Lords of Creation (Story Thread 2)

[Zaleramancer]

Mela, Demi-Goddess of Secretaries, nearly took flight when Zaya started shouting.

All this fighting was making her nervous. Of course, she was already jittery. Perhaps that new coffee stuff the Durhians were exporting was bad for you.

Mela considered it.

Nah, it was probably just her nerves.  

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Aox simply nodded in response to Rhogar's call. He didn't trust himself to speak lest he betray his true emotions. Aox was putting on a brave face, but underneath his was trembling in fear. His opponent was a warrior. What chance did he have against such training? No, he had to think positive. He had to face his opponent and prove the power of his craft.

That was it. He had to protect the sanctity of his craft.

Aox stood his ground. He was ready.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

(1 mote previously +6 motes (3/day for 2 days), Total: 7 motes)

Mikoto watches as the next two heroes walk out into the arena. Kagehana's match was next and Lady Mina still hadn't arrived.

[Philote]

Motes left: 16

No response, Strange. Rhogar thought.

He waited for the horns to signal the matches start, and raised his sword as that rung through the air. Frost began to coat the blade. With one final inspection of his opponent, Rhogar took off at a steady stride towards his opponent.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Motes: 20

As his opponent approached, Aox began to back up. His nervously reached for his dagger. Slowly his hand tightened around the dagger's hilt and he pulled it out of its sheath. Holding the dagger in front of himself, Aox began to move to the right.

[Philote]

Rhogar approaches and does a simple swing with his sword, frost flying off the blade behind it. It seemed that this battle would be easier than he had expected, his opponent could barely hold his dagger.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

The sword strike knocks the dagger clear out of Aox's hand. the dagger arcs neatly through the air before embedding itself in the ground. Glancing at his discarded weapon and the fast approaching Rhogar, Aox had to think fast. He raised his right arm. Strapped to it was a small crossbow. A sharp "twang" was heard as it launched it's arrow at Rhogar's chest.

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Crav, finally finished his contributions to the castle and began to make his way back to the arena. He had a feeling he was missing something.

[Philote]

Rhogar reacts with an instinct built up from constant training. Moving to the side, the shot aimed for his heart only landed on his shoulder. The arrow punctured through Rhogar's armor and struck his scales.

He jumped back, wondering how his defenseless opponent had turned things around to be the one injuring him. He raised his sword defensively in front of him, watching Aox.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Mikoto watches as the dagger gets knocked out of the hero's hand and prays that he does not get hurt if possible.

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Mina and her entourage continue on towards Spectropolis, albeit at a faster pace than earlier. Something was not right, something had happened. What was this intuitive feeling she had that something had gone wrong?

Mina: "Gravas, Magnas, Kyuuketsu, Suna, and Illusia, prepare yourselves just in case something is wrong. I might be wrong, but be prepared."

All: "Yes, ma'am."

The entourage gets ready for any possibility. The possibility of an attack on Spectropolis was not to be taken lightly. (This is due to Mik Hael's creation and being beaten up by the Monster King, if I read his post correctly. That would definitely send out waves of uneasiness for gods)

(Total: 7 motes)

[Celadon's Penultimate]

"So..." Zai made his way back up to where his comrades and his superiors were sitting, "What did I miss? Who's up next?"

"You mean, what did you missed when you had your behind royally handed to you?" Revei chuckled, "Sadly, dear Zai, the world kept going on in your rather prolonged absence..."

The others joined in, and Zai crossed his arms, sinking into his seat, annoyed.

"That's fine, Revei. I'll suffer your ridicule..." he replied finally, "for now. And then, when Bo thoroughly thrashes you in the ring, we'll see who has the last laugh."

Revei fell silent. His face and voice hardened.

"Hey, you'd better watch it, Book-Lover." Revei snorted haughtily, "I'll have you know my sparring matches always ended in him flat on his face."

Bo was the one to get serious now, "Oh, yeah? Well, this time, I plan on putting a dent in your flight pattern. And then I'll whoop the rest of you."

Mina and Tyran spoke up now in protest, and joined Revei in berating Bo, while Zai went back to his book. Uburra-Namall was too busy looking at all the muscular bodies gleaming with sweat in the sunlight, but Jassi and Jissei tapped him on the shoulder.

"Shame on you, turning them against one another like that." Jassi scolded with a playful whisper.

"You're so wicked." Jissei said under his breath, with a grin.

Zai only smirked, and casually flipped a page. Even if he didn't always win in combat, he never failed to remind them, they had taught him well.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Aox was scrambling to find a weapon in his bag of tricks. Something.... anything to fight with. What he came up with was a small ceramic orb. Perfect! Acting quickly, Aox lobbed the orb at the ground in front of Rhogar. The orb shattered, releasing a cloud of soot and smoke.

Without hesitation Aox, used the smokescreen to put as much distance between himself and Rhogar as possible.

[Philote]

So many tricks, Rhogar's training hadn't prepared him for a fight against a non-warrior like this. Sucking in a deep breath, Rhogar let out one of his Dragon breath attacks. The icy blast traveled through the smoke, and hit the wall behind it.  The fact that Rhogar didn't hear a response to this attack lets him know that Aox has moved.

He raises his sword and builds up an icy wind around the blade, preparing to blow away the smoke.

[Mik_Hael]

Grace: "Thanks, I think that I'....what's that?" A streak of darkness arched across the sky approaching the pair at an incredible rate. It landed between the two of them creating a crater in the sand. The figure rose slowly gazing at the mirror.

Grace: "Mik? Oh sh..." before the words finished leaving her lips the figure thrust both arms otward towards them, space ripple for an instant sending a concussive blast into each of their solar plexusses, nocking them backwards. the second they landed the figure shifted his foot and crystal arched in black veins broke free of the ground enveloping both of them. "Bind" chains shimmered into existance locking the two in place. It's gaze never broke from the mirror.
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Dephos: "Mik Hael!!!!!!" As she as she spotted me she fell to the ground. I was lying just outside the outskirts of the city lying face down in the sand unconsciouss.

Juggler: "What the heck!?"

4: "This isn't right...."

Archiver: "All of the major god's are within the city, how could this have...." She was interrupted by a large rumbling. From the ground, a collection of large figures rose from the earth, they were mountainous, no beyond mountainous. Their foreheads scraped the heavens, five appeared, surrounding the city on all sides.

Archiver: "Muffin!?"

 As his happened spiries of blackened crystal erupted from the ground, taking growing upwards forming a large cylinder around the city, after growing above the heads of the giants itt changed direction, sealing the top. the creatures bellows were heard from outside the entrapment.

1: "What's happening."

Dephos: "It doesn't matter, we need to get Mik Hael back to a place where he can recover." She lifted my arm and used the guantlet to rip open a tear back to the sanctum."

3: "What about Grace?"

Dephos: "She can find her own way back, we need to heal Mik Hael."

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Earlier.

Monsterking: The god grabbed the mirror and immediately it was infected warped by shadows. A short manifestation of power created an unstable guantlet on the god's hand. It swiped the air infront of it and space rended from his path. He stepped through to appear several feet away from Muffin. "Hello there Beast, look here for a second would you."

Muffin looked up for a split instant recognizing the voice of his master, it was just enough for his face to be captured by the mirror.

Monsterking: "Good." He dissapeared then, on the outskirts of the city. The image of Muffin was still trapped within the mirror, but not for long, it began to escape, seemingly impossible given the dimensions of the mirrors. After it escaped, the image was still trapped within and the Monsterking moved to a seperate location, and repeated the proccess four more times. the god cricked his neck, and tapped a protruding crystal with his foot before dissappearing. A ring of Crystal  began to sprout from the ground just outside of the city limits.
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[Gentleman Vaultboy]

The Babysitter coughed, trying to get some air back in her lungs. She pulled, harder than she could ever remember pulling, and the vines snapped free and broke after a few moments. She went to Grace, tearing at the vines holding her down and voicing the only question on her mind.

"What the hell was that!?"

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In the areana the ground quaked and moved, throwing the fighters off. The Watchman stood up and looked around.

"What the hell is that?"

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"What the hell is that?" Asked the teenager as the crystals enveloped Spectrpolis. The Veteran just stared at it, then said, "That crafting god still working inside the castle?"

"I think so. Hey whats-"
"Go get him."
"Wha-"
"BOY, JUST DO AS I SAY!"

Something in it's tone told the teenager that this was serious. He rushed inside the castle. "Mt. Crav! Mr. Crav, are you there?"

The Veteran could only look. This, this was the play he would have made if he was declaren war on the gods.

That scared him.

[Mik_Hael]

Grace: "I think it was Mik, but I'm not sure, usually he would have just lectured me. Somethings not....where's the mirror?"

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"He took it. Grave, not to offend, but your dad's an..." She trails off, seeing the dome over Spectrpolis and the 4 giants.

"Grace," she stammers, "I think someone just declared war."

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"ENCASED!"

"Completely sir, all around."

The Watchman considered this, looking up at the crystal dome covering the city.

"Miscalculated." he would be grinning. "If anyone want's to get to the bottom of this, come with me. You, "he points to the watcher, "Get everyone together and keep the people from panicking."

He then shot from his seat and flew at the top of the dome. The Crystals were divine, sure, but not there. Not above Spectropolis. He threw his weight against the crystal and watched it crack.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Crav stops in his tracks. Someone was calling his name....and it didn't sound good. He turned to find the teenager from earlier sprinting towards him as fast as his legs would carry him.

"Mr. Crav! Mr. Crav" he yelled.

Somthing had gone wrong, Crav could feel it. He sprinted towards the teenager, calling back "What? What is it?"

[Mik_Hael]

Grace: "...What the @3&& is happening..."

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4: "Dephos, what are we going to do."

Dephos: "We need to heal Mik Hael." The group was crouded in the center of the castle, which had receded into the dome surrounding the island."

Juggler: "We need to find what did this, and destroy them, they can't get away with this!"

Archiver: "I agree it can't have gott.."

Dephos: "We need to Heal Mik Hael" The others immediately fell silent. Dephos laid my bod into the center of the room and it immediately became encased inside of a layer of crystal that rose into a large monolith in the center of the room. Dephos placed her hands upon the crystal and poured her energy into it. Power flowed throught the crystal, it pulsed slightly, glowing, and humming, before falling silent. (3 blessings, - 9. Unbreakable, healing, force absorption....Wait, dephos has free action as miracle, nvm) Dephos fell to the ground drained.

1: What do we do now?

Dephos: "...we wait until Mik Hael is healed, and then, we hunt down whoever did this to the ends of the earth."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Something's gone on. You know the monster? Well, there's more of him now, and Spectropolis.... oh, just come sir, please!" The Watcher wrapped his cloak around Cravs hand and pulled. The two made it outside to see the Watchdogs lined up in rows with the Veteran floating down the lines, inspecting them. He perks up when he see's Crav.

"Sir, I ask that you observe the situation and render any assistance possible, if you would be so kind."

The Veteran was talking all stiff. This made the Teenager even more nervous.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"My power is at your service. What can I do for you?"