Nimda

Myriad Reality

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Having fun is great. The crowd can really feel it.
*Whirring can be heard from the underside of the stage, where things were shifting before*
Just as important to not forget the stakes though, either!
*A triumvirate of gigacannons manifested underneath unleash a cascade of explosive laser bolts into the mountainside of the base*

@Inimical

The stakes are the only thing that matters!
*Fires seven blasts of light into your body from alternating guns, capping the sequence off with a triplet blast to below your chin, then kicks off of your torso and slams the guns together in one beat, charges an enhanced double-barrel blast the next two, and unleashes the attack on the fourth*

Myriad Reality

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*Audibly gasps*
I have always wanted to do this!
*Claps my hands to the song, which causes Gio's heartrate to sync up with the beat*

@Session

I cannot believe you're doing this!

Myriad Reality

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*While the projectiles may not have had a pattern upon initial firing, they seem obligated by some outside force have their strikes at me timed with the music, allowing me to leap between and off them equally as rhythmically*
But the people love it, Joe! You’re a natural!
*Throws my hands up as a massive array of pyrotechnics is let off, sending the crowd into an uproar chanting “Joe” repeatedly*

@Unhinged

I...
*Scratches my forehead with the gun barrel*
Cannot believe you're doing this.

Myriad Reality

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Ha!
*Grips my hand over the gun so that the palm blocks the barrel, and, regardless of your own pulling of the trigger, the gun fires into my hand in time with a beat drop as the crowd roars. I grin and wag a finger at you, before rapidly spinning around and kicking you in the gut*

@Inimical

*Swipes my hand through the stone wall, which crumbles at my touch while the rest of it breaks off into jagged chunks that fire into your limbs, torso, and neck with no apparent pattern, while I grip onto the other wall for support*
Never touch my gun.

Myriad Reality

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Don’t worry about that.
*Leaps gracefully into the air, flipping once as I pass through the barrier, and lands on it near you. The low rumblings of an electric guitar sound from the stage’s speakers while the crowd cheers, as though knowing what to anticipate*
I’m right here.

@Unhinged

*Trains my gun at your face*

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*As the song starts to play, each strum of the guitar seems to whip both of you with a phantom concussive strike with no direction*

@Inimical

*Grunts and instead summons walls of stone on either side of me*
Lily, give me eyes!

Myriad Reality

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*A massive array of weaponry makes itself visible from the shifting underside of the concert, training itself on the mountainside of the base*

@Inimical

*Slips into the shadows and then emerges from the smoke, trained directly on the barrier*
Lily, analyze!

Myriad Reality

*Phases back into the main area*

@Session

Took you long enough.

Myriad Reality

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*The crowd roars in excitement at the first attack, and I snap my fingers as the speakers around center stage begin to play what sounds like drums at the start of a song*
Could have fooled me. You’re dressed like you live in a box.

@Unhinged

And you’re dressed like you could be melted down to make the box.
*Flicks my thumb across the handle of the gun and fires a small black bead with the same trajectory as the beam, this time exploding into smoke as soon as it hits the barrier*

Myriad Reality

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Sure, say that. But you don’t get popular by killing your audience. Where’s yours?

@Unhinged

I have a real job.
*Pulls the trigger, launching a white thin beam directly at your forehead, which is accelerated as soon as it passes through the magic circle*

Myriad Reality

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*Presses my hands against my chest*
Insulted you'd say such a thing.

@Unhinged

Nonono, none of this "how could you ever believe I would—" I've seen it
*Thrusts my hand forward in emphasis*
Too much. You agree outright.