Session

Myriad Reality

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*Knowingly grabs the barrel and points it slightly off angle, away from my head, at the same instant you make the move, then kicks you in the leg behind your knee, dropping you to your knees and tightening my grip*
The best thing you can do for yourself now is beg your guardian angel to stop keeping you alive.

@Nemeses

Hey! I resent that!

Myriad Reality

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I’ll be the judge of that.
*Places my hand on the top of your head*

@Nemeses

At least buy me dinner before you go snooping around in my head.
*You find this form to be a mere projection of my true self, an unadulterated spirit essence permanently bound to Gio*
Our contract says that we protect Ona. You're going to try and capture her. The rest of this is showboating.

Myriad Reality

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You’re right, there is. Gio is absolutely clueless, as verified by me, but you…
*Walks toward you with my hand outstretched*

@Nemeses

*Winks with my tongue sticking out of the corner of my mouth*
Just as braindead.

Myriad Reality

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*Raises an eyebrow with a clear thought on my mind, but neither speaks nor acts on it*

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*Stares down Gio while you do, looking him up and down analytically. Your analysis only relays the info that the detonations did truly occur from within the tech on stage, with no evidence of projectiles or other manipulation from afar. Nothing residual even signifies a sabotage device, and energy signatures don’t match anyone known*
Well, you at least truly don’t know anything, Gio. But that doesn’t seem surprising.

@Nemeses

Looks like the entire explosion came from within, and I'm not seeing any traces of remote detonation.
*Glances at Gio*
But you know, something tells me that there's a problem even if we did figure out exactly who did this.

Myriad Reality

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*Tilts my head*
You misread the situation. I’m not giving an out. Your options are: You give me the name of someone else who’s responsible that you’ve got hiding around here, I arrest them instead of you, and I take Ona. Or- You turn yourselves in, and I take Ona. Or- You fight back, and I kill you. Or you run, and I kill you. And I. Get. Ona.
*Clears my throat*
I hope that spells out for you, which parts of this current predicament are negotiable in your hands.

@Nemeses

You know what, I think we have common ground to start with.
*Stares into the source of the explosion and closely observes the paths of destruction, looking for microscopic indicators of direction, intensity, and impact of the attack to backtrace its origin and behavior*

Myriad Reality

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You’re sticking to that?
*Takes a few steps forward*
If I had the foresight to know things would have ended up going this far, I’d have stopped it. No questions asked. I thought the people known for frequenting this trash heap of a world were generally acknowledged to be decent people, so forgive me for misjudging you.
*Puts my hands in my pockets*
Ona is coming back to her family. For the crime of harboring a criminal, I was willing to ignore you, and even trying to do so. For the crime of mass murder… Don’t make me kill you.

@Nemeses

If we did it, you wouldn't be going out of your way to give us an out. Here's the thing, Gio can't even do spells like that.
*Flies up next to him and puts a hand on his head at his indignant expression*
And I couldn't have done it, since I can't cast spells outside his body. There's a lot of cash on the line here for us, we aren't going to go and screw it up like that.

Myriad Reality

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You're insane. We aren't even set up for crowd control.

@Nimda

Gio, I think he's framing you.

Myriad Reality

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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

*Uses the temporary platforms I was creating throughout the fight as shields for as many partygoers as I can*

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

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*My eyes widen and frantically switch to defensive casting*

@Nimda

*Snap-possesses Gio to rapid-fire as many protection spells around the crowd as we can muster with the magic we had collected during combat, rapidly exhausting our available pool with a low-rumble sound like distorted, continuous gunfire*

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*

@Malevocholy

*Goes back to analyzing the fight*