Day 152

“Zeiss, I’m scared.”

“Me too Mana.”

“Where’s Bone?”

“Right here!”

“Wait, where, it’s so dark!”

“I’ll make a light. Flamethrower!” Suddenly a small flame flickered and the faces of three young children appeared. One was a young boy wearing blue robes, a girl wearing a red starred hood and a young boy wearing overalls and a white shirt under it with heavy gloves and a pair of goggles. They all made a half scream before covering their mouths. They took a look to see that all of them were there.

“Where are we?” The boy in the overalls asked his friends. They shook their heads. The other boy, a very tall specimen with the blue robes stepped forward with the fire in his hands.

“I don’t know, but I think we should go. The others should be somewhere, they might know what to do.” The boy started to walk with the girl and boy in tow. They walked a long way before the flame eventually flickered away. “I’m out of magic?” The boy in the blue robes tried to make another ball of fire but it disappeared as quickly as it was made.

“Ahhh!” The girl started to panic but the boy in the overalls quickly quieted her down. Suddenly a large light appeared behind them. They then heard a growling noise.

“Zeiss, is that you?” The boy in the overalls asked.

“No, Mana?” Zeiss asked the girl.

“Bone...” Mana’s hair stood on end as she looked like she was about to pass out.

“If it was me why would I be asking who it was?” Bone said.

“Let’s move very slowly now, maybe it won’t try to hurt us.” Zeiss said as they started to tip-toe forward at a pace so slow it was as if they weren’t moving. The light stayed in its place and the three kids didn’t look back at all. Suddenly a small rock was crushed under Bone’s boot and he uttered a meek cry. They heard an aggravated roar behind them and they screamed on the top of their lungs and started to run for their lives. They ran as fast as their little legs could carry them but the thunderous footsteps continued to follow them. Zeiss looked back and the light it was emitting was from its burning eyes and they were trapped inside a cave like structure. Zeiss picked up the pace and passed his friends and screamed even louder. After a series of screams and sprints, Mana fell over a rock and fell to the ground. She curled up in a ball and held her ears closed. The beast went to devour the young girl but for some reason it stopped over her body. Mana looked up to see a man with his back to the monster over her. He was extraordinarily tall, he wore a large white coat and a red v-neck shirt under it and baggy pants. He had long blonde hair and he had a little bit of hair forming a grizzled beard. Mana instantly blushed at her savior and he smiled back at her. She noticed that the monster’s mouth was open but wasn’t able to close its jaws on either Mana nor the man. Upon further inspection she saw a wall of hexagonal shapes of light a few inches away from the man’s back.

“Hraaah!”  The man grunted and a wave of energy threw the monster back several feet. The man turned around to the monster and pointed his finger at it. “How about that?” He said and turned back to Mana, he lent out a gloved hand towards her helping her up. “You alright pretty lady?” The man said and Mana simply stuttered. THe man took it as a sign that she was incapable of moving and quickly picked her up. “Let me guess, you three are the new warriors of harmony?” The man asked. “Let me guess, you two are Zeiss and Bone and the pretty lady here is Mana.” The man smiled at them. His body gave off a glow that lighted up the cave, a light much more brilliant and less violent than the monster’s light. “I’m Roland, you’re neighborhood friendly Paladin.” Roland introduced himself with a grin that was as bright as his glow. He was monstrous, he was well over six feet and his hair was long and spiking all over the place, his feet were over a foot long and he kept his massive hands under black leather gloves. He set down mana and patted off her mage robes. “So what are you kids up to, you know you shouldn’t be in caves like this one here.” Roland said and flexed his shoulders.

“Is an exit really close?” Zeiss asked the huge bear of a man. Roland flicked his thumb and chuckled.

“Not really. I heard Mana scream and I kinda got lost in the moment and moved really really fast so it’s not for a few dozen miles and I’m out of juice. So we’re going to have to walk from here on out.” Roland gave a half smile. The three kids fell to the ground and groaned. “Hey I still got my strength, so you shouldn’t worry. Hey how about I carry you all to the exit, that way you won’t have to work anymore.” Roland gave the three kids a thumbs up but they continued to groan. He then swung Mana onto his back and carried the boys under his arms. “You’re making this worse than it’s supposed to.” Roland said with Mana gripping tightly around his neck. He grunted as he continued to walk. After walking a while the children started to grow comfortable around the older man. “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of all of you, I know it looks hard to believe but I’m twenty seven years old, I lived much longer than you had.” Roland reassured the kids as he kept walking with a little hop in his step. He seemed to glide with the kids under his arm. His senses piqued as he heard a rumbling in the cave. He closed his eyes and looked as if he was concentrating hard on something. “Oh that thing is still alive, oops got to run.” Roland said as he started to run, the monster quickly gaining on him and the three children under his arms. The man may have still been fast with the kids in his arms but the beast was faster on all fours and it was a matter of time before it reached them. Roland prayed to himself. “Come on, someone be here dammit.” Roland tried to run faster but he was going as fast as he possibly could. He then heard a clapping noise

“Pathetic, really.” An older voice called out as someone slammed down on the ground. Suddenly there were multiple sparks of electricity jumping from the ground in the form of a circle with a star in the center. The cave then started to shift as stalagmites from the walls, ground and roof pierced the beast behind the paladin. 

“Hey Crowley, good to see you too.” Roland said as he dropped the kids and had a light radiate from his hands towards their ally. He was an older looking man with premature white hair and dark grey eyes. He was wearing a black shirt and dark pants with a white scarf around his neck. “Hey kids, he’s an alchemist so he’s all about analyzing, destroying and recreating and stuff like that.” Roland winked, Crowley clapped his hands and took a rock off the ground and made a torch out of it. 

“Come on man-child, let us exit this place it’s dank and smells of dead monsters.” Crowley said as he led the paladin and the children away form the monster’s carcass.   

Day 151

An instant flash of black and blue followed by a monstrosity of fire and dark scales. The lush jungle landscape was being torn to pieces, shown no mercy by the creature hunting its infinitesimal prey, it was giving the small creature no quarter. It thrashed about as it opened its colossal jaws. The small creature soared through the trees, sweating furiously, trying to escape with its life. While continuing its escape it started to utter noises.

“What did I do? What did I do?” The creature which actually was an eleven year old boy whined as he soared from tree to tree with athletic grace, it was apparent that he was no ordinary pre-adolescent as he was able to defy gravity for several seconds before reaching the ground and landing safely on a thin tree branch. He looked back and the monster roared in response. The boy locked his knees and took an extraordinary leap forward and rapidly increased his speed in order not to be devoured by the beast. After a long period of evasive maneuvers the boy started to become tired. He looked back upon the beast and grunted. He started to despise how much energy the beast had in it. He yelled in frustration and turned backwards. “I had enough, you’re going down. Majin Rengazan!” The boy made a slashing formation with both of his arms which threw out waves of sonic energy at the monster which hit it square in the face. The monster screamed in anguish and fell back. “Jackpot!” The boy said and took a moment to rest. The monster stumbled backwards for a bit, the boy wishing for it to fall to its demise. The creature however regained composure and started to build up fire in its gaping jaws. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” The boy started to jump again, even faster than before. The creature let out a roar and unleashed the stored up fire in its mouth in the form of a giant sphere of blazing fury. The boy looked back and his eyes widened in shock. “Zeppuujin... WHOAH!” The boy started to create a projectile of wind but it instantly withered away by the incoming ball of fire. He held his hands over his face hoping that if he didn’t see it, it wasn’t real. Fully expecting for it to turn him into a freshly roasted meal he felt the slightest breeze tickle his cheek. He unobstructed his face and saw that the fire ball was actually cut into two, a feat that would seem normally impossible.

“How was someone like you chosen to be a warrior of harmony?” A gruff older voice called out. The boy looked at the face of his savior. He was far older than him, he may have been four times his own age. He had long black unkempt hair and he was wearing a headband with a piece of black and red metal sticking upwards like a pincer. He was also wearing a long black coat with a flame motif on the bottom and plates of red armor running down his armor. His muscles peeked from his skin tight shirt and formed a cloak that covered most of his legs. In his right hand was a long katana. 

“Who are you?” The boy asked probably the most obvious question one could ask in a situation such as that.

“There are more pressing matters at hand, preferably this annoying pest you seemed to pick up. Perish. Kaenrekkuu.” The man swung his sword and from his blade came forth a blazing tempest. As it moved forward it grew more massive in size and it engulfed the entire monster in its blistering flames. “The more important question is, who are you boy?” The man said as he swung his sword and the flames dissipated and the monster fell over, most probably dead, no living creature would have been able to survive a technique of such strength.

“I’m a warrior of harmony.” The boy finally managed to get the words out of his mouth with plenty of stuttering in between.

“Tell me something I don’t know.” The man said and he made his sword disappear in thin air making it look like he was sheathing it. The boy just stood in amazement at the man before him. The man turned around and saw that the beast was not dead but knocked out. He put his arm in front of the boy ready to protect him but he looked up and saw that something was falling from the sky. It landed on top of the monster’s head and brought it to the ground bringing upon a dust cloud. After the dust settled it was revealed that a man holding a spear horizontally behind his neck was standing on the monster’s skull, he looked like an ordinary man his height was a bit above average but his grin was above average, smiling from pierced ear to ear. 

“Hey Judy buddy, you’re slipping a bit letting something as weak as this surprise you!” The man said as he jumped up on the same branch as his friend. The man didn’t look like a warrior but instead a spelunker. He had a brown Tyrollean hat, a red scarf a brown overcoat and blue jeans. He did not look like the type of guy that would have taken down a giant dragon. The only thing that made him look dangerous was his spear, long and red and decorated with an angel wing and a devil wing and two long prongs now dripping in blood.

“I’ve told you countless times Valentine, it is not ‘Judy‘ my name is Judas.” The long haired man said and the man with the spear, apparently named Valentine simply mocked him.

“Fine Judas, have it your way Mr. Samurai. You’re no fun.” Valentine took his spear and plunged it into the branch under him, he snapped his gloved hands and the spear vanished in speckles of light and dust.

“You are not suited to be a dragoon Valentine. You’re unbecoming and crude.” Judas mentioned and rubbed his head with his thumb and fore-finger. 

“Well that’s something coming from you wise guy.” The boy just looked at the two adults arguing. They looked relatively similar but the adults couldn’t be any more different, Judas was stern and stoic while Valentine was carefree and childish. He was utterly speechless.

“The others are coming soon aren’t they? I sense their presence.” Judas said.

“What, you don’t like my company anymore, whatever I saw them a long time before you could ‘sense’ them.” Valentine retorted. After a long period of constant bickering the boy started to hear rustling in the trees around him. “They’re here.” Valentine said in a sing song voice. 

Suddenly three figures jumped out from their hiding places. One of them was an old noble looking man with a white mustache and a dark suit. The second was a younger man, probably wasn’t past his teens, he was wearing a black long collared sleeve shirt with frilled wrists and black pants with a thorn motif running down the outside of his legs and has a cross on the front of his shirt. He also wore a long black cape. But the oddest of all was a strange mask made of monster bones partially obscuring his face. The last was a girl, probably younger than the boy, she was wearing a black and purple gothic dress and by her side was a small purple limbless monster with giant eyes and a mouth with shark like teeth. It flew around her in a circular motion, laughing manically. 

“Look who it is, Wolfhelm, Cain and Isabel.” Valentine said to the three new comers. “Care to join the party?” Valentine asked.

“A party really, a bad choice in venue though, next time I’ll decide.” The old man, who was known as Wolfhelm said.

“Valentine, you really are nothing but an immature pest.” Isabel said and the creature by her side laughed.

“Valentine is a brat, Valentine is a brat! Kyahahahaha!” The monster by her side cackled.

“Not interested.” The last person, Cain said as he took a deep breath. “But who is the kid?” Cain pointed out to the boy who had been doing nothing but staring at the group of warriors before him.

“So, who are you?” Valentine asked him.

“A warrior of harmony no doubt of course.” Wolfhelm exclaimed.

“Speak up little boy.” Isabel chimed in.

“Speak up, speak up!” The creature by her side repeated.

“Say your name.” Judas said. The boy snapped out of his fantasy and took a deep breath.

“I’m the fighter. My name... is Justice.”

What mattered the most, was remembered last.

Arc... begin

Day 150

Dizzy Quotes:

Dizzy vs Dios: Undoubtedly a warrior of harmony

Dizzy vs Alucard: There is nothing to discuss with you

Dizzy vs Jasmine: Your screams will sound glorious with my music

Dizzy vs Lucian the Kid: Your existence is Voidable.

Dizzy vs Justice: I’ve been waiting for you, I’ve been longing to see you...

Dizzy vs Jems: You cannot become me

Dizzy vs Rose: I am the only actor needed

Dizzy vs Astro: You are but a fleeting sunset

Dizzy vs Aeon: Time can be so cruel, hm?

Dizzy vs Selena: The moon steals light to shine brighter.

Dizzy vs Schrodinger: A tyrant’s reign ends quickly.

Dizzy vs Jude: You don’t wear the light very well.

Dizzy vs Darkside: What a horrid little brat!

Dizzy vs Elf: I’ll show you a thing or two.

Dizzy vs Faye-Ling: Let me sing your requiem

Dizzy vs Mordecai: The star makes her entrance

Dizzy vs Joachim: The weakest dog barks the loudest.

Dizzy vs Katarina: A poor bird without wings...

Dizzy vs Cornell: The moon is fickle, calling to the darkness.

Dizzy vs Bone: Letting your guard down on purpose?

Dizzy vs Fenril: Will you wag your tail for me?

Dizzy vs Vika: Your penance is revolting

Dizzy vs Alice: You think you can dominate me?

Dizzy vs Jacoban: Your struggles are about to end

Dizzy vs Gig: Are you going to get in my way?

Dizzy vs Echidna: Simpletons should learn to keep quiet

Dizzy vs Deathscythe: An angel cannot soar without both wings

Dizzy vs Jiol: Let us make beautiful music...

Dizzy vs A.B.B.A: Let me play your melody

Dizzy vs Matilda: I’ll rip you away from your dear friends.

Dizzy vs Odellia: I’ll give a stellar performance

Dizzy vs Zeiss: Now...Time for a beautiful interlude

Dizzy vs Jester: I can’t STAND the untalented!

Dizzy vs Laylea: Not an ounce of grace in you!

Dizzy vs Harlequin: I’ll rip that jester’s mask right off you.

Dizzy vs Silk: Where does the caged bird wish to soar?

Dizzy vs Opalescence: Acting as if we’re the star, are we?

Dizzy vs Igrene: Such arrogant eyes, how unpleasing.

Dizzy vs Le Cage: Isn’t it thrilling?

Dizzy vs Mana: I’ll play with you

Dizzy vs Ignis: Exit quietly old crone

Dizzy vs Guinevere: I’ll pass quietly on that crude lifestyle

Dizzy vs Magnus: Will you let me hear you twitter?

Dizzy vs Maybell: Have you come to be defeated by me?

Dizzy vs Sora: Let me clip your wing, fallen one.

Dizzy vs Sety: I will not take part in your child’s play

Dizzy vs Kokoro: Allow me to take her place

Dizzy vs Forst: Even I can’t stop myself

Dizzy vs Ohm: I can feel my soul trembling

Dizzy vs Cyan: Don’t let me down

Dizzy vs Tsubaki: You don’t plan on winning, do you?

Dizzy vs Air: I never lose a fight

Dizzy vs Genome: How brave you are!

Dizzy vs Celice: Shall I expose your true colors?

Dizzy vs Angela: You don’t scare me one bit.

Dau 149

Limit Breaks

Justice -Divine Retribution

Dios - Holy Thunderforce

Jasmine - Kokujin Ogi - Akumetsu

Selena - Resplendence

Zeiss - Element of Treachery

Astro - Ultimate Star

Katarina - Maelstrom’s Bolt

Elf - Intercession

Guinevere - The Five Lights

Mordecai - Twin Meteor

Igrene - Heavenly Rain

Mana - Attack Meow Pow!

Jiol - Force Symphony

Jems - Shichisei Ranka

Jude - Heaven’s Bolt

Silk - FuRinKaZan

Sety - Holy Flare

Maybell - Frost Wave

Aless - Final Ray

Echidna - Equivalent Exchange

Laylea - Briny Cannonade

Vika - Holy Strength

Frost - Happy-Happy-Trigger

Jacoban - Master Mime

Cyan - Punishing Soul

Matilda - Magical Masque

Air - Star Prism

Bone - Fair Game

Celice - Mirage Dive

Day 148

Gig quotes

Gig vs Dios: Well aren’t you special...

Gig vs Alucard: A duel between legendary warriors, huh?

Gig vs Jasmine: To be young and naive!

Gig vs Lucian the Kid: Your chances are “void” unless you come and get me.

Gig vs Justice: Let’s show everybody else how it’s done

Gig vs Dizzy: Ha... This’ll be interesting.

Gig vs Jems: What a cute little girl.

Gig vs Rose: Let’s end this, huh?

Gig vs Astro: Who’s the real superstar?

Gig vs Aeon: Tinkering with time’s gonna do you no good

Gig vs Elf: The Great Gig has dreams too

Gig vs Faye-Ling: Can’t leave the match up in the air

Gig vs Jacoban: Your heart’s gotta be in the fight

Gig vs Vika: Heh, I’ll make ya blast off

Gig vs Alice: Got some tricks up your sleeve?

Gig vs Jude: Kinda like straight-laced types

Gig vs Darkside: Geez, babysitting?

Gig vs Selena: You’d better not cry. You’d make me uncomfortable

Gig vs Schrodinger: Cocky, but ya got no substance

Gig vs Bone: Time to teach ya some manners!

Gig vs Fenril: We both got our problems, huh?

Gig vs Katarina: I’m up for a challenge.

Gig vs Cornell: If you’re a wolf, what the heck am I?

Gig vs Jiol: Think you’re a big shot?

Gig vs A.B.B.A: I’m ready for anything

Gig vs Sety: Oops, thought you was a ball

Gig vs Kokoro: Gonna cry?

Gig vs Mordecai: Hah! Just keep me entertained.

Gig vs Silk: Stay out of this, little lady.

Gig vs Opalescence: You could sharpen that axe once in a while.

Gig vs Aless: I can’t hold back, ya know?

Gig vs Paradigm: I might lose an argument...

Gig vs Zeiss: Ya better not make him worry

Gig vs Jester: Looks like you’ve got a few screws loose

Gig vs Laylea: What’s up with the gloomy face?

Gig vs Harlequin: You really think you got a chance?

Gig vs Mana: Nice tail

Gig vs Ignis: So the mom’s alive and kickin’.

Gig vs Echidna: You’re in for a wallop!

Gig vs Deathscythe: Aren’t you hot in that thing?

Gig vs Igrene: Kinda like silent ones.

Gig vs Le Cage: Some hard head ya got there, lady.

Gig vs Frost: So, ya believe the sky’s the limit, do ya?

Gig vs Ohm: Get lost!

Gig vs Matilda: Ya got the personality of a star down

Gig vs Odellia: Hey lady, relax

Gig vs Celice: Better use yer best sword.

Gig vs Air: Look’s who’s on her first adventure.

Gig vs Genome: If only erasing things were that easy

Gig vs Guinevere: Ya got guts comin’ at me with your fists

Gig vs Magnus: Are you serious?

Gig vs Cyan: You’ve got guts

Gig vs Tsubaki: Sure you’re up for this?

Day 147

Dios vs Zero: We’ll see who really can be the leading man

Jasmine vs Deva: Easy on the eyes aren’t you?

Justice vs Elizabeth: My will shall lead me to the light!

Jems vs Carmilla: My power of love is greater than yours

Astro vs Achilles: Not even the best can beat the star!

Selena vs Sin: There is such sadness in your eyes

Jude vs Hugh: You seem haunted by something

Vika vs Stella: The power of the dragons are on my side

Jacoban vs Dmitrii: Your power doesn’t even compare to mine

Katarina vs Ortega: Why do you exude such malice?

Bone vs Lyudmil: You look pretty stylin’ in that suit

Echidna vs Malus: A mother following her son? Leave or you’ll be well done.

Mordecai vs Gilles De Rais: I’m not scared of you in the slightest

Igrene vs Ada: Can’t talk can you, that’s okay.

Zeiss vs Isaac: You’re not exactly the sharpest tool in the forge.

Laylea vs Hector: You seem out of place

Jiol vs Celia: I’m kinda intrigued by your party, mind if I crash it?

Elf vs Bernadette: You’re too weak to control anything!

Mana vs Actrise: Women like you, make me sick!

Sety vs Loretta: Let’s hold on a second!

Guinevere vs Dario: I bet my fists will burn more than your flames

Aless vs Makenshi: Mist is not as solid as soil.

Cyan vs Herba: I’ll burn you like the weed you are

Silk vs Death: I’ll beat even death

Maybell vs Lou: Keep your head in the clouds kid

Frost vs Oscha: Why do I always get the weird ones?

Air vs Crux: Look what we have here?

Celice vs Beryl: Don’t get too ahead of yourself

Matilda vs Mania: I don’t see the big deal with you.

Day 146

Iustitia quotes

Iustitia vs Dios: Dreams can only be dreams

Iustitia vs Alucard: Hatred is my source of strength

Iustitia vs Jasmine: Holding on to a fleeting dream is pointless

Iustitia vs Lucian the Kid: Show me your prowess over the Void!

Iustitia vs Justice: How can you fight with darkness inside you?

Iustitia vs Dizzy the Opera: What is it that you fear?

Iustitia vs Jems: Shine your light on my black blade!

Iustitia vs Rose: Does your hatred for the world know no end?

Iustitia vs Astro: One without strength has no future

Iustitia vs Aeon: No magic can overturn the past

Iustitia vs Selena: There is nothing more futile than a waning light.

Iustitia vs Schrodinger: I will not pledge allegiance to the likes of you

Iustitia vs Jude: You fancy yourself a warrior?

Iustitia vs Darkside: Darkness is to be cast away

Iustitia vs Elf: This is no place for your ilk

Iustitia vs Faye-Ling: Hmph, what a repulsive resemblance.

Iustitia vs Bone: Hatred would seem but foreign to you

Iustitia vs Fenril: Have you what it takes to live up to your grand name?

Iustitia vs Vika: Another traitor stands before me...

Iustitia vs Alice: You have no place on any throne

Iustitia vs Jacoban: Stay my blade, if you can

Iustitia vs Gig: You will not have the luxury to turn your eye

Iustitia vs Echidna: Seems a rat has entered the fray

Iustitia vs Deathscythe: What do you desire with such power?

Iustitia vs Mordecai: Freedom only comes to those with power

Iustitia vs Joachim: Gazing upon you sickens me to my core

Iustitia vs Sety: A child who knows not anger or sorrow!

Iustitia vs Kokoro: Your ties of blood are but a hindrance.

Iustitia vs Zeiss: You shall be purged by my blade

Iustitia vs Jester: Your tricks are meaningless before me.

Iustitia vs Laylea: One without loyalty and honor

Iustitia vs Harlequin: Respect what is just, or face defeat

Iustitia vs Jiol: Running about will not aid you.

Iustitia vs A.B.B.A: You but grasp at other’s dreams

Iustitia vs Aless: So you cannot fight without aid

Iustitia vs Paradigm: You have much more than pride in you.

Iustitia vs Katarina: None of us can protect what we hold most dear

Iustitia vs Cornell: Power without control is worthless

Iustitia vs Igrene: You are outmatched

Iustitia vs Le Cage: You’ve still time to run

Iustitia vs Silk: It seems you’ve something you can’t discard

Iustitia vs Opalescence: Only death shall pardon me from my sword

Iustitia vs Cyan: I have nothing to lose!

Iustitia vs Tsubai: I’ve no choice but to fight!

Iustitia vs Mana: Be gone, dog!

Iustitia vs Ignis: Justice to the fallen woman!

Iustitia vs Maybell: Those who trust in others are always betrayed

Iustitia vs Sora: Pitiful warrior drowned in battle

Iustitia vs Frost: No need to hold back. Come!

Iustitia vs Ohm: Your lofty air is laughable

Iustitia vs Celice: I shall be your judge

Iustitia vs Angela: Hatred does not allow for defeat

Iustitia vs Air: Even a stray has pride

Iustitia vs Genome: Come and face your judgment

Iustitia vs Guinevere: You’ve only yourself to blame

Iustitia vs Magnus: Go ahead and laugh while you can.

Iustitia vs Matilda: Behold the power of a judge

Iustitia vs Odellia: Hatred burns within me!

Iustitia vs Iscariot: Hatred surpasses even discord!