From being an Abandoned who had rarely left the Hollowed Grounds, to embracing the call of adventure, to dying and being reborn first as an Ascended and then as an Ancient, Maea has gone through quite the amount of changes in her life. One thing remains common, though, in her attempts to find out just where she belongs; she’s always had a craving for knowledge which has brought her to so many places and to meet so many people here in Caido. We can’t wait to see what else is in store for her!
Congratulations, Maea!
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Neron and Kiada heal themselves and then continue to pleasure Wessex with their bites (Kia will have to shift next round). Remi apparently having absorbed some of the dinosaur's bad luck is only partially successful in his attack. He'll find that his grip with his forepaws is slipping, making him unsteady. Noah gives a warning while Ronin continues not to be plagued by the bad luck of previous KQs, and his starbolts find their mark once again. Wessex gets in one last heal before suddenly changing the group dynamics so it appears that there are two Nerons.
Now, are you ready for a twist that we should probably all have seen coming (esp. you, Remi)? Let's review a few things: this is a water-breathing creature who, after having surfaced, is now being attacked. Were you in its position, what would you do?
Exactly. You'd do exactly that.
Furious at the repeated attacks from mostly Remi and Ronin, the dinosaur dives down beneath the surface of the water. With Remi attached to its skull still, the creature races upward toward part of the sea which is still frozen in an attempt to squish the annoying cat between its body and the ice. Though it isn't successful, its fury grows more reckless and desperate which is probably a very bad sign of things to come.
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liars and lovers combine tonight, we're gonna make a scene
They're right - it's absolutely the right amount of kinky narcissism for this Launceleyn, and with the leftover pulses of pleasure from having bitten Wessex - twice - it's a wonder that Neron doesn't try to make out with himself. Indeed, he's pretty woozy for a moment or two (and thank fuck they're still behind the polar bear and no one can see their twinsies setup), swiping at his eyes and giving himself an entire single second to focus.
"Right. Yeah, I got it," he mumbles, and with a brief shudder, re-activates his invisibility upgrade. Then, weaving the reality around them with a magic he loves but rarely gets to play with in any meaningful sense, he creates the illusion before them that all is well. Just another snowscape, Noah and Ronin. Nothing to see here at all.
Neron re-activates his invisibility upgrade and creates the illusion of a snowscape for he and Wessex to move through. He will stick close behind her when she moves.
Type: Dark
Cloaking Upgrade | A 90% body upgrade that bends light making the user invisible. Dramatic action or the use of weapons/upgrades/items makes the user 25% more visible. This translates to rolling disadvantage to hit the user in a battle.
Illusion: Can create 100% compelling and complex illusions within a 30ft radius.
Type: Grey | Rank: Mastered
It's like a rodeo he didn't enter, but finds he also doesn't hate. The creature submerges and though the shock of cold from the water freezes all of Remi's thoughts in place, he's able to hold on.
..fine....I am... Trying to tell Ronin that it's fine lest his husband do something dramatic (not that he'd mind, honestly, but wanting him at least not to worry), the attuned connection is somewhat tenuous given the depths of the Sea of the Glass and the fact that the manticore is trying to hang on to a massive dinosaur intent on killing him. Shifting as the creature should have expected of him, Remi tries to wrap all half of his tentacles around the creature, while using 2 (and a half) to try and grab the dino's jaws and pull them apart. No doubt this will result in wounds up and down the inside of his tentacles, but even under water where sound is somewhat diffused, the alchemist is quite sure the snapping of the creature's jaw will be worth the bloodshed.
Remi becomes a kraken and tries to wrap 4/7.5 tentacles around the dinosaur to hold on, and then tries to pry the dinosaur's mouth open to snap its jaw.
Kraken Ability | Legendary size
Remi also has
Magic: Live-Wire (feat) | Ascended roll with disadvantage against Remi.
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
(As established in previous relic-KQs, his regional feat and strength-ability don't apply)
& it rained and rained and rained
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
For a man who has always lived life with two feet firmly on the (frozen) ground, having to fly twice in one day is a lot. Knowing that he can transport himself to safety should he fall was the only thing giving him enough confidence to fly.
As the nimbus pulls him up Noah crouches low to try and keep his balance, all the while keeping his eyes down on the ground where the polar bear was. Hoping he would get a better vantage point for shooting at Neron, specifically, the hunter hissed as the snowstorm (not knowing it was actually Neron's illusion of the snow) buried them. "Shit, I can't see them!" He cursed, as Remi's voice came -- now dulled -- across the attuned bond. He turned slightly, crouched, to look beneath Ronin's wings just enough to see water bubbling and gurgling, black and ominous.
He wasn't sure what Ronin would do, or Remi, but Noah hoped the Lullaby could keep the monster from launching itself into the air and swallowing them whole. Noah was not sure himself what to do at this point, so he kept his bow ready and aimed for something to happen.
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Noah crouches on the nimbus, tells Ronin he can't see the ascended, and then turns to look towards the water. He has his bow still ready to fire at something.
Noah has:
- Two daggers, a bundle of 6/9 arrows (already placed within his quiver), and his bow.
Magic: There in a Flash | Noah may teleport between any board's adjacent sub-boards, providing he has visited the board before. Requires a 3-post cooldown between uses.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Divine Opposition | Noah summons a celestial shield dome in a 15ft radius. Any allies within the shield receive Basic Healing, and any enemies are damaged at a Basic level. The shield lasts for 1 post, with a 3-post cooldown.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Turn it off and on again (FEAT) | Ascended attacks using upgrades roll with disadvantage against Noah.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Type: Grey
Sentinel's Coat | A sturdy coat lined with the hide of a frost giant, using ursur claws as toggle buttons. Perfectly fitted for Noah, it provides protection even from the coldest temperatures.
Type: Dark
Fire Quiver | A magical quiver that turns any arrow placed within into a flaming projectile that ignites upon impact. (Made by Deimos)
Type: Grey
The Atticus Amulet | Contains a mythical shift of a Basilisk, which can be used regardless of character race, so long as the character is wearing the amulet. Mythical ability: Stoneheart | Any caught in the eye of the Basilisk may be turned to stone for 3 turns in combat situations.
i'd fashioned my own cross been crushed by its weight there's no stronger message than dirt in your face
I shouldn't laugh, but I know I'm a failure in your eyes
If Remi tells him that he's fine one more time, Ronin thinks he might have to strangle his husband until he isn't. Of course, that kind of thought is borne of panic at seeing the monster plunge beneath the freezing waters with Remi in tow, and though he wants to lunge in after them both, he doesn't. Just about. Still, as Noah calls out, the Huntsman will be solemn and statuesque as he watches a battle he can't actually see in the depths beneath the nimbus.
"Let's see what we can do about them," he mutters. Beneath them, on the snow, a second Ronin suddenly appears. There's a brief flicker as the Huntsman swaps places with his projection, leaving the fake!Ronin on the nimbus to protect Noah.
If there's time after that, the real thing will shift into a huge, fiery bird, which takes to the skies and attempts to combat the snow with phoenix fire. And if not? Next time, for certain.
Ronin conjures his projection on the ground, swaps places with it, and shifts into a phoenix to try to combat the snowstorm with fire!
Magic: Astral Projection | Ronin can project a version of himself into another location. He can see, hear and speak in this space, and he can affect it physically, including combat situations. If the astral projection is damaged, it can no longer physically affect the space. He may only project as far as the sub-boards adjacent to his physical location - and only if he has previously visited the board.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Magic: Now You See Me | Ronin may switch places with his astral projection (when summoned). Requires a 1 post cool down.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Magic: Nimbus Call | The user may call down one of the clouds from the sky and ride upon it. The cloud will hold Ronin and up to one other person.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
He also has:
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: FEAT| Live-Wire | Ascended roll with disadvantage against Ronin
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: FEAT | Static | Rolls with advantage against Ascended
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
The bite is taken and she sinks back, starting to shift as she watches Wessex become Neron and Neron become, well, nothing. But the plan is made and Kiada takes to the sky, trying her damndest to avoid the Danger Cloud that is Ronin and Noah. She’s swift as she can be, the mechanical bird shift bringing her higher and higher to scope out what’s going on down below.
And honestly it’s a big fat nothing.
It’s gone? Under the water, I can’t see it anymore. She projects to Wessex, aiming to circle high above just as her once beloved vulture shift would have done, when she notices the way things start to turn on them, though she can’t see where Wessex and Neron are anymore, so it’s with a burst of sudden panic that she tries to keep distance from Noah and Ronin, to simply watch from above.
Kiada shifts into Wessex’s mecha bird shift and takes to the sky to observe and try her fuckin best to avoid Noah and Ronin! She relays what she sees to Wessex which is admittedly not a lot
Mech-Minokawa
do not think you are safe because you love her
do not think she won't stain her mouth red with your blood too
KIADA
Kiada has a large X scar on the right side of her neck.
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Kiada, without killing her <3
As Wessex takes a moment to recover from the bites, she shudders as well and then tries to push it aside. This whole scenario gives a whole other meaning to eskimo siblings, doesn’t it?
While Neron paints a snowscape with his Illusion magic, Wessex moves to the edge of her control range with the polar bear and then grabs hold of the Illusion magic as well. She creates a third glitchy Neron climbing up onto the bear, as if he were moving with his upgrade activated. Then with a mental note to Neron, Let’s do this, she begins to move the Ascended pair back towards the group at a light jog, telling the polar bear to ahead of them and at the edge of her radius, in order to draw Noah and Ronin’s attention as arguable the closer target - and the one without the backsplash.
And Kia's message? It registers, though not without a Fuck, okay. to both of them, It's gone under water. I don't know - can we bring it back up?
She has no idea how much magic Neron can and can't maintain.
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Wessex uses Neron's illusion magic to create a THIRD Neron and make it appear like he's climbing up on the polar bear while using his invisibility upgrade and riding it towards Noah and Ronin. Keeping the polar bear at the edge of her control range, she uses it to try and draw Noah and Ronin's attention while she and Neron jog back towards the action under his illusion snowscape.
Magic: Magic Re-Resonance | When abandoned magic is cast within 20ft of Wessex, she can duplicate the ability at its mastered level once.
Type: Grey | Rank: Mastered
Magic: The Squad | Can summon 3 small, 2 medium, or 1 large regular creature. Can also summon any of her mythical shifts. Summoned animals have an HP of 1 and cannot go more than 30ft from Wessex. Must wait 1 round between summoning if creatures are dismissed/knocked out.
Type: Grey | Rank: Mastered
She also has the following Feats:
Magic: Fire Dodge (FEAT) | Rolls with advantage against fire attacks
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
Magic: Demi-gods Disadvantage (FEAT) | Demi-gods roll at a disadvantage against Wessex
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
Magic: Demi-gods (FEAT) | Rolls with advantage against Demi-gods.
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
Type: Dark
Damage Splash Upgrade | For every attack made at Wessex, double the damage is deflected back to the creature who caused it. (Elemental effects are not duplicated. 30 pts of fire damage is translated back as 30 pts of regular damage, for example).
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11-19-2021, 04:30 PM (This post was last modified: 11-19-2021, 04:57 PM by Odd.)
key quest
You heard the man. Nothing to see here.
Meanwhile beneath the ice, Remi and the dinosaur are reenacting a scene every dog owner has experienced: the what do you have in your mouth. As Remi's tentacles try and pry the dinosaur's jaws apart, his blood blooms and swirls in the water around them as the dinosaur's serrated teeth dig deep into his flesh. Are there sharks in the sea of glass? I guess we'll soon find out.
As Ru Paul would say, reading is fundamental(though given that Honey writes both Neron and Ronin, I genuinely don't know what to say). There is no snowstorm for Noah and Ronin to see, just the expanse of the tundra with Neron and Wessex blended seamlessly into it. Nevertheless, Noah readies an arrow and Ronin pulls some switcharoo magic and blazes into life as a phoenix. The tundra begins to weep around him.
You know who else is going to begin to weep? Noah. Unable to maintain magic while being shifted, Ronin's project and his nimbus wink out of existence, leaving Vi's newest and shiniest demigod to fall 30ft down onto the Tundra.
"Wessex" aka Kiada takes to the skies like some shiny vulture, while a third Neron glitches and shivers in and out of invisibility as he climbs aboard the polar bear and rides it toward Ronin and Noah. The real Wessex and Neron meanwhile, continue to bridge the gap between themselves and the action.
Remi, has no one ever told you not to put your tentacles into the mouth of a dinosaur? Someone should have. If not, now you know. With no way to avoid it, the dinosaur munches on Remi's tentacles, seemingly really getting the taste for sushi now.
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liars and lovers combine tonight, we're gonna make a scene
Hey. Hey. Go fuck yourselves.
Neron sticks close to Wessex, glancing briefly over his shoulder and smiling to see a third Hailstorm go riding on a polar bear. You're very good at imagining me, he remarks dryly. Should I be blushing? But here they go, continuing to creep forward while Wessex uses his illusion magic to stage her distraction. And he keeps his own up too, the snowSCAPE following them as they close the distance between the polar bear and the danger cloud.
Sorry, did you just ask me if I can use my magic to drag an 80ft ancient monster out of the Sea of Glass - likely when it has a kraken attached to it? Because the answer is no. That's that, then. Besides, I wouldn't want to risk manipulating the ice and having us fall in... Into the water. Where all the teeth are.
Neron admires himself, keeps his upgrade activated, and continues to maintain his illusion as they make their way towards the danger cloud.
Type: Dark
Cloaking Upgrade | A 90% body upgrade that bends light making the user invisible. Dramatic action or the use of weapons/upgrades/items makes the user 25% more visible. This translates to rolling disadvantage to hit the user in a battle.
Illusion: Can create 100% compelling and complex illusions within a 30ft radius.
Type: Grey | Rank: Mastered
It's unhealthy to be sure, how little self-preservation Remi has, especially as it comes from a place of anger and recklessness rather than altruism or a need to keep those around him safe. No, as soon as the icy blue waters darkened with his blood, whatever rational hold he had over himself slipped away into purple oblivion.
Pain screams through his senses in looping cursive, as if the dinosaur's teeth were etching threats onto his skin. Unable to roar or vent his frustration in any other way than through his actions, the kraken narrows its focus into the bright searing lines of pain lacing through his tentacles, and he doubles down on his efforts. He imagines the V of the dino's jaws, imagines it growing wider and wider until the cartilage holding it together breaks like an elastic band.
Remi doubles down on trying to break the dino's jaw regardless of the damage it does to him.
Kraken Ability | Legendary size
Remi also has
Magic: Live-Wire (feat) | Ascended roll with disadvantage against Remi.
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
(As established in previous relic-KQs, his regional feat and strength-ability don't apply)
& it rained and rained and rained
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
All of the anxiety that lingered in the back of the hunter's mind about flying came to fruition suddenly, without any time to think or react or blink, he was on his back on the ice gasping for air. Had he been higher, with more falling time, then he probably could have teleported himself and softened the blow. But the raging wind caused by the Eirachi did not afford him that, nor at the elevation he had been.
His mind reeled as he blinked up at the sky, which was raining fire, trying to fill his lungs. He could not control the panic that rushed out across the attuned bond, though he knew he had to scramble. He could not stay where he was. The amulet burned against his chest as he regained some semblance of breath, and he let it take control. His body grew and thrashed, and his tail lashed out violently in an attempt to decimate the polar bear and Neron that were too close to him for comfort.
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Noah panics and basilisks and tries to yeet the polar bear and fake Neron with his tail.
Noah has:
- Two daggers, a bundle of 6/9 arrows (already placed within his quiver), and his bow.
Magic: There in a Flash | Noah may teleport between any board's adjacent sub-boards, providing he has visited the board before. Requires a 3-post cooldown between uses.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Divine Opposition | Noah summons a celestial shield dome in a 15ft radius. Any allies within the shield receive Basic Healing, and any enemies are damaged at a Basic level. The shield lasts for 1 post, with a 3-post cooldown.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: Turn it off and on again (FEAT) | Ascended attacks using upgrades roll with disadvantage against Noah.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Type: Grey
Sentinel's Coat | A sturdy coat lined with the hide of a frost giant, using ursur claws as toggle buttons. Perfectly fitted for Noah, it provides protection even from the coldest temperatures.
Type: Dark
Fire Quiver | A magical quiver that turns any arrow placed within into a flaming projectile that ignites upon impact. (Made by Deimos)
Type: Grey
The Atticus Amulet | Contains a mythical shift of a Basilisk, which can be used regardless of character race, so long as the character is wearing the amulet. Mythical ability: Stoneheart | Any caught in the eye of the Basilisk may be turned to stone for 3 turns in combat situations.
I shouldn't laugh, but I know I'm a failure in your eyes
Just in case you missed it in Neron's post: go fuck yourselves.
Ronin, feeling very fiery and flash and smug, promptly changes his mind about the whole thing when the scrambled panic from Noah floods his mind. Oh, fuck, is about as eloquent as it gets in that moment, and the Huntsman wisely backtracks.
Dropping closer to the ground and shifting as he does so, it's with a dragon's partial shift that Ronin attempts to catch himself in front of the Noah!basilisk. I can't block you in a shift that large, he warns the other man, before closing his eyes against the supernova he ignites within himself. Whatever is healed and harmed in that 60ft radius? So be it.
Ronin regrets his past decisions, shifts back into himself and positions himself in front of Noah. He ignites a supernova to heal Noah, and to heal/harm any allies and enemies in range.
Magic: Supernova | A blast of celestial light emanates from Ronin in a 60ft radius. Any allies hit by the light are healed, whilst any enemies take damage (Mastered healing/damage). May be used three times per thread, with a two post cooldown.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
He also has:
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: FEAT| Live-Wire | Ascended roll with disadvantage against Ronin
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
Magic: FEAT | Static | Rolls with advantage against Ascended
Type: Light | Rank: Basic
To the sky she goes and has a front row seat to watching Ronin disappear and that danger cloud vanish, and then Noah is falling. She winced slightly as the newest demigod lands and she does her best to stay high above and out of rage of most notably Ronin’s hellfire that turns into some partial shift nearby the giant fucking snake.
Great.
Kiada spends a moment considering her options, circling the sky again, before she banks hard and decides that given the quite literal fact that despite her knowing who these people are, having been friendly to them on multiple occasions, that eventually they’ll turn on her. So she climbs higher in the sky, because she’s only come to fight the creature and not anyone else, and banks herself over the hole in the ice, shooting feathers into the expanse of nothingness — hoping something hits.
Kiada’s ANXIOUS and she flies higher in the sky to get out of range of anything basilisk or Starbro and angles herself to shoot feathers into the water hoping it might hit the monster.
do not think she won't stain her mouth red with your blood too
KIADA
Kiada has a large X scar on the right side of her neck.
No permission needed for power play!
Feel free to use magic/force on Kiada, without killing her <3
The deception would be up sooner or later, she knew this, the only question would be what would Wessex do (WWWD) when it was up. Continue to try and be stealthy? Attack when revealed?
But first - a mental chuckle at Neron’s denial.Just trying to figure out what Morgan sees in you. But fair, maybe some sharks can come out and play instead. Just what a shark would do against Remi, she doesn’t know yet, but that’s thinking on your feet for you. And as for what’s going on by Ronin and Noah, her attention snaps back over that way when Noah turns into a thrashing basilisk - and Wessex knows exactly what that means.Don’t let the snake look at you! It’ll turn you to stone! she shouts to the other Ascended, while trying to close the gap between herself and Neron and mitigate any damage to her brother.
After the blast, there’s no point in maintaining the illusion, especially if the polar bear has disappeared, so Wessex lets illusion!Neron go and instead reaches for her chakram. Pulling away from Neron, she sends it flying towards Noah, aiming for his eyes - but would settle for any part of him. Let ‘em see me, she says, to the Hailstorm, hoping that the blast hasn’t done him too much damage.
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Wessex drops the illusion!Neron and tells the Ascended about the basilisk's stone-gaze then tries to make herself into a shield for Neron. She then launches her chakram at the Basilisk, trying to blind it, while telling Neron to drop the illusion around her and keep his up. She still looks like Neron.
Leviathan Chakram (Upgraded): An unbreakable chakram created from the scale of a leviathan by the Voice. With razor-sharp edges, this discus will always return to the hand of whoever throws it, and will always do so without injuring the hands of the thrower.
Magic: Anyone | Can alter surface level appearances over her whole body, such as skin, hair, and eye color. Cannot change internal structures (bones, voice, etc.)
Type: Grey | Rank: Mastered
She also has the following Feats:
Magic: Demi-gods Disadvantage (FEAT) | Demi-gods roll at a disadvantage against Wessex
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
Magic: Demi-gods (FEAT) | Rolls with advantage against Demi-gods.
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
Magic: Shadowed (FEAT) | Light magic rolls with disadvantage against Wessex.
Type: Dark | Rank: Basic
Type: Dark
Damage Splash Upgrade | For every attack made at Wessex, double the damage is deflected back to the creature who caused it. (Elemental effects are not duplicated. 30 pts of fire damage is translated back as 30 pts of regular damage, for example).
The world is new to you, and you to it. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, you roll with advantage on luck-based rolls and receive an extra name during drops. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
