Cottonmouth

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Nevar's speed was impressive, Nemo quickly turned around but wasn't able to save himself from being cut. A small puff of down feathers expelled themselves out from the sleeve of Nemo's jacket, some stained with a slight tinge of red. A small gash now resided on the middle of his arm. Nemo seemed more upset about the damage done to the jacket than the damage done to himself. If anything the injury only seemed to excite him further.

Nemo used the guard of his sword to try to catch Nevar's blade as he initiated his follow up slashes. Simultaneously, Nemo removed his right hand from the handle of the sword and struck out at Nevar's chest with his gloved palm. Now that his limb was unburdened of the weight, his attack was surprisingly quick with enough force behind it to easily crack a average man's rib. Upon coming into contact with Nevar, someone keeping track with manalysis would have noticed something peculiar occur.

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Nemo parried Nevar's attack once more, however this time he definitely had a shorter margin for error. "Your slashes lack inspiration, if that teleport is your only trick we're going to be at this for days!" Nemo commented.

He's gone for a frontal attack all three instances, he must be buying time for something.

As soon as Nemo lifted his own sword back to begin a counter attack, the space around them slightly distorted. Nemo's own warp spell kicked in and placed him to the back-right of Nevar. He finished his swing, starting from the bottom and cutting up diagonally.

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"Very good! You know your stuff, huh?" Nemo commented before Nevar attacked again. This time he opted to attack instead of just block. Nemo hefted his sword from his shoulder and cleaved it towards the rapier's path. The two swords would cross before meeting any flesh, Nemo hoped to power straight through Nevar's opposition.

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"That's disappointing to hear, to think I've fallen out of fame already after all that work-" Nemo warped in his own weapon at the last second, a two handed broadsword, to deflect Nevar's attack off with the side of the blade. Nemo dashed back afterwards and rested the sword on his shoulder.

His sword was made almost entirely out of engraved silver besides the blade, had a straight crossguard, and a ornate metal bead chain hanging off from the pommel long enough to wrap around the crossguard in a X fashion once. The whole weapon seemed quite heavy, but Nemo brandished it rather easily.

"Slow down there greased lightning... take it easy." Nemo commented with a chuckle. He glanced at his own weapon. "I love rapiers you know, they used to be one of my favorites. But if this is going to be a true spectacle, I might as well pick a complimentary weapon to match you. You are light, I am heavy, you are speed, I am strength. That will make it a real challenge for both of us, hmm?"

"...Have you ever heard of a sword breaker before?" Nemo asked.

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Tattoos? Nemo thought as he glanced back to Raiya. Tattoos had always fascinated him, and the thought of them had somewhat distracted Nemo from his earlier musings, as did her more open ramblings about her jacket. Before he could reply, Nemo's thought process was interrupted by Thadeus' arrival.

Instead of turning around, Nemo bent himself backward so far he could see behind him, clearly using some minor gravity spell to stabilize his awkward position. He let his hair hang down as he eyed the newcomers silently. This is turning out to be a really exciting day.

Nemo straightened himself out and faced the enemy group. He still seemed rather calm despite the circumstances. Not giving much of a reaction to Thadeus' aura or anything he said, even the things concerning him.

"That sounds fine." Nemo stated after Raiya's suggestion. He said it with a rather soft and serene tone. With his hands still in his pockets, Nemo stepped closer to Nevar. "Do you know who I am?" He asked him, despite Thadeus spewing out one of his nicknames earlier.

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@ShiningSector
Just as a heads up we're waiting for you before continuing.

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"Good... good. I'm really glad you see it that way." Nemo replied, his tone and 'sincere' smile he gave afterwards had a fake feeling to them, only elevated by his white eyes which seemed to be methodically watching her reactions.

What a familiar feeling in the air... fear. She compliments me the same way you would try to get on the good side of a maniac with a gun to your head so he doesn't pull the trigger. Just feeding me what I want to hear, it's a disgrace. I really had hopes that a gang leader would be different, but she looks at me the same way everyone else does. Just wants me to die, disappear.

The only action Nemo made during his inner monologue was his right eye twitching once, something might have actually upset him. He reached over and patted her a few times on the shoulder with his left hand, causing her metal decorated jacket to faintly jingle a bit. "That really is a lovely jacket you've got." Nemo commented before resting his hands in his pockets and shifting back in the middle of Travis and Raiya.

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Nemo took action as soon as Travis' spell activated. That'll do splendidly. He released his own spell underhand, emitting a football sized ball of white energy traveling as fast as he hurled it. The spell didn't seem all that impressive until it reached about halfway to the golem, speeding up and transforming into a giant X mid-flight about one third the size of the golem itself.

As it approached, the remainder of the blizzard covering the golem seemed to be dispersed by the energy emitting from Nemo's own spell. Sensing the oncoming danger, the ignis spell was overcharged, breaking it's arms lose at the last second. It attempted to generate a magic shield backed by it's massive arms, but Nemo knew it would be pointless. The spell he used was the same type he defeated the late Garvian Stellos with, and one of his strongest. It combined both his raw power and his anti-magic capabilities.

The spell collided with the barrier, instantly shattering it and continuing onto the golem itself. It exploded once it connected with the golem, transferring all the energy forward, ripping through both its arms, and it's body itself. While the front of the golem sustained heavy damage, most of the energy expanded outwards, completely hollowing out the back of it.

Nemo himself was already on the move, he closed in on the golem while it was weak like a jackal. Once in good range he used his warp spell to transport him to the paragon as quickly as possible. Without it's arms, and still reeling from both Travis' and Nemo's attacks, it had nothing left to stop Nemo from plucking the gem from it's socket in time.

Nemo surgically removed the paragon from it's rocky setting, immediately causing the body of the golem to collapse. He dismounted from it before it crashed to the ground, crumbling back into rubble.

After getting back onto solid ground, Nemo strolled back up to the group. He eyed the gem in his hands much like a jeweler would, fascinated by its power but more so by it's beauty. He eventually looked to Travis. "That was a wonderful display, Travis. Very avant-garde. Here, how about you hold it." Nemo complimented him before suddenly tossing him the paragon.

"And you" Nemo continued as he looked over to Raiya, holding his hands up and giving a light but frantic clap for a few moments as he shifted over to her. "I'm glad to see someone can still take it easy around here. High strung people can really start to give me a headache." Nemo explained as he began to almost violently hit himself over the head a few times during his last words. "It's not often I get to have a real audience, so I hope that I can really surpass your expectations, hmm?."

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A being as large as the golem was easy for Nemo to predict it's physical attacks, he swiftly dodged to right with a enhanced dash and shuffled out of it's range from what he had gathered. So there's no absolute physical barrier between me and the paragon. That makes things easy. He noted.

Nemo used the reprieve to look back to his teammates, seeing Raiya sitting down seemed to spark his thoughts. It was just a joke, I didn't mean I was literally goi- He cut off, his blank faced expression turned more unhinged as he looked at her. No... no-no no-no, nothing that innocent, this isn't ignorance at play her, it's quite the opposite. She's doing three things all at once: She's trying to get me killed by neglecting my well being. She's trying to gauge my capabilities to defeat me later. And all the while showing me as little of her own magicks, conserving her own mana. How impressively vicious. At this point Nemo had begun to grin uncontrollably, letting out audible chuckle as well.

Fine, fine fine fine, if it's my abilities you want to see, then I'll have no choice but to oblige you. Nemo thought as he cupped his hands together and brought them up to his mouth, whispering some phrase hidden to the rest of the group.
@ShiningSector
Nemo turned away from her and glanced to Travis. "Travis! I need you to do something to momentarily disrupt the construct for me." He declared with an upbeat tone. To anyone paying attention, the X on Nemo's glove now gave off a feint glow after he uncupped his hands.

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Nemo stood in place and used his warp to send him forward and out of the way of the death ray. He was confident the other two could handle themselves and thus didn't expend the mana to assist them.

"I'll get him!" Nemo called out, a noticeable hint of fake confidence and sarcasm in his voice. He picked up a grapefruit sized stone on the floor and suddenly hucked it directly at the Paragon. It was a seemingly futile action, but Nemo did want to find out what the Golem's reaction to a physical threat would be.