TokyoPewPew

just want to say hi and make some friends

Praise wheels and good fridays to all, amen 🙏

Regalia

@rabidbacon To the naked eye, I'm imagining basically teleportation? (Betrayed primarily by the massive whoosh of air, because time only "seemingly stops" according to the flavor blurb, and at no point does the Odin Regalia dematerialize or blink somewhere else.) It's imperceptibly fast but not a bona-fide "time stop" power, and a great gust of air hints at that, as would any item interactions between embarking point and destination. 👍

this is not for news anymore. why should it be titled as such?

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Regalia

@Mirandae I like that. Lets there be consequences for Beth's actions, while not inflating the situation with a false sense of stakes or suspense. (There's no use pretending two Guys with Guns^tm stand much of a chance against someone who can Za Warudo their asses back to grade school.)

Is it my understanding, then, that from now on we must assume Dominant Form before wielding our chief Abilities? Should I edit the post?

Regalia

@Mirandae I'll look forward to that, then.

Also, I suppose those guards that Beth tricked will react to her simply vanishing? Or what happens there? Just curious :)

Whatever is more interesting to you. If a chase scene sounds boring and/or you need to just move things along to this inciting incident, we could easily say that residue defeats gas mask/CBRN filtration apparatuses, and so the guards don't even remember they had been having that conversation.

Regalia

Thank you, Mirandae!! As for authorial intent, @Silly is spot-on. With only one caveat: that being that I've chosen to present Beth's "Dominant Form" not as a transformation, but more akin to a Stand from JJBA. She does not herself don her Dominant's likeness in order to perform the Last Rites move but instead summons Him as something of an obedient familiar. Mostly this is for flavor, but because Odin is written as a wise god, and one content not to be worshiped with any largess or regularity (or, in truth, sincerity), I've interpreted these eccentricities to mean he prefers more intimate relationships with his Regaliae, appearing personally by their side when they conjure His strength and invoke His dominions. They walk among Him (perhaps even converse with and confide in Him!) but in exchange, their relationships with their Dominant, and their entitlement to His power, are even more fragile. After all, the transgressing Odinite has not merely abused His abilities but outright forced His complicity in those abuses. An even deadlier sin than simply using His magics to exploit, brutalize, and bully people...