u/Andre-Da-Giant

It has been two days. And Nel and Rafal haven't stopped fighting for a single second of said two days. And the worst part? THEY'RE STILL GOING! Both are out of dragon form, but neither appears to be ready to back down or call it quits quite yet.

Nel: "Stand down, Rafal."

Rafal: "Never. Why not just join me instead, Nel?"

Nel: "Join you? Join you?! What in blazes makes you think I'd do that?!"

Rafal: "Because you and I both know you can't keep this up forever."

*Despite the context, Rafal's tone in that sentence sounds almost... protective? Why would he care about someone who's supposed to be his enemy?*

Nel: "And neither can you. If you won't give in, then why should I?"

Rafal: "Fine then. I'll kill you right here if that's what it takes."

*Rafal rushes forward, Revanche raised and ready to strike. Nel raises Représailles to block, and though both of them look exhausted, neither appears ready to surrender yet*

((Reddit, it's an RP!))

((First image is Nel, second is Rafal, third is Nel's dragon form, and fourth is Rafal's dragon form))

Nel: Swings her lance, Représailles, upwards "You seriously made MORE Corrupted?!?"

Rafal: Blocks Nel's attack with his axe, Revanche "Yes I did!"

Nel: "Rafal, I can't believe you! The world is ruined enough as is, and here you are adding MORE monsters to it!"

Rafal: "Then why try to save it, Nel! It's already past that point!"

Nel: breaks out of the weapon-lock and backs up a bit, pulling out what looks like a Dragonstone "Fine then. If this is what it takes to stop you from recreating THAT version of Elyos here, then so be it."

Rafal: grins while pulling out his own Dragonstone "Very well. A clash of beasts it is!"

Both transform into their dragon forms and start going at each other with claws, fangs, and breath weapons

I'm doing a Maddening mode run, and for some reason, I decided to make my first Maddening run a "No unique classes" run.

That said, I appear to be stuck at Chapter 5, since with just Louis, Chloé, Etie, Boucheron, Clanne, Framme, and Vander, I'm genuinely not finding a way to get past Neclucce. Are there any Maddening Mode pros out there willing to give me some advice?

Also, for those curious, Marth is only on Louis because it was something I experimented with in my most recent attempt. He (Marth) has been with Boucheron every other attempt I've done.

"Well, Nel left me unsupervised, so now *I* get to make more Corrupted."

*He starts going around to dead corpses and utilizing his Fell Dragon magic to revive them*

"Feels good to be able to do this again. I wonder if I'll find anyone worth the effort of turning into a more elaborate puppet."

Your OC is walking through wherever ((feel free to ignore the background of the first image)) when they see the two characters in the first image. In Anna's hand is Frostmourne, the legendary artifact that she has now stolen.

Calden: "Stop! This ends here, Anna!"

Anna: "Never! You can't stop me!"

Calden raises his very unique-looking gun, and with her other hand, Anna pulls out a remote, pressing it to open a sort of portal behind her ((the portal is only enterable by Anna))

Calden: "Anna, I swear to God, if you take one more step towards that portal, I'm gonna -"

Anna: "What? Arrest me? You know you won't be able to, Agent."

Interact?

Rules:

Combat: A-okay, Chief (Reddit, this is an RP!)

Romance: No-go (Should be obvious, but romance ain't all that doable here)

OCs allowed: Any! However powerful they are, they can come play here. Just note that the more OP your character is, the shorter the RP might be.

Setting: It's nighttime, and the moon is visible overhead.

Other notes: Side with Anna if your OC is more on the side of chaos/is a villain, and side with Calden if your OC prefers order and peace/is a hero

After a while of only having arranged fights (if they could even be called fights), Anna's finally opened her arena to all challengers. So come, one and all, and face whatever Anna has waiting in her arena!

Not sure if this falls under OOC or character introduction, but hey, I think it's more OOC, so here we are.

Anyway, due to previously mentioned circumstances, u/Jared65925 has chosen to declaim Veyle and Alear here, as they will not be back in time before the claims are lost naturally. As such, in his stead, I will be claiming them.

This post was made with Jared having reached out to me and talking about this in advance, so yes, I have their permission to do this.

((OOC image key in order: Jeralt, Byleth, Leonie, Alois, Shamir, and then an image of what the nameless mercenaries look like (there's a lot of standard mercenaries, so I have an image to just show what they all look like).))

Leonie: "Captain Jeralt, where are we?"

Jeralt: "No idea, Leonie. That said, if anyone does know what this place is, speak up now."

silence

Shamir: "Right. Seems we don't know where we are. I can send a few of our scouts to get a lay of the land."

Jeralt: "That would be a great starting point for us."

Alois: "Indeed! It gives us an opportunity to scout our prospects!"

Shamir: "... Seriously, Alois?"

Jeralt: "Glad to see your sense of humor survived that unexpected trip here. Kid, how are you holding up?"

Byleth: "..."

Jeralt: "Right. You prefer silence. Well, then here's what we'll do. Shamir, you take some of the scouts and go see what we're dealing with. Leonie, Alois, Byleth, you three help me and the men set up camp.”

Shamir: “Understood.” She leaves

Leonie, Alois, and Byleth: “Yes, Captain!”

After Jakie (formerly Jarred) lost a fight, Anna ended up taking over his colosseum and forcing him and all those who used to for him to now work for her. She no longer goes into a trauma response by seeing other Corrupted, and has a sizable group of nameless Corrupted that she herself commands. In addition, Anna has also switched to the Berserker class, obtained the legendary axe Ukonvasara (not an artifact, for those concerned. It's just a really strong axe), and has developed something of a superiority complex thanks to the power she now has from her new colosseum, the people who serve under her, and the fact that she still has Emblem Roy. Her favorite pastimes now include watching people fight for their lives and watching the money pile in her bedroom grow, as she now charges money for people to watch fights in her arena and has made quite a sizable amount of pay off of doing so.

((Image key: First image is Jakie, second is Anna, third is Ukonvasara, a very strong axe that now belongs to Anna, and the fourth is Emblem Roy))

Several weeks after Jakie, formerly Jarred (yes, I have u/Jared65925's permission for the use of the image, but if he says otherwise, I'll take the post down), was defeated by the members of Limbus Company, he lost it all. His status, his power, and most importantly, his colosseum. The place was quieter than a graveyard for weeks... until now.

Standing in front of the large throne that looms over the arena is a very familiar face accompanied by her Emblem companion, but if you don't recognize her by looks, the voices of the people on the sands below will give her away, as the arena workers–and Jakie, sho's recognizable easily among the crowd–are shouting one thing:

"Hail Lady Anna!"

How Anna went from being an undead merchant to now the queen of an entire arena is anyone's guess, but judging by her new outfit, new axe, and the fact that she has people shouting praises to her, she looks like she either has developed or is developing a superiority complex from the sheer status and power she now has.

The entire nearby area is not only littered with dead monsters, but also carries a very strong, sickeningly sweet smell of apples. It's not hard to see why, as there's a tree with a large golden apple on it ((it's the second image, and it's also a temporary background thing that will fade eventually)) and Yuri herself is dripping with golden sap that could only come from something similar to the aforementioned golden apple. Whatever kind of training she's been up to, it certainly isn't the kind of training most people would know or are capable of doing.

It was finished.

Jarred had fought his very hardest, but at the end of the day, he lost a fight in his own arena. Despite Limbus Company having left the arena to go pursue other adventures, one face from their crew still stuck in his mind: Don Quixote.

That girl was the one who brought Jarred to his knees with a mighty Telepole attack, and while he'd love nothing more than to personally go take revenge on her, he had a more important matter at hand: his own status.

After such a defeat, the people no longer respected him. And unfortunately for Jarred, said people included his own former subordinates. The Death Knight had already taken his leave, not wanting to serve a man who couldn't hold his own in battle, and Anna? Anna saw an opportunity.

Jarred was at his weakest, and like a huge market trend, she intended to fully capitalize on it.

Don Quixote (first image): "Eh?! What happened to this place??"

Faust (second image): "The end of the world, Don. That's what happened."

Ryōshū (third image): "So this place is basically F.U.B.A.R?"

Faust: "Assuming that means what I think it means, yes. And yes, the other sinners are around here somewhere."

Ryōshū: "As is Charon, Mephistopheles, and the Executive Manager."

Don: "Then let's go find them! Onward!!" *She runs off towards District A*

Ryōshū: "N.D.Q!"

Faust: *sigh* "Too late. Let's just go after her and hope she doesn't get herself in too much trouble."

*Faust and Ryōshū also start running to District A*

Rafal: "And here we are."

Nel: "Rafal, I swear to all that is good in this world, if you caused this-"

Rafal: "Relax, sister. As much as I would have loved to cause destruction of this scale, this was not my doing. Although, I do have someone who is a Corrupted here."

Nel: "Brother, just who did you turn into a Corrupted now??"

Rafal: "A merchant girl by the name of Anna."

Nel: "... turn anybody else into a Corrupted, and I'll run you through with Représailles."

Rafal: "Duely noted."