The Last Poster Wins! [V9]

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*APOPH grabs the sword, which is revealed to be THE SWORD OF BRONZE FLAMES, a blade wreathed in flames that can melt through anything (save a few resistant materials), and sends a wave of BRONZE FLAMES towards CERTAINTY!*

*DMK puts the DIMENSION MIRROR away and creates a cage of massive SHADOW GALAXIA clones around CERTAINTY!*

*CERTAINTY is hit by the Bronze Flames...But then she scatters them in an explosion of light and fire, annihilating the clones and damaging the real DMK!*

*Your ILLUSION wanes-CERTAINTY didn't seem bothered by it. Cheater.*

*CERTAINTY puts up a new illusion...I think what has to be done is rather obvious at this point.*

[Sir Sivelos]

*APOPH uses level 9999 SPOTLIGHT, combined with level 9999 SPATIAL VOID!*

*DMK uses the DIMENSION MIRROR once more, no longer pushing it past its limits.*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*APOPH uses level 9999 SPOTLIGHT, combined with level 9999 SPATIAL VOID!*

*DMK uses the DIMENSION MIRROR once more, no longer pushing it past its limits.*

*The Illusion wanes severely, but as DMK readies the mirror, he's Backstabbed! He's unconscious and isn't waking! The DIMENSION MIRROR doesn't work due to this.*

Indigo Text: Drat!

Rebecca: No! We can't lose any more people!

[Sir Sivelos]

Apoph: There must be a way to wake them up! Will Revives work?!

*APOPH flies up to the ceiling of the room, proving that those wings aren't for show.*

[Ganyu]

*casts Chronostorm; a raging vortex of temporal magic energy forms*

[Sir Sivelos]

*APOPH is circling the room, still flying near the ceiling, using level 9999 SPOTLIGHT and level 9999 SPATIAL VOID where ever he feels the illusion is.*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Apoph: There must be a way to wake them up! Will Revives work?!

*APOPH flies up to the ceiling of the room, proving that those wings aren't for show.*

*They would...On Pokemon. Of course, if you could somehow transform the unconscious into Pokemon THEN use Revives on them, it would work. However, to D(a)emons, a revive is barely anything at all.*

*CERTAINTY's ability to backstab mid-air is now under serious question.*

*casts Chronostorm; a raging vortex of temporal magic energy forms*

*You ravage the area and hit CERTAINTY! She is low on HP!*

*APOPH is circling the room, still flying near the ceiling, using level 9999 SPOTLIGHT and level 9999 SPATIAL VOID where ever he feels the illusion is.*

*APOPH nearly clips THE NAMELESS SUBSTANCE a few times. Be careful. Any knockback, and...*

*In any case, ILLUSION DESTROYED! CERTAINTY is out in the open...And trying to leap at APOPH's back. She fails.*

Certainty: NO NO NO!

*INDIGO TEXT uses HUNTSMAN HERO! A single arrow flies into CERTAINTY's head, dealing insane damage!*

*REBECCA uses LV. 7777 UNEXTINGUISHABLE! A white fire appears in her hands for a second of time...Then.*

Rebecca: Stay down when we put you down!

*The flames explode nigh-spherically, covering the whole platform! Certainty is unable to do anything about these fires, and quickly dies screaming! LIterally. I'll spare you the details this time.*

*In any case, a blur rushes in, grabs her, and rushes out, but she drops a small fortune of L00T for you guys. In addition, because a BOSS has been 'slain,' everyone unconscious wakes up immediately.*

Ominous: Drat!

Justice: Ugh! I have a bad feeling they're not going to let this go to individuals next time...We're going to have to go in.

Rebecca: Certainty has fallen! But how do we bait them out? We just can't waltz in, it's surely a trap!

Justice: Rebecca...Is there legitimately any other way into there?

Ominous: As much as it pains me to agree with the bloodthirsty berserker, he's completely correct. No escape routes are available, and if we don't go to them, they'll still go to us. Considering Image's speed, it is unlikely the only advantage we could work to our fvaor WILL actually do that.

Justice: On top of that, there's the Body of Law, which I'm almost certain they're going to pull out. We don't know if The Black's powers can work properly right now...Being a ghost and all that.

Indigo Text: We've got to stay alive, that's one thing that needs to be taken care of.

*Indigo text uses UNYIELDING! The whole party is buffed with UTLRA endure, ensuring they can take three hits to take them down to 25%, then 10%, then 1 HP, then keep unconscious on instant-kill. THAT's a defense buff.*

Indigo Text: Let's keep-

Justice: Hold on, who are you?!

Indigo Text: COMPLICATED STORY, OK?! My name is...Uh, Bahamut, and...Again, complicated. I cannot begin to explain how complicated. It's already fairly complicated right now-I'm HELP, why are you questioning HELP?!

Justice: I fear a Next-Gen play.

Indigo Text: You think that I've helped you try to kill Certainty because I'm going to betray you.

Justice: Yep.

Indigo Text: I think telling the actual story would make the relationship hurt worse because it's somewhat unbelievable. but I know the Black on a...Personal level. I know more about him than any of you ever could. And I know that he's not going to be content, or safe, as a ghost, so he's going to find a way. He knows how. I'd be more open, but we have to get out of here first. There's a way, and it's through the teleporter. It will take us to Image, but we just have to drop the key on it then, and then we get out of trouble. There's no way they could follow us.

*What do you make of this?*

[Sir Sivelos]

I don't really know. What I do know is… I WANT TO TRANSFORM, BECAUSE IT'LL REALLY HELP!!! EXCUSE ME! *SIVELOS resumes his transformation… and completes it in record time thanks to TEMPORAL MARATHON! He now appears as a tall, imposing figure clad in armor that resembles glassy obsidian. 'His' skin is now literally liquid magma, with his eyes glowing like hot coals. This figure is undoubtedly LAVA LORD, the one and only. SIVELOS now possesses the stats and power of LAVA LORD at his peak… So much, MUCH, MUCH stronger than before.*

FINALLY! THAT WAS MORE TEDIOUS THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN! Ay ay ay…

Apoph: You done whining?

Yes. Also, if this guy did help us-

Apoph: He did.

He did help us, without question… It's in our best interest to have him help us. That's my thoughts on the matter.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*Among the abilities that you clearly possess is BACK ARMOR, which protects you from-you guessed it-backstabs. As well as a whole lot of other armor, but considering the previous boss fight...That stood out.*

Justice:...Why didn't you do that sooner?!

Bahamut: OK, we're in agreement then? We really all have to Teleport at once, so just stand on it and don't think of teleporting until everyone's on top-it's mentally activated.

*BAHAMUT stands on the teleporter and waits for everyone else.*

*REBECCA shrugs and stands with him. OMINOUS stares for a few minutes, then joins the duo. JUSTICE shakes his head as he joins the group. There is space for more.*

[Sir Sivelos]

WE CAN DISCUSS THIS LATER! LET'S GO! *LL!SIVELOS equips the WAR CANE, LAVA LORD's signature weapon… With it in hand, SIVELOS gets +1 buff to his stats!*

*APOPH, LL!SIVELOS, and DMK step on the teleporter.*