#event: hellbent

[two-littlesouls]

HELLBENT: END

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[determinedbuns]

Somewhere, a heavy weight has been lifted off of the atmosphere.

Birds were singing, flowers were blooming, on days like these...

It’s never a bad idea to take a nap after a well-fought battle. So Samga thought before he had passed out from what presumably was the climax of his struggle.

He begins to stir amidst the snowy ground, nose twitching but his body far from shivering. In his chest, a newly ignited soul now pulsated softly and warmly but the light would hardly show beyond his fur, hiding the new welded state of his burning soul.

“Mmmmghhh... woahh..... Where am I...? What happened last night..?” He rubs his head, sitting up slowly. As he got up, he felt his jacket was a bit.. different. His pauldrons were now more reinforced and it had become slightly longer around the coattail sections. Brown reinforcement of leather decorated along the mid-section of the coat.

He begins to climb onto his feet when his stomach started to growl rather loudly, signalling it was time to eat! But was this him waking up in another timeline? Or was he back in his own? He wasn’t sure and decides not to dwell on the thought for too long. Off he goes... wandering around for food once more, along with a way home.

//Event End.

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[puppet-time]

[two-littlesouls]

Cammy’s back. But he’s exhausted...

Hellbent and Flowa are gone. All that’s left is to pick up the pieces, but that can be done while walking ever forward into the future.

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((To everyone who was a part of this event, whether you were a participant, someone who created art, sent in asks or simply watched and enjoyed the event from a distance; thank you.

I let a couple of bad apples spoil the bunch, but looking back through the blog while preparing the server to be read reminded me of how much support we were gifted with and I could not be more grateful for that.

If I had another shot, I would probably do things differently. I was also sad that I rushed the end as much as I did but I’m glad that it’s done now. I feel like we have achieved something and you are all a part of that, no matter what the capacity.

Thanks again.

Cammun))

[two-littlesouls]

(( featuring artwork (aside from Emmun) from @prancing-pacifist , @sixsmolsouls and @orange-mercyfighter ))

[two-littlesouls]

TURN 1

HELLBENT

The newly manifested hulking beast blinked, taking a short second to survey his surroundings much like Cammy did before he disappeared into the orange light. While those surrounding him were no doubt stunned into inaction by what had just happened, he growled and then let out a deafening roar.

His presence as a threat truly established, he made the first move to confirm that whatever this thing was did not answer to Cammy's will, by swiping at Emmy with the back of his hand.

His other hand slammed down into the ground over Disavow and Besmirch dragging an arc through frozen dirt and snow.

He doesn't stop after there, though. Shifting violently in a 180 degree arc, his tail lashes at Samga while a rush of debris flies towards Omen and Johnny. He has now turned around, and is facing Snowdin.

Alexis, Penny and Avarice have joined the struggle.

See the Struggler’s reactions under the cut!

EMMY @two-littlesouls

... Ca--?" His name was cut off as she was, quite literally, removed from the scene.

Careening through the air into the forest before hitting the snow, the girl rolled a short ways and finally came to a stop. The cloud of fresh powder that had been kicked up left a haze in her wake. From her direction, there was a silence... before she coughed, the wind knocked from her. ...I didn't hit a tree... she thinks in wry relief.

Slowly, from the pile of snow Emmy lifted herself on shaky arms, trying to process the information. Her eyes drifted to the hulking beast, and though she couldn't figure out how or why, she knew it wasn't the end of her best friend. Sucking in a cold breath, the girl willed herself up, running back toward HELLBENT.

The girl slid on her feet a bit as she stopped herself between Hellbent and the path to it's apparent destination. She stared, watching him for his next move.

SAMGA @determinedbuns

Samga saw Johnny was in bad shape. He sprints over to him while many thoughts go through his head, but among them..

"That... That thing, that beast.. what happened just now? Why did Cammy die and turn into that thing?! It's going to destroy Snowdin, it's headed right for town, but.. I can't.. I can't fight that thing, my punches are still weak, and I can't bring out my rage.. I..." The Rabbit's hands tightly clench, "Stupid, that doesn't matter.. THAT DOESN'T MATTER, Do what you CAN do, make sure everyone else is alright.."

He slides over to Johnny, before giving him a vigorous shake on the shoulder to try and snap him out of it. "Johnny... JOHNNY!"

"You were frozen there, wasn't sure if you caught the thousand yard stare, sorry.." He dug into his belt pouch and pulled out a few different Muffins of varying flavors that he had gathered on the way. He knew food always helped him when he was hurting, especially in the Underground, maybe the same could be said for the others? Unbeknownst to Samga, these Muffins, like all other food, contained healing properties! "Here, take yer pick, you look like you could use a pick-me-up.."

JOHNNY @flourishingbatter

At the rabbit's words, he'd easily snap back to the current situation at hand and turn his attention back towards the beast, watching as Besmirch and Disavow planned their move. It wasn't until he realized they were going to attack Cam- ...Specifically the threat as he didn't know what else to do.

Warily, he stood up again, hand motioning for a moment as he summoned the Wrister Blaster, of which he hadn't used in a long time.

Taking aim, he focused to call forth an orb of energy charging at the skeletal maw yet...He hesitated, could he actually have the intent to harm them? Despite everything, he still viewed that creature as Cammy and wouldn't even consider hurting a child.

His reverie snapped as the unknown song he heard caused him to regain his senses. He wouldn't stoop to Besmirch's level, for the matter, he was going to show some amount of restraint and pull his punches. With that in mind, he raised the weapon and blasted the shot towards HELLBENT as the beams raw energy was siphoned from Johnny's soul, it's coloration mixed with JUSTICE.

BESMIRCH and DISAVOW @besmirched @disavcw

The Man who Walks with Words silences himself, allowing a wry smile to take his features.

Ink silently and quickly glides over the snow beneath them, closing the distance and attempting to bring the heft of the CLEAVER down on HELLBENT's left Achilles tendon.

The Woman Who Speaks in ink follows suit, letting silence be their cover, she takes the other side, pooling into various pools of ink to keep herself hidden. If glides across the ground in ink her own CLEAVER ready to attack the right Achilles tendon.

ALEXIS @integrity-dancer

Footsteps could be heard rushing towards the area...and quickly, at that. Those that knew her would quickly recognize Alexis...how and why she was here would be a mystery for the time being. She skidded to a halt upon witnessing the massive form of HELLBENT...the raw, unrestrained DETERMINATION briefly stunning her now that she was closer to 'ground zero' as it were.

"W..what the hell...is that?" Having not witnessed Cammy's initial transformation, she was out of the loop. The only benefit so far from that was that she didn't get whacked or slammed by HELLBENT's initial actions...if that would do any good. She could see some people she knew were here...and some hurt, at that?

It snapped her out of her stunned state, eyes narrowing at the creature.

She couldn't mess around looking for answers right now. Friends were in danger here...and some other people she didn't know. But she could feel it...letting this creature do as it wished could threaten everything. She instantly pulled out her violin, and started playing a song...the AURA SONG of INTEGRITY would bolster everyone's defenses. And hoo boy, given how big that thing looked, and how many people could get hurt, they needed some serious defenses five minutes ago.

She noticed Penny arrive, though...was everyone she knew being drawn towards this beacon of raw DETERMINATION?

PENNY @fearlessfighter

The crunches of footsteps could be heard as Penny ran into the clearing, a look of worry on her face. Her previous feelings of calm from her talk with Ikki all but gone. She hoped, no begged that whatever the lightning was didn't have anything to do with her friends. But it would seem like that hope was wrong, as Penny stopped in the clearing seeing some familiar faces and some unfamiliar ones. Her eyes however were drawn to the giant dog that stood a little ways in front of her. Her eyes widened at the sight and this was without know that it used to be Cammy.

"Oh no..." was all she could say.

AVARICE @thesmilingtragedy

Unfortunately, Avarice was not as lucky as poor Emmy. Various bits and pieces of the smiling man are strewn about the forest surrounding Hellbent. There was little movement, besides the occasional leaf falling from the weight of the snow atop it.

...

CRASH! Suddenly, a pair of legs fall from the trees above, along with a couple parts of a hand! They scurry around, desperately trying to find their own-

OVO H E Y O!! Y O O H O O! The limbs shoot to attention, facing the smiling man's head! Seems he had been perfectly hooked to a tree, a branch poking out of his smile, clearly being the cause for his strange speech. GEMME Y O W FWO H E Y O!

A foot responds, stomping from above and breaking the branch the head was impaled on. As he rolls onto the ground, he spits out the offending branch, getting the barky-taste out of his mouth. B L E G H! Last time I try to e a t a TREE!

The various body parts hop and roll back to their owner, loose strands of his scribbly mass attaching and pulling themselves together. He muses to himself as he gets to work getting stitched back up. ... that's not F A I R... HELLBENT didn't even call for B L O O D Y KNUCKLES...

As he pulls a tattered glove back onto a hand, he pulls himself to standing, rolling his newly knitted joints. He twists his head back around to the correct position, and gives himself a quick loose shake. A A A ! Much b e t t e r!

He looked around, glancing to his surroundings... and the strange glow that peaked through the trees. He wiped a hand over his smile, grinning madly. Now t h e n... if you want to play like T H A T, I'll be HAPPY to return the F A V O R! With that, Avarice begins climbing the trees, swinging and ascending his way back to HELLBENT.

[two-littlesouls]

Avarice's 'hug' and Xanos' magic secure the beast to the ground. Even if he had planned to move at any point during this attack, he wasn't going to do it now.

That was when everyone moved in to attack, the HELLBENT DETERMINATION in their hearts, be it fledgling or fully-grown. Samga did his best to protect Rhys, but the pull of his infant ferocity was too strong. He charged in as well.

Every attack connected, HELLBENT's body cracking, puncturing and crumbling with every strike. The ruined creature screamed in abject frustration as it tried to break free and counter.

As he failed once more to release himself, he opened his mouth once more to try the laser that was successful back in Snowdin.

As it turned out, his attempt was met with Penny's fist.

The impact and following shockwave made a gigantic cracking noise, which bled into the beast screaming, which bled into a deafening white noise as his body erupted into a flash of white light, filling the area and consuming everything, and everyone, present.

??? Joined the struggle.

What became of the strugglers? Find out under the cut.

As the blinding light of HELLBENT's body exploding began to fade and the struggler's eyes were allowed to adjust, they would quickly realize that they were no longer in Waterfall.

The only sign of life in this new, desolate landscape other than the strugglers themselves was a red flower, slumped over and silent.

But not for long.

THKK! KRRRRRRRRCKKKKKK!!

[GgguuuuuuuAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH...

A few moments and uncomfortably unfitting sounds later, the area illuminated by the light of a curious glowing orb in the air. They had seen this briefly before; it was HELLBENT's soul.

The ground underneath them crunched and shifted underneath them. Like large, sharp chunks of sand.

Only this desert was made entirely of dull, lifeless, orange soul shards.

The flower contorted and shifted into an unnaturally rigid, upright stance.

And spoke in a soft, yet sharp tone.

"Greetings."

"...This is my welcome? Such a rag-tag menagerie. Still, you managed to set me free without the beast annihilating you so I suppose you deserve to be congratulated."

"I imagine you must have questions. I have questions of my own but as I am the intruder here, I shall let you have the honors."

For such a small thing, this scarlet flower exuded a spirit-crushing aura of DETERMINATION and DANGER.

The strugglers proceeded to speak with the flower, desperately trying to gain as much information that they could.

They quickly realized that it was not here to help anyone other than itself, but you will have to ask them, or it, to repeat that information.

"All right. I think that's more than enough pleasantries. Now that I have escaped that empty timeline, I have work to do. And so do you."

"The boy is of little consequence to me now. He is merely a vehicle. However, the detonation of the beast's body appears to have cast fragments of his id across The Underground. You will need to retrieve them before they disperse or, even if you were to get him back, you would be lucky to get even a shadow of the person he was. You would be lucky to get a person at all, for that matter. A non-responsive, useless vegetable would be the far more likely outcome."

The flower's expression did not change. But you were certain that under that hollow smile was really a smirk.

"Besides, I need you out of the way so that I may enact the next step of my plan in peace. In all honesty, the most preferable outcome for me would be if the fragments of his id killed you."

"I live in hope."

"Oh, one more thing. Besmirch, was it? Disavow? Hysteria? I believe you collectively refer to yourselves as 'Besmirched'? Hm. How fittingly arrogant of your progenitor. Anyway, you've probably already realized what I have done, but I shall elucidate anyway. I studied your composition through the sample graciously donated through the boy's hand. And while I did not have time to completely decode it, I have been able to devise a program that will prevent you from drawing upon your source. At least while you remain in this timeline. Additional ink was surplus to requirements, you have more than enough with you to adequately die with."

The SOUL in the center of the area began to glow once more, slowly engulfing the area and returning the strugglers to the white void the explosion had originally sent them to.

[determinedbuns]

Ikki sat in her room, alone. By this point it was already evening since the day she had lost contact with Penny. Today was a bit of a roller coaster, but now she was sure that Samga would be okay. Her door was locked, preventing the other Rabbits on the Airship from visiting her.

That mysterious figure telling her that Samga had been erased from existence... As much as Ikki believed, part of her still thought that maybe the worst had come to past. She presses the pin down and listens, thinking of Samga, of Emmy, Omen, Cammy, Penny, but they were all silent. Her hands clench tightly and she kept thinking of them, trying to reach them.

She prayed for their safety and victory.

If one was utterly still, they might feel a soft, gentle, warm breeze brush past them. Ikki felt it, there was still hope, the fight would reach its conclusion. From Ikki’s view, all she could hope for was to see them again, just as they had promised.