Elemental Planes Role Play Part 2

[Philote]

One by one the group leaps off into the unknown beyond the cliff. Space and Time seem to change around them as they float into the darkness and eventually leave even the light from the portal behind. The group feels the sensation of traveling for decades, yet it all seems to pass before them in an instant. Planets and stars that could only be created by the effects of the Elemental Planes pass them by as they go. Eventually even these are left behind as well.

The group abruptly lands upon a circular platform, reaching it before it had even gained their notice. Only a few seconds had past since the group had bounded from the cliff, but they had experienced more than they could remember on the journey. The platform itself was made from a dark material that was foreign to the group. The image of a spiraling galaxy illuminated the platform from within, the light seeping through the material that was the platform. The radius of the platform seemed to be in flux, changing in length depending on how it was perceived.

Around the platform, nothing was visible, yet the group felt that they were not alone.....

[Celadon's Penultimate]

A strange hum kept me on my guard, and I tried to look to either side of myself, lest I be caught foolishly unaware.

[Philote]

The Elemental King rises through the center of the platform before the group, his lower half made from a maelstrom of every elemental energy. A voice rings from the king to issue a challenge, but his language is incomprehensible to any in the group. The two opposing sides face off against each other for a moment as a silent understanding passes between them, only one side would be leaving the platform alive.

Raising his hands together as if in prayer, the king becomes motionless above the center of the platform. A spectral shell forms around the king, just clear enough to see through to the other side. The cracks forming the details of the king's face begin to glow as he readies himself to begin the confrontation.

Phase One

Philote wrote

Alright, here we are the final battle. This is going to be a multi-phase encounter with a special rule. For this encounter only actions that make use of an Unlocked-Upgrade will have any effect, anything else will be effortlessly countered.

The currently locked skills are marked with an X and are in bold:

Philote: Water
1. Wet Lightning (Water/Energy) Blue lightning that strikes with an eruption of water.
X. Liquid Form. Liquid body to reform self.
3. Waters of Life (Water/Growth) Green herbal water that causes plants to quickly grow.
4. Ocean style. Can form aquatic animals out of liquid to fight with.
5. Abyssal Waters (Water/Dark) Deep black waters that have a pocket space within.
6. Spirits (Water/Growth) Conjured alcoholic drinks with altering effects.
7. Fountain of Knowledge (Water/???) Data filled liquid that connects with and utilizes nearby data.
Wulf: Energy/Metal
X. EMP
2. Kinetic Punches
3. Amplification
4. Electromagnetic Repulsion
5. Energy Conversion
6. Circuitry (Energy/Metal) Leaves metal circuits on surfaces that can be programmed to do specific actions.
7. Energy Shift (Energy/???) Temporarily change your prime element for one attack.
Marv: Earth
X. Sand
2. Graveyard Soil (Earth/Dark)
3. Explosive Kinetic Stone (Earth/Energy)
4. Lava Whip (Earth/Fire)
5. Stone Meld. Meld with the structures around you to create a larger golem body.
6. Earth Mass. Can affect gravity in a sphere around you.
7. Fertile Soil (Earth/Growth) Grassy Earth attacks that grow plants on impact.
Jester: Darkness
X. Shadow Solidification
2. Demon Form
3. Shadow Armor
4. Shadow Form
5. Darkness Beast
6. Twilight Slash (Dark/Light)
7. Soul Crusher
Bug: Fire
1. Fire Sword (Made of Flame)
2. Fire Conjuring
X. Spindash
4. Armor (Fire/Frost)
5. Sun’s Flame (Fire/Light) Creates miniature suns
6.
7.
Zale: Light
X. Healing
2. Force Fields (Light/Energy)
3. Laser blasts.
4. Displacement Aura
5. Light Teleportation
6.
7.
Dryad (Noire): Darkness
X. Shadow Solidification
2. Shadow Flames (Dark/Fire)
3. Shadow-Sickles (Dark/Electric)
4. Black Song (Dark/Wind)
5. Gravity Bolts (Dark/Earth) Create black spheres that have increased gravity within.
6. Nature's Shadow (Dark/Growth) Dark attacks that contain the power of nature within them.
7. Soul's Shadow (Darkness/???) Summons an alternate of yourself that has opposite abilities but shares the same goals with you.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Noire moves quickly, appearing to split into two as she summons an alternate of herself (Soul's Shadow), though the alternate has pure white skin instead of Noire's pitch black skin. The two form their respective elements (Noire-Shadow, Copy (Will call her Blanche for the time being)-Light) before solidifying them and throwing them at the Elemental King.

[Philote]

The King does not flinch as barrages of light and shadow impact upon the shell around him. The attacks cause the shell ripple and bend, moving dangerously close to the King but not quite reaching. Phi causes Wet Lighting to fall down from above to join in on the barrage, but it does not make it any further than the previous attacks. All present felt as if their powers were dampened by being in the presence of the king.

The shell stabilizes and the light from the cracks in the King's face becomes a shining light blue. The light comes out as a pulse that races to the edge of the platform, and in its wake snow and hail begin to blanket the area. The black depths of space are veiled by a roaring blizzard and harsh arctic winds barrage the group from all sides. Phi's water begins to freeze in midair as a piece of hail crashes into his shoulder.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Noire and Blanche move back from the barrage before each quickly forms a pair of sickles in hand and move back to attack again.

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Noire - Shadow Sickles (Dark/Elec)
Blanche - Radiant Sickles (Light/Ice)

Opposites (In my mind)
Fire - Water
Elec - Ice
Light - Dark
Earth - Wind/Air
Nature (N/A)

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Earth compacts around me as I shield myself from the onslaught. From with in my earthen shield, I begin to build up strength. With a roar, the stones around me explode outward toward the enemy. I charge, graveyard soil flowing around me in a raging form.

[Philote]

The King's enemies were closing in. One of Light and Dark danced around him, slashing at his defenses, while a being of the Earth clashed against him and held his focus. The spectral shell that protected him from all sides rippled after each blow against him.

The cracks in his skull changed to a soft green glow. He had to push his foes away, push them into the void beyond the platform. Roots, Brambles, Branches and all other manor of plants grow through the snowstorm and rise up around the King. The plants sweep across the platform as they wildly grow out, unhindered by the hail and ice falling from the sky.

Phi crashes through a net of thorns as he tries to escape the onslaught. Razor shards of ice narrowly miss him as he liquifies and shifts their positions. Finally, he ducks down behind a tree trunk to escape the full force of the storm. His limbs were already numb and only a scarce amount of his Wet Bolts resisted freezing to strike the King's defenses.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

The roaring cold stings against my skin, and so I quickly put up a rudimentary light shield to defend myself. If anyone else needs me to extend it to them, they'd better huddle close; I haven't got much juice.

I can't put up a strong barrier and and blast the Elemental King, too, and so I settle for what defense I can get. It's much more important for me to attack than defend, anyhow. And so, through my light shield, I opened a basketball-sized hole, and through it, fired what electrical power I could muster.

[Philote]

Together, the group strikes at once to rid the King of his defense and draw him out into the open. Marv and Phi weave their powers together into an Earthy net around the King. Marv using the powers of his Fertile Soil and Phi using his Waters of Life. Wulf even Energy Shifts to Growth and accelerates the entanglement with an application of his Growth infused Circuitry.

With the flammable plants in place, the entire team strikes. Wulf with an Amplified fiery bolt, Marv with a downpour of Kinetic Stone, Phi with several strikes of Wet Lightning, Bug with his Conjured Flames, Dryad with a mass of Shadowy Flames, Zale with a concentrated Laser Blase, and Jester with his Twilight Slash. An explosive inferno erupts on the king as the abilities set alight the Earthy net.

The battering of abilities against the King's shell finally causes it to rupture. Energy from the King's maelstrom washes over the group, pushing away the snow and growths that were assaulting the group. The King begins to swell, growing immense, and his lower half phases below ground. The platform begins to expand to accommodate the King's new size as he reaches a size that dwarfs all the Colossi before. Ice, Earth, and Metal gather around one of the King's hand, forming a titanic mountain-scape that the King strikes slowly down towards the platform.

Phi attempts to call on his favored skill, Wet Lightning, in order to defend himself against the King's next assault, but his power fails him. Even with the King hindering the group's powers even more each second, Phi felt stronger than ever as he uses his remaining abilities to fight. Instead, Phi calls up the black waters of the Abyss to assist him, sending them skyward to do what he can to the oncoming mountain.

In the empty space around the platform begins to fill with lights. Constellations of every color swirl around the group as they fight for their lives. Bright hearts of light form in the center of each constellation and then connects to the other points of light to form the image of the Colossi that the group fought so hard to defeat throughout their journey.

Phase Two

Philote wrote

The currently locked skills are marked with an X and are in bold:

Philote: Water
X. Wet Lightning (Water/Energy) Blue lightning that strikes with an eruption of water.
X. Liquid Form. Liquid body to reform self.
X. Waters of Life (Water/Growth) Green herbal water that causes plants to quickly grow.
4. Ocean style. Can form aquatic animals out of liquid to fight with.
5. Abyssal Waters (Water/Dark) Deep black waters that have a pocket space within.
6. Spirits (Water/Growth) Conjured alcoholic drinks with altering effects.
7. Fountain of Knowledge (Water/???) Data filled liquid that connects with and utilizes nearby data.
Wulf: Energy/Metal
X. EMP
2. Kinetic Punches
X. Amplification
4. Electromagnetic Repulsion
X. Energy Conversion
6. Circuitry (Energy/Metal) Leaves metal circuits on surfaces that can be programmed to do specific actions.
7. Energy Shift (Energy/???) Temporarily change your prime element for one attack.
Marv: Earth
X. Sand
X. Graveyard Soil (Earth/Dark)
X. Explosive Kinetic Stone (Earth/Energy)
4. Lava Whip (Earth/Fire)
5. Stone Meld. Meld with the structures around you to create a larger golem body.
6. Earth Mass. Can affect gravity in a sphere around you.
7. Fertile Soil (Earth/Growth) Grassy Earth attacks that grow plants on impact.
Jester: Darkness
X. Shadow Solidification
X. Demon Form
X. Shadow Armor
4. Shadow Form
5. Darkness Beast
6. Twilight Slash (Dark/Light)
7. Soul Crusher
Bug: Fire
X. Fire Sword (Made of Flame)
2. Fire Conjuring
X. Spindash
X. Armor (Fire/Frost)
5. Sun’s Flame (Fire/Light) Creates miniature suns
6.
7.
Zale: Light
X. Healing
X. Force Fields (Light/Energy)
3. Laser blasts.
4. Displacement Aura
X. Light Teleportation
6.
7.
Dryad (Noire): Darkness
X. Shadow Solidification
X. Shadow Flames (Dark/Fire)
X. Shadow-Sickles (Dark/Electric)
4. Black Song (Dark/Wind)
5. Gravity Bolts (Dark/Earth) Create black spheres that have increased gravity within.
6. Nature's Shadow (Dark/Growth) Dark attacks that contain the power of nature within them.
7. Soul's Shadow (Darkness/???) Summons an alternate of yourself that has opposite abilities but shares the same goals with you.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

I stand amazed at the power that Phi commands, staring wide eyed at the glowing constellations. For moment I am speechless before the gravity of the situation returns to the forefront of my mind. Now, it was my turn to show my power. I take a deep breath and sink quickly into the ground with a unimpressive pop.

Moments later the ground rumbles slightly and I burst forth, melded with the ground in a massive golem-like battle suit of earth and stone. I strike an impressive pose as the red hot glow of lava forms in my palm. The lava flow from my hand in an unnatural line, forming a long smouldering whip.

I roar a thundering battle cry and charge towards the oncoming mountain in a reckless attack.

[Philote]

The Abyssal Waters slow down the mountain's descent as Marv leaps into the air with his Golem body. Lava arcs upwards from Marv's palm, the whip flowing with the size of a river as it grew to strike strike at the King. The whip connects with the King's fist, liquifying the stones connecting the mountain to his hand from the extreme heat of the lava. The largest chunk of the mountain falls into Marv's grasp and he uses his Golem strength to hurl it out into the empty space beyond the group. Any remaining stones get absorbed into the pocket space produced by Phi's Abyssal Waters.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

A laugh builds in my chest. A deeply disturbed and maniacal laugh. This was true power, to stand up to the lord of all colossi. This power that I wielded was intoxicating. I laugh at the sheer joy I feel and crushing an attack so easily.

"I AM POWER! AH HA HA HA HA HA!"

With a twist of my hand I send another slash of lava whip cascading towards the colossus.

[Zaleramancer]

Gonnadiegonnadiegonnadie

Skittering across the quaking ground, I send off a spear of light towards the king, hoping to at least slightly irk him.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

I absorb what vibrational energy I can from the quaking ground, to stay as steady as possible. That kinetic energy surges through my body, seeming to take control over my impulses as the emotion of the moment continues to build. And seeing what power Marv just displayed, all I could think, when I snapped out of a momentary amazement was...I wanna try that, too.

My eyes light up yellow, and I wondered for a second...

I couldn't feel enough energy within, to be amplified into a Thunder Clap. There wasn't enough electromagnetic energy available of an EMP. And other elements seemed unavailable for me to shift to.

It seemed that I would have to attempt a direct attack.

And so I dug down deep, and let the kinetic energy around me flow into my reserves. I positioned myself like a track runner. Just a little longer. And when I could wait no longer, the eager anticipation was too much...I let rip.

Off I ran, with my speed kinetic-energy-enhanced. Positioned myself as best as I could. Ducked down, leaped up, cocked my kinetically-charged fist back, and hoped for the best as I prepared to collide with the Elemental King.

[Philote]

Black globes of water rise up around Phi and circle him. The energy from Phi's implanted Colossus heart reaches out to them, reshaping them into predators of the sea. Phi waves his hands forward, and the Abyssal Waters fly forth to join in the attacks of his comrades.

Each of the attacks impacts upon the King, he was much to big to miss at this point, and drive him down, causing him to phase lower and closer to the group. The King reaches up his left hand and energy travels to it from his wounds. Multiple panels of energy encase his hand like a gauntlet. His hand falls down to the platform, and he sweeps across with the redirected energies.

[Philote]

The hand of the Elemental King comes as a wave of death towards the group. Moving so fast that Phi only has a moment to instinctively protect himself and no one else.

Phi crouches down, bringing the protecting Abyssal Waters down around him. The water form into a tortoise shell over him, acting as an encompassing shield as the King's energies passed over.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

I have no chance to make contact with the Elemental King, due to his attack. I quickly turn my kinetic energy into a sphere of holy light around myself, to stave off the death effects. Roughly I fall to the ground, having sealed myself in something of a pathetic light-composed hamster ball.

[Philote]

The hand sweeps past the group and many either shield themselves or use their powers to speed out of the way of the wave of energies.

As Marv falls back towards the platform after his heroic leap into the air, the edge of the wave of power catches the leg of his golem body, causing him to crash down into the edge of the platform.

The King's attack manages to strike two victims. Zale and Dryad become engulfed by the torrent of power and thrust off the edge of the platform into empty space by the force. The force causes them to spin as they drift farther from the platform.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"NOOOOOOOOO!" I scream as I watch the two sail off the edge of the platform. I scramble to the edge and reach out to them.

"Quickly, grab hold!"