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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 29, 2018 14:10:03 GMT -5
"Oh you all race as well?" Seamus said. "If Kai and Zero were here then it would be Team Wolf verses Team Surge. That's the name the four of us would use for tournaments and races. Though back home they were more like battle races than anything else. We had a few close calls but somehow always managed to come out on top, usually thanks to Riley's speed or Zero's strategy."
Celeste was busy feeding of the darkness sancho Jason had made for her. "I never really liked being in Sugar rush for too long, it always made my teeth hurt."
Seamus couldn't read auras but he could tell Lucia was getting back to normal at least for now. That was good, but he knew with their luck something was going to go wrong either in Sugar Rush or Keyblade Graveyard. If she was going to be influenced by the elements around her then he would have to keep his distance while they fought whatever the remaining two heartless were. How was he going to confess his feelings for her while he had to make sure is darkness didn't influence her? he would just have to find a way, hopefully before anything happens. "Jennifer's coming huh? That's great!" Maybe she could help him figure things out and help him find a way to confess without damaging Lucia.
The world of Sugar Rush was a fun one indeed. Nearly everything was made of candy, so much so that just being in the world for too long might give you a toothache. The sound of cars zooming by filled one of he racetracks as the final stretch of a race was going on. It just so happened that Nazo was in this race. While it was true she seemed to only show enjoyment while fighting racing was just as much fun to her. She, Riley, and Shade had become sort of famous in this world after being in countless races.
Nazo was in fifth and gaining on the leading four fast, not that anyone could tell because she had made herself and her car intangible and invisible just a few minutes ago. With everyone going around another turn Nazo passed through the guy in fourth place and was now neck and neck with the girl in third. There was jut one final turn left just as Nazo made her way into second place. She didn't have a lot of time before her intangibility ran out, so she decided to us one of her old tricks. Just as the girl in first went around the last turn Nazo cut through it with a straight line. Nazo and her car now appeared tangible again, being to the right of her rival and a bit ahead of them.
"W-What?!" she said in surprise as Nazo suddenly appeared.
Nazo simply looked at her and stuck her tongue out at her as they got closer and closer to the finish line. With a near photo finish Nazo had won and they both drifted to a stop.
"No fair!"
"Sorry Pepper Minty," Nazo smirked at her. "But looks like I win again."
"We're going again!" Pepper protested. "I am going to find a way to beat that if it takes all day!"
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Post by Ziya on Jul 29, 2018 15:02:20 GMT -5
Lucia grinned at Seamus' words, glad to finally have a potential rival again, before looking at Jason again. "By the way, why is it taking so long for us to get there?" Jason shrugged as he cleaned up the dishes and stood. "It's pretty far past the Garden on the other side. The Nav said it would be five hours."
Lucia sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose in a familiar way before standing up herself. "Jason, you do know the ship has a Warp Gummi installed, right? Aura, engage Warp to destination." After the now-familiar pause the A.I. responded. "Warp drive activated. New ETA, five minutes." Lucia walked toward the door intending to head back to her room and finish getting dressed as she called out over her shoulder. "Much better. If you've got prep to do I'd do it now. Where did I put those gloves..."
Jennifer stood in the living room of the trio's base back on Radiant Garden, Jason's note in hand. She had opted to dress casually in white denim jeans and a jacket of the same material, with a vivid blue shirt underneath and her old fingerless driving gloves, also white. "Here's hoping we can talk some sense into her." She giggled a bit as she remembered the last line. "I'd have never thought she'd fall for someone though! Ah well, let's get going."
She concentrated, pulling all the Light out of the area in front of her in order to open a Corridor of Darkness. After a moment it finally worked, eliciting a satisfied cry from Jennifer as she jumped through it...
And promptly fell on her face on the track. Groaning in pain she rolled over, only to find that the destination portal had been facing the ground. "Ugh, I've got to figure out how to do that better..." Still dazed slightly she sat up, platinum blonde hair falling across her face before she saw Nazo. A blank look was all she had for her before recognition bloomed, quickly followed by her usual bright smile. "Ah, hey Nazo! How's it hanging?"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 29, 2018 17:16:34 GMT -5
Seamus actually smiled back at Lucia as she grinned, only for his face to turn red once we realized it. He turned to a snickering Celeste to say something before wrap drive was activated. He then remembered what the reason they were out here was. "Only two more heartless left," he said. "Hopefully we won't have any nonsense like it splitting into two different ones, as long as no one comments how close we are to finishing the fight again~" He teased Lucia then quickly slapped his forehead realizing he was just giving Celeste more ammo.
"Prep? I don't need any prep! Let me at that heartless and I'll beat it and you to the finish line!"
"Hopefully you two can ride together and finish around the same time"
Seamus swung at Celeste before sighing. There was no use protesting her at this point. "We're ready whenever you two are."
Nazo blinked as Jennifer fell out of a portal that came out of nowhere she instinctively shot a sonic orb at her, having it miss just in time. "Sorry force of habit" What was she doing here? Nazo had been here countless times and never once has she ran into her. She knew if she was here the others couldn't be that far behind and whenever they were all in the same place something went wrong. " Here for the rematch? I won't have Shade getting in the way again so I hope you have some new tricks up your sleeves." She winked at her.
"Back off I was here first! Wait your turn!" Pepper shouted. "I won't have you ruining our rematch."
"Calm down before you pop a mint. I didn't forget about beating you again. You're both so eager to lose again huh?"
"As if! You only got lucky. Who is this anyway? Another racer hoping to lose against the great Pepper McMint?"
" Pepper this is Jennifer, Jennifer this is Pepper. What are you doing here anyway and where are the others? I know they're always close behind you. Don't tell me we have to go to Castle Oblivion again."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 29, 2018 18:14:47 GMT -5
Lucia just rolled her eyes at Seamus' taunts as she entered the bedroom, smiling all the while since she knew nobody was watching. A few minutes later she reemerged ready for a race, complete with purple leather driving gloves and a matching leather bomber jacket. Somewhere along the way she found a pair of aviator style sunglasses to complete the look, which she thumbed up her forehead as she rejoined the others. "Seems sis beat us here, so we might as well land near her. Aura, lock on to User Ziya and initiate Landing Procedure 1."
Jennifer reflexively rolled away from the orb, remembering just how much they hurt even now. Once Nazo recognized her she jumped to her feet, straightening her hair before glancing at the other racer in amusement. "No no, I'm not here to fight you! Lucia, Jason, and Seamus should be here soon; they told me there'd be racing to do! I haven gotten to race in years, but there's a couple of things you might want to know first..."
The ship entered the world shortly after Jennifer finished explaining the general situation, landing about two hundred feet from the track with a soft thud. A few moments passed before the entry ramp lowered, followed by Lucia and Jason walking out and looking around. "Wow, you weren't kidding Seamus, this place is a kid's dream!" Jennifer quickly sensed her sister -and the irregularities in her balance- and rushed over in what could only be described as a glomp, yelling her name the whole while. The tackle knocked both of them to the ground laughing as the pair reunited for the first time in a month.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 29, 2018 20:49:53 GMT -5
As Jennifer explained what was going on Nazo sighed. Great now on top of having to track down whatever heartless was here they had to be careful about Lucia. " I haven't seen an heartless, but apparently on one of the tracks there's this strange car that sometimes shows up. That might be what they are looking for. I'll fill Riley in on everything." As Jen went to the others Nazo pushed some of the beads on her bracelet with them glowing.
After a few minutes there was a flash of chaos as Riley appeared next to here. "What's all the fuss about?" Nazo explained everything to him as they made their way to the others. "Why not, I can use a good race."
Seamus noticed Lucia's outfit change. "Looking good Lucia," he said. "Wait I don't mean that! I mean yeah you look good but not in that way but the other way. Not THAT way but you know. Well I guess in that way but..." he sighed. He was just making it worse.
"Swing and a miss"
Thankfully Riley and Nazo caught up to them before Seamus could say anything else. Riley smiled at everyone before a did a slow spin. "Old body was destroyed by this Keyblade Master I had to kill, so i forged it into this one. You like? Though that's not the only thing different about me." He pointed to his mark of mastery emblem on the blue gem. "It's officially Master Riley now, or King Riley if you prefer, I am married to a queen after all." He took Jennifer's hand. "Jennifer always a pleasure to see you." He then looked at Lucia before putting a hand on his hip. "Seems everyone wants to copy me these days. You look good, I like the change. Too bad Seamus already claimed-"
Seamus quickly took Riley's arm and ran about twenty yards away from everyone with Celeste close behind. After he made sure they weren't followed he looked at Riley. "I need you to promise me that you won't say anything until I'm ready to confess."
"Alright Alright I promise. But you better figure out your feelings soon. Everyone but you two know."
"Really?" Seamus said with hope in his eyes. "So does that mean she feels the same way!"
"Why don't you confess and find out?"
"Riley!"
"Seamus!"
Seamus sighed. "I'll confess I'll confess, but later. I just need to find the words to tell her."
"And a stepladder to kiss her."
"Meeting over!"
They made it back to the others. "So how are we going to go about this, maybe we should split up into teams. I'll go with Luci-"
"Be cool Seamus."
"Be cool? Be cool be cool be cool.... Oh I remember that code now! Be right back!" He disappeared.
"I didn't mean that!" Riley sighed. "Oh boy."
" Oh no."
Seamus came back dressed completely differently. He was now wearing a black leather jacket open over a white shirt, he was also wearing blue jeans and black shows. He had his hair slicked back. He snapped his fingers as he made finger guns at Lucia. He made he way over before tapping a jukebox that came out of nowhere that then played music. He then noticed Riley wasn't in his usually costume for this plan. "Why aren't you in costume yet?"
Riley was pinching the brim of his nose. "I meant be cool as in clam down not as in plan seventy eight! Save it for Timeless River!" Celeste nearly fell out of the air laughing.
"Oops" His face turned bright red as he rubbed the back of his head
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Post by Ziya on Jul 29, 2018 21:22:22 GMT -5
Jason was the first to recover from Riley's unexpected entrance, laughing a bit before headed over to the group with Jennifer. "It's never dull with you around Riley. Congrats on the, well, everything I guess. Lot's changed in four years huh?" Jennifer gave him an enthusiastic thumbs up and smile, turning into a bubbly laugh of her own as Seamus dragged him away.
Lucia had no idea how to react, having first been glomped by her sister, then Riley's sudden arrival, followed by yet another hint about Seamus as the man himself dragged him away? Her mind was going into overload before she used a quick calming exercise to quiet it with a deep breath, dropping back into her usual attitude to mask her confusion as she called out to the retreating figure. "You don't look to bad yourself Riley!" It was only after that she realized his mention of Mastery, she'd definitely have to ask him about that later.
All of that vanished from her mind when Seamus suddenly reappeared, dressed like a greaser of all things! She tried her hardest to keep a straight face but a giggle still worked it's way out. To be fair, at least she wasn't on the ground laughing full on like Jennifer or Jason, who found the entire situation hilarious. Something about them laughing at Seamus made her want to protect him, letting her put up yet another act, this time to match him.
She cocked one hip with her hand on it while her other pulled her sunglasses down enough for her to look over them, swaying over to Seamus before poking him lightly in the chest. "Well hey there, looks like we've got a theme now. Don't disappoint me, stud." She finished with a wink, both to show she was partially joking and to keep up the act, while the other two howled with laughter even more.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 29, 2018 22:56:04 GMT -5
Seamus' red face turned into a blush as Lucia poked him. "M-me disappoint you?" he asked. "As if. I think you'll find by the end of this that'll you'll be very satisfied with me." He wanted to slap himself once he realized what he said ans watched as Celeste held onto Riley to prevent another burst of laughter. "L-let's just go."
Nazo shook her head. "There's a strange car that's supposed to show up during one of the team races. I never faced it but it might be he heartless that you're all looking for. The cars here can take on your abilities so no aspect until the very end got it? We can figure out how to split up when we get there."
"I know where to sign us all up. Try to keep up." Riley would slide down the side of the ramp before going into a full run back towards the track. After a few minutes he made it to the sign up booth. Riley scanned the list of races as the others caught up to him. "Here's a team one that's just three question marks. From what I remember of tournaments back at Olympus Coliseum that has to be it. It's always some type of boss fight." He never forgot the time he just wanted to join a quick tournament and ended up having to fight one of the titans again. "It splits us into teams of two, so looks like we have just enough to be even since Celeste doesn't count as a full person."
Seamus clapped his hands together. "Alright I guess that means Celeste is tagging along with me and Lucia." Celeste flew up to sit on his head again. " That leaves you four to decide how to split up. Nazo's the better strategist so it's up to you."
Nazo looked around before deciding. "Riley and Jennifer, me and Jason. Jennifer is good at long range so Riley can focus on mid to close. Jason isn't suited for long fights so my abilities will make up the difference."
"That's fine with me. Gives me a chance to show off my new moves and the two Greasers get to spend some quality time together. Now let's get set up with cars."
Not too far from the booth there was a car making center filled with different types of large candy for building the cars. Wheels, engines, steering wheel, seats, you name it it was there. There was even frosting and the like to decorate the cars. Riley looked at Jennifer. "I can turn my keyblade into a motorcycle, but if you'd rather not use that I understand."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 29, 2018 23:16:23 GMT -5
Jennifer nodded in agreement at Riley's comparison as she followed him, having spent two years as a headliner in the Coliseum herself made her more than familiar with the oddities of the naming system. "I don't care either way, but I bet you're more familiar with your bike so let's go with that." She was already getting serious; racing was the only thing other than fighting that could make her act this way.
Meanwhile Jason went with Nazo, though one look at the decidedly non-mechanical parts left him with an almost comical look on his face. "I'm more of a metal car kind of guy, so I'll leave the building to you." He glanced over at the two lovebirds, somehow flirting madly with each other without even realizing it and shook his head. If the cars really did take on the driver's abilities, and Seamus used his Darkness... "Hope she does alright near him. Darkside's already been out once."
Lucia felt horribly awkward, but she was nothing if not a determined actor in situations like this, so she did the only thing she could and doubled down. "Bold words Seamus. Hope you can deliver, cause I hate to be left wanting." She strode over to the car making area, utterly confused by the parts and non-specific terms, before spinning around to face Seamus again slightly out of character with a sheepish look. "I, ah, don't know anything about candy cars. We'll probably need something lightweight and maneuverable if we're going to be fighting in it though."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 30, 2018 2:20:45 GMT -5
Riley nodded before he summoned his keyblade. It glowed white as he tossed it in front of him, as the light faded it was revealed that it transformed into a red and blue motorcycle. It was just big enough for both of them. He walked over to it as he explained what everything did. "It hovers so we won't have to worry about ground obstacles that much." He pushed one of the buttons as the two side sections opened up both with slots for weapons. "Whenever I use it like this I like to store some of my weapons in here when I have to focus on driving. But it can also do this." He pushed a different button as two slots came out in the front. He summoned his twin blades before putting them in the slots. He then pushed the button again and the slots spun the swords around as if they were buzzsaws. "That's handy whenever we're about to crash into something or when we want to take a shortcut. It also helps with cutting people's tires."
" They should be fine as long as Seamus doesn't transform." Nazo told him. "The cars only really take on abilities like my intangibly and transformations. Other than that they use abilities like projectiles without taking on it's power." Nazo started gather different parts to build their car. Soon she had one made with a graham cracker body and lollipop wheels and a matching steering wheel. it had frosting and sprinkles all over it. the exhaust pipes were made out of green gummi. On the front was two cannons that shot hard candy and mint balls. It also had a third cannon hat shot out liquid caramel. "It's reinforced with toffee underneath so it'll still be light enough to compete with Riley's motorcycle."
Lucia's words only made Seamus more red than before and made Celeste cover her mouth with both hands. Seamus took a deep breath as he followed her. "I've only been here a few times, but I think I can do that." He and Celeste ended up making a car made out of a piece of pie with donut wheels and a taffy steering wheel. It had twin jelly bean guns and had lemon drops all over the body. "I think this will suit us well."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 30, 2018 2:55:36 GMT -5
Jennifer was impressed, and it showed as she practically flew around the motorcycle looking at its ins and outs. She barely stayed out of range of the spinning blades as she finished geeking out and finally listened to Riley's words before responding happily. "Right, don't underestimate me for taking people out either though. I'm not the Olympus Coliseum's undefeated Angelic Archer for nothing!" She summoned her armor as she hopped on the back of the bike, somehow becoming less clothed as a result as she waited impatiently for Riley to get on.
Jason nodded in satisfaction, both at Nazo's reassurance and at the car she had built for them. He had no clue how candy could function like an internal combustion engine, but it certainly wasn't the oddest thing he had seen either.All right, so I'm guessing you want to drive, right? I'll take the caramel cannon then." A flash of Darkness later and he stood in his armor once more before climbing in and grabbing the aforementioned cannon.
Meanwhile Lucia was sizing up Seamus' work, judging it to be just what they wanted. At least, she thought it would be. "Looks good Seamus! Those hands of yours are pretty flexible." She watched her sister and best friend both armor up and take the side seat, so she attempted to do the same, calling her armor to her as she sat int he oddly comfortable seat.
Only that's not what happened.
Not only did her armor not appear, but her hair lost another few inches of purple as she grabbed her head at a sudden surge of pain as a small amount of Light and Darkness met inside her. Hoping nobody saw, she quickly forced the opposing elements apart again, grinning weakly all the while. "Heh, who needs armor anyhow? We've got a theme to keep up after all." If she lost any more Twilight she would lose the ability to channel Light and Darkness reliably as well, reverting fully to her childhood state of struggling to survive.
She didn't understand what was happening, but she needed to soon.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 30, 2018 4:43:39 GMT -5
Riley nodded and hopped on to his bike. Before taking off his hands glowed with a sinister energy. Soon his Scythe of death appeared and he put in into one of the slots before closing them back. Soon they zoomed out of and were on the track at the starting line.
"Good, that way I can focus on the track and whatever this heartless is." She said as she climbed in. "That way I can figure out a way for us to beat it and win this race." She drove off after Riley and Jennifer.
Seamus was going to say something in response to Lucia, but with his recent track record he figured it was better if he didn't. He climbed into the car, not saying anything as he noticed Lucia couldn't summon her armor. "Are you sure you're going to be alright fighting?" He asked her. "Then again we don't want to expose you to any more darkness than we have to. If anything doesn't feel right you'll let me know okay?" He drove off after the other two.
A clock appeared and starting counting down. Just then the ground rumbled as a dark portal opened and a the sky turned a mix of dark green and pitch black. Soon a monstrous car came out of the portal and made it's way to the starting line. It stood two stories tall and six hundred feet long. The car itself was made up of a smaller front cart connected to ten large ones like a train. It's color scheme was dark blue and purple, with the heartless emblem on the front car. In every place where there were tires there were three of them in each slot. The tires were bigger than the group's cars. The so called glass on the front car was a dark yellow and was shaped like a pair of monstrous eyes. The car growled with a monstrous sound.
"What the hell is that thing?!" Celeste got off of Seamus' head and sat in between him and Lucia. She figured she would be safer there than on his head. Even Seamus, who didn't react at all to the last heartless they fought, had to do a double take.
At first Riley didn't say anything. Then he stayed focused as he focused on the countdown. "Looks like this will be one to remember." He said. "I'm going to have to put that in the data center when I get back to New Yuio."
Nazo looked at the beast before smiling an evil smile "Finally something interesting in this world!" She laughed. "Now I can really prove that I'm the best!"
After a few seconds the clock reached zero and sounded off before disappearing. Right then the heartless and Riley sped off at the same time, followed by Nazo then Seamus. Despite it's size the heartless was very fast, so much so that it was neck and neck with Riley and Jennifer in a battle for first place. Nazo and Jason would be a few car lengths behind Riley and on the side of the heartless, while Seamus and Lucia were further away.
Right after the first turn they entered a mint valley and a bunch of large jawbreakers rolled down from the top and went everywhere around the valley. The Heartless' tires were big enough that it crushed the jawbreakers it hit, leaving chunks shooting out everywhere making it harder for them to dodge. The yellow glass glowed as dark circles appeared far in front of them and around them. Soon geysers of energy shot up from them in random patterns.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 30, 2018 7:39:01 GMT -5
Jennifer stared wide eyed at the massive Heartless, having never seen one that big before. "What the heck! How is that even possible?"
Jason yelled over across the gap as he and Nazo pulled up to the starting line as well. "We've fought bigger, but not longer!"
Lucia simply nodded to Seamus' request, letting the fresh air clear the lingering remnants of pain from her skull as they pulled up alongside the others. She had to look twice at the considerable size of the creature just to confirm that it wasn't some kind of illusion.
Once the clock hit zero all three held on as their drivers took off after the thing, quickly spreading out across the track. At first none of them did anything, unsure of the rules of the area, but once the Heartless used some sort of geysers on them the each asked a single question of their drivers:
"So, can we attack now?"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 30, 2018 14:10:44 GMT -5
Riley activated the buzzsaws and started cutting through the jawbreakers as he tried his best to get ahead of the heartless. "Yes! Please do!" He went around the geysers making the heartless slightly ahead. "See if you can aim for the tires in front, I'm going to try something." He pulled ahead of the heartless and waited for some jawbreakers to get close to them. His free hand glowed blue as did twenty of them. He then turned around and started driving backwards as he threw them at the heartless. "At least this way we can actually see the others." The jawbreakers hit the front of the heartless breaking apart before landing on the sides and started rolling towards the others.
Nazo barely avoided the crossfire. "HEY RILEY!" She shouted after them. "How about you think about the rest of us before you go tossing things around!?"
"Sorry can't hear ya got a race to win!"
Nazo mumbled as she pulled to the second car of the heartless. Nazo's body started glowing with a yellow barrier as did the rest of the car. The jawbreakers that hit them bounced off and either hit the tires of the heartless breaking them more or went back towards Seamus and Lucia. "Try and slow this thing down. Keep in mind we have to deal with this thing and whatever else is on the track. There's no telling what it can do yet so be on your guard."
Seamus finally started speeding up catching up to the others, right before he had to start clearing the way of the jawbreakers and chunks of them left behind by the heartless and the other two. "I don't like the look of this thing," he told Lucia. "I can't transform if things get bad later so we'll have to come up with another way to beat phase two if it comes to that. Try to slow it down and I can get us up to the others."
The Heartless raced along almost catching up to Riley and Jennifer. As it started going faster and faster some type of horn went off from it. Darkness started sprouting from it's body and soon spread out from it. It covered nearly all of the valley as it kept going.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 30, 2018 14:59:37 GMT -5
Jennifer's training finally took over as she calmed down, though a slight smile still graced her features as she drew the Wings of Light. "Hit the tires, got it! Binding Shot!" A larger arrow of pure Light appeared in the bow before being launched not at the tire itself, but at the axle connecting the two front wheels. On contact it expanded into three feet of Light-Forged chain, hopefully wrapping around the axle and stopping the wheels from spinning at all.
Jason barely held on as Nazo dodged the jawbreakers, only for his eyes to widen as the darkness spread throughout the valley. "I hope this thing can support three of us. Doppelganger!" A clone of Jason appeared next to him, bracing itself on the back before pointing one hand at the Heartless with a cry of "Gravira!" The original used both of his hands to combine Thunder and Darkness before launching his own ability. "Dark Thundaga!" The purple mist of the Gravity spell appeared near the halfway point of the convoy as the black lightning struck it in the cab, middle, and rear trailers.
Meanwhile Lucia had summoned Shattered Sunset, the only thing she could actually use anymore without risking her abilities entirely. "If it comes down to it I'm sure I can use my Light long enough to let you transform. As for catching up..." Wind magic pooled behind the car instead of under her feet, to her surprise and pleasure. "I'm not out of the fight yet. Aeroga Burst!" The wind propelled the car like a burst of Nitro, accelerating well beyond it's current speed. As they blasted along she recalled the fact that the world was made of candy. "Hey, what's the track made of?"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 30, 2018 19:11:23 GMT -5
As the Dark Thundaga and Binding shot hit the heartless the darkness around it slowly faded away. The front tires stopped spinning, but there were more than enough tires along the rest of the car to keep it moving, it just swayed from side to side randomly. The Heartless suddenly swerved to the right crashing along the wall of the valley but still going forward. This caused a bunch of rocks made out of mint to rapidly fire out from the valley wall where the Heartless was hitting it.
Riley suddenly turned back around and drove normally as Seamus and Lucia finally caught up to them. They looked over at each other.
"Oh hello there."
"Jolly good day for a race I'd say."
"Quite so quite so."
They were about to keep going until Riley noticed the giant rocks heading their way, as well as the Heartless moving towards them to try to run them into the other wall. "Well this was fun but we must leave you two lovebirds so enjoy the honeymoon suite!" Riley sped off not wanting to end up a pancake. "I have an idea!" he told Jennifer. "I saw it in a cartoon once." He moved the bike quickly to the wall and went up and bit before driving forward quickly. As they pulled slightly ahead he hummed the speed racer theme.
Seamus was about to retort until he noticed the rocks and Heartless himself. He quickly spun the wheel to get the car moving to the left. Celeste's hands glowed yellow as two rings of electricity formed around two of the wheels of the Heartless. Two bolts of lightning then came down striking the Heartless causing it to stall for a few seconds. That was just enough time for Seamus to pull ahead of it and make it to the other side of it. There was a large shadow over them, Seamus looked up to find it to be Nazo and Jason's car. She had used one of the rocks and her flight to make it over the Heartless. "I think this valley is mint," He told Lucia finally finding the time to.
Nazo landed right in front of Seamus before speeding along beside them. The barrier was still making the rocks bounce off of them so they would be good for a while. That was until a part of the heartless opened up and ten Hot Rod Heartless came out and started chasing after them. "I hate those guys!"
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Post by Ziya on Jul 30, 2018 20:23:17 GMT -5
Jennifer hung on for dear life as Riley went up the wall somehow, staying barely ahead of the mint rocks. "Careful Riley, I don't want to fall out!" As she finally steadied herself she noticed the Hod Rods moving in and raised her bow again, quickly firing off two arrows at one's eyes.
Jason was not used to being in a flying car, but he used it to his advantage nonetheless. As they passed over the main Heartless his Doppelganger left Nazo's car and landed on the Heartless itself, sprinting over to where one of the middle trailers connected and sawing at that connection with his Nightblades. Meanwhile the original Jason launched his own Gravira spell at the Hot Rods as they closed in, hopefully crashing them against each other. "Oh look, a traffic jam."
Lucia barked out a laugh at Seamus and Riley's antics before the rock began falling, only to swear in a very unladylike fashion as they barely cleared the Heartless and the rocks. "My idea won't work here then. Tell me when we get to something that'll be slick or go soft if it gets wet!" It was then that she saw the Hot Rods approaching, and with a look of grim determination she waved her keyblade through the air to summon a full ten crystal shards, glowing brilliantly with almost a third of the Light she currently held. "Crystal Rain: Light Style!" The shards launched toward a Hot Rod each, where they should explode with Light. Suddenly out of balance again she channeled an equal amount of Darkness into her keyblade through her Darkblade ability before throwing it at the smaller Heartless as well, intending to call it back right after it hit.
Her hair lost another two inches of purple, leaving only another four or five, and only half of her eye matched.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Aug 2, 2018 0:41:02 GMT -5
"You could always hang onto me~" Riley noticed up ahead that the track as going to change soon. The valley was shrinking as they were all coming up to a tunnel. Riley looked on ahead until he found a good spot. "Hang on!" Riley's bike revved up as they instantly appeared a few yards ahead of the Heartless and the other two. They were the first to enter the tunnel. There was a light at the end of the tunnel that lead outside to a giant ramp.
Seamus noticed what Jason's clone was doing and slowed down till they were even with him and Nazo. "I'm just telling you now that if that thing splits into two like the last one you're going to be dealing with it." He then sped up to stay ahead of the Heartless. Seamus noticed Lucia's hair change more after she launched her attack at the Hot Rods. He only grew more worried about her as time went on. He didn't want her to end up like she did after the fight in the desert, or even wore now than she was more unbalanced. He made a silent vow to himself that he wouldn't transform unless it was the only way to kill this Heartless. He took her free hand and slightly squeezed it before giving her a look of concern. He let her go and went back to focusing on the road as they entered the tunnel.
One Hot rod crashed into another just as Jennifer's arrows shot it. With the Gravira spell they all crashed into each other. With each Crystal Rain the Hot Rods exploded leaving only a few surviving, which were killed as Lucia's keyblade went through them. The Heartless started slowly down letting the others get into the tunnel first, before it went crashing through it destroying it as it sped up towards everyone. Soon after all three groups went up the ramp and were soaring across the sky towards the other ramp the Heartless sped up before going on the ramp. It went much higher in the air than the others as well as covering more air at a faster rate. Soon it's shadow was covering them as they all got closer and closer to the other ramp.
Nazo noticed the shadow going over them and looked up, only to sigh when she saw what it was. Her Sonic Barrier ended right when She got an idea and she didn't have time to explain it to Jason. She would actually have the car fly up towards the Heartless as it started falling. At the last second Nazo had them turn intangible and phase through the Heartless. When they made it to the other side of it she had the car fly right over it.
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Post by Ziya on Aug 2, 2018 1:22:03 GMT -5
Just as Seamus passed Jason's clone she saw the same thing he did. Eyes narrowing, she summoned her keyblade back and quickly threw it at the clone, where it cleanly took his head off before the Darkblade faded away. Seamus's hand squeezing hers caught her by surprise though, as did his look of concern. At that moment she realized just how much she cared for him, but was interrupted before saying anything be Jason, who had instantly recoiled in Nazo's car, glaring at her as the memories synced.
"Hey, what the hell?!"
"He was being stupid!"
"Oh, like you were last world?
"Yes! We don't need two stupids here!"
Jennifer just rolled her eyes at Riley's suggestion and her friends' bickering before tightening her thighs on the bike as it accelerated into the tunnel, though she did let out a cheer as the Hot Rods faded into mist. That cheer quickly turned to a look of horror as the bike launched off the ramp just ahead of the others, only for the Heartless to literally overshadow them all with it's massive frame. Nazo and Jason seemed to have it handled, but that still left the motorcycle and Lucia and Seamus' car.
Working quickly she combined green healing magic with her own Light to create "Light Mage: Holy Curaga!" The pure magic darted across to Seamus' car, where it hit Lucia and expanded into a protective shield that surrounded the car. "Seamus, that makes her immune to Darkness for a bit and will halve the impact!" Barely any time was left before they all landed, so with an uncharacteristic swear she once more channeled Light, this time around Riley and herself. "Protect us, Dawnguard!" The light ballooned out into a perfect sphere that rotated in time with the wheels, keeping the bike and it's occupants centered and safe within.
Lucia flinched the Light hit her skin, but Jennifer's Light never entered her, only the Healing magic that soothed the few aches and bruises she had. As she called the now empty Shattered Sunset back to her hand she threw a grateful look her way before turning back to Seamus. "If you're gonna do something now's the time."
Jason, on the other hand, very nearly needed new pants as Nazo phased both of them through the Heartless unexpectedly. "Whoa, warn me next time! What about-" He cut off as he witnessed Jennifer's handiwork behind them. "Ah, never mind."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Aug 2, 2018 17:58:53 GMT -5
"Where's the fun in that?" They turned tangible again as Nazo landed the car on top of the Heartless. They then drove along it as everyone landed into a chocolate road. Nazo then had five clones of her appear before they flew off to different parts of the heartless firing sonic orbs where they were.
Seamus heard Jennifer then looked at Lucia then back at the Heartless. He had an idea, not only to seriously damaged the Heartless but also slightly confess to Lucia without having to say it. "Celeste take over driving for me, I'm going to deal with this thing." With a flash of darkness Celeste was standing at four feet tall again, and made her way to the drivers seat as Seamus climbed onto the back of the car. He threw off his jacket and shirt and tossed them in the middle seat. He then looked back at Lucia and took her hand again. A rose of darkness appeared in his other hand before he gave it to her. "This one's for you my dear," he kissed her other hand before letting go. He looked back at the Heartless before an aura of darkness covered him again. Soon after the aura faded revealing his Darkness Unleashed form again. He then jumped up and floated in the air letting Celeste and Lucia go after Riley and Jen. His hands glowed with power darkness before he launched Dark Ragnarok at the Heartless. He then flew after it.
The Dark Ragnarok beams were landing all over the Heartless, including towards Nazo and Jason. Nazo swerved left and right avoiding them beams before stopping to look at Jason. "Wait aren't you immune to darkness like Jennifer is to light?" She then started driving straight towards the beams figuring he wouldn't mind.
Riley had been speeding up to avoid the Heartless when he noticed the barrier around them. "Thanks Jen now it's my turn to help out. Here's a shortcut!" He then drove off the road and towards a forest made of licorice trees. The buzzsaws cut through them making a path for them. "if we keep going straight we'll eventually head them off in the next part of the track." Celeste kept driving on the road, noticing where Riley was going. "Cheater!"
The Heartless kept going along the road, glowing a dark green. Soon small guns appeared all over the Heartless and began to fire jawbreakers all over the place. When the Jawbreakers landed they exploded, making Celeste have to constantly go from left to right to avoid them. The Heartless then began to speed up as a sliver plow formed in the front, tearing up the road where it drove by and forming a mass of chocolate.
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Post by Ziya on Aug 2, 2018 18:37:07 GMT -5
Jason shook his head and sighed before dodging a beam headed straight for his ear. "Actually, only our armor is immune. Thankfully," he reached into his pocket and somehow pulled out a full sized motorcycle helmet, pitch black with a crimson visor, "I came prepared this time." He hated wearing the helmet since it muffled sound, but it was better than running from Seamus' blasts yet again. When the jawbreakers started coming at them he created a Dark Portal to redirect one back to the gun that shot it before using consecutive Dusk Slicers to attack six more guns, hopefully disabling at least a few.
Jennifer was even more glad of her Dawnguard as they cut through the forest, candy trees splintering as they impacted the shield. Just as the forest ended her shield gave out, dropping them back to the ground with a jolt, but it had served it's purpose. As soon as the Heartless came into view again she fired two Light arrows before dropping the bow to her lap. "Check this out, Guided Shot!" Using her hands she changed the direction of each shot independently to go past the front of the Heartless then again to turn into the muzzles of two of the guns.
Lucia couldn't help but giggle and blush a bit at Seamus' show, her sister's shield protecting her from both his aura and the rose he gave her, and nearly swooned as he kissed her hand. Her, swooning! A quick shake of her head brought her back to reality just in time to witness the Heartless' transformation and the resulting jawbreakers. "Alright, this is getting annoying. Aeroga!" Channeling wind magic around the car she created a barrier that tossed the candy aside, allowing Celeste to drive straight again. Speaking of Celeste... "Seamus isn't acting is he. He really likes me?"
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