Fissures of Time: Finale

[voidtreckermods]

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FISSURES OF TIME: FINALE

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... POI 12-13

DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES OF POI 11, A RHYTHM SETTLES TO KEEP EVERYONE PROTECTED. The rumbling of Kolokifi's domain continues to persist, as do the more intense distortions, but the Voidtreckers are not alone. The equalisers keep the camps safe, as does the Ministry base, and as well the Voidtrecker Express itself.

Late into Poi 12, the Voidtreckers receive a call from Zhak through the map on their SCA.

"Hey, hope everyone's doing alright. You're all doing great so far." Zhak is nothing if not encouraging. Though it's a very textbook encouragement, he quickly moves on to the next point of business.

"It seems reports were right in that you lot are effective, and troublesome. But considering all that has happened this last week we believe we are at a crucial changing point on this world. We have been working on a device for a while which we are hoping could... reboot things as such. Give us and the Gods some idea how to move forward, anyway. We plan to set it up tomorrow, and we're expecting resistance. Any help you can give will be great though it's a bit above and beyond your mission brief so I'd like to make it clear you can say no.

We're not expecting this to fix anything, but if we get even a small somethin' out of it, it'll do some good for this place. We'll need some people to help defend the device, and some to keep the area we're working in secure. We suggest some fighters stay in the camps in case anything untoward happens, but we'll have some guards come and boost your numbers."

POI 12: THE FINAL NIGHT. Whatever the voidtreckers choose individually or as a group, it seems that this mission is coming to a conclusion. There is one last night in the camps altogether; one last night where the sky hangs in an unending sunset. The refugees have been subdued since the day before, and it's a quiet night for the most part.

Some of the refugees, perhaps feeling bad about the commotion and trouble or perhaps just thankful for the help the voidtreckers have given them in the last few days, have made foods out of the ingredients from the supplies shared by the Ministry. It's messy given the camps, but they show their cuisine of flavourful dips, vegetables roasted in a special cooking oil that adds an unusual taste, and skewered meats.

Tonight is a night to prepare, but also to rest and save their strength. Tomorrow, they will fight.

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MORNING DAWNS. Bright and early the next morning, the camps awaken. There is much to do, to pack and be ready for the day ahead. There are three main tasks to be done: People to go and help the ministry with their plan to mend this people, people to stay and keep dealing with the smaller distortions, and people to stay and defend what camp was left.

If any Voidtreckers decide to stay behind. Regardless, they won't be alone,

... THE FINAL FIGHT

THE MINISTRY ARE ALREADY AT WORK WHEN THEY ARRIVE, having set up a large device that looks almost like a mirrored horn. Around the area there are a ring of equalisers that sets the arena, ready for trouble.

That trouble comes quickly. The ground is already rumbling when the voidtreckers arrive, but as they draw close the air itself seems to erupt, throwing some people backwards towards the equalisers and pulling others inwards as a distortion envelops around them.

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INNER CIRCLE. Those who are pulled into the centre find themselves stood in the grounds of a temple. The place is frozen, in temperature and in time. The ministry workers are still there, but they are not alone, golden tendrils swarm out of the temple towards them, picking one of them up by the ankle and pulling them into the air.

From the very centre of the temple a figure is emerging. A woman, growing larger than the temple, bursting out and reaching for the voidtreckers with many golden arms like rays of sun, bent and disfigured. Her face is a cracked mask symbolic of the star, surrounded in a halo of tendrils that whip out everywhere in wisps, crackling lightning and winds thrashing in level with her head.

Help the Ministry contractors, and help each other against the tendrils of gold - the equaliser guns work best. But watch out - each touch of the golden ribbons will leave a burning sensation that can't be healed while inside the distortion. A divine curse.

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OUTER CIRCLE. For those who were pushed backwards, they find themselves looking at a swirling whirlwind. Getting through is impossible, but that is not their only problem. The distortion is growing and it takes constant use of the equalisers to keep it under control.

As well as growing, the distortion itself seems to be fighting them, with gusts of wind trying to trap them, vines reach out to fling them away. There are also the warriors from history, more transparent and less stable, but their attacks just as damaging as before. Sometimes, stepping in the wrong place might suddenly drop you - and you'll find yourself somewhere else, at some other part of this chaotic mess.

Everything is attacking everyone - the Voidtreckers, others with the Ministry. Help each other, as well as yourself.

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CAMPS. Here, things are calmer at least. The minstry workers who have been sent to help out try and organise people to take shifts manning equalisers just in case, but for the most part, tasks are practical ones. Keeping people calm, keeping people fed. There are some smaller distortions that still appear nearby, and so teams are encouraged to go out and deal with them.

OOC NOTES

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TL;DR: Later on Poi 12, the Voidtreckers receive a message that the Ministry are going to attempt a weapon that's been in the works to help do something for the state of the world. Voidtreckers can come help, but don't need to feel obligated to.

We included a few prompts in case anyone wanted to do something lax, if anything at all on the finale log!

Poi 13, those who decide to come to the spot (located on their maps) will find a large area of land bordered by equalisers, as well as a camp. The weapon the Ministry spoke of is a large mirror, which can be seen inside and outside the distortion, reflecting each.

The goal of the boss battles are: 1) to protect the large mirror from attacks. Equaliser guns will be provided, but also trying your own attacks can help.

2) To keep Kolokifi in line with the mirror before it and the distortion starts to crack.

Assume Ministry people are around in the boss battle and outside. To make it easier to read, we won't refer to Ministry folks unless necessary (because boss battles get hectic enough!).

The boss battle is done in rounds with the NPC tag marking the start of the round. Please tag once in each round and don't worry about tagging order between players. If you miss a round don't worry just jump in the next. If you are late don't worry and just jump in the current round. If you accidentally post over someone just repost in response to them. If you need any help just ask a mod.

For those fighting on the border of the distortion (non boss battle) please feel free to play with anything from earlier in the mission. Things are fracturing and going a bit mad so use what you want and have characters be bounced the outskirts for team ups with other voidtreckers.

NOTE FOR BOSS BATTLE PARTICIPATION: 1 character per player per boss battle. Your character can't be in both threads. The Kolokifi fight is more suited to characters with high power levels whereas the mirror protection fight is more suited to characters with more mundane fighting skills.

Don't worry if you don't feel you can post or keep up with this - there won't be any negative consequences for not participating! A conclusion will go up on the 28th.

Art credits: Whirlwind, camp2, sunset, second header

Comments

[springforth]

[Persephone bursts into the inner circle, skidding to a stop as she takes in the chaos. It's hard to parse with the rain and it takes her several long moments to spot those wrapped in her long tendrils. And she stops breathing. The goddess who--with her friends? What can she do, what can she even do?

The ground around her bursts into life, a thicket of green that's as much thorns as roses. Equally as green are the leaves that her hair is becoming. For those who know her, it's obvious that she's struggling with controlling both her emotions and her powers]

[dyingpro]

It hurts. Gods it hurts, a divine sting that even he feels won't heal right away. But it doesn't go deeper, which is telling - it means that he can endure it longer, as he's dealt with far worse pains in his repeated Deaths, pains that went deeper and lingered even after he'd return.

But then he feels something happen. The power of Life Itself surges within him from an unknown source. Whoever it was that granted him this blessing, he knows better than to turn it away.

Zagreus uses the Force on instinct, shielding Thanatos with an invisible barrier directly in front of him in a wall, as large and as high as he can form it. He's not practiced with this new power, but he's not about to let Kolokifi get hold of Thanatos while he is still conscious.

"Kolokifi, Lord Krios, he-- he wants to help you, he's connected to you too through Sylnis, you all are! He may Judge your actions, but all of your Kin would be worse off without you! Please...!"

Zagreus grips tighter on Stygius' hilt, then call the activation words, "I see your kingly pardon from a prison of stone!" Stygius transforms into Excalibur, and Zagreus immediately uses its special ability Hallowed Ground, which will protect him from harm for a while.

His sword glows a brilliant white, almost as bright as the Lady of Summer herself.

[another_moon]

Usagi can feel the power course through her. She knows what she can do now.

“Kyoko, use the ground to your advantage!” Usagi shouted. “Protect the workers!”

With that, she aimed her Moon Stick at the form of Kolokifi, unleashing the threads of night at her, hoping the rain doesn’t interfere.

[strings_theory]

We'll pretend I can read.

Shit. Shit this isn't good in the slightest and she's keenly aware if this scenario. But maybe she can try and distract her a bit? Whether it works or not, she highly doubts. But it's worth a shot to keep her off the current targets.

Which means she's going to attempt to make her strings into weaved rope and go directly for trying to grab on the top and bottom of Kolo's mask to try and rip that sucker off. Might as well know what's beneath it or see what happens without it, if she can.

"You really gonna just ignore the rest of us? That's pure fucking rude after trying to off me last time!" Bold words for a moron, perhaps.

[light_of_willpower]

Well crap. Trunks' original plan is not working, and those he was trying to prevent getting grabbed, are getting grabbed. Time for a new strategy then. His sword is getting sheathed, so he can free up both hands.

And take potshots at Kolokifi and the ribbons via ki bursts. He may as well be a very annoying gnat, since that's what the goddess is treating most of them like.

[seacub]

As usual, perhaps, following after someone in a chain reaction ends in that chain getting tightly snared. Emporio manages to see the hannd just before it grabs at him, and while he does his best to dodge it he can only swoop so fast. "NGH-AAAUGH-!"

Narrowly, he makes use of Weather's more obscure abilities- the boy is coated entirely in ice water, the fluid melting as fast as it forms, his fragile shield against brilliant light requiring almost all of his focus.

And then there is some relief. "MNh...This isn't the way though! Following the path of seasons and time won't be chaos, Kolokifi! It'll be order!"

How fitting, his thoughts idly note; the first God, the God of Time, is also the God of Order.

"NGhhk...." Still, he's also in a hand. Emporio focuses best he can on his shield and on escaping, biting back a scream as intensity rises. Annd then abruptly, something changes. There is that buldge appearing, that pause and tearing...

The equaliser shots are fired, and with his shout and even Weather Report itself giving a cry, the boy breaks free- darting immediately toward where he can best see Thanatos and the others flee to.

"Thanatos! Zagreus!"

He hasn't spotted Jolyne's strings. Perhaps that's for the best- what she's doing is just a little terrifying after all.

[jingyeets]

Meanwhile here's a dragon, still keeping the storm coming such as he can.

"Balance in all things! Life and death, order and chaos, or else you destroy whatever you're meaning to save! Come on!"

Okay, if Than is going to be like this, let's go ham then and make it count

[controlsthedie]

It's a pain that is new and yet all too familiar. There's no time for Thanatos to halt the scream he gives as he imagines the threads of Fate pulling on him in every direction as if they could tear him apart, the dying crying out for a release from their suffering. Just like when he was bound and trapped by Sisyphus. Thanatos has no idea if this is what Merios feels, but if by chance Kolokifi senses his thoughts or at the very least sees his anguish and tears, she'll understand the pain of Death prevented from serving what he loves, Life.

Maybe Kolokifi can sense how desperately Thanatos wants to help Zagreus, how much he loves him and would do anything for him. Maybe Kolokifi can sense regret over not helping Emporio and his distant relationship with Hypnos and how he wants to do better.

The angry flurry of squeaks that follow Thanatos being grabbed is punctuated by Mort gripping that pointy object he snagged earlier and jamming it into those divine fingers. He is tired of people trying to trap his Thanatos!

As soon as there is a chance for Thanatos to break free, he will, glancing towards Emporio to check on him and then going to Zagreus's side where he belongs.

[crouching_sin]

Much like Trunks, there’s not a lot he can do. Not without risk of harming other passengers at the moment. He angles himself to get a good shot and then releases the sphere of energy, aiming to hit one of Kolokifi’s arms.

It’s the most damaging spell he’s got at the moment, so he might as well try to use it while he’s got the magic for it.

ROUND CHANGE

[voidtreckernpcs]

Kyoko's chains manage to wrap around some arms while Kolokifi is stunned by some unknown instability, and it's with a combined effort from Usagi's threads that joining them that the darkness rides up Kyoko's chains, climbing and taking a hold of the God's arms.

--Including the ones holding Zagreus and Thanatos still. The shots from the equalisers had managed to dissipate some portion of her limbs, but not enough. Yet the combination of the darkness spreading across her arms from Nypsia's power having reach, they turn a pale white, shattering from Trunks's potshots and Naoya's spell. The pieces disappear, fading out of sight.

Zagreus will be able to escape while Kolokifi screams, but not one out of pain. What is pain after all, to a God of Life?

'NYPSIA! Nypsia, Nypsia! You--'

But her anger is interrupted by a gasp, an-- 'Eilifi? Eilifi!' that twists her head, attention turning downward. Zagreus and Thanatos's attempts to feel at Kolokifi don't seem to be getting through to her, and Jolyne's strings aimed for the mask vaporise before being able to get close to rip the ugly sucker off.

'Oh, I can't see! Hold on, you pesky Herios-'

A laugh, akin to an adult playing a game with a child, and Kolokifi raises up a group of arms, her being glowing with an intense brightness threatening to blind anyone who doesn't immediately cover their eyes. It brings a stop to the rain and fog, and starts to fight back against Nypsia's dark. And even Persephone's flowers and herself will feel strength from this blossom of Summer's Sun and Life.

Her head looks down, and what arms she still has left - too many, but at least fewer - begin to extend and reach out, searching in the air. One is sure to come for Trunks, whether by accident or because he continues his ki blasts, attempting to whack him out from the air with its width. Another is starting to seek out the Troublesome Trio, and another coming down low to seek out Persephone.

'Child? It's no time to play games... oh, why are there so many things in the way?'

Re: ROUND CHANGE

[another_moon]

Seeing Nypsia’s power combine with Kyoko’s chains, Usagi’s eyes went wide as she smiled.

“Kyoko, change of plans! Your chains, my power! We’ll show her that, together, we can hold her back!”

She grins sheepishly as she reaches out for Kyoko to take her hand as she Sends more threads at Kolokifi

Re: ROUND CHANGE

[acapriciousthing]

"Would allow for remote surveillance. Find information with minimal risk. Allow combatants to focus on fighting." IT's not just busy work. Someone has to do it and other people might be of more use out in the field.
Death moves in closer. "These aren't the ones you're looking for. They might feel like it, but they're not. You need to face what's happening, what's already happened. Or it's only going to get worse."

Closer still. "You have responsibilities."

And a brief aside. "Thanatos, please be sensible."

[redmeguca]

Right, let's go!

[Kyoko sends out more chains to match Usagi's ribbons, seeking to tangle Kolokifi and limit her mobility. She sends a quick prayer of thanks to Nypsia for sharing her blessing, promising an extra offering later.]

[controlsthedie]

The burst of light blinds this child of Night, but he's spared from being completely disoriented from Mort stepping up and squeaking directions.  Thanatos's skin burns where Kolokifi touched him. He feels pulled in multiple directions.

This isn't working. He's trying to act as a distraction for Kolokifi and protect Zagreus, but he seems to be more of a distraction for his team instead.

"... Don't die, Zagreus. But if you do... I got you." He gives a sad, apologetic look in the direction he senses his God of Life. Zagreus has done something; he can sense that much. But Thanatos has no power here even if he thought he could do something.

Death's words only solidify his next move, if one could call it that. (Though all this still brings to mind the ugly truth he fears that the only favor he can give is to stay away.) This is no longer Thanatos's battle even as Kolokifi searches for him, Merios.

Thanatos shifts further away from Kolokifi and will remain there as a further target, hopefully. Anyone who casts their spell or puts themselves in the way will not find their efforts wasted, and blinded as he is, he could even be enclosed without him trying to flee. Thanatos dismisses his sword, wraps his arms and wings around himself, and waits.

[dyingpro]

Zagreus is finally free, and he gasps like getting a lungful of air after almost drowning. The pain is starting to slowly fade, but not quite completely, as his powers as the God of Life have been severely stunted, not at all like the radiance of this Goddess of Life. Leia's lending of the Force may be spent, but Zagreus still feels the shield he'd made out of his temporary use of the Force, still trying to protect Thanatos.

"I won't," he growls through gritted teeth in response to Than's plea, the Pierced Butterfly glinting in the brilliant light of the Goddess. "And you're not alone, Than. We won't let her take you." Instead of moving to join Thanatos, Zagreus instead starts to climb Kolokifi's towering form, hoping to get toward her head and draw attention.

"They aren't Eilifi, or Herios, or Merios! They're Persephone, Emporio, Thanatos! They come from worlds far past Praeus! Eilifi and Merios are here, in this world, waiting for you to see reason! They're safe! You don't have to protect Lady Eilifi or Lord Merios! They're not in danger!" Excalibur still has Hallowed Ground active for now, but it will fizzle out soon and he'll have to activate it again.

[light_of_willpower]

Trunks' parents must be so proud--their son is being a good and annoying pest to a goddess.

It's very hard to see thanks to all the light, he's going mostly by the feel of energy he can sense from friends and from the Goddess. He'll do his best to keep dodging out of the way of Kolokifi's arms and take potshots with ki still. If anyone looks like they're in need of a blocker, he'll try and zoom to take the hit for them instead. The more he can play distraction and keep those who are being effective in the fight, the better.

[springforth]

Half-blinded by the light, Persephone only sees the hand reaching down for her when it's halfway to her. She can't see where her friends are, what they're doing-- she darts up and out, waiting for the hand to get closer.

When it's closer, she slams her power into the bushes at her feet, sending the thorns wrapping around the arm and trying to pull it tight to the ground. At least long enough for someone to shoot it.

But she didn't stick around to see if it works, darting around the battlefield like a butterfly, trying to spot Thanatos and Zagreus. Leaves and flowers are growing down her arms and shoulders in her panic.

[jingyeets]

With the winds and fog dissipated in blinding light, Jingyi grimaces and tucks his head away, before deciding he really should try using the borrowed gun again. Thankfully, turning into his own bright light again and managing to land in his sword, snatching at his robes and haphazardly tying them around his waist, he pulls the gun free of the material and flies closer, as one does, aiming at the god's arms.

They're helpfully large targets, and he's getting the hang of the gun, so he's actually hitting... at whatever rate the borrowed weapon manages, and while continuing to weave the sword like he's surfing the wind.

It's not useful for protection of his stuff; surely he won't swiftly be regretting that, given the rest are much better targets. (Keep alive, everyone.)

[nutkrusher]

Cassie, meanwhile, continues to do what she was literally born to do - be a thorn in the side of gods. She remains close to Trunks's side, swirling around him, glowing brighter as her limiter has left her.

Bright fireballs, now larger than beach balls, are being cast around her at an alarming rate, striking with precision as though the energy itself senses where to go.

The more intense her power becomes, and the harder she pushes itself, the harder it will be to ignore her. As powerful as many of her allies are (some more powerful than her), Cassie's power is directly antagonistic to godhood - almost conceptually so.

[motherofresistance]

Leia managed to close her eyes in time to avoid the blinding light, and after that opted to keep them closed. It might seem strange to anyone who spotted her; after all, this was pretty much the exact opposite of the sort of time most people would want to close their eyes. But most people weren't Force sensitive. And if her dodges of the tendrils became closer shaves, her movements in doing so became more fluid as she let the Force do more of the work. If anyone can see or sense it amid the bright light and chaos, they might notice that Leia has a soft blue glow around her, looks somewhat translucent, and feels less present physically but more so spiritually.

She'd felt the tearing of the energy earlier, but wasn't certain if it was a good thing or a bad thing. They seemed to be getting through to Kolokifi, but only for a moment or two at a time. Just long enough to give her pause. It wasn't enough. She reached out with the Force using it to lend greater strength to her calming voice, hoping that it would give the other Voidtreckers or deities an opening to push through a bit more. "Lady Kolokifi," she said. "You worry about the damage that Chaos could do. But Order can be just as damaging. I faced a being before who sought to make all worlds into her own vision of perfect Order. Like you, she thought it would be better for everyone. Like you, she was wrong. There must be balance for there to be peace; there must be change for there to be growth. The tighter you hold on, the more will slip through your fingers. You must let go. Rest, and let others have their time."

[seacub]

The warning is as much a warning as it is an attack in itself. One minute he's weaving through the rain, trying to formulate some sort of plan. As Thanatos is going to conclude in just a few moments more, the current idea to distract Kolokifi is failing; as terrible as it sounds, too many people care a little too much about them to just let them dart around that way.

(Maybe that's for the best)

But Kolokifi more than that appears unaffected- as he looks to her mask through the rain, all he can see is a twisted facade that makes him ill, a brief spark of something shocking away through the rain.

And then.

'Hold on, you pesky Herios!'

(He wonders, somehow, if that sort of thing is what a mother would have said when he was even younger, with his name, with much more teasing grasps, with-)

"H-G AA..AAAAAAAHHHHG-!"

It's blinding.

Caught in the glare Emporio is quickly careening through the air in a crash course. He can't see- it is only mere instinct and unconscious power that keeps him afloat and away from the ground, the wind around him feeling out what is or isn't something to avoid. Heat is a good indicator at least, but he can only avoid the arms for so long- if indeed he can be fast enough to succeed in that much. Emporio's thoughts whirl, until finally he thinks to cover his face almost entirely with ice- ice, tainted by ash, fabric, and dust, in an attempt to see.

What he sees is a mess- but he sees something else as well.

"Jolyne-!"

He's been separated from Thanatos, but if there's anything they can try it's a plan B, right?

"JOLYNE!" he calls as he swoops closer to her place near Kolokifi, wind gathering to prepare for a carry. The arms of his Stand seem to manifest as clouds, reaching where he's forced to grip his glider. "...REMEMBER WHAT I SAID IN THE GHOST ROOM...!"

Don't let go once he's got you!

[strings_theory]

Of course it would make sense to not immediately try and touch a god or something, for people that would care or use half a brain cell. As Jolyne has neither of these things, it comes as a bit of a shock to have her strings basically evaporated. Which, given the nature of her Stand, is making her fingers burn like utter hell for a minute.

Which works out quite nicely for her in hindsight since the flinch and squeezing her eyes shut to handle this new pain saves her from immediate blinding. That dumb Joestar luck, or something.

It doesn't take her long to pick up on Emporio's being near, the familiar feeling of the Stand being enough to give her a heads up while rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand for residual light nonsense.

"Ghost ro-Oh! Yeah, yeah I think I do! Got an idea if you got a way to get me up to that big bitch!" That's not what he means, Jolyne. Though she'll wait until Emporio grabs her for now.

ROUND CHANGE - 1

[voidtreckernpcs]

Kyoko's chains wrap around Kolokifi's forearms, bolstered by the prayer that she gives, and the joined efforts with Usagi and her own celestial powers combined with Nypsia's gift. They reach out, and as long as the pair will focus and pour their strength into their powers, they'll be able to keep a hold of some of the arms. Arms that start to turn a white...

One part of Kolokifi sounds her indignation, while another laughs in the same celestial breath; with a following condescending tsk tsk that flutters down near to Persephone's ear, into the ground itself. The arm doesn't move.

'Eilifi, Silifi, is that your best? Now, children, no mortal will be impressed by a display like that. Aren't you my children? You have to do better-'

There's a stirring in Persephone's thorns, a few starting to burn - but then Eilifi can be felt, and thorns grow blossoms of pink that give birth to further tendrils of the plant, wrapping tighter along with Persephone's own. Some move towards the ground, which opens up to allow them to anchor into the ground.

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('W-w-we have to be quick,' comes Eilifi's voice in Persephone, Emporio, and Zagreus's minds; it is raspy, ghostly, nothing like it had been before.

'Mirror won't hold- damned Moment won't hold,' speaks Silifi's voice, even as weak as their sister's, to Persephone, Zagreus, and Kyoko. 'Hold her, damn it - split her damn open!'

'...I feel him...' speaks Merios's quiet voice, more an echo, to Zagreus, Thanatos, and Death. 'I cannot...approach... but... if thou will help...'

From Thanatos and Death's points, for a time, they will be granted a blessing: to use their energy to protect others on the field from damage if they focus on them. Effects may vary - a large protect-all can be granted through great, draining effort. Damage already done cannot be reversed.)

[redmeguca]

Split her open? Yeah, I can do that. Usagi, follow my lead!

[Kyoko summons another giant spear, this time wrapped in her own chains. She'll wait a moment for Usagi to add her ribbons, then send it flying directly for Kolokifi's midsection.]

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[voidtreckernpcs]

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'We don't have to accept anything at all!' retorts Kolokifi to Death. Golden ribbons of rays burst up from the ground, circling around Death, reaching as high as they need to. 'You- you're far too trusting of Krios's designs. He will throw away mortal lives before I, Merios. Now, don't be so glum. This will be all over soon.'

For Zagreus, he will be able to climb a way along Kolokifi's frame, until his feet become stuck - stuck in the very body of Kolokifi herself, though Hallowed Ground is reducing some of the damage that feels dangerously close. Her head doesn't turn, but something about her seems to regard Zagreus, or so he feels. Hears.

'Oh? Who are you... you feel like my Eilifi... my little Rebirth...'

Cassie, Jingyi, and Trunks's shots of power and by the gun will hit at Kolokifi - a large target that she is - but only some manage to catch at the arms held by Usagi and Kyoko, helping them to break, to get the worst in front of Cassie and Trunks dropping, atrophying and wilting off.

But the one with Persephone keeps, and as for the shots that found their way to Kolokifi's body - Zagreus will have to be careful for friendly fire. If Kolokifi should care about her losing arms, she seems distracted again as Leia's calming power seems to make her capable of paying a little more attention to certain people.

'Who? So small - what mortal dares speak to me so? You tell me to go to Rest? REST?'

But it might not be such good attention, and a large energy reading (for those using their senses more than their eyes) will feel one coalesce around Leia, spirit or body - such things matter not to the Life that can grab at another life and entrap them in hers.

Leia will need defence and help, quick. But that isn't the only concern, as another gurgle of sound echoes out from Kolokifi, and cracks start to form, in both the ground and even in the air - slits revealing white threads like outlines in an otherwise pure darkness, tears in reality. It almost looks familiar, to Jolyne and Emporio...

But Jingyi will have to worry, when one forms right where his sword is, catches and flips on a tear in reality.

'Everyone!' Shouts a voice through the SCAs - hopefully, some of those present will hear. 'Keep aiming your guns or whatever shit you have at Kolokifi, we're gonna be activating the device! Sylnis is startin' to lose it - this place'll break if we're here any longer! Ask Nypsia to make more restraints if you've got the energy or whatever to spare! Just think the name, they'll hear it!'

For those that do allow themselves to a connection with the God, will find their attacks more draining, but to be shrouded with a night's influence - start firing well, and with purpose.