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PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
#91126: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:05:02 AM

Tactical autohit, anyway.

Riven sprouts his Nephalem wings and uses pure Creation Energy to stay afloat.

"Right..."

He pulls out a carrot, and begins to eat.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:05:38 AM by PastryPerson

RobotTophat Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses from nowhere Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses
#91127: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:05:14 AM

The Bear Terminator notices F and thinks him as the biggest threat. It starts to head towards the Armory, because the shotgun might not be very effective. It does make sure by shooting two times at F using the shotgun.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:05:50 AM by RobotTophat

Questor The Protagonist Since: Oct, 2013
The Protagonist
#91128: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:06:21 AM

How can I word them as attempts if they automatically happen? F's device allows him to make things obey the laws of physics and reality.

The Bear's buckshot ineffectively bounces off of F's heavy armor plating, it does however force the Mechatank to turn his attention towards the Terminator Bear and shoot at it with his Autocannon.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:07:47 AM by Questor

   Foolish donkey, you would not be able to resist me if I wished your annihilation.   
PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
#91129: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:07:35 AM

But magic allows people to break the laws of physics and reality. Reality Warpers. If they automatically happen, they shouldn't really be used here.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:08:28 AM by PastryPerson

SymeSynth The Magician (Rule of Seven) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
The Magician
#91130: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:08:20 AM

Alright, I see. Forgive me for jumping to conclusions. Although this is the Arena, and a lot of things are allowed to happen...

The woman then starts muttering something under her breath, making a rune appear below her.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:09:00 AM by SymeSynth

Creator of the Avatar Arena and its Discord server.
Questor The Protagonist Since: Oct, 2013
The Protagonist
#91131: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:08:52 AM

And that's why F has that device. To force cheaters and reality warpers to play by his rules. The rules of the world.

   Foolish donkey, you would not be able to resist me if I wished your annihilation.   
PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
#91132: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:09:05 AM

Riven floats over to the woman, silently watching the rune.

But how can you force a Reality Warper to obey reality without warping reality itself?

edited 29th Mar '15 1:10:15 AM by PastryPerson

RobotTophat Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses from nowhere Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses
#91133: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:10:50 AM

The Bear Termintor jumps away from the blast since one hit from that thing would do massive damage. It throws one of the three grenades hidden in it's jacket. It threw it so that it heads under F.

SymeSynth The Magician (Rule of Seven) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
The Magician
#91134: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:10:55 AM

[down]If you're forcing someone to play by your rules, wouldn't that be a bit unfair for all magic users, and not just reality warpers? You seem to try to predetermine what and who should defeat F in that way, and that's a bit of cheaty. At least in my viewpoint.

The rune starts to glow a bright blue, and the woman is still chanting quietly.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:12:18 AM by SymeSynth

Creator of the Avatar Arena and its Discord server.
Questor The Protagonist Since: Oct, 2013
The Protagonist
#91135: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:11:26 AM

By causing all attempts to warp reality to be no-sold by F. Forcing them to fight him with their own merits... Or by finding a bazooka somewhere and blasting his head off.

   Foolish donkey, you would not be able to resist me if I wished your annihilation.   
PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
#91136: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:12:25 AM

Wouldn't that thing pretty much destroy the entire concept of the arena, by doing things like stopping the fighters from respawning, too?

[up] That's not really an answer. How does it happen without reality warping itself?

edited 29th Mar '15 1:12:59 AM by PastryPerson

SymeSynth The Magician (Rule of Seven) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
The Magician
#91137: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:13:54 AM

[up]Exactly. In an ironic twist to make reality warpers play by his rules, F's device is also warping the reality of this dimension. The reality that allows magic to happen, and not just normalcy.

The rune then suddenly disappears, and the woman turns towards the Bear Terminator, gazing at it expectantly.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:15:44 AM by SymeSynth

Creator of the Avatar Arena and its Discord server.
Questor The Protagonist Since: Oct, 2013
The Protagonist
#91138: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:14:18 AM

F's heightened senses and battle-hardened instinct causes him to see the grenade coming and he quickly reverses to ensure that the grenade doesn't blow up his much thinner bottom hull armor. While the nade doesn't blow up beneath him, the cloud of dust and smoke it kicked up however distracts the mechatank long enough to keep him from shooting up the Terminator Bear.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:16:18 AM by Questor

   Foolish donkey, you would not be able to resist me if I wished your annihilation.   
Questor The Protagonist Since: Oct, 2013
The Protagonist
#91139: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:15:40 AM

He can't do that to the arena, it's too much for the Device to handle and he can only handle one or two warpers/filthy rotten cheats at a time.

   Foolish donkey, you would not be able to resist me if I wished your annihilation.   
PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
#91140: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:16:15 AM

That sort of gives me a headache, though it's true. I mean, though a device like that could exist in the arena, it would immediately shut down because it's stopping itself from warping reality, which is what it was meant to do- stop Reality Warpers, including itself. It would work too well.

[up] Still doesn't answer my question. How does it work?

edited 29th Mar '15 1:24:40 AM by PastryPerson

RobotTophat Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses from nowhere Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses
#91141: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:17:27 AM

The Bear Terminator notices the woman, but ignors her continues running since it tries to get to the armory. It considers fighting F more important than talking at the moment. It has reached the area near the Armory and starts to dig while being out of F's sight.

PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
RobotTophat Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses from nowhere Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses
#91143: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:25:54 AM

-shrugs.

PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
#91144: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:26:20 AM

Oh. Er, so, how've you been lately?

Questor The Protagonist Since: Oct, 2013
The Protagonist
#91145: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:27:02 AM

Not really. And what you guys said is true, it counteracts reality warping with reality warping of its own. Or in simpler terms, it is a reality unwarper, forcing things to remain normal. Obviously this means that it's useless against anyone who can simply tear F apart physically, shoot him with a big enough gun or use magic against him indirectly: Like causing a sinkhole to appear underneath him, cause a bolt of lightning to strike him down from the sky, make him slip and slide on frozen ground or use a windstorm to batter him with debris.

BTW, his device is called the Fate Alteration Engine

edited 29th Mar '15 1:27:55 AM by Questor

   Foolish donkey, you would not be able to resist me if I wished your annihilation.   
PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
#91146: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:28:53 AM

That would be completely using magic directly against him.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:29:21 AM by PastryPerson

SymeSynth The Magician (Rule of Seven) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
The Magician
#91147: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:30:24 AM

So it counteracts all types of magic? Like arcane bolts, plasma bolts, and the like and force you to use guns and other normal attacks instead? That's a bit unfair, isn't it?

The woman then starts channeling an Arcane Barrage.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:32:16 AM by SymeSynth

Creator of the Avatar Arena and its Discord server.
RobotTophat Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses from nowhere Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Cursed with bad timing and hiatuses
#91148: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:32:28 AM

The Bear Terminator returns back to the battle area and......it has a grenade launcher with it. It shoots three times at F. Two grenades are heading atop him while the last one is heading under him again.

This the only way for Terminator Bear to switch weapons at the moment.

PastryPerson Since: Sep, 2014
#91149: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:34:58 AM

Riven charges up a blast of ice.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:37:17 AM by PastryPerson

Questor The Protagonist Since: Oct, 2013
The Protagonist
#91150: Mar 29th 2015 at 1:35:54 AM

I guess. But as long as the FAE is intact (which is rather easy to damage), F can't be harmed with magic that directly harms or affects him like light beams, shadow blasts, fireballs and the like.

edited 29th Mar '15 1:37:29 AM by Questor

   Foolish donkey, you would not be able to resist me if I wished your annihilation.   

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