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Post by lordnidhogg on Nov 29, 2007 23:35:01 GMT -5
Then Draethik was ended. There wasn't any grand battle, no massive final attack. Teracyn took the time Shive had given him and flying shoulder tackled the demon, though it helped that he had been looking up and not at his foes. Despite Draethik's strength and telekinesis, he couldn't stop in time, and he hit one of the spheres. The sphere rippled with the impact , but for a moment nothing seemed to happen. All of a sudden Draethik began to scream in pure terror and intense pain as he was slowly sucked into the sphere, a layer of molecules at a time. His power, literally the power he wielded, was ripped from his body, in what looked like streams or tendrils going from his body to the sphere.
In a desparate last attempt to save himself, he lunged forward. But it was as if his resistance made the sphere harder to escape. It only took seconds after that before the flesh disintigrated off his bones and his skeleton hung on the sphere for a final moment before being absorbed, leaving only a bright patch on the glowing sphere.
Then Teracyn looked towards Nazo. It was time to finish this.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Nov 30, 2007 0:10:45 GMT -5
Nazo's eye twitched. He could have sworn Teracyn was bluffing when he heard about the spheres... But now... He would never admit it, but he was scared witless...
"Um... Uh... I'll... I'll just be... Leaving... Now... Tata!" With that, Nazo dissappeared from the fight, his destination unknown.
(OOC: Nazo often knows when he's beaten... He may not show up again for a long time...)
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Post by lordnidhogg on Nov 30, 2007 18:26:27 GMT -5
((Unfortunately Azure, according to Shive, this topic is the end of the uber-characters. At least for now. Teracyn's going too.))
"Not so fast, you bastard." Tereacyn said opening a portal, knowing his jets weren't fast enough to catch Nazo. But his portals were. He appeared right in front of the hedgehog and grabbed him in a massive hand nearly the size of his body. "Time to experience eternity up close."
Then he spun around and heaved Nazo into the same sphere as Draethik. There was a similar result. The Ultimate Evil was ripped apart molecule by molecule, before finally leaving nothing but a hedgehog-shaped patch on the sphere.
Teracyn sighed. He didn't want to, but he had to. He had to leave her again so that she'd be safe. Safe from Draethik, safe from Nazo. Safe from him. He made his form proud and rigid once more; he didn't want to go out looking like a coward.
"I'm going in after them. The malign spheres of Yog-Sothoth can hold them for eternity, but just in case, I'll keep them busy." Then he charged into the sphere head-on, and was ripped into the glowing orb just as violently as the two he had forced in. His armor and weapons splintered and were torn off, and then he too was gone.
"We've got to find a way to get rid of that thing!" someone yelled, no one could quite tell who.
"I'll check the summoner's body, maybe he had something on it!" Someone else, probably Martyr, yelled. Saelia merely stared into the spheres, and Thanatos walked slowly toward her, to join her at her side.
Inside the sphere, Teracyn's consciousness returned to him. He found himself fully form, in the strangest dimension he had ever seen. It was light, yet dark. Filled with swirling energies that seemed to almost form twisted membranes of flesh, yet totally empty. It was nightmarish. Nazo and Draethik were nearby; he could sense them, but not see them yet. Teracyn sighed once more: it was going to be a long eternity.
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Post by Talon on Dec 1, 2007 13:25:13 GMT -5
((Last we'll see of 'em. They had a good run, and I must give you two props for playin' them so damn well.))
Suddenly, in the pocket dimension, the form of Draethik appeared nearby, growling. His eyes seemed... distant, yet focused. He began to form a sphere of energy, hissing,
"So... locked in battle for eternity... hmm. I suppose we should get to it, then?"
With that, he rushed forward, prepared to spend all of time, and more, waging a war...
*****
Future Shive floated to the ground, his mask shattering. His eyes suddenly widened, and he turned to the sky.
"That could be a good thing, or a bad thing..." He muttered.
Chronepsis... why are you here? He thought.
Just as soon as Shive finished that thought, a massive bellow echoed through the entire area, making even Yog pause momentarily. A hole in the clouds opened to reveal a MASSIVE draconic head, the head itself a good 150 meters long. The dragon bore but four simple horns on the back of its head, and silver, all-seeing eyes pierced by a single black iris. The scales were jet-black, yet those who looked closer saw more. The dragon's appearance was as if the beast had been crafted from the cosmos itself, for stars, planets, and deep recesses of space seemed to be shown within its serpentine frame.
YOG, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS OF BEING HERE. LEST I RID THE COSMOS OF YOU MYSELF. A deafening voice blared through everyone's minds.
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Post by lordnidhogg on Dec 2, 2007 0:58:16 GMT -5
Suddenly something no one expected or wanted was heard: a laugh. The sound was high pitched, yet earthshakingly deep.
[glow=red,2,300]I AM THE COSMOS. I AM TIME. I AM SPACE. I KNOW ALL. I AM ALL. ALL ARE ONE IN YOG-SOTHOTH. NO BEING CAN DEFEAT THE BEYOND ONE.[/glow]
Martyr looked up at the malevolent spheres. Yog-Sothoth would have to un-summoned. Nothing could beat him, nor banish him. Except maybe the one who did it before...omnipotence incarnate...
((So how do you want to play this Shive? An even more epic battle than we just had, with me *eventually* bringing out some big guns (with your permission, of course)? Or do you want an unsummoning ritual? Or both? But Yog is a problem...maybe too big of one))
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Post by Talon on Dec 2, 2007 15:10:47 GMT -5
((By 'big guns', you mean Typhon, don't cha? Urmm... I think I've got this one  Typhon is, in this case... dare I say it? Overkill. XD)) The massive cosmos-dragon merely blinked slowly, then his eyes began to glow a brilliant myriad of colors. While this happened, Yog's form distorted temporarily, then, something odd happened. Yog-Sothon began to do everything he had done in the past ten minutes, in reverse. The deity of madness began to reverse back into the sky as the summoning circle reformed, the summoning process reversed entirely until Yog had dissapeared entirely. The massive dragon called Chronepsis let out a small smirk, then muttered to himself, "I have no need to defeat you. Just reverse time around you enough to un-summon you."His massive eyes swiveled around the area, staring into the souls of each and every person there. Saelia, Thanatos, Aphostos, Martyr, and finally, Future Shive. Chronepsis's stare bore into the dragonkin's very mind, then stated, "You know why I'm here. Come. You and your friends Solranous, Myrr, and Teracyn have disrupted the timeline enough as it is. The future has been re-written, and it must play out in an entirely different way now."Future Shive grimly nodded, the sound of wingbeats apparent. He whipped around to see his current self stand there, openmouthed, pointing at 'himself'. The two Shives stood there, staring at eachother for a few moments, then Future Shive turned around, sighing. "I understand." With that, Future Shive began to 'dissolve' into glowing white particles, the cloud spiraling into the sky until it dissapeared into Chronepsis's form. The dragon stared at the mortals below him, then stated something to each individual person simultaneously. To Thanatos: "Keep an eye on Shive's Hollow half. He'll pop up every once in a while, but he won't do anything major for a few months. Until then, try not to kill him."To Saelia: "Keep an eye on your husband. He can be a jerk at times."To Martyr: "You should get to know these 'people' better. They're all good inside, and they'll understand you."To Aphostos: "Typhon should be pleased when he hears of your good job. Keep it up."To Myrr (I know, she' not here, but hears it anyway): "Your father has passed on, somewhat painfully, but nontheless. I will allow you to stay here, for the future has changed drastically, and would be unwise for you to return now."To Solranous (Same as Myrr): "The future has been altered, and your future daughter remains stranded in this time. You, however, should keep an eye out for a certain human. She's been loking for you for a while."(Last one) To Shive: "You need to knock it off with this mopey, 'Hollow's gonna take over and kill all my friends' crap. That will only happen if you let it happen. So stop being a b****, and fight him whenever he comes out."With a nod, the temporal dragon receeded back into the heavens to continue his watch over the river of Time. |
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 2, 2007 17:26:47 GMT -5
Solranous, after hearing what was apparently only a disembodied voice. Not only that, but he managed to trace it enough to hear anything else that might have been said, and felt pity for Myrr when he heard of her situation... She would never be able to see any of the other friends she may have had in her time, because of her future being rewritten to something else entirely... At least it would be a future without Nazo...
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Or would it? That damn hedgehog was sneaky... He just may reappear yet again... But if so... it most likely won't happen for at least a few decades...
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'Father... from my time... is gone? And I'm... basically stuck here?' Myrr thought, her eyes welling up with tears. That was last thing both of them needed was for Future Solranous to suffer a second death. Unable to control herself, she broke down and cried. How could she not? She had lost her father yet again, just when she felt she could change things for the better... Geez, her life was really screwed up now... Not as badly as some others, but it was really bad...
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'I'm so sorry, Myrr...' a certain spectral dragon thought from the midsts of the darkness all around him. '... I ... I practically ruined your life... And... and you trusted me. You never questioned my words, always believing me because I was your father...
And...
And I... I abused that... But now... all I can do is hope the past version of myself won't make the same mistake in this new future. If you noticed this, I can only hope you forgive me.
With that, Future Solranous was finally silenced. Once, and for all.
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Post by Talon on Dec 2, 2007 21:08:38 GMT -5
((Bold italicized is Chronepsis, italicized is Shive))
Shive stood there, staring at the sky, trying not to pass out. His deity had just popped out of the sky, hit some godly Rewind button, then told him to stop being such a p****. He felt the need to crap himself.
"Uh... okay?" He muttered, still very shocked and confused.
I don't know who I am anymore. He thought with a happy tone.
His attention was diverted by the sound of Myrr crying, and he turned and glanced at her. He remembered Future Solranous passing on, and his eyes drifted to the ground. He was about to ask her something, when a voice in his mind stated,
You have other things to worry about right now.
Like what?
Your brother's back in town.
Shive's eye twitched. His breathing suddenly became faster, and he clenched his fists so quickly that he unknowingly shoved his claws into his palms.
WHERE?
I won't tell you.
WHY NOT?
Because you're not strong enough yet. Train some more, and then you can fight him.
"I'LL KILL THE B*STARD WHENEVER I F*CKING PLEASE!" He screamed.
He realized Chronepsis's voice had left, and he glanced around, panting. He turned away and spread his wings to fly.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 2, 2007 23:32:38 GMT -5
"Now hold up one second there, Shive." Solranous, who had made a swift entrance into the city through a weak teleportation. Unfortunately for said dragonkin, he appeared right in front of Shive.
"If Daedalus is really strong enough that whoever that was was warning you about him, and that your insistant on stopping him now, then its best if you have some help. I'll go with you."
Myrr glanced up at Solranous. Always the noble one, willing to help out where ever he could. She smiled to herself. Considering she technically shouldn't be here anymore, now that the future has been completely re-written, then she was now supposedly exempt from most things effecting time... That was assuming she was interpereting what the temporal dragon had said correctly.
"I'll help too." she added in, wiping whatever tears were left from her eyes. "Who ever said the girls were always helpless never met me."
"You know, it seems there is always another battle around the corner. I'm starting to wonder if that's how it was meant to be." Solranous continued, placing his head into one of his hands. "So... shall we be off... or what?"
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Post by lordnidhogg on Dec 3, 2007 1:59:51 GMT -5
[glow=green,2,300]THERE WAS NO BLOOD. THERE WAS NO RITUAL. I CANNOT BE DISPOSED OF SO EASILY. MANIPULATE TIME TO DEFEAT ME? I AM TIME![/glow]
It wasn't possible. Yet, there it was. First, billions of marble-sized spheres appeared, filling the air around the warriors. The, some of the spheres began to grow, once again splitting the sky and scattering the stars.
"Yog-Sothoth is the greatest of the Outer Gods, beings of supreme power and malevolence that oppose order. At least order they do not control," Aphostos growled, looking up. "My father sealed out of this universe into a dead zone, but they can be summoned through th barrier he made. They must be unsummoned, or forced through in divine combat. But Yog-Sothoth holds power greater than most Titans; unless your Chronepsis is stronger than that, he will be unable to defeat him. As for us...well, you saw what happened to Nazo, Draethik, and Teracyn."
They all looked up into the spheres. It certainly seemed hopeless. Then it got worse. Yog-Sothoth went on the attack. In an instant, a blast of pure power ripped from the surface of one of his endless spheres, destroying a nearby suburb completely. Then a blast of time itself emanated from a different sphere, simultaneously aging part of the city so that its very structure crumbled, while releasing dinosaurs, mammoths, and other beasts from the past to terrorize the fleeing citizens.
"I found the ritual to un-summon him," Martyr said as she appraoched. "But someone's got to die for it to work."
No one said anything. It was too hard to bear, after so much had been borne already. Then another blast detroyed another section of city. Saelia looked around and saw the devastation unfolding. She looked up at Thanatos and all of his injuries and damage that he had taken during the fight. And she saw similar damage on the others. It was too much. Too much suffering.
"I'll do it. Use me for the ritual." She said quietly, but resolutely.
Thanatos looked down at her, panic visable through even his deformities and artificial components.
"No! I refuse to allow it!" He raised his voice. "I won't lose you after it took all of this to keep you. Please Saelia, please don't do this. Don't do this to me."
"I can't let those people suffer. Why should they die for our fight? And if I don't, who will? If I don't, we'll all die." She responded walking over to Martyr. "Please, my love, don't stop this. You know it has to happen."
Then she and Martyr walked over to the summoning circle Sideon had built earlier and Saelia laid down on the main stone in the center. Martyr looked down at her, and hesitated.
"I'm ready. Do it." Saelia assured her. Martyr plunged the knife into Saelia's abdomen, above her navel, and despite Saelia's strength, she screamed in dying agony. Then Martyr pulled the knife up to the base of Saelia's neck, tearing through the soft flesh and cutting through the bone as though it were butter. Saelia's arms flailed out to the side and contorted, as did her hands. Her legs flailed upward and slightly outward, and they too contorted, along with her feet. Her back arched, which allowed the pooling blood to overflow onto her body and run and drip down onto the altar. Saelia let out the most bloodcurdling shriek of intense pain, and tried to close her bleeding eyes, but couldn't.
Then, with another second of hesitation before continuing, Martyr muttered a phrase from the Necrominon. Her right hand began to glow, and after a brief moment, she plunged it into the wound she had made. The force pushed Saelia back down prone onto the altar, and her limbs went limp. She was gasping for breath by this time, but the pain was more intense than anything previous. The only mercy left was that her death was nigh. The huge, deep wound began to glow like a fire had been built in its depths, and Saelia screamed once more, in her final, most chilling, pitiable scream of pain and agony. Then she went completely limp and her eyes slowly closed.
Martyr withdrew her hand and held it up: it was surrounded by swirling green and golden light. She pushed her hand outward violently toward Yog-Sothoth, and "shot" the light at it. When the light hit, Yog-Sothoth was gone. Completely. And most of the damage it had done, except for the creatures it released, was gone as well. It was over, for now.
Thanatos dropped to his knees, completely numb. He had watched his true and only love die to save an inferior race of beings for no reason other than good will. It was impossible. He knew she had been courageous and noble, but not this. Anything but this. He howled in rage and despair, and blasted his jets to maximum as he flew off at maximum speed, trying to run from his pain.
"I'm...I'm sorry." Martyr muttered. "I..." But she couldn't continue. The she started to whimper. She dropped to the ground and then threw up, which was followed by inconsolable weeping as she leaned against the blood stained altar. It was over, but at what cost?
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Unbeknown to any of the warriors, as this was happening Yog-Sothoth had manipulated time near their vicinity. Not much. But something deadly was done. First off, a certain summoner had opened his eyes and snuck away...
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Post by Talon on Dec 3, 2007 19:09:53 GMT -5
Shive, not taking his eyes off of Myrr and Solranous, fired off a fireball that 'nuked' several dinosaurs. His glare deepened, and he hissed,
"I will NOT lose more people I care about to that bastard. This fight must be handled ALONE."
He watched Thanatos fly off after his wife had been sacrificed, and he sighed. He spread his wings and bolted into the air, muttering,
"It seems we all have problems lately..."
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 3, 2007 20:01:28 GMT -5
"Hate to go behind his back, but if I'm estimating Daedalus right..." Solranous began, before making multiple hand signals to Myrr, assuming his future self had taught them to her. She raised her eyebrows, but nodded anyways, activating an optic camoflage. He smiled his thanks and cloaked himself with his telepathy and telekinesis, before both silently flew up after Shive, ready to follow him and... interfere if neccesary.
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Post by Talon on Dec 3, 2007 20:17:10 GMT -5
Shive stopped in mid-air, then turned around and hissed,
"I know you're there, you two. Please... don't follow me. My brother is not one to underestimated..."
He glanced at the ground, then continued,
"I've lost too much to him already, and I don't want anyone else involved in this. I know you're looking out for me, but..."
He turned around.
"Don't interfere. This is personal."
He then bolted off into the night as the clouds began to slowly dissapate.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Dec 3, 2007 20:47:27 GMT -5
Solranous seemed to heed Shive's warning for awhile...
But it was not as it seemed. Solranous was simply waiting until he was out of sight.
"Come on, Myrr. He can foil our camoflage, but he can't force us to stay out of this. Normally I would respect his wishes, but there are some times where everyone needs help. He fears for our saftey, but it is really his own life that is in more danger." Solranous spoke.
"I know that, you can block him with your mind and I can match him hand-to-hand in the power department normally. Speed may be another matter, though, but that's a risk we have to take." Myrr replied.
"Aye, we will cover for one another. Shive alone can't match Daedalus, but all three of us together can take him down."
Solranous and Myrr spoke no more, and followed the dragonkin, regardless of his warning, making sure to keep back far enough that he could not see them, but that Solranous could still sense him.
(OOC: Sorry Shive, you ain't shaking them off that easy.)
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Typhon is, in this case... dare I say it? Overkill. XD))