[quote=@Fractured] *A real chunk breaks off from the ceiling and craters at your feet* [/quote] *The skeleton -Alna- told me even he was wary of the girl, and in some ways, I could see why. There was a new energy [i]seething[/i] into the world around me, once leashed but now overwhelming even the skeleton's aura. The reality was that this was not [i]merely[/i] some manner of illusion, but full-on spacial or matter manipulation. And yet still... I'd told entire pantheons of gods to fuck off even [i]before[/i] dealing with the space whales that could one-shot planets, and the worst they could do was banish me. If there was anything I was good at doing when it was the worst possible time to do it, it was clinging to my [color=f7941d]Pride[/color] and sticking to my guns. And damn the consequences. I'd never apologize for a fault that wasn't mine. I crossed my arms, stared the girl dead in the eyes, and opened my mouth.* [quote=@Dark Cloud] [color=bc8dbf]Misty, m'dear please don't destroy my castle.[/color] *I ask kindly.* [/quote] [quote=@Fractured] *Rolls my eyes and waves my finger, reversing the rock's trajectory and restoring it to its former state* [/quote] [quote=@Dark Cloud] [color=bc8dbf]Thank you very much.[/color] [/quote] [quote=@Fractured] *Shrugs and materializes a cup of wine inside a plastic cup decorated with a protruding cartoon bunny rabbit* [/quote] *My shoulders bled tension in the wake of Alna's intervention. In all honesty, I was fairly grateful for that. I already knew I was outclassed by him alone, but frankly, stupid or not, my [color=f7941d]Pride[/color] would force me to die on that hill of unrepentance in the face of any god-like being. From an objective standpoint, he really had saved everyone a fair amount of trouble, and I closed my eyes and took a few temper-cooling breaths while the skeleton talked the girl down. Once my temper had been reduced to a low simmer, I opened my eyes and mouth again, this time far less antagonistic dialogue directed towards the girl.* [color=00a651]I suppose we're back to being civilized then? Look, I don't get you. Don't know your name, and I'm shit at your charades. Calling you "Tee" was hardly being mocking or a threat or whatever. I assumed under any [i]reasonable[/i] course of dialogue that your name would indeed be conveyed directly by your friend, Alna, here, so I could avoid stepping on toes. Instead, you decide doing... whatever the hell [i]that[/i] was is a good idea. Honestly, I'm not here to antagonize you, but I'm certainly not going to just lay down and cower like some spineless harem anime protagonist. I got banished for telling the entire collective of my home dimension's god pantheons to fuck off, and so I've [i]kind of[/i] got a warped sense of scale when it comes to my life being threatened. Look, I don't want to be enemies, not because I'm scared of you, because -as possibly suicidal as that is- I'm really not, but simply because there's just no point to it. I'd rather not start conflicts for no reason, you know? So...?[/color]