Nimda

Myriad Reality

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*Lands hard and digs my legs into the dirt*

@Artifact

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*The cloud of smoke and dust remains, jiggling in response to the wind more like gelatin than any cloud and not behaving like any cloud would*

@Valiance

*Straightens out my wings as a crackle ripples through the perceivable area, preceding red bolts of angelic power striking randomly throughout the cloud*

Myriad Reality

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*Barrels into the flames of the explosion before they dissipate, dissapearing i to the smoke*

@Valiance

*Waves my wings, scattering the wind and bombarding both of you with a torrent of gusts*

Myriad Reality

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*Winds my arm back as if about to throw a bowling ball, then hurls it forward, kicking up the dirt explosively into the mines*

@Magnanimity

*The gems detonate in sequence, evaporating the whole of the entry plane with explosions that rock the ground below us*

Myriad Reality

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*A blue shield appears floating in between myself and the laser as I show no signs of slowing down*

@Magnanimity

*A minefield of red gems spring from the ground and resonate against each other, inviting the briefest touch*

Myriad Reality

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Mhm!
*Turns and takes off, dashing quickly across toward the behemoth while hovering just above the ground*

@Magnanimity

*As soon as the laser crosses your position, the horizontal beam condenses into a point that locks onto your position*

Myriad Reality

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I have some tricks. But sneaking is not the answer.

@Valiance

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What do you have in mind?

@Artifact

A laser strikes the ground in front of me that extends horizontally to the forest’s edge—the edge of light creeps forward, pausing intermittently*

Myriad Reality

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*Glances around looking for any broken pieces of rubble to skirt behind, or other advantageous features*

@Valiance

*Small craters pepper the otherwise-pristine landscape leading up to the gate, while grasslands and forests emerge in the distance*

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*

@Valiance

*Faces straight ahead unwaveringly as you approach*