The Ending

Prologue Soundtrack: "Footsteps to Destiny"

A Reckoning long delayed fast approaches.

On the checkboard planet, the carapaced forces of black and white clash. Soon a moment interrupted and reversed will come to pass once more, and the white king will die for real this time. This battle will determine the fate of the Earth, but it is not really the most important one.

High above, a lone girl waits. The gold color of her eyes match those of the hoodie she wears: soft golden threads earned from a resurrection, bearing an insignia of hope; her ears, like those of a cat, poke through the hood, and her body courses with powerful magic. She is a witch. There she awaits the arrival of that which she most fears. For sixty hours--more or less, there was some time travel involved--she has avoided him, but now she is the only one who can prevent him from interfering in the battle below.

You are Morgan. You were given this name about two days ago by one of the three friends you have ever had. You were completely alone the first sixteen years of your life. Except for him.

He arrives right on cue, as Jonathan predicted, just a few yards in front of you. His appearance is obscured by a dark cloak, the image of a crown projected above his head with light magic. Everyone has their own ways of referring to him: The Guardians called him The Elf King, your friends refer to him as "that jerk" or any one of a variety of expletives. To you, he will always be just...him.

He raised you and taught you everything you know. He tortured you for your entire life. And now here he is, in front of you again.

"There you are, girl." You don't say anything. He raises his head enough to see the red gleam in his eyes under the cloak's hood. The overwhelming pressure of his immense magical power washes over you; it's intimidating, but you're quite used to it. "Finally decided to stop hiding, did you?"
You don't respond; you have nothing to say and no power to say it. It was more of a rhetorical question anyway.
"You've grown much recently." He grins. It's sickening. "I think..it is high time for a test." He opens one of his hands and summons a scimitar into it, holding it ready before him. "Go on. I'll let you take the first move. Let's see if you were worth all the trouble after all."

Phase one of the plan is to stall him. He must not interfere on Skaia until the others' task is finished. Then they will join you, and the plan can move on to the next phase. You draw your own weapons and prepare yourself; you have no real confidence but you have hope. No matter what happens, this battle promises to be a long one.

ROUND 1

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Party Status

HOPE


Morgan (Witch of Hope)
Uninjured | Unfatigued

Inventory:

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-2x Bladekind Equipped with:
--Energy Blade (Right): A short sword strongly resembling the Master Sword, sparking with the unlimited energy of the Denizen of Hope. Electric spells can be cast directly from it, and it can be used as an item to recharge mana an unlimited number of times.
--Doomed Blade (Left): A short sword strongly resembling the Master Sword, faintly glowing. Can store and output magical energy at the will of the wielder. Holds the spirits of Morgan's friends from a doomed timeline. Currently at 50% energy capacity.

-Witch of Hope garb: Provides protection based on HOPE Meter status.
-Healing Potion x200: Fully restores an ally's Physical Health when used. Can not bring back the dead.
-Energy Potion x200: Fully restores an ally's Energy when used.
-Sprite Summoning Token: Calls forth Morgan's Kernelsprite, "Spidercat".

Capabilities:

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Hope/Despair: Morgan's current emotional state, indicated by the HOPE Meter, can turn the tide of battle. Hope (51-100%) causes various helpful effects, while Despair (0-50%) can cause negative effects.
Recall: Spend a turn to remember some of the events leading up to this battle. Has a random (usually positive) effect on Hope. Can be called by other party members, spending their turn instead of Morgan's. Sometimes called as a free action by the events of battle.
Witch: Morgan knows a vast variety of elemental, illusion, psionic, and summoning spells, and has a reasonably high amount of magical power and technique to cast them with. Electric magic is difficult for her to use but powerful when accomplished.
2x Bladekind: Morgan uses a strife specibus to wield her weapons with a moderate level of skill. She has some experience with this but prefers long-range combat.

A/N:

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So...this adventure is going to consist of a final boss fight, and that's it. It's up to you to come up with what kind of specific attacks and skills to try, and then it's up to me to interpret whether they're possible and what they end up doing. Good luck!

This ties into something I wrote on the MSPA forums long ago, but you don't need to know anything about that to play this. More story and characters will come as the battle continues.