Unhinged

Myriad Reality

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*Takes advantage of the distraction to teleport into your path of ascent, somersaulting off of one of Lily's platforms to give myself angular momentum and drive the back of my heel into your solar plexus*

@Nimda

*Catches your heel as we fall back, looking over your shoulder at the console as the black lightning surges across it, parts of the stage and through a network of wiring, sourcing back from the speakers that were dulled earlier by your magic which are now white-hot*

Myriad Reality

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Figured as much.
*Adopts a wide stance and inhales deeply, then releases the breath with a burst of movement, running forward and stepping off Lily’s airbound platforms to propel myself upward, accompanied by rapid gunfire both at the two of you and away*

@Nimda

*Swings my arm over my head, suddenly adopting a much more defensive approach than previously in the fight as the bullets ricochet off a summoned barrier of hard light*

Myriad Reality

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*Rhythmically chains gun blasts and teleportation to create a dazzling spectacle of beams throughout the combat area, targeting both of you and your escape routes*

@Nimda

*Stands up as the song comes to a close, steam fuming off my forehead as I stand from your previous blast*
I only have so much fear and respect to give.
*The lasers slow and stop before hitting any of us in the absence of music, allowing my brother to step aside*
No room for you on the shortlist.
*Explodes from where I stand and rockets toward a position just as you warp there, slamming my fist down like a thunderous hammer onto the side of your head as you pass, and releasing the frozen projectiles on the moment of impact*

Myriad Reality

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Nice try, but not happening. You know, you should respect Lily.
*A moment after I pull the trigger, I materialize at your upper-left, falling smoothly upside down with my second gun in my off-hand*
But you should fear me.
*Fires both guns simultaneously, the first blasting you in the head and the other firing a short-distance teleportation spell in the opposite direction*

@Nimda

*Flies backwards, spinning rapidly before that motion is stopped by me hitting the ground face-first and sliding to a halt*

Myriad Reality

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*Clenches my teeth when I smell my own flesh*
It’s always burns. You know that’s a safety hazard!
*Slams a handful of beads against my gun, which phase into its magazine with a flash of light*

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*Runs in a zig-zag pattern, sporadically boosted by the mid-air platforms with my wrists behind my back, now clearly bound together by glowing bands*

@Nimda

*The lights don’t follow you, avoiding catching the crowd in the crossfire*
Safety isn’t a concern for every person here. You’ve figured that out though, or at least the little fairy who does your thinking for you has.
*Widens my stance slightly*
Unless we get who we want, of course. In case you’ve forgotten why we’re here.

Myriad Reality

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Absolutely not.

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*Kicks off with one foot and slams my head into your chest with strength exceeding our first altercation, then swings around and slams both feet against the same spot, dashing away from you but keeping both arms behind my back*

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There's nothing futuristic about lights!

@Nimda

*Skids across the metallic floor until I come to a screeching halt, straightening my tie*

Myriad Reality

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Of course they have lights...
*Slams my foot into the metallic floor, cracking it deeply at the point of impact and hurling sharp shards directly into you*

@Nimda

*Throws my hands into the air melodramatically, showing off to the crowd as my helmet gleans in the intense lighting and the shard plink harmlessly off to all sides after they hit*

Myriad Reality

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*Lunges from the shadows and rakes a knife across your ribcage*

@Nimda

Lights!
*It gashes the shirt clean open, revealing that it scraped across a metallic body armor underneath. I grab your arm as you pass, slamming you down into the ground beneath me and firmly locking your arm behind you as the stage's lights focus down on us from all sides and wipe out all shadows around us*

Myriad Reality

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*You find the cube completely hollow, and my hand extends up from your own shadow, pulling you into the ground by the ankle*

@Nimda

*Looks down before slamming into the metal ground on my back with a loud thud, then kicking your off my leg*

Myriad Reality

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*Walls of rock spring up on four sides and tank the blasts, obscuring me from sight*

@Nimda

*Rockets around them at a 90 degree angle, and suddenly propels myself straight downward, shattering through them with force enough to turn them to pebbles*