Luna charged forwards and stabbed at Calofisteri with her halberd, only for the strange creature to barely dodge the blow, taking the attack in the shoulder instead of the chest. She winced in pain but smiled soon afterwards. Luna felt pain and backed off. She was about to inspect her body when she saw an orb of… something leap from her to her opponent. She saw Calofisteri's wound heal, if only slightly. At the very least it stopped bleeding and the skin sealed up the wound.
"Well, it seems you're quite strong after all, little Princess. Even Drain can only heal me so much from your blows," the strange creature complimented. "However, even the strongest can be broken. You just need to know how." She smiled and raised her hand, causing her orb to glow slightly.
Luna screeched in pain as she suddenly found her body being assaulted by some sort of green slime. It felt like it was eating her skin before it became inert and fell off. Parts of her coat were missing and her skin was red. Luna fired a bolt of magic at her opponent, who flew up on her orb to dodge it.
"Now now, no need to be so hasty. An old mare like you should take things slow," she taunted, raising her hand and casting another spell.
"You dare insult my age?" Luna replied, taking to the skies. "I am far from… some old… what?" Luna felt her body ache as she struggled to maintain flight. She attacked with her short swords, but her movements were sluggish. Even still, she managed to strike her enemy across the chest, only for her once again to feel pain as another orb of what she could only guess was her own vitality leapt from her and got absorbed by her opponent, almost completely healing her paltry attack. Luna had no choice but to land and catch her breath.
What is wrong with me? How can I already be so tired? If feels as if-
Luna's thoughts stopped as she saw her reflection in one of her blades. Her face bore wrinkles and her ethereal mane and tail were somehow grayer. Even her coat looked to have aged.
I'm old!? How!? When did-!? She stopped. She did it! She aged me! But how!? An age-changing spell is extremely advanced! Even my sister and I require some concentration to perform it! She then flinched as she saw her opponent raising her hand at her again. But's that's not an Equestrian spell, is it? It's one of the same kind Gilgamesh uses!
She suddenly felt pain in her body again, this time more a persistent nagging feeling than a sharp but sudden one.
"Oh my, old and poisoned? You are just making this too easy for me!"
"'Poisoned?'"
Luna coughed, covering her mouth with her hoof, only to gasp as saw blood on it.
"I don't even need to do anything. You'll die on your own soon enough."
"That's what you think," Luna retorted, gathering her magic for a spell to purge her body.
"Oh no you don't."
Calofisteri cast another spell on Luna. It looked like nothing happened until she attempted to cast the healing spell on herself. An invisible barrier shone and the spell bounced off her.
"W-What?"
"Now now, I can't have you healing yourself so quickly. It's rude to undo others work," she taunted before casting spells on herself. One caused her to glow red momentarily, and her movements quickened, allowing her to quickly cast another spell that caused her to temporarily glow yellow and her body seemed to radiate power.
Luna decided to stop it and summoned lightning to crash down on her enemy. Calofisteri noticed her opponent gathering magic and quickly cast a different spell on herself. It was the same barrier that she cast on Luna, and it caused her lightning to disperse and fire in all directions. Luna screamed in pain as one of the bolts struck her, though thankfully the dispersal had weakened her spell's destructive force considerably.
"Oh my, why did you have to interrupt me? Now I have to do this," she taunted as she cast another spell, this time on Luna. The spell reflected off her barrier and bounced back to Calofisteri, who approached to make sure she was close enough to be hit with the reflection. Her body temporarily glowed green and soon her wounds began to heal on their own, though admittedly at a slow pace. "There, now it's all set up. I can just enjoy watching you struggle now."
"F-Fiend!" Luna shouted defiantly and struck her enemy across the face with her halberd, only for her once again to feel the pain of the Drain spell as it almost completely healed her enemy.
I'm finished. I can't do anything. If I strike her with my weapons, she takes my energy from me. If I attack her with magic, it gets reflected back at me. If I try to heal myself it'll be bounced back at her. Just like how she reflected her own spell off… wait a minute.
Luna began to realize that despite them both have the reflective barriers on them the spells only rebounded once instead of bouncing back and forth in a loop. It gave her a small spark of hope in her deflating spirit.
If I try to heal myself she'll simply cast those afflictions again. I have to take her down first.
Luna summoned her strength, both physical and magical, and charged her opponent.
"Oh my, haven't you learned yet? Well come on then. Amuse me with your futile struggles."
"How's this for 'futile'!?" she retorted. She reached into her saddlebag and threw the curved blade at her opponent, striking her in the shoulder as she attempted to dodge. She struggled through the pain of the Drain spell and stabbed her opponent in the chest with her halberd. She then cast her spell and summoned down lightning… on herself.
Calofisteri realized too late what she was doing and even reflected took the full force of Luna's lightning on her body. She screamed and writhed in pain before falling off her orb.
Luna panted for a moment before speaking. "I am Princess of the Night, co-ruler of Equestria. And I will not be defeated so easily," she proclaimed before rearing up on her hind legs and smashing the green orb under her forehooves. The result was instantaneous and Calofisteri screamed even louder than when she was struck with lightning, only to soon fall to her back.
"This… is far… from over…" she wheezed out before falling limp. Her body began do disintegrate and soon there was no indication that she was ever there.
Luna quickly summoned her magic and purged the poison from her body, relieved to find the barrier had been dispelled. She then summoned her magic and returned her age to normal, though she was still considerably exhausted. As she sheathed weapons and caught her breath she looked at the blade she had come to retrieve.
It seems there are greater forces at play here. That settles it. It may have been my choice before, but now it seems there is no choice.
Luna levitated the sword back into her saddlebag and took to the skies.
Please, Gilgamesh. Please by the kind of creature I think you are.
When I returned it was still night time. I looked up at the moon and I could see that barely an hour had passed. I sighed and looked at the gem in my armor.
Kat. If only- I shook my head. No. I did everything I could. She admitted she made mistakes. She's doing what she can to fix them. Things will get better for her. I have to believe that.
"GILGAMESH!
I turned towards the direction the voice came from. Even if I couldn't see who said it I could tell who it was, even without the use of the Royal Canterlot Voice.
Luna? What's she doing here?
"GILGAMESH PLEASE ANSWER ME! I MUST SPEAK WITH YOU ON A MATTER OF GRAVE IMPORTANCE!"
I was surprised to hear this, of course. For a moment I wondered if it was some kind of trick until I remembered that Luna doesn't try that kind of thing.
Better see what she wants. I thought as I quickly jumped through the trees, finding her in a matter of minutes.
"GILGAMESH!
"Right here," I replied, catching her attention as I landed in front of her. She took a few steps back before regaining her composure. "What is it? I really didn't think you or your sister wanted anything to do with me."
"Despite what you may think, your reaction to my sister's confession had a great impact on her. Even now she doubts if she did the right thing."
I was honestly shocked to hear that. After what she told me I was certain she'd be overjoyed to never hear from me again.
"I… never thought that would happen. I apolo-"
"Please do not. You are not the only one who has made mistakes," she interrupted.
"I suppose. Thank you for-" I stopped when I noticed the scuff marks on her armor and the parts of her coat that seemed to have been burned away. "Y-You're injured! What happened!?"
"That was what I wished to discuss with you. Earlier tonight, when I was by myself, I was attacked by a creature I had never seen before. She had strange spells, ones that appeared to be similar to yours. I barely managed to defeat her and escape with my life. She called herself Calofisteri."
"WHAT!?" I shouted.
"So you do know her."
"I… I know of her, but we've never met."
So I was right. There is something going on here. And she tried to kill Luna! Damn it, I thought that I was the only one in danger!
I gently yet firmly grabbed Luna's shoulders, surprising her with my physical contact.
"Listen to me, Luna, if you encounter another one of these creatures don't try to fight them. Just run. Evacuate anyone who is in danger and just run. They have powers you don't understand, that you aren't prepared for. Some of them can even instantly kill you, no matter how strong you are. Please, promise me you won't fight them."
She looked completely shocked at my words, but quickly recovered.
"I am Princess of Equestria. It is my duty to protect my subjects," she replied firmly.
"Luna, please! The last thing Equestria needs is a dead Princess! Please promise me!" I pleaded, shaking her as I did. She was about to respond when a glow caught her eye. Her expression turned to one of shock as she looked at my neck.
"Is… is that-?"
I followed her gaze and saw what had caught her attention.
"The Equestrian Badge of Honor? Where did you obtain such a thing?"
"I got it from… well, Princess Luna," I answered, causing her to look at me like I was insane. "Well, that is to say a different Princess Luna, one from another version of Equestria."
She just looked at me. "What nonsense is this?"
"I'm telling the truth. Remember back when that girl and I showed up at the Hearth's Warming play, how she said she was from another world? She wasn't kidding. There are a nearly infinite number of universes out there, including innumerable numbers of Equestrias. I was awarded this medallion by the Princess Luna of one of those other universes."
Luna looked completely shocked to hear such a thing. "But… even if that were true, the Badge of Honor is something even many members of the Royal Guard go their entire careers without earning. What did you do to cause me-, or rather, this other version of me, to give you such a thing?"
"I saved Ponyville from an invading force. Not alone, mind you, I had help from the Lunar Guard, the Elements, the other version of you, and another one like myself. A being who does not belong in Equestria."
"What force could possibly want to attack Ponyville?"
"I… I'm sorry, but I can't tell you," I replied, looking away from her. "It would break your heart to hear it."
"If you don't tell me, I can't believe you," she firmly replied.
I sighed. "It's a company that goes by the name Ellura. In that version of Equestria they've existed for more than one thousand years. They existed before Sombra, before Nightmare Moon. They are a company that makes many medicines, but in truth that's just a front. They're experimenting with a virus that mutates what it doesn't kill, and are foolishly attempting to use it to create some 'new world order.'"
"Impossible! Celestia would never stand for such a thing!"
"She does because she doesn't know about their misdeeds. Neither does most of the world. Even worse she believes them to be a great force for good, and they have gone to great lengths to maintain that image to her. For some reason she has some sort of deadly obsession with taking down Nemesis, the one like myself in that dimension, to the point that she'll believe anything Ellura tells her to take it down. Even believing that her own sister and the Elements, who know the truth, are somehow being hypnotized by him."
"You… You lie!" she shouted in anger, only for her aggression to drain away when I looked back to her.
"I wish I were. It pains me to think that any version of Celestia could be so blind."
I could tell she could see I was being genuine.
"This… other Ponyville. What state is it in now?"
"Twilight managed to erect a barrier to keep Ellura out, but they've 'quarantined' the area to make sure no pony will see the truth. Part of the Lunar Guard, Princess Luna, and the Elements of Harmony have allied with Nemesis. Some of the Solar Guard, who were sent to aid Ellura's personal army but were captured, have seen the truth and have allied with them as well. All of Ponyville have steeled themselves to play the waiting game until Celestia finally decides to come down and fix the problem herself. Hopefully then they'll be able to show her the truth."
"I see. If you defended Ponyville from such a threat it is no wonder I, or rather that other me, granted you that medallion."
I nodded. "She trusted me. And now I want you to do the same. Please Luna, if you find another one of those creatures, do not engage them. Please promise me."
She looked back to me before sighing. "Very well. I will do what I can to rescue my subjects without engaging them head on, should they appear. Am I to assume you will try to deal with them instead?"
"Yes. With any luck they'll only go after me, but it helps to be prepared."
"Actually, that brings me back to why I was looking for you. You see, Calofisteri did not attack me for no reason. She assaulted me because of this." She opened her saddlebag and levitated out a blade I knew all too well.
"Ridill!?"
I looked on in shock. For a moment nothing was said. I then quickly pulled out Prosperity's Guide and opened it. There was no mistaking it.
"It's the real deal." I put the compass away. "Why would bring this to me?"
"Because I needed to know the truth. I needed to know what kind of pony- what kind of being you are. Or at least, that is why I originally went to retrieve it. Now, I feel for the sake of Equestria, I may have no choice but to give this to you," she replied.
For a moment neither of us said or did a thing. Then I reached out to grab my sword before she pulled it away.
"But there is one last thing I need from you before I return this." She steeled her gaze. "Swear to me. Swear to me on everything you are, on everything you believe, that you will not bring pain and misery to Equestria, to all of Equis. Make me believe that you do not seek to bring the fires of war to these lands once again. Promise me."
I stared at her, then at Ridill, before deciding how I should answer.
"I'll do you one better," I said before unclipping my naginata. I held it at my side and I heard her gasp in surprise as I bowed my head and took a knee. "Princess Luna, Co-ruler of Equestria, Mistress of the Night, embodiment of the Moon and the Stars above. I swear to you, on my life and magic, on the very Winds of Freedom I so cherish, that should Equestria be threatened you need but call for me and I will come to its aid. Should its subjects be put in harm's way, I will wield my power to defend them." I looked up at her. "This, I swear to you."
She looked at me completely shocked before shaking herself out of her stupor.
"Very well. Rise, Gilgamesh." I did as I was told and stood up. "I will return this weapon to you, and will do what I can to convince my sister to return the others to you as well, or at the very least not to impede you progress. It will likely be difficult, but so long as you keep your promise I will do what I can to aid you."
She levitated Ridill to me and I took it. It disappeared in a flash of light and I could feel its power enter my body.
"I feel I should inform you, however, that not every one of your weapons is here. Though one is within our borders, which I believe you have already retrieved, the other five blades of your final form were given to the other nations across the ocean. Only they know where they are, and I'm afraid it may be difficult to convince them to give them back."
I groaned but shook it off. "I understand. There is, however, one more thing you can do for me." I reached behind me and pulled out the folder Auric gave me. "These notes were sent by another one of us who was not meant to be in a version of Equestria. We refer to ourselves as 'Displaced.' He sent out notes to many of us so we might either leave or defend our respective universes. There are others like me who may not have received this information. I would appreciate it if you could commission someone to make copies of them and return them to me so I may give them to others. Also, they should be quite useful to us as well, seeing as the beings that are invading are from outside our universe."
"I understand. I will see what can be done." She levitated the folder into her saddlebag before spreading her wings. "Gilgamesh, I thank you. Not only for your vow but for giving me something to believe in. I leave our subjects' safety in your hands while we are away." And with that she took off into the night sky.
As I watched her fly off I felt something that I hadn't felt in a while: happiness. Not that happiness that comes from getting something you want, or even the thrill of a good fight. It was the feeling you get when, even if just for a moment, you felt everything was going to be alright. Everything would work out. I smiled as I placed the medallion back under my scarf and went out to find someplace to sleep. And then… well, sometimes you just feel like singing.
"Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum.
Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum.
Princess Luna. Bring me a dream.
Make her the cutest that I've ever seen.
Give her two lips like roses and clover,
and tell her that her lonesome nights are over.
Luna.
I'm so alone.
Don't got nopony to call my own.
Please turn on your magic beam.
Princess Luna, bring me a dream."
and now he is a wimp
There shouldn't be a space.
The last bit makes no sense to me.
nou
I wonder if Gilgamesh won't even put up with Trixie's super-amulet crap and just take it away. Final Fantasy magic does work in mysterious ways...
Huh, an age spell in FF? Never heard of one, but I haven't played many despite owning quite a few. Hell, the only time spells I know are Slow, Haste, Stop, and all the -ra and -ga versions from 12.
Nice usage of a ponified Mr. Sandman, though I can't help but wonder if it means anything. I'm a little sad the rendition is only four verses, -ish, anyway, rather than the full version, but I can understand why (copyriiiiiiiight!)
5105916 Ah yeah, that is a good one.
5106163 What makes you say that?
5106178 Thanks for pointing out those for me. Also, it mean "I"m gonna try and convince her to give your the rest of your weapons, or at the very least not try and stop you from the getting the rest."
5106219 It's called Old, and it's from Final Fantasy V. It's a status ailment that causes a character's level to steadily decrease, meaning their stats constantly drop until the end of battle.
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I'm guessing that the age spell really is Slow. Equestria had no real way to figure out how to translate the spell's effects and did what it felt was the best analog to it which happened to be make the target old and thus Slow in the process.
Wonderful as always, but I do constantly wonder something:
If I remember right, wasn't there originally a war between all the species going on when Gilgy first got to Equestria, and by becoming the unbeatable army crusher he is, he united all of them against himself (where in he let himself get stoned as a “congratulations on peace”), and led to the peace they now have? If it is as I remember it, why doesn't he bring this up whenever Luna or the others call him a Warmonger, or a harbinger of War, that he actually brought the peace they now have (ala Lelouch from Code Geass) to the world, and probably has a lower kill count then they do? It has really been bugging me for a while.
5106219 YES. ALICORN AMULET SHALL BE OWNED IN THE FACE.
5106322 good point, why hasn't that come up?
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Those are all the typos I tripped over. Great chapter if a bit short.
There is nothing more sacred than the trust between two beings, that is very true.
I swear, I'd say 'great chapter' but that seems so underwhelming now, especially when I can expect nothing but great chapters from this fic!
how about 'amazing chapter'? or 'spectacular chapter'? None of them seem to fit!
And you've given me the kick in the rear I need to start writing again, so thanks for that too!
Great chapter.
Great chapter. I can't wait to see what kind of influence Jason has on good old Gilgy!
5106450
Your rear isn't the only one he's kicked recently.
This was an absolutely admirable, awesomely badass, best, exceptional, fantastical, good, marvelous, perfect, positively terrific, toughly tremendous, wonderful chapter!! (most of the synonyms on this page.)
5106322 Like Spc jacko said , why hasn't that come up?
I'm face-desking. At school. My teacher asked me what was wrong. I said a story I'm reading just did something excessively stupid that will no doubt turn out amazing.
Mr. Sandman would be happy or yet quite confused of that song.
Keep up the good work and i cant wait for the next chapter
5106322 Because he said- multiple times, mind you- that he likes fighting. To them, that sounds like someone who wouldn't mind starting a war or seven for fun. They don't realize his personal philosophies, that battle is fun, but war is not. He likes kicking ass, but he doesn't like the killing. But they, having been in a period of war at the time, couldn't see the difference. They assumed that battle, war, and fighting were all the same thing. And Celestia's been universally acknowledged as… 'jumpy'. As in, she thinks that anything that has the power to harm her subjects can and will use it. It doesn't help that Gilgamesh acts geeky at times, and acts in a rather… questionable manner.
Amazing chapter as usual. Good to see the princesses actually doing something, and being CLEVER at it!
Great chapter.
..I get the oddest feeling that somebody, somewhere in this "Multiverse" continuity..
Someone has a bestiary of all the Square Enix monsters.
That was fun. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
When i saw that there was a new chapter I was so happy. Thx for updating.
Something I've been running through my head. Gilgamesh seems to have the abilities of a Blue Mage!? So, wouldn't that mean he has the 'Spare Change' attack. Or Quistis' 'Limit Break', 'Degenerator'.
Or the fact that Gilgamesh has 'Black magic', (Thundaga) and 'White magic', (Curaga, Shell, Protect, Haste), so does he have access to 'Ultima'?
5106290 Is it impede or impeded?
[Reads the last bit of the authors note] ....Oh god...
~Dollars.
Should be Flinched.
I think this should be "a dead princess" or "dead princesses."
Should probably be "when I looked back."
Should be "bring."
Dis guna be gud.
And now I suddenly want to do a crossover with Gilgamesh, solely because Ponyville is a massive crater in my fic.
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But that's the thing, why doesn't he bring it up? Every time they call him some form of warmonger to his face, why doesn't he tell them that he ENDED wars, with NO DEATHS to boot. He even had a speech about how he doesn't care about victory, just the thrill of two souls clashing, and he gave it to LUNA. It may just be me, but whenever it gets brought up, I just want to yell that the Princesses are more of warmongers than he is. Hell, last chapter Celestia even admitted that she sacrificed her ability to protect he subjects, and in turn has made it so she can't protect them, and now has to rely on a baker, a tailor, a farmer, etc., to protect in her stead (as we have seen that the guards are even less useful). And she did that just so they wouldn't fear her as much. *slow clap* Well at least the ponies will die loving you Celestia, when you fail to be able to protect them.
Sorry if this is a bit rant-y, it just has been something that has been bugging me since near the beginning of the story, and this chapter seemed like a perfect time to bring it up. Despite the seeming vitriol, this is still one of my favorite stories here on FimFic.
5109776
I am looking forward to Gilgamesh putting Celestia, Luna, and both of their respective guards through the training montage from hell.
5110740 Do the links still work? If so I'll give you links for the others.
5106178 5106365 5108918 Thanks for the help.
5106322 5106360 5106855 5109776 My answer is mostly this 5106990 You have some good points, some I may have failed to address, but Gilgamesh hash't told them either because he hasn't gotten the chance or because he just doesn't want to tell them. The Great War had gone on for about ten years before Gilgamesh joined in, and his involvement alone kept it going for another century. Even if he didn't kill anyone the power struggle made others fight and kill. After all, he wasn't the only one they were fighting.
Also, imagine that you find out that a great victory that not only you but also your enemies-turned-allies achieved only came to be because your opponent let you win. It kinda makes not only your victory, but maybe even your alliances, feel hollow.
As for Celestia, as she's already stated, she feels Gilgamesh will cause problems even if he's trying not too. And as for her desire to be loved and stop fighting, she wasn't a complete idiot. She resolves conflicts without violence, which is a feat in itself. Unfortunately, you're right in that it does weaken her nation. Just because it's an understandable reason doesn't make it the perfect solution. After all, despite what the ponies might like to think, the world isn't nearly as harmonious as they think it is.
5106223 It's also a show of his infatuation with the Lunar mare.
5106450 Good! I look forwards to seeing your next update! It's been too long. And also, as mentioned here 5106845 , I've done some other works in the meantime.
5106896 I'm… sorry?
5107348 Thankfully, it's not in that creepy a connotation.
5107863 I'm mostly sticking to the techniques he's used in every version he's ever appeared, even in the remakes of other games. That's how he shoots lasers from his eyes, he used in FFIV: The After Years.
5109169 Oh, he would be so pissed.
5109240 With luck, less than a week.
5111990
Even I have no idea what I meant.
5111821
It's not just your links. I can't get anything on Youtube to play. And I don't know why. Cache is clear, JavaScript's enabled, Abblock is off.
Only thing I can think of is it's my shitty dial-up connection (yes it 2014 and I'm stuck using dial-up). I just can't afford anything better.
But the thing is I've been able to watch videos just fine on it before. They just take all god damn day to load.
5111990
(WARNING: This got long, oh god, why did this get long?)
Hmm, I don't think you told us about the extra years of continued warfare, so that does change somethings. As for the power struggle, can she rightly blame him for such a thing, I mean the logic of "this warrior is to strong for us to kill him, let's fight harder to kill him" can't really be blamed on him. That would be like defending Sombra enslaving ponies as not being in the wrong because the ponies just wouldn't submit to doing what he said. And finally, while it is a great feat to resolve a dispute without violence, it is just a political move, sacrificing her strength just to seem less scarey to ponies (that will die in a few years, and give rise to children who will probably be used to Strong-lestia, who will then give rise to more children who will see Strong-lestia as someone that a ruler should be, both kind and strong) is foolish. As much as I hate it, as they say: when politics fail, the military must prevail. Even in a land of peace, some measure of strength is needed for when words will not reach others (Chrysalis is a good example), and sacrificing that for such a shortsighted and transient goal is the height of foolishness.
To be fair, I do realize that I am a bit biased here, as I view Celestia's actions as hypocritical, and for me, hypocrasy is literally (and I do mean that without exageration) the worst trait a person could have.
Ye gods, this is starting to come off as an angry rant. Please keep in mind that this is one of the few stories I have reread and that despite these last few posts, is one of my favorites and please don't think I am decrying it. This is really starting to come across as a Dumbledore: Flawed Gaurdian or Master Manipulor type of situation. And it really doesn't help that I am the guy people go to to play the Devil's Advocate, so I'm used to arguing my points like this. *sigh*
5111999
I think what you mean is, as much as I do like her, anything with (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL) Trixie is bound to involve stupidity, such as;
Twilight: But I don't want to do what my friends say, in case my friends wont like me, for doing what they say....because they are my friends)
Sips/Snails: We brought an Ursa to town, YAY! *SMASH!*
Merchant: Of course I will sell you a mind altering artifact, what could go wrong.
Trixie: *Seething Hate* WHEELS!
5112299
Yup, sounds about right.
And mixing TGAPT with Gilgamesh? *shudders*
5112329
Why shudder, this is one of the best things EVER!
Imagine, after the fight, they would compete in a battle of words, they would pit off fireworks to music, they would try to out ham each other. My gods, think of the pose off they would have. THE GODDAM POSE-OFF. There will be mountains of hammy laughter and canned stupidity, and it shall be GLORIOUS!
Trixie: Look at the beauty of TRIXIE THE GREAT AND POWERFUL *dramatic main flip*
Gilgamesh: Look at these beautiful muscles, COME AND FEEL THEIR STRENGTH AND GLORY! *Armstrong Flex*
5112364
You missed the fine print. Here let me enlarge it.
*OF ANTICIPATION.
5111990 There wouldn't be much of an Equestria left if Gilgamesh went at it with my LoHAVer. The carnage would be glorious.
5112275 I completely understand, and I'd also like to mention Gilgamesh has a similar view. This is why he feels so angry about seeing Celestia practically neuter herself, as he remembers her as a rival to be admired, as somepony who was powerful in speech, politics, and combat. As for her complete aversion to combat, I'll admit is a bit personal for her, but imagine if you loved an entire nation of people like your own children only to find out they were terrified of you because of the very things you did to keep them safe. Even still, her policies will come to bite her back hard in the future, even harder than Gilgamesh and Chrysalis did.
5112299 5112329 5112364 5112379 … I fear I've created a hype train I can't possibly live up to.
5113066
I honestly have no idea what is going to happen. I never do on stories. Oh, And yea you did. Not your fault though.
Shinigamisparda said something to the effect that it was hard keeping track of just what spells Gilgamesh can use, so I took the time to put together this list:
FF1&2: Dawn of Souls
Protect - Increases Defense.
NullAll - Halves all elements and grants immunity to status effects and instant death.
Wind Slash - Moderate non-elemental damage to the entire party, or Wind element depending on the game.
FFIV; The After Years
Shell - Increases Magic Defense.
Haste - Increases Speed.
Earthquake - Earth elemental damage.
Mini - Shrinks target.
Venomous Gas - Inflicts minor damage and Poison status.
Bad Breath - Inflicts a cocktail of various status effects depending on the game.
Zantetsuken - massive damage, or instant death depending on the game.
Penetrating Laser - Not sure if this is Beam Cannon's Beam Attack, or Attack Node's Laser Barrage. Both hurt like a ***** though.
FFV: Advance
Aera - Moderate Wind Elemental damage.
Electrocute - Minor Thunder Damage.
Goblin Punch - Physical Damage (uses equipped weapon's ATK power for damage calculation), Ignores Row, 8x damage if target is the same level as the caster.
Death Claw - Reduce target's HP to single digits, inflicts paralyze.
Missile - Reduce target's HP by 3/4.
Discord - Halves target's level.
Lilliputian Lyric - Inflicts Mini.
Dancehall Daze - Inflicts Sleep.
Flash - Inflicts Blind.
Hurricane - Reduces target's HP to single digits.
Pond's Chorus - Inflicts Toad.
Time Slip - Inflicts Sleep and Old.
Rocket Punch - Reduces target's HP by 1/2, inflicts Confuse.
Remedy - Fully restores HP (has no name in battle).
Self-Destruct - Inflicts damage equal to caster's HP, Kills user.
FFVI: Advance
Aqua Breath - Moderate Water/Wind Damage.
Aero - Major Wind Damage.
1000 Needles - 1,000 damage.
Revenge Blast - Damage = Max HP - Current HP.
Stone - Minor Non-elemental damage, 8x damage if target is the same level as the caster, Inflicts Confuse.
Quasar - Non-elemental Damage, ignores defense, and is unblockable. (Attack Power is 57. By comparison Meteor is 36, Grand Delta is 84, and Ultima is 150.)
Throw (Zantetsuken, Mutsunokami, Lightbringer, or Ragnarok).
If he wields Lightbringer and Ragnarok, he technically has access to Holy and Flare as both Ragnarok and Lightbringer cast their spells when used as items in FF1, and randomly cast those spells in battle in FFVI.
Final Fantasy XII:
Level 2 Sleep - Hits levels divisible by 2
Level 3 Disable - hits levels divisible by 3
Level 4 Break - hits levels divisible by 4
Bitter End, Ultimate Illusion,Monarch Sword
(I'm not sure how strong each of these are in comparison to each other, but they sure do look awesome!)
Perfect Defense - Render's user immune to physical and magical damage for 2 minutes.
I'm not familiar enough with Gilgamesh's appearances in FFXIII-2 and Type-0
And now here's a list of Gilgamesh's weapons
Naginata (his default weapon in almost all games)
FFV:
Axe
Morning Star
Three-Pronged Claw
Excalipoor
FFVIII:
Excalibur
Masamune
Zantetsuken
FFXII:
Unnamed Katanas
Buster Sword (Cloud Strife)
Revolver Gunblade (Squall Leonhart)
Orichalcum (Zidane Tribal)
Brotherhood (Tidus)
Tournesol (XII's Infinity +1 Sword)
Wyrmhero Blade (Dragon Quest)
FFXIII-2
Guns
Rocket Launchers
Muramasa (apparently one of Auron's weapons from FFX)
Bashosen (the banana palm fan from Journey to the West. Also called the Bansho Fan in the anime Dragon Ball. I'm guessing this is in Saddle Arabia being used to keep some snooty noble cool during the day.)
FFXIV:
In addition to his usual weapons, his artwork shows him wielding a mace, a large clawed gauntlet, and what are apparently Hauteclaire and Ridill from FFIX.
And a Gunspear (as if Gunblades weren't bad enough) called Bradamante.
He tamed a rooster, painted it green, and named it Enkidu in this game XD!
FF Type-0:
A big heavy broadsword. I think it's called a Zanbato or Horse-Slaying Sword. Something that looks like a crossbow. And a Longbow.
FF: Dissidia 012
In addition to his usual arsenal, he has access to the Chicken Knife (in FFV it powered up the more fights you ran away from, in Dissidia it did more damage the lower Gilgamesh's HP is) and a sword called Genji Blade.
5113850 5113901 These will both help me immensely, though I already know which weapons are going to appear. As we've already shown his FFV base and transformed forms showed up, and you can probably guess by now his FF XIV World Reborn form will show up. His final form will be:
SPOILERS IN CASE YOU DON'T WAT TO KNOW!
His FF XIII-2 form but with a bit of his FFXII form mixed in.
*Le me, enjoying myself reading*
He bowed... a human... bowed to-.... foreign... -ruler...?....!
*inhales*
NEEEEEEIIIIIIN!
5115833
You're welcome.
5117599 I"m guessing you're part of the "Humans are Superior" group this got submitted to?
It's mostly a vow made between two who respect each other. After all, she's going to go against her own sister for him so long as he keeps his promise.
Also, the fact he has a crush on her probably doesn't hurt.