Cruallassar

TTL: The Final Hazard OOC

GAAAAAH!!!
I am now in the situation where my medieval fantasy character has to learn how to use a computer, and not only that, but the correct answer to this is essentially RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IF ONLY MY CHARACTER HAD COMPUTER SKILLS!!!!
This is maddening.

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Oh yeah, and a guy trying to kill him for no apparent reason, but that's basically a side note scarcely worth considering.

The Final Hazard

@Terminal

Kael moves himself over to face the keys on the machine, typing out the word "reset" on them to see what happens. Then the explosion sounds and he twists around to view the last of his comrades...and the erstwhile murderer...expire. Lovely. So much for saving anyone else then. "You know, this situation might seem a hell of a lot more hopeless if you were doing less trying to kill everyone and convincing everyone of the fact. As it is, I'm inclined to disbelieve you." He notes the detachment of the knight's shield...interesting. So he was still vulnerable to the metal bolts. Kael wills the knight's crossbow to explode as an afterthought as he hastily returns his gaze to the machine's screen.

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@Terminal

Kael hastily examines the machine in front of him, looking for controls or other devices that might suggest a reset command. These lines of...some kind of power that extended into the machine and out to the Pavise Knight seemed significant somehow...a power supply, perhaps?
"Couldn't care less. I just want to leave."
Perhaps his power of will over the dimension could sever it as well? He was keeping track of the knight's location via his sense of that line primarily...but if he could neutralize the last remaining hostile, then resetting the world might be considerably easier. He takes a brief moment to glance toward the knight and directs his will to the destruction of the line reaching out to his enemy. It was nice that he seemed to have scored a hit on Donny...

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-sigh-
I knew I should have specifically formed the slug after projected impact...

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@Terminal
Might I inquire as to the fate of the crossbow bolt that was redirected back at the Pavise Knight?

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@Terminal

Luckily, no warning needed to be given for Kael to be warned. The first sign of the Pavise Knight's betrayal was his position...even as Kael examined the mysterious cords of power extending out from the machine, the mere fact that the one extended to the Pavise Knight behind Kael was enough to immediately confirm treachery, since for the knight to be in any way behind him involved his continuing to move towards Kael, and the machine was more or less to Kael's left. He had been unwilling to let any of his possible enemies out of easy vision, and if the knight took pains to attempt to change that, the reason was clear.
The second sign was his words and manner in which he said them. He wasn't supposed to be commenting, and the proper inflection for such a comment was most certainly not deadpan, not with a normal person in this scenario.
The third was the metallic twang...but really, that was just a catalyst for the pre-prepared action.
Since the knight was still a short ways away, as Kael had been knocked back pretty far by the shockwave, he even had plenty of time for action...but when one has become capable of accomplishing things at the speed of thought, that's just a bonus. The resulting exertion of Kael's will had been prepared against Donny's ranged weapons, but the circumstance mattered not in the slightest as the crossbow bolt flew barely a foot before it is twisted around and thrown directly back at the Pavise Knight at equal speed. Of course, such an action wasn't even close to guaranteeing the target's neutralization, so Kael's next mental command was to form the one thing that had been confirmed to stop these knights. He willed a slug to form very closely around the Pavise Knight...the same as the slug that they had had such a dangerous ride in, which had claimed the lives of three people. He could have formed it on the Knight and killed him instantly...but if the machine stymied his attempts to reset it, the Knight's life might still come in handy. Kael was not Donny, to slaughter ruthlessly without thought for the value of life. And for icing on the mental cake, Kael willed himself back over to the machine, behind it so as to be within sight of both the Pavise Knight and the result of his actions against the Hitman.

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@shylarah

You don't have to do that for me.

@Bright_Ops

As is true in the case of most gifts...

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@Terminal

Kael stops his speeding flight with a thought, glancing toward the Pavise Knight. "I'm good, eyes on the objective. Reset the machine!" His attempt to reset it had been a long shot at best...there had been no telling what might affect a machine that had stayed in the collapsed world, other than using it as it was meant to be used. Good to know what the result was. Then there was the knight...he may be a potential issue, but he's not a hostile at the moment, and the closest thing they had to someone who might know how to work that machine. Of course Kael might be able to figure it out himself, but turning his back on anyone present was not something he wanted to do. Ironic, actually...he didn't trust the knight, but it was the knight who seemed like the indispensable asset at the moment, and Kael couldn't afford not to trust him. Suddenly he noticed the shining radiance above him, and Fortune's charge. Donny's attention was diverted...unreliably though, since the man had shown himself extremely competent whether he appeared to be looking at you or not. But that was no defense against powers he didn't know of or didn't see coming. The Pavise Knight was at a safe distance if he didn't follow instructions...focusing on the objective was another of the first things Kael's mentor had taught him, but if Donny killed their distraction before they managed to reset it, it would be an issue. Both objectives are therefore critical.
Kael slides three more of his supply of metal bolts out and wills them at Donny...or more specifically, he wills one to appear immediately next to his center of mass at an angle behind the direction he is facing, one above his head directed downwards, and one spinning vertically at an angle upwards from his side, each appearing and instantly directed at high speed at the hitman. No angle to escape, no room to dodge, and with the metal bolts, even a glancing hit would likely be fatal. Lesson three from his mentor: When trying to defeat a formidable opponent, strike swiftly, silently, and leave no room for escape. Kael's next action would be to use his Ethereal Sight...it would work, because he willed it.

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@Terminal

Kael's eyes followed the lines of text, understanding...well, some of it. Then the revelation that he could have saved his companion came to mind...which of course, seemed largely obvious in hindsight, but his reasoning for not trying something like that was still sound.
"You could have saved her, you worthless thief..."
So it would seem...he wasn't particularly perturbed by the insult and remark, people had said worse to him before, but the way he could have saved her...
The last line of text scrolled across the screen, and his name caught his eye. Proxy Iris...that knight kept talking about proxys...vitiating him, Kael...he didn't know what vitiating meant, but he knew the roots of such a word, and anyway, something told him he probably didn't want to be vitiated. But more importantly, everything except the essential outside elements of this world had been torn away, who was this Pro...
Everything and everyone who wasn't...something, essential...had disappeared.
The only being who hadn't who had also not been in that carriage besides the monstrosity above him was that knight.
The knight with the golden eyes who was even now reaching for his shoulder.
"Maybe you should do that now..."
If there was one thing his mentor had taught him, it was the value of instant action. Kael's will exerted itself immediately, intent on two effects. Firstly, he willed himself about three feet away from the entity he presumed to be Iris. Then, he used the interesting thing he had noticed.
When he had looked at the machine, he had figured, ~Hey, this seems to be a piece of complex magical equipment that I am not sure I can deal with.~ If he thought about the prospect of healing the wound in his partner earlier, he figured that it would be a task he wasn't sure he could accurately accomplish, due to...once again...a lack of understanding. And yet...he could have done it. Therefore, the next task he wills to occur, is for the machine before him to reset. Once again, no fiddling with whatever accomplishes that task, no fighting the monster above, and no getting vitiated by their ally. Simply the clear intent for it to perform the function he knew it could. He may not have saved his companion, but this worthless thief could certainly save anyone left and get them home.

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Oh...
Oh Terminal, you glorious hellspawn.

I am onto you.