Searching (Plot Villain)

[Nightmare Darklight]

Nightmare deadpanned the moment Hadrian put up the shield and the flames forked, only to have one of them blocked, and the other magically dispersing by the power of Hadrian's willpower and pixie dust. Apparently, all you gotta do is believe. Though honestly, he shouldn't complain too much, what with the dispersion, that meant that Nightmare himself was also completely out of any possible trouble, as no damage had been inflicted.

However, Nightmare didn't have time to dodge as the ball came towards him, so he simply curled up as the ball exploded against his hide. A sharp jolt of pain coursed throughout his body, meaning the thing had gotten through. It wore off quickly though, indicating that the hide had at least soaked up a good chunk of it, meaning that Nightmare hadn't taken all that much damage. But with that out of the way, it was time to strike back, and he had a brief moment to do it.

As Hulio shouted and fired at Vaati, he imagined the mage would probably be busy for a second, that would be all he needed, thanks to Hulio. Because of Cut'N'Run, Nightmare would have no trouble zeroing in on Vaati much faster than he would normally. Hopefully, a dragon exhibiting such speeds, if Vaati caught him, would surprise him long enough for his plan to go through.

Immediately, Nightmare rose into the sky, closing in on Vaati alarmingly fast. The moment he was within arm's length, for him anyway, he reached out an arm, aiming on catching the little wind mage in his grasp. Fire began to form in his mouth, though nowhere near hot enough to actually fire, though the light was there. If this worked, if he got a hold of Vaati, he would slam him into the ground and began crushing his bones, with the threat of fire looming over him.

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Summary: Took the hit, took some damage with some being reduced by the dragon hide. Used the power of Hulio's Cut'N'Run to zero in on Vaati exceedingly fast. Hoping to use Hulio's loud mannerisms as a distraction in order to grab Vaati and inflict serious damage, and hopefully bring the whole thing to an end.

[Seyka]

I beg to differ, make me an offer

What a disaster. It didn't take long before her barrier dispersed. Her gentle magenta eyes widened at the sight of an assault launched at her. Almost instantly, she lunged forward as quickly as she could, and rolled. She repeated the same patterns a couple of times dodge rolling away from any further projectiles.

She could feel adrenaline rushing through her veins, and the tempting itch in her throat wanting to make her cough of the sharp scent of smoke. Her ears were filled with the sound of chaos, which began to drive her crazy~ There were still too many people in the village who could possibly get killed in this madness.

Everyone, please, I implore you! Seek refuge in the forest!

What came out of Seyka's mouth was her native Picori tongue. Those who heeded her words started a chain reaction, one following after another, out of the village, and into the Minish Forest. There was no way she would rally them to help put out the fires right now when a battle was taking place straight in the center of the village. That was a risk of high collateral damage right there. What she could do at least was get the people to safety~ Should the village become nothing more than ashes, that was fine, buildings could turn into rubble incessantly but the lives of those who live in those buildings would not.

Vaati will not take anymore lives from the village.

Warm summer rain you bleed

Summary. Dodge rolled out of Vaati's attack. Rallied the villagers to the forest~

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Note. Murrrr~ =w=

[Vaati]

What.

What.

Were they even fighting him or were they just trying to confuse him? Was this some mummer's show? This battle was such a waste of time Vaati could feel himself getting older, and he never aged. Did they know where it was? Were they just trying to slow him down while they hid it elsewhere? He would have to kill them quick- oh sweet Din's siren song what was the human doing

As Hulio grasped his Boner firmly it almost seemed to twitch in anticipation. It was the biggest trouser-cannon Vaati had ever seen. He'd never seen anything like it, let alone something so thick and broad. Hulio's Johnson blew its load at a touch of the trigger, groaning thrice as the thick shots sailed towards Vaati. He'd been focusing on the dragon, thinking it the bigger threat - hell, the shirtless human had been put out of mind entirely. The first shot hit Vaati square in the chest, the other struck his arm as he raised a hand to protect his face and the last joined it, quickly soaking most of Vaati in the stuff that he just couldn't shake off.

Ewwwww.

And then the dragon jumped up, taking Vaati by surprise and

a crushing grip threatened to cave in his chest and

he dissolved into black shadows and choking smog and

reappeared by the Elder's corpse, leaning curiously over what remained of the old man's upper body. He was wearing something around his neck. Half of a violet metal disk bisected by a complicated cut and engraved with the faded relief of a hurricane.

The old mage wondered if any still-living minish knew it for what it was. If they were even made anymore.

Kinstone.

Vaati grabbed the kinstone amulet and slipped it around his own neck, taking to the air once more. For once, Vaati started to think this through. The kinstone was a big clue, but where would he find its partner?

Almost off-handedly Vaati raised his hand once more and called power to him. This time the energy manifested as beams of focused, red light aimed directly and the dragon and the shirtless man. The other two were out of sight and out of mind.

The only evidence of the dragon's brief contact earlier were fine cracks that were spreading across Vaati's skin.

[Sir Hadrian Ecclesius]

Hadrian caught glimpse of the wind mage as he rose into the air once again after removing something that the village's elder wore. The sinking feeling in his stomach continued to grow, knowing something bad was transgressing. This needed to end as soon as possible.

The old man stepped back, his rear foot planted hard into the soil as he reared back his right hand. Golden light poured from his palms and formed a spear in his hand. Thin fingers grasped it tight while the entire area glowed with brilliance as the tip of the spear formed, pointed at Vaati. The fingertips of his left hand extended out, carefully touching the spear, aiming it precisely.

He lunged forward as the spear soared. Dirt and dust kicked up in the wake of the spear. It flew true, no one in the crossfire between him and Vaati and no one on the other side of the mage either. Hopefully, with his focus on the drunk and dragon, he wouldn't be able to react to the incoming projectile.

[Nightmare Darklight]

As the fire within his mouth died down, he watched as Vaati teleported over to the remains of the old man, before grabbing something and flying back up into the sky. Nightmare briefly wondered on just what the mage had grabbed, having gotten a glimpse of it and its shape before he wrapped it around his neck. Nightmare immediately knew that something was up, and the mage had likely made himself more powerful somehow. Ah well, he'd just have to distract the mage and sneak a devastating hit in.

"... That looks like the trinket the old man has..."

Nightmare planned to bait Vaati, and hoped he would turn his attention over to Hadrian for just a moment. After all, the mage had stopped the battle for a few moments just to retrieve it, perhaps if he thought Hadrian had another he would be distracted. Nightmare didn't worry about the spear, if this did work, he figured the mage would be too arrogant to dodge it and would probably negate it just to show off.

When the beam came towards him though, even for his size, Nightmare had no trouble dodging it. After all, Vaati had teleported and Nightmare had managed to remain airborne, which made things so much easier than if he had to take flight. And, on the bet that his words did indeed distract Vaati, he took his chances, and once again used Hulio's Cut'N'Run to zero in on Vaati, and this time he swiped with the back of his tail. If it struck, not only would Vaati have to deal with the sheer force, but the spikes ripping into his flesh as well.

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Summary: Tried to bait Vaati, dodged, and zero'd in again with Hulio's Cut'N'Run to get a good smack in with the bladed end of his tail.

[Hulio ... Heatstreak]

"Ooooh, he wears it well!"

"You pick the best Johnson."

Comedic banter with his gun aside (and inadvertent sexual pun aside), Hulio grinned widely at his success and blew the smoke off his Boner in a taunting manner. The dragon was doing pretty well already, taking advantage of Hulio's distraction to start zeroing in on Vaati and put him in a vice grip.

Yet of course! The little prick just had to have teleportation.

The mexican swore loudly. He hated teleporters. Vaati had disappeared and Hulio whipped his head around to look for him. His eyes caught up with the mage, watching him basically rob the elder's corpse and take a trinket from him. Of course this only served to fuel Hulio's growing anger further. "EY, THE MAN'S DEAD!! YOU GOT ANY F*CKING RESPECT FOR HIM PENDE-WHOASHIT!!" He roared, then feeling magic gathering up in Vaati's palm again.

Laser beams. How the hell was Vaati a wind made if he could shoot laser beams!?

Swearing with the pace of a machine gun he ran to the left and rolled to dodge. Hulio was still human though and not fast enough to pass by one that clipped his shoulder. It stung like hell and caused some bleeding but the burning cauterized the wound. Thankfully it hadn't incinerated part of his bone or taken part of a muscle. Through the pain, Hulio managed to pull his Boner back up once again and sent six shots toward Vaati, aimed for the same areas where the sticky payload coated him. He was going to lead his shots, as Vaati could only dodge the dragon's tail via flying up which would force some bone fragments into his rib cage and heart area, going backwards which would riddle his collar and head with shots, or by teleporting.

Hulio had to sort of pray he didn't choose the teleporting option.

[Vaati]

[Seyka has been skipped once]

What? The other half? Where? As Vaati turned around, he had only a split second to dodge the oncoming spear. Taken by surprise, he only managed to move far enough that the spear only bit out a piece of his side, forcing Vaati to show pain for the first time, though he still did not bleed. The cracks in his shell grew wider and more numerous.

What followed was a complicated moment.

The wind of the dragon's passing was the only warning he had, which gave no time for a direct counterattack. Everyone in the area would feel their ears pop as Vaati did complicated things with air pressure and immediately the dragon was thrown to the ground by a violent gust of wind and his wings were suddenly incapable of generating enough lift to keep him up. The sideswipe of his tail swung wide.

Two of Hulio's shots found their mark, punching into Vaati's chest. "You IDIOTS! Are you trying to get yourselves killed!?"

For the first time, Vaati bled. Dark, shadowy smoke started pouring from the cracks and holes in his shell. He frowned. This was not good.

Dark orbs gathered in a circle around Vaati and spun around him for a second before shooting out and down, hammering the dragon, Hulio, Hadrian, Seyka, the forest and the village with dark energy.

Then he flew off once again. His destination wasn't far. He could see it immediately - an ancient, overgrown structure. Deepwood Shrine.

[Nightmare Darklight]

It had all been a blur.

Night came to on the ground, feeling pained and wondering what was happening. He only managed to notice which direction Vaati had been going. He had to give the little mage credit where it was due, being able to knock a dragon into a sense of dazed confusion wasn't easy. As he rolled over, a plan began to form in his head, and it would be extremely risky at this point, but it had to work. Otherwise Vaati might just gain the advantage he was looking for. If he did that, then the battle might have been lost.

"Vaati clearly has a temper. I'll enrage him and challenge him to a duel. While I keep him busy, destroy whatever it is he's looking for. He can't have his treasure."

He made sure his allies heard him. Not one of them could dive in and be the hero, otherwise the whole thing could fall apart. But he needed somewhat of a headstart for them. Taking to the air once again, he swooped over his allies. With one hand, he grabbed Hulio, with the other, he grabbed Seyka before turning to Hadrian.

"When you catch up with us, help them, not me."

And with that, he flew off in Vaati's direction. After gaining some ground, closing some distance, he caught up to the wind mage, flying at his side, hoping to garner his attention, infuriate and perhaps goad him into a duel.

"I think I'll take my revenge for that cheap shot of yours earlier."

And with that, he flew off ahead of the Wind Mage. Rather quickly, he saw what Vaati was after; a man sized shrine in the distance. overgrown with foliage.

Perfect.

His mouth opened and fire began to prepare itself. As he gained some distance on Vaati, he closed in on the shrine. This was payback for all the cheap shots, payback for all the damage he had caused. Payback for everything. Worst of all, this was to infuriate Vaati and to buy some time.

As he centered around the shrine, his fire discharged; completely covering the entire shrine in burning fire as it caught onto the foliage. There was no way fire could undo stone, not without explosions, but it would stall Vaati until the fire went out. But it wouldn't take long. Vaati could probably suck the oxygen out of the flames, which would bring them to an immediate end. This was to enrage Vaati.

Nightmare dropped Hulio and Seyka, and turned back into his human form. Immediately, he pulled his ring out from under his tongue and slipped it back on. Unsheathing Silversnake, he looked to Seyka and Hulio. "The fire won't hold him for long. Start busting up this place so he can't enter it." Immediately, he started using Silversnake to write something in the dirt. "Drunk. I could use that gun of yours for this. I don't need it but it'd be nice to have to help hold him off." He requested of Hulio as he finished writing his message, hoping Vaati would see it.

DUEL

It was time to bring Vaati's plan to a crashing halt.

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Summary: Told the plan to the allies, grabbed Hulio and Seyka, breathed fire on the shrine, then challenged Vaati to a duel.

[Seyka]

Rest assured now that the villagers were safe, and sound, Seyka turned around in time to watch a chain of events take place. Vaati managed to swipe off of the village elder's corpse a trinket she was very familiar with. She shook her head slightly realizing too late before the wind mage took off with one half of the kinstone. While it was true that not many mention of them anymore, it didn't mean they didn't exist, and if anything Seyka knew about them. She knew very well of their mechanisms, and what kind of power they held. If what he was searching for was locked up in the kinstones, it only meant - now more than ever - that they had to find the other piece before Vaati did.

"Kyaaah!!" she squeaked, dodge rolling out of the way of a barrage of energy orbs being chucked at everyone and everything. Though all of the feline grace, and speed in the world couldn't dodge every single one of the assault, and stumbled over as a dark orb smacked her onto her left shoulder, and another touching the tip of her tail. "YEOUCH!" a low hiss escaped from her lips, patting at her smoked up tail. She pouted for a moment as the white tip of her tail was now charcoal.

"Heke?" she mewed, feeling her feet being taken off of the ground whilst the dragon picked her up. She flinched slightly feeling the pain where she got struck, but forced herself to swallow it up. No time for tending to wounds at the moment. She clung onto dear life as the dragon took off as if the wind had no competition with his form. Before she knew it, she watched as the shrine that they arrived upon lit up in flames. The overgrown foliage burning bright as smoke from the flames closed in around the ignited shrine.

When Night dropped the two he picked up, Sey Sey plopped onto her feet, and took heed of Night's words as he returned to his human form. Nodding her head, she scampered over to the fiery shrine, taking a look at it's ancient structure. She kept a bit of a distance for obvious sake of not getting burned. Apart of her felt guilty for trespassing on grounds that needed to be respected - let alone aware of what must be done to it, but she knew for the better, it had to be impassible for the wind mage. The stones would be near impossible to break by sheer force alone, and it would take time.

She waited for Hadrian to be caught up with them. The strength in numbers would prove much handy in their tactic. "Easier said than done," she sighed, "Assistance would be appreciated!"

Summary. Took damage, picked up by Night, watched as he begin to burn down the shrine, then dropped off, given orders to prevent Vaati from going into the shrine. Asked for a helping hand. Nuff said~

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[Hulio ... Heatstreak]

His everything hurt.

It was a bit of a miracle he was alive. He would've been completely paralyzed by the pain if not for a life time of alcohol nulling most of it. It helped that sheer anger combined with a sense of duty to protect his village kept him mentally going after a thrashing like that. Groaning, he shook his head like a dog drying off and looked around trying to focus his eyes on what happened to his village.

Except that Hulio was not in his village.

"Ah?" He asked the Goddesses, rubbing his aching head. He tried to get back up and move his legs when he found them in a vice-like grip. Looking down he feared he was paralyzed when he saw that he was instead in the grip of Nightmare's hands. It was also rather windy... a bit too windy.

Hulio's first mistake was to look down.

"Oooooh shit." He began. He looked up and saw that he was much, much, muchmuchmuchmuchmuch too close for comfort to Night's big, toothy, pointy, shiny, sharpy, flame-spewing mouth. "OOOOOOH NO." he screamed. He turned his head out at the roaring winds and watched them pass right by Vaati.

"DDDDDDDIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSS MMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" He cried like a terminally terrified toddler. Hulio was sort of new to the whole 'flying' thing after all. His girlish screaming continued till Night dropped them off, upon which Hulio stumbled to the ground in a heap. Taking the moment he began wildly kissing it whilst whispering thanks to the Goddesses that he was still alive. This day was only getting more and more crazy, and it had just peaked as Night asked for Johnson. Hulio obliged by throwing the gun at him.

"TAKE HIM. F*CKING TAKE HIM JUST NEVER DO THAT FLYING SHIT EVER AGAIN!!!"

"Wait, WHAT!? You're gonna leave me!? With him!?!? I don't know him, we barely know each other, oh god his hands are clammy... " Johnson whined.

"DEAL WITH IT!! Amigo, you better reapply my little gift to that prick soon or ask Johnson to use it, it'll run out soon. Johnson, let him know the rest and come back to me if I need you!" He explained, getting back on his feet and putting his weight on Seyka's shoulder for balance as he was still sort of wobbly. He looked back at Night one last time, a death stare in his eyes.

"You break my Johnson, and I will shove my Johnson in your eye. Ambiguity intended."

Hulio looked to the burning temple and then to Seyka, asking "Senorita, you know anything about this place? Any secret entrances, any myths, legends, anything that'll help us find what Senor Wind Mage may be looking for?" and trying to get some kind of layout for the temple.

[Vaati]

When the shrine burned, Vaati couldn't keep the look of horror and indignation off his face. At least until it turned into rage.

"HOW DARE YOU," he roared. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT! NONE!"

And then the wind mage was challenged to a duel. The little bug had balls, at least. For now.

A violent gust of wind soon picked Nightmare off his feet and threw him into the fire, slamming him against the burning shrine. Then, any air around the shrine was soon pulled away leaving a choking void all around it that extinguished the fire and made it impossible to breathe.

Another gust of wind would scatter Seyka and Hulio as Vaati reached for the kinstone around his neck. Even in his day, not much had been known about the workings of a kinstone. You paired one with its partner and it would bring you good fortune. For the humans, that had been enough.

But Vaati had made kinstones.

At his touch, a white spark streaked from the stone in his hand and passed into the shrine, confirming his original impulse. If it had been Vaati's job to hide the stones one would be on the bottom of the ocean and the other would be sitting in Death Mountain.

But he wasn't about to complain.

Vaati shrank to minish size and vanished, teleporting into the shrine. Immediately a furious tornado surrounded it that would fling away any who tried to approach, including Nightmare, who was thrown away once more.

[Nightmare Darklight]

As Nightmare was thrown about, he was disappointed that Vaati was resisting this all so much. Thankfully, his suit had managed to soak up some of the fire, as it didn't really slam into him, but he could still feel some heat. What really hurt though was the slam itself. He'd be feeling that in the morning, eliciting a pained groan from him after the assault. It didn't matter anymore though, Vaati had entered the shrine, and had caused a hurricane to keep anyone out. As the Emperor recovered, he sighed in exhaspertion. It was as if whenever they put something together, Vaati always pulled something to bring it all crashing down. Guess they were gonna have to fight him once he got what he wanted.

Oh wait, no, they still had something left.

Looking to Johnson, Nightmare looked back at the hurricane. Maybe they could get one cheap shot on Vaati. Looking to everyone else he gave an order. "When I do this, hide in the forest, prepare an ambush. Shoot whatever comes out of that building if you have projectiles."

With that, he looked at Johnson, unsure how to go about this.

"Use it, Johnson."

He wasn't sure what would happen next, but with that out of the way, he tossed the gun back to Hulio, and immediately moved to where Vaati had entered from. Using Silversnake, he quickly drew something in the dirt as a means to incite more anger. Just what was it that could be drawn to make Vaati anymore angry than he already was?



Surely Vaati would see that.

With that out of the way, Nightmare ran into the surrounding woods and sheathed Silversnake. He brought out his bow, Pashupatastra and nocked an arrow, aiming it at the shrine, waiting for Vaati to do something.

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Summary: Told Johnson to use it, tossed him back to Hulio, drew a picture, ran into a forest and brought out his bow.

[Sir Hadrian Ecclesius]

Hadrian nodded at Nightmare and the old man instantly took off towards the Shrine. He charged through the forest, dodging trees, shrubs and animals alike. The dragon was far quicker, making it there within seconds. For Hadrian, it took a few minutes longer. Off in the distance, Hadrian saw a massive wave of fire crash into the shrine and launch up into the air. The sign only made Hadrian run faster.

By the time he made it, the three were already back in the forest, Nightmare with an arrow notched. "What's going on?" Hadrian asked.

[Seyka]

Vaati sure had a knack for overall being a natural pest. She couldn't wait to nab her claws at him. Her attention was diverted for a moment as Hulio used her as a support of sorts. Before Seyka could begin speculating anything about the shrine, she found herself tossed like paper to the wind, as a gale blew at her. It created distance away from the shrine thanks to the Wind Mage's antics, scattering the two as he made his way on over to the shrine.

Soon enough the shrine was engulfed in a hurricane of sorts. Lovely. Now what could they possibly do? Night appeared to have something up his sleeves, and from the look on his face, Sey Sey could only guess that he was tired of messing around. An eyebrow quirked up upon hearing his tactic, watching Night return the firearm back to Hulio. Soon enough he was out on his own devices. If he can keep going after that many assaults, then he should be fine for now. She didn't have to worry much about Nightmare.

However, she wasn't positive on other members. Nobody was in real danger... yet. Should the need arise, Seyka will help out anyway she can. With that said, she scampered into the forest, her magenta eyes peering over at the shrine, waiting for whatever it is to happen~

[Vaati]

A secret room hidden from anyone who might enter.

The second kinstone glowing faintly in a slot on the wall.

Elated, Vaati reached out for it. Touched it.

pop pop

The sound really didn't match the damage. Like two soap bubbles popping in an afternoon breeze, two holes were punched in Vaati's shell. Desperately clawing for the kinstone, a faint urk forced itself up his throat before he burst.

Outside the shrine, the hurricane exploded outwards, destroying the treeline around the shrine and uprooting most of the forest around the shrine. The shrine itself seemed to have become full of opaque black goo.

The goo rose into the air, gathering into a perfect sphere in the air. At its heart were two violet lights that came together and vanished.

There was the feeling that something tremendous had just been released.

The darkness took shape. A crown, dark wings and one tremendous red eye.

THE ONCOMING STORM: VAATI

raging raging so much rage so much rage KILL THEM KILL THEM ALL

His voice was a hurricane.

"IT ENDS"

A slight breeze stirred the air as it embraced its master.

Soon there would be no air left for the little bugs to breathe.

sleep sleep sleep and never wake and thank me for my mercy

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[Sir Hadrian Ecclesius]

Hadrian wasted no time. The winds were picking up so he'd have to be fast. The old man broke out into a sprint. Again, he formed a solid shield of Light energy, shining brilliantly. Planting a foot into it, he kicked it forward with all his might, pushing it towards the black creature at high speed. Without missing a beat, Hade's hand opened and from his palm, more light energy formed into a long spear. He launched it, faster than the shield, but along the same trajectory.

The spear would pierce the shield at the same time it would reach the creature. The shield would hit the creature, and the spear would pierce through the shield, skewering the creature...if all went according to plan. If he was really lucky, the spear would pin the creature to the shrine, preventing it from moving.

[Hulio ... Heatstreak]

Well, he had just shrunk down and run into the shrine. That was somewhat anti-climatic. Hulio was about to just run in and kick the door to the temple down, just so he could try and get to whatever Vaati was going for first but smiled maliciously as Night told Johnson to use his gifts. Closing his eyes and putting a hand cupped around his ear, Hulio's enhanced senses delivered to him the tell-tale sound of his shots popping and the following 'urk' of death. Yet what came after was odd. Vaati... burst. Now a corpse bursting wasn't new to Hulio but there hadn't been nearly enough loaded Boner shots to cause a full corpse explosion. Then there was the sound of rushing liquid, the shrine was filling up with something and there was a wind rushing up inside the shrine.

"HIT THE DECK!!!" He shouted, running away from the shrine as fast as he could. He jumped onto the ground as the hurricane burst forth from the temple but still found himself thrown forward further like a ragdoll a few meters. Hulio's balance, even in mid-air, wasn't something to scoff at though and he managed to land on his back properly as opposed to on his side or face where he could have broken a bone. He would have swore but was cut off by the sound of something being unleashed from inside the temple.

Hulio's eyes went wide at the appearance of Vaati's next form. Were they in a video game or something? Next up they'd be saved by some mysterious stranger and told they were the chosen children whose spikey hairdos and giant phallic weaponry would help them save the world. His jaw dropped in utter exhaustion at the... whatever he was and he uttered "That is one gigante of a... of a..."

"He looks like a demon."

Something clicked in his head. The exhaustion from Hulio visibly faded from him and you could see every single muscle, even in his face tense up for battle. "Nice to see you again Johnson. Ready for one of our fiestas?" He asked, his blood thirst so thick it was audible.

"I still remember his clammy hands..."

"I take that as a yes."

"EY! AMIGOS!! TRY NOT TO WASTE THIS AH!?" He called out to his compatriots, the look of a suicidal maniac in his eyes. He held out his hand and Johnson transformed back into the Boner, Hulio taking a moment to reload him. The strange ammo took the form of a regular cartridge but seemed to materialize straight from thin air with the old cartridge being ejected into nothingness. Slowly, Hulio walked forward towards Vaati with the Boner held up until he was within Vaati's range even for close-range attacks. He had to make the most of this. His senses tingled, the air pressure was rapidly decreasing in the area around them. Would he be able to breath soon? How far did this air pressure anomaly extend? He'd have to figure this out as he went, and for now he was going to get Vaati to focus on him.

"I bet you think you're big ahhhh?" He asked, looking both more heroic and more idiotic by the second as he stared straight into that red eye that roared "SHOOT ME, FILL ME WITH YOUR HOT LEAD!".

"Bet you think you can take me eh? Bet you think that us humans are just ants? Well let me tell you something pendejo.

YOU LOOK LIKE THE DUMP I TOOK LAST NIGHT.

YOU LOOK LIKE WHAT MY CAT OF A MOM COUGHED UP.

YOU SMELL LIKE THE UNDERSIDE OF MY CAJONES AFTER A PASSIONATE NIGHT OF LOVE-MAKING WITH A GORON.

I BET YOUR MOTHER WAS A BAT MOLESTED BY YOUR FATHER WHO WAS A FART!!!

BUT MOST OF ALL!?

YOU LOOK LIKE A SH*TSTAIN OF A DEMON!!!

MY NAME IS HULIO COOLIO BARULIO BONBOOLIO MIGUEL FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ HEATSTREAK.

AND I LOVE.

KILLING.

F*CKING.

DEMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At that moment, Hulio last gift would light up. You see the sticky payload was part of a special shot he called the Gang Bang. It was not merely physical in nature but magical as well. That big red eye of Vaati's? It would spontaneously seem to set alight into magical flame and said flame would horribly amplify all attacks of all natures against the demon for a short but no doubt painful time for Vaati. Hulio was going to remain the very brave and very stupid distraction for his allies who could hopefully capitalize on the chance if Vaati allowed it. Hulio himself? He roared and aimed his Boner straight at that eye and began pulling the trigger like a mad man. He was not without strategy though. As he fired off shots, Hulio began to run the hell away, hoping that it would draw Vaati further. It would also help diagnose that air pressure phenomenon and hopefully Hulio could reach the edge of it before he choked. Running away also provided the useful boon of making dodging much easier for whatever Vaati would throw his way.

[Nightmare Darklight]

The hurricane expanded.

The trees fell.

Vaati exited the shrine, victorious.

In a rage, he transformed.

It was clear now that they had awakened a sleeping giant.

Giving a rather deadpan stare, Nightmare simply clapped his hands as he turned to the others. "I'm out." He remarked to the others before walking off into the parts of the forest that Vaati hadn't toppled. The truth is, he wasn't. He actually planned to get the drop on Vaati. To do this, he had to be sudden, and he had to push himself out of Vaati's mind, as the wind mage was undoubtedly pissed, and keeping his eye on him. If he was out of Vaati's mind, he could use his dragon form to get a series of devastating blows in.

Without really trying to rush, as he didn't want to draw Vaati's attention, Nightmare circled around to Vaati's back, which, thanks to him being Zero-Two now, would be a massive blind spot. Really, the conditions for his ploy were perfect. Not only was Vaati enraged, meaning he wasn't in the sharpest state of mind, the old man and the drunk were harassing him with the latter antagonizing him. Plus, with Vaati having just transformed into a beast, he might consider Night's leaving the effect of sheer intimidation thanks to his monstrous (dohohoho~!) ego.

However, Nightmare emerged from the forest, this time in Vaati's blind side. Taking off his ring and slipping it into his mouth, he transformed into his dragon state once again. Hoping to use a brief moment of surprise that his allies had hopefully garnered, Nightmare charged in. Using Cut'N'Run, and riding the currents of the winds that Vaati was drawing to himself, it took him little, if next to no time to reach the beast.

He wasted no time, his mouth aimed straight for the long arm like tendril, aiming to bite it off. His right arm seeked to grasp the tendril to help the mouth sever it by pulling on it. His left hand aimed to claw into Vaateye's main body, as the tips of his wings would help his left arm. If he succeeded, and got a grip, the damage would hopefully be nothing short of catastrophic for Vaati.

However, that wasn't all. A dark blue, almost black colored coating covered the Dragon Emperor, his Ultimate Shield. If Vaati were to, in an extremely rare move, use a physical attack, he'd find things harder to pierce.

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Summary: Feigned defeat and temporarily retreated to push himself out of Vaati's mind before Hulio and Hadrian's harassment. Reemerged in Vaati's blind spot behind him and turned into his dragon form before using the winds and Hulio's Cut'N'Run to zero in on Vaati. Aimed right claw and mouth at the tendril hoping to sever it, with his left claw and the tips of his wings aimed straight for the body. Activated Ultimate Shield just in case.

[Seyka]

Seyka tried to steady her ground but it had been uprooted from her feet, and tossed her aside. Due to her light weight, it made it even difficult to land properly, crashing onto the ground violently. She groaned for a second not appreciating this whole circumstance at all.

When Nightmare called out that he was bailing them, she rolled her eyes, before returning her attention back over to the monster that came out from the shrine. Was that Vaati’s true form?

The air pressure was stiff, straining on the girl’s air circulation, but she had to hold her ground. Closing her eyes, Seyka’s body quickly vanished into thin air. Out of sight, out of mind, she turned invisible, if only temporary before dashing off, climbing up the fallen trees stacked up from where they were uprooted from the earth.

Lunging up into the air as quickly as she could, she aimed her neko claws at the single eye of beast possessed. Attempting to fury swipe Vaati.

[Vaati]

[[I'm assuming Gang Bang's evaporated by now. Unprofessional, Hulio. Tut tut.]]

Like ants when you kick their hill they panic and attack attack attack no thought no plan just kill kill kill

Can you kill the wind, little ants?

hee hee hee can't touch the wind can't breathe the air can't stand the storm I AM THE STORM

The wind mage vanished again. The pinning spear and the bullets and the cat and the giant dragon would all converge and hit nothing but each other.

As the wind mage reappeared tremendous explosions rocked the world.

In the distance a great plume of ash was rising into the sky. Somewhat closer a massive discharge of energy made itself known as the sky vomited light and color over Hyrule.

Hypothesis > Experiment > Result

This warranted further investigation. What was that power? It tasted almost familiar.

Taking one last look at his enemies, the wind mage memorized their faces. He could be patient. He could wait.

The wind mage dissolved into darkness once more as he reformed his shell, only this time he was no longer an emancipated fugitive. His clothes were whole and fit for a king, his bearing and expression were regal and unyielding. On his head sat the thing he'd come here to get.

It was a hat.

He could wait. It would take time for the hat to be reacquainted with its master.

"I am not one for metaphor." His voice was carried by the wind and into the ears of his enemies. "But I will say this game is barely begun. You are ants fighting a dragon. You are pawns in a game that's still setting up. What lows will the white army sink to once the black king takes the field? What evils will I find in the hearts of men in this age?"

Once again he vanished.

"Should be an interesting experiment."

EXIT VAATI - PLAYERS WIN THE FIGHT - WAR'S NOT OVER

[[Enjoy your swag. Nightmare gets 75 rupees, Seyka gets 55, Hadrian and Hulio get 45. ICly this was paid out by the Minish in the village for your bravery.]]