Beyond Time's Eclipse: Revision

[Candescence]

A dark void, filled with translucent spheres, each showing a paradoxial timeline, long discarded. Each one was paralysed, frozen without any sense of time, their inhabitants forever doomed to be removed from time itself. A graveyard of timelines.

But it was the perfect place for one being, who would rather be left alone to plot out his designs, hidden among the graves. The timelines around it were not of his interest. To him, it was the perfect place to plan without interruption. This was especially important, as he needed to plan things out away from the other Legendaries, and, not to mention, that infernal glitch...


Darkrai, much like Mewtwo, had his own little set-up of windows across space and time, but less technology-based, using his dark powers, as well as several discarded timeline spheres. However, these spheres weren't just for window viewing. Each one was 'painted over' with a representation of each of the various worlds, whether they be Earth or Digital... Or both. On each sphere, he had a collection of miniatures representing the various 'participants' in this 'crisis'. He had everything set out like a chess board - meticulous and prepared.

He still had the Wish Stone shard on his person, of course. He wasn't going to risk putting it somewhere in case those bloody wizards decided it would be a good idea to try and hunt him down for it. He was going to keep his word, however - if the 'heroes' fighting Sorata lost, he would have to take things into his own hands. Hell, he might have to even call in the Digidestined and Trainers in order to actually keep those bloody wizards from screwing everything up. What a bunch of idiots. So much for omnipotence, for him, it was just depressing.

Perhaps a look-over of the whole situation was in order.

"And so the playing field is set, and all the pieces I need are in play. I have observed for long enough. Time to put myself into play." He chuckled, as he examined each group of miniatures in turn, starting with the Digidestined and the Trainers. "Firstly... The heroes of this story. The Digidestined and the Trainers are scattered, trying to find the six remaining crest cards. Some are stronger than others. Some are exploitable. And everyone on that world thinks I'm still trustworthy. I would be a fool not to milk that opportunity dry, but one of the Legendaries could possibly ruin this."

He looked at the Mystery Dungeon world. "The heroes here are also scattered, but on the verge of reuniting. One of the 'heroes' has been tempted to do the dirty work of the Digimon from Witchenly, who believe they have an easy solution to the crisis. All they will do is destroy themselves and all of existence first, which is why I will ensure that they do not succeed."

His focus changed to another group on Server - composed of the Royal Knights, Ryo and Cyberdramon, Lucemon, and a couple of others... "The Knights are hunting Lucemon, with the aid of the Legendary Tamer, Ryo Akiyama. However, I doubt they will succeed in pinning him down. I best not intervene, lest I attract the wrath of the Knights... And possibly Arceus."

His focus switched to Shinji, Mari, Chibi and their partners... Especially Omnimon X. "The girls are trying to prevent Shinji and Omnimon X from deleting each Digital World they come across. Deleting everything... That is something I cannot allow. Intervention might be necessary."

He then focused on Team Rocket. "Team Rocket are mobilising, preparing for something devious... To brainwash Red, one of their greatest enemies. As pathetic as Professor Kurata is, he is a major asset to them. Perhaps some nudging to allow him to go through with his more 'insane' ideas might be in order."

Next... Myotismon, whose group's miniatures were floating in a blank sphere, to represent their unknown location. "Myotismon... A powerful foe, despite his level, he has cheated death three times now, and he has effectively absorbed Cipher into his company. I cannot manipulate him while his base of operations is unknown... I may have to meet with him personally."

His eyes focused on the other blank sphere, containing the Dark Masters. "The Dark Masters have been revived, and they have proven themselves to be fairly competent, and their base equally elusive... Even if their current leader is a drunken fool. But there is one among their ranks who is still AWOL..."

He glanced at a miniature of Piedmon, which was inside a sphere representing the Gate of Destiny. "Piedmon... If he were to return... It would shake a lot of things up. They say the Gate of Destiny is a one-way trip... But if there is anything I know, nothing is impossible. It might be a gamble, but it could be to my advantage. I cannot try to free him from the Gate directly, I lack the resources and knowledge, and it would attract attention towards me. No... I will have someone else figure this problem out. There is someone who can do this..."

He looked at Kurata's miniature. "I will need to convince Team Rocket to take the gamble. One person among them would certainly advocate this... Sird. She will know the possible rewards from a successful gamble."

He noted a pair of spheres circling the outside, as if not part of the 'cluster'. "The Xros Wars... The deities are actively trying to prevent it from becoming part of the problem, but... I see its inclusion as an inevitability. But I will not intervene with the joining, lest I incur Arceus' wrath." Miniatures of the various participants in the 'Xros Wars' appeared as he said this, and he tapped the gogglehead's. "Xros Heart... Their general is an admirable tactician, but their passion might be manipulatable." He then tapped the blonde kid's. "Blue Flare... Their leader wields incredible power. Kiriha also has an ego." He then tapped the brunette girls'. "Twilight... Their general is manipulative and observant as I am. Perhaps I could converse with this 'Nene' girl... We might come to an understanding." His last focus was on the Bagura Army. "The Bagura Army... I might be able to deal with them, to an extent. Tactimon and Lilithmon, I might be able to converse with."

And then, he focused on one miniature in the middle of everything. "However, all of this... It ultimately revolves around one entity. Missingno. It is the most important piece." He tapped the miniature with some bemusement on his face. "Missingno is manipulative and cunning. Utilising precedent to it's advantage... Sending that Keramon to attack the GTS, and gradually digivolve as it fights... Everyone presumed that it was there to destroy the GTS, if not severely damage it. Then why would it self-destruct, despite having the advantage in combat? I am no fool. Doing such a thing is not within Missingno's goal. Its real intent... Was exposure. Forcing the Trainers into a battle that would be seen by the entire world, impossible to cover up? Exposing Digimon and the power of the D-Spheres to the entire planet gained it another foothold in it goal to make the entire race of Pokemon as a whole evolve beyond their previous limits!"

He moved back, to see the entire 'setup'. "None of the sides would admit it... But everything from here on out is simply an arms race, to decide who shapes the future of everything. There will be a final confrontation against him, it does not matter who is the challenger. No matter who fights Missingno, in the end... To the victor, goes the spoils."

"Winner takes all."

[AnT]

@butenmon@ Sighing, Butenmon looked around, "It is a shame these foes do not....uh?!?!" The samurai quickly looked around, wondering how the environment quickly changed.

@sorata@ "Whoa!!" she gasped, looking at her brown-gloved hands. "I'm back!!"

@butenmon@ "Mistress Sorata!!!" he gasped with relief.

[Alien-Child]

@mistymon@
"We're our of the previous world's nature." Mistymon commented as he and his pokemon were beind them, he studied the realm.

[Candescence]

"Greetings, my friends! What a pleasant surprise!"

Darkrai was 'sitting' on a makeshift 'throne', holding a glass of wine. Who knows where he got that. Inside, he was simply bemused. The only reason they managed to get this far and find him right off the bat is because he let them. He had an idea for these three... "Welcome... To the Darkness Beyond Time. The graveyard of timelines, discarded by changes in time. The place where an entire multiverse will be cast aside... If you go through with your plan."

He chuckled, and noted, "But I disgress... You came for the shard, no? I don't have it. I've hidden it among all these discarded worlds. You'll just have to beat that information out of me." He suddenly flew to the side, entering one of the spheres floating by. "Catch me if you can!"

[AnT]

@sorata@ ".....Now that is just annoying..."

@butenmon@ Kneeling down by his Tamer like a loyal knight, "Mistress Sorata. What is going on? I suddenly lost you in some world and-"

@sorata@ Quickly, Sorata zapped a laser beam on Butenmon, uploading him a recap of what happened with her.

@butenmon@ "....oh...wow..."

[Alien-Child]

@mistymon@
"DARKRAI! Let me ask you one thing... had it ever occur to you that Wisemon have thought of other ways to access time? That you are just forcing us to take another take? The wish stone was mearly an easy task thanks to Jirachi's power!" Which maybe why this girl desires the rock so much... not that it matters to him. She'll get he wish, they'll get theirs if they managed to retireve it... or else Wisemon shall go to his alternative plans.

@houndoom@
Standing behind the magic knight, they sniffed around the complex world.

[Candescence]

"Oh, there's a lot of things I've considered. However, I don't think she's aware of the fate she faces if you do go through your plan..."

The sphere that Darkrai entered suddenly came towards the group, seemingly expanding... And before they knew it, they found themselves in a Tokyo street, their surroundings completely greyscale. Nothing was moving, be it cars, people... It was frozen in time.

[AnT]

".....reminds me of that last world I was in." she sighed, typing buttons on her Digivice to get ready. But she hoped they would use the rock plan. Their second plan would cause some complications.

[Alien-Child]

@mistymon@
"Ah yes, a time frozen, something you have desired, correct?" Mistymon looked around the realm, nothing realy impressing. "Course like the child has stated, there are already worlds like this."

[Candescence]

"Oh, no. This is not quite what I want. If you think I'd be satisfied with this... I wouldn't be trying to do what I want to do." His voice boomed out. Of course, he was completely insane, so trying to reason with him was a futile effort.

However...


"HELP!" A voice cried out from the fog, and they could see a figure running towards them...


It was another Sora... Presumably from this timeline. Strangely enough, she wasn't frozen like the other inhabitants. Upon seeing them... And Sorata, she stopped, her hands on her chest, visibly terrified. "Who... Who are you?!"

[AnT]

"Your mama..." she sighed, rolling her eyes. Looking up, all around trying to find Darkrai.

[Alien-Child]

@mistymon@
"How amusing," Mistymon rolled his eyes. "tell me something, do these little flash shows even have a point? Or you just bored and have nothing else to do?"

[Candescence]

"I... I..."


"There's more to this than just that."

Then the sound of fingers snapping was heard...


And she froze on the spot, like the rest of the world around her, frozen in time, seemingly lifeless.


Darkrai emerged out from behind her, stroking his fingers through her hair. "Such a tragic sight, isn't it? She could only stay unfrozen for so long thanks to my power, and I cut it short. She's still alive, however, and still perfectly aware. She can see you, hear you, smell you... And yet, she can't move an inch. The comfort of insanity can never reach her. To spend the rest of eternity as a living statue... This is the fate of all those part of a discarded timeline."

He looked at Sorata, asking, "You think you might be able to live happily ever after with your father, if you allow these wizards to do as they wish, and they somehow avert a time paradox destroying everything? That you would be able to forget the days of searching, pass it off as a bad dream? Fat chance. Wisemon and his followers might try and escape such a fate, but there is no such guarantee for you or your father, is there? By changing the past so dramatically... All you will do, is condemn yourself, your father, and an entire multiverse to the darkness..."

There was a reason psychological warfare was one of Darkrai's finest talents. Messing with people's heads was something he really liked doing.

"And in the end... You'll be just like her."

[AnT]

@sorata@ "God dammit..." she hissed, flipping through the pages of her notebook. "I had some good pages here too..."

[Candescence]

Darkrai blinked. He was pretty sure she was never this apathetic-

Then it hit him. I see what you're doing, girl. Crafty. He suddenly announced, "You people are no fun. Screw this, let's just fight, already. DARK PULSE!" He roared, unleashing a wave of darkness...

Darkrai
HP: 80
Power: 1
Speed: 20
Defense: 15
S. Attack: 25
S. Defense: 15

(Sp. Attack)
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[Alien-Child]

@houndoom@
HP:30
Power: 1
Speed: 14
Defense: 3
Mental: 15
Sp.Def:10
[dice=14]
HP:20
However despite all the dark attacks, the canines took the blow for Misty, Sorata and Skye, falling to the ground.

@mistymon@
"Loyal followers, aren't they?"
Type: Fire/Fighting
HP:50
Power:20
Speed:15
Defense:2
S. Attack:15
S. Defense:15
As he held his blade, it flared with a crimon flame frm he tip to hilt. Blast-

FLASH!

@ruby@
"AAAAHHH!" Ruby cried as he crashed onto a floating rock, "Ugh... where are we?"

@celebii@
Blinking, he looked up at the dark pokemon. "DARKRAI?!"

@mistymon@
Shrugging it off, "BLAST FIRE!" He yelled, leaping into the air as he make fiery slashes at the dark being.
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[AnT]

@sorata@ "What the?!" she blinked when Ruby and Celebii suddenly appeared.

@butenmon@ "Enough!!" soaring right for Darkrai, he swiped his spear in sharp motions.

(Power/Steel)
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[Candescence]

"CELEBI?!" He snapped in surprise. He didn't see this one coming. "Damn it, I thought I told you never to-"

(Speed)
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(Defense)
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80 - (1+2=3) = 77

However, he noticed the attacks coming at the last moment, and moved to dodge, incurring slight damage. "Gah..." He unleashed another dark wave at Butenmon and Mistymon. "DARK PULSE!"

(Sp. Attack)
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He then faced Celebi, sounding very irritated. "What are you doing here?!"[rand=1812052333261817794291076716035623188170092180376285166121087968]

[Alien-Child]

Before the houndooms jump before the attacks again, Mistymon held out his arm. "Save your life when need it!" Raising his fiery wall, he tried to block for himself and Skye.
[dice=15][dice=15] Speed, Both
HP:47
Wile Mistymon managed to avoid the attack for him, Skye's however slammed into his body.


"Celebii... you know this guy?"


"Oh yeah... long time ago... for me that is. Namey as a girl...oy!"


"Eh?" Ruby blinked, "Oh, your past life thing?"


"Yep!" He sighed, every 10,000 years or so, whenever near his death, Celebiis of the past and future have to revive their other incarnation again... sometime as a shiny pokemon... sometime as a girl even. Glaring at the Dark pokemon, "Look you blob of puke, what have been like yestuday for you is mearly just a million years ago on a Tuesday for me! Sides... I think I'm going join this party!" In a bright glow, Celebii morphed as he changed...


HP: 95
Power:14
Speed: 26
Defense: 6
Mental: 27
Sp.Def:6

[glow=red,2,300]"How do you like me now, B***?!"[/glow]


"Cel-" He gulped, if he didn'y overcame his prejudice of non-cute, he'd have said something.


[glow=red,2,300]"Ruby, use Sunny Day and Mean Look!"[/glow]


Regaining control, he nodded as he tossed out a pokeball, "You heard him Popo, Ruru!"

@castform@
When the the little pokemon appeared, it glowed and so did the sky of the realm, if it could be called a sky.

Sunny Day:
Allows 'Solar Beam' to be charged quicker and powers up fire-attacks by 3. Lowers Water-type moves by 1/2. This last for 5 turns

@kirlia@
As the little grass balerina got up, its eyes glowed as a dome shined around the realm, preventing escape.

Mean Look: Prevents target mon from running away or switching out


Getting up, his sword flared with flames as he charged for Darkrai again, "ATTACK, BLAST FIRE!"
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They roared as they spit out Fire Blasts.
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[glow=red,2,300]"My turn now, SOLAR BEAM!"[/glow] From his hands, he launched out a blast of solar energy at Darkrai.
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[AnT]

@sorata@ Aiming a beam at Mistymon, Hey, don't waste yourself protecting Skye. Worry about yourself, we can handle a few girly blow.

Aiming at Skye, Skye! Omega Sword!!

@butenmon@ His left arm suddenly transformed into the head of WarGreymon X, whipping out the majestic sword. Wielding it back, he charged up the blade...

...while swiping his spear to unleash a sharp shockwave.

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