The Norgard Defense Force Mission Gamma: Time to DIE!
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"...Again?" Royce said, shaking her head and reaching for some nearby aspirin.

"..yeah. Started this morning. They're getting less frequent, but they're as annoying as ever. I really, -really- hate Timelord."

Royce and Xenobia looked outside, as Ghaleon, in full sailor regalia, pranced around in his garden, surrounded by numerous fairies. High-pitched giggling could be heard quite cleanly.

"So, Magical Girl Ghaleon Mental Breakdown #23235. What's...'she' doing now?"

"Oh, the usual. Champion of peace and justice, blah blah blah, fight against all evil, all that stuff. We're supposed to have a tea party with the whole bunch in the Fairy garden at 3. Oh! "She" wanted me to hire some group of people to 'dispense with the ultimate evildoer, Timelord!' Got the name from some ads in the DL Times or something."

"...The Norgard Defense Force? Royce, these guys couldn't dispense with Palmer!"

"I know, I know. But if we humor him he gets back to normal quicker, they didn't ask for any money up front, and who knows? Maybe they'll embarass the Mystic by beating the crap out of him!"

"Well..."

"Oh girrrrrls! Isn't it a wonderful day!? The sun is shining, it's another week of wonderful duels in the arena, and not an evildoer in sight!" A familiar soprano tone interrupted the conversation, as Ghaleon twirled into the room.

"Oh..uh..hi, Ghaleon."

'No time for chitchat! A girl's got to spread cullinary delights to everyone! TIME FOR PIE! TIME FOR PIE!" Ghaleon ran through the building, throwing pies everywhere.

Royce looked at Xenobia, currently covered with coconut cream. " 'Well...' what?"

"Oh, all right. I hope these guys know what they're doing...."

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Vaynard beamed at his group of rugged warriors as they gathered inside the meeting room. "Good news, everyone! The NDF has a new mission! My contact has told me that some crazy magic guy called Clockwizard or something has upset Ghaleon and must be dealt with. The pay is good, and what's more we can finally prove that those of us under the banner of the White Wolf are a force to be reckoned with!"

"I think you mean Timelord, Vaynard!" Fairie fluttered nearby. "He doesn't sound so scary, though!"

"Ah, of course, Fairie. Well, Timelord or not, the White Wolf shall howl at his door, and he will answer at his own peril!"

"Wizard? Like Koren? AHHH! KOREN! FLASHBACKS! HUMILIATING DEFEATS! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAAAAY!" Duran ran screaming until he hit the wall, after which he fell down. As Duran continued hitting the wall with the same effect, Vaynard sighed and continued speaking.

"I'm sure he'll be all right in time for the mission. Now Fairie, my #1 strategist, will explain the plan to you."

"That's right! Once we get into Timelord's domain, the important thing is to find him. He'll be expecting trouble, so his realm will be different than before. Undoubtedly he's got lots of traps and stuff, so we have to be careful! That's why I'll be leading(inside Duran's head of course) the NDF until you find him, in which case I'll..uh...gracefully step aside and let you beat him up for the glory. Yeah."

Guinglain raised his hand. "Uh, why are you coming with us?"

"To help guide you to Timelord, of course!"

"...How?"

"I'm a fairy, sillly! We're good at magical stuff like that!"

"So you're just going to randomly lead us around and hope that you have some magical ability to get through the maze that Timelord has no doubt created to keep people away? With no backup plan?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...Right. I'll just see myself out then."

Fairie shrugged. Some people just can't understand brilliance.

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Timelord chuckled. "So, the NDF thinks they can take me on, eh? Hmm...a bunch of scrubs, but if they all fought together they might actually be able to overwhelm me...or block my doorway with their corpses. Either way, it's bothersome. I better get some help." The Mystic strode out of his room, heading toward the one person that owed him a favor...

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"The NDF, huh? Okay, I'm in." Edge said, casually sitting at the bar and looking at Timelord.

"Good! The two of us might be enough, but you think you might be able to get some others? Your girlfriend, maybe? Her summons might be a good way to take out multiple characters at once."

"Yeah, I think she's been bored lately. A chance to take a shot at Vaynard sounds like just the thing. Plus, I can always tell her that Fairie said she looked fat in that dress."

"Excellent. Hurry up and get ready, then. They'll be in my realm in a few days..."

Two days later...

Vaynard broke into Timelord's realm, and smiled. Finding no natural high place, he ended up standing on top of PS3 Wren. Ignoring his frustrated groan, Vaynard immediately began on his speech, chock-full of mountain and wolf metaphors as usual. After half his team collapsed, he finally wrapped it up with "and now, we go forth for glory! Another mountain to climb, but the wolf knowns no limits, nor fear! Go forth, my army! Go forth, the Norgard Defense Force! Also wolf wolf mountain wolf wolf."

  • The NDF is victorious! Timelord is slain!
  • The NDF is crushed! Timelord mocks them even after they're all dead!
  • Something unexpected happens! Vaynard makes a wolf metaphor based upon it. Or Mountain. Or maybe some sort of Mountain shaped like a wolf. The guy has issues, what can I say?


superaielman
"The glorious White Wolf may have left the Clock Lord's realm in retreat, but it was only to spare him the further horror of the universe breaking apart thanks to an errant spell from Guinglain. Why do I keep him around, stealing my spotlight.. ANYWAY. The point is that the glorious leader and divinely blessed future Lord of Forsena may have suffered a setback this week, but so did his opponents. Never let it be said that he lacked mercy, not going for the kill when he could. Quiver and weep, Zemeckis and other leaders- your time is coming soon. Vaynard has arrived. Fate is here."

Translation: Fairie failed so much that she corrupted space-time in the TimeLord's realm, destroying most of it while killing most everyone inside. Blah blah blah blah Wolf blah blah blah talking trash to people who beat Vaynard into a pulp.

Just another day for the leader of the Norgard Defense Force.


Vaynard: 11
TimeLord: 14
Epic failure: 22

Draco Ignifer
Timelord may be a mystic, one of the races most renowned for idle cruelty, twisted fun, and lack of regard for anything human... but there are just certain levels of cruelty a sentient being just can't rise to and look themselves in the mirror the next morning. OK, so TimeLord just uses a TimeRecord spell tuned to a nanosecond ahead of him, but same principle. So, when the bedraggled NGF crawled their way up to TimeLord's abode, pitiful, exhausted, their leader still ranting about wolves and mountains, the Mystic's heart was moved by pure pity. Of course, this translated itself in his head to "These people aren't worth killing," but it was pity nonetheless.

Besides, Rydia would never speak to Edge again if he killed these poor little creatures, and being responsible for Edge's permanent breakup with his girlfriend is about the dumbest thing you can do in the DL.

This didn't save them from being trapped in Overdrive and then hit by TimeEclipses until each and everyone ony of them was a stone statue, of course. But it did have an effect on their final fates. To wit, instead of being sold to an architect with very poor taste, they wound up shipped off to a godforsaken region far, far away, and depetrified immediately thereafter.

Specifically, a godforsaken region known, quite accurately, as "Mt. Wolf."

Isn't it nice when there's a happy ending?

Taishyr
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