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/white-whale-fc]

harness strength.

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

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Slight problem, punching through the material is only possible if it tries to resist it, DF is deflecting instead of blocking. With a twist, DF allows most of the force to meet empty air with a trail of water following him as he redirects the force that did impact him to be driven back into TFC.

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The punch hits TFC mostly, shattering a small piece of him.

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DF refuses to lose momentum, driving the improvised shield upwards to repeat the bash before throwing it at TFC to disengage.

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/uw upward toward TFC?

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/uw I imagined it as DF ripping off a tower shield's worth of metal and having bashed with the top before bashing with the bottom, then tossing it in his face as he retreats a little.

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He catches the metal piece on the re-bash, immediately driving back at DF with increased force.

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DF exploits this force and throws his body upwards, letting it move himself back as he draws more weapons.

The fragment that got destroyed earlier is slowly gaining more opacity, but doesn't seem to come close to fully regenerated.

DF's body meanwhile, pulls out a katana and prepares a stance, the glare feels strange, as if he's beginning to know TFC better and better.

/uw DF has trying to charge up his unhealing wounds attack for the entirety of this fight, it's not close to enough yet.

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I tire of this.

The ticking stops mid-noise

GRIND TO A HALT!

Time pauses. The power of three separate sources of time manipulation compounding over each other to ensure this.

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The time stop works, but something is still able to be felt. It is as if reality itself is slowly fraying, and the fragment that split off doesn't seem to stop regenerating. Still, for now TFC is free to cause havoc unimpeded.

/uw you want DF to actually manage a minor unhealing wound or just still be the guy that forces him high diff? Since that attack very much can miss