Lego and Nintendo Roleplay: The Temple of Starlight

*You catch up quickly, but as this is the end of the first floor, there's a dead end where a safe room and the steps down to the next floor are. The figure seems to have been relying on this, lying in wait for you all. A blast resembling a guardian laser slams into the Dragoon, blasting off one of the wings, knocking the party into the air and causing you all to slam into the wall, disorienting you all long enough for the figure to disappear down the stairs, restoring their head start. The combination of ether and a trip into the wall has severely wrecked the Dragoon unfortunately, reducing it to two piles of deformed metal, most of which is embedded into the wall, and some actually into the barrier superimposed over the wall. Impressive, but difficult to repair at the best of times, which, being inside an ancient temple of trials lacking in engineering equipment, this isn't.

On the bright side, a structure resembling a Suva Shrine has lit up, shining with a rejuvenating aura. If you take a moment to use this, you can be restored both in health and in equipment energy for the next trial. It seems to also be capable of summoning items from the outside world to resupply if you wish.*

(OoC: As we've established, super-high-speed vehicles in tight corridors have a tendency to crash  :-P . More pertinently, variety is the spice of life Dragoon saw plenty of use, so a switch-up should change the dynamics of the situation. Some kind of resupply station will show up regularly, so don't be afraid to use perishable items... unless you're worried they might be useful later in a trial.)

(OoC: Waiting on the other replies before the next part, but wanted to mention: I'm pretty sure you're the first person I've seen on the internet to remember the Hydra actually exists  :-P .)

(OoC: That feel when you realise that making a text-based version of a Metroid level would be really, really hard given it's open-endedness and you can't think of an appropriately ancient-y franchise on the spot so you do a quick switch-a-roo…)

*The steps descend down into... the outside? No, it's hundreds of metres up... clouds surround everything? How could this be? The surroundings hint at an faintly Arabian aesthetic, and the entire area seems to be a colossal race track. The writings on a nearby wall reveal the truth. The words are written in Babylonian, the long-lost civilisation of the Babylon Rogues.*

"We cannot turn back, our home a long-lost dream.
In this world, full of seeing what we no longer can reach.

If treasure you seek, your equal you must meet,
For the rule of our trial is to never get beat."

*In addition, there seems to be a rewritten version of the story above. Due to being written in Babylonian, different section is legible.*

"Error - full translation not available. Reading from first available section: The light of the stars brought peace to this land. The four foes, friendship at last, built this temple together, to test the iridium of future heroes, who seek the power of glimmer interior error translation failed."

*Two figures can be seen partway along the track - it seems they could not get too far ahead. Another shrine stands, labeled in Babylonian, that it can recreate any grounded vehicle close to an Extreme Gear you possess - and that you must choose wisely.*

Restrictions are simple - any grounded vehicle. Babylonian technology is digital, and will replicate its stats to Extreme Gear level for a fair fight, as well as restricting or boosting any physical vehicle to those levels (which may actually be good for the Hydra, since if the Sonic Riders games also run off MPH, then even basic Extreme Gear would be almost twice as fast as the Hydra  :-P ). Vehicles that can switch to a flight capable mode may do so, but for only a few seconds, also in accordance with Extreme Gear functionality, with exact time based on the stats that the flight-capable mode in an unrestricted space - for example, something capable of brief flight would have a shorter duration, where as something capable of much longer trips would have a bit more. In short, an EX-gear race... but against who? You'll see once you all select your vehicles.

*Copies of Gamma and Jimi appear as well. Although Jimi's choice of seems to have confused the system, as his copy is riding on top of the kart like it's a board type extreme gear.  :-P

The physical barrier rises to be replaced with an electric starting line - you can try to cross but you'll get zapped. The trick is to try and cross the start the moment the countdown ends and the barrier shuts down.

The count to the start begins, but the copies break off immediately, passing through the electric gate harmlessly - so much for a fair race...*

>FIVE

>FOUR

>THREE

>TWO

>ONE

>RACE

Restrictions are simple - you must employ your vehicle and only your vehicle to win. Moving on without it will... er, disqualify you, preventing progression, with the exception of running out of fuel if your vehicle can in the timeframe of a short race. You may get out to push or carry your vehicle to refuelling stations throughout the course - although you'll then be limited to just your physical capabilities and you must be moving your vehicle. However, when it comes to combatting your opponents, no holds are barred - but remember the same applies to your dopplegangers. You do not need to beat each other, only the doubles - though you will all need to beat all the doubles, not just your own to progress. As this is a team race, you are allowed to team up on your dopplegangers, but once again, the same applies to them.