RP Topic I Have No Clever Name For

*Taiyo backs off, holding her sword to block the punches.*

Noctis turns the hooked claw into another katar and throws out a series of jabs and crosses at the clone's midsection before giving it a final uppercut to the jaw. "I don't have any limitations to begin with." Noct said, charging him again, before quickly strafing to the right, leaving a trail of shadow harpoons that launch out at him. Noctis then rushes him from behind as the harpoons fire, aiming to slide a blade between two of his vertebrae, crippling him.

*He converts his tentacles into a protective ball as Noctis clone chasing Euryale attacks her. When he emerges, he snaps his fingers, & the clones explode, severely wounding anyone they're close to. He Sonidos to Euryale's location, charging a Cero in one hand, which he aims at her head.*

Szayel<No one move.>

*Euryale holds out her hand & the golden spear flies towards her. She uses it to sweep Szayel's legs out from under him, stab his hand, and throw him into a wall.*

E"Finish him, now!"
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*Noah shoots the remaining Calaveras with feathers that rip them in half.*

N"I imagine he's heading for more of his trees."

*Taiyo recouperates from the explosion and charges, raising her sword above her. Standing over Szayel, she stabbs down on his neck.*

Noctis, having the ability to fucking use her death beam taken away, settles for multiple impales with shadow weapons.

*One of Szayel's tentacles brushes the back of Asmodeus's leg. She recoils, stomping on it. He glares at Taiyo, reaches out to her, & then slumps over & stops breathing. Lilith heads over to Euryale and grabs the lump on one of her calves. When she sets the dolls down, the labels vanish from the organs, which spill out as a puddle of black goop, and the whole structure of each dissolves into spirit particles.*

L"This might hurt slightly."

*Euryale screams bloody murder as Lilith stretches the tendon back and starts to bind it back to her heel with Kido.*

L"Good, good...we're almost done, just one more...."

Noctis rushes back to Euryale's side when she hears her scream.

*Removing her sword from Szayel's neck, Taiyo rushes over to Euryale's side.*

*Once she finishes the tendon, they hear a blast of maniacal laughter. Asmodeus covers her mouth like she'd just said something rude, then starts to sweat. She collapses to her knees; where her breathing becomes ragged, her stomach swells 2 or 3 times its normal size, & her eyes bulge. Szayel's voice issues from her gut.*

Szayel<I've taken great measures to keep this ability secret, even from my fellow Arrancar, but here we are now: My most glorious invention, and the ultimate power of my Zanpakuto, Fornicaras! So long as I maintain contact with a living being in the event of my death, I can take that body as host. Then, it's a simple matter of eating my way out, to restore my strength.>

*She vomits a white glob, which glows with pink energy. The glob starts dividing and quickly builds up to Szayel's Ressurrecion form, Asmodeus's own body shrivelling up as it does so. Szayel wipes some of his hair, sticky with goop, out of his face.*

Szayel<My host is left as a shriveled, dead husk, and in this way, I can live forever. The only downside is that it makes my hair completely unmanageable...don't you think?>

*The area around Euryale's one healed foot glows, and in a second, she's kneeling over Asmodeus, who mouthes something to her, but her voice is to quiet to hear. She then shoots Szayel a death glare that would make Senthose jealous. Szayel just grins, looks at everyone in the room in turn, and bursts out laughing again.*

"...Weird Lady?"

*Taiyo stands holding her Zanpakuto.*

"Purr, Kitexi Neko!"

Noctis is over by Asmodeus as well, horrified by what she saw. "Asmodeus..." was really all she could manage to say. Looking at Szayel, Noct created two shadow swords in front of him and stabbed them into his feet to lock him in place.

*Szayel disables the attack, like he did before, & punches Taiyo back with a Bala. John & Mammon prepare to jump, but back up when one of the rock spires smashes into Euryale, followed by the others from around the room.*

E"You 2 stay back. I don't want you getting hurt."

*The rocks mold around Euryale, forming her armor. The air around her erupts in Reitsu of black & purple, her yellow eyes glowing. The next thing Szayel knows, rock spikes fire out of the floor, severing 3 of his tentacles, but missing the last one. He swings it around to grab Euryale with it, but she coats her hands in metal & grabs it first.*

E"I bet you think I missed this one, but the truth is, I just wanted to play a little counting game. One."

*She reaches up & pulls one of the bulbs on his tentacles right off. Szayel charges a Bala. Since her hands are busy dismembering him, she stops it by leaning forward & biting his wrist right the fuck out. Apparently bored with the "counting game" at 3, she pulls the tentacle off by way of holding onto it while she kicks him in the chest, sending him into the far wall.*

E"Attack him all you want, but keep your distance. Otherwise, he'll just...well, you know what he'll do."

*She starts crying Berserker Tears.*

Seeing him getting his ass royally handed to him Noctis takes in as much shadows as she can, darkening to a shade darker than black. When Euryale was done Noctis nodded, "Umbral Edge: Absence of Light!" With that, Noct created a triangle by putting her hands in front of her and touching her index fingers, and thumbs together. The shadows Noct took into herself violently compress into her chest, before shooting out as highly compressed beam of energy from the space between her hands. The beam collides with Szayel, pulsates, then expands until he is fully encased in the beam. After a while the beam dissipates, leaving a circular cloud of black shadow as a residue. Noctis then collapses backwards.

*Taiyo swings her lance sending cat paws at Szayel.*

*Szayel staggers forward in his Unreleased state. The blade of his Zanpakuto falls off & the hilt crumbles to dust in his hand.*

<How can this be? I'm a perfect being! I can't be killed off for real!>

*He turns around to see a set of gates opening behind him.*

<No! No, it can't come to this! Not by worthless humans! I can fix my body, I just need more time! Please!>

*Otherworldly laughter and screaming comes from inside the gate. Szayel tries to run, but he's pierced through the pelvis by a giant-ass blade & dragged through. The gates slam shut & vanish, leaving nothing behind.*

Noctis is unconscious.

*Taiyo's Zanpakuto returns to normal. After sheathing it she goes over to what's left of Asmodeus.*

"She can be fixed, right?"

*She looks at Lilith, eyes brimming with tears.*

L"I'm afraid not. And since I don't see a Chain of Fate, Urahara must have converted the humans to soul form when he sent us here, so she'll be reincarnated instead of sent to the Soul Society. Unfortunately, Asmodeus is gone for good."

*Euryale's FullBring falls apart around her in rocks. She crumples to her knees.*

E"When I think back...all the things I said...if I only would have known...."

L"Then you would have saved her. Don't blame yourself for the evil acts of your enemies. This sort of thing is the reason why Aamon and his Arrancar must be stopped. Understand?"

E"...If you say so."

Mortal finally wakes up and gives a long yawn, before stretching. Rubbing her eyes, and giving another, smaller yawn, she says, "Well, that was a good nap... There really isn't anything to do here... I should go eat a sheep..."

"Oh... Okay."

Mortal, do to blind luck, actually does stumble upon a sheep hollow. Stealthily Mortal sneaks up on the unsuspecting prey, slowly getting closer and closer until she is right about to pounce on the little lamb hollow.

"Then we should stop him!" Kira grunted before speeding after Rudobone. He kept looking from side to side in case he was blocked by more Calvera, thinking of how to combat them if he was.

*The sheep Hollow watches as a sword stabs itself into the ground between them.*

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!"

*Senthose dropkicks Mortal in the face.*
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*When they find Rudobon, he's on top of Sokyoku Hill. The Sokyoku has been replaced with a very large tree, with many smaller trees growing out of the cliff at various angles. Rudobon himself is surrounded by a dozen Calaveras.*

Rudobon<Grow, Arbol.>

*The sword turns into a branch itself & branches grow over his right shoulder as roots grow from his waist into the ground. The branches & roots grow, surrounded by black-and-purple Reitsu, which spreads to the various trees.*
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*Asmodeus's body begins to dissolve into spirit particles.*

L"I'm sorry that you won't have anything to take back."

*Mammon picks up the gold spear, which turns into a Celtic Cross.*

Mammon<We'll use this as a marker. I think she's appreciate that.>

L"...Can Noctis be awakened? We need to get moving."

*Taiyo stands up, wiping her eyes.*

"Today sucks."

Mortal gets up quickly, "Senthose, what the fuck?!"