Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"AHEM, I'd like to put emphasis on 'before your shadow told him NOT to'" echos a flower.

 

Stephanie stiches the doll anyway. It seems to look like Sir Robert; despite Stephanie never seeing him.

I smile gleefully, "This'll be fun." I say.

 

"I'd like to remind you that I am currently sparring with Thirteen over here." Echos a flower.

 

"Ignored." Stephanie says, her voice sounding a little different as she stiches the doll.

Stephanie seems to finish the voodoo doll rather quickly, smiling. It mimics Sir Robert.

"Boop." Stephanie says, bowing the doll's head, causing you to immediately faceplant the ground. Stephanie laughs a little.

OOC: Pun intended.

 

"Well, this is a clear violation of the truce that you made me sign" Echos a flower. Lightning strikes the ground near the flower repeatedly. "Or at least your shadow made me sign" it echos. More lightning strikes the ground near the flower.

 

"I wasn't within the truce, nor have I done anything wrong," Stephanie says innocently, "I was just testing the doll. Consider it like an Ankle Bracelet, it only zaps you if you leave your house; and that house is the truce."

Stephanie re-summons the tortured looking idol in front of her, this time it faces you.

"Don't make me unleash this little monster either; he's far worse than any simple voodoo doll." Stephanie says, a slight evil.

"Huh, I always wondered why people never used their strongest attacks first." I say, smiling.

 

"Because they wouldn't want to give away their 'special attack'" echos another flower. The flower that was near the lightning strikes crumbles into dust. Lightning strikes said dust, causing it to burst into flames.

 

"Simple," a voice utters, another draconian stepping through a portal.
"Hold, I only wish to answer the question. If you were to use your strongest attack first, it's predictable, avoidable, and the like. Aj, was Radiant the first move Ihra made against you? Nope. Did Nyre create a star where you stood? No."
Ihra shudders at his presence.

 

"It's...meant to be a reference...and I know for certain that's not Stephanie's strongest attack...but whatever." I say, slightly annoyed.

Stephanie shifts a little closer to the idol, eyeing the draconian suspiciously. Katie dives into her pool, and Artemis draws her bow. Abigail's claws extend.

I simply stand there, seemingly doing nothing.

 

"A piece of advice, don't be so quick to draw your weapons. It gives a pretty bad impression" echos a flower as it is struck by lightning, causing it to burst into flames.

 

"I know you're all poised to strike. As for my statement, that hardly counted as an attack. Now, if you don't mind, I'll be taking my leave. Xlentia has lost her patience as of late."
He's gone with a pair of collapsing rings.

Ihra just stands there, blank face.

 

"I take Ihra's obvious fear as good reason to consider him somewhat hostile." Artemis says, tightening her grip on her bow.

"The hell was he?" Abigail says, retracting her claws.

"I don't know where he got 'Poised to strike' from me just standing here." I say calmly, putting my hands in my pockets.

Katie surfaces from her pool again, smiling at Ihra.

 

"He was unarmed." Rineth mumbles.
"You can't hide a giant black ball of dark energy. He wasn't a threat."

"Aj, in fairness, you not moving usually means you sneaking behind them. Same with you disappearing."
Ihra pauses.
"Or it means you're asleep or a little dead."

 

"Zzzzzz- HUH!? What did I miss?" I say, smiling, "But I can assure you, I wasn't going to do anything."

I disappear with a grin.

"Am I missing something here? Who is 'He'!?" Abigail asks, slightly frustrated.

 

"Tell Aj when he gets back, that repeatedly saying 'Z' does not make you seem like you are sleeping" echoes a flower.

 

"Tirion, the third corrupted Fragment of Decay. He wields an orb of energy known as the Negasphere. It's what roughed you up when you became huge back when they all jumped us."

 

A note appears in front of you, though where words may be are simply the letter 'Z'.

"Uhhh, yeah, just 'Huge' heh heh." My voice echoes.

"Negasphere sounds like a dumb move from an anime or something. Next time I see him, I'll tell him to rename it to something cooler." Abigail says.

"I think Negasphere sounds alright. Sounds kind if like Negate Sphere." Artemis replies.

"Durr, look out Mr. Protagonist! I'm charging my Neeeegaaaaaspheeeereeee!" Abigail days dumbly, waving her arms around.

"How about we just let him name his weapons whatever he wants." Stephanie says flatly.

"I don't think you're one for making things cool Abigail." Katie says, smiling.

 

"It's not something you charge. Artemis is on the right track; he can't do anything until it absorbs an attack with it. Except, once he does, it can be used to either heal him or he can return it to its sender; the attack, however, becomes unavoidable and has extremely amplified potency."
"Also, he didn't name it. Like, I didn't name this Miznyana. Really really really old people did."
"Ancestors, Ihra. They're dead, not old."
"Still."

 

"Ehhh, lets make this weapon *cough* reaaallly powerful, but naAAame it something DuUuUuUmB!" Abigail says in an aged voice, hunching over.

"What if the attack was beneficial to you, but harmful to others? Surely if he sent it back, it would have the opposite-than-intended effect, being even more beneficial?"

The tortured stone idol starts floating, "WoOoOoOoOo! I aM tHe GhOoOoOoOoSt Of ThIs IiIiIiIdOoOoOoOl!" A voice almost like mine echoes, "LeEeEeEt MeEeEeE fReEeEeE."

"Put that down, Aj." Stephanie says, annoyed.

"WhOoOoOoO iS aAaAaAaAj?" The voice replies.

Stephanie raises her hand to the idol, and it lets out a deafening, unholy screech. The idol falls to the floor with a swear. Stephanie lowers her hand.

 

"Correct again, Artemis. Shields will collapse on the victim. Heals will cause the victim to disintegrate. Offensive spells, however, are merely magnified."

Rineth quickly moves in on Abigail, putting her in the same sleep-inducing position Artemis was in earlier.
"Now now, no need to get quite that insulting."
His gaze quickly turns to Katie and Stephanie.
"Before you think I'm going to kill her, know that this is how we put restless youth to sleep for the night... Or if there's an unexpected attack and we can't afford to curb their panic."