Re: The Grand Battle [Round Five: Battleopolis!]
12-25-2009, 11:40 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Aryogaton.
Damn. I was hoping to use Lutherion to my advantage... He was the only loophole I've found in this cursed game. Aeon sighed. He would have to make do with what he had now.
And "now" involved finding Nathan. To his surprise this was actually not a very difficult task--Nathan, with his new demonic appearance, was fairly plainly visible in the largest of crowds. However, the real surprise was that nobody was paying any attention to him. As Aeon watched, Nathan soaked the street with blood, while being ignored by people right in front of him. Aeon decided to give Amethyst the information, but feared that Nathan would notice him communicating. Thinking quickly, he rubbed the communicating crystal with his shirt and placed it under his tongue. It was not comfortable, but at least it allowed him to communicate somewhat while not attracting Nathan's attention.
"Hello? Amethyst? Do you have a moment?"
Aeon could not see Amethyst fumble with her crystal. "I am a bit preoccupied at the moment. I have found Eximo, and he... it is rebuilding the vacuum army." She paused for a moment. "What happened to your voice? You sound as if you are suffocating."
"Erm, try to ignore that for now. Wait, what vacuum army?"
"It is mechanizing an entire warehouse of vacuum cleaners. It did so in the second round as well; you must have not seen it."
Aeon found this unsettling, but trusted that Amethyst was able to handle a few vacuum cleaner automatons. "Uh, okay. Well, there seems to be a situation here. I've found Nathan."
"What? How did you find him without him causing public havoc?"
"That's just the thing. To me it looks like he's pouring blood onto the street from his hands, and frankly he looks very different from last time we saw him. But no one else seems to notice it. It's as if he looks perfectly normal to them."
Both of them knew that Nathan definitely has the power to create intricate illusions. What baffled them was that he did not seem to purposely cause chaos.
Aeon broke the brief silence. "It's either we are getting more resistant to his illusions, or he just wants us to notice but no one else. Probably the latter." He thought for a moment. If I try to attack or something, I'll probably be stopped by local security. The only thing I can do is let him do what he's doing.
Amethyst interrupted his thoughts. "Keep following him and keep me informed--I will be able to track your location. At the moment, however, I have my own matters to attend to."
Damn. It.
Aeon cursed to himself as he followed Nathan, his shoes half-submerged in the illusionary blood.
-----
A small crowd was huddled around a deceptively uninteresting patch of dirt in the middle of the village square.
"Right. So, we were able to figure out where he went by searching for the faint remnants of the teleport. It should be fairly easy to duplicate the spell and send a search party. The problem is that this spell is pretty intricate and only teleports one person, plus a very specific set of matter around the person. We'll probably be able to decrypt the spell eventually, but right now it's best to just send someone over there as soon as possible. Any volunteers?"
After a few moments a woman stepped from the crowd.
"Well, it you won't be able to find him, then no one will be. Here's what you'll need in case there are more teleports after this one. Good luck."
Damn. I was hoping to use Lutherion to my advantage... He was the only loophole I've found in this cursed game. Aeon sighed. He would have to make do with what he had now.
And "now" involved finding Nathan. To his surprise this was actually not a very difficult task--Nathan, with his new demonic appearance, was fairly plainly visible in the largest of crowds. However, the real surprise was that nobody was paying any attention to him. As Aeon watched, Nathan soaked the street with blood, while being ignored by people right in front of him. Aeon decided to give Amethyst the information, but feared that Nathan would notice him communicating. Thinking quickly, he rubbed the communicating crystal with his shirt and placed it under his tongue. It was not comfortable, but at least it allowed him to communicate somewhat while not attracting Nathan's attention.
"Hello? Amethyst? Do you have a moment?"
Aeon could not see Amethyst fumble with her crystal. "I am a bit preoccupied at the moment. I have found Eximo, and he... it is rebuilding the vacuum army." She paused for a moment. "What happened to your voice? You sound as if you are suffocating."
"Erm, try to ignore that for now. Wait, what vacuum army?"
"It is mechanizing an entire warehouse of vacuum cleaners. It did so in the second round as well; you must have not seen it."
Aeon found this unsettling, but trusted that Amethyst was able to handle a few vacuum cleaner automatons. "Uh, okay. Well, there seems to be a situation here. I've found Nathan."
"What? How did you find him without him causing public havoc?"
"That's just the thing. To me it looks like he's pouring blood onto the street from his hands, and frankly he looks very different from last time we saw him. But no one else seems to notice it. It's as if he looks perfectly normal to them."
Both of them knew that Nathan definitely has the power to create intricate illusions. What baffled them was that he did not seem to purposely cause chaos.
Aeon broke the brief silence. "It's either we are getting more resistant to his illusions, or he just wants us to notice but no one else. Probably the latter." He thought for a moment. If I try to attack or something, I'll probably be stopped by local security. The only thing I can do is let him do what he's doing.
Amethyst interrupted his thoughts. "Keep following him and keep me informed--I will be able to track your location. At the moment, however, I have my own matters to attend to."
Damn. It.
Aeon cursed to himself as he followed Nathan, his shoes half-submerged in the illusionary blood.
-----
A small crowd was huddled around a deceptively uninteresting patch of dirt in the middle of the village square.
"Right. So, we were able to figure out where he went by searching for the faint remnants of the teleport. It should be fairly easy to duplicate the spell and send a search party. The problem is that this spell is pretty intricate and only teleports one person, plus a very specific set of matter around the person. We'll probably be able to decrypt the spell eventually, but right now it's best to just send someone over there as soon as possible. Any volunteers?"
After a few moments a woman stepped from the crowd.
"Well, it you won't be able to find him, then no one will be. Here's what you'll need in case there are more teleports after this one. Good luck."