Re: The Grand Battle [Round Five: Battleopolis!]
01-07-2010, 04:43 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Draykon.
"Error: large amounts of conflicting sensory data on the immediate area" Eximo said. Amethyst nodded.
"I feel it too. It's not just illusions, the demon's power is slowly pulling at the threads of this already distorted space."
Nathan began rushing at Amethyst, light surrounding his knife once again, forming a broadsword of energy. He slashed, the light aiming straight for her chest.
The universe blinked, and Amethyst was struck in the back by the demon's sword. His stance was wreckless though, and Aeon swung in with his tool, expanding it's size to a massive warhammer mid-swing, and crashing it into Nathan's head.
The demon was sent flying, and Eximo's arms extended to catch him in midair, but the universe blinked again, and he grabbed only wind.
"The truth is not destroyed however. There are minor consistencies in the data, that is the truth. I can't work it out in my head, but I may be able to--KYUK!"
Amethyst was struck again as she got up, this time Nathan's foot impacting her head. Aeon went to swing again, but this time Nathan blinked out before he could hit.
"Yeah, I DON'T THINK I'LL LET YOU LIVE THAT LONG!" The demon's voice came from nowhere, at first calm, then enraged.
And it was... the demon lord's voice. The illusionary world melted together at a single point, and there, standing on a lamppost, for a brief moment, was the Demon Lord.
Sirens wailed nearby. From one point near the police cars, a subtle ripple shot through the air, and tore through the illusion. The fake reality shattered, and expanded back to cover the city block, The sky turned red, the streets were filled with blood.
Everyone caught in the space now saw it, as Nathan stood back up, angrier than before.
***
"I feel it now that you mention it, bands of... something... forming a cage around the city. It's noneucledian, not really there. It's weak, but at the same time untouchable..."
"Oh? So you can see it? Don't you think this implies something?"
"I don't really see it... I just feel it... But yeah, you're right. If this is 'God's Game' why would he use a method a mortal can see?"
"I'd suspected the Director was simply an extremely powerful mage, but I think this is finally evidence in that theory's favor."
"Hey... if those bands are the barrier, then what about the others?"
"Others?"
"Another force, forming a kind of network around the architecture of the city...
Maybe this structure is naturally unstable, and somehow those leylines keep it from imploding."
"Really now?" Dexter stood up, and approached the window. "If you're a talented enough mage to know all that even after having your memories altered, maybe you can take the obvious course of action and test their purpose."
Without thinking, Midnara raised her hand to the window. She reached out, and took another of the Dark Goddess's spears. Invisibly, she wedged it into the network surrounding one particular building she saw in the distance, and slowly unraveled the leylines.
***
A pillar of black light struck through a building overhead.
"Well, that's my cue to get out," Luther casually commented, as he opened up the back door, and casually jumped out of the police card.
Larry quickly found himself doing the same thing, as several bits of debri crashed into the car. Seconds later, the vehicle exploded.
Luther payed it no mind. His eyes were focused on the building, a large commercial tower, simply collapsing to the ground.
He could feel it, hundreds inside, dieing. His actions were guided mechanically- or maybe even controlled by some malevolent spirit.
***
Luther stepped confidently into the illusion, his right arm massive and bony.
"Well waddaya know? All the people I hate, gathered conveniently together in one spot!
WHO WANTS TO DIE FIRST?!"
"Error: large amounts of conflicting sensory data on the immediate area" Eximo said. Amethyst nodded.
"I feel it too. It's not just illusions, the demon's power is slowly pulling at the threads of this already distorted space."
Nathan began rushing at Amethyst, light surrounding his knife once again, forming a broadsword of energy. He slashed, the light aiming straight for her chest.
The universe blinked, and Amethyst was struck in the back by the demon's sword. His stance was wreckless though, and Aeon swung in with his tool, expanding it's size to a massive warhammer mid-swing, and crashing it into Nathan's head.
The demon was sent flying, and Eximo's arms extended to catch him in midair, but the universe blinked again, and he grabbed only wind.
"The truth is not destroyed however. There are minor consistencies in the data, that is the truth. I can't work it out in my head, but I may be able to--KYUK!"
Amethyst was struck again as she got up, this time Nathan's foot impacting her head. Aeon went to swing again, but this time Nathan blinked out before he could hit.
"Yeah, I DON'T THINK I'LL LET YOU LIVE THAT LONG!" The demon's voice came from nowhere, at first calm, then enraged.
And it was... the demon lord's voice. The illusionary world melted together at a single point, and there, standing on a lamppost, for a brief moment, was the Demon Lord.
Sirens wailed nearby. From one point near the police cars, a subtle ripple shot through the air, and tore through the illusion. The fake reality shattered, and expanded back to cover the city block, The sky turned red, the streets were filled with blood.
Everyone caught in the space now saw it, as Nathan stood back up, angrier than before.
***
"I feel it now that you mention it, bands of... something... forming a cage around the city. It's noneucledian, not really there. It's weak, but at the same time untouchable..."
"Oh? So you can see it? Don't you think this implies something?"
"I don't really see it... I just feel it... But yeah, you're right. If this is 'God's Game' why would he use a method a mortal can see?"
"I'd suspected the Director was simply an extremely powerful mage, but I think this is finally evidence in that theory's favor."
"Hey... if those bands are the barrier, then what about the others?"
"Others?"
"Another force, forming a kind of network around the architecture of the city...
Maybe this structure is naturally unstable, and somehow those leylines keep it from imploding."
"Really now?" Dexter stood up, and approached the window. "If you're a talented enough mage to know all that even after having your memories altered, maybe you can take the obvious course of action and test their purpose."
Without thinking, Midnara raised her hand to the window. She reached out, and took another of the Dark Goddess's spears. Invisibly, she wedged it into the network surrounding one particular building she saw in the distance, and slowly unraveled the leylines.
***
A pillar of black light struck through a building overhead.
"Well, that's my cue to get out," Luther casually commented, as he opened up the back door, and casually jumped out of the police card.
Larry quickly found himself doing the same thing, as several bits of debri crashed into the car. Seconds later, the vehicle exploded.
Luther payed it no mind. His eyes were focused on the building, a large commercial tower, simply collapsing to the ground.
He could feel it, hundreds inside, dieing. His actions were guided mechanically- or maybe even controlled by some malevolent spirit.
***
Luther stepped confidently into the illusion, his right arm massive and bony.
"Well waddaya know? All the people I hate, gathered conveniently together in one spot!
WHO WANTS TO DIE FIRST?!"