Nimda

Myriad Reality

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*Through inexplicable means, the blasts ignores virtually every barrier, whether it be manifested energy or the very floor, vaporizing anything and everything and everyone it touches that doesn’t possess superhuman durability, leaving holes in the floor of the vessel that breach into its electrical inner-workings and even all the way through the bottom in some spots*

@Unhinged

*Doesn't meddle in any other way except for my attempts to break it down and convert it to magic when it reaches me*

Myriad Reality

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Nonono, don't!

@Inimical

*The bonds on my wrists dissolve and I point my pistol at your face*
Don’t give me th—

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*Rips free and disappears in a flash, rocketing toward the crowd and reaching out to them before the speakers suddenly combust in a violent surge of overloading energy, enveloping the stage, crowd, vessel and all of us in one go*

@Unhinged

*My eyes widen and frantically switch to defensive casting*

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@Unhinged

Looks like the party’s ending!
*Slams my other foot on your hand to jam it between my feet, and blast constant laser pulses into your torso*

Myriad Reality

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*Stands before center stage, preparing to play another song on the DJ console when it suddenly surges with black lightning at my touch and reacts explosively, launching me back from it with a loud pop*

@Inimical

*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*

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@Unhinged

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*Glances at the blood dripping down your face, and deeper still at the fractures, punctures, and bruises*
Oh wow, uh. You’re looking great out there. Just keep it up!

@Session

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*

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@Unhinged

*Tumbles across the metallic floor, unable to slow myself with my wrists still bound and the healing spell desperately working to patch up the damage*
Lily, how’s it looking?

Myriad Reality

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

@Unhinged

*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*

Myriad Reality

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*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.

@Unhinged

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*

Myriad Reality

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You didn’t ask, but I multicasted that for you!

@Session

*Nods once in response*

Myriad Reality

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You think?
*Some of the lights begin to flash repeatedly while focused on you, burning your skin to the point of inducing smoke*

@Inimical

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

@Unhinged

*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*