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RE: H-O-T-T-O-G-O-! - Zavien - 06-11-2025
In her usual resplendent fashion, Safrin arrives to save them from the misery of an unseen enemy. She secures it above ground, the sound of its displeasure pressing uncomfortably at the back of his head. It looks worse now that he can see it, hideous giant teeth and purplish black skin that looks like it could cut. The horrifying sight didn't stop him from granting her an appreciative smile, already planning an array of offerings to leave her once they make it out of this.
Then Koa is rushing towards the bound creature and Zavien lets out a low partial-curse under his breath as he flies after. He can see the Ancient firing of flaming projectiles while the Dragoon punches towards the beast. Still too far away to do anything but yell at the thing, he makes his way forward, being sure to watch his sides to avoid friendly fire. [say]"Hey Ronin?! Sorry to bother you, but could you lend us a hand against this thing? And maybe bring
Meanwhile, he directs Sol to continue in his task, monitoring their surroundings so they don't get any nasty surprises - all the while securing an elevated position from which to launch his rock. The dragon chirps in understanding as he flaps higher into the sky.
Zavien moves 30ft towards the Leviathan (keeping out of Koa's and Asta's line of fire) and channels Ronin to help attack the Leviathan then call Hadama for reinforcements!
Sol flies his football rock up 30 ft, keeping his eyes peeled for other dangers.
Channeling (Accepted) : Allows an Accepted to channel a herald/demigod/spirit during a time of crisis (2x a season). Can be combined with other accepted channeling to increase power.
Type: Light | Rank: Upgraded
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Type: Light | Style: Defensive | Level: Basic
Leather Armour | Leather armour capable of blocking physical damage. Can only be used 1x per thread.
Regional Score bonus: +1 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +1 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
RE: H-O-T-T-O-G-O-! - Ronin - 06-12-2025
For once, Ronin is not stepping out of the shower or in the middle of breakfast or helping someone to run an errand. No, this time he's in his fucking bed. It's with a startled flare of pale wings to catch him on the hot breeze and an expression set with the sort of shock that suggests he thinks he might be dreaming that he surveys the battlefield.
[say]"Er, you got it,"[/say] he calls to Zavien, voice sleep rough and groggy. Ensuring he's in range of the Abyssal Leviathan, he reaches within himself to conjure something as of yet tenuous and half-known. It lashes out, though, sharper than the breeze and as lethal in its intent as the gathering void had been within the beast's throat.
A moment later and, with a surge of adrenaline, Ronin is acting again, this time reaching out for a more familiar power. Usually reserved to tether to his husband, this time he uses the Rescue to latch onto a different demigod - one very much built for this sort of fight. [say]"Good luck,
Then, as is always the way, the White Knight simply vanishes again. And it's no bad thing, honestly, because given the time of day and the season, Ronin has performed his demigodly duties whilst completely naked.
Ronin appears, gets within firing range of the Abyssal Leviathan, and lashes out with his new Zephyr magic. He uses a second action to summon
Magic: Once More With Feeling (FEAT) | Twice per combat (e.g. KQs, PQ+s, PVP) Ronin may use two actions in one turn.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Magic: FEAT | Now You! | When Ronin successfully hits a target, the next ally who posts gains advantage on their attack.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Magic: Zephyr | Ronin may summon forth a gale blessed by the God of Life. If directed at an enemy, strikes with Air damage. If ally directed, provides healing. 15ft radius.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Rescue | Ronin can bring a fellow Old God demigod to his side in a time of crisis for three concurrent posts. One use per thread. If the summoned demigod also has mastered this ability, they can remain until the end of the thread.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Regional Score bonus: +15 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +15 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
RE: H-O-T-T-O-G-O-! - Hadama - 06-12-2025
It was true that Hadama worked late hours and rose early about his tasks, but he still required some sleep each night. And when he did, he saw little need for clothing in the privacy of his own chambers.
The effect was rather different than Ronin's, however, when the Tidebreaker was pulled to Hak Etme in his half-shifted Mer form. Cold sand pressed into his wet scales and skin and he pushed himself abruptly up on his arms as wakefulness threatened to overtake him. He caught sight of the White Knight disappearing as he blinked sleep-mazed eyes, the familiar voice calling his name and anchoring him - briefly - in the moment. Then the shadow in the night above and to the side of him, blotting out the stars, drew his attention. Chained in starlight but still dripping violet venom, the shark that was built for sand rather than sea twisted helplessly in Safrin's bonds.
Wakefulness, it turned out, was not needed in this nightmare that felt both surreal and far too immediate. A tail lashed the sand as Hadama glared up at the beast and gathered his power in a rush of will and intention. A rain of Gravity Spikes fell upon the Leviathan, slamming downwards in swift succession: eight in total.
"Begone," he rumbled to the beast, his deep voice rough with gravel as the single word left his lips.
The 'thot' was silent as he vanished back to his bedchamber in the Underwater City once more.
A half-asleep Hadama appears, drops a double dose of Gravity Spikes+Singularities on the Leviathan, and goes back to bed.
Magic: Time Dilation (FEAT) | Twice per combat (e.g. KQs, PQ+s, PVP) Hadama may use two actions in one turn.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Magic: Hammer the Gap (FEAT) | When the ally before Hadama in the turn order successfully hits a target, Hadama gains advantage on his attack against
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Magic: Gravity Spike: the user borrows a sliver of the moon's power to summon up to three gravity lances that appear above a target within 60ft. Control is excellent.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Magic: Singularity | Adds additional spike at mastered level on a successful hit when Hadama uses his Gravity Spike.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Regional Score bonus: +15 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +15 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
RE: H-O-T-T-O-G-O-! - Court Official - 06-12-2025
The desert holds its breath. For all its thrashing and psychic screaming, the leviathan cannot shake Safrin’s grip.
Melita ’s fire arrow arcs beautifully through the sky, but the shot veers too short and fizzes out in the sand, flames licking the edges of a dune. She’ll hear the low thud of it hitting earth just as the Firecracker drifts a little closer, sails catching the wind in their vibrant cloth.
But then come the hits.
Astaroth ’s fireball collides next: it splashes across the side of the beast’s head in a wave of incandescent white and deep orange, searing through layers of void-touched flesh. For the first time, something like sound escapes it—a bubbling, fizzing distortion that reverberates between thoughts and the marrow of bone.
Next, Zavien ’s call is answered. High above, the air stirs with unnatural speed—a zephyr, conjured by Ronin, tears across the battlefield like a blade of wind wrapped in silence. It strikes the beast across its gaping flank, a sudden slice of power so fast the eye can’t follow. There’s no flash, no warning—just a splatter of void ichor and a visible tremor in the monster’s core.
And then—
There’s no time to react. No final shriek. No glorious last stand. Just a starlit body unravelling at the seams as Safrin’s tethers vanish. The Abyssal Leviathan drops—slamming into the sand with a force that rocks the dunes in every direction. A small quake ripples outward as the carcass lands in a slump, voidlight leaking in curls from the broken holes in its hide.
It doesn’t move again. A strange hush descends in the aftermath, and for just a moment, the sky above seems clearer.
Congratulations on completing the KQ! Hak Etme has now been cleansed entirely of the void! You may all post once more, no posting order. The thread will be fin'd in 48 hrs.
Melita: 546/546
Koa: 272/272
Asta: 200/200
Zavien: 264/264
Abyssal Leviathan: 0/929 ** Killed by Hadama for levelling purposes.
Abyssal Leviathan (Rare/Mythical - The Hollowed Grounds, Hak Etme): The subterranean lair of the Land Shark echoes with void energy, transforming unlucky sharks into the Abyssal Leviathans. Rising from the depths with an otherworldly hunger, this creature now possesses a shadowy, void-shrouded exterior. Its hunts are not merely for sustenance but to absorb the essence of those it captures, bringing the taint of the abyss to the surface as it returns to its lair to sleep in the void's embrace. The land above quivers with the unsettling presence of the Abyssal Leviathan, a creature that bridges the realm between the subterranean and the void-touched darkness.
You may also loot the Abyssal Leviathan for:
Abyssal Leviathan Skin | The thick hide of an Abyssal Leviathan which can be created into armour by a god. The cloak provides mastered-level protection against attacks but makes the wearer attack whoever is closest to them while wearing it.
RE: H-O-T-T-O-G-O-! - Melita - 06-12-2025
Unlike the last time she’d fought the void, Melita felt a bit…useless. Her arrow didn’t meet its mark, and then everything else confounded into one brutal force. Punching, fire, Ronin (though seeing a little more of him than she would’ve liked), Hadama, all coincided and conformed to a significant bout of damage that found the landshark eventually dead and doomed.
Eyes widening, she gave a low ‘huh’ underneath her breath, and then thereafter, a loud “whoop” as she began to lower the Firecracker back down to the earth. [say]“Hot damn. Nice work!”[/say] She shouted to the men, making a mental note to thank both demigods the next time she saw them.
But it was the aftermath that filled her too – because despite her own lack of potency here, the desert was cured and freed.
And there’d be more moments, more chances, on the horizon.
She wasn’t about to leave without some kind of souvenir though, and as she zipped out of her skyboat, she also made a dash for the skin. [say]“Let’s take some of this and head home? I can take one of you back,”[/say] she offered with a shrug – figuring she ought to contribute in some way.
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Melita picks up some of the abyssal leviathan skin.
RE: H-O-T-T-O-G-O-! - Astaroth - 06-13-2025
There are a large amount of moving parts, one that Asta accounts for as he dives in to land the blazing fireball against the beast’s face. He steps back the second that it’s launched, prepped and ready to bolt away should it be needed, when the familiar form of Ronin appears - and far more than he was expecting, admittedly - but it gets the job done. Because shortly after the White Knight’s arrival, Hadama arrives, and the gravity spikes in the air lash downward in pelting, horrendous rain.
And then? When the beast finally falls, it’s with a smug grin that blooms across the butcher’s face. No wounds on them to be seen, and he confidently plants the threaded cane down in the sand alongside him to walk with without fear of dredging up the most horrific beasts here.
Not unlike the Spectral Villi, the butcher slips forward at the same time that Melita does - shadows warping around his figure in a slight flare of his Haunt magic. “[say]Wonderfully done![/say]” He chimes to the rest of those still remaining, using the sharp edge of the threaded cane to snag some of the leviathan skin to bring home.
Asta also grabs some of the abyssal leviathan skin.
RE: H-O-T-T-O-G-O-! - Zavien - 06-14-2025
He hadn't really been expecting such a... full-bodied appearance from the two demigods, but he can't complain when they had the effect they did. Air and gravity slam into the beast, a final screech pressing against his ears as the Leviathan is pummeled into the ground, dust and Safrin's restraints falling away in glitters of starlight to reveal the defeated creature.
Zavien lets out a deep sigh of relief, the tension that had been coiled so tightly around his chest releasing something dark and cruel. Doubts and fears and months-long regrets fall away with such force that he stumbles towards forward, feeling lighter than he had since the Tundra, something healing and whole returning to him. He has to swipe at the dampness sweat over his face, turning to the others as Sol drops his rock on the Leviathan for good measure. His smile is bright and free, sunshine incarnate. [say]"Well, that went much better than I was expecting."[/say]
He follows the others to gather pieces from the dark skin, his sword searing through the flesh easily as he adds, [say]"Nice work everyone, although I think there are some others who deserve our appreciation."[/say] Laughing, he runs a hand through his hair, the heat starting to make an appearance in the early morning. Too giddy with the hum of victory and the new lack of anxiety, Zavien grins like an idiot. [say]"Anyone else want a drink?"[/say] They had to celebrate somehow.
Zavien takes some of the Leviathan skin.
~FIN