Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

I stifle some laughter as I fly down to slice a hole in Xlentia's wing as Tirra punches it hard. Abigail and Ignia fly under the wing, planting some bombs on the tablet which explode shortly after.

 

Her wing is thicker than your blade, and you fail to cut it enough for Tirra to punch a hole, causing her to bounce off towards her piles of gold.
She roars, letting out a jet of hypnofire between the fire guardians and the tablet.


@Enhanced_Human @Rawb @Gushy48
You're all approaching the ground, except for Terrae, who hasn't opted to jump down and take a rope into the fight.

Xlentia is terrifyingly huge, the massive, miles-long hallways from earlier suddenly making more sense.

 

"I'm not going to live!"

 

The gold forms a weak hand, able to catch Tirra so she doesn't become disoriented. Tirra grabs as much gold as she can before throwing it at Xlentia with great force.

The fire guardians get out of the way, before Xlentia feels a constant shock of electricity as Aeris shocks her two boomerangs flying around Xlentia's head, a connection attempting to form between them but shocking Xlentia instead.

 

"Get off your feet and fight, human..." The blades whisper.

There's so much gold, it's hard to pull any of it off. Statues fused together and more make Tirra's gold clump either too large to be effective or too small to be effective.
However, it did attract Xlentia's attention, diverting her focus from the tablet to Tirra as she jets hypnofire at her, preparing to stomp her flat into her gold pile.

Aeris' shock seems to be more of an annoyance than anything, her tentacles standing straight on end as Xlentia lets out a roar.

 

"Fien."

She aims for...well...the nearest body part of Xlentia with one sword.

 

Abigail and Ignia take this moment to let off their biggest explosives, aiming for the weak points of the tablet.

Aeris' boomerangs return to her shortly before she throws them again, aiming to slice the tentacles.

Tirra quickly finds a statue big enough to hide behind to avoid the literal fire, while I quickly teleport toward Tirra over short distances.

 

There is no visible weak points on a solid slab of rock, but the tablet is cracked...

They fail to cut her tentacles, and as they're taking a break from being electrocuted, the dozens of tentacles quickly etch sigils, cutting you off from teleporting to Tirra as Xlentia slams her foot straight down into the statue.

Tirra can easily hide from the fire, but glancing up, Xlentia's foot is directly above her, the flames still coming.

The swords don't even scratch her tail.
"Tails move... get out of the way..." The blades whisper.

 

She tries to navigate around the tails.

"Please don't whack me."

 

I pull out my journal and draw sketches of the battle and take down notes.

 

Crystal lets out a terrified screech at the sight of Xelentia.
"Crystal!"
I yell, silencing him.
He still seems terrified, still.
"I'm going to need you to help me."
I continue to say loudly, but then I, and subsequently we, get quieter.

Spoiler: The Talk 2.0

"I've got two plans. One includes us separating, the other forces us to work together. Which one do you want to do?"
"...I think... I think I'd like to stick with someone."
"Alright, great. Now, I'm not trying to be mean to you, or use you in an uncaring way, alright?"
"O... Okay..."
"I'm going to need you, to make armor out of yourself, and to be put on me."
Crystal takes a second to comprehend, then he seems to have mixed emotions.
"...Wha-"
"Let me explain."
I quickly cut him off.
"If you're scared right now, and you're my armor, you can be with me as I move swiftly. As I'm moving, you can still help by protecting and using magic. How's it sound?"
"You want to use me as a target in case you get hit?"
"No. My objective to to dodge attacks, while moving alongside a magic user."
Crystal takes a second to think, looking at Xelentia.
"You're right. We're gonna need to work together."
He holds out his hand.
"Thanks, Crystal. I'll take good care of you, trust me."

To anyone who's barely paying attention, a fully purple-armored man entered the battlefield.

 

I draw a sketch of the fully purple-armored man.

 

Xlentia suddenly feels a massive blast of cold, both on her head and her foot as two large jets of cold and quickly freezing water hit her foot and head, some getting into her mouth and freezing it too, blasted by two large icy golems in the forms of Katie and Aqui.

Aeris resumes the electrocution, chaining the electricity from tentacle to tentacle. The freezing water assists Aeris, the electricity reaching out to it and electrocuting it too before it freezes. Noticing Tirra's predicament, Stephanie quickly weaves a voodoo doll of Tirra, designed to take the damage for her instead of Tirra herself. Stephanie then begins weaving another voodoo doll, however this one is more circular and less human-like, as she summons four, fast and small golems carrying purple crystals which run in Tirra's direction.

I increase my size to compensate for the speed, reaching out toward Tirra as I fly toward her, cutting holes in reality with Shadow Katana as I attempt to bend space and time itself. Tirra gathers as much strength as she can from the minerals around her before telekinetically pushing Xlentia's foot back. Not enough to stop, but enough to slow.

Abigail and Ignia shove explosives in the cracks, trying to destroy the tablet as fast as they can. As they do this, they try heating up the tablet to extreme heats, hoping to turn the rock molten.

 

The ice also seems more of a distraction than anything else. Efforts combined, Tirra is crushed into the gold pile, the pack around her tighter than her boulder, but her armor and the combined efforts to slow Xlentia's foot keeps her alive - conscious may be a different story.

Her tentacles slowly begin to move through the electrocution. Not fast enough to cast any spells, but she's showing signs of resisting Aeris' efforts.

The tablet cracks more with the explosives, but heating it seems to just fill in some of the cracks.

Xlentia turns, swinging her tail straight towards the ice golems.

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Xlentia's tail swings over your head.
"Worry about keeping yourself alive."

You've yet to catch Xlentia's attention, which is probably a good thing.

 

"Yeah yeah."

She's going to strike anything that isn't tail.

 

Approaching her feet and claws probably isn't the smartest idea you've had.
...again, you can't even scratch her feet.

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Bigger size, bigger target. You puncture her scales, but that's all you get before you're coated in hypnofire.

The ice breaks easily as she snaps her mouth shut, Eve's shots bouncing off her scales like light off a mirror. She rams the ice golems, inadvertantly intercepting the explosives meant for the tablet.
"You've got a lot of nerve treating a queen like a slave..." Her voice echoes.

 

This seems to fuel my anger, turning me into a rage as I dive straight for Xlenita's foot and tear into it viciously my size growing as I deal more damage, leading to even more damage. I eventually start biting into and eating parts of Xlentia as I pierce into her, fuelling myself and my rage. Tirra manages to stay conscious, resisting the massive force on her, not a single bone breaking in her resilient body. Tirra draws her powers from the gold around her, telekinetically tunnelling her way through the gold pile to get somewhere safe before she emerges.

Dual rounds of energised bullets pummel Xlentia as Eve fires a minigun-type weapon from her arms, the time she needs to reload the only thing stopping her assault. Stephanie continues weaving her voodoo doll, taking the form of what looks like a large eye. Katie and Aqui send jets of ice into Xelntia's mouth, freezing the inside of her mouth and hopefully giving her brainfreeze. The four golems Stephanie sent out run into the gold pile, looking for Tirra.

Ignia and Abigail switch to more damaging explosives, the damage they do to the tablet approximately doubled.

 

I snap out of my rage before getting away from the hypnofire, joining Tirra and jumping into the gold pile, cutting a tunnel for myself.

Katie and Aqui eject from their golems, Katie freezing herself in a tougher layer of ice for protection while Aqui forms a frozen pathway that she skates on to gain a better vantage point for attack.

Stephanie finishes her voodoo doll, resembling Xlentia's eye. A dozen spectral needles appear in front of Xlentia's right eye as Stephanie summons the same, before each one jabs in deep, causing extreme pain. Eve shields Stephanie as she does this, ready to get her away from battle should she need to.

Aeris flaps her wings as she whips up dual tornadoes around her boomerangs, designed to distract and disorient Xlentia as Abigail and Ignia quickly dodge Xlentia's ram, before resuming the demolitions process.

 

Disoriented, Xlentia roars as she ends up headbutting the ground. Her attention turns to Stephanie as she tail-whips around the tablet to try and slow its destruction.

"Sic 'em, servants!" She screams, rumbling footsteps audible in the distance.

 

Eve grabs Stephanie and flies off as fast as she can, randomly teleporting in all directions to throw attention off.

Aqui and Aeris see to the oncoming enemies, Aqui creating freezing tsunamis and Aeris' tornadoes throwing them around like a child throws around playthings.

Abigail and Ignia manage to plant some explosives on Xlentia's tail, her whip turning against her as they explode.

The pile of gold shakes.