[Action] Huff and Puff and Blow your Dreams Down

[big_bad_ending]

[First, a beautiful unhappy ending was thwarted and now he's in a new disgustingly bright and happy sun-shiny day. At least he got a pretty-pretty necklace out of this. That makes up for falling asleep in the Shadow Realm and waking up in this happy land.

Not.

Ulric, a big bad wolf, floats above Genessia, taking in its sights with disgust, thinking over what the brochures and the hologram said.]

Genessia... A whole other world from my own. No Brute. No Bruha. No Rascal...

[A sinister Wolfy grin.]

No Glitter Force~

At long last, I can do what I do best. [Ulric produces a peculiar book.]


Genessia! Your picturesque fairy tale is coming to an end-

-as I paint your dreams black!

[Ulric crushes a tube of paint in his hand and smeared the ages with the only black paint. The magic of the book is activated, unleashing a wave that turns Genessia's day in a bleak, full moon night. His magic was re-writing the future to a sad ending.

Black aura appeared around people in the immediate vicinity, wisps of darkness gravitating towards the Book of Sad Endings.]

Every ounce of negative energy turns the Wheel of Doom one more tick, bringing me closer to the day I can revive my master; Nogo, Emperor of Evil!

[But nothing happens. Ulric didn't sense that satisfying tick of doom. In fact, none of the people appear to be incapacitated by hopelessness.]


Hey... What gives? [He flies down to the nearest NPC.]
Why isn't your negative energy turning the wheel of doom?

[The NPC shrugs and continues on with his day.]

Great. What am I supposed to do now?

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[the_muscle]

( ᴏᴏᴄ: This had to happen. )

[Okay, so, Ganelon hasn't been here long. The heavily armored, black-metal axe-toting merc with a bad attitude made even more sour by being here in the first damned place, frowned in confusion, then further into annoyance as the flying...wolf...man thing hurled a whatever of blackness at some innocent bystanders.

Speeches. What is it with villains and speeches, anyway. He takes the great, doubled-bladed battleaxe from his the leather harness on his back and shining blue runes erupt across its surface while a strange whispering in an unintelligble language starts to whisper urgently, either to people around, to Ganelon, or to all of the above.

A wicked sort of anticipatory grin touches the dark man's lips.]

Done with your evil mantra thing yet?

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[big_bad_ending]

(OOC: The man of my dreams.))

[Huffing and puffing in frustration. He wasn't about to call off the magic-induced night until he gets the bottom of this. His growling grumbling was interrupted​ by a friendly curious passerby who may or may not have a death wish.]

Huh? What if I am? What's it to ya, bub?

[Nice axe, by the way. He prefers claws, though.

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[the_muscle]

[Ganelon isn't a man of many words. He usually lets his axe do the talking for him. Of course, it's hard to do that when the possible opponent is flying, but it's not like he's never gone up against wyverns, or chimeras, or a lot of other things with wings. Everything has to come down eventually.]

Good. Villain speeches are boring. Usually filler.

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[liorafae]

[There's no mistaking what Liora senses as the big bad wolf tries to unleash his negative energy all over the city. She can sense that energy clear as day. From the ground, she looks around, following the direction of what she senses, until she spots the figure hovering in the air.]

[If there's such darkness lurking, she can't ignore it as much as she wants to run away from it. So she spreads her wings, pushing up from the ground, flying straight up and then hovering close enough to the figure to get a closer look at him, while hopefully keeping enough distance to discourage any possible attacks. So congrats, wolf. You now have a glittery dragon hovering in front of you.]

Um, what...what are you doing...?

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[big_bad_ending]

What am I doing? What does it look like I'm doing?! I

I'm stealing everyone's hopes and dreams so that I can revive my master.

[Or trying to.]

Now, get lost, pipsqueak. You're bothering me.

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[liorafae]

Steal everyone's hopes and dreams!? You...you can't do that!

[She can't let that happen. Even if she has no idea how to stop him, she just can't let him get away with it. Maybe she can talk him down somehow...]

[geez_louise]

[She couldn't help it: she hadn't been exactly hiding, but she wasn't making herself visible unless she was as she was now, laughing uproariously.]

Oh man, are you kidding me?! A wolf with delusions of world power! Man, this is SOME dream!

[big_bad_ending]

Delusions?

Dream on, kid! There's nothing delusional about my goals!

[Brats this days don't fear the big bad wolf like they used to.]

[geez_louise]

Yeah, that's true. Obviously everyone walks around with a tube of paint that farts all over people. Actually, that's a pretty neat trick. I mean, lose all that anime garbage speech and it'll work!

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[k2so]

[Ears, fur claws...it's been a while since Kay has seen a Shistavanen. even more so since he was one that acts so melodramatic.

The 7ft tall droid happened to be walking near when the atmosphere changed colors and he heard the shouting. All things considered, Kay doesn't look particularly impressed. It's easy to look unimpressed when you don't have a face that can properly convey emotions, though.]

As far as evil speeches go...I've heard better. New here, I take it?

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Yeah, yeah. Everyone is a critic.

[Well, it's no mystery why the Book of Sad Endings isn't effecting this guy. It has no hopes and dreams to begin with.]

What if I am new? What's it to you, tin-man?

[k2so]

[Excuse u. He has as many hopes and dreams as the average person.]

Nothing. It's just very obvious, dog.

[alwaysimpaled]

...Glitter Force? ...Really?

That's quite possibly the least intimidating thing I've ever heard. That's your big nemesis eh?

This is gonna be hilarious.

[Don't mind Dante just sitting on a bench near by enjoying a strawberry shake.]

[big_bad_ending]

[Ulric catches the guy. He teleports down beside him and snatches the strawberry shake from his hand.]

For your information, the Glitter Force are just a bunch of school girls who think they can save the world.

[Never mind that he lost to them on numerous occasions. They just got lucky, is all!]

[alwaysimpaled]

[And yet in a blink of the eye, Dante has the shake again. Quicksilver is so handy at times.]

And yet they're your top priority, eh? Not making yourself sound very imposing.

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[blindpuppet]

[Enis has no idea what's going to happen but she pauses and watches the wolf with a lazy sort of passing interest. It feels a little bit like she's suddenly in a poorly made 90's cartoon though her current knowledge on those things is limited since she doesn't have access to google and the last time she'd watch TV had been over 20 years ago.

Her eyebrow raises at the wolf's question but she considers it and provides an answer. It isn't a great answer but it's an answer.]

Maybe not that. [Her voice is even and passive.]

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[fairysoul]

[A short blond girl is walking barefoot in the streets of Genessia City. Her long hair reaches the back of her thighs and sways gently behind her as she makes her way back to her archway. She's hugging a package wrapped in brown paper against her chest. It contains pile of books that she was requested to bring back to Scribes and Scrolls.

Mavis suddenly feels a rush of dark magic relatively close to her. She looks up and sure enough, there's a wolf flying above the land and coming in her general direction. She can catch a few things he's saying, apparently to all and sundry.]

Glitter Force?

[It sounds too suspiciously close to Fairy Glitter for Mavis not to react, though she's pretty sure it has nothing to do with it.

Also she's going to ignore the 'reviving the Emperor of Evil'... In retrospect, 'Black Wizard' sounds almost nice in comparison.

And of course, Mavis being Mavis, she has to focus on the fact that he's holding a book, one that most likely doubles as a magical artifact.]

What kind of book is this?

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[big_bad_ending]

Glad you asked, little girl.

This is the Book of Sad Endings, where I rob you of your hopes and dreams for the future!

[And yet it doesn't work on the majority of the city's inhabitants. It's odd, but this one looks like a bundle of joy. Naturally, he'll try to ruin her day by attempting to absorb any happiness she has and leave her with a feeling of hopelessness.

Unless she is firmly committed to her happy ending, in which case the Dark magic won't work.]

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[fairysoul]

The Book of Sad Endings?

[Mavis do not look scared or even slightly impressed. She simply looks curious.]

Hopes and Dreams are among the most powerful things in the world. Is this why you need them?

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[icyheart]

[Icy was sitting high up on a building, clearly amused by what was going on. It was enough to give her a chuckle anyway, or more gut wrenching laughter because all of this was just hilarious in her mind.]

Well, this was just a delight to be able to witness.

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[big_bad_ending]

[Well here's something different for a change. A breath of foul air, one could said. It wasn't hard to spot this person with how he usually hovers high in the air until he needs to directly deal with pests on the ground.

Ulric teleports a short distance to speak with this one.]

And who might you be...?

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[icyheart]

The name's Icy. Whatever... that was you just did really would have no effect on me. But it still was hilarious to watch.

[And that was just her as she crossed one leg over the other.]

Looks like amateur work, also.

[notquitedracula]

[This really, really hasn't been the best of weeks for Soma. First the meeting with Dracula, then the barrier breach, now some punk was trying to pull an Eternal Night on his turf.]

[No. Nope. Not happening, bub.]

[A cold mist rolls into the streets of Genessia. People start glimpsing... things out of the corners of their eyes. And the moon slowly, slowly turns a deep, bloody red.]

Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf?

[big_bad_ending]

[Ulric watched the fog roll in, then glanced up at the alternate reality he imposed on Genessia. Now this really bothered him as he found the probable cause.]

Those with common sense.

Who are you? How are you able to re-write the future without a Book of Sad Endings?

[notquitedracula]

[Walking up out of the mist is a figure in a white trench coat, with wild white hair and a sword at his hip. He might be mistaken for human, in poor lighting and at a distance - but the slitted pupils and red irises mark him as something else.]

The future? Is that what you call this? [Soma tsk's and shakes his head.] This is little more than a parlor trick. Anyone could break it, with enough willpower. Or alter it, as I have.

[He stops some small distance from where Ulric floats, then... jumps up and floats in front of him. Humans can't do that.]

Given the week we've all just had, I suggest you crawl into a hole and pull it in after you for a while. Someone less charitable than myself might take offense, and decide to swat you.