Complete Megathread Side Story (Wintersday) Zeusterday Express

Omega Redux · Dec 13, 2022

115 / 115
120 / 120
Team Green

Revenge was best served cold, and when you least expected it. Or something. Thus Omega, who had mostly been lurking up to this point, finally found her chance as most of the people grew exhausted. Like a true fledgling Final Boss, she only emerged when the party had already been battled for a bit!

"Fufufu... Omega's sorry-not-sorry for not granting you a party refresh before her boss battle! TAKE THIS, GRANDMA! Omega Snuwuball Puuunnncchh!" With a snap of her finger, Omega summoned a drone that looked like an experiment between a vacuum cleaner and a rocket launcher has gone bad. Nonetheless, it sucked up the snow before firing multiple balls at Childress.

"That's for strangling Omega to death, you brute!"

▣ Attire: This one right here
▣ Target: @Asch (Childress)
▣ Red: 20
▣ Green: 24

Luthien · Dec 13, 2022

"C’mon @Vee, time to show Rael and Kiryuu what Team Red can do!"
"Wait, what—"

The tide was changing, she could feel it, and it spurred the elf into mimicking the tactic used by the pink story teller. The man stumbled as the elf clambered onto his shoulders, assisted by her aeromancy for a quick boost, before he finally managed to regain his balance before both of them tumbled right into the snow.

"Give me some warning next time."
"Sorry, but there’s no time to lose if we wanna win this~!"

By the time the protective veil of snow from Childress had disappeared Lúthien was ready, a snowball held on each palm before she flung them directly at the enemy elf.

▣ Attire: ❰

❱
▣ Target: @Rael
▣ Red: 21
▣ Green: 24

Roll Result
1d10 (9) = 9
Lúthien | 1560C2

Little Doggo · Dec 13, 2022

Surprise DOGGO ATTACK!

No one would see her coming, not her target, not the enemy team, not even her own team! Having gone Rambo via crawling over the snow just like the guy did on his movies, only on a jungle or something like that, LIL' DOGGO awaited the right opportunity to strike, taking peeks here and there as she worked on her pseudo camouflage with all the snow piling up on her, some even got in her ears, but nothing a good shake couldn't solve.

And then her target finally came out of their little hiding spot, or rather, showed up in the first place. The stars aligned within her eyes, but her focus fell off once the girl summoned a literal SNOWBALL MACHINE GUN DRONE to bombard the tall muscular cat girl, raining white hell to anything standing in her path. She needed firepower of the same caliber, and so she weaved her magic with some fashionable but pointless gestures, until the very snow came to 'life', or something like that.

And the next everyone knows, a snow dog is jumping into the battlefield, charging straight at @Omega Redux with it's big dumb smile on it's big fluffy face.

"Finally you show up, 'Final Boss'!" She roared, like the protagonist she is not, jumping off from the ground as she pointed a finger back at the magia. "GO SNOWBALL DOGGO, USE EXPLOSION!" She commanded, at which her snow dog would jump into the air, closing the gap as much as it could with Omega before poofing into a cloud of smoke and snowballs, shot at every direction like they were shrapnel. Just... Made out of snow.

Attire: Here
Target: @Omega Redux
Red: 22
Green: 24

Sean Poteitoku · Dec 13, 2022

The red warrior was starting to get worn out, but he wouldn't give in yet and admit defeat for this bout. He'd eaten his words, he wasn't the best, but he wouldn't give up in this snow contest. When his friend Zeus moved in for a shot, he was quick to follow with, to make snow fly a lot. He grabbed snow and compacted in his hand, and with a short wind-up sent it flying through the land.

His target was clear, another redhead. He had to show that he was the head of red. Despite his best efforts his shot went low, he must've packed up too much snow.

▣ Attire: Regular attire with a Santa hat and fake beard.
▣ Target: @Zelrius
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 24

Omega Redux · Dec 13, 2022

115 / 115
120 / 120
Team Green

As Omega was basking in her temporary victory, for her Snowball-Machine-Gun-Drone could have performed well better, she suddenly heard the voice of a midget.

"Finally you show up, 'Final Boss'!"
"..., 'Final Boss'!"
"..., 'Final Boss'!"
"..., 'Final Boss'!"
"..., 'Final Boss'!"

@Little Doggo acknowledged Omega as THE Final Boss. For a moment, it made her heart flutter. This... HERO?(She didn't respond to Omega's recruitment yet!) deserved the most Omega of treatments. A special treatment she wou-

"KYEGH-!!!" Omega had been too busy basking in her opponent's praise for the moment that the Explosion hit the girl spot on. "Aaaaaaaaaaaa....." Silencing Omega below a mountain of white.

Victory for Little Doggo!
Or was it?

The snow-white mountain started to rumble, as multiple summoning circles started to appear, revealing a multitude of drones that... started to play music?
"So you have chosen to battle, Hero."

The snow pile spoke, before using her wind magic to push it all away in some sort of DBZ Powering up move.

"Omega, shall entertain your feeble attempts to reign supreme. Are you prepared to bear the consequences for your RECKLESS actions, Little Doggo? If so, show Omega what you're made of and FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!" This time, Omega didn't use her drones for offense but rather, manipulated the wind currents in such a way as to call forth an avalanche, aimed at Little Doggo and those around her.

It was, of course, all just a friendly play. Starcalled weren't made out of paper, right? And all Omega used was just a really big snowball!

▣ Attire: This one right here
▣ Target: @Little Doggo (and those around, technically)
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 25

Little Doggo · Dec 13, 2022

Surprise DOGGO ATTACK!

LIL' DOGGO'S Dog found it's target true. Perhaps it was Omega feeling invincible, or that her attack truly was meant to go down the anals of history as the greatest snowball strike ever, having speedrunned through the fight, perhaps the first world record in doing so in Terrasphere!

until the pile that was meant to be the final boss's final resting place turned out to be not so much as it begun to rumble, and the earth quakes at the reverb of the music blasting off, with Doggo striking a battle pose, one leg infront of the other. She couldn't even put up a scary angry face, all that bravado died off as soon as the ominous snow spoke as if it were alive.

Until it blasted off in the most japanese cartoon way possible, which would be fun to see were she not the one this villain's sights were set upon.

"Omega, shall entertain your feeble attempts to reign supreme. Are you prepared to bear the consequences for your RECKLESS actions, Little Doggo? If so, show Omega what you're made of and FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!"

LIL' Doggo responded to OMEGA's speech with a battle-ready 'HMH!'. She did her attack, so in the most turn based fashion it was the enemy's now to do her attack and face it head first like every other RPG game would allow.

Only her jaw almost dropped when instead of a torrent of snowballs, a whole avalanche dropped upon her, as if this were a contest of sheer power, and it might just be given how flashy this attack was. Dropping her jaw meant getting a mouthful of snow, crying out as the snow entombed her like it probably did to everyone else.

And in that moment, in the darkest of times, she started to think, to think back on her friends, to channel her power through them as if positiveness were the catalyst of a true hero's might.

Except she had none.

'Curses!' She cussed within her mind, the power of friendship wouldn't save her. But if Omega called her a Hero, then she MUST be a Hero, and ACT like a Hero! That was something she could channel her power through, and with Omega's words as determination-

"You are the strongest boss I ever faced. The root of all evil in this christmas, all that snow could have made someone drop their gifts for the children, and their candy too..."

The pile of snow begun to rumble in a similar fashion, only instead of exploding into a powerup, it begun to merge with itself, absorbing the snow all around her frame until from that very avalanche it formed a very tall and very familiar figure.

A GIANT SNOW LIL DOGGO, With LIL' DOGGO as it's core!

"But LIL' Doggo is pure of heart and also has a Phase 2! Lil' Doggo WILL NOT forgive your treachery. I cannot let you rule the world, like the mecha tyrant you are."
"For I..."
"Am,"
"THE HERO!"

Hyping herself up as hard as she can, and letting herself and her snow giant-self flex for the moment, Doggo howled just as the snow giant slammed her fists against the floor and sent back an avalanche back to @Omega Redux.

A most poetic form of attack: give the SUPER villain a taste of her OWN medicine and power. Show her what her ~~playfulness~~ cruelty causes to others.

Attire: Here
Target: @Omega Redux
Red: 22
Green: 24

Sakura Wind · Dec 13, 2022

Sakura listened to the talking present box point out another target. An elf, apparently leading the other team. Sakura... wasn't listening, though. She was too busy listening to the banter of a particularly entertaining duo. One claimed to be a hero, while the other the final boss. That looks fun... I think they wouldn't mind if I joined? And so... she snuck her way over to the other side.

Once her betrayal was complete, the beastfolk used a bit of magic to create some leaves to place snowballs onto as she stood from her crouched position. "I... I'm going to help! I want to be a hero...! Attack the final boss!" She pointed at the so-called final boss, the leaves launching the snowballs that had been loaded onto them...

...all the snowballs miss. A predictable outcome for the aiming prowess of leaves.

▣ Attire: Reference image
▣ Target: @Omega Redux
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 25

Kamala Graham · Dec 13, 2022

Kamala felt betrayed! How could @Ayna Nietzsche victimize her with a snowball when she was on her lowest? She felt so sad, she would've almost cried right then and there. Then she saw a couple of friends (@Zelrius & @Chrys) defend her honor and all was right in the world again. Until Childress hit her square in the face with another snowball.

A rational person would have either cried or become angry, but Kamala? Kamala's eyes widened in amazement. She remembers me! Chuckling to herself at the acknowledgement of the White Whistle herself, Kamala excitedly rolled a snowball and tried to play with her idol. She felt like a child about to play with her favorite person in the world!

"Here I come!"

But her aim really needed some work. As she threw the snowball, aiming at Childress while oblivious to her own tongue sticking out, it simply plopped to the ground a mere inches from her. Oh, no... Not again... Yes, again.

▣ Attire: Kamala with a Wintersday hat
▣ Target: @Raid Boss (Childress)
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 25

Rael · Dec 13, 2022

There was no denying the rush of adrenaline coursing through her veins as the pair of Kiryuu and Rael sped across enemy lines, drawing their attention while simultaneously knocking down as many enemies as it was possible. She couldn't help her laughter, she couldn't help but go along with the plan that was not originally her intention, and she couldn't help but answer the challenge that her friends posed to her.

"Oh, so you are approaching us?"

- - -

I can't believe Master really left me on babysitting duty, she must be really upset at me... Anyway, what's your deal?

. . . . . . ! ! !

The Vern doll spied out of the corner of its eyes the conflict, understanding none of it other than its owner being targeted by a merciless wave of attacks.

How dare..! (It darts off in the direction of the Luth-Ash tower.)

W-Wait! ...Sigh.

▣ Attire: League-supplied attire!
▣ Target: @Ash Vargold (& @Luthien, technically)
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 26

Kamala Graham · Dec 13, 2022

As Kamala just stood there, a mixture of worried and afraid, Petunia the Dire Chick and Lily the Fever Beever both came to her rescue. Well, Petunia, anyway. Lily seemed extremely disgusted by all the snowball-throwing. With Petunia chirping at Kamala to keep on fighting and Lily buzzing about how she'd rather be drowning in pesticide than be around "these people," the druid found strength in her make-believe perception of her friends' supportive cheers, even though she barely understood what they were really going on about. Okay, Kamala... Take a deep breath and focus!

Kamala took another snowball and hurled it at Childress. May Gwyndolainn have mercy on her soul. Unfortunately for her, it was another fail. Another plop. Both Petunia and Lily groaned in embarrassment, with Lily extremely grossed out by Kamala's continued failures. What a waste, the Fever Beaver seemed to buzz in and around her head.

▣ Attire: Kamala with a Wintersday hat
▣ Target: @Raid Boss (Childress)
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 26

Zelrius · Dec 13, 2022

100 / 100
100 / 100
Team Green

The snowball fight raged on, and Zelrius was not about to be deterred. He dug himself up out of the snow, collecting handfuls on his way up. This was not something that he would lose, there was no chance of that. His snowball was formed, packed tightly.

His target was found, eyes zeroing in like a hawk who found prey. Shoulder snapping back, before flying forward again, aimed to regain that redhead supremacy over the one who had targetted him. A fellow Pyromancer. "MEET SNOW, FIEND", a dramatic declaration of his aggression.

▣ Attire: Describe or link to a reference picture of what your character is wearing here
▣ Target: @Sean Poteitoku
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 26

Kamala Graham · Dec 13, 2022

And again Kamala tried. Petunia the Dire Chick looked on, chirping excitedly at her friend's third attempt, while Lily the Fever Beever continued to be disgusted by all the bipedial, non-wing-havers that were wasting winter's balls. I can do this! Just focus on the ball and aim at Childress with all my heart! I can do this!

But can she? Will she? Only one way to find out.

...and nope, she did not. For the third time in a row, Kamala's effort proved fruitless. She felt a heavy weight on her shoulders push her down the ground, forcing her on her knees, as she held her hands before her heart, her head bowed in humiliation. If she could, she would have cried already. Ugh, so dramatic, the Fever Beaver seemed to buzz in and around her head.

▣ Attire: Kamala with a Wintersday hat
▣ Target: @Raid Boss (Childress)
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 26

Zelrius · Dec 13, 2022

100 / 100
85 / 115
Team Green

He missed... again. Man, what the hell was happening to him all of the sudden? So many direct shots to the face and running around perfectly, and now this. That part was just luck, of course he'd fail when it actually mattered. He held the next snowball tenatively, up. It seemed... paler. The laughing, the calling out seemed more distant. But, he wasn't just going to stand there and be a buzzkill.

Yet, the luster was gone. The excitement. Hisheart had left the scene. The man drew it back, throwing it at the Whistle leader to assist @Kamala Graham . It wasn't the same, though. His mind grew weary of all of this, and of failure.

Roll Result
1d10 (3) = 3
Zelrius | 1560C2.5 | SNOWBALL GOOOO

▣ Attire: U G L Y S W E A T E R
▣ Target: @Raid Boss (Childress)
▣ Red: 22
▣ Green: 26

Ash Vargold · Dec 13, 2022

100 / 100
80 / 110
Team Red

Was that a... tiny man running his way?

Ash backpedaled, keeping the tower as stable as he could as it approached. Spectral hands grabbed snow, tossing it both at Rael and her minion.

Paft!

The one at the approaching chibi missed, but at least he got Rael...?

▣ Attire: He's got a hat now.
▣ Target: @Rael
▣ Red: 23
▣ Green: 26

Raid Boss · Dec 13, 2022

Team Red

After helping Team Red catch up, Childress spotted @Kamala Graham and began walking toward her. Three snowballs were thrown, and every one of them flew past her. @Zelrius tried his luck too, and also missed, though it did involve the felis phasing in and out a bit, pretty martial tricks. Right after she dodged the snowball, she hurled it back at him.

Once she was about 5 feet away from Kamala, she grinned at the elf.

You don't have to try so hard sometimes. Come on, hit me!

▣ Target: @Zelrius
▣ Red: 23
▣ Green: 26

Chrys · Dec 13, 2022

Chrys wasn't that surprised when he witnessed @Kamala Graham miss every shot she's ever thrown in this game. Not because she thought her weak or physically disabled. But because she was green. Kamala was, in every sense of the word, a druid, and druids were always on the side of nature, of the green. She was, most likely, just very uncomfortable in all the snow, not unlike spring immediately after winter or the green being buried underneath all that white.

Chrys could relate to his friend, especially after she just knelt in all that snow, defeated. He's had bad days, though. Not in this game, of course, but outside of. If he could only switch shoes with her, show her that there was always the prospect of a good time despite numerous bad attempts, as she had with him, then he would. But for now, he had to evade @Ayna Nietzsche's vengeful fury, and what better way to do that than to switch to her team?

So he threw a snowball at Kamala's head...and missed intentionally. Hehe.

▣ Attire: Bargain Bin Santa
▣ Target: @Kamala Graham
▣ Red: 23
▣ Green: 26

Kamala Graham · Dec 13, 2022

Kamala sniffed as she fought the urge to cry, but when Childress walked up to her, she slowly found her motivation renewed. So renewed, in fact, that she didn't even notice Chrys trying and failing to hit her with a snowball from behind, which was so rude, by the way! Nodding at the White Whistle's motivating challenge, she made her final snowball and chucked it at her. Please, please, hit! She's just standing right there!

It's a Wintersday miracle! Kamala's eyes grew wide in surprise when she realized she managed to hit Childress! ...barely, but it still counted! She turned to Petunia the Dire Chick, who cheered her on with celebratory chirping, and Lily the Fever Beever, who rolled its eyes, still disgusted at the fleshy fools playing with water slush. Kamala didn't care about that last part, though, because she was victorious! Finally! A single hit after three misses! She literally jumped for joy. And again. And again. Wahoo!

▣ Attire: Kamala with a Wintersday hat
▣ Target: @Raid Boss (Childress)
▣ Red: 23
▣ Green: 27

Chrys · Dec 14, 2022

Oh, my gods! She did it! She actually did it! Chrys was so proud as he watched @Kamala Graham finally hit something, even though it was his own teammate in this snowball war. The fact that his friend beyond the game was able to succeed was enough to send him into throes of excitement, though he only celebrated internally. Outside, he remained a wall of calmness, betraying his actual feelings.

Then he hit Kamala from behind as she started jumping. GG EZ NOOB

▣ Attire: Bargain Bin Santa
▣ Target: @Kamala Graham
▣ Red: 24
▣ Green: 27

Cynna · Dec 14, 2022

100 / 100
60 / 100
Team Green

I raise you, give you advice, eat your snacks, order you around, and this is how you repay me? With betrayal?

~my~ They sure do grow up fast, but in so doing, forget that the final lesson is in truth the first: the mother is always stronger.

The present emitted dark runes of animancy as it gathered the snow imbuing it, nay steeping it, in the darkest of curses. The inari tofu-shaped snowball began to glow a sinister soulish purple as it emitted an ominous 'OooOOOooOOoOOoo' sound like wind passing through a drafty door.

Fox Tail Arts... Curse of the 'I carried you for nine tails months and this is how you repay me' guilty ball... may your dinner table be awkward until penance served...

And with that, Cynna lazily tossed it and hardly cared to see where it landed.

And so I am bored, now the only thing I wish to toss is back some drinks. Open~ bar~ open bar~ where is the open bar~

The present drifted off.

▣ Attire: An annoying animated present box.
▣ Target: @Sakura Wind
▣ Red: 24
▣ Green: 28

Luthien · Dec 14, 2022

"Oh, so you are approaching us?"

Her eyes lit up as Rael called out to them, and while the elf hadn’t had the time to sit down and watch a particular anime she certainly knew enough to recognize where Rael had borrowed her line from. "We can’t beat the shit outta you guys without getting closer~" Her voice held a playful tone to it, though the ranger’s gaze never wavered from the pinkett’s own as she responded in kind. Another pair of snowballs materialized into her palms.

It was then a small minion rushed towards @Ash Vargold, the little anklebiter trying to disrupt the man’s balance with its antics. "H-Hey, no, shoo!!!" One of the held snowballs was thrown downwards towards the little Vern doll, before her attention focused back on Rael—letting the other snowball she held fly towards the elven woman.

"That’s cheating!"

▣ Attire: ❰

❱
▣ Target: @Rael
▣ Red: 24
▣ Green: 29

Complete Megathread Side Story (Wintersday) Zeusterday Express

Omega Redux

Luthien

❮ Lore Seeker ❯

Little Doggo

Sean Poteitoku

❮ Blade of Hope ❯

Omega Redux

Little Doggo

Sakura Wind

Kamala Graham

❮ Pathfinder ❯

Rael

❮ Lore Seeker ❯

Kamala Graham

❮ Pathfinder ❯

Zelrius

❮ Ale King ❯

Kamala Graham

❮ Pathfinder ❯

Zelrius

❮ Ale King ❯

Ash Vargold

❮ Dissonant Exterminator ❯

Raid Boss

❮ Narrator ❯

Chrys

❮ Stalwart Defender ❯

Kamala Graham

❮ Pathfinder ❯

Chrys

❮ Stalwart Defender ❯

Cynna

Guest

Luthien

❮ Lore Seeker ❯