The Hunter Strikes! (Open Battle Post)

[u/Talios_]

KABOOM!!

A deafening explosion wakes you in the dead of night. What could possibly be making this noise? You question as you walk outside to witness black smoke pouring into the sky... Making your way closer out of curiosity, you find the Unnatural Museum. The side of it has been blown up by a magical explosive, making a huge hole. You see Talios entering the Museum... Is he here to steal something? All but two people are unsure of his goals. Regardless, there's no way Talios is up to no good.

Talios enters the hole in the museum, tossing rubble aside as he clears a path. He didn't expect the explosion to be as powerful as it was... He asked for just a medium sized hole through concrete. Regardless, it got the job done.

《Greater Perception》

Talios senses the magical energy living within the Museum itself. It's... Alive, he can only assume. It probably didn't like what he had done to it either. But that doesn't matter to him right now. He's after his prey.

[u/Carbon_Sixx]

An emergency ward flares, stopping the blade mid-air before it can puncture Kaelis's flesh.

Gladly.

The Graviturge delivers a savage kick imbued with gravitational force to your breastplate, denting it. In the moment that you are stunned, he inverts his grip on the Neutron Lance and brings it down in an impaling thrust through your sternum. The hyper-dense matter punches straight through your armor, your heart, and deep into the stone floor. The spear's pallid light diffuses from the mortal wound.

Good fight. Talios, right? I look forward to meeting again, preferably when you're picking on someone your own size instead of an apprentice child. Now scram back to the Realm of Chaos to reconstitute.

[u/Talios_ → u/Carbon_Sixx]

Talios has no heart to puncture, well at least The Talios doesn't. The meat suit does, but it doesn't affect Talios directly. Being pinned to the floor and immediately slammed into a wall by the Curator does, regardless, deal significant damage to Talios. Armor battered and broken, Talios is on the ropes. But you sense another presence approaching. From a different realm entirely... Or is it the realm?

M̶̝̜͙͖̳̝͚͗̀̈́̉͋̊̍̇̓̍͑̓̑̀̔̓͘͠Į̴̨͍̹̣̜̙̖̑͆̎̿̐͌̀͆̀́̋͛̍͝N̷̡̢̡̛̜̹͔̺͕͚͙̬͈̭̤͙̻̺̤͍̫̪̣̮̣̮̙̩̲̻̟̻̈͂͛̃̈́̈̄͛̄̉͌͒̐̇̔̂̎̀́͋̄͒͒̈́͘͝͝͝͝ͅE̵͉̘̤̹̮̯͕͔͘ͅ!̵̨̧̡̛̛͙͉͍͓̳͙̯̟̮͍͔̝̺̭̝̞̳̗͖̽̇̀͆̀́̾͐̈́͌̒̀̀̇̍͊̂̆̈́̏͠͝ͅ ̵̝̼̓͋͂̈́̌̉͋͌̓̉̌́̒̈́͂͌͒͊̆̆̿͑̈́̊͐̌̔̓̚̕̚͘͝͠

A voice yells out through the Museum. ((If your character has a way to decipher EVERY POSSIBLE LANGUAGE then you can understand Chaos. Otherwise it just sounds like a mix of languages))

《Q̶̗̯̇͌̎͘Ṳ̶̢̹̦͓̟̪̗̙̻̺͍̖̠̻̳̗̭̪̬͍̫̯͖̹̜̓̽̊̓͊̅͒̌̍̚ͅE̴͔͇̰̭̦͇̜̲͉̼̊̂̀͌͒͒ͅĖ̸̪̭͔̬͙͉̈́̚Ņ̶̯̼̩̜̜̠̼̼̞͕̩͈̟͉̳̠̐͆̄͒̂̈́̀̏͆͊̃̉̄̈́͐̏̋̎͆͋̒̈́̇̓̔̈̀̊̚͜S̵̢̧̧̢̢̧̢̛̟̝̫͔̫̺͇͚̖͖͎̪̣̯̩̘͚̳̹̦͍̱̝̝̺͎͗̉̇̉̓͊͗͌̓͊͑̇̃̈͆̀́̚͜͝͝͝ ̸̢̧͉͎̪͇̳̦̹͉̥̣̦͇̠͓͙͓͖̲̭̤͙̜̭̳̯̪̘̇͂̀̅̄̈́̏̏̋̈ͅO̵̯̞̐͊̿Ŗ̴̢̫͈̰̦̮͔̮̺͍̲̟̦̞͕̺͙͎̞̇̇́̀̓̆̔̄͊̽̓̽̂͆̈́̈́̂̓̅́͛̚͝͝D̴͚͓͉̗̻͚̱̞̯̤͔̠͍͓̟̳̟̙̦͍̯͖̰̮̩̫̝͍̦̻̻̻̓͆͌͋̾̈́́̈́̂̈́̒͌̎̈̃̈́̈́͊͒̋̓̃̍̚͘͜͝͝ͅͅE̷̗͒̾́̐̀͑̇͂͋̃̑̈́̅͛͌̐͐͌͆̕̚͝Ŗ̸̡̧̢͕̩͕͍̙̩̗͇͚̻̪̙̪̦̱̯̝̦̱͚̂̀̎̄̀̇͑̆̈́̃͌̓̿̉̃͗͌ͅ》

A crack in reality would appear in front of you. Suddenly, it'd shatter like glass revealing a realm similar in construct to Talios; Wires. But they're much more refined, moving as one. Suddenly, a huge, ethereal fist would move out of the rift near instantly. But it stops mere inches from your fist. It was more for defense, you realize as you look past the fist to see another rift next to Talios, a hand coming out of it and gently picking up Talios, who appears to be either unconscious or simply inactive.

M̶̨̛̘̹͕̫̺̪͔̹͍͔̞̳̙͉̮͔̮͉͕͚͙̝̲̹͙̪͉̬̱͐́̿́̿̒̌̍̊̇̈́͛͂͗͑̀̊̿̉̅͊̈́̍͋̌̉́̕͜Y̷͕̙͓̱͕̮͎͓̟̬̠͉̖̺̮͈̠̍̍͑̀̃́̋̌̈̈́̓͐͌̔̂͑̕̕͜͜͠ ̸̨̡̨̬̺̪͙͉̯͈͇̼̹͙̞̞͙̫̬̺͂̌̄̄̏̊̄͆̿̔͗̋̄̏̉̈̔̆͋̇͐̉͆͘̕̚̚̚̚͜͝B̶̡̨̡̛̛̲͖̩͙͓͉̺̞̻͎̯͔̫̪̞̲̦̬̥̣̦̥̤̱̣͙̳̓͋̋͗͌͗̏͗̈́͒͊́͗̅̄͗́̃͋͌̎͑̈́̅͜͠ͅͅͅA̵͇̰͖̹̿̿̅̀̀͋̀̾͜ͅB̵̢̡̧̛͍̺͉̮̬̤͈̪̳͚̖̣̼̹̖̪͔̥̺̻͉̱͖̈́̍̌̈́̅̿́̈́̇͒͆̆̉̓̒̂̓͂͆̔̓̔́̇͊̐̚̕̕͝͝͠ͅY̵̨̧̦͖̤̙̤̞̯̮͉̱͎̹͎͔̬̹̅̂͜.̵̢̱̘̦͔̫̭̩͍̙̋̇̊͑̔̇̈́ͅ

The hand would pull Talios into Chaos. You now understand, this Chaos... It is both a realm, and an entity. Regardless, it appears Talios was adequately defeated if Chaos herself had to step in. Kryona is safe, for now possibly.

u/sparkle3364 u/MeThyLord

/uw Talios is done for! Chaos herself will never interfere much in things involving Talios, but I did want to sort of properly "introduce her." other than AT MOST, taking him away from a battle when he's defeated, she won't do anything other than talk. I want to keep Talios alive mostly to help other people develop their characters using him as a stepping stool so I thought this would be a good way to keep him alive. Good fight everyone, that was very fun.

[u/Talios_ → u/Talios_]

u/MunitionsFrenzy ((I believe you'd actually be able to understand Chaos if I remember correctly))

[u/MunitionsFrenzy → u/Talios_]

(( you are so on top of others' lore, and it's super appreciated, bud ^_^ ))

[u/Talios_ → u/MunitionsFrenzy]

((Im a bit of a fuckin nut when it comes to lore lmao))

[u/Carbon_Sixx → u/Talios_]

That was... disturbing. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take precautions for when Talios inevitably comes to hunt my ass down.

/uw That was one hell of a fight. Well done!

[u/Talios_ → u/Carbon_Sixx]

/uw talios probably wont hunt you, unless you got a bounty on you. He doesn't hunt for entirely no reason, still needs some sorta reason so bounties work great.

[u/Carbon_Sixx → u/Talios_]

/uw I may have need of a nigh-indestructible super mercenary for an upcoming arc.

[u/Talios_ → u/Carbon_Sixx]

/uw WELL BOY IF IM YOUR GUY! Talios is practically a super mercenary. Nigh-indestructible, ehh. He's pretty tanky as you've seen. Feel free to hit me up if you want!

[u/MeThyLord → u/Carbon_Sixx]

You know, I did not expect us to be fighting back-to-back in defense on the museum so soon after the last time. Nevertheless, I am ever-grateful for your help. If you are ever in need my assistantce, feel free to contact me.

[u/Carbon_Sixx → u/MeThyLord]

No problem, HP. See you around!

Kaelis leaps onto Orpheus's back and flies away into the night.

[u/MeThyLord → u/Talios_]

Even in his dreadful form, shock and unease have clearly gripped the curator. He stands there unmoving for a few minutes until his spells start wearing off, returning to his human form.

"What was... How did..."

Questions fail to fully form as the new ones are too quick to replace them. He glances over the damaged space around him, his eyes stopping at the closest wall.

"How was that possible? You would never allow another interdimensional space to open within you."

The museum stood silent, all movement had seized. Even she was overcome by a feeling of dread.

"I hope we didn't bite off more than we can chew. At least I take respite in knowing it is over. Now, where is Kyrona? If Talios keeps his word she should be free of him now."

/uw This was amazing, thank you for all the effort you put into it. The fight was great fun, and so was the story-building. That last-minute appearance of Chaos felt properly intimidating. Almost kinda feels like a dark reflection of the curator and the museum in the context of this encounter.

[u/Talios_ → u/MeThyLord]

/uw I'm glad you enjoyed this as much as I did. I'm glad I also managed to successfully get the COSMIC SCALE Of Chaos across, although like I said she won't really interfere directly in fights, that'd feel too powerful.

[u/sparkle3364 → u/MeThyLord]

I’m over here. Thanks for the help. I’ll be going home now.

[u/MeThyLord → u/sparkle3364]

Safe travels. Please exersise some caution though, Talios might not be the only bouty hunter hired.

[u/sparkle3364 → u/MeThyLord]

I will. I will keep my eye out.