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Celes Chere	The Dragon's Neck Coliseum is packed! Built in the style expected when you hear the word coliseum, complete with sandy ground and countless hidden trapdoors under the dirt to faciliate surprise entries or exits from the arena, the seats capacity is somewhere in the thousands, and every seat is taken tonight. Since it's late and the sun has almost set, it's rather dark, but little floating drones with spotlights on them are being operates by former Empire engineers to keep everything lit up for the moment.     In one of the VIP boxes, the party would be able to spot not just the children of Terra's orphanage, but also Celes with a few others, namely an upbeat kingly blond man and a white-ish haired man keeping a bit closer to her. This is dual-purpose, it means if this ends up being a trap there's three... err, okay, two responsible people in the booth, and also a king.     Upon arriving, volunteer actors were taken to the basement by classy people in suits. They were given a lodge each, within which they were told their costumes could be found. They don't HAVE to be worn, but think of the show!     And that's where we are. It's almost time! The lights keeping the arena go out as dramatic music begins playing. In each actor's lodge, an elevator is primed, leading right into the arena.     A spotlight illuminates the center of the arena as something descends from the sky. It's a giant, purple octopus! He's suspended by ropes to a large flying pink cloud monster over him, making him slowly descend towards the ground. He has shitty cardboard angel wings on, a halo, and killer abs drawn in black crayon over his body. Ultros wriggles, speaking.
Celes Chere	"Ladies, gentlemen and crustaceans! Welcome to the Dragon's Neck Coliseum! It's been almost a year now since our LORD AND SAVIOR, Kefka, was struck down by a band of terrible hotheads and cuties! For tonight's representation, let us take you back to those days as we show you, what the final battle must surely have looked like!" He shuffles, his tentacles pointing to every corner of the arena. "Let us introduce our villains!"     The actors' elevators go up one by one.     "A treacherous general, a failed experiment, a ve~ry representation of why the Empire fell! It's the knightly CELES CHERE!" Seifer's elevator rises, putting him in the spotlight.     "A brigand, a thief, a good-for-nothing rogue! He'll stab you in the back and then take your money! It's LOCKE COLE!" Sanary's elevator puts her in the spotlight.     "A mad king, a phony inventor, the man who could never surpass the wonders of Magitek! It's EDGAR FIGARO!" Staren's elevator gets him up into the light.     "The deranged, antisocial brother of our dear king, only good for punching people! Ugh, I hate muscleheads. It's SABIN FIGARO!" Yuna's elevator gives her her turn in the light.     "THOU THOU THOU THOU THOU THOU THOU THOU! It's THOU MCTHEE, a rusty samurai whose name doesn't matter!" It's Kyle's time to go up into the arena.     "A tiny creature who can dance, speak, and manipulate the land! Oh but who cares, we all just want to touch that pom-pom! It's MOG!" Up Kyra goes to join the others!     "A master mimic! A man of mystery! Look at all those layers of clothing, isn't he ever hot?! It's the legendary, the fabled, GOGO!" And then it's Genji's turn!     "It's a yeti! No I'm totally serious, fishes, it's a real yeti. Probably from a cave! In the snow. He kills and eats people, it's UMARO!" Deelel's elevator takes her up.     "A bounty hunter! A ninja! But really we could just say a dirty fish-murderer, and his dog too! He's so edgy I cut myself saying his name once! It's SHADOW!" Iria's elevator takes her up.     "And last but not least, it's the monster herself! The half-breed devil, the destroy of empires! Ladies and gentlefish, this is the genuine article, the real one! A hand for TERRA BRANFORD!" Terra's elevator rises.
Celes Chere	Ultros laughs, squirming about. "I, of course, your beloved Ultros, shall play the role of the one, and only, the god, the savior of the world, KEFKA PALAZZO! Now you might be thinking, but that's only half the cast! Worry not, we planned for this! Give a good hand for our assistant SIEGFRIED, who will play every missing role!"     A tall, bulky man wearing basically five different costumes stumbles his way into the arena, looking extremely uncomfortable. He still manages a heroic pose.     "But first, let's set the mood! This is the ending! No, no! There must have been a journey. Let's hear it from them!"     The spotlights dim, with only one remaining lit. It begins cycling through the actors one by one so they can give a monologue.     You have NOT been given notes. Or character profiles. This is quite probably the worst organized performance you've ever been a part of. Better improvise using Ultros' quips about your roles!
Genji Shimada	'They don't have to be worn.'     Of COURSE Genji is going to wear his costume.     As the elevator rises, the Shimada cyborg is draped in a multitude of garish cloth that almost completely obscures his figure. Almost... except for the glowing green visor line. "BEHOLD, FOR I AM..." One arm rises up to the sky, and then slowly windmills down. "MYSTERIOUS MIMIC..." The other arm abruptly surges forward - "WITH NO PAST..." - before there's a sudden spin, with one arm and one leg lifted in a pose that's very nearly kabuki. "GOGO."
N'Raha	Up in the VIP booth... a Certain Crystaline Catman is busy finding his seat. He's out of the armor, out of all of the ratty clothing he usually wears. Someone has actually fitted the Miq in some dress clothes, befitting a Gentleman but not a Gentleman Adventurer. Please don't mention Hildebrand.     That said he nearly chokes as he spots Ultros making his grand entrance ahead of the rest of the cast, staring intently down at the entrances. "What the bloody hells is he doing here? I-Isn't he..." He's supposed to be slumming it up near the Gladiator's Arena in Ul'dah."
William Pauwel	UP IN THE VIP BOOTH, William Pauwel is munching on what looks like popcorn but ONLY ON FIRST GLANCE. When you actually get really close, it turns out that he's chucking into his mouth what look like... Tiny deep fried squid bits. Does Ultros sell his primitive relatives as food!? Well, whatever, they're tasty. "Uhhh," people start rising from below. But Will's paying more attention to the... To the octopus with the sketched-on abs. "'Our Lord and Savior?' Ain't he the one what blew up this place? And uh... What's he even ridin' on anyway?"
Sanary Rondel	Is there ever a bad time to wear a cool vest and bandana? NO. 'Locke' strolls right on out of the elevator with a broad grin on 'his' face, looking every part the rough and tumble brigand that definitely isn't a snazzily dressed woman.      "Hey, hey, hey! Are we here to show off or are we here to stab someone? I got some lovelies waiting back home once we're done here!" The thief-stand-in pulls out a prop knife and twirls it once, dropping it after all of a second and shrugging it off while turning to the audience at large. "      "... And in the audience, too. Heart Thief Locke'll be around after show, too!" Sanary flashes the audience a roguish grin and taps two fingers to her bandana-covered forehead. Glancing over at Genji, she strikes a mighty pose as well! It's...      Leaning on one side with a bent knee, a half-raised arm, and a fully extended palm towards the sky. What's that even supposed to be?
Staren	Since Staren keeps encountering Celes and Terra, he should probably learn about their world, right? Plus, this is for the children, and that's a good cause, right?     He dresses in the offered costume and waits for a script or something. Um... A script? Anything? Hello?     "Phony?!" He echoes, one hand on his hip while the other holds his prop drill while giving the announcerpus an exagerrated scowl, and then smiling and waving to the crowd!     The next name makes his ears perk up and his eyes widen as he looks at the next elevator over. "Sabin?!" That is a name he hasn't heard in a long time. He stares at Yuna for a moment, looking her costume over. This is Sabin's homeworld?!     Staren looks over the rest. So Terra and Celes are a 'failed experiment' and 'a half-breed devil'? Must be some interesting history there...     Speaking of history, apparently it's time to tell it! Before the spotlight falls on him, he gives Ultros a 'what the hell?' gesture, indicating one empty hand.     When the light falls on him, he runs with it though. "*Ahem*. They said I was mad!" He pounds his fist on a nonexistant table. "But is it mad, really, to show what's possible without depending on draining power from gods?" He thumps his fist to his chest. "As king, I wanted to make a technological utopia for all! But how can my people live in peace, as long as HE" Staren points accusingly at Ultros, "stands--err, wriggles--for an empire that would crush everyone under their tyrannical thumb? Or tentacle!"     Staren-Edgar turns to face the others. "Fortunately, I am not alone in my quest to stop him! I have the help of my brother, and... THESE people!"
Kyra Hyral	"Eeeee~" Kyra Hyral squeals before the elevator rises to the stage level, "It's a dream come true! The role I was born to play~!" She claps her hands together, which are really oversized paw-like gloves of white and pink fur that go up to her forearms. They make a soft 'poof' noise when clapped together. "Soooo exiiiiteeeed-oh."     She falls silent as the light opens above her and the elevator rises.     Kyra's moogle costume is definitely not a full-body fursuit, though her pale skin is very visible on her, the white color actually matches the white of the furry unitard she wears. She still has a version of one of her famous moogle hoodies on, though this one is small, only stopping just above her midriff and devoid of sleeves. The moogle pompomp bounces and sways with each movement. Her feet are bare and oddly very human but it looks like she's wrapped tape around the flats of her soles, probably to lessen the friction of her feet against the floor. Her shins are covered in white furry legwarmers up to just above the knees.     Kyra strikes a pose and immediately begins furiously pumping her legs as if she was running in place. This is just a brief build up before she is whipping her head and spinning, first in place, and then across the stage.     This doesn't persist indefinitely. She stop at one point to bend backwards, arching her back to the point where it almost seems like she's about to fall over.     She looks to the crowd and winks. "Kupo."     She's quick to resume dancing mad afterwards.
Kyle Katarn	'Think of the children.'     Kyle can't deny a request for the kids. It's in his blood to do stupid shit to make kids happy, Jedi do that kind of thing...right? RIGHT?     Regardless of the answer, Kyle has owned up to the role he's been given, even shaving his beard into a fine mustache to suit his role just before getting shoved into the elevator in costume and all. The costume definitely doesn't hurt his figure, but it does feel weird using an actual sword for once.     "Uh." He looks like a deer in the headlights for a brief moment. "THOU HAS NO RIGHT TO MISNAME A KNIGHT OF DOMA!" He roars out with faux-indignation. He has no idea who he's supposed to be, so acting like a pompous blue-blooded knight seems about right. Sanary and Kyra may recognize the phony-ass accent Kyle is using as he draws his katana, flourishing it like he knows what he's doing with the blade, striking a pose in tandem with Sanary and Genji.     It's taking all his effort to not laugh at the situation.
Yuna Kagurazaka	At least the girl who's playing the part of Sabin is blonde and has her hair tied back in a ponytail, but Yuna is hoping (as she hears Ultros's snarkily succinct description) that anyone she has to 'beat up' is really good at selling getting knocked around by a slip of a girl. She's wearing a (thankfully fairly snug) blue tank top and white trousers, with a colorful sash tied around her waist as a sort-of-belt; her boots clomp audibly on the stage as she steps forward, striking a pose. Honestly, the lack of scripts can only be a good thing; this gives her room to improvise. So the pose she strikes could have come RIGHT off the screen from a superhero TV show. "WORRY NOT, GOOD CITIZENS OF THE REALM!! I, the MIGHTY SABIN, shall fight for TRUE JUSTICE, NO MATTER THE COST!! For the sake of my brother the King --" She sideglances as if making sure Edgar's being played by an actual guy. Okay, good. - Wait, Staren?! - bah never mind just roll with it - "-- I shall ensure that any villain who would dare usurp the throne suffers the splittingest ever of headaches!!"
Iria	Iria was fortunate enough to find some spandex tights and a matching t-shirt that fit her just right. The only thing that she had trouble with was the mask she had to wear, as her bushy hair made it a bit difficult to get on. But with some coaxing and convincing, she got it on! In fact, as soon as she got everything on, one might think they were looking at the real Shadow! But will it be convincing enough? Iria hopes so as the elevator begins to rise. Then the spotlight hits, and out steps 'Shadow' into the spotlight, and the costume combined with the lithe build that Iria has (thanks to being a bounty hunter for real,) makes it look just like the real deal is here. Even her voice sounds a bit more masculine as she speaks her monologue "I hunt bounties and I strike without being seen!" Iria-Shadow strikes a pose similar to that of a martial artist a couple of times. "And I may murder fish, but it is only in self-defense! I would never harm an innocent fish unless it threatened the safety of those who could not be fortunate enough to defend themselves!" Assuming what looks like a martial arts style blocking stance, Iria-Shadow finishes her monologue.
Seifer Almasy	This is the worst-organized performance Seifer Almasy's been connected to since the Garden Fair got cancelled this year when, in a shocking show of events, Wimbly Donner was a creeper and nobody signed up to help him. And, much like Wimbly Donner, the insane purple octopus is giving Seifer major creeper vibes. It is taking every ounce of his instinct not to punch Ultros in the face. This has less to do, surprisingly, with the fact that he got cast as Celes, and more to do with the fact that Ultros exists.      In fact, in an uncharacteristic show of personal stamina, Seifer is not at all mad about being cast as Celes. He's met her. He's dueled her. He has respect for her as both a knight and a woman. He thinks she's pretty hot. No, being cast as Celes is not at all an insult for Seifer, for that reason...      ...and because Seifer is secure enough in his masculinity to wear perhaps the most absurdly sexist outfit of all time.      Seifer rises from the opera stage with his trademark longcoat slung over his shoulder. He is dressed in what can charitably be called a bright yellow speedo, with a green band around his chest and a blue hairband around his head. He's wearing a wig, but it's actually hard to tell - he and Celes have the same hair color. There is what is probably bondage gear around his wrists, and it is bright yellow and clashes horribly with the rest of his Two Truckloads Of Nomura Running Into Each Other On The Highway. He has boots on, just so, but they're a bright white.      They are also high-heels.      What's good for the goose is good for the gander. If Celes has to wear a horribly sexist outfit, then Seifer is going to wear the most exaggerated, horribly sexist version of it he can think of for a man.      His free hand has his trademark Gunblade, Hyperion, largely because he has nowhere to store it, since he isn't wearing a belt, a scolbster, or anything else that might allow him to store the weapon. It spins lazily as he rises.      His eyes flash. He throws his coat up in the air. A blue light bursts to life in his hand. The orb is shoved unceremoniously into the back of his gunblade, as if he was loading a revolver.      Seifer flicks the gunblade upwards. When the coat falls, it's amidst rose petals and bouquets. Seifer snags the coat out of the air, swings around, and fastens the top button to make it a makeshift coat as he levels his gunblade at Ultros.      And then he opens his mouth.      And sings. In absolutely flawless, stirring, operatic majesty. There is a musical accompaniment from /goddamn nowhere/.      "KEEE~EEE~EEE~EEE~EEE-EEE-EEE-EEEFFF-KAAAAAAA!"      The music gets low.      "On a throne of blood and bone you sit,"      "looking DOOOOWWWN at the world from on hiiiigh,"      "cursing the day, you fear with dismay,"      "when your life's end will draw nigh!"      Seifer takes a step forward, raising the gunblade to the sky.      o/" "In my right hand, I bring justice!"      "In my left, I bring mercy!"      "Even now I will wait,"      "it isn't too late,"      "repent, and yet you'll be spaaaaaaaared!"      Seifer turns slightly to Sanary. "My beloved, in this moment, on the THRESHOLD of sorrow,"      "I need you to be, a pillar to me,"      "in this, our final blow."      Seifer's voice rises again. It fills the auditorium, booming and sonorous as he swings the blade at Ultros. "PREPARE! O THOU VILLAIN!"      "FOR YOU YET STAND A-LONE!"      "YOUR EMPTY HEART"      "IF NOW YOU CAN'T START"      "TO LOVE, THEN SOON YOU'LL BE GONE!"
Terra Branford	If this were an actual anime, Terra would be facefaulting. The look on her face is somewhere between disgust and shock, mostly because it's Ultros again. It's a good thing she isn't as straight-laced as some others. Still, being introduced as the 'half-breed devil' makes her wince and hope nobody asks for details there. Even if her ancestry is something of an open secret in her world, she doesn't like to draw attention to it.     Fortunately it looks like nobody will actually believe this.     Clearing her throat, Terra steps forward and tries to give at least a version of the truth. It's a good thing she's been studying literature in her quest to understand love. "Former slave of the Empire, rival with Kefka for the title of favorite, I will strike down my old rival for usurping the role of the goddesses! With the ragtag band of Nakama that I have assembled with bonds of deep and inexplicable friendship with one another, we stumble forward strengthened by our differences!"
Celes Chere	Celes looks at Raha, then at Will. Around her, Locke and Edgar are making assorted noises ranging from Edgar being thoroughly amused, especially at Staren, while Locke seems incredibly upset. At Ultros, not Sanary. Celes is remarkably poker-faced given what was said about her. "Oh, that's... Typhon, I think? He's some sort of... wind monster. I don't know how Ultros and him met but they've attacked us a few times before."     Ultros cackles, and with each introduction, he wiggles a bit, posing dramatically or gasping at accusations. The spotlights wander away from the actors, concentrating on Siegrief now.     "Behold! I Gau, child of nature! I wild, kill people!" Siegfried gestures a lot, before he jumps to another position. "And I, Setzer, gambler extraordinaire! I have a ship! That makes me special, woo! Card tricks! One-liners! Kefka, you're going doooown!" Another jump, another pose. This time he kneels to seem smaller, and pitches his voice high. "I'm Relm, kyiiah! Even little kids can be evil! I'll use my terrible book magic to destroy the world and look cute doing it!" One final jump, and he produces a cane and a grey wig. "I'm Strago, and I'm old. I forgot what I'm doing here, but why not go along with this band?"     He is a terrible actor.     Still, the crowd seems to like it. Everyone gets applause and cheers to varying degrees, with expectedly Seifer, Sanary and Terra getting the loudest cheers.     Now Ultros goes full-on cackling, as dramatic choir music starts blasting from speakers around the coliseum. "Now, enough attention for our villains! I, Kefka, your new god of magic, will blow them all away! Your friends can't save you, Terra! Nor can your friends' shoddy science, their love, their justice, or even their fur! Eww, fur. TERRIBLE! Slime and scales make the man, don't you know?" Wiggle wiggle, he seems proud. "With my LIGHT OF JUDGMENT, I'll purge the world of every awful person, demon, beast and criminal! It's time to reshape the world in my image! My perfect, succulent seafood sphere! Who needs lands! Oceans for everyone! Let's crush it, Typhon!"     "FUNGAH!!!" shouts Typhon, the pink monster holding Ultros up with strings. As he takes a deep breath and then blows, the wind picks up! It's a harsh gale, trying to push everyone out of the arena! Various props spring out of the ground like mountains, as drones project lightshows meant to simulate a deadly spell raining beams of destruction everywhere.
Deelel	Is now coming up on stage and is now going to be a Yeti? Okays she's in a bit of a strange costumes. With strips of white fur and cloth which make her look like some Yeti girl out of an amine but it will do as she rises up she lets out a pretty good roar save for the digital warble that tinges it. She's feeling a bit embarrassed and while she dressed oddly she normally doesn't get like to dress this revealing and the clothing circuit line tattoos on her arms are visible with this costume. "I am UMARO AND MOG BEST FRIEND!" She moves to embrace Kyra and then try to give her a piggy back ride, she may be getting into it too much here. This could also go horribly wrong on so many levels.
Kyle Katarn	Kyle stares at Celes-Seifer.     The dignified, pompous samurai utterly loses composure as he bursts into giggles, using the confusion of Seifer's entrance, if one could call it that, to avoid being spotted and mocked as he regains composure. He is SO GLAD William is recording this.     He grabs his sword, adopting a traditional samurai fighting pose...which amounts to him using a lot of stances he'd use with a lightsaber, and he points his blade at UltrosKefka. "VILLAIN, have at thee, in your death we shall remake the world you took from us, this I promise...eth!" He clearly has no idea how to use the thee thy and thou stuff, does he?     Either way, he definitely handles himself better during the action scene, as he deftly and enthusiastically throws himself into avoiding getting hit with beams of doom, "I'll have thy head, Harlequin! This heresy ends here!" He says, trying to knock a prop out of the air before it hits him with his sword.
Staren	Staren nods approvingly as Yuna promises to protect his kingdom, looks confused at that one guy playing five people, and shouts a 'Hey!' at Ultros's quip about shoddy science. Then his cape blows in the wind. He looks up at the lightshow and starts dodging, then has an idea: "Everyone, to me!" He holds the silvery-painted-cardboard drill in both hands, placing the tip against the ground, and mimes as if the mechanical device is jumping and moving. "With my SCIENCE, I'll dig us a tunnel where we're safe from the magic! Then we can pop up underneath him! Brother! Friends! Follow me!"     Whether anyone does or not, he then squats low to the ground and mimes drilling his way over to where Kefkultros is hanging, before pointing the drill up and standing up. "Ha HA! Who says science can't keep up with magic?! Taste PROGRESS, fiend!" and he jabs the prop upwards at Ultros, though he's not actually trying to connect.
Sanary Rondel	This is already turning into a fun little production. Sanary might not recognize any of the names of these people they're playing, but she does at least recognize some of the players! 'Mog' gets a surprised look and a snicker afterwards (totally in character, realy), 'Domaman' gets a vaguely recognizing look and even a silently mouthed something or another, and 'Sabin' gets a look to the one Kyra got despite ...      Actually, Sanary's not too surprised by any of these picks. Hearing singing coming from elsewhere, 'Locke' simply gawks at 'Celes' in confused awe, unsure whether to recoil in horror at the outfit or listen intently to that weirdly good singing.      Both? Both. There's a dramatic pose of another sort (mostly flinching away and trying not to show fear) as Seifer draws closer, but when she's directly addressed, the healer-as-thief finds herself compelled to try and match him! Her.      "Oh, beloved Celes, my...!"      Was Celes supposed to be a guy or a girl? "... One and only! Come, and let us blow this Kefka away with our... Blow!" She twirls once and begrudgingly moves closer to Seifer, stopping in mid-spin with her arm dangerously close to his head in order to point dramatically at 'Kefka' once she stops.      "Villainous Kef of the... Ka! We'll blow your-" And then she's cut off when THE WIND comes, ducking low and digs her hands (complete with kickass fingerless gloves) into the stage to avoid falling flat on her ass and looking COMPLETELY UNCOOL.
Iria	Iria-Shadow's good at being a ninja, so it's natural that when she approaches the others, she does so with agility and acrobatics, dodging around and using a somersault to get there quickly. She points her prop sword at Ultros-Kefka and says, "I murdered many a fish in my lifetime, but only when they struck first. And you are nothing more than a huge sardine with funny makeup! So prepare to die!" Then the wind blows, faster than even Iria can expect, and she falls backwards, almost landing on her rear, but she saves the day with a backwards roll and landing in a crouched position. "What is the meaning of this? Is there a BLOWfish here too?!"
Yuna Kagurazaka	"UWAAAAAAAAH!!!!" yelps SabYuna as she leaps back, managing to do a full backflip as if she's getting blown away by the wind, then grabbing one of the 'mountains' and hanging on for dear life. "Hrrrngh ... to be sure, this foul villain - one who DARES claim right to reshape the world!! - he wields an unimaginably intense power ... !! BUT MAN CANNOT FEAST ON FISH ALONE!! Without land, where shall we grow RICE to go under fish? Where shall we find WOOD for a COOKING FIRE?!" She pauses - then yelps again and ducks for cover as something else gets blown towards her, something that maybe *shouldn't* be getting blown around. "FOUL AND ACCURSED FIEND!! FOR THE KINGDOM, FOR MY BROTHER, I CHALLENGE YOU!! Cease this ridiculous tempest and FIGHT US DIRECTLY! If your power is so massive, WHAT HAVE YOU TO FEAR FROM A DIRECT FIGHT?!" She gets back to her feet, still hanging on to whatever piece of scenery she's using as an ersatz anchor, and FLEXPOSES defiantly at Ultroska.
Terra Branford	The speechifying continues, and the wind blows! In fact the wind roars as the others continue their um... 'acting' in this whole sham! But Terra has been studying drama, so it is only natural for her to loosen her ponytail and let her hair billow out behind her dramatically as she braces against the 'Light of Judgement' ongoing. "One man should never hold the power to judge the world! We must stop him!" Is she... getting into the whole act?     Yes.     Made clear when Staren does his wiggle toward the octopus. "Another ingenous plan by my friend Edgar, who is noble and would never flirt with me or Celes!" She immediately hops on Staren's back and uses her knees to scoot along with him toward Ultros.
Celes Chere	Up in the booth, Edgar is in the middle of handing Celes a drink with a beaming smile when Terra speaks up. Celes glares at him with a completely straight face. He kind of pauses awkwardly. Locke is the one in a good mood now.
Kyra Hyral	All the spinning is starting to make Kyra a little dizzy. She's pretty glad she drank plenty of water before this because she can already feel herself sweating, even with showing a respectable amount of skin to 'ventilate'.     Then she's scooped up from behind with a BACK ATTACK. "Waa-er, KUPO! Umaro my yeti best friend!" She gladly hops up onto Deelel's back. "Onward! We weather the storm together, my fellow mighty beast!" If anything, doubling up lets them both brace against Typhon's wind.     She tries not to stare at Seifer-Celes too much. Moreso, Kyra's a lot more jealous of his singing voice. Funny, she didn't see any Bard in him earlier. Maybe a Knight/Bard dual class...?
Seifer Almasy	To Sanary's benefit, Seifer is at least a good-looking prettyboy wearing an outfit for a woman, and not a hairy cosplay nightmare from a comic convention. To Seifer's benefit, Sanary is *clearly* a hot girl even dressed as a guy, and not another guy.      The wind howls. Seifer finds himself being blown backwards with incredible gusts of force. He says something in the wind, but it's lost, which is fine, because he's actually shouting at Gilgamesh to shut up and stop telling him about Typhon, he figured out that Typhon does wind shit without Gilgamesh's help.      Before he's knocked off the stage, Seifer *slams* the gunblade into the wood. He dangles from it, blowing in the wind, his coat flowing around him. As Sanary tries to avoid falling, Seifer reaches up, struggling against the wind to support her. He's completely in-character. He pushes to keep her up, and should she fall, he catches her in one arm, still struggling against the wind.      As the wind dies, he stands, then holds out his hand to help 'Locke' up. His singing gets a bit faster.      "This blade will shine today,"      "with light beyond,"      "your judgement's torch will dim,"      "and soon be gone!"      "And though you strain against"      "our hearts and souls,"      "we WOOOON'T stop till we've fin'ly reached our goaaaaaal!"      Seifer moves forward, blade in hand. He's pushing against the 'light', even though the wind has died. He's selling the whole thing, /completely/. People looking carefully can even see his teeth are gritted, his eyes are hard, and his hand is out for Sanary to drag herself along if she wants. He is actually, for-reals, treating this like a real-ass end-of-the-world JRPG battle is happening around him.      "Your power over us,"      "grows weaker yet!"      "The more you laugh and mock,"      "the more you jest,"      "the more your soul grows drunk on magic's wine,"      "UNTIL THE LIGHT OF OUR HEARTS STRIKES YOU BLIND!"      Seifer levels his finger at Ultros.                                   LIMIT BREAK                                                                   CRISIS LEVEL ONE                                                       LIMELIGHT BATTALION - A STAR IS BORN                            A spotlight suddenly swings into Ultros's eyes. It is not one of the actual stage spotlights; it is a random Anime Spotlight From Nowhere. It is *blindingly* bright.      Then, *stuff* just starts raining down on Ultros. It is mostly stuff you would find in an opera house - wine bottles, wine glasses, alcohol, masks, flowers, flower vases, all sorts of things. As it goes, Seifer continues:      "You want to BE THE BRIGHT,"      "SUN IN THE SKY!"      "I'm afraaaaaaaid," Seifer levels the gunblade, "that for-that-you've-got-to-FRYYYYY"      Click.      What happens when a bullet strikes an octopus doused in alcohol?      A star is born.
Genji Shimada	Genji attempts to maintain his composure at the sight of Seifer.     He fails. The shoulders of the Costume Of Many Random Scraps Of Fabric begin to shudder with bottled laughter.     And then there's an entirely different sort of shuddering when Typhon begins to blow. The mighty LIGHT OF JUDGMENT begins to blow back the 'mimic' inch by inch, and his posture grows quite exaggeratedly 'wounded'. "Such power! What a horrid monster this Kefka is! I have but one avenue left by which I might stand and fight...!"     He suddenly stands tall and proud, adopting another one-footed posture, hopping, and lilting, "By the techniques I have adopted from my close allies! BY FRIEEENDSHIP!"     Where did he get that bottle of sake?     Well, ask him later, what's important now is that he's taking a page from Seifer's book and /throwing it at Ultros/. It's not a very hard throw, but it'll get there.
Deelel	Deelel does consider Kyra to be a good friend given how much on a limb she's gone out for her in the past. Away they go as the Yeti girl pushe agians the wind heading woards it with eveyrone else. She also trying to not stare at Seifer-Celes. Because unlike those made of flesh? The memory will never fade, it will never dull, it will be sharp as the moment she saw it and sh's also got to paly the part. "UMARO AND MOG SMASH CLOWN!"
Celes Chere	As Kyle discovers, the props are not hard to knock away. They're cardboard and cheap wood! Slice and dice them if you'd like, or knock them aside, it requires very little effort.     A tunnel is a great way to avoid the wind, and the crowd reacts with expected glee. They've all heard about Figaro Castle, so seeing it referenced in the play is winning points. The fake blow to the octopus makes him squirm!     'Celes and Locke' make Celes sink into her seat. She's the one looking out of place now! God she hopes no one is looking in her direction.     Iria's joke seems to anger Ultros! Oh no! "What! This ninja thinks he can steal my show! Only I may make oceanic puns here! It's my birthright! Kids in the audience, take notes! Don't tease the octopus! Uwee hee hee!"     He wriggles at the faux Sabin's taunt, while pointing at Kyra and Deelel, who brave the winds together. "That's right! You pesky heroes climbed my tower to fight me! How impolite it would be to ignore you! Fine! I yield, I cod do better! I will ascend from god to clownfish!"     Then he is set on fire, courtesy of Seifer and Genji. Wow those are some really realistic effects, the crowd thinks. "I AM ON FIRE!" Ultros thinks, and also says. His ropes burn and he hits the arena ground, as he ditches the cardboard wings and halo. He ducks and rolls like only an octopus could, putting the fire out, before announcing:     "UWEEE! TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! You meddling heroes must defeat the Triad before facing me! That's right! I'll be back in a squiddy, lovelies!"     Ultros shuffles into a trapdoor.     Siegfried steps up, now wearing three additional costumes. It's basically impossible to tell who he is anymore. "Halt! I'm... uh... that thing he just said! You need to defeat me before moving on! I have... MAGICAL POWERS, PROBABLY! HOO-HA!"     Siegfried just kind of waves his hands dramatically in front of himself. A slew of sound effects play in the arena alongside dramatic, colorful light flashes. Will the party sell these terrible magical powers?     And will Terra pick up the slack and tell the story right?
Sanary Rondel	Sanary has to admit: She wasn't expecting Staren of all people to be the one to have Kyra and Deelel jumping on him. She raises an eyebrow slightly and nods once, almost as if she's... Approving?      Lucky bastard.      And then she looks back over at her nearby acting partner. Is... Is Seifer talking to himself? Nah, must be all the wind getting in Sanary's eye. Also, stage props flying about. She barely flinches when an unused prop comes flying by and smacks her right in the face, dragging a bit a before smacking it off. Luckily, what she lacks in finesse she has in brute strength, and she's.. Probably accidentally torn off a floorboard in the process of trying not to get blown away even with Seifer's support.      "Indeed! The power of our love burns hotter than... Fire! Very hot fire!" Another twirl, and 'Locke' is standing once more, hand in hand with 'Celes' to resume pointing dramatically at the pair of...      She really needs to figure out just what Ultros and Typhon are later. Also, her posing would probably be a little cooler-looking if she wasn't bleeding from where that prop hit her. Or... does it make her look cooler because she's bleeding from under the bandana? Noticing that Terra's letting her hair billow dramatically, though, Sanary undoes the bun her own hair is held up in to let it fly freely as well!      She needs to use more conditioner.      "Clownfish? Something smells... FISHY in here, and it's not..." Crap. Where was she going with this? Never mind. 'Shadow' has the puns covered way better than she ever could, and 'Locke' points alongside Seifer to do...      Falling object magic? Sure, whatever. It's not like she knows what else this Locke's capable of, anyway! The fire's worrying, though, and she glances sideways briefly before getting back into the act and running straight at Siegfried. She flinches and cries out exaggeratedly at the flashing lights, partially out of acting and partially because holy crap some of these are IN HER FACE.      "I'm not just a thief for show! Take this, the results of my training!" And then in mid-run, she tries to catch Siegfried in a fireman's carry without stopping. Just grabbing somene and running away counts as stealing, right?
Yuna Kagurazaka	Luckily for SabYuna, the piece of scenery she latched onto was sturdy enough to keep her from getting blown all the way away. Even more luckily, the windstorm subsides before her 'anchor' *can* break loose. Just before. SabYuna hefts the 'house' she had grabbed for shelter, rests it on one shoulder, and strides over to the Triad-costumed Siegfried with as manly a saunter as she can muster, occasionally using the house prop to 'protect' herself from the spells being unleashed. "Triad, dryad, naiad, whatever!!" she blusters emphatically. "Fiend in service of a greater fiend, you shall not win -- !!" And suddenly, no more Triad. "...." C'mon, the show must go on and all that, *think* - "SHOW YOURSELF ONE MORE, FOUL USURPER KEFKA!! YOUR TRIAD CAN NO LONGER PROTECT YOU!! FOR THE KINGDOM AND ITS PEOPLE, AND THE SAKE OF THE WHOLE WORLD, COME FORTH - AND ACCEPT YOUR INEVITABLE DEFEAT!!!" She pauses, setting the 'house' down and leaning (*VERY* carefully) on it. Then checking in through a 'window' as if to make sure everyone inside is okay.
Iria	"Tease? I tease no one!" ShadIria says in response, trying to keep in character somewhat. "I hunt all and slice and dice it with my trusty ninja skills!" She brandishes her prop katana again. "And if it bothers you, I shall carve you into sushi!" A pause as she realizes she's getting a little too out of character possibly. "But enough of the seafood nonsense!" She raises her prop sword into the air and says, "For there is far more important things to be taken care of!" She calls out, after a brief moment of hesitation, "Kefka, you foul being, I stab at thee! Come out and show yourself, or I shall bring you out on bended knee!" Poetic, isn't she?
Seifer Almasy	Of COURSE Seifer sells the phenomenal magic powers. He gets thrown backwards, spinning dramatically, before crashing to the ground in the Typical Anime Girl Struck By An Awesome Blade And Lying On Her Side pose. Except, you know, a dude. He lowers his head.      "Is there no hope for us,"      "can we not win?"      "To climb this evil tower,"      "this den of sin!"      He pushes himself back to his feet. "I will not let you drive us from our task!"      "Behold! My Runic power's bared at laaaaaaaaast!"      Seifer presents the Gunblade directly in front of himself.      That's all he does. He just stands there, holding the Gunblade with both hands, moving to 'protect' the rest of the party.
Staren	ONE PERSON acknowledges Staren's plan as a good idea! This is pretty good. Also, the crowd loves it for some reason! Staren smiles at that, and also to emphasize Terra calling his character noble -- If he could make his teeth sparkle, he would.     Staren has no comment on Seifer's outfit, but his singing continues to be amazing! Staren looks impressed at the performance as 'Celes' goes all serious hero.     When he looks back to Ultros, someone has set the octopus on fire. Was... that didn't look like a special effect! Staren thinks he smells calamari... still, the octopus seems to be rolling with it...     Once Terra stands up again, Staren does as well, levelling the drill at the flaming octopus... Only for it to disappear! "Hey, wait, what?! The final boss isn't supposed to run away!" He looks unsure what to do until Siegfried invokes MAGICAL POWERS (PROBABLY) SFX!     Staren stumbles back as if hit, and drops to his knees. "No! I can't allow... technology... to be beaten by... magic!"     Wherever Staren was going with that, he just kinds of stares as their opponent is stolen.     After a moment, he sort of follows Yuna's lead. "Well done, my brother! We can use this!" He rushes over to the house, then rushes around the stage gathering stray props and attaching them to the house like he's adding arms and legs to it. One of the arms ends in the prop drill. Those close enough to him can hear him muttering and see him making slight gestures. He's totally using magic. This doesn't need to hold together long or well...     "BEHOLD!" Staren stands triumphantly next to it and points at Ultros if he comes back out, or just at the air. "My ultimate creation! The... TECHNO-tek armor!" He turns to the house. "Arise, my creation!" and it does, somewhat unsteadily. He turns back to the 'enemy'. "Prepare to face your doom at the hands of SCIENCE, fiend! AhhhhHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!" He can totally do a mad scientist laugh! ...Edgar's a mad scientist, right?
Kyra Hyral	"Kupo! The evil Kefka has been /defeated/ thanks to teamwork and totally kupo dance moves!" Kyra declares, balancing on Deelel's back. "It is obviously time for the breakdance of victory!" Neatly, she leaps off of Deelel, hits the ground rolling, and curls into a ball to spin on her back. She twirls for a few revolutions before ending up on her side, head propped up with one arm, other hand holding up a V for victory as colorful lights flash around her.     She doesn't even /notice/ the 'magical powers' and completely no-sells the special effects. Oops.     Though technically since 'Celes' used 'Runic', those TERRIBLE MAGIC POWERS wouldn't have worked anyway. So /something/ is being sold.
Terra Branford	Terra is left with the responsibility to set the record straight! "The Triad! Together we will..." Uh. Okay, the... thief steals the Triad. "... make our way toward the villain who claims to judge all fairly! Yet many cry out from the injustice of their homes threatened or destroyed, and call out to be saved!" She gesutres at the um. House.     This is getting ridiculous(er) than before.     "The knight Celes has cast off her loyalties to the Empire and moved to help the people! She protects us all with her noble beauty and singing! Now strike!"
Genji Shimada	Their attack blows away 'Kefka'! Yay!     He summons the 'Warring Triad'. Boo!     'Gogo' staggers as if blasted, uttering a grunt, and a loud, "Curses! You vile fiend... to have such power at your command! I have no other choice...!" Genji adopts a ninja posture. Not a faux, hammy one, but a real-ass ninja posture, forming a seal with his hands. Billowy smoke loops up his body, engulfs him, and he disappears.     Where is he? Where did he go? What could he possibly be-     He's standing directly beside the breakdancing Kyra. "WE ARE NOT DONE YET, MY VALIANT ALLY. WE MUST COMBINE OUR SKILLS OF THE DANCE TO BEST THIS FOE." The shinobi produces a rose in one hand, and sweeps out the other to draw the dancing 'Moogle' up into his arms, in a posture that could only be- is it- could it possibly be-?!     The mightiest and most dramatic of duet dances.     THE TANGO.     Complete with a rose for Kyra.
Kyle Katarn	Kyle may be getting into this, as his sword swooshes and slashes, cutting anything thrown his way in half with ease! It's not as satisfying as burning through solid steel with a lightsaber, but still pretty fun all the same. He flings some of the objects back at Keftros with discrete usage of the Force itself. "Villain, thou will face mine blade by the end of this!" he says, gesturing dramatically.     The others may be more effective, but to be fair it's hard to do much with a sword without actually hurting someone with it when you perform, right?     He takes a stance when Siegfried takes the field...followed by two more Siedfrieds. Weird. "Thy trickery won't serve you for long, knave!" He says, charging at one of the three with his sword, trying to act like he's willing his way through the magic special effects. Having experience enduring Force lightning helps this out immensely, as he doubles over in sudden pain, stomping as he clumsily (on purpose) swings his sword at one of the trio.     Anybody with sharp eyes can tell he's like three feet off-target as he hits nothing but air and looks like a total clown.
Deelel	Deelel is just getting into it and loving it,this is very silly and she's enjoying it the she just stares. That's some serious pun and then she is about to sya somerhing when Techincal issues happen she lets out a cry of terror at Siegfried as she's selling the hell out of it as she staggers back while hanging on to Mog aka Kyra if it's needed she staggers. "How punny mage... do this?!"
Kyra Hyral	Swept up into her feet, Kyra falls in step, doing a surprisingly good job at improvising the tango. She's apparently watched Dancing with the Idols enough on her world to at least know the steps! "Of course! Together, our Tango of Trouble-Breaking will overcome our enemy!"     That rose goes right between Kyra's teeth.
Celes Chere	Celes continues sinking in her seat.     Edgar glances at Staren, taking notes.     Out in the arena, there was SUPPOSED to be a boss fight, but Sanary just picks Siegfried and his seven costumes up and just... absconds with him. Yeah that. That probably counts as a win, sure. Siegfried allows it.     There's an uncomfortable pause in the festivities, although no shortage of appluse for the party, whose various rousing speeches, poses or antics, like Kyra's rose, really seem to rally the crowd up, before a pillar of light erupts from the center of the arena, pushing everyone back! More wind and special effects. Ultros rises again, lifted up by metal cables instead of rope. He's got clown makeup on this time, and a new set of prop angel wings.     "I'm back! Did you miss me? Uwee hee hee! Now it's time! I'll break your spirits before I break your bodies! With my godly powers, I'll drown you in your own sins! You'll never get up from this!"     Ultros wriggles, he does that a lot, and then he shoots... INK? Ink! At everyone. Black, terrible, smelly, awful octopus ink. Straight for people's faces! It suddenly gets very dark, too, and that's separate from the ink. The lights shut down!     Spotlights shine, exclusively on the party.     A narrator's voice, who is just Ultros with a phony accent, begins speaking. "And then, it hit them all! Their evil natures couldn't be overcome alone! These dastardly villains stood against the new god of the world, his righteous line making them repent!"     "Celes and Locke remember their time together! Their terrible deeds as she betrayed the Empire and murdered everyone she knew in cold blood! How instrumental the bandit was to her turning!"     "Mog and Umaro remember their time together in the snowy plains! How many innocents did that Moogle kill so the beast could eat? How touching!"     "Gogo recalls his great solo adventures! We're not sure what they were, he's so mysterious! It could be anything, but surely it was legendary!"     "Edgar and Sabin recall that fateful decision! The night the treacherous inventor king stole the kingdom from his brother with a cheated dice roll! The night Sabin became a hermit!"     "What do a samurai and a ninja have in common?! I don't know! A deep, secret story of assassinations? Training gone wrong? All that blood!"     "And the poor lone devil, Terra, who has to live with gathering these impudent villains! When all that's good in the world falls, it'll be her fault! How does she live with it?!"
N'Raha	Madness. Pure madness at the Opera and N'raha has seemingly forgotten he's in the fancy seats at this outrageous conduct from Ultros and Siegfried and all of this. There's a boooo from the Catman at Ultros' INKFEST, and he grabs some of William's fried calimari and throws it at Ultros on stage. Booooooo!
Staren	Staren looks appropriately determined as Ultros returns, then... "Augh! Why?! Right in my eyes!" He doubles over as he tries to wipe his face with his hands and then his sleeve. "Why didn't this costume include goggles?!"     The narrator gives what is clearly a... skewed view of events, but nonetheless, Staren rolls with it! He turns to Yuna with tears in his eyes (real tears, thanks to the ink.) "Brother!" He rushes over and collapses at her feet, then grabs her legs and looks up at her. "Can you ever forgive me?! The kingdom, it... it should be yours! I just wanted to help our people with my machines! You could still rule, if you want, when this is all over!"     He hangs his head. "If... if you don't forgive me, I understand. Just please, stand with me this one, last time!"
Sanary Rondel	That actually worked! Although it wasn't quite as... Grand as Sanary was hoping for. Oh well. It looks like things are getting to the climax at least, and she's even got the decency to set Siegfried down and help him change into some other costume if he needs the help before rushing out to rejoin the rest of the crew on stage.      Just in time to get hit in the face with goddamn ink. 'Locke' howls and trips on a discarded prop before diving forward, fumbling through an awkward roll that was definitely intentional and not meant to make it look like she didn't just fall flat on her back.      "Such trickery won't save you now, clown! Our fiendish friendship and love of destruction will... Er." Wait, she's supposed to be repenting now. Quick, improvise! Something about turning...?      "... Oh, what a fool I was! If only I had my beloved Celes go left at the orphanage instead of the right, he would have never... /Turned/ down this path?" She can't see the crowd, but they have to be laughing at that one, right?      ... Right? She clutches at her chest, then reaches out vaguely in Seifer's general direciton. Or where she thought she saw him before, anyway.      She might be reaching at Ultros. "Forgive this foolish thief, my handsome prince!"
Yuna Kagurazaka	The ink suddenly getting sprayed in her eyes pretty much startles Yuna straight out of character; she yelps, flailing briefly, then makes a futile attempt to wipe the ink away from her eyes on her forearm. It stinks, it burns, her eyes are watering, the octopus is narrating, something's clutching at her -- Not something, some*one*. A cheated dice roll? And ... Edgar pleading for forgiveness. "Had you not driven me from the palace with your treachery, brother mine, I should be far poorer as a king than the dastardly villain who stole our land," Yuna declaims, offering her arm to Staren with a flourish. "My time as a wanderer humbled me, taught me what our strength and skill must protect. Come, my brother, stand proud beside me! AND *TOGETHER* -- !!" She points dramatically (about thirty degrees in the wrong direction, stupid [Blind] status effect), sucking in a breath despite the stinking ink still covering her face. "TOGETHER WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, CHILDREN OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS ALIKE - WE SHALL PROTECT THIS WORLD!! MAGIC IS POWERFUL, SCIENCE IS POWERF--" *Stupid* ink in her face; she runs out of wind and doubles over coughing for a moment. "-- is powerful," she resumes, wheezing, then straightens up again. "BUT FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP ARE STRONGER THAN EITHER!!!" she finishes, finally getting back up to full volume. "MY TURN HAS COME, TO SHOW YOU MY STRENGTH AND SKILL - BUT YOU SHALL RUE THE DAY YOU DISDAINED US, *KEEEEEEEFKAAAAAAAAAA~~!!!!!*" She helps Staren the rest of the way back to his feet - and charges. Straight at Ultros/Kefka. And tries to suplex the octopus. Or at least grapple Ultros into some vague semblance of a submission hold. Or .... y'know. Something. "STRIKE NOW, WHILE I HOLD HIM HELPLESS!!" SabYuna calls while she's kinda half-buried in Ultros's tentacles or something. At least she can't get inked in the face again when she's this close and mostly behind him, right?
Kyle Katarn	Kyle tries to do a flourish, but before he finds out whether or not that's going out of style, he gets hit in the face with ink. "AUGH! FIEND! YOU...you..." He mumbles, "Come on, man...what is with you?" The accent is dropped, and Kyle fumbles to wipe his face clean as he stumbles and tries to keep his balance. This is not fun.     "Ahem. I will not be dissuaded and made a fool by such tricks, villain! For the sake of the world, and all who live in it, YOU WILL PERISH!" Yeah he has no idea what Cyan would say in this situation, so he's just kind of going on autopilot far as lines go.     He yells inarticulately as he charges a heroic last charge, and he just...kind of...swings again. Hopefully it looks better than before, but his vision is pretty shit right now given he has ink shot into his eyes.     That better be a harmless fake sword as opposed to just one without edge, or this might hurt if the blow connects.
Iria	One moment, ShadIria is attempting to look her best as the role of Shadow, and then the next thing she knows, a huge octopus comes down, and all of a sudden everything goes black. As soon as it does, Iria senses the ink in her eyes, and unfortunately, the mask she's wearing doesn't protect her eyes enough. She gets a good dose of ink in her eyes. Yet she manages not to break character as she says, "This is a most dishonorable tactic!" Iria takes a few moments to wipe the ink from her eyes. Once she gets it out, she says, "But the visions of heroics shall always triumph!" She glares at the octopus and says, "And now the murderer of fish shall show what it means to be such! That octopus has no place here! It shall be cut down!" She rushes at Ultros, looking like she's going to strike him with her prop sword, but it's all controlled carefully, since it's still just a show... right?
Genji Shimada	Ink drenches Gogo in the midst of his dance, and the robe-clad mimic flails backwards, his grip on his dance partner broken. "Ugh! What a horrid magic you have worked!" As the spotlight comes up on him, the man clad in copious cloth goes utterly stiff, standing stock still as if stricken, frozen in place by the bright light.     Wait, no. He's still utterly stiff and unmoving. No human is that still, not even a cyborg. What?     Creaaaaak-thud. The mass of cloth teeters and falls over. There's a log inside.     Someone comes down atop Ultros, boots first. It kind of looks like Genji, but wrapped in a blue silk cloth to obscure his face and shoulders, wearing a goggle-like visor, and with an entirely different pair of blades on his back.     "Yo, evil emperor Kefka," Bedouin Gogo greets. "Mimicking a ninja sure is handy." That's an awfully menacing tone, there.
Seifer Almasy	Seifer, to his credit, is visibly thunderstruck, reacting with emotion rather than anger at his face being covered in ink. He tilts his head back, hand going to his chest.      "Can it be true? Can it be so? Had it never occured before?"      "The lives I have stolen, faces familiar, dragged by my hand to Death's Door?"      "Did I never imagine the cost I would pay,"      "as I fled from my duty on my heart's hearsay,"      "did I never expect that the death of my friends"      "would be the cost that I paid to find love's sweet content?"      The gunblade hangs. He looks genuinely torn, perhaps because Seifer has, in fact, often put himself opposite SeeD members. A lot of people didn't like him. He was like a drill sergeant; he bullied and they unified in their dislike. He'd only really ever had four people in his life who were /friends/. Maybe five.      Then Sanary speaks. Sanary takes his hand.      Seifer shakes his head.      "You didn't, you couldn't, you wouldn't have known,"      "the choices I've made in my life are my own!"      "You can't be to blame,"      "no matter my shame,"      "I won't let anyone pay for me what I owe!"      "I love you!" Seifer surges forward, taking both of Sanary's hands. His eyes are big and bright. "I love you!"      "You are my world, my stars in the sky,"      "the light that shines through the darkest of lies,"      "not the lies of the world but the lies deep inside"      "when I wonder and worry o'er Imperial pride"      "and the rightness of cause and the justice of way"      "can't hold a candle to our love's shining day!"      Then Seifer sweeps down and brings Sanary into a big dramatic kiss. It's one of those wow-right-off-the-romance-novel-cover kisses, the kind of thing that makes people stop and stare and go /wow/ that's dreamy, the kind of thing you see at the climax of a big movie or a play.      He swings Sanary back up and puts one hand around her hip, the other in her hands. The gunblade is pressed into Sanary's hand, sort of; Seifer's other hand is still on it.      "Sabin's opened the way,"      "he's given us a chance,"      "now let's finish this with the soul of romance,"      "with fire! And sword! With dagger and key!"      "Locke, I'll take the lead - just follow me!"                                   LIMIT BREAK                                                                  CRISIS LEVEL THREE                                                              WHIRLWIND ROMANCE                                      Seifer moves into an elegant, stately ballroom dance, with Sanary on the other side. Flowers fall around their feet, bouquets of roses hurled on-stage. Music explodes out of nowhere again, filling the hall. With his hand on hers, he brings the gunblade down on Ultros. The music gets faster; a tango. Seifer spins Sanary out, the blade flipping to his free hand and swinging upwards. When he catches her, he dips her, passing the blade into her hands as the music gets faster again. Faster, and faster, it keeps going; where will the blade end? What will Sanary do with it?
Staren	Staren is helped up, smiling at Yuna with relief as they both seem to be rolling with this. He nods and stands beside her, and offers his cape to wipe the ink from her face.     "You truly are noble, my sis--brother!" He turns to face Ultros again and points dramatically.     "Our destiny is ours to decide, not yours! How fitting that a creation of man's power alone should play a part in your final downfall! The, uh, drill of innovation is enough to pierce even the gods!" He stumbles over the attempt at flowery phrasing, then rallies: "TECHNO-TEK ARMOR, ATTACK!"     And it does! The 'robot' is still made of cardboard though, so it's more likely to break itself than seriously injure Ultros.
Terra Branford	Clown makeup? Terra freezes, staring in horror for a longmoment, long enough that it might seem like she's forgotten her nonexisten lines! It's a good thing the others are picking up the slack. It stirs her out of her staring JUST in time to get a face full of ink. SPUTTER!     Oh well. Everyone is banding together anyway. "My friends are there for me, U- Kefka! Your judgement is without understanding and without care for the people's feelings! Even a half-breed devil can know the bonds of love and friendship, and my Nakama work together to understand humanity and their needs! And now, POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!"     The crak-THOOM of lighting blasts down on Ultros! Except not. Actually frying the octopus might not be a good idea. Just scare him a little! The lightning blasts /right/ next to the octopus, and maybe singes a little. SFX!
Kyra Hyral	Sadly, that tango has to end sometime. She keeps the rose and and makes a little 'call me' gesture at Genji Gogo as they break away.     Obstacle...overcome? But what's this? What is this new horrible black inky attack forcing...introspection? Or something like it? Why is the bond between Moogle and Yeti being attacked.     "No! You misunderstand, it wasn't like that at all! An act of friendship beyond your comprehension...a crippling addiction..."     She spins around holding her furry paws out, "...to /murder/! A friend who knew his duty well-to guard the fragile sanity of his friend from the crippling truth. He ate the evidence...he ate it to protect me!" Kyra lifts her furry paws to the sky.     "This fur..stained with red, it will never be clean! But the bond of a true friend will never be forgotten! Friends help friends move...but true friends help friends move bodies!"     When 'Sabin' disables the Ultros-Kefka, however, the dramatic moment ends and Kyra hunches her back, dance-prowling over to the two-winged octopus. "You've had it coming! You've had it coming~! She stamps her feet on the ground, thunder building as she steps on over to where one of the elevators that lifted them all up onto stage are-it happens to be...     ...right underneath Kefkutros. Kyra dances in at the end, stepping down on the elevator top to activate it and hopefully send their endboss beneath stage.     "You've had it coming! Now be swallowed by the earth! Dance of Descending DESTRUCTION!"
Sanary Rondel	Despair! Anguish! Guilt! Five other similar emotions! Come to think of it, Sanary's been doing a fair amount of acting over the past year. Maybe this could be her true calling...      Once she learns how to keep her stage face on better, anyway. Even though she's known Seifer for all of an hour at most, that sudden declaration of love still catches her off guard. It's awkward getting fake-confessions, even if it's from a hot guy in an outfit that doesn't leave much to the imagination! Or it's more awkward, even, considering that he's not only getting right up in her face, but...      Did she just get stage kissed oh hell. 'Locke's eye widens, there's a bit of confused grunting and flailing, and then she's back on her feet! Or turning around and... Wait. What just happened?      It'd be so much worse if she could actually see anything right around now. "Wh... R-right! Our friends, our families, our loved ones... All the ones we are responsible for!" Weirdly enough, though, Sanary's actually finding it easier to follow along in the dance without seeing. She can't worry about looking stupid if she can't see where she's going, right?      "This is the end, Kefka! We'll blow you harder than you could ever imagine!" With one hand on the gunblade and one on her somewhat bloody bandana, Sanary tears off the latter and wraps it around the weapon in hers and Seifer's hands before pulling the trigger! "Heartbreak Wind!" And then Sanary starts waggling the thing around for good measure. Someone's handling the special effects on this, right?!
Deelel	Things are just going nuts, she has no idea how badly they are making a mess of things here. She is getting into it and now she'll get into it she staggers back to her feet. "MOG AND Umaro GO HOME AND HAVE GREAT DINNER ALL INVITED!" D She's just having fun now she looks to Kyra nods for a moment Shty seemt o be shoudning like a Sayain now and she charges at Kefka intending to strike with all the staged fury she cna muster without actually hitting them directly.
Celes Chere	Ultros trades blows with Yuna! It's actually very silly looking, kind of like a terrible catfight between children, but one is a giant purple octopus with tons of flabby arms. He also trades blows with pretty much anyone else ~foolish~ enough to engage an octopus god in melee combat! Look at all those tentacles going around! Okay, he's not that great, but for the purposes of playing pretend, he's well equipped!     Otherwise he'd probably be losing tentacles right now, batting swords away like that. Or maybe not. This guy's no world-render but he does seem a bit sturdier than the current scenario lets on.     Getting landed on and kicked is a bit harder to bat away admittedly. Ultros goes "Ow! Ninjas! You never see them coming!"     A robot! SFX! Swordplay! Dancing, and a yeti, a combination of love, and a rousing speech. Ultros is knocked back, tugging Typhon down to crash on top of him.     "No! What a terrible ending! A god of magic, slain by friendship, resolution and love?! It stinks! I'm like a fish out of water here!"     He gestures wildly under the pink cloud monster. "With my final breath, I bring my tower down! I'll do the world a favor and seal your freshness in with me! Uwee hee hee!!!"     Loud, ominous rumbling shakes the coliseum!     The lights go out!     The crowd applauds as the lights slowly dimb back on. All of them, not just the spotlights. Take a bow, you earned it. Somehow, this wasn't a trap!
Staren	"Agh! He's a load-bearing boss?!" Staren exclaims, as it's announced the tower is coming down... but then the play ends. Staren and the Technotek Armor take a bow!
Kyle Katarn	"Oh thank the Force." Kyle says, as the play ends before EXPLOSIONS kill everyone. He takes a bow, like everyone else, and drops the accent completely. Phew, boy was this silly.
Iria	The play is over already? Iria's not minding this, because everything has to end sometime. So she faces the crowd and takes a bow. Silently, though, she's wondering when she'll get a chance to take that stifling mask off!
Kyra Hyral	"OH no-! Oh wait, we're good...whew." Kyra's impressed it wasn't a trap. She grabs Deelel and Genji with one hand for each so she can bow with her dance partners.
Yuna Kagurazaka	Yuna is kind of a mess at the moment, but she takes a bow with the others - actually holding Staren's hand on one side of her, and Sanary's or somebody's on the other. You know the way actors and actresses will join hands to take a group bow? It's basically that. Just maybe not very well coordinated. What she'd thought might be one of the worst nights of her career wound up being one of the most fun, so she REALLY can't complain. Much. .... Except about the ink. She's either going to punch Ultros or try to hug him, the next time they cross paths.
Sanary Rondel	And so, the play is over! Sanary waits until the lights are back on before breathing a heavy sigh of relief. The healer takes a deep breath before bowing to the audience, breaking into a carefree (yet tired) grin. "Thanks for coming by, folks! We'll be back on..." Sanary glances over at Seifer on one side and Yuna at theother with a questioning look and a lowered voice.      "... Think they'll ever call us back to do this again?"      Also, her hands are quite sweaty right now. Theatre's tricky!
Genji Shimada	With a smooth, swift movement, Genji brings his hands together in a ninja's salute, going into a deep bow to the crowd.
Seifer Almasy	Seifer takes a bow and shrugs at Sanary.      "I dunno. By the way," he says, holding out his hand, "Seifer Almasy. Not a bad kiss."      "Ah, don't get any idea, tho', I'm kinda seein' somebody." He grins. "An' I'm an upright n' level kinda guy."
Sanary Rondel	"Sanary Rondel. Er... L-likewise." Yep, still awkward. Sanary actually sounds relieved when Seifer continues, though, eventually even managing a snicker. "Hey, don't worry. I'm seein' someone, too. All part of the job, right?"      Good thing she's got a firm handshake. Her hand are still sweaty! Rough, too, but probably kinda nasty with all the moving around from before.