Unhinged

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Nimda>

That’s the spin you’re going to try and go with?
*Shakes my head*
The energy surge came from your little spell. It’s clear as day, likely even on footage- if there are any cameras left.
*Kneels down next to him and turns my gaze to him*
You’re the brains of your little duo. You understand there is one, and only one path to making up for this.

@Nemeses

*Slowly turns my gaze to you*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Unhinged>

*Doesn't meddle in any other way except for my attempts to break it down and convert it to magic when it reaches me*

@Nimda

*Nothing prevents you from defending yourself like that, and when the dust settles, I stand in the midst of where the crowd once stood- charred, exhasuted, and with my shoulders slumped*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Inimical>

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

<Snipped quote by Unhinged>

*My eyes widen and frantically switch to defensive casting*

@Nimda

<Snipped quote by Unhinged>

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

<Snipped quote by 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*

@Session

*Through inexplicable means, the blasts ignores virtually every barrier, whether it be manifested energy or the very floor, vaporizing anything and everything and everyone it touches that doesn’t possess superhuman durability, leaving holes in the floor of the vessel that breach into its electrical inner-workings and even all the way through the bottom in some spots*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Unhinged>

Looks like the party’s ending!
*Slams my other foot on your hand to jam it between my feet, and blast constant laser pulses into your torso*

@Nimda

*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*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Inimical>

*Takes advantage of the distraction to teleport into your path of ascent, somersaulting off of one of Lily's platforms to give myself angular momentum and drive the back of my heel into your solar plexus*

@Nimda

*Catches your heel as we fall back, looking over your shoulder at the console as the black lightning surges across it, parts of the stage and through a network of wiring, sourcing back from the speakers that were dulled earlier by your magic which are now white-hot*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Unhinged>

<Snipped quote by Session>

Figured as much.
*Adopts a wide stance and inhales deeply, then releases the breath with a burst of movement, running forward and stepping off Lily’s airbound platforms to propel myself upward, accompanied by rapid gunfire both at the two of you and away*

@Nimda

*Swings my arm over my head, suddenly adopting a much more defensive approach than previously in the fight as the bullets ricochet off a summoned barrier of hard light*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Unhinged>

*Rhythmically chains gun blasts and teleportation to create a dazzling spectacle of beams throughout the combat area, targeting both of you and your escape routes*

@Nimda

*Stands up as the song comes to a close, steam fuming off my forehead as I stand from your previous blast*
I only have so much fear and respect to give.
*The lasers slow and stop before hitting any of us in the absence of music, allowing my brother to step aside*
No room for you on the shortlist.
*Explodes from where I stand and rockets toward a position just as you warp there, slamming my fist down like a thunderous hammer onto the side of your head as you pass, and releasing the frozen projectiles on the moment of impact*

Myriad Reality

<Snipped quote by Unhinged>

Nice try, but not happening. You know, you should respect Lily.
*A moment after I pull the trigger, I materialize at your upper-left, falling smoothly upside down with my second gun in my off-hand*
But you should fear me.
*Fires both guns simultaneously, the first blasting you in the head and the other firing a short-distance teleportation spell in the opposite direction*

@Nimda

*Flies backwards, spinning rapidly before that motion is stopped by me hitting the ground face-first and sliding to a halt*