Infinities

Rafting up the River Brandt—Marshes of Ia-Kong
Unfortunately, Fluttershy’s healing was not having the intended effect; rather than stop the hydra from growing new heads as Sayaka slashed and hacked them in a near-berserk frenzy, the Pegasus was actually speeding up the process. Three of the seven heads aimed at the Champions came off under Sayaka’s blade—and almost instantaneously, six new ones burst from the stumps to take their place. These new ones quickly began lashing out at Fluttershy and the blue-haired Puella Magi in a frenzy.
“This ain’t workin’, ” Sazh grimaced from below, casting a Bravery spell on Sayaka to increase her offensive power. “It’s gotta have some kinda weakness…”
At that moment, Luigi’s green fireball sailed through the air; the head he’d originally been aiming at whipped out of the way to bite at Sayaka, causing the ball to strike the stump of an adjacent head instead. The effects were immediate and instantaneous; the hydra howled with all twelve of its currently-extant heads, and the stump became charred and blackened. No new head sprouted to take the place of the missing one, as if that part of the beast was truly dead.
Sazh blinked, then grinned as the realization hit him. “So this critter’s weak ta fire, huh? Aight—let’s have us a barbecue!”
With those words the l’Cie cast two spells in quick succession. Kyouko and Sayaka would find their weapons suddenly glowing with a fiery orange aura and radiating intense heat as Sazh enchanted the girls’ spear and sword with Enfire; now, whenever they struck the monster their weapons would burn its scaly hide.
“Let ‘im have it!” he yelled.
The Scaled Nations, Village of Threshold
“It may not be being difficult, yiss, ” Jobek rasped thoughtfully. “I believe that the chieftainss were to be having a moot here in Threshold tomorrow.” The driver pointed off in the direction of the heart of the small town, where a large building not unlike a pagoda loomed over every other visible structure. “That iss being the moot hall, yiss. Perhapss you can be finding him there, if he hass already arrived.”
He glanced at the champions then, blinking. “Would you be liking a place to sstay for the night?” he asked.

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Dusknoir, Common Room
Dusknoir shrugged, seeing that he was talking to a human still, an odd human with pokemon obviously at his bid and call. Probably Psychic Pokemon to control things from the background and for special effects, but there was something about his eyes.. Dusknoir spoke, both with his voice and telepathically. "Dusknoir" "My name is Dusknoir. I don't know what you are doing here, I think I exited a Mystery Dungeon to this place. One of the stranger places that I have seen so far." Then Dusknoir turned to address the elder human. "All I want to know is how I can get back to the mystery dungeon, Human." Dusknoir spoke Human with no negative connotations, just a lack of other names to use. "I have a client in need of rescue. I didn't know that dungeon exited to this location, but I have to attend to business before research."

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Now obviously, the inclusion of Dusknoir and Master Splinter into this already weird situation simply dumbfounded Scott. And it wasn't until the arrival of Yee (yet another odd fellow but at least he looked human) that Scott was able to speak again.
"I'm going to not make fun at that name because you seem to be the guy in charge of...wherever this place is. So I'll just get to my question; why am I here?"

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Splinter narrowed his eyes and looked at both Dusknoir and Yee, fists still up.
"My name is Master Splinter, as Yee has said. Who are you? And why am I here?"

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The Scaled Nations, Village of Threshold

"We'd very much appreciate it..." Pride said, stumbling a little on his words. "Mister... J-Jobek..." He reached up to his forehead, holding onto Elizabeth's hand. "I'm sorry, Miss Elizabeth. J-just feeling a bit d-dizzy..." He blinked once, twice, his breathing getting just a little bit faster as he looked down, hand still on his forehead and a sick look on his face.


'''Kyoko; Having Fun above a Raft with her Hydra Friend'''

Bound by her spear-flail, the hydra's three heads trashed wildly. Kyoko gritted her teeth and pulled as tight as she could. Somehow, she still found the time to look across at the crazed Sayaka.

"What are you, stupid?" Behind her usual abrasive air was a note of genuine shock.

Cutting off her senses? Was she asking to die?

The heads jerked back suddenly, causing her grip to give way for a second. She cursed and redoubled her efforts, wrestling with the impromptu lariat.

"Hey! You're gonna kill yourself if you keep doing that! F**k!"

In a triumphant spasm, the heads broke free, forcing the loop apart and whipping out at the red-clad Magical Girl in unison. With the words snatched out of her mouth, Kyoko could only snarl and vault back. Desperately, she tried to evade the sudden onslaught.

One head shot past her stomach. Another nearly clipped her ponytail. The last one snagged the hem of her dress and almost tore it off, leaving a streamer of mangled white that trailed behind her. But she managed to get out of reach.

The last segments of her spear clicked together. Panting, winded, but thankfully unscathed, Kyoko leveled the shaft above her shoulder, pointing it at the monster in a defensive guard. The side of her mouth curled in annoyance.

There was no way she could beat that thing with her spear. It kept growing heads. And those things were fast. If she went in again, she would probably get more than a torn dress. Maybe a lost limb or two.

But the rest of those retards were still fighting. Even the blue-haired hero wannabe had snapped. She couldn't let them have all the fun.

Her Pocky had snapped clean off in the chaos. She chewed the stub to crumbs and swallowed it.

"Alright, you bastard, time