Taro can only glare at Courne momentarily as he shows up to snark-and-dip, given that the significantly more immediately threatening Thor is about to make impact. He turns to meet him head on...
Porker's web balls hit, but he shakes them off momentarily with a flare of energy. He continues to try and brace himself for Thor's attack, but the combined attacks of Piccolo, William, and a Calamity Blaster from Oca delay him just enough microtime for Taro to be caught less than fully prepared - especially by the sudden behind-the-back Mjolnir!
"Gahck!"
Thor grabs Taro by the face, the asshole quickly scrabbling to pull himself away to no avail. His eye jelly barely resist as Thor's thumbs cause it to spurt out of their sockets, moments before the headbutts start coming.
"GKTCH!"
Taking a moment during this barrage to plan his next move, Taro clenches a fist and pulls it back...
And is then nailed by the Stardust Breaker. "EYIAAAAAAAAGH!" The attack of purifying yet unmerciful energy bursts against him, consuming Taro in an blinding eruption of light rivaling the height beacon at the beginning of the battle! His flesh is blown off, leaving him a screaming skeleton being consumed by the light.
-
Taro is gone. His continued presence is undeniable, as is his regeneration mere moments from now, but for now he is gone. That's a victory in and of itself.
Oca uses this break to touch down and pop an HP Capsule 50, hopefully restoring a good chunk of the good guys' health it's not magic William don't worry. "Ugh... I imagine that if you want to disengage, now's another chance." He does. Not take his own pointed out chance.
okay whatever I guess "FOOL" is just his gimmick
He just sort of idles and gets lost in thought, like the fucking nerd he is. Probably wondering how he can continue to be EVIL.
"Mrbmglre DNA transmogrifier dino-ray..."
Edited by Rbade on Jul 1st 2022 at 5:56:08 AM
/\。。/\Piccolo crosses his arms, feeling more relieved than he's willing to visibly show.
"I don't know what his deal was, but I'm glad he was dealt with."
He powers back down and turns his head to look at the others, recognizing Gogeta despite the Super Saiyan 4 form and smirking a little.
"I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to find you two here. I'm more surprised you were willing to fuse again."
Edited by DevilPsyco on Jul 1st 2022 at 11:45:04 AM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Thor plunks the spears off his massive torso as he's healed. He cracks his neck to the side, pick up the sparkling Mjolnir, and smiles.
THANK YOU OCA NOW IS TIME TO SMASH HIS FACE IN - AGAIN!
He smiles, raising his hammer high overhead as he anticipates Taro's return.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"Wait! But I'm not finished introducing us yet!"
"I dunno, Yaha. He seems a little... loopy." Susamaru whispers.
Yahaba sighs. "We must take our leave before the light of day catches us here, but perhaps our paths may cross again, Malzeno, crimson-soaked wings upon the night sky. It would be an honor to hunt with you again."
Susamaru elbows her comrade. "Do you just miss the Master that much that you need to find someone else to suck up to, come on! We're Upper Kizuki, Yaha! We're badasses! We don't need to bow down to anyone! ...except Lord Narktus, I guess. He's cool."
"It's called diplomacy, Susamaru! The fine art of making allies! Not that you'd know anything about-"
"Well, I don't know about you, but if I ever again hear the word-"
Still bickering, the two demon partners teleport back to the base in a flash of light.
Edited by Arachnos on Jul 1st 2022 at 6:34:32 AM
oopspace
William takes a breather once landing to the floor, magic fucks with his regen but thankfully Oca's capsule allows him to do it again. Letting out a loud and paining grunt from regrowing the arm with his energy. A small area around him being frozen.
"Why did I cast a spell? I thought I already engraved myself to stop doing that-"
He takes out his journal and starts writing down stuff.
Beach
Green makes a noise in extreme joy from what's just appeared and she turns her attention away from Seresthene to immediately go fistfight that thing. Till restraining herself from charging in completely... Quite literally locking her legs in place after a small spark of green electricity courses through her body as she slams her fists together, a shockwave generating that doubles as sonar to visualize what is in front of her.
"I forgot what Mark said about attacking whatever I like, but he said he doesn't want me to so I wont! It's so hard though..."
Afterwards she puts 2 and 2 together with the image in her head. Loudly calling to the giant reptile thinking they wouldn't hear her.
"OH ARE YOU THE MASTER OF THOSE SHARKS I THREW EARLIER? CAN YOU TELL THEM I DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT THEM THEN!"
Edited by BoniniBanana on Jul 1st 2022 at 8:07:57 PM
realPluto's Experiments
"My name is Pluto. I have a job to design new animals to populate the world. I can also alter existing ones, and thanks to this world not obeying normal physics and biology, I can do things that are impossible in 'reality'."
She opens her notebook, displaying holographic images of the ghoul Stanislas and the gigachad wereshark she turned him into.
"I can make you super strong and cool, like this. Or if you'd prefer, I can do something cute. Either way, then you could duke it out with the mods to see which one is best, like some real survival of the fittest."
She taps her chin with a pen. "How does that sound?"
Fort Dawnguard
"I took the titles of Sapphire Star and Fierce Flame by guiding my people to brighter futures. I've faced things few would dare risk their lives against, and not only did I survive, I won."
Reyna chugs a Mega Armorskin.
"So I really want to see the strength of your blade. I'm sure I can survive a couple hits."
She points with her thumb to a wide-open space along the path to the fort, far enough that there's no risk of collateral damage while still being within sight.
Vs. Taro
Gogeta folds his arms, glaring at where Taro used to be. "If anyone has second thoughts, I'll cover your escape."
The Majins promptly take this offer and skedaddle.
He looks at Piccolo. "What can I say? It became something of a necessity... and the power high can't be beat."
Edited by KiriK on Jul 15th 2022 at 10:59:45 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.""Super strong!?"
"And super cool!?"
The two Saiyan kids look ecstatic.
"Yeah, we're in!"
"Make us more awesome!"
"Hrm."
He glances around.
"Escape, huh? I take it that means he hasn't been dealt with yet after all. ... be honest, how high do you rate my chances if I stick around?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Malenia glances at Jeridan, as if curious about how this modern-looking man could know so much about her world, but she decides to simply follow suit after Reyna. Samsara look on and sigh. Just don't wreck the fort. she look up to Takumi and raise her hand, signaling him that it's alright.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterPluto
"I-I've been referred to as Albert- But so are the people inside me!"
Albert, thoroughly intimidated, nearly bursts into tears after the rock shouted back. Tears of joy, that is. The voices in his head equally surprised.
"THE ROCK CAN TALK?"
"IS YOUR SOUL BLIND THERE IS A BIRD UP THERE"
The child takes a few steps back once he sees Simon's blades from his distance, skeri weapon.
"It's okay I'm not a threat at all!"
The other voices murmur in his head from listening in on Pluto while Albert's been busy getting with the locals.
"Don't we... have to-"
"Exit the body? Pfft nah that's stupid you're a big boy aren't you? Granpappy Albert's done worse to his body and he isn't dead"
"It sure does explain the outbursts though"
"Shut up it was the spirit opium, anyway. If it hurts just scream loudly"
"I'll be there, sorry to bother okay!"
He makes a short farewell to Simon and turns his attention to Pluto next.
"Will it hurt? The ones inside me are saying it might so I want to make sure!"
Edited by BoniniBanana on Jul 1st 2022 at 10:07:03 PM
realThe young man followed Malenia and Reyna to the empty space, as he left his belongings under a large rock near the fort so they don't get accidentally destroyed in the heat of battle.
Upon arriving, Jeridan took a deep breath as he considered his options. I can't risk having either focused on me, unless I want to be beat up quickly. I'll just have to...
Glancing between the two warriors, Jeridan worked his wrists and fingers to warm up and prepared to call a weapon into his hand. "When I spar with my teacher, I usually open up the fight by attacking first, but I would reeeeally appreciate if you two can start us off. Besides, you know what we say about 'ladies first'." The honorary agent gave the two a friendly grin that didn't quite reach his eyes.
Edited by cyzja922 on Jul 1st 2022 at 10:33:05 AM
OP Event
Spider-Ham calms down and wolfs a hot-dog he took from Hammerspace. Yep, it's good to be a toon again.
Ahhh... All's well that ends well.
Pluto
To be cool... Or cute...?
Catalina approaches Pluto:
Why not both? I'm with you! Oh, and I'm Catalina, by the way.
Three freaking ghosts!Reprium
Amys out in the woods today, seeming to be training.
The weather was really nice, the warm sky almost felt like home in a way, and here amy was using it to her advantage
She was...summersaulting on the ground for some reason.
While not immeadiately obvious, amy was attempting to teach herself how to spin dash
Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoesTropique
"To answer both of you... Yes I can talk and I actually came up because of the irritating floating thing attracting this realm's fauna, which for some reason just charges at anything that moves like a feverish addict... I'll try and get through to them electric woman who... Is oddly brutish and mentally aloof, but again, this is not my home realm... But I'll break it in eventually."
The serpent shook its head, looking down at Seresthene with a peculiar look. He was measuring these individuals up, partly so if they get aggressive he can dispose of them, but also because the two had actually paused! People in this world were so!... Open to madness he presumed. Maybe a societal disposition to such things meant that anything that broke the norm was just immediately welcomed. He could tolerate it for now.
"The assumption I can control sharks is... actually not too far off. I am Nagadilotep, Lord of the Abyss. Some would call me a ruler of the sea. They are right. But I did not come all this way up to express titles- YOU! Moderately sized crustacean!
Behind the two was a hermitaur foraging on the beach, and it actually turned to face the sea serpent. Nagadilotep furrowed his brow and seemed to forget about the two-
"Do you do commission work?!"
The little Carapaceon blinked a few times and Nagadilotep seemed happy with the answer. He would shout to the crab, then face the two blind warriors.
"Stay right there! I'll be talking with these drylanders for a bit... As I was saying, what brings you two here?"
Tropique Inland
Vrukrazz raised a brow as the umie walked off. Umies here didn't seem to worry that much over greenskins. He couldn't really comprehend that. Back in da world before, dey wuz da enemy, or meanz to an end. Here, he guess he saw the second could apply. But she was actually trying to teach him, how odd...
Equally as odd as the surrounding jungle bein quiet. He knew of this feeling... predators had to be lurking nearby. An especially big one too. He narrowed his gaze, and slowly turned his head, locking eye contact with the stalking mass. Blue eyes... that's a new one. He took a step forward, Switch-Axe in hand as he snarled back at the beast, bearing his own fangs.
"Come on git... entertain me..."
Pluto
"Simon" saw the Albert kid seem to just, melt at his presence. He lowers his hatchets when they take a step back, a bit of remorse seen in his fiery glare, not wanting to scare a child of all thigs. Though it was a fair reaction to an Akat-Var screaming back. "Simon" looked up at the strange woman. Just another part of this... unique casts of characters. He growled a little as he continued to hold his hatchets in turn. If this was a dream, he was having a hard time seeing a way around this. Yet his chopping finger was getting a little antsy, as he he stretched his arms up above him, tapping his claws against the ground.
"Great... I accept.... Rewards, terms and conditions, what else is there?"
He emphasized his words with a half-assed bow, his mane raised up in agitation. Though, considering this woman's acclaimed career path... it was undoubtedly gonna be wild up in here.
Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Jul 2nd 2022 at 11:10:05 AM
AwawaOca coughs, before laughing wearily.
"'Dealt with', my guy? You missed an important detail at the start, heh."
Taro's presence explodes from 'noticeable if you try' to OVERWHELMING, before he just. Bursts back into the physical realm with another anti-Toon burst of energy. His crackling aura more purple than gray.
"As technically useful as this farce has been. I am feeling quite. Displeased."
it did not end well
"SUSANOO
."
A gigantic blue. Guy. Starts to form around Taro - even half formed, it lashes out, a hand each taking swipes at Oca (who dodgerolls under it), Piccolo, William, and Gogeta. Taro himself just kind of clenches his fist before trying to fucking crush Spider-Ham from a distance.
"Designing animals?"
Okay well that sounds kind of made up. On the other hand so does a lot of the other bullshit that's happened. In any case, his attention zeroes in on the conditional of 'duking it out'. The opportunity to commit violence?! Sign him the FUCK up.
"I'm interested," he blandly states.
Edited by Rbade on Jul 3rd 2022 at 1:27:42 AM
/\。。/\Thor roars and speeds ahead, creating a cone of pure energy as he attempts to break through the Susanoo with a mighty swing of his hammer, attempting to crack through. Each of his blows are earth-rending and he means to strike at Taro with the kind of power he brings to the table to wrestle with other gods, each of his strikes creating a tremendously large shockwave and making the realm move up and down like it's being shaken.
I SEE YOU ARE COWERING BENEATH A SHIELD NOW! ARE YOU AFRAID, VILE BEAST, OF A SECOND DEATH BY MY HANDS?!
...
Dark blood splash towards Amy's face as a monstrous beast from hell is flung her way by accident, its ravaged body dripping blood as hundred of bullets are shot into its mangled torso until it finally succumbs. But when it falls, several more emerge, unrelenting.
This pleases the Demon Hunter Dante greatly. Woohoo! This party is just getting started! He puts aside the smoking guns for now, charging and impaling a demon with Stinger.
Edited by Bolded1 on Jul 2nd 2022 at 3:04:40 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterHm? Dante glances Amy's way, as he swings the demon he just stabbed up into the air. As it falls down, he greets it with a fiercy uppercut, spooky blazing gauntlets appearing on his feet and arms as he ascends into the air like a spin wheel of fire. While her appearance is surprising to him, he learns to brush it off.
You should probably go elsewhere, lady! Don't ya worry about me.
Dante shoot up the demons with Ebony and Ivory, both briefly hanging in the air, and come back down with a downward fiery kick. As he speaks, some of the demons, tall eyeless things with long arms and claws, crawl towards Amy, seemingly finding her to be an easier target.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterThe demons are a bit surprised about getting thrown around by Amy, and one of them get blasted by Dante's fiery arrival, incinerating it along with the one Amy knocked down.
Hm? You can defend yourself huh? Good, I guess I won't need to babysit ya. As he speaks, several more of the "fodder" demons show up, accompanied by two cloaked figures with massive scissors on.
Careful though! I get paid for each demon I slay! Dante grabs a... demonic bike out of the air and ride towards the demons, smacking them aside as he goes for a scissorhead, the other attacking Amy with a pack of demons. It attempts to slash at her with the scissor.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterAmy has to act quickly, though she takes the opportunity to quip back
"Of course I can defend myself!"
She then slides underneath the demon trying to use the scissors on her, and smacks it with her hammer from behind, then starts slamming fodder demons like nobody's buisness
Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoesThe scissor demon turns around with unnatural speed to block the hammer, even if it's weapon is chipped away and it's forced back. The other demons are flung about, caught off-guard, but they eventually try to lure her by barely jumping out of reach, hoping to distract her as the scissor demon returns and try to slash Amy in the back.
Dante keeps driving until he hits said scissor demon, smacking the bike to pieces as it shatters into two whole halves, chipping the scissors away as well. However, Dante proceeds to grab the separated halves and swing them about, putting great pressure on its foe, and hitting the fodder demons intervening with the wide swings.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterAmys sorrounded, she cant block from the back or else the fodder demons are gonna get her, and she cant attack the front or shes gonna get massively injured from the scissors
She ducks and covers, and suddenly, a large electric shield appears around her, if the strike still connects, then the scissor demon will get injured due to the shock
Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoesThe scissor demon is caught off-guard and shocked, screaming from the lightning pain. The other demons pause, as if caught off-guard. Amy's opportunity is a golden one.
As for Dante
WOOHOO!
He's dragging the scissor demon undernath his demonic bike.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterVs. Taro
Gogeta is about to speak, but then Taro reappears, and he takes a moment before continuing.
"You have absolutely no chance unless you brought a container and seal to use the Mafuba with. Even I was just here to buy time."
He gets swatted away, but stops in midair and taunts Taro with Finish Sign, attempting to draw aggro.
Pluto's Schemes
"It'll only hurt for a moment," Pluto says. Well that has nothing to do with how much it'll hurt...
"I guess whoever wins can keep their modifications? I can't exactly offer anything as a reward other than biological stuff... Anyway."
She looks at Goten and Trunks, seemingly scanning their biology with just her eyes. "Hmmm... Saiyans. They transform into giant monkey monsters under the full moon. Well, that's already perfect. We'll go with that!"
She starts scribbling in her notebook, and the half-Saiyan kids briefly turn into Bored Ape NFTs before she mutters "too weak and replicable." Instead, she basically transforms them into pint-sized Oozarus that can still like. Talk and stuff. And their clothes aren't destroyed.
—
Next up is "Simon." "Akat-Var, a bird... You look kinda beat up. I should try and make you shiny and sparkly, like Venus's hummingbirds."
Instead of making his plumage bright and colorful, she puts two giant crests on his head containing organs that create flashes of light,
which the crests can spread out over a wide area like mirrors.
—
Then comes Rei. "A normal, bland, boring human. Yawn. I know just the thing."
Pluto gives him the "wereshark Stanislas" makeover, minus the spewing blood from his eyes part. To make up for this obvious weakness, she gives him teeth on his hands as if they were mouths, complete with orifices from which to spray toxic gas.
—
After that is Catalina. Pluto taps her chin with her pen. "Cool and cute... Hmmmm... Ladybugs are already cute, right? So I'll just give you something cool."
She sketches Catalina into her notebook and adjusts her wings to be realistic beetle wings, with a pair of real wings covered by hard armored elytra, while maintaining the usual red-and-black spotted pattern of a ladybug. She then gives the elytra venomous spikes so they can be weaponized.
—
Finally, Albert. "Three consciousnesses in one body? That's impractical, what can the others do when one has all the control? Obviously, you need more heads, like Hell's mascots!"
She turns him into a three-headed six-armed warrior with fangs and claws for days. The collective's still-bipedal lower body is controlled by 0, who is also the middle (front-facing) head.
Sparring Match
Reyna follows the others, then turns her head to Jeridan, her body still facing Malenia. "Hey, are you sure you even want in on this? Nobody's forcing you to endanger yourself."
Edited by KiriK on Jul 3rd 2022 at 4:45:34 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

[[Jun 6th 2022 at 6:39:45 AM Prior]]
Blackreach
Annihilation Nergigante descended upon the trio like a flash storm on a sailboat or a pitbull on a child, striking them by surprise and where it hurt.
The Brachydios immediately attempted to swing at Annihilation Nergigante, but with a tremendous beat of his wings he avoided the Brute Wyvern's attack and tricked it into swinging at it's elder master, slathering the man in a thick green slime. While he panic rolled to get the coating off, his son nocked an arrow and drew the bowstring back, closing his eye and biting his lip as he aimed for the most vital part of any creature's exterior, the eyes. He calculated the perfect trajectory, and with an exhale of his breath, let the arrow fly.
It flew and flew, spinning in the air as all of eternity seemed to stand still save for this single arrow, which met it's target directly…
…And did fuck all. Well, besides attract the Elder Dragon's attention. Panicking, he nocked another arrow and drew it back, but before he could shoot he was interrupted by a powerful beam of fire. Though his armor granted resistance to the flames, they still stung like hell, and kept him down for an extended period of time. While the Nergigante was distracted, however, Hammer had snuck up on the Elder Dragon (as much as a seventy foot dinosaur could, anyways) and delivered a powerful hook slathered with slime to the side of the monster’s head. The Annihilation Nergigante looked to be mildly annoyed by this, rearing up on his hind legs and smashing down on the Brachydios, making Hammer eat dirt. He turned his attention again to the older Hunter, prepared to end his life, but was halted by Hammer's explosive slime finally going off. In spite of this, the results were minimal besides some charring that’d simply heal anyways.
Ping me if you see this, I wanna see how many people are actually reading my soloposts.
The Elder Dragon continued his unstoppable rage, leaping at the old Hunter and backhanding him into and through a few ruins. While he was stunned, Annihilation Nergigante blasted him into the ground with a concentrated windblast, before calling down electricity onto him and leaving him shocked. At this point the young hunter had charged up a Dragonpiercer shot, firing the man-sized arrow at the Eater of Elders. Again he was minimally harmed by this, but rather than counter, Annihilation Nergigante simply turned invisible.
"Wh-What?" The son stuttered, frantically whipping his head about in the hopes of finding the location of the Annihilation Nergigante. Hammer, utilizing the power of scent, seemed to be aware of the Elder's whereabouts, and swung at what appeared to be thin air.
…Rather than slather his explosive cum, though, he instead was met with his forearm being ripped right off his elbow and shoved into his mouth by the thin air. The arm was then forcefully removed by the invisible entity, but the damage had been done and the explosive slime now coated the Brute Wyvern's throat. It weakly howled, some green gel flying like spit from it’s mouth, as the glowing green throat turned orange, and then red.
And by then there was nothing anyone could have done.
The slime exploded, as the monster was destroyed from within, and what little remaining of his head flew off from his no longer existing neck, the headless monster corpse falling to the ground. It was only then that Annihilation Nergigante revealed himself.
The young hunter stumbled backwards, mouth agape. This couldn’t be happening, there was no way this was happening…
And while he was unable to fight back, his father had returned from the hole in the ground that was supposed to be his grave. He held his left arm high, the glowing Kinship Stone on his wrist shining blindingly bright. He brought that arm down, grabbing his Greatsword with both hands. The Nergigante made a sound that almost resembled a laugh as it turned to look back at the father.
"You…Killed my monster. This transgression will not stab. And AS JOHEL IS MY NAME, YOU WILL NOT LIVE TO SEE THE END OF THIS DA-" His pre-asskicking one liner was cut off by a casual tail whip sending him flying into the ruins, Annihilation Nergigante turning his back to the soon-to-be corpse as the Hunter was pelted by lightning bolts until almost nothing remained.
Meanwhile, the son fell to his knees, entirely shellshocked. "Wait…" He mumbled, just as he was grabbed by the superior being and held in his palm, as the Elder Dragon opened his mouth and unleashed a powerful beam of fire, blasting the son with the unmatched power of the sun until his armor was charred black and nearly melting, literally fusing to the man inside's skin.
Immediately after, he drove the human into the ground, before lifting his hand and smashing him even further in just for good measure…Nope, apparently even that wasn't enough, as Annihilation Nergigante reared up onto his hind legs and toppled a nearby ruined tower onto where the body lay. Only then was his death satisfactory. The monster spread his wings and lifted off, grabbing the headless body of the Brachydios and flying away from the scene of the massacre.
——
Tropique, Inland
The old Huntress smiled and clapped her fingers together. "Perfect!" She looked ready to say more, but finally took heed of her surroundings. She gazed about, before her eyes settled once again upon the Orruk. "Wait here, I'll be right back with the materials." She informed him, before turning and disappearing into the greenery. She was willing to help this person, but she also hadn't made it this far by immediately placing her trust in the people she had only known for a few minutes.
Irregardless, shortly after she was gone, the forest grew deadly silent. No birds, no frogs, no insects. The ground lightly vibrated, and the Orruk may have gotten that feeling one gets when they're being watched, two blue eyes peering at him from about a dozen feet away from his left. They were motionless, as if waiting for a chance to strike.
——
Tropique, Shoreline
Seresthene felt the sparks emanating from Green's crown, wondering how easy it'd be to take that crown and sell it for money to buy some better armor, since her shitbag of a God refused to give her anything that wasn't very easily stabbed through. "See…My strength?" What did she mean by this?
Her attention was then drawn to the absolutely gargantuan being that had just emerged from the sea. She entered an offensive stance, prepared to fight a surely losing battle, but was surprised somewhat when he showed no signs of hostility. "You…Can talk?" She spoke in a relatively low voice.
——
Castle Voldemort
"Me, a FOOL? You're the only FOOL I see here, you and…Wait," Suco seemed to be deep in thought for a moment. "No…You're definitely not him, but you don't seem to be pretending to be him either…" He came to a conclusion, looking back up at Malzeno. "You must be different, perhaps of a different realm." The idea of this dragon being of a different dimension was certainly plausible to him, as one of the leading theories about the Confluence is that it was actually a wave of energy from multiple different dimensions, and that was perhaps what had shifted the organisms who were now Gods into their draconic forms. "Hmm…You know, you don't seem as bad as everyone else in here…"
Suco's musing was quickly cut short by the appearance of Rakna-Kadaki, who he recognized. "Rakna Kadaki…What the hell are you-? I thought you were guarding the gates to the Gauntlet!" He hollered at the large spider, for whatever reason expecting some kind of response.
FOOL Count: 8
——
Rbade Event
Seresthene has no time to react to the incoming lance of energy, becoming immediately impaled by it. She falls to the floor, the life slowly slipping from her soon to be lifeless body…
…
..
.
"You son of a bitch."
"True death will not come that easy to you, Seresthene. This was a test, and one that you have failed. Quite pathetically, may I add." Xarron mocked the woman from inside her mind, as she shook her head and hazed at her surroundings.
"You're an asshole, you know that?" She sighed, before continuing. "Where are we?"
"You are in Tropique. There is something we must do here before you continue on your way, and it relates to that." Xarron's physical avatar appeared, pointing at the sea. Seresthene sensed a commotion over in that direction, waves crashing and splashing as a fight was occurring way out, in the water.
——
Unnamed Imperial Destroyer
"Shit!" Simmons groaned, as each of his own men took whatever cover they could find…Save for Jenkyov, who stood directly in the middle of the hall, firing his shotgun at the consoles recklessly. Just as what would be a fatal blaster hit sped towards him, however, Excalibur appeared in front of the soldier, taking the hit. As much as he would’ve been fine with this stranger's death, he had to keep him alive for later.
"Get behind there, dumbass!" Arad shouted, as the Warframe grabbed Jenkyov by the arm and practically threw him to cover, where he remained, laughing while blindly firing his shotgun in the general direction of the enemies.
Aspirant Austin was hit before he could even get to cover, falling to the ground with a laser wound in his chest. He let out a dying groan, and meanwhile, Initiate Wilby was hit in the shoulder, unable to fight back. Knight Simmons got a few blasts of his own before he could get to cover, but his Power Armor protected him, and Initiate Young somehow avoided death as he grabbed Wilby by the collar, dragging the injured soldier away from danger. Scribe Powell immediately began medical work, while Young and Simmons fired back at the officers.
Excalibur Umbra, meanwhile, held his own. He utilized his sword to block the laser blasts, and upon realizing he would soon be overwhelmed (his forcefield was already growing weak), shot like a bullet towards the Imperial Officers…Only to immediately pass by them. However, this placed him behind their cover, as he reached to his back and grabbed the Boltor,
an automatic weapon that fired piercing bolt projectiles capable of pinning whatever they hit to the wall behind them. And he, of course, fired this with full intention of slaughtering the Imperial Officers…No, he'd ensure there was one left alive.
If all went as was planned, while the rest of the Brotherhood (and Jenkyov!) emerged from the cover and crowded around Austin's corpse (Jenkyov even seemed to be showing some compassion, kneeling down and murmuring something), Excalibur would move to grab the one living Officer and slam his head down onto one of the consoles, and pin his arm behind his back.
"Listen to me. If you guys got an intercom, you're gonna get on it and tell everyone on this ship that they got a new boss. Tell 'em anyone who opposes this…Change in management is free to try and resist, but they'll meet the same fate as these corpses." Arad demanded…He's never been great at this part of the job. He was new to threaten, as whenever he did a job right in the old days there'd be nobody left to be threatened. However, he hoped that the bodies surrounding them managed to convey what his words could not.
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Blackreach, Night
"Hey! This one over here is alive!" Charlie shouted out, waving the rest of the Skull Squadron
over. Frank stood from the body that had a greatsword nearby, walked past the mutilated head of some kind of great, horned creature, and to the collapsed tower, where Charlie was dragging a black, charred corpse from within by the shoulders. He set it down on it's back, kneeling over it as the rest of the Skull Squad gathered 'round.
"You sure? He looks real dead to me." Mac noted, poking at the mixture of armor and burnt flesh that was the body's right arm.
"All vitality signs turn up clear," Charlie rebuked, handing Frank a screen glowing green.
"Shit," The leader sighed, hanging his head. He seemed to be considering things, before lifting his head once more. "Alright. Mac, pick 'im up. We're getting outta here, and him with us."
"Wha-? He's as good as dead! Lugging a living corpse around is only gonna hinder us!" Byrd shared his opinion.
"Not if we get him to the right place." Frank responded. Shit opinion: Discarded. "Now come on. We haven't got all-" The leader was cut off by the sound of a distant monster roaring, the iconic howl of the Annihilation Nergigante that now stalked these caves.
Wordlessly, Mac lifted the charred body and placed it over his shoulder, as the rest grabbed their shit and headed southeast, towards the elevator they had finally found after all these months of attempting to survive in the same cave as that thing, which was a perversion of the very rules of nature. And they ran as the sun came up (on the surface) with their lives on the line.
This was escape. Sweet, sweet escape from the domain of the fearsome beast.
With great power…you know the rest.