Cottonmouth

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

Nemo sighed when nobody seemed to have anything for the bodies. "Gotta do everything yourself." He mumbled as called fourth a leather case from his inventory. He opened it and fetched a medium sized vial of pale white liquid. After walking back to Logan's body he uncapped the vial and poured half the liquid over the body, causing a sizzling reaction. Slowly the entirely body began to dissolve, and once it reached the halfway point the process seemed to speed up until it only left behind what looked like a simple oil slick in it's wake.

Nemo walked over to Boslan's body and did the same before putting away the case. He looked to Raiya, "Well, their communications were down since this began, so the only way for them to notify Seidon is through the mananet. Logan is the only one who should be in direct contact with him, and now I have his manadial." He said jingling the watch in his hand. Nemo activated it and looked through the recent messages. "Last thing he sent was... about an hour ago. Apparently trying to find out why a shipment of Goblin coins had gone missing. That was right after he confirmed that Seidon's ship will be coming in later today." Nemo explained as he walked over to the container.

"Good job Travis, you're quite good with these runes." He commented as he passed by, patting him on the shoulder. "Now let's get in before we get seen." Nemo added as he stepped inside.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

@ShiningSector You're up next mah boi.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

"Ah yes, your tattoos. You know I'm a fan of art, so body-art like that is right up my alley." Nemo replied, slowly spinning around with his arms outstretched as if he was trying to become a helicopter. "Such vibrant yellows, reds, and oranges on that one. The yellow really matches your eye as well." Nemo stopped spinning, slightly dizzy. "People often considered my appearance to be the result of a talent mark. But I surely wasn't born a talent. I suppose it's more like an un-talent mark."

---

The sudden usage of the pistol caught Boslan off guard, which unfortunately was his final downfall. All that could be heard after the quiet sound of the silenced pistol was the sound of the bullet impacting Boslan's skull, and then his body limply falling over dead. His spell he used against Zuri would be his last.

With Boslan dead there was nothing keeping the realm spell going. A sudden rush changed the scenery back to the real world, though that didn't bring much of a change. Besides the damage done by the spells clearing up, one could only notice minute details change. Like the sounds of seagulls calling to each other from up high, and the tides coming in.

---

"Well that's that." Nemo said, looking around to make sure the workers haven't returned. Thankfully it was all clear. Without Boslan or Logan there to sort them out it didn't surprise them it was taking extra time. He looked over to Travis. "I'm hoping you're almost done over there or else were gonna be in for more trouble." He called out to him, looking back. "Also I'm hoping somebody has something to sort out there bodies unless we want to cause a stir." Nemo added.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

Boslan emitted another shockwave from his body to get Zoey off him. "This isn't gonna stop till one of us is dead." He remarked, suddenly being tipped off to Zuri's attack thanks to his manalysis. Boslan spun around and generated shield, figuring he had taken care of it. But instead the spear punctured straight through his shield and impaled him right in the abdomen. He let out a howl of pain, clutching the spear until it dissipated into energy, leaving a large wound in his stomach. Boslan bled from the wound profusely, blood dribbled from his mouth as well.

In response he shot out a large explosive blast towards Zuri with one hand, the other trying to halt the bleeding.

---

Nemo used his hand as a visor and squinted, looking towards the action. "Looks like they've got it covered." Nemo commented after seeing Boslan get hit. He fixed his hair and turned back to her. "It might not have been a show stopper, but seeing you blush was worth it." Nemo admitted. "Your talent mark is lovely too. I presume that's what began your interest in snakes?"

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

Despite the bright light, Boslan closed his eyes and used his advanced manalysis to locate Zoey, just in time to roll out of the way of her elbow drop. Boslan then levitated himself back to feet and dispersed the bright distraction stuck to him. Boslan had been getting a bit irritated by now, causing him to lash out by sweeping his arm across from right to left, generating a twelve foot tall wall off magic energy that rapidly swept across to hit Zoey. "A persistent one aren't you?" He spat out.

---

Nemo didn't face Raiya once she got on top of the container. He instead looked off to the distance in thought. Judging by what I saw happen to Mr. Hunley earlier, that intimate display with her sword earlier wasn't just for show. She must have venom in her saliva. That's an interesting thought.

"Indeed it is. That technique doesn't seem like all that much, but it's been one of my most effective over the years." Nemo replied. He suddenly got an idea, licking two fingers and running them through a lock of his hair, causing it to temporarily stand up. "Hey Raiya," Nemo turned around with one hand still on his throat, "Who am I now?" He asked, a goofy grin plastered on his face. Raiya's own female voice sounded awkward coming out of Nemo. "Do you think that Zoey and Zuri will be fine on their own, or should we swoop in and steal all the fun?"

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

Nemo adjusted his jacket, a bit unkempt from the vicious assault he just dealt out. His actions definitely displayed the more frightening side of his impulsive behavior. "I would have sooner thrown the paragon into the sea myself than let that man lay a finger on you. But that was never the case anyways, we didn't need him." Nemo replied. "I swear, people put too much value on their brief chit-chats over manadial. It's certainly not the first time I've encountered that proposal, sure wont be last. But for such a good actor like me, it'll never be of any value." Nemo explained with a grin, putting his hand on his throat and adjusting his voice to mimic Logan.

---

Boslan hit the ground from the tackle, but was able to use his mental capabilities to quickly power through the onslaught of visions. He then attempted to push both his hands into Zoey and discharge a heavy concussive shock-wave into her to get her off him.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

Nemo dusted himself off, thinking for a moment. "I'm sure he'll find a way to be a nuisance if we give him the chance. Besides, I like to finish the things I started." Nemo replied, and began walking back towards Logan.

Logan was sitting down with his back leaning up against one of the containers. He lit himself a cigarette to pass the time, the paralysis made it hard for him to keep mobile and help out Boslan. Despite his wounds a grin was apparent on his face after his supposed victory. A grin that didn't last long once Nemo and Raiya walked out from behind another shipping container and came into his view. "You gotta be fuckin kiddin' me." He muttered.

As Nemo continued to approach Logan began to panic, doing everything he could to bring himself to his feet despite the trouble he was having moving now. "W-wait WAIT A MINUTE HERE!" Logan yelled out with his arm outstretched once Nemo was only within a couple feet from him. "You can't kill me! Not if you want to make it on Seidon's ship." Logan added, his cigarette falling from his mouth.

Nemo paused, his head cocking to the side. "Hm?" He simply sounded out.

"Yeah, I know what you're after... Those are the containers Seidon was gonna pick up. I know what's in them, it's not worth the effort you're puttin' into it to just steal em. You must want on Seidon's little boat party, huh?" Logan explained between heavy breaths. "Well that's gonna be a problem if you kill me. Because that ship, and those crates, aren't going to timbuktu without my all clear. You got that?" Logan argued.

Logan seemed to settle down a bit when neither Nemo or Raiya made any moves. "Look, I think we've been goin' about this all the wrong way. I don't care about that ragged old man. He never did nothin' for me. If you want on that ship you shoulda just asked... How 'bout this, I'll get you lot on Seidon's ship scot-free, and in exchange you leave your little friend here with me. I'll be sure to take real good care of her. You can even have her ba-"

Logan was suddenly cut off after the sound of metal clacking together. His slight grin disappeared when he tried to speak again and all that came out was guttural gurgles. He spotted Nemo holding a freshly blood stained kris butterfly knife, and the realization of what happened sank in. Nemo had rapidly jabbed him with it in the throat. Logan felt a copious amount of warm blood begin to flow down his neck and stain his blue jumpsuit a dark bruised purple color.

Logan grabbed onto his neck to try to halt the rapid bleeding. Fear and pain set in as it was getting harder to breath, most of his breaths only resulting in him inhaling his own blood. Nemo suddenly stabbed him twice more in the side of the neck savagely, nearly knocking him over with the force of the blade being driven into his neck. Logan abruptly pulled back to avoid any more damage being done to him, but he stumbled, falling back and banging into the shipping container. Unable to keep himself up, Logan slid against the steel side of the container and fell to the floor, splattering blood from his neck on the ground in the process.

With three wounds on his neck now, any hope of stopping the bleeding with his hands was gone. He instead laid there, squirming and hacking as he tried to draw breaths unsuccessfully. Logan's motions began to die down before suddenly, he stopped moving altogether, succumbing to his wounds forever. The only thing that could be seen still in motion was the gushes of blood still flowing from his neck and pooling onto the ground.

Now that the dirty deed was done, Nemo pulled out a white handkerchief from his jacket and calmly wiped his blood covered blade and hand clean, disposing the sullied cloth by tossing on top of Logan's lifeless body afterwards. Nemo flipped the knife closed and placed it back in his pocket. He stepped over to the body and reached down, fetching his manadial from his wrist and then leaned back up and turned around to face Raiya with a blank monotone face.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

The blast Logan shot out hadn't hit Raiya or Nemo, but it did plant a small rune on the ground in it's wake.

Logan could feel control in the areas where he received cuts start to fade, becoming stiff. What has she done to me? When Raiya rushed him he had all he could do to turn and block the attack by swinging his bat in the way of her blade. Rapid metallic thuds alerted him to Nemo now approaching from behind. Logan slid his bat off from lock it was in with Raiya's sword and twisted himself around as fast as he could, his runic bat raised up now by his still functioning left arm.

But it was too late, his bat would never come to swing at Nemo this time. By the time Logan had turned around Nemo had already reached him and planted his gloved palm right into the middle of his torso, discharging a powerful kinetic spell into his body. A shock-wave of pain rattled through Logan's body as the spell rapidly spread. He howled out in agony, a spatter of blood being released from his mouth.

Once the spell finished Logan was blown backwards, past Raiya, and slid to a stop near the end of the shipping container. From the looks of it, he seemed to be down for the count. But the silence was eventually broken by a cough, a guttural hack, as Logan managed to bring himself back to his feet. His breath was ragged-the venom didn't help-and most would have surrendered by now. Anything Logan had planned was likely reckless. The runic bat held hanging in his left hands grip slowly began to fill with energy, lighting up all the engraved runes placed on it one by one. He clearly had on last ace up his sleeve.

Logan suddenly teleported away to the rune from earlier, disappearing from sight. From below he spun around and hurled the bat towards the pair with as much force as he could. The runic bat began to crackle with energy as it whirled towards Nemo and Raiya like a boomerang, becoming unstable by the amount of spells it was charged with.

---

Nemo quickly turned to look at the bat. "Uh oh." He muttered once his hungry manalysis got a read on the amount of energy it was filled with. Once it closed the distance in to about ten feet the bat suddenly exploded into a giant purple concussive bomb with enough of a blast radius to completely wipe most of the container Nemo and Raiya were standing on from the earth entirely.

Escaping the kill-range of the explosion by normal means would be impossible. Logan figured that Nemo and Raiya were now just a relic of magi criminal history. However just before the blast triggered Nemo wound up his warp to as far as it could take them in the given time. He turned and tackled Raiya before it activated, transporting them both barely out of the range of the massive purple-y death. They both ended up on the floor, with Nemo still holding onto Raiya. Once he realized they weren't dead, Nemo let go of her with a small sigh. "Are you alright?" He asked afterwards.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

While the flashback didn't effect Raiya much, it had taken a toll on Nemo. His unusual eyes were weak against bright lights, and it made assisting Raiya afterwards unworkable.

Logan's swing continued on after the miss, making another attack impossible and also leaving him vulnerable. However his emergency reflexes helped him enough to use his arm to block Raiya's leg before things got ugly. Logan then used a basic spell to shuffle himself away from Raiya; he figured that fighting a close quarters battle was an unwise idea.

By this point Nemo had recovered from the flash, and Logan had now shifted over to him. He swung his bat with the unused rune from before, hitting Nemo in his side and discharging the increased force into his body with a unpleasant noise. In response Nemo's posture merely curved to the side from the hit. He gave no audible reaction from the strike, as if he had been attacking a training dummy, which unsettled Logan a bit.

"What the fuck?" Logan muttered in confusion, trying to pull his bat away. But it was to no avail, as Nemo had grabbed onto the weapon with one hand, not letting it budge. Nemo then used his free hand to strike Logan back in the face; causing Logan to nearly fall over if he wasn't still holding onto the bat. Nemo followed it up by jerking the bat inwards to pull Logan towards him into a savage headbutt, knocking Logan down to the ground once Nemo released the bat.

Nemo prepared to attack him again, but before he could Logan threw his bat up above one of the shipping containers and teleported to it, placing him on top of the container. Logan used his sleeve to wipe off a small stream of blood coming from his nose and took a breather before making his next move.

Nemo regrouped with Raiya after being given the chance. "Do you have anything in mind for finishing this?" He asked calmly.

Logan threw up a larger ball of energy than normal this time and batted it towards the pair. This one would explode in an even larger blast radius.

Paragon's End [Modern/Fantasy/Anime/Adventure]

Hearing another spell be announced forced Logan to focus. He brought his bat up in a defensive positional and called out his own incantation. "MAGUS SCUTUM! (Magician Shield)" Causing a blue rune on the side of the bat to light up before projecting out a large shield shaped semi-transparent wall of blue energy. Logan thought he had nullified her attack, but he hadn't accounted for the sheer amount of slashes that were going to be dealt. The barrier soon cracked, signalling that it wasn't going to be enough. But if he tried to run the shield would drop anyways.

Logan opted to try to hold out, which the nervous expression on his face hinted that he wished there was another option. The cracks in the barrier had grown, and within seconds it failed entirely. Logan knew it was only a matter of time, so he tried to time in dodge to be as soon as it failed. But unfortunately before it could make it out he suffered three more cuts. One to his shoulder, another to his forearm, and finally one to his lower right side.

Logan was able to keep to his feet despite the damage, powering on to use his counter attack. "I love a girl who can make me bleed ya know." He spat out with a sarcastic chuckle as he prepared his next spell as fast as possible. Logan tossed up two more energy balls and struck them with his bat. Sending them soaring towards Raiya.

Despite it looking like he was just trying to hit her with two attacks, the reality of his spell was much more complicated. One of the balls suddenly detonated mid-flight into a bright flashbang. But the other carried on, missing Raiya and as soon as it passed her, Logan used it as another teleportation relay to put him in back of her.

Logan's bat was already charged with a orange concussive rune to inflict more damage as he took a swing at her right side.