[ So. You all tap into your personal E.G.O.s, and unleash a barrage of attacks upon Hermann and her hands.
Shoma goes first, throwing his punch that knocks Hermann into the wall of the basement interior, into the strange ice mansion's walls that seem to tremble and shake. It's strong enough to leave a crater where she lands -- your mental strength manifesting itself into something more corporeal, something that proves you've grown. You have, willing your outside to match what's inside.
Hermann... she's not done yet -- but neither are you, for that matter. Charles follows it up with a powerful strike of of a wave, knocking her and all the rime corpses out of the way and enveloping the field in crackling lightning, clearing a path for the rest of you to pass -- an open road to the bright Bough, an unobstructed path forward.
Before Hermann can get back to her feet, Isabel glows with strength and power welling from within, and with a sweep of her hands or a simple snap of her fingers, the hostiles are set aflame, burning corpses and disease with them.
Can you believe this is the hinged half of the E.G.O. manifestations? Teej, take it away. ]
[As decreed by Jan, Charles' E.G.O. provides 15% sword damage up, which definitely happens because we make the rules here. NO RULES JUST WRONGS OUTBACK FUCKHOUSE.
Baiken manifests her E.G.O., and that infusion of power from Charles' lends it a little extra oomph-- her lightning sweeps along with his when she unsheathes her blade, a powerful swing from it unleashing a pink and red wave of force that slices right through a couple of the descending hands your friends are holding up.
Throné takes hold of Temenos for support, then glows, and glows, and finally summons her shadowy phoenix. Hermann is just beginning to stand, but it's difficult to avoid the hunting dive of a bird of prey: the phoenix slams into her, screeching, its talons dug tight into her form.
The screech of a taxi blends with that of the bird as Tomi's vehicle appears, with Ichiban's red aura fueling this absolute insanity. We're in the depths of the ego, my dudes. All things are possible. And with Hermann unable to escape-- Ichiban throws her into the backseat and slams the door, leaving Tomi free to zoom off with her.
You see him leap from the vehicle before it explodes a short distance away, and he starts running back. Here he comes. Run boy run.
Well, if Hermann is still alive after that Full-Sinner-Team E.G.O. blast, she's not getting up right away, that's for sure! Things are still chaotic around here with the frostbitten and zombies still duking it out and such, but your CR -- your friends -- can probably handle that on your own.
The Bough shines in the middle of the basement, at the foyer. It's yours to take. Have a round to collect yourselves and the Bough, and then we'll send you on your last merry way out. Don't tarry though, that trembling and shaking of the place is getting very violent, and the entire place shifts a little. ]
[ well. that happened. and when the e.g.o. reverts all that's left is a 12 year old boy who kind of just stares off into space. i think he still has his robot arm but it's, like, a normal shape now unless lowe is about to tell me that is not true. i'm making it true.
anyway that happened and he slowly sinks to the ground and mostly looks disappointed for a hot minute, frowning to himself. it's fine. yeah the ground is shaking but also just give him a fucking second. ]
[unfortunately i cannot do the joke of also doing a ko'd sprite because charles doesn't have one in the outfit i need
so instead he just plants his sword into the ground, using it to support his weight as he presses down against the hilt. just give him a second to catch his breath.]
[ I left that post there for someone to touch once you were done mingling and ready to go, but since you guys have touched it, here we go!
You guys take the Bough successfully -- you've claimed it, congratulations!
The bad thing is, once you grab it, the reason why the entire place has been shaking so badly becomes clear to you. You know how the basement is weirdly a mixture of a warfield and a frozen hellscape? And in particular, for Rodya side, remember how you entered via a mansion of ice?
Well, from behind you, you hear a rumbling, and a series of slams. Turns out, this basement and the mixture of your confessions and being from Rodya's memories have spawned the Baba Yaga as just one last surprise in this chain of bullshit you didn't need, which doesn't even have a real telligible image since it's legitimately a mansion-sized Abnormality and the only thing you CAN see of it is a massive leg, like. You're the size of its claw, kind of massive. And it's going to bring the entire place down.
You have to go. Lucky for you guys that Ichiban's E.G.O. manifested an SUV and also Tomi is still here, right? So we're just going to give that to you, you guys can pile into the SUV and get real comfortable and friendly with each other as Tomi hits the fucking pedals. You vroom the absolute hell out of the tunnels and hallways, out the way the Gregor side came, and out into the streets of the City. At that point, you're certain the things you left behind won't follow you anymore, but you keep speeding until you reach Mephistopheles.
Vergilius and Charon are there just the way you left them this morning, the tired old man only sparing a glance your way, and Charon bouncing in her seat at your return. She puts her hands on the wheel and glances up at all of you. You hear the magic words that'll get you the fuck out of here.
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Shoma goes first, throwing his punch that knocks Hermann into the wall of the basement interior, into the strange ice mansion's walls that seem to tremble and shake. It's strong enough to leave a crater where she lands -- your mental strength manifesting itself into something more corporeal, something that proves you've grown. You have, willing your outside to match what's inside.
Hermann... she's not done yet -- but neither are you, for that matter. Charles follows it up with a powerful strike of of a wave, knocking her and all the rime corpses out of the way and enveloping the field in crackling lightning, clearing a path for the rest of you to pass -- an open road to the bright Bough, an unobstructed path forward.
Before Hermann can get back to her feet, Isabel glows with strength and power welling from within, and with a sweep of her hands or a simple snap of her fingers, the hostiles are set aflame, burning corpses and disease with them.
Can you believe this is the hinged half of the E.G.O. manifestations? Teej, take it away. ]
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Baiken manifests her E.G.O., and that infusion of power from Charles' lends it a little extra oomph-- her lightning sweeps along with his when she unsheathes her blade, a powerful swing from it unleashing a pink and red wave of force that slices right through a couple of the descending hands your friends are holding up.
Throné takes hold of Temenos for support, then glows, and glows, and finally summons her shadowy phoenix. Hermann is just beginning to stand, but it's difficult to avoid the hunting dive of a bird of prey: the phoenix slams into her, screeching, its talons dug tight into her form.
The screech of a taxi blends with that of the bird as Tomi's vehicle appears, with Ichiban's red aura fueling this absolute insanity. We're in the depths of the ego, my dudes. All things are possible. And with Hermann unable to escape-- Ichiban throws her into the backseat and slams the door, leaving Tomi free to zoom off with her.
You see him leap from the vehicle before it explodes a short distance away, and he starts running back. Here he comes. Run boy run.
Do you have a tag to add, my Lowe.]
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Well, if Hermann is still alive after that Full-Sinner-Team E.G.O. blast, she's not getting up right away, that's for sure! Things are still chaotic around here with the frostbitten and zombies still duking it out and such, but your CR -- your friends -- can probably handle that on your own.
The Bough shines in the middle of the basement, at the foyer. It's yours to take. Have a round to collect yourselves and the Bough, and then we'll send you on your last merry way out. Don't tarry though, that trembling and shaking of the place is getting very violent, and the entire place shifts a little. ]
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anyway that happened and he slowly sinks to the ground and mostly looks disappointed for a hot minute, frowning to himself. it's fine. yeah the ground is shaking but also just give him a fucking second. ]
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[ she is counting heads. jesus christ. ]
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so instead he just plants his sword into the ground, using it to support his weight as he presses down against the hilt. just give him a second to catch his breath.]
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ichiban just starts laughing incredulously hugs whoever is nearest to him. this can be multiple whoevers. i dont care. im delirious. ]
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[ because, yeah, we should go, ]
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[[BOUGH]]
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FINALE
You guys take the Bough successfully -- you've claimed it, congratulations!
The bad thing is, once you grab it, the reason why the entire place has been shaking so badly becomes clear to you. You know how the basement is weirdly a mixture of a warfield and a frozen hellscape? And in particular, for Rodya side, remember how you entered via a mansion of ice?
Well, from behind you, you hear a rumbling, and a series of slams. Turns out, this basement and the mixture of your confessions and being from Rodya's memories have spawned the Baba Yaga as just one last surprise in this chain of bullshit you didn't need, which doesn't even have a real telligible image since it's legitimately a mansion-sized Abnormality and the only thing you CAN see of it is a massive leg, like. You're the size of its claw, kind of massive. And it's going to bring the entire place down.
You have to go. Lucky for you guys that Ichiban's E.G.O. manifested an SUV and also Tomi is still here, right? So we're just going to give that to you, you guys can pile into the SUV and get real comfortable and friendly with each other as Tomi hits the fucking pedals. You vroom the absolute hell out of the tunnels and hallways, out the way the Gregor side came, and out into the streets of the City. At that point, you're certain the things you left behind won't follow you anymore, but you keep speeding until you reach Mephistopheles.
Vergilius and Charon are there just the way you left them this morning, the tired old man only sparing a glance your way, and Charon bouncing in her seat at your return. She puts her hands on the wheel and glances up at all of you. You hear the magic words that'll get you the fuck out of here.
'Permission to Vroom-Vroom?' ]
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