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//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

Hello all! Silver the Hedgehog here reporting from Skystream Jungle, the site of a large VermilineCorp Factory. Normally security protocols would be too tight to allow me in here, but I was able to slip through on account of some rather extreme panic in this part of the factory. This is my chance to show you all what V-Corp has been up to. We all know they're perhaps the most ethically bankrupt corporate entity in the multiverse, but now it's time to see just how bad it is. Blister, you ready?

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

The hedgehog and pal enter the massive concrete structure - or what's left of it. Something happened here that caused quite a bit of it to rapidly accumulate disrepair. He eventually discovers the cause - what looks like a large train station fell from the sky on top of it. He looks around for a window to look into...

Across the train station, odd little creatures could be seen - rabbit-like people, rabbit-like people but with helmets and armor, tiny yellow fuzzballs that moved with a mind of their own - but perhaps the oddest thing was the one that couldn't be seen. The quiet tap-tap-tap of something on floor tiles, smooth and measured despite the destruction. Something well-acquainted with this building.

That is what the hedgehog can notice, just looking in through a window. The rhythmic tapping can't be heard very well from the outside, but once he's inside- the acoustics must have been very good in this place before its wreckage, because they still are. A simple sound echoed down halls and halls of broken walls, and the closer you get to a noise, the harder it is to pinpoint it... unless you know exactly what you are looking for.

Help me up Blister!

The two magic mammals stick their heads and Blister's camera further into the room, but don't manage to see much more than that. Blister helps Silver down and they look for another window

//warning for depictions of injury and suffering

The window they looked through seemed to lead into an office of sorts- pamphlets scattered about the desk and floor, some sorted into stray stacks, a rolling chair with one wheel replaced by a stone taped to it in order to keep it upright, a microphone and lamp set up on the desk, both broken, filing cabinets along the back wall that were all closed and some degree of battered. A single, heavy book sat atop the cabinets, an inch hanging off the edge. If you lean really far to the side and squint, you can make out the outline of a door of some sort.

No one was in this room. Which was strange, as it was built directly into the middle of the main station. The tapping seemed to get closer far too quickly for its pace, and something white ghosted by in the reflection of the window... But it was gone just as fast, with no trace of the source.

...I think I'm gonna have to go in

Blister helps Silver inside and he stealthily tries to follow the white, trusting Blister's far more acute senses to lead him

The floor here is slightly less difficult to navigate, with debris pushed against the walls more than strewn about the ground. Despite their efforts, whatever the white was can't be found, but up close a couple things can be better seen.

The "door" was actually an elevator, nonfunctional and jammed open an inch. The pamphlets were like advertisements, for Gear Station and Nimbasa City, Castelia City and Undella Town, Anville Town... And at the back of the circular room, a set of staircases. One up, one down. Painted black and white, respectfully, although the white stairs only threw their disrepair and dirt into sharp relief.

There is one complication: the elevator and stairs up are both out of operation, possibly permanently. Fortunately Silver has flight.

He flies along, trying to see the white figure, Blister behind him, but he hears other things in here as well - heavy marching, shouting, and rustling. Whatever it is doesn't seem to detect Silver, but it still sets him on edge

Unfortunately for him, the white figure seems to have vanished quite completely, assuming the other sounds aren't it. They can't be, they're too numerous to be a single unknown person.

They're not upstairs, in a wrecked break room, or downstairs, in a slightly cleaned up room - at least, the glass in the corners can't stab someone's feet as they walk anymore - and they certainly aren't in the main room outside of it all. He would have noticed. Maybe they're down one of the many halls...? There are a lot of them, all labeled with specially colored signs.

Silver taps Blister, and begins floating down a hall marked by a sign with two people.

The marching and yelling is getting louder though...

As he descends down the hall, the previous sound of something tapping on the floor grows in volume... and in speed. It's notably somehow in sync with the marching, like a heartbeat across the body.

Along with the rest of the noise, there's something else- the cries of Pokemon. The cries of Pokemon fighting.

Silver and Blister hide as a platoon of men in white and red armor rush past, wearing helmets hiding their faces with a red V logo and carrying firearms loaded and ready. They follow them as they stop before a person who apparently had beaten several of their fellows, and a small, malnourished, shivering rabbit person hiding behind her. The faceless soldiers open fire, but their undisciplined aim produces varied results

It seems Silver's found his white figure- a woman, in a long white coat with red stripes, gray hair spilling over her back and coming to points by her cheeks. He can't quite see her face before a huge set of gears comes in to tank the few bullets that would have hit, aided by a protective forcefield of sorts, or before the woman moves faster than a human being probably should. She's well-enough acquainted with these by now. Dodging their horrible aim is a cinch.

It's the weight on her back that's throwing her off a tad. As soon as she started moving again, the rabbit person behind her was scooped up in a pair of fuzzy yellow arms for what would've been a piggyback ride were it not so currently deadly. She gestures with one of her free arms, the ones where humans normally have them, and it doesn't take a word for the set of gears to fire off a bright flash like a cannon.

After a bit more back-and-forth, the soldiers part, to let a dark-robed person with a stone sword through

The person raises his sword, then casts yellow bolts of energy toward the woman in white. Something about the yellow energy makes Sliver's skin crawl just looking at it

She stood straighter at the new appearance, briefly alarmed before again moving on quick feet, seamlessly dodging each bolt and even using her own electricity - gathered in her lower, fuzz-covered arms and taken in whips by her normal hands - to send one careening back towards its caster.

The set of gears she commanded once again shot light out of its core towards the assailant. It would mostly hurt the eyes, but it was also hot enough to sear the skin. Not too hot, though. It was clearly well-trained.

All the elemental attacks tend to have some success, with the biggest impact being made the rebounding bolt. This specifically causes him to drop his sword, flattering to the ground at the woman's feet. He rebounds from this, trying more bolts and a curving yellow spectral spiked chain attack

Unfortunately for the woman and her little piggyback companion, all her energy seems to have gone into the start. Although, to be fair, shooting light and electricity at her opponents tends to work better. A few bolts strike her, but she manages to keep them away from her companion. It's the chain attack that does her in. Despite her running, it does catch on her feet. She stumbles. She trips. And she hits the ground. The set of gears comes to her aid, although, without hands or telekinesis, all it can really do is set up a brief protective barrier.

The spellcaster tries to pick up his sword again, but that does get him close to the gears. Noticing this, and apparently angry his sword's out of reach without bringing him in range of the gears or the woman in white, he focuses on the gears, and stars harnessing energy for a powerful spell

#reblog #nexus-extra-extra #offscreen #long post #((d20 roll: 14))

The woman and the gears share a collective "oh shit" moment, before she makes a motion with one hand. The protective shield dissipates, and the gears whir together rapidly. If that's a charge move, they only have a little bit of time, but a little bit of time is all they need.

The gears spit toxic liquid at the attacker. It splatters half across him, and half across the ground in front of him.

//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

Help me up Blister!

The two magic mammals stick their heads and Blister's camera further into the room, but don't manage to see much more than that. Blister helps Silver down and they look for another window

//warning for depictions of injury and suffering

...I think I'm gonna have to go in

Blister helps Silver inside and he stealthily tries to follow the white, trusting Blister's far more acute senses to lead him

There is one complication: the elevator and stairs up are both out of operation, possibly permanently. Fortunately Silver has flight.

Unfortunately for him, the white figure seems to have vanished quite completely, assuming the other sounds aren't it. They can't be, they're too numerous to be a single unknown person.

Silver taps Blister, and begins floating down a hall marked by a sign with two people.

The marching and yelling is getting louder though...

As he descends down the hall, the previous sound of something tapping on the floor grows in volume... and in speed. It's notably somehow in sync with the marching, like a heartbeat across the body.

Along with the rest of the noise, there's something else- the cries of Pokemon. The cries of Pokemon fighting.

After a bit more back-and-forth, the soldiers part, to let a dark-robed person with a stone sword through

The person raises his sword, then casts yellow bolts of energy toward the woman in white. Something about the yellow energy makes Sliver's skin crawl just looking at it

#reblog #nexus-extra-extra #offscreen #((rolled that d20 again. she got a 5))#((it's not a nat 1 but it's also not much better))

//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

Help me up Blister!

The two magic mammals stick their heads and Blister's camera further into the room, but don't manage to see much more than that. Blister helps Silver down and they look for another window

//warning for depictions of injury and suffering

...I think I'm gonna have to go in

Blister helps Silver inside and he stealthily tries to follow the white, trusting Blister's far more acute senses to lead him

There is one complication: the elevator and stairs up are both out of operation, possibly permanently. Fortunately Silver has flight.

Unfortunately for him, the white figure seems to have vanished quite completely, assuming the other sounds aren't it. They can't be, they're too numerous to be a single unknown person.

Silver taps Blister, and begins floating down a hall marked by a sign with two people.

The marching and yelling is getting louder though...

As he descends down the hall, the previous sound of something tapping on the floor grows in volume... and in speed. It's notably somehow in sync with the marching, like a heartbeat across the body.

Along with the rest of the noise, there's something else- the cries of Pokemon. The cries of Pokemon fighting.

After a bit more back-and-forth, the soldiers part, to let a dark-robed person with a stone sword through

The person raises his sword, then casts yellow bolts of energy toward the woman in white. Something about the yellow energy makes Sliver's skin crawl just looking at it

#reblog #nexus-extra-extra #offscreen #((fun fact: i rolled a d20 to see how she'd deal with this attack. i got a nat 20))#((i had my eyes closed and everything no one can accuse me of cheating))#((maybe the horrors i'm putting my new boy through helped. i did roll it on my notebook that i'm actively writing in as we speak))

//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

Help me up Blister!

The two magic mammals stick their heads and Blister's camera further into the room, but don't manage to see much more than that. Blister helps Silver down and they look for another window

//warning for depictions of injury and suffering

...I think I'm gonna have to go in

Blister helps Silver inside and he stealthily tries to follow the white, trusting Blister's far more acute senses to lead him

There is one complication: the elevator and stairs up are both out of operation, possibly permanently. Fortunately Silver has flight.

Unfortunately for him, the white figure seems to have vanished quite completely, assuming the other sounds aren't it. They can't be, they're too numerous to be a single unknown person.

Silver taps Blister, and begins floating down a hall marked by a sign with two people.

The marching and yelling is getting louder though...

As he descends down the hall, the previous sound of something tapping on the floor grows in volume... and in speed. It's notably somehow in sync with the marching, like a heartbeat across the body.

Along with the rest of the noise, there's something else- the cries of Pokemon. The cries of Pokemon fighting.

//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

Help me up Blister!

The two magic mammals stick their heads and Blister's camera further into the room, but don't manage to see much more than that. Blister helps Silver down and they look for another window

//warning for depictions of injury and suffering

...I think I'm gonna have to go in

Blister helps Silver inside and he stealthily tries to follow the white, trusting Blister's far more acute senses to lead him

There is one complication: the elevator and stairs up are both out of operation, possibly permanently. Fortunately Silver has flight.

Unfortunately for him, the white figure seems to have vanished quite completely, assuming the other sounds aren't it. They can't be, they're too numerous to be a single unknown person.

Silver taps Blister, and begins floating down a hall marked by a sign with two people.

The marching and yelling is getting louder though...

As he descends down the hall, the previous sound of something tapping on the floor grows in volume... and in speed. It's notably somehow in sync with the marching, like a heartbeat across the body.

Along with the rest of the noise, there's something else- the cries of Pokemon. The cries of Pokemon fighting.

//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

Help me up Blister!

The two magic mammals stick their heads and Blister's camera further into the room, but don't manage to see much more than that. Blister helps Silver down and they look for another window

//warning for depictions of injury and suffering

...I think I'm gonna have to go in

Blister helps Silver inside and he stealthily tries to follow the white, trusting Blister's far more acute senses to lead him

There is one complication: the elevator and stairs up are both out of operation, possibly permanently. Fortunately Silver has flight.

Unfortunately for him, the white figure seems to have vanished quite completely, assuming the other sounds aren't it. They can't be, they're too numerous to be a single unknown person.

//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

Help me up Blister!

The two magic mammals stick their heads and Blister's camera further into the room, but don't manage to see much more than that. Blister helps Silver down and they look for another window

//warning for depictions of injury and suffering

...I think I'm gonna have to go in

Blister helps Silver inside and he stealthily tries to follow the white, trusting Blister's far more acute senses to lead him

//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

Help me up Blister!

The two magic mammals stick their heads and Blister's camera further into the room, but don't manage to see much more than that. Blister helps Silver down and they look for another window

//warning for depictions of injury and suffering

#reblog #nexus-extra-extra #cw injury #cw body horror #cw suffering #offscreen

//Starter from @nexus-extra-extra

A Katress Ignis next to Silver nods happily

Let's go

#pokemon #pokeblogging #pokeblr #offscreen #nexus-extra-extra

HELO TEAM FINDER, IT IS I THE EVIL JOHN OTIS OF TEAM ROCKET, I AM CURRENTLY STUCK IN HISUI, CAN YOU FIND ME AN EXIT? @teamrocketboy

Yeah I guess we could look around. We know a few people with experience there

(Gonna get Glitch on here too @i-am-3mm3t )

#reblog #Glitchtrick #centrifugal-apotheosis

I AM GLITCH! I BELIEVE WE CAN HELP YOU, SOMEHOW! ALLOW ME TO ASK AROUND!

Ok so!

Long story short, I'm friends with Glitch over at @i-am-3mm3t, and just for fun we've formed a little Private Eye group called...

TEAM FINDER

Anyway give us cases we bored

#reblog #Glitchtrick #centrifugal-apotheosis

Hello! I am Glitch! Please help us with this brand new business!

Vengeance of the All-Devourer: Part 3: The Fall of Quantuvour

//ooc: closed RP with @i-am-3mm3t @that-one-poison-trainer @the-poke-virus @moonlit-faller @voltage-zenith @annieblast @rock-bird-go-brr @ho-oh-mosexual @local-crobat-enthusiast, and everyone on @nebula-incursionists-official

Quasar paced back and forth in the Temple of Pale Archer, trying to form the next part of his plan. He knew any minute now Quantuvour would enter the dreaded final stage of its feeding cycle, but he started developing an idea on how to stall that. So there he was, hashing out the specifics with the Echo of Pale Archer, when Clara rushed in

Quasar! We have an emer-

She seemed to notice him deep in thought, and stopped

...what's the matter?

i think I know how to stall the final feeding, it's just what comes after I'm stumped on. We're gonna sever the worm in half with that explosion in the Heart, but what do we do about it falling?

I think... I have an idea

Two days before the Crisis

Clara had been attacked by Regidrago while trying to save a faller who had gotten in trouble. Her Obsidian fought fiercely to defend her, backed up by her Shortcake, but both were overcome. She looked around, but Svarog was gone, getting the faller out of harm’s way on her request. She cowers, helpless against the dragon-type’s onslaught, when she hears a howling behind her and something slams into the dragon pokemon. The dust settles, and the thing easily tanked a Dragon Pulse. It's revealed to be another pokemon - Zamazenta. Zamazenta charges again - Behemoth Bash, easily negating a Dragon Energy. Galar’s Legendary Shield then tanks a flamethrower to fire off a powerful Moonblast, sending the dragon packing. It then turns to Clara, and bows before her

...So that's my idea. I'm a Zamazenta Chosen, and they might be strong enough to slow the body's fall

The others then begin pouring in

Quasar, Omega is damaged, but Quantuvour is siphoning his energy

Virus hobbles into the temple with Viper and ElecMan running in ahead of her. She looks exhausted, but she hasn't changed back to her old form yet

Gamzee puts August (who he had been carrying) down, and goes up to Quasar

I kNoW tHaT lOoK yOu'Re LoOkIn. YoU'rE gOnNa Do SoMeThIn CrAzY. rEaLlY sHaKe ThInGs Up LiKe A bOtTlE oF fAyGo, HuH? iN fAcT, iF i EvEr DiD tHe GaMbLiNg, I'd GeT aLl Up In My GaMbLe ThAt SoMe HaNdLeS nEeD tO gEt ReAdY fOr SoMe HuGe PiRoEtTeS oFf Em

August is dazed with exhaustion and slightly delirious, but he’s still got his eyes open by sheer force of will.

If there’s anything my team or I can do, just let me know.

notos drags themselves into the temple, bones feeling heavy. they were already regretting the sleepless night of hard flying to get here from the university. this was way, way more intense than the wiley bust.

“same here. ive also got a lot of first aid stuff, rations, etcetera in the backpack, so…”

Cyrus, on the other hand, is trying to steady his shaking hands. He doesn’t want to think about anything that just happened, but he does want to be helpful.

I have… a bottle of water, if anyone needs water right now.

As if one bottle will make a difference… I wish I could’ve seen all of this coming and brought more…

I guess I'm thirsty, thanks guy that looks like a terrorist

She drinks from the water bottle

You're right, Gamzee. I am about to do something incredibly stupid

Quasar goes to the back of the temple, where an intricate apparatus glows and spins with green power

The Convytezynce Core in my chest holds the knowledge and power of They of Convytess. At that people's height, their power was that of literal gods. Unfortunately, a human body can't access the divine power without extensive training for it, so I'm not that powerful... on my own

With Pale Archer's Echo's help, I think I just might be able to "jailbreak" a portion of that divine power, accessing it early. It's not much, comparatively, but it should be enough to grab the planet with my energy and fly it away from the Worm. While the Worm's chasing me, you guys can kill its brain

Now, the catch is, with how much of a strain this is gonna put on my body, I'll probably only have about an hour before my existence is ripped to shreds, so try to get the brain before then, eh?

Viper steps up

So, you're planning on sacrificing yourself

What? No. I can’t let you do that, not unless there’s no better options. There must be a way to kill this work without such a risk.

He’s not going to let more horrific things happen to this group. He can’t, not in good conscience.

We’ll find another way. One that won’t risk your life.

Kaladin thought about the issue for a moment. Discussions with Jasnah, and more recently with Shallahi and Shai, did open him up to knowing more about this than he otherwise would.

"That isn't happening. If you can't handle it, then we find someone who can. Alternatively, more than one person take it."

He wasn't entirely certain how realistic that was. But he was used to holding large amounts of Investiture. This had to be similar in nature, right?

“what they said.”

they start darting around the temple again in a second wind, scanning the reliefs for any other way to defeat the worm.

“There’s gotta be Something here that can help us. Something that DOESN’T involve anyone else dying. Well. Anyone that’s not the worm.”

Is there a way you could transfer the power somehow?

August looks down at where his legs used to be.

Not like I’ll be of much help after this anyway… Hell, the fact remains that I’ve lost WAY too much blood, so I’ll probably die anyways.

“NONE OF THAT EITHER! We are ALL making it out of here come Distortion or high water!”

they’re in a borderline frenzy now. having conjured up a notebook and pen from… somewhere, they’re scribbling notes at a nearly inhuman speed.

Quasar pauses, sinks into a trance again, then returns

Once the Worm's dead, and the crisis averted, Pale Archer will help me dismiss the power until I can handle it for real safely. So that shouldn't be an issue at least. The danger is if we can't bump the brain in time

So this isn't a sacrifice, you're just buying us much-needed time

Trying to, at least

Then we'll have to make it count

wait!

She runs up and gives Quasar a hug

No matter what happens, just know that I've never resented you for your past. You're a good man Quasar, remember that

Quasar's stunned for a while, apparently not knowing what to think of that.

But a sudden shift in the stomach returns him

It's starting... We all need to hurry

Quasar holds the spinning artifact,and connects to it. The room begins to shake and crackle with bright green power as he rises into the air. Massive beams of green strike him, channeling power into his Convytezynce Core. He shines with the brightness of a noonday sun for about 1 minute, then dims to still very bright but much more vibrant green. When his shape is discernible again, Quasar's whole body is shaking, radiating with power. Judging by his face, he's under GREAT strain

Ya GoT iT?

I got it... barely...

Huh?

An hour... might've been too generous... Just be as fast as you can!

August makes a snap decision.

Rai-Rai’s probably the fastest Pokémon we have available… I’d just be dead weight. You guys go — I’ll stay here with Quasar, try to help.

He unballs Rai-Rai, the koraidon looming massive in the enclosed space.

holy shit what is that?!

She snaps out of the shock and focuses on what's important

Hurry up everyone!

She ushers everyone to get the hell out so they can make it to the brain in time

notos snaps a pokeball off their belt, throwing it to the ground. out pops Sergeant, a massive Talonflame outfitted with a riding harness.

“Alright. Anyone who can fit, hop on Sarge here. Everyone else get on- Rai-Rai, was it? And hold on tight, we’re gonna have to HAUL IT.”

Quasar teleports out, probably getting into position around the planet to move it out of Quantuvour's reach. THe others hop on the pokemon, or get their own out...

...except Clara and Svarog, who notice the downed Emmet

Mr. Svarog, get Emmet to Gear Station and then rejoin the others. Don't worry, I'll catch up

...Yes, Clara

Rai-Rai, please, go wherever these people tell you, and don’t get hurt if you can avoid it. I love you.

Rai-Rai chirps in acknowledgment as he bows down, and August turns to the others.

He’s a good boy, he’ll do what you ask. Take care of him, okay?

Clara watches Svarog go, then turns to the crowd of noncombatants still in the temple

There's still a big issue: How do we get off, and how do all the places get back where they came from? Well, this is all I can think of... Jokewyld! I need you!

THe mural of the Baron-like figure comes to life and starts speaking to Clara

You raaaaaaaaaaaaaaang, Sanctuary Mechanical?

Yes, I need you to do something. Quantuvour ate many places across the pokemon world, I need you to put them where they came from

This I can do BUT!!!!! It will come with a price

I know, and I'll pay

Excellent! Now this time, I'll actually need you to procure the payment first, as until Quantuvour loses it, I can't actually enter. What I need are Quantuvour's Anti-divine glands, 4 in total, each around its brain. Sever them, and I will do your request and collect them

I got it

after hearing their voice Virus uses of her will power to fight against the primal rage of her new form, just to gain enough lucidity to reach her extendo-arm into the temple to flip off the Barron right in the face

Going the other way down the tunnel they went through to reach the heart, they reach a large cavern. On each corner glows pulsing organs, 4 in total. In the center is a mass that seems to gently radiate dark power. It then seems to percieve them, and the mood of the room turns dark

at the top of the room, a window - no, an eye- shows a view of space, and the planet starting to shrink, before it's ringed in green energy and a person imbued with the same green power flies in front of Quantuvour

Hey! Quantuvour! You have been trying to eat this planet. Well...

The person - Quasar - secures the planet and braces

You want it?

He points at Quantuvour

Come get it!

And he's off, taking the planet and flying away. Quantuvour speeds after him

At the same time, the brain pulses, and starts casting waves of dark energy at the group, and trying to summon Shadowglass

Vengeance of the All-Devourer Part 3 Boss: QUANTUVOUR

she immediately lunges at the shadow glass creatures. She fights against them like some kind of feral beast

notos, having quite a few (metaphorical) bones to pick with this worm, wastes no time, swooping up on Sarge to take out as many airborne shadowglasses as possible

To tell the truth, The Conductor was terrified. He wouldn’t be doing anything by just sitting around doing that, though. He learnt that pretty quickly from the last battle. ( After theyd all rushed back to the temple, Conductor had ran into his train and tried to collect himself unsuccessfully from what he’d just seen happen to the pink-haired shapeshifter. He still felt like he’d indirectly caused that, bit that didnt matter now. ) [ He flexed his fingers and willed the air pressure around him to plunge, and it crackled with current. He directs the equivalent of five lightning strikes worth of volts toward the brain— ]

That terrile strike definitely gets the brain's attention. It blasts out with a triple-element blast at the Conductor, but Gamzee takes it, the troll promptlly getting back up to keep up the attack afterward. At the same time one of the glands glows yellow, and the brain reconstitutes part of the damage the bolt did

//credit to skyscraper-catwalk.bsky.social for Conductor!

August can hear the fight from down the hall, and winces at the lightning strike. He’s been fretting, and at the great thunder boom he makes a split second decision: people could be in trouble, and no matter what he’s got to help.

He releases Art, the arcanine the biggest of the Pokémon he has with them, and it immediately begins sniffing him concernedly. August wraps his arms around its neck, face buried in the fluff and torso lifted slightly off the ground.

We gotta go, Art. We gotta help them. Can you follow Rai-Rai?

The arcanine lets out a small woof of affirmation, and they take off bounding down the hall.

Suddenly August and Clara come rushing into the brain room, and Clara immediately sends out her Reuniclus and Haxorus to start trying to sever the Anti-Divine Glands

Attack the glands! THey heal the brain!

Clara ddin't know if that was true, but regardless, the brain then casts a grid of damaging purple energy across the floor, making reaching the glands hard

lightning crackles throughout ElecMan, he feels more powerful than he ever has before. He aims his most powerful thunder beams at the glands

Let's see how this beast fairs against the powerful beauty of LIGHTNING!

notos fumbles for their belt, releasing their entire team (minus vice)

“GO FOR THE GLOWY GLAND THINGIES!”

the flying types screech in acknowledgment, swooping about, hoisting people out of trouble, and firing various attacks at the glands.

Elec Man fries two of them on his own (albeit at a lot of power spent) but the other two raise some kind of barrier that doesn't prevent any damage, but does make it hard to deal a lot

At that moment it becomes apparent why the brain's attacks slowed: Quantuvour fired a massive blast from its fangs at Quasar, who staggered in his flight and had to opt to land on a large asteroid and hold the planet on his shoulders, pushing with all his might to keep the planet from falling into Quantuvour's mouth. A click is heard from behind the group - Crispin had also followed, and had got a picture of Quasar like that

We're running out of time.

Then go all-out! Burn as hot as you can! All my mons are out tho, so you'll have to burn hotter for me!

Viper releases her Skoliepede Belladonna, and jumps on their back and rides it towards the glands

Belladonna! Venoshock!

the Skoliepede fires a powerful poisonous blast at the brain glands

MONOXIDE! TOXIC!

Just before the Venoshock hits, Anastasia's Haunter hits with a Toxic, boosting the Venoshock's power and stunning it to the point where Kit Fisto can cut it off

One left, and the brain seems to notice this. It deploys a triangle-shaped cage of dark energy around Gamzee, then moves it through him to strike at him and Vincent before moving toward Plo Koon

August sets his mouth in a grim line and releases Art’s neck.

This thing looks like it’ll deflect our regular attacks, so…

A dangerous gleam lights in his eyes.

Art. Rai-Rai. Rend.

Kaladin Lashed himself upwards, Syl forming as a lance in his hands. He wasn't alone, not this time. He could afford to spend his Light.

The lance couldn't cut the flesh. Even without the fact that it targeted the soul, it was a lance. Those were more for stabbing.

Still, it *did* make those sections dead, unable to function. If he could just reach the spine, it would kill it entirely.

Luckily for Kaladin, a big hole in the shield the brain was making around that last gland was just what Anastasia needed. She stabs the gland with both daggers and RIPS it off as Stanley watches in awe.

The brain, now very much in all-out mode, blasts waves of red sparks out from itself, preventing anyone from getting close. It then seems to single out Anastasia specifically, sending homing purple sparks at her in great numbers. She staggers under this onslaught long enough for the brain to hit with a black spark that lifts her into the air and begins wracking her with immense pain - some kind of gravitation effect by the look of it.

With Anastasia torn away, Art and Rai-Rai immediately leap to fill her absence, claws and teeth digging into the remnants of the gland and sparking with fire.

Stanley runs over to Anastasia, picking her up gently and moving her away, when suddenly Bucket releases themself and floats up to Quantuvour, projecting a message at it that everyone ends up hearing

You have harmed those close to me for too long. All-Devourer, become nothing!

THe Bronzor blasts the brain with holy psychic energy

This is for my creation, Stanley!

They glow bright with power and blast again

This is for his beloved, Anastasia!

They blast yet again, but this time they transform: bigger, more detailed, more bucket-shaped

AND THIS IS FOR MY FRIEND, PALE ARCHER!

The Bronzong blasts stronger than any psychic-type had ever done (or at least, as far as those present knew anyway), sneding a shockwave across the entire room. THe brain falls inert, and they hear a massive BOOM from farther back - they've done it

...wait so why didn't they do that earlier?

Honestly she really can't complain, the worm seems to have been defeated, and that's what matters most

The planet starts rapidly growing, and rapidly getting closer. Quasar has released his hold on it, and now seems to be holding Quantuvour's body, which seems to be rapidly heating up (outside only, thankfully). As the piece the group and the laces are in plummets, they see Quasar blast the other piece with energy, fragmenting it into much smaller pieces, forming a ring around the planet. He then goes back to trying to slow their half's fall

Elsewhere in the falling half, Baron Twyst Von Jokewyld flew among the places, after moments coming to Gear Station, where Emmet lay unconsious

I know the deal said back where they came from... but where's the harm in a little deceit?

They clap, and Gear station floats into the air. THen, with a series of magic tricks and mogic tracks, the station is sent away. Not back to Unova, but to a different place entirely

once the worm starts falling Viper returns Balladonna to her ball to prevent her from getting injured, and begins to brace herself as she experiences the absolute scariest thing to ever happen to her, plummeting towards earth

ElecMan notices Viper's fear and manages to hold onto her as they plummet

Don't worry, I'll do my best to protect you from the fall

notos returns their team, including the talonflame underneath them, and snaps out their wings in an attempt to break their fall, at least a little.

Meanwhile August and his Pokémon have all huddled as close to the ground as they can, but the sharp descent still has him lifted above the ground, hands fisted in Rai-Rai’s coat. He is screaming like a baby.

In the midst of all this, the Conductor starts preparing an updraft to hopefully catch himself and the others, looking much more composed than he was during the battle with the brain, but nowhere near calm.

Clara, on the other hand, yelled out for help

ZAMAZENTA!!!!!

Quick as a flash, Galar's Legendary Shield appears, Quasar having granted them the power to fly and breathe in space. Zamazenta slams against Quantuvour, further slowing its fall, though it still falls very fast. Zamazenta also pushes the Worm's body, ensuring that if it must hit, it will land in a vast uninhabited piece of pure ocean, at a safe speed.

Quasar meanwhile, finds the space to beam his thoughts down to that area, and enter the minds of every pokemon in the area, compulsing them to clear as fast as they can

Virus scrambles to grab all of TopMan's parts and holds them close to her as they fall

THe Worm fell, eventually breaching the lower atmosphere. The burning from the atmosphere stopped.

At that moment, Storm Eagle rushes in

I've called an extraction! The fall might've slowed, but it still isn't gonna be pretty for anything in here when it hits

Great! When's it coming?

In about-

At that moment, Quasar blasted a hole in one of the eyes, and a Landale Class Gunship made attempts to fly in (not easily though

Viper followed by ElecMan both run towards the space craft, hoping to catch a ride back to earth

With everyone on board, the ship takes off, but due to the wind coursing around, can't get very far. They'll have to settle for an island a ways off.

At the same time, Quasar slowed the falling carcass such that it landed vertically, slamming it into the ocean floor and ensuring it would not fall. He then used his power to turn the carcass to stone and soil, and encouraged many plants to grow. When he was satisfied, he cast a wide view across the whole planet, seeking those places that had the worst problems with invasive pokemon or Ultra Beasts. He took those pokemon, lifting them from the lands they were harming and put them on his new land. Problem solved. He then saw a nice flat area on the base, and carved into a rock there

This land, Tovos, is yours, freely given

Just covering all our bases

Quasar then teleported away in a flash of green light, led by Pale Archer's echo to somewhere he could recover

Shortly after, reports were all over the news: the sky was back to normal, and the places that had been stolen away had mysteriously been returned!

Well, all except for two. Blueberry Academy was nowhere to be found. And as for the other...

#vengeance of the all devourer #offscreen #long post #reblog

A jarring CRASH jolted the woman in white awake. By some instinct, her hand flew to her waist, where she found four familiar spheres. Looking down, she confirmed that each of her partners - her closest friends, she knew before knowing - were safe and accounted for.

She stood too quickly from the couch she'd been sleeping on, fully ignoring the headache that came with the action, and surveyed the room with the eye of a trained professional. Even so, it didn't take one to see that the place was in absolute shambles. The walls were wrecked, screens were cracked, furniture was strewn across the floor in various states of disrepair. The sight of a blocky stand with a cracked glass orb inside made her especially upset. She glanced back at the couch. It was... Relatively unharmed. A miracle, for reasons she didn't know how to consider.

She couldn't call for help from here. She wouldn't know who to call for.

With the Truth of the situation laid out before her - unable to fix the room, unable to contact anybody from here, unable to even see clearly through the splitting migraine - the woman turned sharply on her heel and marched to the nearest door. There should be other people in this building. She was pretty sure of that, anyway.

... WHO THE DIST ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE.

Vengeance of the All-Devourer: Part 2: Wrath of Omega

Opportunity Nebula, Kit Fisto, Plo Koon, and Crispin of the BBA Elite Four had been running inside a downed V-Corp starcruiser within the Belly of Quantuvour, the All-Devourer, for quite some time. They had been making their way from BBA following a bright glowing green light that seemed to promise safety. Eventually they came to a very secure door, which the Jedi sliced open, only to find a robot on the other end, but not the robot they were expecting

GAHHHHHHH!!!!! OPPY?!?!?!?!?!?

TOP MAN?!?!?!?!

False alarm guys! Help has arrived!

standing beside TopMan was some...thing. A horrid beast that could make a hardened war veteran tremble in fear. They did not speak, they only stared at the new arrivals.

Another girl runs in from a different route, a fairly ordinary man in tow, with a very large robot bringing up the rear. Upon seeing the... thing, the robot raises a hand

STAY BACK CLARA!

Cyrus struggles to catch his breath, and when he, too, notices the thing, he pauses.

What in the-

Ok everybody stop, cool your jets, and put your heads back on. For one, she's on our side, and if ya hurt her you're catching these hands

Top Man points at the thing - Virus - , and brandishes his weapons

And for two, we got bigger fish to fry

At that moment, a rather ordinary looking man walks out from behind Top Man, and shakes his head. A Chingling near him begins speaking

We've tried everything. It just won't open blast it all

Scrap. Where's Quasar when ya need him

Kaladin walked into the room from his own entryway, looking to see the group he was working with. This was... A fair amount of people, all things considered. He could work with this.

Freshly renewed on Light, he was back at full fighting ability. Finally. He was beginning to miss how easily he could access Investiture on Roshar...

And right behind Kaladin is a tall, skinny teenager with scruffy light brown hair and a bum left leg and - well this makes the situation look up. A little, at least

We're getting close. Oh! Kaladin!

Quasar looks around, seeing several familiar faces

Oppy! Top Man! Stanley! Virus! Dr. Raito! Clara! Svarog! and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Quasar suddenly goes pale, locking eyes with Cyrus. He then draws his sword.

STAY AWAY FROM ME! I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT OUT, BU LET ME BE CLEAR! YOU WILL NOT DECIEVE OR CONTROL ME AGAIN!!!!!!!!

August very clearly has no idea what’s going on. He staggers backwards, head whipping around in an attempt to take in all the new information around him.

Cyrus takes a step back, clearly intimidated by the sword.

Apologies, but do I know you-? I can’t say I remember doing anything to warrant this level of aggression.

But perhaps now isn’t exactly the time for explanations. We… do seem to be inside an eldrich creature, so maybe I’ll ask my questions later-

Don't try to play dumb with me, Cyrus. I know exactly who you are, and I know you know who-

BONK

We can figure that out later! Right now we need you to be the super cool space magic hero who saves the day! ^u^

they don’t really get the time to parse out any potential interdimensional shenanigans, as there is a distinct thump, a strangled yelp of shock, and an exasperated sigh from directly above them. after a tense second, a middle-aged archeops hybrid makes their way inside from a hole near the ceiling. they are quickly followed by a jrpg emo boy in gold-plated leather and a torn red cloak.

they glance up, and visibly do a double-take when they see the absolutely MASSIVE sword being waved around.

“WOAH OKAY let’s maybe put the sword away and focus on getting rid of the kaiju murder worm instead of killing each other, okay?”

Right...

Sagaris is lowered, and Quasar begins pacing and thinking, still trying to avoid looking at Cyrus.

First things first, we need to find something that's not moving toward the digestion zone, or least, moving slower, that can also store a rather large amount of people...

Wait are WE moving towards the digestion zone? I don’t want to get eaten by a giant space worm!

August is also clearly sneaking glances at Quasar’s sword, but is just tactful enough not to ask.

Everything in here is, albeit some places - those straight from the zone - are moving faster than others - those off to the side. And lucky for us, it seems move slowly.

The big concern is Quantuvour going into the next stage of its feeding cycle - it'll use those spine rings to shrink the planet slightly, and then swallow the planet whole. At which point this whole place will move much faster, and then our world will good and truly be done for. That is, if we can't stop this Worm before then

Quasar looks to Plo Koon

Did I get that right

Yes...

August lets out a long, drawn-our sigh.

I guess those other things were just the start. What can I do?

Surprise Annie event. She has totally been here the entire time and did not just climb though the ceiling like five minutes ago.

"Same question here. I'unno if we can really do much from inside Doug."

Well wasn't there that thing Stanley found?

I just said it wont open!

Stanley points at Quasar's badge, then down the "corridor"

Oh just because- Fine, I guess we really do have no other options. When we first got here Stanley found an ancient temple withmarkings on the door the same kind of shape as Quasar's Convytezynce Core. it also happens to be the only thing in here that isn't moving at all

little do they know, ElecMan has walked up behind the crowd along side Raja. Still believing that he's dead, he's utterly shocked to see so many familiar faces. He choses to address the most familiar face in the crowd first and foremost.

TopMan?!

Elec Man! Worm got ya too, huh? Well good to have ya. I guess Stanley found some sorta Convytessan somethingorother that Quasar's gonna see what he can do with

...still haven't seen Omega tho...

a-are we dead?

They were, in fact, not dead

Top Man CLANG!s him on the head

Do ya feel dead?

WAIT AM *I* DEAD?

honestly that would explain some things…

The motley crew arrives in an area of unmoving space, in the center of which is an enormous alien structure. Towering constructions of sharp, angular geometry impossible to construct with human technology stand before them, the foremost of them a building with a large pair of doors barring access within. The doors are emblazened with an odd symbol - in the same shape as the Convytezynce Core

This place... was made with Convytezynce!

Quasar walks up to the doors, and puts his hand on it. He lowers his head, apparently in some kind of trance. Eventually he speaks

Thou hast fought well, Echo of Pale Archer. I, Heir of Fate Bearer, shall bear thy duty from hence.

More silence

Take heart, for by the morrow thy labor will be over

Quasar turns to the group, with more people from the taken places arriving. His eyes glow a piercing aqua green, and his voice is far stronger than usual, but with no trace of threat or menace

All ye taken, fearful, in need of shelter, come, enter the domain of Convytess and Pale Archer, and rest in safety

With that, he gestures to the doors, and with a great rumble, they slide open. Inside is a large space, big enough to hold most of the people taken. Convytessan artifacts are scattered through the room on shelves and pedestals, and murals line the walls, depicting a fierce struggle between Quantuvour and a humanoid entity with a large bow, like some sort of eldritch ranger. The ranger fought the All-Devourer for untold eons across many worlds, assisted, at times, by various others, including one that looked somewhat similar to Quasar, and another that seemed somewhat like Oppy, and one that the Incursionists really don't want to believe is the Baron. Eventually the Worm got the upper hand, forcing the ranger to have their comrades seal them and the Worm in a prison of repeating worlds, like some kind of timeloop. The ranger's being must have persisted here, becoming this temple.

Quasar enters after the larger noncombatant crowd, facing the small gaggle that arrived earlier

...no idea where all that came from. Was kinda just winging it there

...f a r o u t

August is visibly resisting the urge to prod at the artifacts.

Are we sure it’s safe in here? I mean, how do we know for sure we can trust this convey-whatsit?

“do we have a choice? either way, this place is INCREDIBLE. LOOK AT THAT! oh- and that, and-“

they’re flitting between artifacts and reliefs like a cutiefly in a flower meadow

August joins them.

Do we know the purposes or origins of any of these? They might be able to help us.

It's safe. I'm 100% sure

Ok that's great and all, but shouldn't we, y'know, GET A MOVE ON WITH ACTUALLY MERCCING THE GIANT DEATH WORM!?

Do we even have a plan for that?

I think... I might've just made one. I'll explain how later, but I just learned where Quantuvour might be vulnerable. Two places, its heart, and its brain. Pale Archer couldn't hit them through Quantuvor's armor, but from in here, we just might have a chance

First we need to make a hole in Quantuvour's stomach that can lead us to its heart. Once there, we'll need something that can cause a lot of damage really fast

Gotcha covered. The Train me n Virus came in on sliced its stomach open, and I think Omega went to the Heart. I bet if we destabilize the Dark Force Alloy in his core he'll explode with enough force to take that out

...excellent. Then, we'll need to haul it to the brain, and hit it with everything we've got. Quantuvour can control its insides consciously, but not if we overwhelm it. If we can attack its brain enough, it won't be able to stop the explosion in its heart from destroying it outright.

Fascinating… there’s quite a lot of history in here. I wonder how old these are…

He’s definitely very distracted by the artifacts and murals.

In that case, there's just one thing... When we get to the train, there's a robot who's hurt bad. We'll need to see to her

Got it

Thanks Clara. Now let's move

once they get to the train they see Viper standing near it, akin to an old man watching an active construction site. Once she hears the arriving company she turns around and runs towards Quasar giving him a tackle hug

Quasar! My man! Thanks for getting us out of Gear Station, I thought I was done for

Before Quasar can respond something whooshes past both of them an grips Stanley tightly

STANLEY!!! I thought you were dead!!!

Anastasia keeps Stanley in the hug while she cries on her shoulder. Stanley returns the embrace and comforts her, the best he can

she pulls away from her own hug with Quasar, and notices the monster that Virus has become.

Virus...?

she looks away. It seems like she'll be avoiding Viper for the rest of the adventure

Top Man goes over to Virus, trying his best toshow his support of her, and also positioning himself between her and Viper

Meanwhile Quasar and Clara enter the train, and bring out the intensely damaged Marino. They then take her back to the Temple, leaving the others there. Bella, and all the Unseen Shield aside from the two Jedi, follow them

Despite very much being there and aware, Emmet seems to be stubbornly ignoring the rest of them. His eyes and hands are solely on the train, checking it over to find the extent of the damage and possibly, possibly, have Elesa fix it once all this is over. He flinches at the sudden yelling from Ana, but that's about all the brainspace he can devote to the group of people here.

"Don't break anything. Else."

Oh, and that, apparently.

Groovy to see you're still wriggling too. Now let's get moving. That knockoff of my bro's likely gonna be this way

Top Man points down a smaller tunnel at the end of the train. It's not moving, but it is leaking a very unappetizing dark purple fluid up to about knee-height. The tunnel looks like it goes a long way, but aside from the fluid it's empty

At the other end of the train are two people - a troll, and some kind of train conductor. Oppy runs up to the troll

Gamzee!

Oh HeY oPpY

Gamzee, can you do something for me? Echo and Celsius got hurt, really bad, and Jutsu's too worried about Echo to go on. Can you hang onto them?

I mEaN i'M gOiNg WiTh YoU gUyS tO fIgHt ThE wOrM, bUt YeAh

Thanks Gamzee

Top Man spurs everyone onward, through the tunnel, eventually reaching a cavern with a massive, pulsing, dark organ. Before the organ stands a bright red humanoid robot. Top Man shudders upon seeing him

Hey! I think you have something that belongs to my bro!

So you're the one who destroyed my Cardinal... I was wondering what was taking him so long... But I must say, for being in the presence of not only your Devouring God, but your Dark Messiah also, you have quite the sharp tongue

Top Man raises his weapon

You've given your last cultish sermon, you delusional faker!

On the contrary, it is you, and your rabble, who have blasphemed their last. But enough words. HAVE AT YOU!

With that, Omega charges a dark purple glowing metal in his core, and blasts at Top Man with his arm cannon

she moves in front of TopMan and attempts to reflect the blast with her bare hands

notos shivers at the cult-ramblings from the strange robot. they dart towards the wall, trying to climb up the strange material, both to get out of the fluid and to hopefully get a better angle

they catch a glimpse of virus moving in front of the blast and almost half-lunge towards her before stopping themselves

I AM THE MESSIAH! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Vengeance of the All-Devourer Part 2: Boss: Dark Messiah, OMEGA

Omega opts to get in close, going for Virus with his sword, but Top Man pushes him off of her. Kit Fisto and Plo Koon then double team him, but blasts from the Dark Force Alloy put them on the defense. He then eyes Notos, speeds over to him, grabs their wings hard, and throws them at the Jedi, sending blasts of fire toward Oppy and Gamzee as he does so

“aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAÆ-“

they beat their wings urgently. they just barely manage to skew their fall enough to not smack full-force into the jedi, instead hitting the fluid with a heavy SPLASH a few feet to Plo Kloon’s right. after a second, they groan and sit up, rubbing at their head

“ow…..”

Omega then throws his sword toward Kit, who parried, but the sword kept attacking, leaving behind afterimages as it went. Kit had to try and outrun it, which he was able to with great effort, but when the sword returned to Omega's hand the afterimages threw themselves at Cyrus, August, and Gamzee, and judging by Gamzee's reaction, they hurt just as bad as the real deal

August grits his teeth in pain, but he’s hardly worse than they’re used to. He palms a pair of pokeballs. If this thing works on the same logic as that creature at the school…

Hoja! Soren! Dazzling Gleam and Draining Kiss!

Cyrus, on the other hand, is frantically patting himself down to make sure he’s still physically intact. As one might imagine, he’s deciding not to bother with his usual professional way of speaking.

I should’ve just stayed in that artifact room— oh my arc-

ElecMan does what he can against Omega. He fires his thunder beams with immense precision and power

Which unfortunately for him, catch Omega's attention. He causes a small earthquake around himself, causing pieces of the ceiling to fall, one with Annie on it, on top of Elec Man. He then turns to Stanley, and starts blasting him with waves of energy

"Hiiii guyysssss-" She is currently partially squished. But do not worry!!! For she is!!! Awkwardly scuttling out from underneath to commit Violence!!! Look at her go!!!!!!!! :3

notos swears under their breath. the damned cult bot has rockfalls, they can’t bring their team into this.

they take off running, weaving around and behind the fallen rocks and occasionally sending shockwaves from their gauntlets towards omega

August’s Pokémon continue to hit Omega with everything they’ve got, while he rushes to Annie, offering a hand.

“Are you okay?”

Hoja's Dazzling Gleam then hits Omega, and he wheels around, looking at August. He CHARGES, grabbing him and lifting him into the air, and rearing his sword. After a burst of FIERCE pain, August can't feel his lower half at all. His legs are completely gone.

Before Omega can make it any more of him gone, Top Man SLAMS into him, charging as much as he can. Omega drops August as Top Man smashes him into the ground by the heart, and fires as powerful as a Ruin Missile as he can, boosted by the Firestorm Armor. A massive explosion rips through the area, and when it's done pieces of a bright orange robot land at Virus and Elec Man's feet. From what Elec Man knows of robots from his world, Top Man's Intelligence Circuit is safe, so he can be rebuilt, but with this much damage... Unless a robotics genius is willing to spend days, weeks, maybe even months trying to fix him, and has an ample supply of replacement parts, he's as good as dead.

Omega is momentarily missing, but rises up from a hole in the ground in a new form and looking ANGRY

Virus is absolutely mortified with what she just saw. She can't help but blame herself for what has happened. In a blond rage she runs up to Omega and hits him with a powerful punch. She continues to rapidly attack him out of revenge for what he's done

Similarly, ElecMan starts to feel a strange boost in power, similar to the overcharge he's been feeling ever since his encounter with Zapdos. His thunder gains a massive power boost, and he also joins in the fray and attacks Omega with everything he's got

Viper meanwhile hasn't been contributing to the fight as much as she would like. She left her Quick boomerang at home (who would bring that to a normal day at work?) and doesn't want her pokemon getting injured by such a powerful foe. So in an attempt to play support, she brings TopMan's parts out of the way to a safer location

August has the presence of mind to ball his Pokémon before the rush of agony bursts through the state of shock, but after that he SCREAMS, loud and hard till his throat is run ragged.

He strips off his uniform, coat and shirt, regardless of the way they expose his scars. Thinking of tourniquets, he attempts to staunch the bleeding from his legs — well, where they used to be — but their vision is swimming and he knows he only has perhaps thirty seconds before unconsciousness hits; Omega has severed two arteries, and his life is pooling around him in a lake of scarlet.

At once, August feels a pleasant energy around where his legs used to be, and the bleeding slows, then stops. As this happens, a deep, soothing voice mutters

Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. The Force in all. Your time is not yet

His mind clears enough to see the alien but kind face of Jedi Master Plo Koon over him. THe Jedi had been healing his wounds, beign covered by Gamzee and Kit Fisto, who were distracting Omega

The Conductor’d been hiding out at the back of the fight, watching the others throw their all at the strange, extremely angry robot. Lasers, swords, those strange creatures with powers called “Pokémon…”

He prayed to nobody in particular that angry robot guy wouldn’t notice him.

[ The moisture of the air around the young deity plunged with his emotions, as he grew more distressed and confused, it grew colder and drier, until it made cracks in the floor around him. ]

Clara ran over to try and gather Top Man's pieces with Viper, but Omega charged her. However, he was unprepared for the cold air around the Conductor, and he missed, his strike hitting the cracked floor instead, giving way to a hole leading to the stomach Omega couldn't stop himself from falling through. However, he did stop himself from stumbling into the Digestion Point, which was terrifyingly close - directly beneath the opposite end of the Heart Chamber. If anyone fell into those holes, they'd be history in moments.

Omega grabbed a nearby piece of wreckage, and loomed over Conductor and Clara, cackling evilly as he threw it at them. But the debris was stopped...

...by Oppy, who had shifted her arms into a beefy shape to catch the debris. She then motioned Conductor and Clara to Svarog and Gamzee, where it was safer.

>;P ^u^

You will pay for your insolence

Omega flew down again and came up with a complex machine, throwing that at Oppy specifically. Oppy dodged. But that gave Omega time to grab an oil drum full of pink solution with the V-Corp logo on it and throw it. It hit, splashing its contents on Oppy

Missed me missed- AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oppy screamed in pain as her body lost its form under the Practice 15, stumbling into the machine's barrel. She tried to shift back into her normal form, but with active Practice 15 around her, shifting into anything but a formless blob would be all but impossible. To make matters worse, her efforts ended up getting her stuck in the machine, unable to pull herself out.

Omega laughed, as he grabbed the machine, flew down towards the Digestion Apparatus, and threw the machine into it.

Miraculously, Oppy's NI Badge had stayed on during all this. As the machine rapidly approached the Point of No Return, its Eject Circuit activated. But due to the anomalous circumstances, it didn't send her back to Incursionist Alley. Instead, a wormhole to an unknown dimension opened, and the machine was wooshed into it. Oppy was alive, for now, but missing somewhere in the wide multiverse

notos, meanwhile, was Not having a good time. at first, they hadn’t really noticed the plight of the others. they’d been too focused on taking out omega. but when August had screamed, their attention had snapped away from the murder-bot to the absolute hell going on around them. seeing Top Man’s wreckage was almost too much, but what happened to Oppy Broke them. they dove behind a fallen rock, breathing heavily as their mind wove a rapid spiral into a full-blown panic.

Viper follows Notos to their hiding space after gathering TopMan's parts and putting them somewhere out of the way, because good god she is so unprepared

So? First incursion

she's using humour to cope alright, be nice

Omega sees them, and zooms for them sword out. But then stops in his tracks when a surprisingly powerful jolt of electricity lashes out at him. He stops, unable to see the source for a bit, before he pinpoints it - a little Joltik, powerful, but not otherwise noteworthy

Though August’s legs may no longer hurt, he still has very limited mobility and has been concentrating mostly on pulling himself out of the way of the more capable fighters. When he sees Omega’s attention turn towards the Pokémon, however, he finds an unexpected reserve of energy and lunges towards it, hands scrabbling desperately on the rock.

Run! This is no place for you, not here. You’ll get hurt!

Before August can reach the little spider, someone else walks up to it, and bends down to allow it to disappear into the fuzz of his second set of arms. Emmet Trewyn seems awfully calm for this situation, and as Viper is preoccupied with trying to survive this encounter, no one else sees the slight twitch to his smile and the rigidness to his stance, both usually impeccable but now as hard as stone.

"Excellent job, Mint Bark. Return to your siblings. Your mother and I will take it from here."

He turns his head - just his head - to face Omega, politely tipping his hat as though that will have any difference in the fight.

"Hello. I am Emmet. I am a Subway Boss. The worm we currently reside in has eaten my station, however. You are the Messiah. You are not invulnerable. Follow the rules. Safe driving."

One hand unclips a Pokeball from his belt. Then a second. Then a third.

"Follow the schedule. Everybody smile."

Each Pokeball is thrown up into the air at the exact same time, almost lazily. He's fought his fair share of cultists.

"Check safety. Everything's ready! Aim for victory!"

With all four arms, he strikes his signature point-and-call, though it does feel a bit more electrified than usual. His Pokemon - Galvantula, Eelektross, Klinklang - all cry out in unison with his final statement, and attack.

"ALL ABOARD!"

this is the most hype thing she has ever seen in her life and she is trying very hard not to fan girl right now

Omega snarls, clearly not expecting this much of an attack from all sides. His form staggers under all the lightning going everywhere, and of course, a bunch of gears slamming into him isn't helping. Omega has to fall back a bit, and watch the Pokemon's attack patterns. He eventually deduces that Emmet is their leader, and decides to start with taking him down first.

He tries to get close, but the Pokemon see to it that he can't. Growing increasingly frustrated, Omega switches to his nuster and starts blasting, but frequent attacks from the Pokemon means he has to keep dropping his aim right as he gets it.

In a rage, Omega switches to attacking the Pokemon, but even then, these are elite battlers. They've had worse than Omega's throwing at them. They are lucky that Omega only views them as annoying obstacles, however, as he isn't doing more than throwing them at Emmet.

Omega eventually gets to within a short distance of Emmet, but by this point he is DONE. He channels the Dark Force Alloy in his chest, and fiercely blasts Emmet with psychic energy in a powerful blast that would have anyone collapsing under it, if not far worse

August swears, but can feel the pokeballs belted at his waist twitching — his Pokémon can sense both his distress and the bravery of Emmet’s team. He mutters under his breath, but the rattling increases until he acquiesces.

Okay, just… I don’t want you getting hurt.

With that, he releases his full team before slumping backwards onto his elbows, utterly fatigued.

As one of the few Incursionists left unoccupied with any real combat ability, Stanley knew from here, it would be up to him. Luckily for him, he had just got a new gun from the train that would be nice to put to work on some cruel cult-bot. He sent out his Bronzor, Chingling, and Porygon, and kept Omega on his toes with the Axl Auto Bullets. Then he noticed something: where Emmet's pokemon had been attacking Omega, part of the evil reploid's foot had been trapped in the floor, which had melted under the onslaught. Stanley kept blasting, having his Elekid supplement at close range, trying to get Omega back, against the Heart. He then guided his Togepi to use Mystical Fire on the Heart, still while pushing Omega back. Part of the Heart melts, and Omega's body sticks to it. Stanley then has his Porygon freeze it back over with Ice Beam. He's stuck!

Omega GROWLS, blasting at Stanley with the cannon on his free arm. Stanley has to duck for cover under the assault

#vengeance of the all devourer #reblog #long post #offscreen

Emmet had expertly commanded his Pokemon, and he didn't even have all six out- although, six might've been a little much. Three was already a tricky endeavor, and he was a Double Battle Specialist. He must have slipped up at some point, made a miscalculation, because suddenly Omega was right in front of him and-

His Pokemon all screamed. The Galvantula rushed to his toppled body, panicking over the point-blank shot he'd just suffered - no doubt it was critical - and the Klinklang stuttered in the air, grinding gears halting for seconds in between each distraught click. Eelektross, though... Eelektross was enraged.

Sparks flew as it sped to protect what was left of its Trainer, which was most of him save for the damage to his clothes, and the most violent Discharge yet went off in a dozen directions at once. Even Virus hadn't seen this kind of electricity, and she had stolen Emmet's train. Its eyes were honed in on the robot responsible for the carnage, and, ignoring the turn rules of battle, a Thunderbolt cracked down on Omega.

Vengeance of the All-Devourer: Part 2: Wrath of Omega

GAHHHHHHH!!!!! OPPY?!?!?!?!?!?

TOP MAN?!?!?!?!

False alarm guys! Help has arrived!

standing beside TopMan was some...thing. A horrid beast that could make a hardened war veteran tremble in fear. They did not speak, they only stared at the new arrivals.

Another girl runs in from a different route, a fairly ordinary man in tow, with a very large robot bringing up the rear. Upon seeing the... thing, the robot raises a hand

STAY BACK CLARA!

Cyrus struggles to catch his breath, and when he, too, notices the thing, he pauses.

What in the-

Ok everybody stop, cool your jets, and put your heads back on. For one, she's on our side, and if ya hurt her you're catching these hands

Top Man points at the thing - Virus - , and brandishes his weapons

And for two, we got bigger fish to fry

At that moment, a rather ordinary looking man walks out from behind Top Man, and shakes his head. A Chingling near him begins speaking

We've tried everything. It just won't open blast it all

Scrap. Where's Quasar when ya need him

Kaladin walked into the room from his own entryway, looking to see the group he was working with. This was... A fair amount of people, all things considered. He could work with this.

Freshly renewed on Light, he was back at full fighting ability. Finally. He was beginning to miss how easily he could access Investiture on Roshar...

And right behind Kaladin is a tall, skinny teenager with scruffy light brown hair and a bum left leg and - well this makes the situation look up. A little, at least

We're getting close. Oh! Kaladin!

Quasar looks around, seeing several familiar faces

Oppy! Top Man! Stanley! Virus! Dr. Raito! Clara! Svarog! and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Quasar suddenly goes pale, locking eyes with Cyrus. He then draws his sword.

STAY AWAY FROM ME! I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT OUT, BU LET ME BE CLEAR! YOU WILL NOT DECIEVE OR CONTROL ME AGAIN!!!!!!!!

August very clearly has no idea what’s going on. He staggers backwards, head whipping around in an attempt to take in all the new information around him.

Cyrus takes a step back, clearly intimidated by the sword.

Apologies, but do I know you-? I can’t say I remember doing anything to warrant this level of aggression.

But perhaps now isn’t exactly the time for explanations. We… do seem to be inside an eldrich creature, so maybe I’ll ask my questions later-

Don't try to play dumb with me, Cyrus. I know exactly who you are, and I know you know who-

BONK

We can figure that out later! Right now we need you to be the super cool space magic hero who saves the day! ^u^

they glance up, and visibly do a double-take when they see the absolutely MASSIVE sword being waved around.

“WOAH OKAY let’s maybe put the sword away and focus on getting rid of the kaiju murder worm instead of killing each other, okay?”

Right...

Sagaris is lowered, and Quasar begins pacing and thinking, still trying to avoid looking at Cyrus.

First things first, we need to find something that's not moving toward the digestion zone, or least, moving slower, that can also store a rather large amount of people...

Wait are WE moving towards the digestion zone? I don’t want to get eaten by a giant space worm!

August is also clearly sneaking glances at Quasar’s sword, but is just tactful enough not to ask.

Everything in here is, albeit some places - those straight from the zone - are moving faster than others - those off to the side. And lucky for us, it seems move slowly.

Quasar looks to Plo Koon

Did I get that right

Yes...

August lets out a long, drawn-our sigh.

I guess those other things were just the start. What can I do?

Surprise Annie event. She has totally been here the entire time and did not just climb though the ceiling like five minutes ago.

"Same question here. I'unno if we can really do much from inside Doug."

Well wasn't there that thing Stanley found?

I just said it wont open!

Stanley points at Quasar's badge, then down the "corridor"

TopMan?!

Elec Man! Worm got ya too, huh? Well good to have ya. I guess Stanley found some sorta Convytessan somethingorother that Quasar's gonna see what he can do with

...still haven't seen Omega tho...

a-are we dead?

They were, in fact, not dead

Top Man CLANG!s him on the head

Do ya feel dead?

WAIT AM *I* DEAD?

honestly that would explain some things…

This place... was made with Convytezynce!

Quasar walks up to the doors, and puts his hand on it. He lowers his head, apparently in some kind of trance. Eventually he speaks

Thou hast fought well, Echo of Pale Archer. I, Heir of Fate Bearer, shall bear thy duty from hence.

More silence

Take heart, for by the morrow thy labor will be over

Quasar turns to the group, with more people from the taken places arriving. His eyes glow a piercing aqua green, and his voice is far stronger than usual, but with no trace of threat or menace

All ye taken, fearful, in need of shelter, come, enter the domain of Convytess and Pale Archer, and rest in safety

Quasar enters after the larger noncombatant crowd, facing the small gaggle that arrived earlier

...no idea where all that came from. Was kinda just winging it there

...f a r o u t

August is visibly resisting the urge to prod at the artifacts.

Are we sure it’s safe in here? I mean, how do we know for sure we can trust this convey-whatsit?

“do we have a choice? either way, this place is INCREDIBLE. LOOK AT THAT! oh- and that, and-“

they’re flitting between artifacts and reliefs like a cutiefly in a flower meadow

August joins them.

Do we know the purposes or origins of any of these? They might be able to help us.

It's safe. I'm 100% sure

Ok that's great and all, but shouldn't we, y'know, GET A MOVE ON WITH ACTUALLY MERCCING THE GIANT DEATH WORM!?

Do we even have a plan for that?

First we need to make a hole in Quantuvour's stomach that can lead us to its heart. Once there, we'll need something that can cause a lot of damage really fast

Fascinating… there’s quite a lot of history in here. I wonder how old these are…

He’s definitely very distracted by the artifacts and murals.

In that case, there's just one thing... When we get to the train, there's a robot who's hurt bad. We'll need to see to her

Got it

Thanks Clara. Now let's move

Quasar! My man! Thanks for getting us out of Gear Station, I thought I was done for

Before Quasar can respond something whooshes past both of them an grips Stanley tightly

STANLEY!!! I thought you were dead!!!

Anastasia keeps Stanley in the hug while she cries on her shoulder. Stanley returns the embrace and comforts her, the best he can

she pulls away from her own hug with Quasar, and notices the monster that Virus has become.

Virus...?

she looks away. It seems like she'll be avoiding Viper for the rest of the adventure

Top Man goes over to Virus, trying his best toshow his support of her, and also positioning himself between her and Viper

"Don't break anything. Else."

Oh, and that, apparently.

Groovy to see you're still wriggling too. Now let's get moving. That knockoff of my bro's likely gonna be this way

At the other end of the train are two people - a troll, and some kind of train conductor. Oppy runs up to the troll

Gamzee!

Oh HeY oPpY

Gamzee, can you do something for me? Echo and Celsius got hurt, really bad, and Jutsu's too worried about Echo to go on. Can you hang onto them?

I mEaN i'M gOiNg WiTh YoU gUyS tO fIgHt ThE wOrM, bUt YeAh

Thanks Gamzee

Hey! I think you have something that belongs to my bro!

Top Man raises his weapon

You've given your last cultish sermon, you delusional faker!

On the contrary, it is you, and your rabble, who have blasphemed their last. But enough words. HAVE AT YOU!

With that, Omega charges a dark purple glowing metal in his core, and blasts at Top Man with his arm cannon

she moves in front of TopMan and attempts to reflect the blast with her bare hands

notos shivers at the cult-ramblings from the strange robot. they dart towards the wall, trying to climb up the strange material, both to get out of the fluid and to hopefully get a better angle

they catch a glimpse of virus moving in front of the blast and almost half-lunge towards her before stopping themselves

I AM THE MESSIAH! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Vengeance of the All-Devourer Part 2: Boss: Dark Messiah, OMEGA

“aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAÆ-“

“ow…..”

August grits his teeth in pain, but he’s hardly worse than they’re used to. He palms a pair of pokeballs. If this thing works on the same logic as that creature at the school…

Hoja! Soren! Dazzling Gleam and Draining Kiss!

I should’ve just stayed in that artifact room— oh my arc-

ElecMan does what he can against Omega. He fires his thunder beams with immense precision and power

"Hiiii guyysssss-" She is currently partially squished. But do not worry!!! For she is!!! Awkwardly scuttling out from underneath to commit Violence!!! Look at her go!!!!!!!! :3

notos swears under their breath. the damned cult bot has rockfalls, they can’t bring their team into this.

they take off running, weaving around and behind the fallen rocks and occasionally sending shockwaves from their gauntlets towards omega

August’s Pokémon continue to hit Omega with everything they’ve got, while he rushes to Annie, offering a hand.

“Are you okay?”

Omega is momentarily missing, but rises up from a hole in the ground in a new form and looking ANGRY

August has the presence of mind to ball his Pokémon before the rush of agony bursts through the state of shock, but after that he SCREAMS, loud and hard till his throat is run ragged.

At once, August feels a pleasant energy around where his legs used to be, and the bleeding slows, then stops. As this happens, a deep, soothing voice mutters

Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. The Force in all. Your time is not yet

His mind clears enough to see the alien but kind face of Jedi Master Plo Koon over him. THe Jedi had been healing his wounds, beign covered by Gamzee and Kit Fisto, who were distracting Omega

He prayed to nobody in particular that angry robot guy wouldn’t notice him.

[ The moisture of the air around the young deity plunged with his emotions, as he grew more distressed and confused, it grew colder and drier, until it made cracks in the floor around him. ]

Omega grabbed a nearby piece of wreckage, and loomed over Conductor and Clara, cackling evilly as he threw it at them. But the debris was stopped...

...by Oppy, who had shifted her arms into a beefy shape to catch the debris. She then motioned Conductor and Clara to Svarog and Gamzee, where it was safer.

>;P ^u^

You will pay for your insolence

Missed me missed- AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omega laughed, as he grabbed the machine, flew down towards the Digestion Apparatus, and threw the machine into it.

Viper follows Notos to their hiding space after gathering TopMan's parts and putting them somewhere out of the way, because good god she is so unprepared

So? First incursion

she's using humour to cope alright, be nice

Run! This is no place for you, not here. You’ll get hurt!