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Edmond at this moment was somewhat nearby. With his abilities, tending the wounded was the first step after any battle, and Cicivexa was clearly among the wounded. At the first sound of his rage filled cry, Edmond fired up the afterburners on his suit, speeding towards Cicivexa, to grab him and rapidly bring him as far from his target as possible. Edmond was pretty certain he would not be caught in the crossfire, but that was of lesser importance. Here was a chance at ending the fight without significantly lowered cost, he could not afford to let that chance slip by.

 

"You're going to need to calm down."

 

Perfect tackle on Cicivexa, a SYN+STR check to banish him from the combat area for one turn. Use Strenuous G-Force to sacrifice 30 HP to do this action very fast.

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"You're a fool.  I have a reason to fight!" Medusa shouts back at Dackly, "I am the goddess of darkness!  The goddess of evil!  Fighting is my reason!  Wiping the smiles off pathetic twerps like you and your little friends is what makes me happy!"

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"You're a clone.  Just like me.  Or did you get one blow to the head too many and forget?" Dackly reminds.

 

She quotes from memory.  "Add a pinch of memories to a ton of souls, put them in a blender and hit frappe!"

 

"The fact that you're somehow able to lie to yourself, now especially, is proof of your mental strength.  But it's over.  You want truth?  Here it is!"

 

Dackly jabs a finger at the fallen foe.

 

"You're not Medusa! You suck at being her! So just give up and be someone else already!  This might be your only chance to do it!"

 

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"I'm not you, Dackly.  I am Medusa," The fallen goddess asserts, "Or at least, I am the remnant that is most like Medusa.  Whatever else I might be, I am not mistaken, and I am not a mistake.  I'm not some broken thing for you to repair, and add to your little... collection.  There's no fixing me."

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"Oh please!  Of all the people, of all the beings in all the worlds, you are the one I like the least in my decently long life of exploration.  You've got no place among my friends, don't worry about that."

 

"You're misunderstanding this situation, which is that I'm giving you good advice.  Medusa died, then her clone died again, then another clone died a third time."

 

"Medusa isn't someone you should aspire to be. You think I'm fixed?  That I think you can be fixed?  God no!  But I've got friends, wealth, a home, food and drink, goals that I can achieve, and I haven't died a single time."

 

"Go out!  Petrify some guys for pissing you off!  Be a bartender and sell property on the side, rule a planet and call yourself 'Georgia' for god's sake, but we both know that your fate is in your hands, and Medusa?  She would, will, and has squandered that handful of fate."

 

"I know for a fact that becoming someone else is almost worse than being you, but almost only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades."

 

She shakes her head at Medusa's mistaken assumptions.  "I don't even care if you're our enemy in the future, if you try to kill us again, but pissing away this opportunity so you can mantle a thrice-dead goddess and pretend that this time it will end differently?  While you lay defeated yet again at the foot of your hubris by me of all people?"

 

"I hate that."

 

Dackly crosses her arms, glaring at her enemy.

 

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"Then I'll-"  Medusa abruptly finds that while her mouth is moving, no sound is coming out.

 

"Spend some time with a mental health professional, and make an honest effort to work with them this time," The Makuta steps out of the goddess' shadow, silencing her with a wave of his hand, "When you look arrogant next to me, you know you've got problems.  At least I can admit when I've been outwitted and outplayed.  Yes, it happens.  Occasionally.  Usually after underestimating Vakama.  But in this case, everything is going just as planned.  The heroes triumph over the evil villainess, rescue their beloved companion, acquire new powers, and learn things about themselves, said villainess gets the shock to her system she needed to convince her to actually listen to her therapist, yes, I would call this a happy ending, wouldn't you?"

 

Medusa glares at him, moving her mouth soundlessly, and he sighs, gesturing in her general direction.  "I DON'T NEED A THERAPIST!"  She screams, "I NEED THEIR HEADS ON-"  He silences her again.

 

"And yet, as you've clearly demonstrated, you're not able to take their heads.  And if you were doing as well as you believe yourself to, you'd know that the last thing any of us want is for these people to come to harm," The Makuta gestures over the party with an armored hand, "After all, they are our best bet for fending off the Trespassers.  You do remember what those are, yes?"  Medusa makes a rather rude gesture at him, "Oh, so you do?  And you agree that if they eat the worlds we intend to rule over, that would irreversibly set back our plans?"  Medusa slowly, reluctantly, nods.  "Then you agree that the group of heroes fighting against this great evil should not be killed, but instead allowed to do their duty, and achieve their destiny?"  Medusa twitches, once, with her entire body, before going stiffly still.  "We'll work on that.  With your therapist."  When Medusa doesn't respond to that, the Makuta snaps his fingers, and she vanishes instantly.  "Ah, I do so love a good deed done well.  She'll thank me later.  Probably."

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Dackly deflates with a sigh. "Wow! That was exhausting.  Thanks evil guy!  Ugh.  It's like trying to argue with your high-school self, with the exact same flavor of petulant bickering."

 

"Oh, but uhh, fair warning, I think we're all still pissed at you, yaknow, evil and all that.  Sounds like you're at least after the same thing we are though, so good on you!  We happen to both like the multiverse existing, and that's some common ground I can get behind at least!" Dackly comments, picking at her ear.

 

"Dackly... I wouldn't be so familiar with this individual.  They did put forth an effort to kill us, even if it appears they did not plan on succeeding." Gozer critiques, disliking the instability of the being before him, even ignoring his dark nature.

 

Dackly smirks.  "You ever hear of a guy called Xanatos?" Dackly asks the Makuta, an amused thought coming to mind.

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Tsubasa took a deep breath after the fighting petered out, feeling the all-too-familiar sensation of burning throughout her body as she did so. She opened her eyes after exhaling, dropping into a relaxed - if still ready - posture as the conversation continued. She gave the Makuta a casually questioning glance, before nodding at Gozer. "A part of me says I should apologize for cutting a hand off, but another says I should aim higher this time."

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"Hohoho, flattery will get you everywhere, Dackly, but no, I find Xanatos and I have very different approaches to business,"  The Makuta takes a step or two away from Tsubasa, eyes briefly flickering towards her sword, "He sets things up so that win or lose, he will profit, while I...  I simply acknowledge that there are certain truths in the multiverse, among them that heroes always triumph over evil in the end.  Kill you?  Why would I even make the attempt?  You're doing exactly what I want.  The only thing I've done that even put your lives at risk was allowing Medusa to confront you, and even then I was ready to step in if she looked to be doing better than I had predicted she would.  Though I suppose I wouldn't put it past those matoran to pin every misfortune that befell you upon my shoulders; under ordinary circumstances, it wouldn't even be unfair, but these are hardly ordinary times."

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Having finished scooping the *ahem* ashes into a small pouch Cell walked over to the group of people slowly gathering to talk to the Makuta.  A second or two after Makuta finishes mentioning that he hadn't put them in much danger Cell slowly pulls out the tail of the Bazelgause with on hand and holds up the belt-ring of corrupted masks he collected from the fallen Nui-rama, jingling it a bit while giving Makuta a questioning look.

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The Makuta looks down at Cell's spoils, eyes narrowed.  "I did lose a swarm of Nui-Rama while tending to the damage Tsubasa inflicted to my armor, but not this many," He sifts through the belt-ring one by one, before stopping at a mask about halfway through, "This... is not one of mine.  And I don't know what creature you severed that tail from.  I have seen records of every Rahi beast in this world, but that...  And the mask...  The missing matoran...  There is a rogue member of the Brotherhood of Makuta, a lesser member of my species, on this island.  But who among them could be so foolish as to act against me in-  No, that's a stupid question, it's obviously Icarax, none of the others still alive and free would dare.  But this secrecy and scheming is not like him, unless...  Did it finally get through the rocks he calls a brain that he cannot defeat me directly?  No, arraigning for all of your deaths wouldn't give him more power...  Icarax, what has your tiny, tiny mind devised?  It fills me with a great irritation that idiots can be harder to predict than geniuses...  One cannot simply discount illogical or nonsensical courses of action..."

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Cell paused at the thought for a bit, considering it as he put away the tail and makes a very exaggerated motion to stroke the tip of his chin.

After a few seconds of thought something occurs to him and he qyickly shifts into making an odd gesture with the backs of his hands pressed against his chin and his fingers wiggling and writhing like a beard of gribbly tentacles.

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"Even he could not possibly be that stupid.  He lives in this universe, just as the rest of us.  What possible benefit would he think to acquire with siding with a force that seeks to end everything?"  The Makuta starts pacing irritably, "What are you up to Icarax..."

 

WHAM!  An invisible force slams into the Makuta, knocking his mask askew and throwing him back.  Even as he corrects it, regaining his balance, a second massive, armored figure appears before the party, flickering out of invisibility.  This being is taller and leaner than the Makuta, his black armor accented with red and silver.  In one outstretched arm he holds a shield lined with outswept blades, which he just used to bash the Makuta back, and in the other, he holds a long sword, its hefty guard scratched and worn by countless battles.  A mask like a vulture's face covers burning red eyes as he glares with manic hate at the other titan.

 

"Enjoying watching you fools fight amongst yourselves, of course.  And now, punching you in the face.  Oh, but I am going to enjoy this."

 

"Icarax, Icarax, Icarax," The Makuta sighs, leaning on his spear as he chastizes the other makuta, "We've been through this how many times now?  You know how this is going to end."  The dark god gestures casually at the usurper.  Nothing happens.  He narrows his eyes at his hand, and gestures again, with quick precision.  Still nothing.  "...Uh oh..."

 

"Having trouble accessing your elemental powers, Teridax?" Icarax gloats, "I've sealed them away, with the help of my new friends!  Behold!"  He points grandly towards the sky with his sword as a loud buzzing fills the air.  A shadow passes over the clearing once, twice, before settling into a thunderous landing.  The creature looms over the two makuta and the party, twisted flesh and clicking chitin.

 

Two burly arms dominate its front section, covered in blunt fists of shell like a mantis shrimp, under a horned head where eyes glow with sulfurous hate.  A heartbeat later it's a great, sabertoothed cat's head, slavering and snapping, before the bull returns.  Insectoid, no bird-like, no insectoid wings vibrate on its back in a rattling buzz, as a scorpion's tail arcs over the back of its head.  Instead of hind legs, a pair of great treads like a tank grind at the dirt as it snorts and snarls, maw drooling a sort of iridescent goo that causes the ground to twist and warp where it lands.  "You let a Trespasser possess the Rahi Nui?!  And gave it the ability to feed on makuta powers instead of Toa power?  Icarax you idiot!  Even if you best me, how do you expect to defend yourself against it with your sword alone?"

 

"I don't," Icarax snarls, "You wouldn't understand.  You always win.  Well.  Not this time.  Even if it kills me, I'll have killed you.  That's plenty.  And you said it yourself.  We both know how this is going to go down.  I could never match your power.  I...  see that, now.  But you...  You never did put in much practice with that spear of yours, did you?"  He raises his sword and shield, even while the Makuta takes up his spear.

 

But from their first clash it's clear that Icarax wasn't exaggerating.  His sword whistles through the air with precision and skill, his shield perfectly blocking and trapping the Makuta's spear for each blow.  The Makuta narrowly avoids the first few strikes, but this stalemate can't last...

 

The possessed Rahi Nui roars, and the very air twists around it, a creature tearing through the veil, like a Tyrannosaurus composed of right triangles with unequal sides, that hurts the mind even before it hurts the body.

 

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 "Lightning Breathing, Third Form." Tsubasa murmured to herself as she dropped into a crouched pose, already beginning to pull her sheath (blade still within) from its place at her side.  "Sky-Splitting Flash." Like the natural phenomenon for which the form was named, Tsubasa hurled herself across the battlefield, interposing herself between Icarax and the Makuta.  "I made my decision." She brought the sheath up in an attempt to ward off the incoming blow, which would hopefully give their mysterious "benefactor" a chance to prove his goodwill.

 

Sky-Splitting Flash targeting the Makuta and Cicivexa!

 

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Cell quickly shoves the tail back into his pack and reaches into his sack of special surprises to retrieve a blueish-white sphere.  A good lob lands it somewhere between the Rahi Nui and Icarax.
Cell uses Ice Grenade targeting Rahi Nui and Icarax.  They each lose 5 Init and act last this round(if they don't act before Cell, if they do they act last next round).

 

 

 

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"Teridax? Is that your name?" Well, it was pretty clear what needed to be done here. Whether the Makuta was scheming or not regarding this Icarax person, there was a trespasser in desperate need of defeating. Of course, Edmond knew that the amount of hurt he could put out was rather low, so for now he'd want to prevent their enemy from getting off a devastating first strike.

 

 

Utilize Birds Eye View on Hikari, and Dackly, Gozer, and Cap. (If they count as more than one person for action targetting, just pick Dackly and Gozer). Decrease incoming damage by 30%, 1 turn cooldown. Edmond autoheals for 10% MHP (7). 4 physical damage reduction, 8 against bullets.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Travis had been appreciating the moment of respite. "Had", as in past tense, as the influx of enemies meant he quickly had to get himself into battle mode, the crew having already been prepared for more fighting to break out despite the odd circumstances. Still he was somewhat used to alliances breaking and making on the fly, so it was little surprise when a burst of machinegun fire let fly from his tank to strike at the combatants.

Travis uses Fire Machinguns!

 

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As Cicivexa dragged himself back onto the scene, downing the one potion he could find on himself that wasn't expired, he was forced to consider his own actions. Would he have died if Edmond hadn't forced him out of the situation? He knew now that he needed to trust the man's judgment, but doing nothing while the Makuta spirited her off for "therapy"... didn't sit well with him, either. Even if such a being was willing to help with this one existential problem, his own continued existence is a problem unto itself, and "helping him" to any further degree, even as he has reaped so much from their very arrival... even if the Trespassers' invasion was stopped, he couldn't stand to leave this star worse-off than when he arrived.

 

This mutiny offered an opportunity: let the Makuta and Trespassers weaken each other, and finish them both off! That would be the best possible outcome, but that considered... he couldn't afford to be too risky. There is a clear heirarchy of problems, and... and even if it means the Makuta lives, the Trespassers (and the one working with them) were the target he came here for.

 

Under the effect of Sky-Splitting Flash, the Fruits of Hubris are ignored!

 

Cicivexa casts 2d8pnL9.pngToa Freeze on Icarax, the Rahi-Nui, and the Trespasser Spawn Tyrannosaurus, dealing (( 5d6 + 16 + 4 )/16) ice damage to the targets, and granting Umbra to Cicivexa for 4 turns. On a successful INT + 4 check against the targets' CON, Toa Freeze inflicts G8TVagh.pngBind for 2 Turns. (G8TVagh.pngBind: silences actions that require proximity; cured when a hostile action requiring proximity is taken against the victim by their enemy)

 

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"Oh, this should be fun!" Her sword appeared in a flash of blood red particles. "It's like one of those plot twists in the mystery novels I used to find around! Ha!" Her expression turned from amusement to determination as she went in for the strike.

 

Hikari uses Dispersal Slash dealing 10d6+DEX damage to the Rahi Nui. Her Enhanced reaction time activates, granting an extra action. She activates her Blood Barrier blocking the next 2 attacks to her.


 

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Dackly uses Soften on the Trespasser Tyranosaur, while Gozer uses Royal Guard, predicting that Makuta will be attacked again by Ikarax!

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Travis opens fire with his machine guns for 8 attacks of 6 damage each, looping around the initiative order until all are expended.  Each hit lowers the target’s damage output by 2 for 1 round.  The bullets seem to bounce off Icarax.

 

The Rahi Nui stings Travis, inflicting Reality Acid and dealing 3 damage!  Better clean that up fast…

 

Icarax throws a cut at the Makuta, dealing 11 damage!  Gozer intercepts it with Royal Guard!

 

The Makuta activates his Kanohi Mask of Shadows, filling Hikari with righteous fury and giving her +12 damage for 3 rounds!

 

Cell uses Ice Grenade targeting the Rahi Nui and Icarax!  They lose 5 init and act last this round!  (Or next round if they act before Cell).  It doesn’t seem to affect Icarax…

 

The Rahi Nui turns towards Cell and lowers its bull-like head, snorting viciously.

 

Tsubasa uses Sky-Splitting Flash to intercept the next three attacks aimed at Cicivexa or the Makuta!

Icarax attempts to shoulder-check the Makuta, but Tsubasa intercepts the blow!

 

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!  Icarax loses his next action!

 

Hikari uses Dispersial Slash to deal 59 damage to the Rahi Nui!  She activates her Blood Barrier to soak the next two attacks aimed at her!

 

Icarax’s combo has been disrupted!

 

Cicivexa casts Toa Freeze on Icarax, the Rahi Nui, and the TST, dealing 1 ice damage to each and granting him Umbra for 4 rounds.  All three must make a DC 20 con save or suffer Bind for 2 rounds, cutting off actions that require proximity.  Icarax ignores the effect!  The Rahi Nui eats the ice damage and gets marginally more swole!

 

The Trespasser Spawn Tyrannosaurus is frozen solid!  And also softened!  The paradox deals 10 psychic damage to it!

 

Edmond asks the Makuta what his name is, and uses Bird’s Eye View to decrease incoming damage on Hikari and Dackly + Gozer by 30%!  Edmond doesn't regenerate, because he's at full HP!  The Makuta seems to be ignoring his question...

 

Dackly uses Soften to inflict 4 stacks of Soften on the TST, reducing its damage output by 4%.  Gozer uses Royal Guard, predicting that Icarax will attack the Makuta!

 

A warping pulse emanates from the Trespasser-possessed Rahi Nui!  Suddenly, whenever a member of the party breathes out, the air exiting their bodies emanates several feet to their left, bypassing their vocal cords!  The party has been Silenced!

 

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As the Rahi Nui huffs and snorts Cell turns to face it, drawing his blade and shield, the red metal and off-set black cross catching sun as he brought his sword to rest on the edge.

 

Cell prepares to Parry against the Rahi Nui!

 

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This could be really bad. She felt like she could still breathe just fine, but reality warping around them like this meant it might not last for long. We brought it, so I may as well. . . Reason and logic aside, it simply felt like the right decision. Tsubasa took the strange, powerful mask she'd been instructed with and placed it over her face. Just like wielding a blade. Clear your mind of everything but the flow. The calm will guide you to the cut as long as you are there to give it form, and give no thought to anything but the cut. The words didn't quite reach her conscious mind as she focused, but her master's teachings (before she became her own, of course) echoed beneath the surface.

 

Tsubasa attempts to channel the power of the Mask of Time to assist the party!

 

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Oh, come on. Now even if the Makuta had been willing to answer, it'd be pointless. He hated to attack this specimen of an extinct species, but what more was there to do?

 

Use Stress Testing (2d8+12 and increase damage of next hit on same enemy by 25%) on the dinosaur, activate Gambit (-13 HP), and use Stress Testing (2d8+12 and increase damage of next hit on same enemy by 25%) on Rahi Nui. Edmond autoheals for 10% MHP (7). 4 physical damage reduction, 8 against bullets.

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He had to admit, this was a creative one, but Cicivexa had trained for months to channel without the need for voice control. Such tricks were worthless against him... and they would soon be his foes' downfall.

 

As he gathered energy in his staff, he lowered it and flicked it upwards, launching a ball of lightning towards the Trespasser! To a limited extent, now, its energy was now his to command. The excess of it, at least.

 

Under the effect of Sky-Splitting Flash, the Fruits of Hubris are ignored!

 

Cicivexa casts Vicy0bT.png Thundaga on the Rahi-Nui, dealing ( ( 5d6 + 16 + 9 ) / 4 ) lightning damage to the target, and inflicting two stacks of QcBWAZW.pngThunderstruck for 3 Turns.

(QcBWAZW.pngThunderstruck (Stackable): when the victim uses an action with a cooldown or charge time, they lose one stack, and the inflictor gains Nnf4tJz.pngThundercloud for 1 Turn)

(Nnf4tJz.pngThundercloud: If able to act, the user can consume this to perform one lightning-aspected weapon attack as a free action, affected by either fire or wind damage buffs)

 

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