Season 37, Week 1
Royce
(Lunar: Silver Star Story)
 
The Vile Tribe once again presents their prized beauties as champions to display their cursed power in the Duelling League! Royce - fortuneteller, illusionist and mistress of flames - is ready to cut through her opposition in a cruel, reaping dance. Her first victim will not only one of her easiest wins, but comes with quite the reputation. "Thundergod" Cidolfas Orlandu may be a mighty legend amongst even Godlikes, but there is nothing - absolutely nothing - he can do against Royce's trademark Flame Bird. The PC-killing spell will ensnare the swordsman, preventing any movement, and allow her to swiftly destroy him. If that wasn't enough, she has more than enough durability to survive Orlandu's opening assault. This may be insultingly easy for Royce, but the Vile Tribe will be more than happy to add an illustrious warrior such as Cidolfas Orlandu to their roster of hapless victims!

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The sweet, sweet sound of battle calls out once more to Cidolfas Orlandu, harkening him back to the arena in all it's bloodstained glory. Never content to rest on his laurels for long, the veteran fighter known as a god among men is still going strong even at an age where most others would have long since retired and tried to live out their golden years in peace. But so long as there are opponents left to challenge, T.G. Cid will not even think about peace. His first step upon his latest venture on the road to glory is to bring down a woman waiting to give him a very warm reception. But no fear, as the simple preparation of remembering a Flame Shield will render her potent fire attacks useless, and leave the sluggish vile tribe witch wide open for a high-speed parasitic beatdown courtesy of the mightiest PC in Godlike. As your master might say Royce, it's time to die.


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Of all the people Count Cidolfas Orlandu expected to see coming down to the ring causing trouble, Edge was.. oh, say second on the list behind a rampaging mob of Piastol fangirls. That last stunt had taken a lot of fighting and explaining to undo. Damn Edge.

What was however surprising was that Edge was making a straight beeline for Orlandu and looked.. unarmed? Not in attack mode? How shocking. He did however looked pissed. "Old man! Put away that sword and let me speak before you blast me. I don't have time to recover and kick your geezer butt all over the place." Edge quickly related the story of what Piastol and Galcian pulled on Rydia. "I wouldn't normally ask for help if it got me the keys to every single ladies's locker room in the DL, but this is personal. Rydia went from having a fair fight to getting slaughtered, all cause Piastol isn't woman enough to confront me directly. So what do you say? Truce while we smash her flat?"

"One question, boy. Why should I go along with this little scheme of yours after the trouble you've caused me?"

"Rydia's a good person and deserves better than that. I'll drag Fuse into this to get to the bottom of this. More importantly, don't you have a score to settle with Piastol for that loss? And you're going to have one to settle with Royce, as you aren't looking too good against her. Besides, you're supposed to be a good guy. Isn't that what you do, besides for kick the crap out of Zidane?"

"Galcian is a filthy villian who deserves it.. mm. Tell you what. You make Royce suffer before the fight's over with, and we have a deal. You'd better hurry, as I don't know how long I can dodge Flame Bird." Orlandu squared up and went to go face Royce. It may not be a fight he could win, but he'd at least do some damage. Edge was also right- Rydia did deserve better than that.


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The sound of what sounded like a giant engine firing up caught Cid's attention. Royce and the crowd looked around in confusion to see what was happening, which gave Orlandu just enough time to dodge another Flame Bird. It had to be Edge. If there was one thing Cid had learned in his stay in the DL, it was that the Ninja Prince could find trouble (and a way out of it) out of thin air.

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"EDGEEEEEE!" The sound of the engine had gotten much closer. For a split second, the sound was drowned out by the screaming of what sounded like a very angry young lady. Most of the crowd just rolled their eyes, figuring that Edge was up to his usual tricks. Maybe he'd live up to his wo-


Orlandu had gotten a little too distracted by the sound. Bars of thick flame closed around his body, both burning and trapping him. He was caught.

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Royce walked in to nail a finishing blow on Orlandu. She had no reason to rush once Cid had been caught by her Flame Bird attack. Readying a Shot Lance attack to grind him into dust. As her hands were slowly lowering to drive him the strike, the world shook and exploded. The second before, Orlandu was in midair slowly being burned to death. The next second he was on the arena floor, and Royce had been knocked several feet into the nearest wall. A very battered looking craft had just landed a few feet away from Orlandu. Out popped a grinning Edge, a tired looking Fuse, and a very battered Yuiri.


"See, gramps? I came through. I blasted Royce with one of Lexis's patented love missiles. She'll fall in love with the first thing she sees once she wakes up. Once Fuse has been paid off this way, he'll be happy to assist us. Yuiri I brought along.. well, you can never have too many lesbians, or so my father used to say." Edge helped Orlandu to his feet. "That hunk of junk's sort of beaten up, but it'll got a radar that'll let us track Ramirez. Once we beat the emo out of him, we'll focus on Piastol. Fuse is along to handle the legal aspect. I want justice for what happened to Rydia." Edge had helped Orlandu put himself to rights and had gathered himself as well. "Let's get out of where now, in fact. Where's Yuiri?"


"..Edge, you said that the first think Royce laid eyes on is what she'd fall in love with, right?" Fuse's voice sounded oddly strangled, as if he couldn't believe what was happening.

"Yeah, why?" Edge paid no more attention it than he did the crowd sitting in stunned silence.

"Because Yuiri limped over to help Royce up, and they're currently holding hands and making out." Fuse's face was a mask of pure frustration once again. It had not been a good day for the head of the DL police.

"Awesome. Let me use that TimeRecord spell scroll TL gave me.." Edge fumbled in his pockets for the scroll, and quickly unrolled it. Activating it was the easist thing in the world.

"..Awesome? You twit, how am I supposed to get back in Royce's good graces if you turned her into a lesbian? Why should I help you?" Frustration was now replaced by anger. If Edge didn't figure out a way to calm Fuse down, he'd likely have to fend off another attack he didn't have time for.

Edge turned away from the torrid action in front of him to give Fuse a cold glare. "Beyond her many crimes which you're so supposed to be paid to arrest her for, Piastol committed one of the worst sins of all. She made a scene of her stripping Rydia seem.. unsexy. Cruel. Forced. She took the joy out of seeing a pretty girl in her underware. If that foul, unholy act isn't enough to bring all the powers that be in the DL universe against her, I don't know what is. I also don't want to be part of a place that condones such a thing. With the gods as my witness, I will fix this and make completely gratuitous half naked girls a good thing again!"

The look of stone cold rage on Fuse's face matched the burning hate on Edge's face. "Let's bring these bastards down."

Royce: 42
Orlandu, Cidolfas: 33

T.G. Nevareh
Thunder God Cid eats baddies like Royce for breakfast, or perhaps a light brunch. Unless she can garuntee a one-hit knockout, which has never seemed to be the case with Orlandu, Orlandu can just immediately heal any damage she does to him with his absurdly powerful Night Sword. Unlike Orlandu, Royce doesn't regain health every time she hits him, so she falls prey to the Infinite Parasitic Healing that makes the Thunder God Cid the guy that inspires awe and terror for all equally.