>>267348
Back up a bit so you can come up with a good tactic. That way you can get a bit of an extra element of surprise and stuff. You're probably very much going to need that.

Wait why is Ria there? Why is anything female even near Flails domain? Who thought this was a good idea? Under current conditions the end result is always us trying to kill Flails, why do we even want to do that?

Sending Ria far away in the jet beforehand and you know not claiming entry but an audience with Flails outside would be nice. As to what we could possibly tell him that would be so important to him dignify us with his presence tell there's fighting to be had. Big fight with a proper opponent. And what Flails loves if not fighting and fucking. I don't know in which order but there you go.

>>267350
The answer to all your questions is "because /quest/ is very stupid".

The only thing I can suggest is "leave" because there is no reason to be here or do this.

Adept: Attempt to draw his attention, fight defensively and cautiously. You're probably the toughest one here right now.

Ria: While the adept hopefully has him distracted, apply a bit of that anti-magic antithesis to spikesby's sword hands, maybe that will help since they're no longer magically sharp (by piercing magical toughness). After that, you have a big gun. Use it! Take potshots at the centaur when the adept and/or Spikesby won't be in your line of fire and try to stay out of the centaur's reach.

Spikesby: Let Ria dip your mitts, then try to flank the beast and get in some good stabs in its horsebody.

If it doesn't leave the bridge, flanking won't be an option and it'll be harder for Ria to get a shot. But the plan should still work out without the flanking provided the creature doesn't have any manner of thaumaturgical attack (and this is flails, so that is pretty likely).

>>267352
I, um... this sounds good.

>>/questdis/338765

What are we doing?

>>267356
I think the plan was to kill all of the "evilest" wizards and only leave the moderatly "evil" alive while Blacksoul wipes out that grey alzheimers sludge. The plan got kind of hurried though as Flare blasted off to bomb the shit out of the Lord of Marvels place.

All of it will probably lead up to some heroic sacrifices. Where almost everyone dies, and that's the good end. Bad end is... lets just say it will probably be very bad.

Does the fact that Spikesby used to be a magical creature have any sway? I mean that could also be stupid, but well its an option. We could ask a philosophical question about the nature of what is and what is not a mortal. Hell, Adepts ain't really technically mortal since they got some wizard magic power given to them, right?

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)13:31 No. 267366 ID: b7798b
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Ria tries to communicate with it again, but it just gets ready to charge.

Holizen sends a gout of flame at the creature, but it goes wide, and the monster slams into her, impaling her on his lance and trampling her. Meanwhile, Ria has put a bit on antithesis on his blades. The substance is oily, slick, and the water doesn't affect it.

It doesn't take long for the creature to extract its lance and turn to Ria. She fires, hitting it in the chest and tearing pieces of flesh from it, but it barely slows until Spikesby leaps behind it and severs its head with a sweep of his blades.

It collapses with a wet thump to the ground.

Ria quickly attempts field surgery on the Ophian Adept, barely managing to stance the blood. She is very weak and barely conscious, but alive.

Ria has to accompany Spikesby, otherwise he can't communicate with anyone besides Wizards.

The plan was to visit Flails and tell him of the Lord of Marvels treachery. Hopefully, it would dissuade him from attempting to fight Blacksoul and his companions, who are probably massing to attack the Lord of Marvels now. (this was my understanding from before)

They sit in the rain, blood streaming into the abyss that is traversed by the bridge.

Oh good they work. Now all that stands before you is a castle full of creatures bred to fight.. or fuck. I'm hoping for the last one, much easier. I still don't like Ria being there. Outcome of Flails wanting to split her with his fuck spear because hey it's Flails are too big and will just lead us to fight no matter if he isin't the traitor.

Ria isin't going in there, period. Wizard can understand us so reach him and talk. Everything hostile is for fighting. If he's traitor hope he's sporty enough to give you a fair fight, if you reach him. I wish we could have called him out.

Well let's get going. This plan certainly seems legit.

If Legit meant extremely dangerous.

>>267371

Ria is going because if it comes down to needing to kill Flails, having her oil up her tits with antithesis and rubbing them on him is pretty much the best chance we have.

Also because there are probably going to be other things in there BEFORE flails, and the fewer we need to fight the better. Let's not forget that, in the event of a fight, Spikesby no longer has magical toughness and the Adept is mangled. Ria at least has a big gun and knows how to use it.

She is far, FAR too much of an asset to leave behind right now.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)14:32 No. 267374 ID: b7798b
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Spikesby leaves Ria and Holizen in the plane, out of the rain, and journeys into the castle alone.

The hall, like a giant ribcage, stretches indefinitely into the gloom. Unlike the last time, though, he can hear raucous shouts and see illumination coming from up ahead. He hears various sounds from side chambers, and generally remembers the layout from before - the creature that eats corpses and the Fucknasium specifically.

>>267374
Go to the fucknasium and wak for Flails to come out.

Quick peek in fucknasium if there's no Flails and you should hear by sound if he's there then avoid corpse eater and continue forward. I doubt Flail's will be quietly reading a book so navigate by sound. Flails likes to shout when he fights likely when he fucks too as you should remember when he chased you, try to recall that voice and seek it out. Avoid other noises to the best of your abilities. If you hear really metal music that might be him too.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)15:10 No. 267379 ID: b7798b
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Spikesby peeks in to the Fucknasium. Flails isn't here. Now that he thinks about it, the main corridor was dark before, and no sounds came from there. Flails is probably at the end of it.

Before he can turn to leave, though, he hears a familiar voice.

"Hey! Is somebody out there? You've got to help me, please!"

N-no, Spikesby thinks, It can't be!

Sky?

>>267379
He probably just made another Sky after the first one left, after all it's what he does best. You can try to help whoever that is after you have spoken to flails. So lets go find him first.

Oh great, he's created another one. I don't think that's Sky. We're just going to have to leave it this time and make for Flails. If we really must we can cut this one loose if we can do so without endangering ourselves after we've either killed Flails or sent him to war. If Flails dosen't immeadetly leave or it's just too dangerous then we don't. Too many important things going down right now to risk it all anymore. It's tough luck, goodbye.

>>267379
Go back towards the Flails sound. He's probably there.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)16:15 No. 267390 ID: b7798b
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Sorry for the long time between updates, I had a thing that happened.

Spikesby knows he should go - he's here to talk to Flails... he -he should go, but he can't help it. He has to at least see.

He creeps quietly to the door and peeks in. She hasn't seen him. It's the same room - it... he remembers, just like then.

"Hey! Is somebody out there? Please! You've got to help me! You've got to get me out of here!"

Her screams echo in the chamber.

........ TWINS BAZZEL.

>>267390

Oh good god, why are you agitating it! You could have just walked out and tried a rescue in a more convenient time if it matters that much. Even bloody keep it in mind as a thing to do a day or week after if no convenient opportunity presented itself. Right now it goes against everything and risks the lives of all. Get the fuck out stupid and find Flails. I swear if it's cries alerted everybody... just go, you'll be lucky now if you survive to play the hero again. I know it bothers but get a grip.

>>267390
It's not Sky, it's her replacement. You can help her later. First deal with Flails.

DON'T BE TRICKED SPIKESBY, IT'S A CLONE.

Attempt to create an *understanding* with her using gestures and such. Explain that you need to know where flails is, and you'll come back later.

If that doesn't work, just leave for now.

>>267348

It's hard to tell how Flails will react upon seeing Spikesby, it's easy to assume he's still sore from him jacking Sky. Best at least try to talk to him while he's not super pissed off.. THEN steal the chick. Though chances are once he finds out, he'll probably put two and two together and Spikesby won't have any possible chances of having any form of communication with Flails anymore.

for two Sky babes though? worth it.

Ignore the copy.

You can come back for it later if it's still alive. Flails is the priority here.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)18:04 No. 267420 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby knows she's not really Sky, it's just... how can he leave her?

There isn't much he can do, he supposes. He'll just have to come back to her as soon as he can.

He goes down the main hallway, encountering nothing and entering a vast chamber. A huge, thick rug leads to a giant throne, where Flails himself sits, drinking and eating.

The carpet is strewn with blood, food, and ... other fluids, and Flails's eyeless attendants coo and moan, shifting languidly at the base of his throne.

"WHO ARE YOU?" Flails bellows, "WHAT'RE YOU DOING HERE?" It's obvious the Wizard doesn't recognize him, and that's not really surprising to Spikesby. He doesn't know if Flails remembers him freeing Sky, but he should probably keep his identity hidden for as long as possible.

>>267420
Tell him what you're there to tell him. That the Lord of Marvels is up to no good, has been caught redhanded with his hands in the cookie jar and now there be a shitstorm coming. You recomend that if Flails has any connections to the LoM then he should cut them immediatly and instead possibly go rape Radia into submission, she looks like a cockhungry one, all she needs is a big fat juicy one up her ass and then she will calm down. Or possibly fly into a fighting frenzy, either way Flails should enjoy the whole deal.

Tell him you're a messenger from Flare, then tell him about the conspiracy. Don't mention the dead guard on his bridge. Maybe he'll be in such a rush to leave he won't notice!

>>267420
Tell him Marvels is trying to fuck up his sweet gig by caving the Sea of Oblivion in on everyone.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)18:57 No. 267435 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby tells Flails that he is from Flare and that the Lord of Marvels is up to no good, has been caught redhanded with his hands in the cookie jar and now there be a shitstorm coming. He says that the Lord of Marvels is allied with the Progenitors from the Sea of Obvlivion, and possibly plans to flood the world with it. He recommends that Flails should cut any ties he has with the Lord of Marvels and instead possibly go rape Radia into submission, she looks like a cockhungry one, all she needs is a big fat juicy one up her ass and then she will calm down. He chooses not to mention the dead guard.

Flails sits up in his throne, leaning forward,
"FLARE, EH? WELL, ME AN' FLARE ARE BUDDIES, BUT SOMETIMES HE GETS CRAZY IDEAS. LORD OF MARVELS IS ROCK SOLID. HE'S THE ONE WHO GOT US TO STOP MURDERING EACH OTHER IN THE FIRST PLACE, HIM AND BLACKSOUL. IF HE DID SOMETHING, I BET HE HAD A GOOD REASON FOR IT. BESIDES, WHAT GAVE FLARE THE IDEA ANYWAY? YOU GOT ANY PROOF?"

>>267435

Tell Flails Breaker that the Lord of Marvels tried to send you into the Sea of Oblivion to bring back a weapon to fight wizards with. That's why you aren't magical any more even though you're a snikt, because you trusted him until you got there.

>>267435
Tell him about the interior of the sea and your discussion with the Progenitor. Tell him you've learned that Marvel is exporting Antithesis from the Sea first hand.

Hm. Spikesby could be in trouble here if he doesn't come up with good proof.

He should still have some of that antithesis slime on his scythes. Tell Flails to have a close sniff at the stuff, but warn him not to touch the it. It []will[] kill him if he does. This is the weapon.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)20:03 No. 267448 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby walks closer and explains to Flails. He says that Lord of Marvels convinced him to go into the Sea of Oblivion, and describes some of what it was like inside.
He explains that once he was inside, he spoke with a Progenitor who explained that Lord of Marvels was in cahoots with them, and has exported antithesis.

Spikesby explains that the Progenitor stripped him of magic, which is why he is no longer magical, and he escaped the Sea rather than go along with the plan.

He decides not to tell Flails Breaker about the Antithesis on his blades for now. He knows that in a stand up fight, he has no chance of landing a blow, and that it would be impossible to outrun him as well.

Flails sits on his throne, thaumaturgical fire licking his awful, bloody skull as he considers Spikesby's words, then he speaks.

"I'VE KNOWN MARVELS A LONG TIME. HE'S A PLANNER. EVEN IF ALL THAT STUFF IS TRUE, I GOT NO REASON TO BELIEVE HIS PLAN IS TROUBLE FOR ME. IT'S PROBABLY SOME IDEA TO GET RID OF THE SEA. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR HIM TO WANT OBLIVION TO SPREAD - THAT RUINS HIM TOO. HE KNOWS I TRUST HIM, AND YOU AIN'T GIVEN ME A REASON NOT TO."

>>267448
Tell him that your blades are laced with Antithesis and Marvels sent you to kill him, but since Oblivion ripped away the Wizard's ability to control you, you're not going to do that and you're telling him instead.

>>267448

Tell him that the progenitors have already figured out a way to send monsters through the wall, and that since Marv is working with them he probably knows about it. He already tried to take out K'Shaara, too.

The fact is, the progenitor you spoke to made no mention of sparing any wizard, no matter who they might be. Marv never did so, either. His whole deal seems to be based on making the world okay for the progenitors, which probably isn't a good thing for Flails Breaker either since they probably remember how much he loves a good fight.

Tell Flails that regardless of what you say, Flare is on his way to kill Marv now. If he wants to get to the bottom of this before Marv is toast then we should also get going now.

If Marv is up to no good there will be proof there. If he isn't, then Marv is probably forgiving enough to protect Spikesby from Flails.

>>267449
Flare would probably take this as even more reason not to trust us. Voting against this idea.

>>267451

What, and telling him that Flare is on his way to kill Marv is a good idea? Since Blacksoul trusts Marv, and he already appears to at least believe spikesby about marv having an underhanded plan and STILL trusts marv, your suggestion will just get Flails to go jump flare to protect marv, even if they AREN'T already allied in this endeavor.

Trying to play Flails against Marv is a much better idea. So if need be I'll scrap my suggestion, 'upvote' >>267449 , and 'downvote' yours as if that were a thing that could happen.

>>267448
Fuck it, just leave. ;D

Do not tell him about the antithesis on your blades. SERIOUSLY.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)21:39 No. 267475 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby tells Flails that Lord of Marvels taught the Progenitors how to create a monster that could Pierce the Wall. One went through and wiped out cities in Radia and Soulfire's territories.

Flails shrugs, although a little uncomfortably,
"I'M TELLIN' YOU, HE'S GOT A PLAN."

Spikesby puts on his best game face, and lies like a motherfucker. He tells Flails that he has antithesis on his blades, and Lord of Marvels sent him here to kill Flails, but that he can no longer be controlled by Wizards because of the Sea, so he chose not to.

"KILL YOURSELF!" Flails shouts. Nothing happens. The silence is mildly uncomfortable as Flare begins to stand. "GRH. I NEED TO THINK."

Suddenly, a Nemesis crashes on the carpet in front of Flails, leaping to her feet. She holds a scroll in her hand and screeches to Flails. "Blacksoul has gone insane, and wishes to kill everyone. He is massing forces to attack the Lord of Marvels, who requests your assistance immediately!" she screeches.

Flails seems unsure of what to do. He remains half standing.

>>267475
Leap at her and stab her in the back, shouting "LIAR!"

After you've stabbed her enough and covered in blood, look up at Flails and cry, wak'ing "Look at me... I'm dying because of him! I don't want there to be a war but this is his plan! He wants to kill everyone but himself, including you! He probably knew I wouldn't go through with this, or maybe thinks I died in the sea! You have to believe me! Just... Just look at me! What do I have to gain by lying!? I'm dead either way!"

>>267475

Obviously Blacksoul must have discovered the Lord of Marvels' plan. What other reason could he have to try to kill another wizard?

Flare is active as well. If Flails lends his aid now they may be able to end the battle swiftly and decisively.

>>267481
Really!

>>267480
Don't kill her, she's just a messenger, and it would make you look bad to kill his messengers. And don't mention your own mortality.

Tell him that Blacksoul must have learned that the lord of marvels was going to betray him and the other wizards, and sent for his help to fight Blacksoul. Do not refer to Flails with terms such as distraction, trick, stuff that insults his intelligence, it will just make him mad.

>>267475
All the more reason to get going. Tell Flails that he should get underway now, regardless of what he thinks, as Flare is already coming for Marv as we speak. Hopefully have him take us with him.

There's a way to get to the bottom of this, assuming the wizards will stop just for a moment to make one last attempt to talk things out before it all goes to hell.

Blacksoul is a mostly reasonable guy. Tell Flails he can act as a neutral party. He should demand an investigation of Marv's base camp and dwelling before things get nasty. If Marv refuses then he is the enemy. Kill him... unless he's already dead when we get there. If Blacksoul refuses to listen then... er... sit back and watch? You're not gonna stop him.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)22:19 No. 267490 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby decides not to do anything to the messenger, instead, he focuses on Flails. He shouts that Blacksoul must have uncovered Marvels's plan. If Flails moves now, they can end all this quickly.

Spikesby leaps back as a sudden gout of thaumaturgical fire incinerates the Nemesis.

"I'm staying here," Flails says. "Marvels will have to try to unfuck this baby he made on his own. I won't help him, but I'm sure as fuck not risking my life for Blacksoul either. Or Flare.

Now get the fuck out of here. If I see you again, I'll kill you on the spot."

He does not resume his seat.

>>267490

Sounds like as good a time as any to GTFO. Those aren't caps. He mad.

>>267490
Comply!

Enthusiastically!

>>267492
Go away from him. Maybe ask if any of the other wizards have any motivations that would make them want to kill all the other wizards, if you think you can get away with it without being toasted.

Anyone up for freeing Sky2.0 on the way out? We're never come back here and if he ever sees us again we'll be dead anyway. If she's anything like the first Sky then she'll be able to tell us when we're getting close a wizard. Also flying... maybe. Looks like this one might not have wings.

Plus, y'know. Spikesby's a good guy and all.

>>267490
Say "Okay. I'll leave. But no matter who is fighting who, someone wants everyone dead. You're a stand-up guy, Flails, and I've met enough people in my travels to think you have friends who are pretty stand-up too. Now would be a good time to try to find some mutual protection away from both of them. Just swimming away might not be enough this time."

Then walk off like a badass too cool to look at an explosion.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/28(Tue)22:59 No. 267507 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby quickly asks if Flails knows why any Wizard would want to kill all the other ones.

"FUCK IF I KNOW. I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO FUCK OFF." The fire in his eyes grows more intense.

Spikesby starts a pretty badass speech. "Okay, I'll leave, but..." is as far as he gets before Flails Breaker unleashes a terrifying roar, and Spikesby scrambles as quickly as possible back to the airplane.

He squeezes in the cockpit and sees Holizen, conscious, but with a heavily bandaged face and throat, and apparently only one eye.

He explains as best he is able to Ria what happened. She is glad that Flails won't fight, but feels pretty terrible about leaving Sky's sister inside. Spikesby does too, actually, but thinks Flails was probably pretty serious, and he's missed his chance.

Holizen speaks up. "Where to? My mission is accomplished, but we have plenty of fuel. I'll take you wherever you want."

Please suggest a destination and general course of action. Spikesby knows that Soulfire probably received the same message Flails did, but probably moved to attack. He also knows that Blacksoul is allies with Childless Meg and Queen of Sorrows. His blades will no longer carry antithesis, no matter where he ends up, though - it only lasts for so long.

Go to where the action is and, much as the title of Book 6 suggests, watch the world end. Maybe see if you can save it if things haven't gone too far out of your league yet.

>>267507
Right back inside to grab Skie 2: Electric Boogaloo.

C'mon, we're not going to just LEAVE her there!

>>267510

I second this. I say we sneak back in and see what we can do.

Also, I'm going to assume by the title of the chapter, shit is eventually going to hit the fan. That being the case, figured I'd bring some ideas up.

In the long run I'd think it'd be a good idea to stock up on supplies and prepare for an eventual loss. The wizards don't even want to cooperate in taking down the void because of stupid personal grudges or lost romances. In the "real" world, Spikesby's dealt with a ton of shit. losing an eye from these wizards, countless fights. most he'd experienced in the void is some starvation. Hell, there's even civilizations in there. As long as his group stays together, they should be fine. They could even direct civilians toward the civilizations, and probably even start anew.

Who's to say living in the void would be all that bad? It sure as hell seemed more peaceful than in the real world.

>>267510
Yes we're just going to leave her there. He will just make another one to replace this one as well. And he's very much incredibly pissed off right now.

>>267515
It's not just starvation. Stay there long enough and it starts to drain away your mind. You pretty much end up with severe alzheimers or dementia.

>>267507
We already sent one team to Queen of Sorrows. Lets go over to Childless Meg's place and see what's up.

>>267510
Actually, leaving her there is exactly the sane course of action.

Leave her. She's not important enough to risk the world.

>>267510

That is exactly what we are going to do. Not only is it outlandishly risky to go back at this point, if we go on to steal Flails Breaker's new Sky he will probably assume that we were bamboozling him and go to aid Lord of Marvels, even if only out of rage and spite. And that is exactly what we don't want.

>>267515

>It sure as hell seemed more peaceful than in the real world.

So long as you hide from the roving monsters and manage to maintain any sort of mind.

If we can find a way to get Spikesby in alive, Reaching Meg is probably the best idea.

>>267562

>That is exactly what we are going to do.

That refers to leaving her there, btw.

>>267515
Title of the "book" actually, but yes I agree. Waste will most certainly be splattering against the turbines one way or another.
I just hope "The End of the World" is a catchy title meant to convey "This is the dramatic conclusion of the quest," rather than and indicator of how we're doing.

Of course if it comes to that we could always build a raft and live out at sea. Oblivion doesn't seem to like water for some reason. Curious.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/29(Wed)12:48 No. 267585 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby, as much as it pains him, is forced to admit that it would be the height of foolishness to attempt to rescue Sky's sister. Maybe he can think of something later.

He decides to go warn Childless Meg. They need not worry about landing in or attempting to cross the swamp - they find her, and her 'entourage' near the edge of the Radiant Plains.

"Lord Flare told us about her," Holizen offers, "During the war, she ... did something to herself, permanently altering her body. She cannot use the normal sorts of magic the other Wizards utilize, but instead, is an expert at undoing the spells of others. She leaks poison and curses from her broken body. Don't worry - it wont affect us unless we are near her for an extended period of time."

They exit, thinking of how to approach, and what they intend to do.

>>267585
Inform her of what Flare is doing and that Flails is sitting out the entire thing. Atleast that's the last thing he said. Could be that he has a change of heart later.

Oh, and Spikesby should be immune to curses. So it's probably safest if he approaches slowly by himself and wak out his message from a somewhat safe distance.

>>267585
Sure, do this: >>267587

There's probably a ton of crap that'll randomly pop out of the ground and grab us if we get too close.

And remember to address her with the proper honor and respect and all that shit.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/29(Wed)14:56 No. 267594 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby approaches slightly and informs Childless Meg about Flare and Flails Breaker.

The corpses of her animated... things are quite pungent.

Meg grunts. "Good news about Breaker. Not such an idiot after all. Less trouble for Sorrows. Heard about Flare. What do you have to do with all this? Come to tell me about Breaker? I'm to deal with Soulfire. Suspect Radia will try to kill me."

>>267594
Well you mainly came to her to make sure she knew what was going down. Other than that there wasn't really anything else. Guess we could ask her if there is anything we can do to help her. Like maybe inform the Queen of Sorrows that Flails isn't getting involved and she should go after Radia instead. Or maybe see if Morriga can be convinced to pitch in.

>>267596
Yeah. Just tell her you're here to make sure she knows what's going on.

We're kind of out of the loop though. The other wizards seem to be on the war march already. Ask if she can tell you what happened and detail a basic outline of the plan, like who's supposed to deal with who and basically what's going on.

Guess we should head off to Sorrows next and tell her she doesn't have to kill Flails Breaker.

Oh and probably shouldn't spill the specifics on how you are involved. You informed Flare, now you're here to help. All she needs to know.

>>267594

She seems to know of the plans of the wizards standing opposed to Lord of Marvels and his get. Ask her if K'Shaara and Ryxix have been contacted regarding the attack, if they have not been informed K'Shaara might be able to bring Ryxix in line and add extra strength to their side, possibly providing enough protections to keep Radia from interfering with Meg.

Forgot: see if she knows anything about what K'shaara's been up to, if Meg doesn't mention her. The last time Spikesby saw her was still "dead" atop the tower in Suri. I'm sure he's a little curious to know what became of her.

Aside from the intermission we have no idea what she's been doing anyway. Could be vital.

>>267594
+1 to "kindly ask wtf is going on"

Also, remark that Radia is a bitch.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/29(Wed)16:24 No. 267616 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby asks what she knows, and what is going on. He asks if someone should go tell Queen of Sorrows.

"Already done. Some Ravian talked to sorrows. Said some other 'team'," she snorts, "dealing with Breaker. Must have been you. Sorrows isn't looking to fight Breaker if she can help it.

I got a note from Blacksoul. Marvels selling us out to Oblivion. Ryxix Crazy. K'shaara resurrected? Never knew she was dead. Blacksoul has to deal with Ryxix to get to Marvels. Hope he can do it. Sorrows going to help. I got to deal with Soulfire."

She pauses for a moment, closing her eyes and running her tongue along her lips.

"Said you informed Flare? Who sent you to inform? What did you tell him? You stink. Smell like Oblivion." She sniffs the air again.

"Something else. Can't make it out. Care to explain?"

>>267616
Oh, this is going kind of in a bad direction. Time for a version of the truth. LoM tricked you to go into the sea, once there you were changed by one of the natives, who confirmed that they had a connection to the LoM. You went around a bit to see how life was on the other side, concluded that it sucked pretty hard and then went back to this side. Ended up in Flare's territory and told him about your findings in the hope he could come up with something. He decided to go fuck up LoM immediatly and you scrambled to pick up the pieces.

And that's pretty much all. Lets hope she doesn't press any further about anthithesis or somehing.

Oh, and we should probably consider where to go next. If we had the antimagic power charged up to full we could probably get Ryxix. But without that we don't really stand that much of a chance against him. Guess we could try to find Kshaara and see if we can talk some sense into her or something so she can get Ryxix out of the way.

She smells the touch of Oblivion on Spikesby. Unless he explains what that's all about she's probably gonna think he's with Marvels. Bad.

Come clean, I guess. You went into the Oblivion to attain free will, found out Marv was up to something and decided you weren't going to play along, stopped by Flare's to fix up a wounded companion on your way out, and had to tell him about it the whole ordeal in payment. You're basically a double agent. Leave out the part where you have a jar of wizard poison, though.

Also mention that you surmised by your change in color that you've still got some Oblivion in you, but it isn't dangerous and you believe it should fade away eventually. But what does she mean by "Something else?" Can she describe it? That's either very good or very bad.

>>267616
+1 to >>267619, i.e. abbreviated truth telling. Meg appears to be smart, so unless we give her what she wants to know, and explain a legitimate reason for smelling like oblivion, she'll probably do bad things to us.

>>267619
Supporting this. Also mention how you almost starved to death and are not especially grateful.

Hmm. I'm guessing that she can smell your soul, spikesby. DO NOT LINGER.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/29(Wed)17:35 No. 267655 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby explains the basics of what really happened: being tricked by the Lord of Marvels, and his time in Oblivion, that Marvels was connected with the Progenitors and that he decided not to support Marvels. He explains briefly about Flare as well.

He paints his stay in the Sea as unpleasant, and says he's been changed and that's probably what she smells.

She sniffs again, thoughtfully.

"Nope. Not what I smell. I smell blood. Progenitor blood. Faint traces of it on you. Concentrated on the snake. Hmph. Smell Radia too. Coming this way. Be useful. Stuff's poison. Seems like you know that. Understand what Marvels tried to 'trick' you into. Asked myself why Marvels would 'trick' you into going into Sea. All makes sense." She shrugs.

"Couple hours until Radia gets close enough to attack. Could use the help."

>>267655
Tell her that if Radia attacks, if she can keep the magic off of you, you can gank Radia with the Antithesis. Then gank Radia with the Antithesis. If she's hostile... I guess. Bitch.

>>267658
Plausible I guess. Radia is certainly one of the more deserving wizards.

>>267658
Could work I guess. Unless Radia is wearing an absurdly strong armour. But I still feel like we should try to clear the way for Blacksoul through Ryxix.

Hmm, we could ask the pilot how long it would take to get to Kshaara if Meg knows where she's at. Or alternatively offer Meg some of the poison to put on one of her beasties to attack Radia with. Only needs a scratch after all.

If Meg wants help let's fuckin' help.

It's time to murder us a glowing bitch wizard.

Kill Radia.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/29(Wed)19:09 No. 267702 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby reapplies the Antithesis to his blades. He's used almost half of the Antithesis.

Ria and Holizen go hide the plane outside of the Radiant Plains, and Spikesby hides on the route Radia will have to take. Soon enough, he sees her.

He hears a massive thump, and then another. He peeks from the dirt and sees her, and then sees the weapons. Can she do that?!

>>267702
Jump out and shank that bitch. Quick.

>>267702
So stab her in the back while she's distracted.

Actually her torso may be made of intangiable light so I guess you'd better stab her in the backside.

>>267702

You're going to need to take her out fast and quick. Try to sneak up as close as you can, then pounce up to stab her right in the ass as soon as you get an opening. It's going to have to be while she's distracted dealing with the sharkmonster.

>>267702
As quietly and swiftly as possible, run up an stab her butt. Avoid the beams of light connecting her body as best you can. If we're lucky she'll rear... eheheh... she'll rear in pain and and surprise, throwing her head back. If that happens, go for the back of the head and it's over.

Whatever happens after that first stab, go for the face. You must destroy the face. It can vaporize you.

try hitting her in the head, if anything, you'll ruin her "beautiful" face.

sneak up and lob the bitch's head in half. vertically. and then horizontally if possible. Assuming her face is how she sees, which would make sense, she'll be blind, plus her vaporize attack will be gone.

who knows, maybe an instant K.O.?

Just pray to god she doesn't catch you sneaking behind. If she does.. fuck, I don't know, we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/29(Wed)20:10 No. 267722 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby waits, and then leaps.

He slashes as he moves past, feeling bare resistance against his forward claw.

She turns instantly. So unbelievably fast.

He feels scorching heat radiating from her snarling face.

"WH- YOU TOUCHED ME? YOU INSOLENT, FILTHY WORM! YOU WILL SUFFER!"

>>267722
Turn around and wak "An eye for an eye, bitch. Or in this case, an eye for an ass."

Sky would cream herself if she saw what a badass you were here.

Go ahead and say this but AVOID AND EVADE HER INEVITABLE COUNTERATTACK at the same time.

make sure to call her a bitch before she completely dies

>>267722
Call her a bitch and watch her die horribly.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/29(Wed)20:29 No. 267729 ID: 0b5a64
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Spikesby calls her a bitch, hits the ground, and roll.

She gurgles something unintelligible and then

-A tremendous flash of light
- A deafening explosion

>>267729
Alright!

Now make sure Meg's alright and let's regroup, not that you can touch her with that shit on your blades anyways. The other wizards are going to hear of this FAST and shit is going to go to even more hell than before. We need to think about our next move.

>>267729
Wow. That is some very fast acting poison. Should've gotten two jars of the stuff.

If it looks safe then head back to the spot where Radia kicked it. See if there's anything of interest left or if you feel anything there, aside from heat. If not, go back to Meg and see how she's doing.

>>267729
Get back to Meg and get her in that plane. She needs to get into the fight to negate any bigtime hostile magic.

Also, put meg in the plane so we can get her to soulfire faster and maybe save flare from soulfire.

We need Meg to spray sodium bicarbonate out of her tits all over Soulfire to literally snuff him as quickly as possible.

>>267736
Yeah, let's do this.

>meg in the plane
>She leaks poison and curses from her broken body.

I think her in the plane would count as an extended period of time. ...if I'm wrong, let's do it! If I'm right then at least we can give her a boost.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2010/12/29(Wed)22:00 No. 267755 ID: 0b5a64
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There is nothing of note except for scorched grass.

Spikesby has a brilliant plan. Rather than Meg having to footslog all the way to Soulfire, they ask her if she would like to use their jet.

Ria doesn't seem entirely pleased when she readily accepts. She sends the reanimated corpses home, and they are soon underway.

In before we accidentally touch Meg with the Antithesis and cause her to wtfboom.wav too.

>>267756
I was just thinking that. Hope Ria's got a tight grip on the jar.

Actually... just where would Meg fit in there? It already looked pretty cramped with just the three of them.
You don't think...? Naw.

Chapter 3 Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/22(Sat)13:44 No. 273794 ID: 383006
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The Desert of Ruin is hot, and K'shaara's living blood does not cool me. It has been difficult to avoid the massive patrols of Snikts - something huge is happening.

I crouch my Container near a dune. Oh no. Ryxix is close. His grating voice booms across the desert.

BLACKSOUL! SHOW YOURSELF! I SMELL YOU IN MY DESERT. I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO. I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO STOP ME. YOU WILL NOT ENFORCE YOUR FOOLISH LAWS AGAINST ME!

I drink deeply of the blood, feeling the power course through me.

>>273794
What... happened to you?

And Heartsbane?

And what is the situation?

Wat.

Explain.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/22(Sat)14:47 No. 273805 ID: 383006
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I digested for ... time. Then, I was free. I drank the blood and transmuted a thing to carry as much as I could. I continue to drink it, transmuting the thing continually to travel.

I... fled. I do not know if Heartsbane is alive or dead. I have wandered in the Desert of Ruin, lost and attempting to avoid confrontation. It seems that I have failed.

I hear a strangely familiar voice, magically enhanced so that it carries easily.

I am not here to fight you, Ryxix. There are much more important things to deal with. I just need to pass. Just move. Lord of Marvels is plotting to destroy us all and must be stopped.

Ryxix screams,
DO YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL, BLACKSOUL? I KNOW WHY YOU'VE COME! YOU CANNOT HOPE TO DESTROY ME. TURN AND LEAVE OR DIE! THOSE ARE YOUR OPTIONS.

I have no idea what is happening. Wizards are not supposed to enter one anothers' domains, so what is Blacksoul doing here? The blood sings in me, greatly increasing the power of my transmutations.

Stay hidden, watch, and listen. You probably can't run away from either of the, so bolt for Blacksoul if you are spotted, but in a non-threatening not-directly-at-him kind of way.
Ryxix will kill you. Blacksoul only might.

How is your blood supply?

(Opps I made a durp with my first post.)

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/22(Sat)16:33 No. 273843 ID: 383006
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I edge towards Blacksoul.

Cold fury burns in Blacksoul's rasping whisper, "Stop being an idiot, Ryxix! Move aside or come with me! We are all in grave danger!"

Ryxix charges, his roar an awful cacophony of chittering voices, PERHAPS THE THREE OF YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN ME, BUT ALONE, YOU ARE DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!"

he undulates beneath the sand, sending a scorching beam of thaumaturgical energy that Blacksoul turns away with a grunt.

Blacksoul's own attack does not even slow Ryxix!

Is there any way you could use your magic to help Blacksoul?

If you can just get him a path to get around Ryxix, he should be able to get past and do what he needs to do. He obviously doesn't want to fight. Is there any way you could throw up a wall, or harden the sand to possibly slow Ryxix's movements? I'm not sure just how much power you get from K'Shaara's blood.

>>273843
Do you even have the slightest chance of influencing this? Because Blacksoul not dying is kind of the preferrable outcome.

Else you may as well just run away.

Run out and tell them to stop fighting. Use magic to be really loud and obnoxious.

harden the ground when Ryxix's head is below it to try to get him to hesitate for a moment so Blacksoul can wallop him.

Assist Blacksoul only if it seems he's lost the upper hand or is in immediate danger. Otherwise just keep watching.

If that happens, try using your abilities to drown Ryxix with sand and throw plumes of it in his eyes.

If you can solidify the sand then try trapping his submerged portions with it and impaling him with spikes.

Once you have revealed yourself make an indirect retreat to Blacksoul's position as described before. Do your best to make it clear you are assisting him.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/22(Sat)18:18 No. 273866 ID: 383006
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I harden the ground around him, raise a wall, and try to spear him with hardened spikes!

The spikes shatter into sand when they hit him, and he slams into the wall with an earth-shattering crunch. Sand cascades to the ground.

The hardened ground splinters, throwing plumes of dust into the sky, as Blacksoul attacks, apparently actually hurting him, although it seems like an awfully insignificant wound to me.

Only Wizards can hurt Wizards. Continue to hamper his movement; that's really all you can manage. Also see if you can assist Blacksoul's movement away from Ryxix. If Ryxix gets close enough to EAT Blacksoul... uh yeah that'd be a problem.

>>273866
maybe try to form a the sand into a big figure of K'sharra in front of him when he gets through that wall. Maybe it could cause him to hesitate rather than plow right through the image of his beloved snake tits allowing Blacksoul to bust him up or something?

Try to keep up the hindrance, it looks like you're accomplishing a lot more than you would by actually attacking him directly.

Maybe try to keep him distracted and open some sort of tunnel for blacksoul to get around him? Blacksoul doesn't actually WANT to fight Ryxix, he just wants to get through. That's what he said, after all.

>>273870

That's an excellent idea given how insane Ryxix is right now. Do that.

Ryxix's head and therefore mouth is drying to plow through that wall. Drown him in sand. You can't kill him anyway, but if he runs out of oxygen I'd imagine he conks out just like any mortal. At the very least you'll be able to seriously mess up his insides with sand he swallows.

No matter what happens, prevent Blacksoul from dying. If you have to get rough with him to save his life, like punting him out of Ryxix's way with a pillar of sand, then do it.

>>273870
Make the snaketits as realistic as possible and make it talk if you can. Totally get him under control.

let's just stick to what we know:
1) we're good at transmuting stuff and it's having an effect on the battle's outcome
2) remember what happened last time we acted?
3) we don't know how he'll react to seeing her here now

stick with transmuting stuff to help blacksoul.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/22(Sat)19:24 No. 273896 ID: 383006
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I haul Blacksoul back on a little island of sand, he falls to his knees but doesn't lose his balance completely. I also make a giant Sand Kshaara. Both of these things are fairly complex, so I can't do anything to Ryxix. Besides, I need specific things to do.

Ryxix sees the shape and turns, temporarily ignoring Blacksoul, who is doing... something. GRRGH! Ryxix shouts.

Unless I can think of something, fast, I don't think I'll be able to keep him distracted or slowed for more than a couple seconds.

Maybe have the sand K'Shaara try to hold up her hand and get Ryxix to stop? It might buy time if nothing else.

>>273896
make the K'sharra open her arms like she wants to Ryxix to embrace her, maybe it'll entice him in that direction, and keep his attention long enough for Blacksoul to do his thang

>>273899
>>273900
Do one of these, then have the figure suddenly lunge at him and try to suffocate him. At the very least, try to cover his face and harden the sand over it. He'll be far more vulnerable if he can't see.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/22(Sat)20:18 No. 273913 ID: 383006
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I pour energy into the sand K'shaara, making it grow larger and reach out to him. Ryxix lunges and I reinforce it, barely keeping it from shattering. It wraps its arms around him and he presses close to it.

I can't pour sand into his mouth without disrupting the shape completely.

"SEE, DARLING, I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING WAS STILL THE SAME. YOU ARE NOT TINY AND WE ARE TOGETHER JUST LIKE ALWAYS! NO ONE CAN STOP US! I- I SMELL YOU K'SHAARA, I SMELL YOU CLOSE TO ME!"

>>273913
Just maintain the thing! Maintain the thing until Blacksoul can do something!

>>273914
That. Do your utmost to not fuck it up. Maybe add some gentle caresses, hugs, whatever. Keep him distracted. Blacksoul looks like he's almost done.

If tits go up and Ryxix gets wise or freaks out, then use the K'shaara figure to restrain him as best you can, but again: only if something goes wrong.

>>273913
Have the sand decoy kiss him.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/22(Sat)20:49 No. 273920 ID: 383006
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I make the K'shaara hold him tightly, rubbing his back and holding his face against her shoulder.

"KZAARA, I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.

and then the sky opens. The energy is blindingly bright and a wave of awful, nauseating heat washes over me.

I feel feverish, chilled, my stomach heaves and an awful, corrupt stench hangs heavily in the air. When I breathe in, it feels like sucking in clotted disease.

>>273920
Hold up your shirt and breathe through the cloth. It won't help but you'll feel like it will. Survey the damage and try to get a look at Blacksoul.

Ho boy. Snaketits aint gonna like this one bit when she learns about it. But I guess this counts as revenge for that time she ATE YOU ALIVE. Bitch.

If Ryxix is dead, or somehow survived and is merely incapacitated, reveal yourself to Blacksoul in a very non threatening manner and gently lower his pedestal.

>>273920
Transmute some sand into glass and use that so you can see once you encase yourself in sand for protection, then encase yourself in sand for protection.
There's clean air between the grains of sand; draw this in by packing the sand together more solidly on the outside so you can keep that air clean while at the same time pushing it towards you.

Keep yourself healthy via your magic, and seal yourself off from the tainted air.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/22(Sat)21:55 No. 273932 ID: 383006
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I concentrate on healing my body - there is no untainted air for me to separate.

Why is it so dark?

I hear an awful, sepulchral whisper.
Who are you? What are you doing here? Tell me why I should let you live.

I... I think I can heal, but I need time.

>>273932

Well he can probably tell that you're already full of K'Shaara's blood, so that's probably bad for you. On the other hand, it should keep you protected from mentalism so so long as you don't lie big you might be able to get out of this.

Explain to him that you were in Suri when Ryxix invaded, and that K'Shaara consumed you to learn what had been going on. She apparently disgorged you here in the desert, and you were just trying to stay out of the way and avoid Ryxix' army of roving snikts. When you saw Ryxix attacking attacking Blacksoul, you decided to do what you could to help.

Tell him a good amount of the truth. You were trying to find your friends, came across their battle, and didn't like Ryxix so you helped Blacksoul out.

May as well tell him your name, as well. No point in lying to this guy. As far as letting you live... well, you just helped him out, so isn't that a good reason?

Say that you helped him.

If that's reason enough to kill you, I don't see how anything you can say will help.

"Because you're supposed to be a real cool reasonable guy and that would be really uncool?"

>>273932
You should probably tell him most of the truth. And that you also needed to get away from Ryxix, so it seemed wise to aid Blacksoul.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/23(Sun)12:21 No. 274032 ID: 383006
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"I was in Suri when Ryxix invaded," I say. "After, I was," I pause, "eaten by K'shaara.

She, uh, disgorged me later and I escaped into the desert. When I saw you fighting, I decided to help you. I wasn't going to help Ryxix."

The scraps of fabric shift and cover his body, and the darkness retreats.

"Well, he hisses, "I suppose we are done here."

He raises his hand. energy cascades across his fingers.

"Wait!," It's Sky! Why is she here?

But it's too late. The cursed lightning tears through the ground as I wait for the blow to land.

>>274032
Don't think he was aiming for you, but rather that bloodcarrying monstrosity that you had created.

>>274032
Wait for him to leave before you try to salvage any of the blood.

Seriously, you can wait. It's just sand; it's not that hard to get blood out of it.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/23(Sun)13:50 No. 274069 ID: 383006
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"I cannot allow you to make use of that energy," Blacksoul rasps, and I find myself strangely not dead.

Sky! I jump and she catches me, holding me tight.

"I didn't know if any of you made it!"
"We were so worried about you!"

we shout over each other and I squeeze her as tightly as I can.

Sky quickly explains that I was with her in the attack on Suri, confirming my story.

Held in Sky's powerful arms, I can almost forget how terrifying Blacksoul is as he speaks to me again.

"We are traveling to the Lord of Marvels. He has attempted to destroy us, and must be dealt with. I would like to know what you plan to do now. I recommend that you leave the desert, whatever you choose."

I didn't have a clear plan. It looks like I should come up with something, though.

>>274069
You should probably either try to help Blacksoul or go find a safe place. Although who knows what might be considered safe when wizards are fighting.

Stay with Blacksoul an sky. Assist them. Ask if you can salvage what remain of your "Container" and the blood it had in it.

>>274082
He just blew it up and said no, you can't use that. Pay attention.

We're not going to be of much help as we are. May as well ask Blacksoul if there's anything he knows you're capable of doing that would help... if not, I think we should go back and find Heartsbane. The city is likely unoccupied due to all the hubbub.

We should really go after Heartsbane. We left him in some hole in the ground...

Get Heartsbane so he doesn't suffocate in a hole, I guess.

Yeah, probably best not to leave a bro hangin'. Or buried, whichever that may be.

Also if you do just ditch him and he gets out he's going to be <b>pissed.</b>

Blacksoul, Sky and Glory. BFF as a group, safest idea. If teamwork worked this time there's no reason to think it would be a bad idea later.

Glory!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/23(Sun)16:34 No. 274157 ID: 383006
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I tell Blacksoul that I have to try to rescue my friend. He commands me to leave the blood behind and walks off with Sky. She wishes me luck, and tells me to be careful and stay safe.

I begin to make my way back to Suri, but don't get far when I hear something large moving. I quickly hide in a place I'd rather not - the valley strewn with Ryxix's corpse. Oh no! It's K'shaara!

A spray of meat pours from the piece of mangled corpse. He- he's alive?

"K'shaa.."

She approaches the corpse slowly, laying against it. I- is she crying?

The gorey remains twitch and gurgling, barely formed words issue from the mess

"I have failed you, darling," it bubbles, thick with it's own ichor, "he came to stop us... they wanted to keep us apart. I- I thought I could kill him. I-it was..."

"Ssh," she hisses, her voice thick with emotion, "This is all my fault, Xix. I should have been here. I should have told you about Marvels. This- this never should have..."

"I almost..." a thick stream of gore issues from some mangled part of his remains, "I cannot heal. Zorsuz uses cursed magic. I..."

"Quiet, now. Sssh." she sobs. "Just... imagine the sun. Imagine us standing under the bright, hot sun. It is day and we are together, moving through the dry sand. We are spending all day together, just wasting it with idle chatter. Imagine..."[/i]

"I. I can see... the sun..."

she lays against him, her body shaking. I quietly slip away.

>>274157
Yea, no. Not happening.
Go back there and use your powers to circulate his blood, and tell K'shaara to start crafting simple creatures to fill in for what his body can no longer do.

These wizards suck at lateral thinking; they always get what they want with the direct route so they never have to really think. We're here; we'll teach you how to bootstrap a corpse back to life.

Blacksoul's cursed magic vs Glory's healing blood and reshaping abilities?

Awesome as it would be to have snaketits owe Glory one for saving her beloved centipede, especially after that awkward eaten alive thing, I'm thinking there isn't much Glory could do even if K'shaara let her suck on an artery. Ryxix was crazed and malevolent anyway.

Best move on and try to find some sign of Heartsbane. He could die happy if he saw this mess.

>>274163
How about no. Because of a few reasons. Like for instance that's not K'shaara's blood, so the effect might not be the same. The crazy bitch already ate Glory once, we should probably not giver her another chance to do so. It's unlikely that we would actually be able to get it to work. And lastly, Ryxix is a violent crazy psychopath, and the world is a better place without him. Seriously, he's up among the top of wizards that should not be allowed to run free. He's dead and he's going to stay dead.

Chapter 4 Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)12:41 No. 276102 ID: 383006
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"Bring me in closer! I need to be closer to stop Soulfire!" Meg cackles, black energy wafting from her fingers.

Blood and infection dribble from Holizen's mouth. She's been getting far worse since they took off. Spikesby and Ria seem fine, though.

Everything is on fire. Explosions and infernos litter the landscape. They hear more explosions through the smoke, a roar of agony from somewhere close. Flare?

>>276102

You should probably try to get Meg to Soulfire as fast as possible and then separate yourselves from her. Holizen doesn't seem to be holding up very well, but if she can stop soulfire soon enough it might be able to save Flare. If he's getting beat down, it almost has to be by soulfire.

Ask Meg how exactly she's going to be stopping Soulfire. Does she need help or will this be a cakewalk for her? And will they even be able to help at all or should they just take cover?

Hesitantly put forward the possibility of killing both Soulfire and Flare (when Holzien can't hear you). The former is an enemy, but the latter could be a liability. We'll see though.

Hell no, Flare is an ally. You should do everything in your power to help Meg so she can save Flare.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)14:01 No. 276124 ID: 383006
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Spikesby asks how she can deal with Soulfire. "Fly me close! If I get close enough, he's completely helpless. I can easily undo any pitiful thaumaturgy he sends toward us!"

Spikesby points out that if they pilot dies, they all die

"Then get me to Soulfire!"

They fly closer to the sounds. Beams of blinding energy lance across the landscape as the combat between Soulfire and Flare apparently reaches its conclusions. There is a strangled roar, cut off as a series of violent explosions send guts and peices of metal spinning through the air.

"Closer!" Meg screeches.

"WHO ARE YOU?" Soulfire Bellows, turning his attention toward the tiny plane. "MORE TRAITORS? DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS?"

Okay, forget safety. Fly DIRECTLY into Soulfire's face.

>>276124

"...Wak."

HE'S OKAY THE BEAMS DIDN'T GO THROUGH HE HAS TO BE OKAY OH GOD FLARE NO!!!

tell him Lord of Marvel's is the real traitor, jeeze. It's likely pointless to say right now but hey talking is a free action and we may as well try

 

>>276124
>Flare is dead

>>276124
Fly your plane closer so she can hit him with her sword anti-magic.

Forget safety. Fly directly into Soulfire's face.

>There is a strangled roar, cut off as a series of violent explosions send guts and peices of metal spinning through the air.

Never mind then. Guess that quandary sorted itself out. Do what Meg says. Get closer.

FLARE NO!

GET MEG DOWN TO HEAL FLARE OR SOMETHING WHAT THE FUCK NO.

THIS IS BULLSHIT. I AM TOSSING MY CONTROLLER DOWN. WE GOT MEG THERE IN A FUCKING AIRPLANE JUST TO PREVENT THIS SORT OF THING.

FLARE BETTER BE OKAY, BITE. FLARE WAS- NO, IS- THE MOST AWESOME OF WIZARDS. NOTHING CAN STOP A MISSILE BREATHING DRAGON ESPECIALLY NOT A FIRE TORNADO THIS IS BULLSHIT DRAGONS ARE IMMUNE TO FIRE AND SHIT.

THIS IS BULLSHIT.

GET CLOSER

Guys. Flare was a robot. WE CAN REBUILD HIM. We have to find his brain before it's too late!

FINAL EPILOGUE QUEST.

Also get someone to go get Flails Breaker to help heal him. Tell him Flare was a kickass stand up guy, like him, and Flare's someone he'll wanna be around because SOULFIRE WAS A DICK.

I don't care what you do, but you have to save Flare somehow.

Wait, first, yeah, fly into Soulfire and THEN we save Flare. It's a primary objective.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)14:38 No. 276144 ID: 383006
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"Wak!" Spikesby shouts! They fly directly for Soulfire's big, stupid face.

Spikesby has never felt such violent burst of emotion. He didn't know Flare that long, but some part of him cried out in rage that someone so awesome had been taken from him so soon.

"I SEE YOU ARE PLAYING GAMES WITH ME. I DO NOT TOLERATE INSULTS," Soulfire booms, "BY ALL MEANS, IMMOLATE YOURSELF AGAINST MY PERFECT FORM!"

Childless Meg cackles as they approach before black tendrils of energy snake across Soulfire's form.

"wha-" there is a momentary look of confusion on his face before his body silently dissipates into nothingness among the roaring flames and secondary explosions.

They could look for Blacksoul, try to reach Lord of Marvel's Tower, or something else.

CLEARLY THAT SOMETHING ELSE SHOULD BE SAVING FLARE GODDAMMIT.

>>276144
Besiege the Lord of Marvels. Childless Meg can negate any magic and you can hit him with the Antithesis.

I vote we go down and try to save flare

>>276144
Well, I suppose we might as well at least try to save Flare.

>>276144

Try to find Blacksoul and support him. Meg might not be able to take out Marv on her own, but Meg + Blacksoul can almost assuredly take him.

Also shed a single imaginary tear for Flare since you don't have tear ducts. You asshole.

We go down and we get Flare's aides and helpers and whatever like Last Hraaru and all the king's horses and all the king's men and we PUT FLARE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

Send someone out to get Flails Breaker, he should be able to fix him. We have to act FAST.

Meg can't do anything for Flare. Probably neither can anyone.

...say, now that Flare is dead, how is Holizen doing? Is there some feedback thing?

Better hurry to Blacksoul to save Holizen. And save the world, maybe.

>>276148
>>276147
>>276145

He exploded and you have absolutely nothing with you that has shown any aptitude for healing.

It's over. Let's not waste time like retards when the world is at stake.

>>276147
Seconded.

I vote we fly low and try to look for Flare's top half of his head, it should be intact somewhere since the beam went through his mouth. If we can reconnect him to the rest of his broken body we might be able to save him.

Also yeah, getting Flails on the scene might be nice.

Fine. Touch down and see if Flare or any of his ordinance is salvageable. At the very least it'll give Holizen some time to recover. Don't want her blacking out from sick in midair.

>>276144
Go for Marvels, jesus.

>>276154
We should definitely try to get the top half of Flare's head to Flails if we can, he might be able to give him a temporary new body while they can work out how to get him the old body back later.

Also explain that Flare was kickass and would be super appreciative for saving him, also that he would be really fun to fight in the future and all that jazz, he's a real stand up guy, etc.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)16:47 No. 276186 ID: 383006
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There seems to be nothing Spikesby can do for Flare. His head was incinerated and then his body exploded. Spikesby sheds an imaginary tear, but it seems pretty pointless to waste time looking for pieces of corpse that he has no way of transporting to someone who promised to kill him the next time they met.

They land in front of Lord of Marvels's tower instead.

The area is scorched and blackened, and there are no signs of life. Fires rage and craters litter the ground.

It looks like there is no safe way to to take off again - just landing here was tricky.

The tower itself rises ominously into the blackened sky. Is blasted but mostly intact.

Spikesby wonders who should stay and who should go with him, and if there are any preparations he ought to take.

>>276186
Regardless of who we take or leave, we probably ought to do Holizen a favor and separate her from Meg before she, like, dies.

>>276186
Lace those claws with Antithesis and take Meg to block any magic that comes your way, then stab the bitch.

Yeah. Separate Holizen from Meg. She stays with the jet. Ask Meg if she feels brave enough to hold that jar of progenitor blood for you. No reason to risk Ria if we don't have to. She hasn't had the best of luck in previous battles anyway.

Look around before proceeding. There are no sign so of life, but are there bodies? Any signs of people being here?

Oh man.

Have Holizen fly away to get Blacksoul, give him the lowdown, request a heal, maybe fly him here if he can fit in the plane.

Spikesby, you hold the jar. Put it in a sling or something. We can't risk it hurting Meg due to some trick by Marvels.

We should seriously consider waiting for Blacksoul to arrive and help out.

Meanwhile Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)17:44 No. 276199 ID: 383006
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At the edge of the Sea of Oblivion

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)17:51 No. 276202 ID: 383006
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Spikesby has Ria smear Antithesis on his blades. She slips the bottle into his pocket.

He and Meg journey inside. Holizen and Ria go off to find Blacksoul and tell him what has happened.

They walk from the noise of fire into the cool, quiet interior of the tower.

"Can't smell him" Meg whispers.

The room is blank. A spiral staircase ascends and descends.

>>276199
Oh... that's not good. Whatever it is. End of the world, alright. Spikesby, have a psychic revelation that something big and bad is coming out of the Wall. Or at have an indistinct bad feeling of some kind that you are sure is unrelated to the spooky, empty tower.

>>276201
The top looked pretty banged up. Head downstairs. Everyone knows important top secret stuff is always in the basement anyway.

Suggestion 2011/01/29(Sat)18:00 No. 276205 ID: 8c0848
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>>276203
He probably has a secret underground laboratory. Go take out that hooded freak. YO JOE!

Don't underestimate this or overestimate your abilities. Be as careful as you can. This is like endgame kinds of shit. We already lost our most beautiful companion, lets not be foolish.

Really might be a good idea to delay until Blacksoul can come here. I'm not convinced Meg can beat Marvels, and we want to wring an explanation out of him.

Meanwhile Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)18:37 No. 276215 ID: 383006
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blackness spills from the wounds and rents as the wall bursts

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)18:40 No. 276217 ID: 383006
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Spikesby and Meg descend. He must be careful.

The stairs end in an enormous underground chamber.

Light from strange devices cast odd shadows that flicker and dance.

There he is! The Lord of Marvels.

"Can't see anything" grunts Meg. "Too dark"

>>"Quickly, Kill her, Snikt. We can still save this world!"

The voice echoes in Spikesby's head, although it is muted, dull.

Demand explanation.

>>276217
Why should you? He's done nothing to make you want to trust him.
Yell at him to give you a good reason, so we can reveal some plot.

Oh and if killing Marvels dooms the world I just want to say that I called it and I told you so in advance.

If not then, man is it great to be wrong!

Demand an explanation.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH WHAT IS GOING ON NOW

>>276217
NO. DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF HIS LIES. THE LORD OF MARVELS IS A TRICKSTER. KILL HIM. NOW.

>>276225
Black necromorphs are spilling out of the wall and we're either about to damn the world or save it.

Sadly Isaac is not here to save us.

gank him

>>276220
Bit late for that. Amnesiac grey end for everyone, hoo-ray. sowwy mistar bwacksoul we's a bit dumb

Charging straight at the mentalist will probably just let you discover that as you go to stab him, you are actually stabbing yourself or something. Let him speak.

>>276217
Let your blades do your waking.

>>276230
We're immune to mentalism. Spikesby is more than a match for LoM.

FIRST PRIORITY is destroying the machine though.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)19:32 No. 276234 ID: 383006
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Spikesby demands an explanation before he does anything.

>>Let me explain everything, you see

he whips around, firing three shots from a pistol

Meg flinches and a bullet catches Spikesby in the abdomen. He can't feel pain, but he doesn't think he's too injured.

"If you insist on siding with villains, then die with them," he shouts.

>>276234
CHARGE AND KILL THE FUCKER.

>>276234
Yeah, just charge him and fuck him up I guess.

well fuck him then, it's time for this winter's action hero: spikesby: My Shit is Fucked Up So I Got To Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time!

>>276234
Fillet his ass.

>>276234
Stabstab. (Odds on those being antithesis bullets? :V )

Leap on him like face hugger and make it very clear that if you don't get an explanation he will die and all his work will be for nothing.

In the unlikely event that actually works, try saying the following: "Tell me a story, Marv. And make it a good one. Your life, maybe the world, maybe not, depends on it."

>>276240
Do this but without the talking part and kill him instead.

I say demand explanation. Get these two together, and force them to start talking. Spikesby's the one with the upper hand, his fucking blades are coated in instagib oil. He can pretty much fuck up whoever he wants.

We need to know for sure exactly what course of action will save the world.

>>276234
Charge and stab. And what kind of wizard uses a gun?

>>276242

Wow I didn't refresh before I posted this. Screw me.

Charge and see if you can't disarm him and get him at bladepoint

Oh man how did we not see that coming!

Run at him and stab him a lot of times!

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)20:17 No. 276254 ID: 383006
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Spikesby runs forward, leaping, as The Lord of Marvels continues to fire. Spikesby can barely feel the bullet sink deep into his flesh, the other graze his cheek.

The Lord of Marvels attempts to back away, raising his staff to block as Spikesby's claws descend again and again, slicing effortlessly through his weapons and his flesh

"You stupid, pitiful creature" Lord of Marvels croaks, "You were meant to be my weapon"

>>276254
"I am not a weapon."

FINISH HIM AND DESTROY THE MACHINE!

Assuming he doesn't violently explode like Radia, see if he has enough time to tell you what's going. What were his plans? He's dying now, but that doesn't mean he's failed. He just has to convince us to finish what he started.

>>276254

Then Where's my cutiemark?!

Oh and take that super bitchin' hat he's wearing for yourself Spikesby, regardless of what happens. Get a look at his face after he kicks it, too.

>>276254
"Yeah well, consider your weapon misfired."

Or, in your words, "Wak wak, wakwakwak wak wakwak wakwakwak."

>>276259
Yeah if his hat is still around we are so swiping that thing.

MukiHyena 2011/01/29(Sat)20:27 No. 276263 ID: 70e5c6
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... then get some medical treatment

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)20:29 No. 276265 ID: 383006
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"Consider your weapon-"

He detonates like a meat grenade.

What should he do after grabbing the hat?

>>276254
If he's effectively disarmed, try yelling at him "I never wanted to kill anyone, or be a weapon, I just want to know what you're planning! How can the world be saved if the progenitors win?"

Oh, and be ready to slash at him some more if it brings out any other sneaky weaponry.

>>276265

wear it.

Also, Check on Meg. Then it's time to go let blacksoul know that marv is gone.

>>276265
Wear it. Then see how Meg is doing.

See what the hell is going on with the giant crazy machine or whatever, check on meg. Look awesome. Wear Hat for the Hat Day Gods.

Ask Meg how best we can destroy the machine.

find somebody to first aid Meg

Don't, like, antithesis Meg or anything like that. That would be bad.

Take Hat. Wear Hat. Find Meg. See if she can tell you what the machine is doing before you recklessly destroy something with a function you can't even guess at.

It might be bad to wear the hat when checking on Meg. If her senses are still messed up she might attack you.

>>276279

this. assuming the hat doesn't melt your brain

Carefully remove the remaining antithesis from your blades before helping Meg out of here. Ask her what the heck all these crystal claw lightning things are.

>>276281
Noted. Have Spikesby announce "Hey Meg! I took Marv's hat, so don't like... fry me or anything!" when he goes over to lend a... actually it's probably best if he doesn't touch her.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)20:55 No. 276290 ID: 383006
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Spikesby calls out to Meg, but she doesn't respond. He puts on the hat and goes to check on her. His blades are still streaked with Antithesis, and he has no way to remove all of it. Even a drop would be fatal.

Meg isn't moving. He has no idea if she's alive or not, but she hasn't exploded or anything. She's just kind of... frozen. The bullet must have had some special property.

Should he inspect the machine?

Apply Meg to the machine.

>>276290

Probably nothing you can do for her right now. Best to let blacksoul know about this when you find him.

Speaking of which, go try to find blacksoul.

May as well give it a glance before hauling ass to find medical help

Inspect machine, but do not touch. With all the energy crackling around it you're more likely to be vaporized than actually damage it.

Feel it out, if possible, for magic and antimagic. Looked like there was quite a bit of both arcing around that thing. Head upstairs into Marv's tower. With any luck his study or something might be intact. You could learn what he was up to if he kept notes and they survived.

When you are ready to leave, pull Meg out by her hood with your mouth. She probably took an antithesis metal bullet.

Oh! Hey, wait a second! Marv is all over the place! ABSORB HIS WIZARDLY POWER! CONSUME HIM! Or just have a taste of blood or something to see what happens.

Go find Blacksoul. He might know how to fix Meg and what the machine is.

Yeah, go find Blacksoul

Poke the machine with your blades.

Also have a look at your scythes real quick. I just realized they're covered in both progenitor and wizard blood and possibly mixing. Anything interesting going on there? Or did all of Marv's gore just slide off?

I also think finding Blacksoul would be a good idea, after making sure your liver isn't shot to hell and back

We have absolutely no idea what this machine does. How are we supposed to know what to do with it?
...
Fuckit. Stab the hot dog ray. I hope it doesn't explode and kill Meg.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)21:24 No. 276319 ID: 383006
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The Wizard blood bubbles and hisses, evaporating messily as he approaches the machine.

Arcane energies sizzle and writhe across it. As he gets near, he can feel something drawing him forward, calling out to him.

It is a hundred million voices with a hundred million pitches and tone, all straining against their bonds. A vast power that should never have been contained, begging to be freed.

It would be extremely simple. He could free it easily by just reaching out.

>>276319

Vast power you say?

Yeah, find blacksoul. Maybe he'll know what to do with this.

>>276311
DO NOT DO THIS. Machines could be key to solving oblivion problem.

>>276314
Yes.

Check out machines but don't touch. :V

>>276320
Seriously.

>>276319
DON'T DO IT. GO GET BLACKSOUL.

Touched by a Spikesby.

Everyone's favorite after school special.

bump into it on "accident"

>>276319
GO FIND BLACKSOUL. YOU ARE NOT SOUL EXPERT. YOU DO NOT HAVE HANDS.

actually no just chest bump it overtly

don't touch anything, go get Blacksoul. WE don't want to make a hotdogpocalypse

Does the machine look like it's about to do something? Charging up or... what? You'll have to feel it out a little bit more Spikesby.

Does is feel magical? Antimagical? Something new? And does it call to you or that "taint" of Oblivion you still carry. Are they souls? What?

Oooh shiny GO GET BLACKSOUL.

>>276321
I really fail at timing.

>>276319
This is likely Marv's ace in the hole. Probably a device powered by souls designed to nuke the progenitors at the right time (after all wizards are dead) so that he could become the only magical being left in the world, and therefore supreme ruler of everything.

Or it could be something related to the wall of the Sea of Oblivion, and destroying it could cause the wall to collapse.

Either way, I suggest waiting for Blacksoul. Doing anything to it without proper knowledge is asking for bad end.

No freaking way, don't free it. I'm thinking it's full of souls, which will be what can be used to destroyed the sea.

Find blacksoul.

Wait for Blacksoul. The Progenitors may be emerging but they are NOT going to destroy everything as soon as they emerge.

Watch the entrance instead in case something is sneaking up on you.

Spikesby!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2011/01/29(Sat)22:16 No. 276342 ID: 383006
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Spikesby goes to try and get Blacksoul.

He doesn't have long to wait. Ria and Sky arrive, Blacksoul in tow.

Blacksoul glances down at him, then shakes his head slowly in surprise, but says nothing.

He orders Sky to clean Spikesby's blades thoroughly and retrieve any more Antithesis he has, and she does so.

They descend to the device.

Blacksoul glances at Childless Meg, and then at the machine. "Leave her for now," he whispers.

They stand in the silent cavern as Blacksoul inspects the machine. After a long, nervous interval, he reaches out and grasps the energy emanating from it.

"Marvels was far more insidious than I ever expected, and his schemes far more vile.

Everything that has happened leading up to the formation of the Sea was a direct result of his machinations.

Magic pervades this world. It emanates into the air from the Wizards, who contain all of the magic in the world. This device was created in an earlier form before the Wizard's war began. Whenever a Wizard is killed, the energy was stored in this device instead of returning in the Ascendancy of a mortal to Wizardhood.

Marvels was slick and sociable. I believe he engineered the Wizard's War to create death on a massive scale and so store a vast quantity of the power.

Either his original device failed, or he tried to access the power and Flare, Soulfire, and Flails Breaker Ascended instead. The power cannot be accessed directly while any Wizard remains alive.

I do not believe he intended the Sea to form. Magic filled the world like air in a hard container underwater. When he removed the magic from the world, the container began to fracture when the pressure was too great, and the 'water' in our analogy, the Antithesis, began to leak in.

I suspect that his plan was to have us all destroy one another. Perhaps he thought his weapons could be used to kill the survivors, and then activate his machine, Ascending to the full power of all Wizards - becoming immortal and unstoppable.

Once the Magic was released, the 'air' would fill the world again, and the Antithesis would be pushed back from whence it came.

You, snikt, have saved us all. I will untangle these energies and release Magic back into the world. Wizards will once again begin to ascend, and things will return to as they were before the War.

You have saved everyone from this nightmare of a world, and from the Sea of Oblivion. If there is any boon I can bestow on you, name it."

"Can I be a wizard?"

Sky's Sister, pimp Spikesby forever.

tell him you want a penis

If not a wizard -

"Can I be a magical creature again?"

or

"CAN YOU BRING BACK FLARE?"