Valiance

Myriad Reality

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*A series of metallic rods emerge from my back and arms, which absorb heat around me and rapidly drop the temperature, and the excess is expelled as a beam of heat directed at you*

@Artifact

*Shields my face, but doesn’t do so in any rushed way, moreso inconvenienced*
You’ve got quite a few tricks up your sleeve there.

Myriad Reality

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*Bounces backward, away from the source of heat*

@Artifact

*Despite being farther from the source, the temperature inside the bubble is accelerating now beyond cataclysmic levels*

Myriad Reality

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*Bends backward below the blow and reaches to claw into your wrist*

@Artifact

*You scratch but do not break skin, as though I am reinforced now in a way I wasn't before. The flame sprite flares and the temperature increase rate drastically skyrockets*

Myriad Reality

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Acrobatically flips between the blasts, narrowly dodging the reflections*

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*Flips backwards, planting my foot into your side, and pivots into a series of jabs at pressure points along your spine and limbs*

@Artifact

*The lasers become denser and denser as their numbers increase, and the breastplate covering my whole torso proves surprisingly durable as it doesn't fold to the pressure of direct blows whatsoever, allowing me to turn and backhand you directly into the sphere*

Myriad Reality

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*Rakes the back of my finger across the energy bubble*

@Artifact

*A white hot ball of fire appears in my hand, and the temperature in the bubble suddenly feels as though it spikes immediately*

Myriad Reality

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It’s going to take a lot more than that, you brute.

@Artifact

A fella can hope. Let’s pick things up a notch, Chickpea.

Myriad Reality

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Not a chance.
*Bites into my own shoulder, and soon after my body shifts and morphs into a more slender frame that slips through the restraints and kicks backwards off of you*

@Artifact

*Sighs*
There goes the best ending this could have had.

Myriad Reality

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*Yelps and twists my body to bend my elbow toward you, which transmits magnified force, while I tug on the restraints with my other limbs*

@Artifact

*The orbs around your arms become attracted to each other, locking your arms behind your back and your feet together*
Let’s get out of here, before things escalate too severely.

Myriad Reality

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*The kinetic energy seems to unnaturally glide to my forehead, which I slam into yours, delivering an equivalent blow*

@Artifact

*My head recoils back and then rockets forward again, staring at you, deadpan*
No one who ever says that really is.
*Grabs your arm and snaps the elbow backward, while your wrist and rest of your body are both anchored where they are*

Myriad Reality

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Fine.
*Holds my arms to either side*
I’m wide open.

@Artifact

But are you really?
*Blue energy balls materialize around each of your limbs, anchoring your wrists and ankles in space as I rocket forward and deliver an explosive jab to the gut*