bitter bereavement, while a boastful bully basks blissfully like a Boss. Plunging his Bone arm into the swamp where there priest had just filled his lungs with disgusting viscous liquid as his final gurgles released his soul from his mortal coil.

Xatch blindly feels for the strange weapon the priest still had clutched in his dead hand. After a few moments the humandril pull out the odd sea shell shaped item the dead priest was still grasping. Quickly inspecting it, So this thing causes cuts? Thought Xatch as he turned the device around and inspected it thoroughly. Noticing a button on the apex of the shell, Xatch stares into the hole as he presses the button.... SHING* A pressurized blast of air shoots directly into Xatch's face, making him drop the dial and lessening the effect of the slash to his face. Looking around embarrassed to make sure no one saw what just happened. Xatch picks back up the shell and places it the crux of his hand with the exit port facing away from his body, and thumb on the apex trigger. I think I get it now! Xatch thinks to himself as he looks over at his Nakama's fight. Meanwhile there is a big "X" shaped slash on xatch's skull that he cant see.

It seems the Very Nakama had just delivered a serious blow to his enemy but was in line to receive a counter of his own.

From this distance there wasn't much Xatch could do to interfere or stop the already thrown punch, But Xatch did again notice a strange set of shells his opponent had attached to their elbows in order to increase their fighting capabilities. Not wanting to risk his Nakama's well being Xatch decides to try a new technique he just learned.

As the Skeleton starts to move towards the conflict between Gedatsu and Lepi, he balls the dial up in his fist, Rears back like a baseball pitcher with one leg in the air to gain momentum. Slamming his raised leg down and using that momentum to transfer the energy into a powerful punch, The Skeleton detaches his arm at the elbow and sends it flying at Lepi (where Gedatsu is heading) in hopes of catching Gedatsu off guard, the flying punch is aimed towards where Xatch thinks the back of his head will be.

Spoiler: Abilities used

Humandrill Mimick- Axe dial- Requires 31 Mastery (41 mimick)
Allows the user to absorb and shoot back cutting attacks equal to mastery +2 ranks.
(this was used on myself accidentally but was dropped so it didn't do full damage)

Yomi Yomi pistol- Throwing a hard punch at the air, the fist is detached to create a flying punch... The fist can stay closed for a punch, or open to grab and latch onto the opponent... The fist will need to be retrieved, at higher mastery of can crawl back..
41mastery, 41str, 41spd, C DPR

@Larsi , @Chris Mic

Lepi was in shock of the impact. Gritting his teeth and opening his eyes up he audibly said Yikes once more.

His arm deflating, and seeing the delirious state his opponent was in, he couldn't help but feel sorry. Assuming a calm state once more, crossing his arms and wondering what to do, a few thoughts went through his head. Honestly this guy is bothering me... I wanted to be friends but I ended up hurting him pretty badly. Oh well, we got a doctor on our ship! If need be, we'll heal him back up! For now, I must not forget the task at hand! This is the life I've chosen as a pirate! My world's on fire... how about yours, priest?

That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored! declared Lepi, not realizing his internal monologue had become spoken, lacking the context to make sense for anyone in hearing range. That didn't matter however, as Lepi lost his crossed stance upon realization Gedatsu was coming back. Having the resolve to end the trial, Lepi didn't move. Instead, he placed his left arm in front of his torso and started inflating it, the spikes standing tremendous. Planting his feet on the ground, he adjusted his hat with his free hand, braced for impact and smirked.

Swole Defence! Make me proud, lefty!

Spoiler

-Swole Defence - Arm:
Swell up your arm and hand to enlarge it and the spikes on it due to your Pufferfish Fishman nature and defend against an opponent's attack directed towards your upper side. The opponent will be damaged for attacking you. (21 Fishman Krate and 21 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: C (For Defence). 1-turn cooldown.

The impact was inevitable! However, at that moment, Lepi's eye caught something in his peripheral vision.

Wh--

It was his comrade's fist, heading right for him?!

Trial of Swamp

Gedatsu felt impact, and then pain, before the sensation in his hands disappeared. His vision turned red, he was unsure if it was because of his anger or because of the blood of their clash. He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind a haze.
In his trance like state, he continued to punch at Lepi, all semblance of sense gone from his mind, not that there was much there to begin with.

His punches had more force behind them than the creature's defense, so although his hands were mangled, the fishman was sure to receive his own punishment for weathering the assault head on. However, unbeknownst to Gedatsu, his mind far too clouded to be able to use mantra, his two lackeys had been defeated, and the skeleton creature moved on to him. After a few more punches thrown at his foe, he staggered forward, his vision darkening. Falling forward, the priest had visible cuts across the back of his head. Limp as a sack of meat he fell towards Lepi, or the ground if tbe fishman moved, knocked laying unmoving.

TRIAL OF GOD
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The sound of Jobymamushi’s arms cutting through space exploded with the roar of cannonfire. the ominous electrical light from above bounced off the reflective and elastic surface of Jobymamushi's fuzzy rubber arms covered in Haki. The molten metal, which the self identified ‘God’ had sent out to shield his precious arc, flowed outward around the hull of the ship, cooling in place just as Jobymamushi’s left arm struck the barrier with a loud KLANG!!!

KLANG!!!!! The sound rang out like the deep bellowing of an enormous iron bell. Hmmm too slow stupid Joby HEEHEE The mink’s smile cracked even larger. They could tell the outcome from the first strike.

Joby’s right fist connected with the barrier as their left arm snapped back as quickly as it had been deployed. This time the healthy and full-bodied tone the metal had made came out more like a horrifying screech as it yielded to the force of Joby’s blow and crashed into the hull of the Ark. The wooden planks splintered and cracked as whole sections of the front of the ship began to come loose and creak from the force. The additional momentum from Kiki running full speed toward the Ark gave Joby’s punches a much appreciated extra ‘oomph’! The gold cracked under the pressure as Joby’s fist pulled back and their left arm struck again in the same place! This time the gold completely gave way and the only sound that could be heard was the sound barrier exploding outward from behind Jobymamushi’s elbows in conversation with the explosion of wood and mechanical bits from the Ark as the blunt end of Joby’s arm, where their hand had once rested, hit its target dead on.


Suddenly something in the light above began to shift.

Joby could feel the hair on their neck stand on end. Well that can't be good HEEHEE! Something big was coming. But Jobymamushi couldn’t afford to let this opportunity slip through their fingers…. no matter how many they’d already lost on this god forsaken island. They had to stay focused on their attack no matter what.


As Jobymamushi’s right first fired off another shot of their ‘Gattling Gun’ into the Ark, a massive bolt of electricity rained down from the clouds and striking Jobymamushi as they stood atop Kiki's head. Joby being made of rubber, had a natural defense against the phenomenon. (Gomu gives +1 to electrical durability). They could feel their whole body burning, it was strange, Joby had been struck by lightning before and felt nothing. This was a markedly different experience. Their muscles did not spasm and contract as normal flesh would and their skin did not boil and char as any others’ would have—but god damn did it hurt. On some level, somewhere in the depths of their subconscious in that moment, Jobymamushi made a mental note to defend at least a little bit against the next lightning based attack. Even as pain shot through every inch of their body however, the crazy mink could not help but smile. What are the odds? they thought. Of all the abilities that curse these seas, of all the myriad beings and things that inhabit this vast and wondrous plane—how could it be that these two would find themselves here and now? A man with a seemingly unstoppable power over the most violent and vicious expression of nature's aggression in its rawest form, and a crazy monkey with the one body impervious to its most devastating effects.

Jobymamushi remembered back to when Shalki had first joined the crew. The cyborg had expressed great confusion over Joby’s gomu gomu powers. On the islands floating in the sky, the substance known to those of the Blue Seas as ‘rubber’, did not exist.

As Joby began to acclimate to the sensation of burning pain within their chest, the mink let out an aggravated and guttural roar!

Now, with their right arm elbow deep in the Ark's guts, Jobymamushi was ready to fuck shit up proper.

Instead of pulling their fist back from within the Ark this time, Jobymamushi unclenched their fingers and allowed them to stretch out within the bowels of Enel’s ship, grabbing on to as much of its innards as possible and squeezing as tight as their strength would allow.


They needed to be cognizant of how much Haki and energy they were using with maintaining gears 2 and 3 simultaneously… after this, they’d need to catch their breath a bit.

Jobymamushi tensed every muscle in their right shoulder, forcing all the air from their left arm into their right as their fist grew in size within the Ark, securing their grip even further and causing even further structural damage within the ship as they pull down with all their strength, attempting to pull the ark down out of the sky and plummet it monstrosity deep into the Vearth in front of where Kiki now stood! Jobymamushi knew that they were at a severe disadvantage as long as Enel had that ship. The first order of business was to sink it at all costs.

GOMU GOMU NO: GIGANT JET HAMMER!!!

Spoiler: technique used

Gear 2 + Gear 3 + Hardening version of (improvising since there is no official gear 3 version of this attack but the intent is the same)
-Gomu Gomu no Jet Hammer (ゴムゴムのJET (ジェット) ハンマー Gomu Gomu no Jetto Hanmā?, literally meaning "Rubber Rubber Jet Hammer"): The Gear Second version of Gomu Gomu no Ozuchi. The user wraps their legs around their opponent and, at an extreme speed, smashes them into the ground. Unlike the normal version, the user does not twist, and then un-twist their legs during the execution of this technique.(61 Mastery, 61 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: A

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"The gold its melting like ice cream! Some sweet caramel covered ice cream!" Kiki thought to himself but he had to force himself to focus again. He was angry at himself because the thought already made him hungry.

Realising that the Captain was still on his head/shoulder, he quickly stopped worrying about the melting ice hmm... Gold, knowing that the captain would handle it if it became a problem.


Kiki saw the captains attack, which he didn't notice before, land which appeared to land successfully. He sent another barrage of attacks towards the mean man's ship and then grabbed onto the Hull.

Kiki had assumed that the captain would pull himself towards the ship but he never left kiki's head/shoulder. When he noticed the muscles in the captains stretched arms tighten he knew exactly what the captain was trying to do.

He kept running but he prepared himself mentally. If that ships dropped by as much as a meter, Kiki would be in range and would jump with both feet off the ground and grabbed onto the Hull. Kiki knew his immense weight would aid in bringing that ship to the ground.

Trial of God

God felt his masterpiece shake, splinters flying through the air. He felt anger rising within him. This creature was intent on destroying his dear creation. Unacceptable! Know your place, foul beast! Enel spoke loudly with clear disdain, as he prepared his counter measure, knowing he needed to take drastic measures to save his ship. First step was further molding the gold that had somewhat protected the ship, spreading it out almost like a sail, sending it forth like a net, trying to catch the strange monkey with the molten metal. Should it envelop Joby, the metal would first likely burn the mink's skin, then solidify in an attempt to halt their moves if nothing else at least momentarily.

Then, from his position, he sent a surge of electricity into the ark, controlling it in two ways. First, using the ship's engines and the force of his foe's punches, he steered the ship upwards and away from his assailants, creating hopefully a little distance. Secondly he used the weather machinations onboard to intensify the thunderclouds up above, the rumbling growing ever deeper. Raising his arms to the sky, the God brought them down in the direction of his foes, and with them he brought a waterfall of lightning strikes, just barely missing the ship, decimating a wide area in front of him, with Joby and Kiki in the center. Perish, insect.

Spoiler

Mamaragan (万雷（ママラガン） Mamaragan?, literally translated as "Heavy Thunder"): The thunderstorm created by Deathpiea showers lightning everywhere. The lightning bolts are much larger and more powerful than normal lightning bolts and one is enough to burn down an entire village.(61 Mastery)(requires Ark Maxim) Destructive Potency Rank: A

Trial of Ball
The Shandians attack with equal resolve, they were reclaiming Upper Yard from the people that had taken it over; clashing with their foes several overwhelmed their enemys while several others were pushed back. The two groups were now down to a smaller amount to what they were but they keep attacking each other.

Grimacing a bit from the pain, Genbo keeps trying to push them back; only noticing that several people had moved to attack from multiple directions at once after a few moments had passed. Being slightly faster than the Divine Soldiers, the large man swings his bazooka to strike the people on his right; hoping to stop their attacks. While doing this he takes out an Axe Dial to attack his enemies coming on the right, hoping that he was both fast enough and it would be enough to stop them; he activates it towards them.

Laki looks down from the tree branch, seeing that she had got one of them but the other shots had missed her targets. Someone pokes their head out so she aims at them, only for them to bring their head back into cover before she can fire, cursing she stops aiming at them. Several moments pass before several soldiers come out of cover charging at her; Laki doesnt bother aiming too much since there wasnt much distance between her and them, firing down at them as a group rather than trying to hit any in particular.

His strategy seemingly working, Kamakiri relaxes a little only to suddenly see a massive column of lightning in the distance. One of the few Shandians to react to it, the warrior is distracted when the soldier comes through the flames at him. Looking back infront of him, he sees them coming at him; remaining quite calm he brings his Axe Dial up infront of him. Trying to use it on the soldier, the spear ends up inbetween them as they were already attacking.

Still running from the poison cloud, Wiper thinks about climbing one of the trees to try and get closer to his enemy; before he can though two more balls are sent his way. Choosing to destroy these first, the Shandian only slightly slows down as he aims and fires at them. The area being suddenly lit by the column of lighting, he doesnt see what is inside them; looking at the bright light Wiper figures out who must have been the one who did it near instantly.

Trial of Ball

The melee between the two groups of soldiers was devolving into chaos, the numbers dwindling more and more by each strike. Each side was feeling fatigue and pain, but more than both they felt hate for the opposing forces. The divine soldiers took a momentary step back, regrouping, before once again leaping into combat, more of their own and their foes falling. Where there before had been more than a dozen on each side there was now only a handful total.

One of the soldiers chasing Genbo saw him draw his axe dial as his allies barely avoided the strike of the bazooka, falling behind. Finding his courage, he leaped at his foe, straight at the axe dial, however also attempting to grab the arm holding it. So unless Genbo pulled away and let him live, the soldier would grab ahold of his foe and hold him still. Not letting their ally's sacrifice go to waste, his remaining squad charged forth, surrounding the Shandian, attempting to strike him with their own axe dials from multiple angles.

As the two soldiers facing Laki charged out, leaving their last behind in cover, the Shandian wasted no time, shooting towards them. The first bullet was dodged, but the second hit its mark, and one of the two fell forwards, clutching his side. The other of the two kept his eyes on Laki, making sure to dodge better, and he had almost reached her when the first bullet finally hit him. However, using his momentum, he fell forwards, aiming to grab ahold of Laki to pin her down. It was as this was happening that the third soldier that had remained behind showed himself. Having used the distraction of his colleagues he had swung himself off the side of the branch, clutching to the underside. Climbing along he had emerged behind Laki. Quietly he pulled himself up, leaping towards her foe as his friend fell to the last bullet. With his right hand the last soldier attempted to strike Laki from behind with his axe dial.

As the axe dial lands on the first soldier, he only smiled through the pain. Falling to the attack he revealed another soldier right behind, leaping at Kamakiri, striking out with his axe dial. The rest of the soldiers, having followed in a line(that's what I meant by spear, them in a line, the one in the front taking the attack lol) spread out, each one striking out at their foe, already close enough there was little chance of him escaping unfazed.

The men charging Braham was surprised to see that he didn't move at all, simply stood there still and let them approach. They almost were afraid to approach, thinking it could be a trap, but they had come this far. Already up close to the gunman, they struck out, their dials aiming to cut into the man's flesh.

Satori was starting to get bored. The Shandian was not living up to his expectations, only running and running. Dropping off his ball, the priest landed on the branch about fifteen meters away from the leader of the heathens. Holding a ball with his right hand, he slowly walked towards the Shandian, the poison mist starting to thin out.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: don smitheroni
As the dust settles and droplets of blood fall to the ground with the eerie sound of a light sun shower, the professor gazes behind him as he sits dumbfounded that he is still alive. Standing there, right hand on the handle of his massive slab of iron, the other arm (or what was left of it.) dangling by his side dripping yet more blood into the quickly growing puddle. Gatsu stood tall, victorious... if only just so. But that could not be told from the look on his face. Wide eyed, and gritting his teeth to the point they might explode, Gatsu seemed in a ravenous trance...

"Gatsu...?" The professor uttered quite meekishly. The last time Gatsu sported a face like that... well lets just say, that incident was not something the professor wanted to see again ever in his life... Terrible thoughts began racing through his mind. It was at this point that Casca took notice of Gatsu and his expression.

"Gatsu!" Casca shouted, breaking Gatsu from his trance with a look of extreme uneasiness upon her face. It was met with an equally concerned expression from Gatsu as he realized how closely he had come to losing himself once more. "I... I'm sorry... I..." Gatsu stammers as he tries to collect himself but Casca interjects. "It's fine... we're okay."

A moment passes swiftly before it is over powered by the roar of battle echoing from across the milky way. All attention is focused on the ensuing struggle, except for a particular professor who's attention was captivated by another mysterious shell shaped object on the ground...

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: joby

Trial of God
Hell hath no fury like a Giant Drag Queen Scorned​

(Everything in blue is describing the resolution of all proposed actions from the previous turns)
Just as Jobymamushi began to pull down with all their force, smashing the Ark deep into the Vearth below, they could feel the ship begin to accelerate upwards—attempting to increase the elevation and escape their grip! The wooden frame of the leviathan screamed in agony.

Enel had vastly underestimated his opponents—such was the arrogance of a man that would call himself 'God'.

The upwards acceleration of the ship paired with the downward pull of Joby’s fully engorged bone-balloon fist which had found hold of something very large, metallic and sturdy within the ship’s guts—had the unintended consequence of making Jobymamushi’s attack even more effective than they could have possibly hoped for on their own!

The compounded force caused the mechanical heart in Joby’s grasp to be ripped free! As the massive amount of electricity powering the Ark now flooded into a compromised mechanical system—something began going horribly wrong within the Ark as many explosions could be heard from within and the wooden ship’s interior burst into flames! The fires tongued and licked at the innards of the ship, almost as if to wet their lips at the feast that now lay before them. The massive iron ball, which the inflated bones in Joby's arm had become, exploded through the bottom of the ship like cannon fire. As the catwalks and electrical piping and massive mechanical gears came tearing through with it, completely gutting the mechanical Goliath.

Jobymamushi cancels their armament haki/gear2/gear3 in order to rest a bit.

As fire and smoke erupted from the disemboweled corpse of Enel’s dreams and ambitions going up in flames—Joby couldn’t wait to see the look of indignant rage on the false god's face. Taking those who sit on high, and bringing them down low—was Every T. Jobymamushi’s greatest vice. For the captain of the Everything Pirates, there was no better high. The damage to the Ark was far beyond what could be ignored, the bottom of the ship had completely fallen out, its internal machinery was utterly destroyed, and what was left of the vessel was only so much fuel for the fires now attempting to consume its tattered remains. Under such conditions, the Ark began to drop in altitude—just within Kiki’s reach. By god, Jobymamushi fucking loved having a Giant on their crew.

But Enel would not sit idly by and watch as his dreams perished into the abyss of Joby’s crooked smile. The fool who called himself 'God' once more mobilized his precious gold to thwart his would-be-assassins’ plans. The chunks of warped and broken metal once again glowed amber hot as they flowed together into a liquid veil that rushed toward Jobymamushi in an attempt to turn the mink into a gold-plated statue version of themself!

Oooooh! How convenient! The captain of the Everything Pirates thought. With this I can fix my left hand and get paid for doing it all at the same time!

"I HUMBLY ACCEPT THIS BENEDICTION MY LORD! YAAHAAAHAAA!!!!!"

Stretching their left arm out toward the molten metal being sent their way, Jobymamushi blocks Enel’s attack by whipping the wounded stump at the end of their left wrist through the scalding hot gold, spinning the metal in on itself and wrapping it around the end of their arm like the world’s most expensive cotton candy. As the hot metal touched Joby's skin, the burning sensation shot through their nerves and the Mink started howling, "YEOWCH! YEOWCH! OWIE! FUCK THAT HURTS YAAHAAAHAAA!! The pain was worth the price of admission though since it effectively cauterized the wound at the end of Joby's arm. Due to the speed at which Joby twists, spins, and whips their arm about, the air cools the gold in place around their wrist in the form of a giant, golden ball!



It would make an acceptable temporary replacement for their left hand until they could sell it for a killing back on the Blue Seas. GOD IS INDEED GENEROUS HEEHEE!

Master No Name had taught Jobymamushi to be humble. This was not some kind of discount humbleness like thinking poorly of one’s self or being mildly ashamed of ones actions. This was true humbleness that meant knowing from the outset of your day, that you are not the main character of this world. "In everything that you do, my sweet sweet Jobymamushi, know this: this life will give you what you need, simply accept things as they come your way and never forget to say thank you!" Their master's affectionate and raspy voice caressed Joby's memories like sandpaper.
Because of this upbringing, Jobymamushi was always adaptable to the situation—they didn’t get hung up on the way things ‘ought to be’ but instead paid attention to the way things were.

Enel had become blinded by his insistence on getting his way. His arrogance had robbed him of his ability to see the world as it truly was, and left him eyes only capable of seeing what he wanted them to.

The False God wanted his precious death-machine to bring heavenly judgement down upon the lands in the sky so badly that he could not even see that his ambition did nothing but further sabotage his desire.

As the God of Thunder sent another surge of electricity into the failing Ark, attempting to produce even more thunderclouds in preparation for a devastating attack, he had completely ignored that the machinery which would allow him to do so….was metaphorically, objectively, and literally fucked.

The divine power that would have gone up into the sky and rained down upon the land, instead backfired, causing a devastating and massive electrical explosion within the ship!

The flames reflected back and lit up like sparkles of wonderment in Joby's eyes! The sight was glorious.

“ALRIGHTY KIKI-TAN LETS WRECK HIS SHIT YAAHAAHAAHAA!!!!!”

He kept running but he prepared himself mentally. If that ships dropped by as much as a meter, Kiki would be in range and would jump with both feet off the ground and grabbed onto the Hull. Kiki knew his immense weight would aid in bringing that ship to the ground.

The Giant Drag Queen leapt through the air with style and grace as her humongous man-hands grabbed hold of what remained of the front of the Ark. Under the weight of Kiki’s entire body and strength aided by gravity, the flaming husk of the Ark upon which God Enel stood in defiance of the reality around him, was smashed to hell into the Vearth he had so desperately wished to destroy.

No longer being supplied by fuel from the Ark, the ominous ceiling of black clouds up above began to thin, breaking apart to reveal a multitude of radiant beams of golden sunlight which poured down sweetly onto the lands and clouds below like honey from Heaven.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: chris mic
Trial of Swamp

Gedatsu felt impact, and then pain, before the sensation in his hands disappeared. His vision turned red, he was unsure if it was because of his anger or because of the blood of their clash. He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind a haze.
In his trance like state, he continued to punch at Lepi, all semblance of sense gone from his mind, not that there was much there to begin with.

His punches had more force behind them than the creature's defense, so although his hands were mangled, the fishman was sure to receive his own punishment for weathering the assault head on. However, unbeknownst to Gedatsu, his mind far too clouded to be able to use mantra, his two lackeys had been defeated, and the skeleton creature moved on to him. After a few more punches thrown at his foe, he staggered forward, his vision darkening. Falling forward, the priest had visible cuts across the back of his head. Limp as a sack of meat he fell towards Lepi, or the ground if tbe fishman moved, knocked laying unmoving.

And so it was, that the damaged, bloodied now fishman stared down on his opponent, who was unconscious on the ground. We could've been friends... he thought to himself, the exclaimed aloud. Bending his knees and squatting down to meet Gedatsu's ground-implanted face closer, he smiled and placed his hand on Gedatsu's head.

You were a worthy adversary! But even more than that, an awesome dude! Take it from me! I don't know if ya can hear me right now, but know this... I, Lepi, have recongized you as VERY! Perhaps, in some other time, we could meet under different circumstances... and have a drink or two!

Lepi took off his cap and held it at his chest, closing his eyes and paying his respects to the battle's end.

See ya in another life, brotha!

Lepi took his hand off Gedatsu's head, put his hat back on and turned around like a trained army soldier. Noticing his skully friend nearby, he waved at him before realizing something. It'd ruin his perfect immersion but he felt like he owed it to Gedatsu to explain. Turning around 180 degrees he smiled and made his intentions clear.

Oh we're gonna rob you btw lmao sorry

And so, he gave the go-ahead to Xatch, turning back 180 degrees again and walking away. Xatch could take whatever he wanted... but now the focus was elsewhere. Looking at the swamp once more very carefully and appreciating its ambient beauty, he adjusted his cap and spoke to himself aloud.

Alright... let's head out. We got a God to clobber!

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: xatch
Trial Of Swamp

Things were suddenly quiet and calm again. No sounds of combat or whispers of late 90's pop music. Just the serene and awesome experience that was a completely just a natural swamp thousands of meters in the air supported by clouds. The one armed skeleton felt a shiver go down his spine as the image of Joby ran through his mind, tho not knowing why. Checking behind him to make sure the Priests he fought earlier were still drown, the Humandril starts to cautiously advance towards the body of the recently felled foe. Still ready for a surprise attack, as the opponent was an unusual type, It seemed Lepi already confirmed the state of Gedatus's consciousness and secured our victory...

Lepi took off his cap and held it at his chest, closing his eyes and paying his respects to the battle's end.
See ya in another life, brotha!

Oh we're gonna rob you btw lmao sorry

Lepi walked past Xatch, understanding what must be done...

Alright... let's head out. We got a God to clobber!

Xatch waited for Lepi to walk a good distance away before he retrieved his arm and the strange shell he took off the dead priest. Re attaching his arm, Xatch stands over the unconscious body of Geadatsu, and searches it rigorously for anything of value. after retrieving 4x more unique shells, Xatch picks up the dial he knows can cut and places it at the base of Gedatsu's neck. I know the jars are for Revo's and Marines Heads... but I think priests are just as bad Xatch said as he activated the dial in an attempt to sever the mans head. *Shing* The dial released its slicing wind, as blood splattered everywhere, but gedatsu head remains attached. These Skylanders have tough bodies Xatch thought as he started pressing the button repeatedly... *shing* *Shing* *SHING* The pirate sent at least ten cuts into the mans body before he realized he could not be decapitated. NANI? Thought Xatch Maybe this guy is an actual god not that Enel guy Joby and Keeks were after... Flabbergasted by his in ability too take the mans life. Xatch decides the wings will be enough and proceeds to rip the wings right off Geadtsu's body and place them on his back for show...

Pocketing the 2x Dials that Xatch didn't understand (milky dials I didn't see them used) Xatch places a jet dial in each hand and thinks. So these allow you to move faster? with strong winds I think... Well if its anything like The other one, point it where you want to go and press the button! (Xatch saw the usage of the dials and inherently understands it.. but never actually saw it up close) placing both his hands above his head like a superhero in flight, Xatch puts the exhaust ports to the sky and yells UP UP AND AWAY!!! as he presses the apex of the shells. Just like he had planned two massive gusts of pressurized air shoot out and the result is enough to propel Xatch around at high velocity. The only problem was he faced them the wrong way. rather than jettisoning higher into the sky... Xatch pushed himself derp into the swamp....

Now trapped Xatch has only one option, Press the buttons again. A second set of blast further shoot Xatch deeper. C'mon I'm on a cloud on top of a cloud..JUST A LITTLE FURTHER The skeleton thinks as the swamp starts to drain his energy. With just enough strength to press the dials one last time, Xatch is expunged from upper yard, regaining some semblance of consciousness before crashing into Angel Island, and needing a second to regain his bearings.

Spoiler: Post order/position

@Larsi I am now out of combat and out of upper yard, I dont require a host response to continue my story, but will wait for 3-4 posts before I post again.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: smileyman

Kiki felt like he was flying. He did not care about the gold or lightning rushing down from above because his captain was dealing with it. All his focus was on the ship and bringing it down.

The moment the touched down or rather the moment his fingers touched the ship, his hair frizzed up as it has never before and all he could think was "And I'm losing control. Cause the power you're supplying. It's electrifying!" he knew that he was untouchable since he was still too high off the ground up that was quickly coming to an end as the ship crashed downwards towards the ground below until finally kiki let go and rolled on the ground (imagine a movie scene where a hero jumps from a crashing helicopter) as the ship crashed before him.

Her stood dusted off the dust from his clothes but did not even bother trying to fix his hair "Ill show that lighting man what happens to people that mess with my hair!" he thought as he walked forwards briskly. "ANNAL! Come out now and face your superiors!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. His fist came down on the pieces remaining of the ship as he crushed what he could and shoved out of the way the portions that he couldn't. He waded through and destroying wreckage as he moved and preparing to attack or evade the enemy the very first moment he sees him. "I'll crush you like we crushed this ship, you puny winged creature."

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: larsi
The Trial of God

Something was wrong. His power was weaker than it should have been,(C-rank instead of A-rank, not very effective to joby, normal damage to Kiki, both are caught within the area of effect.) far too weak. He felt the power of the heavens fade above him, the sun starting to shine through. The low rumbling was fading into nothing, his power once more being nothing more than his own. What was happening? Wait. What had that damn monkey done? Then it dawned on him that the ship no longer was making any sounds. The propellers were slowing down and the ship was starting to descend. God was angry. These heathens would feel the true wrath of God! YOOOOOOOOUUU-

Enel's voice cut off as the ship crashed into the ground, explosions engulfing the area. The ground shook and the trees shivered, wildlife running for their life. One would not be at fault to assume that even the God had died in such a devastating explosion, yet that would be underestimating him far too much. Appearing from within the wreckage was a bright blue light, taking the shape of a man with a huge belly, lightning emanating from all over his body. Leaping up, the Raijin, Enel, placed himself atop the the remnants of the golden face of his ship that jutted from the ground, a sad reminder of what had happened to his glorious creation. Anger seething from his voice, he spoke loudly, clearly for anyone nearby to hear. You best not have perished, for I am not done with you infidels yet!

Spoiler

-Max Volt Amaru (MAX 2億V･雷神（アマル） Makkusu Boruto Amaru?, literally translated as "Thunder God"): The user transforms into a gigantic Raijin-looking thunder god made of pure electricity. They can fire giant lightning blasts from their hands.(61 Mastery) Destructive Potency Rank: A

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: xatch
Angel Island

After falling from upper yard Xatch regains consciousness somewhere on Angel Island. He had luckily fallen on the outskirts of a busy town onto the milky soft cloud like surface. Looking around and gaining his composure Xatch spots a skypian casually riding a "waver" near by, His Innate humandril ancestry instinctively understands the motions and skills the operator is exhibited in order to pilot such a vehicle. After watching the sky person operate the waver for a few moments, Xatch busts out into a sprint and overtakes the rider and takes off towards angel beach with a new waver to match his new wings. SORRY! Xatch yells at the poor bastard that lost his waver just now.

After a few moments of "waver'ing" Xatch arrives back at the "Free And Easy" But isn't stopping instead the Pirate just passes by the ship and shouts a message too the fodders that were left guarding the ship... TELL THE CREW I'LL MEET THEM BACK AT "NO WHERE" IN A FEW WEEKS, AND NOT TO WAIT UP FOR ME!!! The pirate screamed the message as he "Waved" by and back down the milky road the were drug up when they first arrived. The windy white road took longer too traverse with out the aid of the lobster that ferries, but the prize at the end of the road was worth what felt like a years worth of waiting. The one thing Xatch desired more than anything was so close he could see it on the horizon...

The star like structure jutted out of the pale white clouds as Xatch's heart started to race faster and faster despite it not existing. Only a few more moments and Xatch was face too face with the example of what beautiful people wish to achieve.. The goddess of the heavens themselves AMAZON....

Back in front of the one creature in the world that Xatch would behave for, barely able to speak as the lump in his nonexistent throat choked him up as his sweat started to pour out of thin air. It usually took allot to shake and unnerve such an old and learned pirate, but it isn't also every day that a person comes face to face with destiny.

I..I...I I'm gonna leave (Xatch said as his voice trembled) My captains killing God right now, I have his dead priests wings (Points to his new wings) My crew and I are gonna head out and wreak havoc on the world, kill, steal, the whole shootin match... but if you wanted, and if you just say the words, we can ride this hog into the sunset and live out the rest of our days just the two of us basking in the warm glow of heavens sun and the raidient heat of our love and passion... Please Amazon my angel... dont be the one that gets away, just tell me you feel the same way and I will be yours for eternity... what do you say?... The pirate poured out his heart and soul in one last show of love and hopes that maybe his black and hate filled heart could once again feel love in the sweet embrace of Amazon, the most beautiful female in all the world.

@Larsi
(my heart is in your hands... if I had a heart)

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: joby

TRIAL OF GOD
a big ugly baby​

As Kiki dunked the massive ark into the ground, Jobymamushi could not help but feel the glee bubbling up in their tummy. As lightning rained down all around them in scattered and frantic patches, the fire light frolicked in Joby's heart.

What the....

BOOM!

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhaaaaaaaa——OOF!!"

The mink had been caught off guard by the explosion and they lost their footing! Falling out of their Standing Still Stance, Jobymamushi’s ‘root’ had been removed from Kiki’s skull and the Mink was sent flying backwards from the impact before slamming back-first through the wall of one of the ruins striking the ground, bouncing a few times, and finally sliding a few feet on their face at a comedically sluggish pace.

Having finally reached a point of rest, light smoke smoldered from the Mink’s singed fur and clothing. Joby pulled themself up onto their knees before falling backwards onto their bottom.... before realizing that not all of them had quite caught up yet! Their arm was still stretched out with a giant golden sphere stuck to the end of it. Their arm was attempting to return to its normal state, pulling the giant bludgeon along with it at remarkable speeds!


GONG!!!!!



The golden ball struck Joby right in the face before smashing them straight up against another wall.

Oi Oi Oi this is too much... ...this is too much...

No sooner had they finished the thought than the wall they had smashed into began to crumble and brick by brick completely collapse on top of the thoroughly fed-up monkey man.

Now lying on their back piled under a heap of ancient rock, Joby wondered in silence if they were being punished and what possibly for? None of this had really hurt them, after all, having inadvertently eaten the gomu gomu no mi as an infant—they couldn’t remember the last time falling any distance or being struck by any blow that wasn’t enforced with haki had actually caused the rubber cretin any real damage.

That being said, it wasn’t like getting thrown through a building by an explosion and having their gomu gomu brains squished in was one of Joby’s favoritest sensations.

A little delirious and dazed from the series of events Jobymamushi was seeing stars and little birdies.
But it didn’t take long for the little birdies’ faces to warp into the wrinkled and curmudgeonly, wrap-around sunglass clad visage of their late master No Name!

“My beautiful sweet and lovely Jobymamushi! QUIT YER GODDAMN LOLLIGAGGING—yer rubber! What’s a little lightning and explosions and giant metal bludgeons and a couple old brick walls??? GET YER ASS UP!”

“You try it sometime...” Joby replied out loud to themselves before tightening the muscles in their chest and taking a deep breath. This compressed a large quantity of air within their lungs without altering their shape. Then, simply by relaxing and imagining every rubbery cell in their body letting out a peaceful sigh, an airbag-like effect was created and Joby’s torso rapidly expanded like a balloon, quickly dispelling the rubbles which had momentarily buried them.

Balloon Joby bounced up and letting out their breath, returned to their normal self and gracefully landed on their feet.

Eyeing the massive golden orb beside them, Joby was feeling the heavy burden of having amassed a large quantity of material wealth.

A chill ran through their spine however as they refocused their attention on the burning remains of the Ark Maxim before them.

Kiki, furiously moving aside the wreckage looking for their enemy, backlit by hellfire, was carrying on like he didn't even notice Joby had been thrown from his head!

But then something seemed to emerge from the fire and brimstone... an ominous blueish white light that shone sinisterly like the heavens. The monstrous form of their God emerged....

You best not have perished, for I am not done with you infidels yet!

"OI! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?! KIKI-TAN QUICK! KILL IT! A GIANT GLOWING BABY ATE ENEL!"

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: don smitheroni

Across The Milky Road​

The professor, still situated on his behind, scoots himself over to the strange lance shaped object which was knocked from Shura's hands as he perished. Upon seeing it up close he notes its incredibly simple design, were it not for the button on the handle it would seem to be a normal lance. Yet the professor knew all to well what that button was for... "Remarkable! I assume one of these strange shells must power this device but its integration is utterly superb! it's nearly undetectable!" examining it closer could only reveal so much however, and so the professor concluded that the next proper course of action would be to take it apart! whipping out his handy dandy multi-tool, the professor gets to work breaking the device down. As the professor begins disassembling the strange lance he takes note of the dials' seamless integration into the weapon. "Incredible!"

"Uhm, Professor...? do you think it's safe to be doing something like that right now? with such a large battle happening just across the... river?" Casca paused to think if this flowing mass of clouds titled "the milky road" could even be called a river, but then decided to forgo the thought experiment as more pressing matters were at hand. "shouldn't we be helping them!?" Casca said with a sound of desperation in her voice, unsure of whether they even had the strength to do so and yet, unable to shirk the feeling of responsibility.

"Relax." said Gatsu as confident as ever. "Let the man tinker with his toys. it's not like we'd be much help anyway... GGHAAAAAHHHH...!!!" a bolt of pain shoots up Gatsu's arm as the adrenaline begins to fade. "AAAHHHH... DAMN...!" The amount of blood Gatsu lost during the fight is now taking its tole. "Hey Casca... if you could... take a look at my hand... that'd be great..." He said with a thud as he fell to the ground on one knee, and then teetered over onto his side.

"Gatsu!" Casca shouted as she kneels by his side examining his wounds. "Jesus, you're always pushing yourself to hard..." She said under her breath. "professor! Can't you do something?" With the current condition of Gatsu's left arm, Casca understood that unless he received some sort of advanced treatment he would loose the use of his left hand forever.

"I'm sorry my dear but I'm not that sort of doctor... The best I could do would be to bandage him up, but that wouldn't save his hand. perhaps if Kiki could escape the conflict and come to his aid, then he may have had a chance, but as it stands neither of us have the skills to truly heal him." The professor gazed down into his lap, once again confronted with his own inadequacies. "Here, use this to cauterize the wound..." He tosses her the heat dial which he just finished extracting from the device. At which point he begins modifying his own dial weapon based on the way the heat dial was integrated into the lance. "I must keep improving in whatever way I can, sulking about will get me nowhere..."

Casca uses the heat dial to cauterize Gatsu's wound, and the battle across the milky road rages on...

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: larsi

Trial of Woman

Amazon was sitting in her oversized chair in her office, reading the newspaper, the size of the thing comically large compared to herself. Her job provided her certain benefits, especially as long as she reported any illegal entries into the country. Due to how rare it was for anyone to enter Skypiea, it gave her a lot of free time to do as she pleased, such as now. Of course, that also meant less people for her to report, so she had long since decided that any entry was illegal and would report it as such. Who could fault an old lady like her for not stopping violent criminals when she at least reported it. There was no one else that wanted the job anyway. She smiled, reminded of her own cleverness as she turned a page.

The world below was a strange and wild place, she had learned years ago. Another perk of her position was a delivery of newspapers from the blue seas. As she reached a new page, she read the article, only halfway through it before chuckling. It seemed the men that had arrived earlier were thought to be dead, killed by the knock up stream. How truly ignorant of the world agents of the truth could be. She scoffed at the notion, though she did recall the one obsessed with her had looked like a walking corpse, but she no longer questioned the strange appearances of those from below. As she sat there, pondering on the article, she could hear the sound of a waver cutting through the white sea towards her. It was him!

Amazon frowned, not rising from her seat, only turning it and lowering her newspaper, regarding the strange stranger as he approached. Immediately he started speaking, spouting stuff about love and adventures like a madman. As he spoke, wheels started turning in her head, it did get a bit dull sitting here all day, perhaps she should have some fun? She did after all have chores that needed to be done. She smiled, though managed to make it a friendly one, somehow. Ah, I thank you for the offer good sir, but I am a very busy woman with many task. She paused, blinking at the skeleton. Of course, should some.... strong man appear to relieve me of my duties, I may be more free to move on. But firsf, I am hungry. She gave Xatch a pouty face and rubbed her stomach as if to emphasize her hunger. All the while she wondered how be had found out her name, becahse she couldn't recall telling him.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: smileyman

Spoiler: Font Key

Internal Thoughts
Speech
Actions

Sometimes ill do the internal though in 3rd person. then it will just be normal text.

As kiki waided through the broken pieces, his emotions calmed down and it suddenly dawned on him the damage he received from the raining lightning earlier. His heightened emotions and focus on the enemy and made him lose touch with his very own body and after calming down he felt thingly all over with very sore burn patches over potions of his body, yet he continued to look for the enemy until suddenly...

Kiki heard what he assumed was the enemies voice. "What did he just call me?" kiki thought

Anger seething from his voice, he spoke loudly, clearly for anyone nearby to hear. You best not have perished, for I am not done with you infidels yet!

Spoiler

-Max Volt Amaru (MAX 2億V･雷神（アマル） Makkusu Boruto Amaru?, literally translated as "Thunder God"): The user transforms into a gigantic Raijin-looking thunder god made of pure electricity. They can fire giant lightning blasts from their hands.(61 Mastery) Destructive Potency Rank: A

Kiki suddenly jumped back when he heard and explosion coming from the direction of the voice.

To kikis amazement in front of him stood a being twice the size of the enemy with golden lightning for a body. "What in the name of" kiki thought when he was interrupted

"OI! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?! KIKI-TAN QUICK! KILL IT! A GIANT GLOWING BABY ATE ENEL!"

Kiki wanted to say that he doesnt think that it was what joby thought it was but never the less obeyed the captains words.

Spoiler

Keri Pointe (蹴爪先 (ケリポアント) Keri Poanto?, literally meaning "Kick Claw First Pointe"): The user jumps into the air and kicks the enemy in the face with both feet. He can continue to push the enemy until he kicks them off into a nearby structure.(41 Mastery, 41 Strength and 41 Movement Speed) Destructive Potency Rank: B

41-60 Can coat entire body in invisible haki. Can use hardening on feet, hands and weapons.
First third activated

Kiki jumped into the air and forward ensuring that he didn't jump too high targeting the enemy in front of him. Kicking towards his opponents face (entire body depending in larsis size atm) with both his feet while his feet were made as hard steel with his hardening haki. Kiki hoped that this would do some damage but he did not consider that when he jumped with both feet he placed himself in a position to not be able to dodge a counter attack until he landed.

Further kiki did not realise that his captain was no longer on his shoulder.