Heroic

Myriad Reality

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*Follows behind you*
If you get hurt, Artahe will escape. You need to conserve your energy.

@Webmaster

If I rested, I’d be giving him the satisfaction that he was strong enough to phase- hugh...
*Convulses and tenses up momentarily*
To phase me. He doesn’t get that. Not some sidekick.

Myriad Reality

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You... need to rest.

@Webmaster

Nope.
*Shakes my head*
Nope, no time to rest. Gotta stay conscious to keep him sealed up. Gotta kill Nemid. Let’s go.
*Staggers into a flight path off into space*

Myriad Reality

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What about... what about Artahe?

@Webmaster

*Tenses my fingers as I clench and unclench my fist several times, my eyes drooping a bit*
I did the thing. It was a race to see if I would contain him first, or if his ultimate move would kill me first.
*Chuckles and floats a bit off-balanced*
Obviously, I won.

Myriad Reality

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*Rushes over to you*
Are... are you okay?

@Webmaster

*Nods*
Yeah.
*Looks at my hand and shakes my head*
I definitely would have said “ow” if my ability to do so wasn’t impeded by all that unyielding agony. That thing definitely instantly kills just about anything out there that isn’t me, so I’m glad it wasn’t you in there.
*Wipes blood from a cut on my lip, cheek, and chin, respectively*

Myriad Reality

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*Watches, my eyes unfocused on the Singularity*

@Webmaster

*It slowly shrinks and eventually dissipates to nothing, leaving only me in a clearly altered state, heaving for breath and clothes tattered*
That... Is not... A black hole...
*Bends over and puts my hands on my knees*

Myriad Reality

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Watch out!

@Webmaster

*Shoots a quick glance over my shoulder and forcibly takes Artahe to a lower point in space with me, dodging it*

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
I can do that.
*Around us materializes a dozen entities that look like a living brass instrument; they begin blasting a cacophony of noise that blocks light from traveling, that freezes limbs in place, and that cause massive shockwaves aimed at Artahe in the center of the the choir*

@Webmaster

*Grits my teeth in discomfort*
We need to work on your friendly fire policies...

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...
*Lets off a loud roar that is followed up by an unprecedented output of energy in all directions, causing more damage the closer anything is to me, with Ona directly on top of me*

@Nemeses

And you have got to shut it!
*Starts pounding you in the head repeatedly*

Myriad Reality

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If you think it'll work... Do you need anything from me?

@Webmaster

Just-
*Grunts with each blow and tightens the headlock*
Make him less feisty.

Myriad Reality

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*Seems to snap out of something when I hear you, but wastes no time in turning around*
Neovariable Sword, battlechip in, download!
*A blade-like object that appears to be made out of liquid light materializes in my hand, and I slash diagonally through Artahe twice at different angles, the substance traveling as far as it can through him before the sword dissolves*

@Webmaster

Listen, I really hate how much time we're wasting on this clown. I have access to an ability that is a method of containment, usually for people who are, like, super weak. But I feel like I can stretch the limits and make use of it temporarily for someone like him.

Myriad Reality

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*Clasps my hands together*
Just once. Help me just this once...

@Webmaster

*Blinks into reality next to you, prying his hands from your neck and then putting him in a headlock of my own*
You don't have to ask me to do that.