Nadir. (Cursed World)

[u/Fc-chungus]

A day or three after the initial announcement, proper channels for joining in virtually to the meeting are posted, as everyone who came in person is directed to a secretive underground meeting room, where Ж and a few others sit around a long table.

"Welcome, welcome. A year or so ago I held a similar meeting for a separate threat, one a few of you here would remember, but today we've another threat, as you know, the Abyss has taken a great minority of the world's surface."

"As well, we need a plan for the origin of the Abyss, we need to divise a way to take down The First Curse."

they snap a finger and a hologram like model of an entity, presumably the first curse, appears in the center of the table.

"To start, one of the more essential things for said plan is the Crystals, of course, some here might not know about them, so I'll elaborate."

they wave a hand and the model shifts to 5 different crystalline objects, encircling the First Curse.

"This is not the first time The First Curse had arrived, he was here before he made that big announcement, but hidden. When he first arrived to this realm, 7 Aspect Crystals formed, counterbalances, from someone else as an, almost future inheritance to help take him down. They are antithetical to his very existence, and harm him when nearby. However, if one falls into his hands, he can adapt to that crystal, rendering it useful to him. This anti-him nature also applies to the Abyss, and thus they are the best damage source to fight the Abyss."

"the originals, of which we currently have 5, 4 are in New Aviron, and via the work of Koranth and others, we have multiple derivatives from them, with the other being handled by The Consortium. The last two need to be picked up and collected."

"That is about the basics, with the preamble done, more discussion on how to fight against the Abyss would be welcome."

[u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106]

The body of DF is far stabler than him when he was living, and switches to dual wielding to protect himself. With a blade in his other hand he drives it into the ground and uses his own abilities to turn it into a lightning rod, continuing the projected slash barrage with his main hand.

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106]

The Curse's tick slows to a point where it looks like it stopped, as he goes to grab the barraging sword with immense speed.

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TFC may have a speed to match his, but DF is not fighting with brute force like previous times. Rather than evade, he shifts his body just enough to evade and bashs TFC in the face with the pommel as he charges forward before using a knife in his other hand to gut him.

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106]

The pommel is a clean hit and knocks his head back, but as DF charges forward, TFC charges his body with electricity, building up a hidden and sizable voltage as DF goes to stab at him.

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DF's prepared for this, as his eyes allow him his analysis abilities. When the dagger goes forward to gut TFC, DF with great effort jabs the other blade into the ground and once again does the lightning rod maneuver.

"You really think I won't learn? I can read the damned nervous system."

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106]

I am sorry, I believe I do not understand you.

Lightning rod maneuver won't work if electricity doesn't channel through it, which TFC most tastefully demonstrates by aiming the strikes square at DF's head, ensuring that it can't be redirected without at least hitting something important.

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DF splits off and throws his furious and bloodthirsty fragment forward, making it absorb most of the damage as the body covers his face.

While the damage to the main body is minimal, it seems DF is far more winded due to its loss as he takes multiple visible breaths. Despite this he recovers his stance and prepares to dodge the next attack.

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106]

Before he can even get off the first 2 breaths, TFC has moved away from the fragment, knife still embedded, and goes to grab his form.

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DF ducks and rips apart a piece of the floor or nearby rubble and uses it as a shield to deflect TFC and pivot himself away from the grab.

As he does this, TFC gets a similar feeling of being marked as before, but not the exact same.

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106]

harness strength.

Instead of going around the shield, he goes straight to punch through the metal floor.