Season 56, Week 3
Fou-Lu
(Breath of Fire IV)
 
The Endless looms large over the fields of this season's Godlike with a disapproving look. After dispatching a nameless fool, he steps in just to face another nobody - a thieving... Reploid? What is that? All he knows is that this Marino creature somehow reminds him of that lowly trashcan Ershin. And like a trashcan Fou-Lu shall treat this being. Her Mirage Dives can hardly scratch the great dragon deity's body, yet her frail build will dissolve under a Dark Wave - or Fou-Lu's physical attacks, really. Without the strength to endure a prolonged fight, Marino will easily give in to the overwhelming power of the great Fou-Lu, and he shall advance to the semifinals without even breaking a sweat. Poor, deluded mortals.

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Marino has to make her shots count this week. X's partner in crime won't get more than a single chance to make her damage stick against Fou-Lu. Black Wave and Fou-Lu's various magics are enough to tear apart the strongest of Godlikes in a few uses; while Marino is good, she is no match for the innumerable fighters Fou-Lu has vanished over the years. One advantage Marino does have is speed; she is faster than Fou-Lu and Quicksilver gives her several attacks in which to wreck the half of the Infinity Dragon staring her down. Making each hit count, making each hit draw blood no matter what will be Marino's goal- as Fou-Lu's counter response is very likely to rip her heart out if she doesn't disable her divine foe!


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"I dunno. It was kinda disappointing." Marino sighed.

"Well, you didn't show up at all to the match." X noted.

"Yeah, I don't know why the hell you weren't there. Something come up?" Zero asked, curiously.

"Oh, uh, yeah, something came up, tripped and fell down the stairs and had to get repairs." Marino nodded.

"Huh. Wait, I don't see any rep-" "Oh, you know these mages, they're always so good at fixing you up without leaving any marks! Heheh. Well, gotta go!" Marino grinned, and walked out of the room.

"...I dunno about this..." Zero muttered.

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"Damnit. Dragons are supposed to have great hoards." Marino sighed, as she looked over the pile of clothes, incredibly well crafted equipment, and several rare accessories. "He had a lot of Zenny, for some reason, but I'm not going to that pit of a world to spend it...maybe I'll just dump this on someone stupid and cut my losses." She finished with a sigh.

Ultimately, Marino got several hundred thousand Potch-the only currency she could get for the stuff-and sighed as she now had a bunch of money she wasn't going to be able to spend. Ultimately she just found a money changer willing to change it for about enough money to buy an extremely decadent cake with, which, all things considered, was a pretty good trade up from getting her Soul Rended, wherever that is.

(Of course reploids have no problem eating. Why would you make something that human-like without providing that? I mean, never mind the question of why you would to start with.)

And, all things considered, Krin didn't lose much when he promptly gave everything back to Fou-Lu without question, along with several other objects(mostly previously owned by Godlikes, who presumably he planned on giving still other stolen goods to if they found out.). Which just goes to show, good fences make good neighbors. Or something like that.

Fou-Lu: 26
Marino: 4