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@ Caw Caw

Fair enough I respectfully agree to disagree

@fuzzy

So baiscally we can't let Shinji die is the only reason we are going unarmed and with out a plan? Fuzz your suppose to be the reasonable one in the group.

I mean fine if this was the group Sinji was working for and not him we be going to Newark right.

Besides how can we even trust Miyamoto he ruined that ending to Mario Odyesse? When was the last time we spoke to her? You really don't think she would lie to us to lower pur gaurd and this is one big trap?

I mean if your only reason for being against my Idea is for what I said that's on you for being too sensitive. I make no bones about it Shinji was never my favorite character in the cyoa. But if you think thats my only point you have worse reading abilities then those over at Gamefaqs. I gave a very through reason why I am against going back. But if you still think the ONLY reason is because I have a grudge against an imaginary character then you really need to read the whole thing over again


So basically.....

Sonic: When we combine our powers the sky's the limit.

Oh, forgot to link this.  Actual post should be up tonight, if not surely tomorrow.

i.imgur.com/YXznP33.jpg

Explanation: The territory of each Eruption is shown with an appropriately colored outline or indicator except for ones like Godzilla where it's basically isolated locations distributed globally.  The clean lines represent territory replaced entirely, the dots represent partial transformations.  There may also be bits around that haven't been identified because of lack of change, or changes that haven't been noticed yet.  Each individual United Arms aligned nation is also indicated.  I have also noted the locations of both Mt. Katsuragi and The Breach, locations of significance.  Am I missing anything that should be on there?

Episode 10: Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!



Logan was standing inside the home of Steven Universe, with the kid himself at his side. Together, they were staring at the large, circular pad of glimmering crystal that was located in the room across from the entrance. Their stances mirrored one another's – legs apart, right arm across chest, left hand tapping their face. 'Twas a scene of two young men in deep thought, considering what they had cooked up. Though there wasn't a light on in the room and there were no sounds but the ocean in the background, an unspoken communication instead filled the air.

It was Logan that made it verbal. “Thanks for inviting me over. Steven, what happened earlier was a mistake. It put both you and Connie in danger when all I'd planned to do was make you safer.”

Steven looked like he was at a loss. Despite obvious attempts to think of something to say, he just shrugged, remaining in place.

“I know it's not fair,” began the Ambassador, before admitting, “I do need to put you in danger again tonight. I don't just want to fuse and use the warp pad for the sake of it. My friend is in danger, and he's in Japan. I don't know if the Warp Pad can bring us where we need to go, but if there's any chance...”

“Then we have to do it. The Crystal Gems protect the Earth, and all it's living things. On top of that, you're my friend.” Stiffening his upper lip, Steven nodded and offered his hand to Logan.

As the pilot accepted and shook it professionally, the question was “How does it work? Fusion, I mean.”

“We dance! Eventually we're supposed to get in sync, and turn into one being!  We'll have cool powers!” The prospect actually seemed to cheer Steven up a little.

“Great! Does the genre or content of the music matter? I have this one song that I picked up from an arcade game. I kind of think of it as my theme song, and it's dance music!” Logan seemed pretty eager, even though he had been in Funland Arcade and knew they didn't have Dance Dance Revolution like the ones in Tokyo-3. In Delmarva, the familiar arcade machines seemed to be replaced with stuff like 'Dance Your Butt Off' and 'Meat Beat Mania', even if the overall music styles were similar.

“I don't think it really matters. But there's one song that I know works. Connie and I dance to it, and every time we've put it on, fusion just sort of... Happened.” Steve blushed as he said this.

The corner of Logan's mouth turned up, though. “Dang, you sly dog! Well, if it's that perfect of a song, let's put yours on.” To be honest, it was nice to be able to have a positive relationship with a younger guy, even though the last time he'd done so it had gone a little south.

“Right now?” Steven didn't sound tremendously enthused.

“No other time works.” Probably true. Especially since Logan was about to disobey a direct order from the United Arms in favor of trying to rescue his friend. “So, uh... I guess cue up the music, if it always results in a fusion.”

Nodding slowly, Steven extracted his cell phone from his pocket and tapped a bit on it. A pretty tune began to play, and he placed it atop the kitchen counter. The floors looked like they'd hold up fine to some dancing, so the boy offered his hands with a smile.



Quickly accepting both of them, Logan began moving from side to side. The goal was to turn it into a gentle sway, but the younger male was doing some strange pushing thing.

“Steven, let me lead.” Logan smiled as patiently as he could given the seriousness of the situation, and Mr. Universe Jr. went along with it.

After a few more moments of somewhat stiff dancing, Logan announced “I'm gonna spin you,” as it just sort of seemed appropriate. Without even waiting for an 'ok' or an explanation of what he was doing, he raised a single one of their linked sets of hands, letting the other go. That was about as far as it successfully got, because even though Logan used his free left hand to try to guide the kid's movement, he just kind of went in the wrong direction and ended up pulling on Logan's hand. With a sigh, Logan moved over to the counter and clicked off the song before even a minute of it could play.

“What's wrong? Am I bad?” The kid's brow was furrowed, like he was afraid of having screwed up.

“No, it's not the dancing. I'm just not feeling it. I think you should stick to dancing to that one with Connie. Or other nice girls that might come into town as tourists.” He patted the young teen on the shoulder, reassuring him that all was well.

“Not boys?” Steven wasn't entirely clear on what had been said.

“No, you could if that's what you wanted! I do stuff like that, sometimes anyway. Not right now, but that's beside the point. Just not uh, you and I. It's not really the right kind of song for guys like us, you know?” Logan was now embarassed as hell, but he needed to get over that. Fusion was some intimate thing, so any hangups would need to be broken through.

“I understand! What about your theme song? Think that could get the ol' bonding juices flowing?” At the very least, Steven seemed less concerned now that they'd at least broken the ice.

“Maybe. Wanna hear it first?” Logan was feeling pretty accomodating. As the child nodded, he extracted his own phone from his pocket, placing it on the table and clicking once he'd navigated to the tune.



Crazy...

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Let's start!

Logan had already begun nodding his head and moving his left hand to the beat, as this was something of a jam for him. He'd learnt about it playing a game back in Tokyo-3 and Angel Grove, as it was something they shared. It just felt really good, and he even began doing brief hops to coincide with his jamming. Unfortunately, this behavior wasn't reciprocated by Steven. The curly haired boy's mouth was scrunched up and pushed to the side, and he was already shaking his head. Turning down the hype, Logan stopped his reactive dance and clicked out of 'Trip Machine' when it completed.

“Not a fan?”

“Mmm... not quite. It's okay, but what about something a little bit funkier?” The chubby adventurer still seemed hopeful.

Stopping to think about it, Logan's face lit up like Christmas. “I've got it. I know a song cool enough that even Napoleon Dynamite was able to dance to it!”

Despite looking happy that an idea had been proposed, the Gemchild admitted, “I have no idea who that is.”

“How old are you?”

“Thirteen.”

“Wow.” Logan really was good at contributing to the weaponization of minors!

Tokyo-3, Evangelion 01 and 02 vs Israfel, the 6th Angel, outskirts of Tokyo-3



“Leave me alone! Get away, you monster!” The Third Child, Shinji Ikari, was screaming at the top of his lungs. Despite the fact that he was piloting an absolutely gigantic, super heavyweight giant robot, the young man was in danger. For on this day, his battle had gone entirely wrong. The Angel was a pair of the exact same creature – barely humanoid, but rather resembling orange and white robots with the same kind of face and crystal that some of the previous ones possessed. And as he yelled to no avail, the orange one was pinning his giant purple flesh robot, which was lying on its back mostly defenseless. Well, that may be something of a mislabeling – he was, to his credit, putting up some kind of a fight – mostly trying to rip open Israfel's AT Field with Eva's hands so he could attack it properly.

He yelled again, this time to his battlefield 'co-child'. “Asuka, I can make a hole! Please, you need to kill it for me!”

“Anta baka?” asked the redheaded pilot over comms in untranslated Japanese. In translated Japanese, she also added, “I've got problems of my own! Like a whole other half of this bastard!” She sounded pretty annoyed.

“Please! It hurts so badly! I can't do it alone! Impossible! Impossible!” As the Third Kid's fear and pain continued to rise as Israfel Orange slammed and pounded at 01's chest, a short distance away from those two another fight was going on. It was Evangelion 02, a machine mostly similar in appearance to Shinji's robot aside from detailing, and a bright red color scheme. As the primary unit wielded by Shinji's partner, it was, to her credit, at least still vertical.

“Come on! You can't fuck with Asuka Langley Sohyru, you motherfuckerin' cocksucka!” Really dragging out the 'a' in the 'sucka' (nevermind the fact of swearing in English, which was peppered into her otherwise typical Japanese), the flaming hot redheaded teen was slamming her Evangelion unit's fists into Israfel-White, as the crackling of interacting AT Fields bristled around the brawlers. Shinji needed help, and he wasn't getting it from his 'partner'. Not for some time, anyway.  Help was on the way nonetheless.

Choice Time!

>He launched in, trying to slam straight through the hole Shinji was trying to pull through Israfel's barrier.

>They came from behind, trying to distract Israfel long enough for the Third Child to get up.

>She defended Shinji from the assault, encouraging him to help save himself.

Another pretty key decision going on here, multi-faceted. Feel free to swap the descriptive words from the beginning of the choices around if you like a particular strategy but want this character to go in a different direction. This is gonna be a fun one, gang.

The second one. We're a small target, distracting it without being hit shouldn't be too hard.

Just letting everyone know, Logan is in the Gauntlet. Kind of.

You are selecting not only what is done strategically, but what this brand new lifeform Logan is creating identifies as, since sex/gender is fucky with Gems and hybrids.  I probably wasn't clear on that.  This is kind of a meta choice.