Pax RP

Jinx traded blows with Skathis Rhomphaia, back and forth, parry and dodge. Unfortunately whilst she was pretty good with the daggerised blade she wasn't amazing. She hadn't had time to train to that level yet. Jinx pulled back for a few seconds both in frustration and to survey the current scene. "Damn it Skathi can't you see we want to help you!" the teen yelled in exasperation. Calm. Focus. Look at what's happening. What can you do different? "Who is that you keep talking to anyway? Can't you fight by yourself anymore?" Jinx asked. She had a bit of an idea, summoning more of the black fireballs, Jinx sent them to the eyes again. Not to attack, but to be obscure their vision by hovering in front of them. Trying to brute force it didn't seem like quite the best idea right now...

... Actually...

Jinx took a chance, and went to stab one of the Eldritch eyes with the Sanity Blade.

Tox suddenly appeared on top of the harpy. Her plan was to force her to become predictable while she was hidden behind her cloud. It was an ambush tactic to remove the harpy from the game. The extent of her abilities wasn't well known, so even if the main one would expect it...this harpy was an angry idiot. Easy. If contact was made, she'd start collecting the pieces and storing them.

The flame guardian rushed ahead at a breakneck, but unstable, speed. It jerked forward, slowed down, lurched ahead, sped up further, and continued unstable and unpredictable movement. A black maw tore out of the maelstrom black teeth retracted to capture the Fir Bolg. A horrible sense of hunger spread across those still there, though Jinx had a good chance of ignoring it thanks to her weapon. Whatever that was, it was not Phoebe, that was clear.

Phoebe would form solid barriers around the eyes, slowly landing and waking forward to get behind Skathi. Several bullets suddenly shot out of her body to capture the being hiding there. Her remaining guardians followed her, orbiting around her as a shield. Eltra found himself sinking into the darkness, taken out of the fight. His role, in the witch's eyes, was done. Now he needed removed to deny the curse fueled woman another potential tool.

As Jinx went to stab one of the Eldritch eyes, an "Arrrr" can be heard from the other side of Skathi where the being known as the Animatronic Pirate Dolphin was holding down another eye with a flipper, stabbing it with the obsidian knife in the other while his "skin" regenerated from being burned, with him apparently justing having walked through the celestial flames.

"Damn it Skathi can't you see we want to help you!"

What a pathetic excuse. Interfering with her plans to stop what had been foretold to happen from Huldrefolk legend!? Everything must change for the better, and Ragnarok will be achieved. And if she must slaughter these insignificant pieces of trash, so be it-

"Who is that you keep talking to anyway? Can't you fight by yourself anymore?"

A sudden crack to the inflated demigod's ego. The emotional damage reflected itself outward along her face, leaving a faint trail of dust. She needed no assistance in battle! Skathi Bastarnae, the result of two powerful bloodlines of the Wroth sect curving into one. The huldra snarled at the mere notion that this agent of her will was a necessity for war. "Stay alert!" The familiar voice roared back at Skathi, shifting her diminishing vision at the intended direction. Avarice relayed a visual image of his deflect of the witch's bullets, having them knocked aside with a stroke from an arm.

"I don't need you... I DON'T NEED ANYONE!"

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Indeed this clone's judgment laid clouded by storms of hatred. A being she hardly heard of in Pax, apart from her infamous toxic touch. Despite such ability, the Skathi could not imagine this Dragon Knight would find her luck strike twice. She turned her head around in time to witness Tox teleporting out from behind. Rage, seething rage filled her... As well a tanglement of celestial knots ready to burst free to impale the insistent draconic woman... Though by perhaps luck or fate on the Knight's side, the living embodiment of Skathi's will was distracted by a greater matter at hand. This clone would no longer serve in the fight, another pawn captured by the enemy as she shattered into different aspects.

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A slight sense of pride spread out as a grin across Sigrid's face. That bladed warrior wouldn't reach her in time, just needing another tilt-

Swears. Curses. All the fouls words the Fir Bolg knew spilled out in her frenzy. Sigrid's momentum sent her straight in the path of the looming jaws. No raw power or skill could allow her to dodge in time, vanishing inside.

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Whilst the otherworldly eye impaled by the crazed robotic dolphin withered from the strike, Jinx found that her attack proved a greater advantage. Being of related forces, the Sanity Blade compelled this lesser creature to her own will, sharing its sight to her enhanced perception of the world. It in turn reacted to the rest of its kind, those other celestial eyes shivering as the new influence took over.

Avarice, awestruck at this massive shift in battle, felt his form starting to fade away. There was no longer any rationale, no self-control left in the demigod which he spawned from. The best the curse could muster was an attempt to stabilizing the cracking vessel.

<big>"RAAAAWWWRRRRR&#33;"</big>

Once the celestial agent beside Skathi vanished, she swelled in an alarming surge of aura. Nothing organic remained within, the gaps of her broken skin revealing unrefined Eldritch power burning in the depths of the crumbling body. Reality itself quaked around the now mindless entity. All which remained was destruction, sending several waves of sizzling Elder blasts at the remaining targets.

Jinx blinked, that was... odd. First she could see more than she ever had before, now she could see from different angles as the eyes moved over to her side. Weird.

She didn't have much time to think about the oddness of this development however, as Skathi was yelling back and preparing something else that ultimately culminated in her swelling up and showing an intensely high amount of energy.

"Oh-" Jinx said, adding a Deian style swear to the sentence before she leapt back to avoid the multiple incoming explosions. "Watch out&#33;" Jinx yelled to the others before curling up to try to make herself as small as possible of a target. She wasn't the only thing to spring into action, the white cape on her back enveloped the Insanity Lord in her defensive position to block and protect from the blasts,

Tox staggered back at the explosion of crazy eldritch energy. Yeah. Her time's up here. Time to peace out before this gets worse. The dragon quickly slashed a few symbols onto the wall before a black hand burst out and grabbed her, dragging her into her own shadow. Bye guys&#33; Have fun&#33;

The maw slipped away, depositing the fir bolg into the abyss of fear the others had passed through to get to safety, though it was being used as a prison now.

Phoebe flashed a dark smile and landed fully. Oh hoh. So we're fighting on her field, on her terms, where she knows best, hm? Fear could deal with a weaker eldritch being well enough. Her guardians would take hits meant for her, acting as protective shields as they regenerated one after another. A fan-like tool appeared in her right hand out of her body, covered in a bladed edge. It was certainly an odd weapon. A number of bullets rang out of her body at the elder woman as well, more to apply pressure than to really do any damage.

One by one, victors and failures departed from battle. The last Fir Bolg alone in its brawl sealed away from this world. The resourceful Dragon Knight fled to fight another day. Eldritch Blasts scorched at what they struck, missing the robotic entity under possession, and merely grazing an Insanity Lord's cover and breaking some of a Goddess's entities at her side.

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Proper thoughts would not manifest in the inner maelstrom known as Skathi Bastarnae. Images, glances soaked in emotional fervor dominated her fractured mental landscape. An unnatural rhythm of quintuple meter beating the warmongering nature of this demigod. Phobos hung out to one side, flinging dots of infantry to weaken the troops... Deimos strayed off from her current visuals, bound to be waiting for a moment to strike terror when she least expected.

Col Legno

The wooden shell felt the percussion of churning energy within. The symphony of her madness repeated its song for the last time, booming louder than the cacophony of the outer maelstrom. No doubt this swirling mixture empowered the enemies surrounding the huldra, whether from Eldritch forces, the celestial, or the raw heat of battle. There be no glory, no heroism in the end for her. All she cared for was victory in itself.

“No more,” Skathi gritted through her teeth, distinguishing the bullets fired towards her with a splash of pure destructive energy. “No more...”

Countless splintering lines spread across the harden hide. Pieces of petrified flesh collapsed into a storm of conquest within, fueling determination as armor fell to the wayside. Three against one, thirty to one... No longer aided by the visual sight of the wandering eyes, only two immortal orbs burned forth from beneath her gaze. The lesser Wyrd and native eye she once wore gave no matter of importance, replaced by the fiery light of flames piecing forth from an Eldritch beast. 'Skathi' threw the useless blades from her hands off to the ground.

Five... Five... Five...

Twisted, gnarled in design, fifteen tendrils burst from the demigod to impale or ensnare the three in her way.

The explosions grazed the Jix enveloped in the white cloak, the manifested item flung itself back over to being behind Jinx once that particular imminent danger had passed. Glowing white eyes of the awakened Insanity Lord regarded what was left of this 'Skathi' before the girl started ahead towards her once again. The eyes that surrounded her Jinx could see out of gave her an extra edge for dodging-which she did on her mad dash towards the source of this maelstrom. Once close enough she fully intended to stab it in the head with the Sanity Blade.

Phoebe walked up slowly, letting Jinx rush in as the more obvious threat. She, instead, slowly lifted a hand up and channeled a mass of raw eldritch energy. To look upon it was to invite madness and destruction. Unnatural colors danced together, blues, reds, greens, blacks, and more sliding over each other, merging and splitting, combining and sliding over one another in an impossible maelstrom of things beyond mortal, or immortal, understanding. As Jinx closed in, the elder, otherworldly goddess released the mass in a blinding flash of sheer Nothingness, aiming not to damage her directly but to destabilize the cacophony of energy that made up the body of the source of it all. She would silence her song with one deafening note.

ADP's body was taking a beating, with cracks forming and healing rapidly across his entirety. Where cracks formed it revealed the ominous spirit underneath, a vissage that promised whoever it's Target was would never again know a peaceful sleep. He slowly approached what was left of Skathi, and prepared to drive his obsidian sacrificial dagger deep in a downward strong.

A calm before the Maelstrom...

Perception of time stretches under dire moments of experience. Raw, unbridled instincts overwhelming one's own motions, a near epiphany as the mind gazes into the horizon. The demigod felt the physical extensions of her being; however, drag in contrast to the frenzied thoughts. A brace for impact, her two arms slackened-falling off to either side-upon the swift slice by an obsidian blade.

"GRAAAAAA&#33;&#33;&#33;"

Debris to the wind, the fallen limbs crumbled into fine dust in Skathi's bellowing roar. Tainted energy of Elder source poured forth from the gaping wounds, washing the ground beneath as her tendrils flailed. Unfocused, their ends whipped around the small target approaching the core. Sanity Blade in hand, that need to be eliminated-

"ARRRGBLBLBLBLBLLLL&#33;&#33;&#33;"

Fear, a true sense of fear of being erased entirely from existence. The immense blast of Nothingness tunneled through the unstable entity. Her amagalate state of being felt its structure unraveling. Countless open pores breached across the surface of the lingering vessel, barely holding Skathi in check as unrefined magic quaked in this vaguely humanoid formation. "That... The best you got?" she seethed, attention wholly focused on ADP and Phoebe. The demigod wouldn't let them get in any more strikes.

In the midst behind the first two major blows, bounded from tendril to tendril was the determined Insanity Lord. Frantic, animalistic thrashes were easily enough for Jinx to predict and calculate in her maneuvers. Down to the right, ducking beneath a wild throw of Eldritch limb, she advanced onward until a final leap into the air. The celestial blade wielder spun around in her flight, gazing below at the distracted demigod; her fingers clenched tightly against the hit as she plunged the blade in her target... Silence... A brief moment of silence as the otherworldly music vanished from the room.

"... Keh," Skathi gave out a final breath. All the remaining celestial energy, from both within the crazed demigod, the various floating eyes in the room, and the maelstrom surging around was vacuumed straight into the holy relic. The sheer force shuddered through Jinx, causing both herself and the Sanity Blade to fall away from the defeated being. No warmth of a soul remained inside, reflecting outward as the former demigod's body petrified into a solid figure of rock... Plummeting to the ground to shatter in pieces.

They won... Though, without the magical energies from Skathi gone, they all find the entire underground complex began to crumble rapidly out from above. The Elder Witch had naturally went guide the pair out with her so they wouldn't be entombed in the collapsing building.