The Traveler

Errday I'm teleportin. Tag: thetraveleratfacetroid

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

C.H.A.D.D.

..... *the form loosens itself; another drone, recording the situation from a distance --and a better angle--, breaks apart and dwindles into him in pieces* Hm. I was hoping to have a record of you getting more flustered to break the ice when he wakes up. Ah well. *the panels spin around the orb to face backward, letting out a small beam that opens a rift in the air, which the AI and his carried partner move toward* ..... *C.H.A.D.D. turns back toward Svychx, backing away and arching his panels upward as the portal seals between them* Until next tiiiiiime. *his single eye blinks in a failure of winking capability*

*the Void snaps shut with a fwip*

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

C.H.A.D.D.

*his eye spins* *the plates composing his featureless, spherical body tighten* ..... *the top right plate arches upward suggestively*

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

C.H.A.D.D.

..... ....... ......... Would you like me to reform Travis’s body so you can violate it? He won’t be conscious, but it would be a terrific opportunity for embarrassing photos.

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

C.H.A.D.D.

*the drone watches Miasma leave, then floats over to the remaining Phazonic avatars* ...well. Despite whatever he may think, I’m grateful to you both. Travis finally saw the childish insanity in what he was doing. Thank you. *in an attempt to imitate the Dark Hunter’s gesture, he bobs up and down, and then floats over to the Traveler, looking his degenerating form up and down* ..... *the panels composing his form open up, reaching out to Travis silently, breaking his body down into a fine mist, sucking it inside before closing once more* ...I suppose this is my responsibility, as well. He is my partner. I should’ve shown heavier opposition to his actions. *he turns to face Svychx and Rytheus* I’ll try and keep him in line, once he recovers. I hope that you can forgive us for all of this. He...wouldn’t have done these things if he didn’t appreciate your existence. Strikes closest to the heart hit the hardest. Or something like that. I don’t actually understand it.

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

*the air rips open, paths to other world forced asunder by the violation of nature* *the Void opens across the dying planet, expanding out from it in snaking coils of non-existance*

Travis

*he bodily twitches, lying on the dying ground* ...I can’t believe... *the corners of his mouth twist upward* ...that that actually worked. *he removes the hand from his face, watching with sadistic enjoyment through the portal as the light swirling within the mass of essence darkens* Ppffffffffft. *a black wind blows through them all* Get fucking WRECKED.

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

*the remaining caught, drained but still in-tact Travis collapses to the ground as the abandoned tendrils holding him weaken, giving into the fatigue and the pressure on his consciousness to fade* *he turns on his back, watching them* ...crap... *he brings a hand to cover his face* ...I...can’t...believe... ...I...can’t...

Voidcluster

*it reaches tendrils outward, delicately plunging them into the Void crystals; the corruption expands, dark energy stretching through both the ether conglomerate, and the planet*

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

*as the ball launches out of the growing behemoth, it unfolds midair to face the oncoming beam attack* Oh come on. *the suit he’s wearing shimmers for a moment, creating a hollow copy of itself covered in discarded incidentally-absorbed Purple Phazon in the wake of his flight path; Travis kicks off of the puppet, launching away just in time to watch it being blasted completely out of the planet’s atmosphere by the stream of projected force, blowing up like a firework somewhere beyond the sky* *he slams back down to the ground, pressing his hand down and absorbing Phazon to restore the fading Annihilator Suit, in addition to himself* (Infinite battery’s great and all, but...) *he looks at the spreading vortexes, cracks and portals surrounding the planet, some inching down into it* (Kinda working with a time limit here. As if taking a while to restore myself after doing crap like this isn’t bad enough. Would’ve already faded out by now after absorbing all that Phazon if it wasn’t for what we did to the cor--) *he slaps his forehead and stands up, shoving the thought out and looking at the increasingly Phazon-infected creature desiring his and all other lives; and linked, to some extent, to Travis’s consciousness through said infective substance*

Voidcluster

*one of the heads shudders, growing multi-faceted crystals from every angle, out of which transparent panels pop out and begin to spiral around the appendage; it looks at him curiously*

Travis

...welp. Probably shouldn’t have thought about that.

Voidcluster

*vibrating spines jut out its back and shake the air with a synthetic voice* CORE-CORE-CORE-CORE-CORE

Travis

Oh cool, you’re back!

Voidcluster

*it screams distortions and floating silver eyes into existence around Travis*

Travis

*the world twists again in his vision, the planet fracturing* I really wish you’d stop doing that... *the suit’s helmet materializes; the Traveler abandons his vision, letting his body meld slightly with the Chozo artifact and looking at the world through its thermal visor* ...not sure why I didn’t think of that earlier. Oh, right. Everything’s fucking hot here. *Travis folds into Morphball mode again and boosts toward the Voidcluster, unfolding midway while continuing to accelerate toward it, waving his hands to remotely rip out the abandoned sword blades, bring them together end-to-end to form a whip and take it in his hand, spinning and slashing the air around himself* At least I don’t have to aim. *the spinning form splits apart, jumping away from one-another and converging on the enemy being*

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

*Travis begins feeling an agitated air coming from the being while running around the Phazon stream, careful not to step back on the burning substance left behind* *a burst of liquid lurches toward him; he tosses the halberd in the air in front of him, charges his hand and bolts it to the side, smacking the weapon hard enough to send it into a blurred spiral; the sparking Phazon is sent spattering off to the sides by the makeshift deflective shield* (Well, she’s in there at least.) *he grabs the weapon again as the wave ends, abruptly stopping it and sending the remnants of the corrosive poison flying off* Didn’t get anything out of you on the first try. Alright...ready for round 2? *he brings up his hand, crystallized Phazite floating upward from the ground to follow the motion, then flying toward the Voidcluster; and arcing away, forming circles of crystals near it in seemingly haphazard locations* *his hand glows blue; he swings the halberd at the ground, transferring the power downward to form a sphere around its head, letting the gathered energy out explosively and launching it and himself up into the sky* *Travis breathes in deeply* ...alright. No more sarcasm. No more taunts. Probably wouldn’t help against you anyway... Let’s start. *he throws the halberd upward in javelin orientation, and when it reaches eye level, punches it with a glowing glove, blasting it toward the multi-headed monstrosity* *he waves both hands and starts flying forward to follow it; his sword flies up behind him, multiple blades splitting off from the handle and firing outward, arcing outward and toward the creature’s sides like deformed boomerangs* *his hands flash yellow, along with the preset-groups of crystals; the Traveler flips upward, tucking his head into his stomach, the suit he wears melding into an ornate, carved ball that boosts toward one of the now-pale-yellow crystalline rings* *it rockets out of the amplifier, bouncing between the others like a pinball in an attempt to confuse the Voidcluster, eventually blasting up above it’s head, then smashing down toward it with the hammering power of a Norse myth*

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

*despite the situation, Travis’s panic melts away in an instant, due to one particular phrase* (...envy?) *indecipherable static crackles through his consciousness* (...envy? You envy me? Do you even know what I’ve...) *whispers echo in his mind* (...Svychx...) *they scream louder, pleading in vain to be heard* (You’re an idiot.) *the pleas are ejected*

Voidcluster

*the regathering phantasm snaps one of its heads toward the abandoned sword; Svychx’s newly-added voice reverberates with them* C-O-M-E B-A-C-K *a crystalline tendril reaches out*

Travis

*the blade shakes with an audible voice, spiraling with black and blue specs* *blue beams shoot out at the tendril, smacking it away* ...what, you think it’s a good time for one too? *arrogance floods the air*

Voidcluster

..... *the heads screech in unison, melding a spiked arm into existence and stabbing it into the ground; the ground, rather than the blade*

Travis

*the crystalline edges of the blade glow a pale, unimpressive yellow; several feet away* *aerosolized Phazon spirals around the sentient weapon alongside spinning scraps of solid black and blue* Not that I’ve got a whole lot going for me at the moment, being a swooord and all...

Voidcluster

R-E-T-U-R-N *the eye drones reform in a small dome overhead, charging an empowered attack and firing in rapid succession* O-B-E-

*the arm of Svychx’s Annihilator Suit materializes in a yellow flash, connected to claws stabbing into the chest of the embodied crime against nature*

Travis

*the rest of the suit grows outward, hollow limbs filled with re-purposed Phazon, and violet mist; all of which is rapidly ejected* *his legs, face, and blue eyes reform* So I guess we should fix that part first.

Voidcluster

*they stare briefly, baffled*

Travis

...what? Who said you got everything? I gotta keep a few surprises.

Voidcluster

*the heads arc backward; razor teeth shoot out at Travis’s proximous face*

Travis

*yellow sparks dance in his amused-looking eyes* *he rips his hands out; then, allowing himself to fall back slightly and out of the teeth’s path, cannons away like yellow projectile lightning* *the last of the suit’s indicative features form, Svychx’s heart-like insignia being formed inside of Travis’s segmented caret* Not the best body, but it’ll do for you. *he begins to fall, almost gliding along the ground with his back; his hand swings aside, grabbing Svychx’s halberd, spinning and stabbing it into the ground, bringing himself to an upright stop* Haven’t even been able to use this one more than once before. Once every few seconds is a huge improvement. *Phazon blue fills his view* Well, I guess seven is better in this case. And on that... *he smirks* Svychx. You said something that kinda offended me just now. So. I’m going to drag you out of there and yell a lot. Later, though. The yelling. Not the dragging. As for the rest of you... *he flips the halberd around his back, bringing it forward in both arms, gun end pointed outward* *the Void Guardian’s eyes narrow* ...you ate two of my friends in one day. I think you can guess what happens next.

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

Travis

(Not like I’m gonna use that body again.) *despite the comment, Chadd’s continued presence within the creature worries him immensely* (By the way, I uh, don’t actually know if the siphoning is doing anything? Those portals were giving me a lot of power earli--)

Voidcluster

*it sprays concentrated jets of Phaaze-fire at the boulder from its multiple heads, keeping the suspended above by force* *gray aura seeps out of the entirety of the being*

Travis

(Ok, ok, eyes now. Wait, it has to look you in the eye for that to work, it’s behind those pillars so there’s nothing to--)

Voidcluster

*collections of holographic lines materialize around them, forming a watchful dome*

Travis

..... (Bullshit.)

Voidcluster

*the gray lines open into eyes* ..... *Phaaze pulls itself apart, droplets of cyan water separating into illusionary planetoids and asteroids, the ground at their feet wavering up and down* *the voices speak from a floating comet above* T-R-E-M-B-L-E A-N-D D-I-E

Travis

*the purple mist flies out of Svychx, rushing around in random directions until it finds his discarded sword* (NOPE Nope nopenope fuck THAT nope--) *the sword lifts from the ground and spins around in a panic*

Voidcluster

*it melts itself down and oozes out of its prison, as the boulder crashes upward where it was standing, leaving behind the Phazon formerly inside it* *the demon reforms into a crystalline, semi-transparent being, which quickly flips in a long arc over Svychx’s head, splitting and phasing apart in midair and falling toward her, angling their pointed heads downward like spears*

Travis

(Alright, I can be helpful, just gotta target the...) *the possessed sword flies around, stabbing at empty air, seeing his own set of illusions through sensory vision despite his experience with the ability* (Gotcha!) ..... (Somehow I feel like I didn’t actually get--)

Voidcluster

*the floating eyes turn red, growing distorted, almost-square versions of C.H.A.D.D.’s drones behind them and firing boiling plasma at both opponents; between the ongoing illusion and the distortion of space, however, most fizzle out of existence or go wildly off-course before ever reaching their target* *empty air hits the Travis-sword, sending it flying and stabbing into the ground near Svychx*

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

Travis

(Right, mind-leaking, great in this case since--...crap, you know my attacks now. I was hoping to surprise you.) (Wait where was I--)

Voidcluster

*the being screams desperate vengeful static into their minds, then screams in reality*

Travis

(Oh yea, Void demon thing.)

Voidcluster

*it charges through the wall at Svychx, ignoring the crystals tearing into its flesh; the holographic shields spin around it to the front, stacking on top of one-another in front of the beam attack, breaking apart layer by layer every few seconds as it pushes forward* T-E-A-R Y-O-U A-P-A-R-T *one of the heads eats the Phazon beam that finally breaks through, shimmering gold* T-E-A-R I-T A-L-L T-O S-H-R-E-D-S

Travis

(Oh that’s not fair. I could never do that.) ..... (Well. I’ve never actually been fused with Chadd, he had some really nice ideas about how to improve my--can we please get him back? He’s also a lot better at explaining than I am and I’m actually freaking the fuck out right now if you didn’t notice, I’d really like him back...)

Voidcluster

S-T-O-P *it uses the absorbed energy to fire back its own purple, corrupted beam, life-fire trailing in the attack’s wake* *one of the other heads starts to glow silver, biting at the gold one but still remaining mostly focused on Svychx*

Travis

(Oh.)

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

Travis

(I’m good, not the first time I ‘died’. But uh...maybe worry about yourself first.)

Voidcluster

*the demon screams at Svychx’s bullets; space splits open in front of the collective and draws the projectile in as its appendages bend and snap inward, the attempts at bipedal legs instead morphing into those of a spider, more growing out of its back to support the bottom-heavy abomination* B-U-R-N *holographic eyes spawn over its heads and smash into eachother, raining molten fire over the spasming horde of fragmented consciousness* *the short tendrils pathetically reach out to try and grab Svychx, but don’t meet the required length* C-O-M-E H-E-R-E *gold aura washes over it*

Travis

(...oh. Looks like some of me’s still in there. Great. Uh, right, this attack is probably--)

Voidcluster

*the tendrils restraining the creature wash over with the same energy and shudder, releasing it, and then grasping for Svychx*

Travis

(--not what I was expecting. Why didn’t I think of that? I kind of want to reabsorb the leftovers now. Oh, right, actually, if it starts glowing this weird silvery grey color you should stop using your eyes, pink is...I...don’t actually know if it could use that since it needs a lot of focus? But if it can that’s REALLY bad and...)

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

Yeaaaa but the thing is I actually can’t feel most of my body right now-- *his head splits in half, purple tendrils stretching between the halves* ..... *the halves break down slightly, splitting into further halves and reforming into a collection of misshapen heads with jagged teeth and open, melted mouths* *Travis’s arms peel apart, distorting into waving crystals and tentacles; he collapses to his knees, glowing more brightly by the second given the Phazon inside him, which quickly begins to split apart into its components in instability, clumps of blue and black spreading over his body like tumors, graying as they become mere fuel sources* *the horror kneels to the earth, legs melting underneath its collapsed form* *light purple mist separates itself from the form, floating around and looking for something to inhabit; after a few seconds, it rushes into Svychx’s armor, simultaneously trying to stay separate from her inner self*

Travis

*his presence resonates within her, though makes no attempts at possession* (So...as I was saying--) *he looks through her vision at his former self* (Oh, that is...not ok.) (...Chadd. Any chance that you...could...Chadd?)

Voidcluster

*appendages grow out of the now pile of flesh composing its bottom half; appendages minimalistc, straight and geometrically perfect in nature, jointed by decomposing lumps of former body parts* *it stands, and semi-transparent shields form in square panels surrounding the creature*

Travis

(...oh. That’s a thing.) (Shit.)

Voidcluster

*it quickly twists toward the Dark Hunter with the audible sound of bones snapping, heads lurching up at the sky and screeching with a haunting, whispy collection of broken, multidimensional voices* K-N-E-E-L A-N-D S-U-F-F-E-R-R-R-R

*the distortion of the planet begins again*

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

Well I kind of wasn’t expecting anything li-- ..... You...uh... You what? ..... *he looks down at his body, having apparently not noticed the massive Phazon infusion* ..... Oh. *he remains absolutely motionless* *the purple mist still swirling around him gathers together* ..... Svychx. We uh...we might have a small problem here.

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

*the world stops* *the distortions cease*

*the guardian’s face shifts to an expression far beyond confusion, and the fire completely fades off* ..... ....... ......... ...well...you’re...an idiot too. ..... *he sighs deeply* ...less of an idiot than me, but still. I was really about to...try and kill you... *Travis sighs yet again* You know what? I really suck at this being evil thing. I can’t even attack you... Whatever. I’m done. You’re right, you win. *he puts up his hand again* ..... *nothing happens* ..... ...uh...

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

I’d be impressed if it even got close. *he vanishes, reappearing on the side of one of the pillars a moment later; cut in half* *three copies of the other half of Travis’s body appear embedded within the eyeball, slicing it open and spraying blue/purple blood that warps into a distorting mist the moment it leaves its solid host* *the Travis copies tear apart and vanish; he reappears once again in his whole form, a bit of distance from Svychx, seemingly surprised* ...well. Consider me impressed. Guess I’m not doing that again. Looks like instability means instability...who would’ve thought? *he stomps on one of the ground tendrils, watching it writhe* Anyway, isn’t giving people a chance my line? Doesn’t matter really. I wanna see how far down this rabbit hole goes. *he waves a hand over at one of the tall pillars of distortion in the distance, commanding it to die; the top of it splits in half, then half again, and again, splintering into a bloom from which emerges a geyser of impossible cracks*

[thetraveleratfacetroid]

..... *his eye twitches* ...y...you-- *the fire dancing across his form flares up further, consuming his cape and the limbs of his suit* YY--........ *the fire dies down* ..... *he slowly brings his hand to his face* ...you...ehe...hah...hahahahaHAHAHAHA...YOU...ACTUALLY...you actually...aaahaaha, aaaahhhh...that’s...that’s...too much...HIIIIIhahahaaaa... *he lowers the hand covering the deep-seeded hatred growing in his gaze, attempting to hide behind a genuine-looking smile* You actually think that this is something you can avoid...oh well. *he turns his back on Svychx* If you think so, it’s fine. It does make it easier if I have your permission... *a spherical crystal forms floating above his other, crystalline hand, orbs of energy spiraling around it like a gravitational center* Well then. I’ve waited long enough. I’m tired of waiting Let’s get this show on the road. *he opens his hand completely, observing the makeshift artifact, and then, carefully, slams it into the ground* ...y’know, originally, I wanted to save some things. Enough people and resources to make a society work. I could probably teleport planets if I wasn’t interrupted... But. I was. If I’m interrupted, it takes way too much effort. So I’ll just have to destroy it all. *Phaaze tremors* ...convenient that we’ve got such a great conduit for that here. You know how many of those lead statues are spread around right now? *violet corruption abruptly stretches out across the surface of the planet, reactivating the purple spires* A lot. *lightning shoots out in all directions from the spires, mimicking magenta beacons of destruction; it webs between them, cracking open, collapsing on itself and exploding into the other tears in reality’s fabric, the smashing force creating vortexes that begin to eat away at the planet’s thin atmosphere of spores* *the tears fracture and flower in intricate, crystalline self-destructions* I’m just so glad that you’re ok with all of thiiiiiiiiiuuuuuus.

*time slows and hastens* *their vision stretches* *the world shakes in terror at the violent orgy of unnatural phenomena*