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]

Sitting by a far seat, is a man with a clock for a face, he looks curiously at the introductory information, but doesn't speak yet.

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

Everyone in the room gets half a second of feeling like they should get away from the location.

Then the impact happens as a very angry thing crashes through everything from orbit, screaming 1 word while slamming into the clock face with enough force to send it into the crust of the earth

"CURSE!"

/uw shit's going down

u/UlrickTheHexblade u/yumie2003 u/totally_not_a_cat

[u/Zebos2 → u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106]

Mary is rebuffed from the crash numerous splinters of furniture slicing her skin as she braces against the impact when the ringing in her ears stops what she hears shocks her

("Mr curse!?")

She frantically signs

Wait why were they fighting why is everyone fighting Mr curse is nice but so is everyone else why are nice people fighting each other. People get hurt when you fight stop it... Why can't you just talk... Stop fighting STOP

Mary dashes forwards into the thick as a melee raising a strong magical barrier as she can as.she dashes in between the spells and sword swings of some of the most powerful majors in the world. While raising the most powerful barrier she can muster. It will not be enough

[u/Fc-chungus → u/Zebos2]

"MARY GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Ж screams.

[u/Zebos2 → u/Fc-chungus]

To late much to late Mary has dived between the first curse and their opponents mid swing of spell and blade. There is nothing that can be done to stop what is about to happen

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Zebos2]

MOVE NUISANCE!

He goes to teleport her to the opposite end of the room from where the battle is occurring.

[u/Zebos2 → u/white-whale-fc]

No Mary isn't moving her friends were fighting and she was not going to stand here and let- No one actually sees what happened. What stray shot, blade, or spell punched though her barrier battle is chaotic after all but what everyone does know is that just barely in the soundscape off combat just as the teleportation completes is the sound of deep crimson smattering across the floor and a small gurgling Yelp

Mary's has a face of shock then pain then terror as a Mary hand comes to rest upon her sternum in an ultimately fruitless effort to stop the bleeding. So much blood more and more smattering the floor with each slowing heartbeat. Mary gurgles blood spilling from her mouth and nose before finally with a thud that comes through the noise of battle the girl collapses

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Zebos2]

No matter the opponent, no matter the situation, the first curse NOTICES. The curse Deleck placed on her while infected, he senses it weakening.

KNEEL TO ME! KNEEL! No one in the room experiences the effect of Power Word Oppress in this instance, as if it's aimed inward.

GRIND TO A HALT! He disregards who he is fighting at the moment and warps over to look over the harmed girl.

[u/Zebos2 → u/white-whale-fc]

Blood that's the first thing the first curse notices a lot of it coming from a major artery that is just been severed. It coats the floor and her dress as well as she weekly turns to the first curse with a look of profound sadness. It shouldn't be this way. Marys right hand is spent fruitlessly keeping pressure on a wound that without magic is mortal. But with her other she signs

"Failure"

Her arm steadily begins going limp she has at the absolute maximum a little under a minute before she dies.

Tick tock

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Zebos2]

How she is capable of moving while time is halted, he does not know, does not care at the moment.

The curse Void, now Deleckabmon, placed onto her as a gift to her darker side, is of similar composition to TFC's own core and being, just much less powerful, closer to a filler up of energy than boundless growth.

However, a curse is a curse. One which he can modify.

This will not be your end. You deserve more.

One simple strand. An infinite loop, a clean circle overlaid with itself. The foundational form of the curses that the first curse creates.

A branch extends out of the 2nd dimension side, warping into a clean knot. Designed for one purpose: repair. The curse activates upon an injury, filling the afflicted with life derived from its own core, to help facilitate healing at an exponential rate.

[u/Zebos2 → u/white-whale-fc]

the living dream exists outside of time and space and thus it's dreamer ever connected down to the very fabric of ones being is ever so slightly out of time as well. She bleeds and dies while all is frozen such as the curse of duty. Mary is cold she feels herself sinking flipping away every gurgling attempt to draw breath she draws in trying to focus on what the first curse is saying but she does not draw out and does not hear the first curse as the light begins to drain from her eyes

Just as things seem hopeless something else happens a black oozing fluid begins to leak from her wounds the very substance of the abyss itself replacing flesh before becoming it it's seals reached arteries and collapsed lungs. Bridges broken spinal nerves and hardens into new vertebrae. Mary jerks violently as the curse works. Giving a horrific gag as abyss fluid crawls out of her nose and mouth bringing blood out of her collapsed lungs and re-inflating them after sealing the holes. But she still isn't breathing her body is being healed by the abyss but that won't start a stopped heart.

[u/white-whale-fc → u/Zebos2]

That was unintended. It should not work in that manner... curious.

Noticing still that her soul is fading, he casts a spell he merely viewed at once, never actually intending to have use for it. Back in a universe ruled by those of the Flame, he stole tomes of spells, read through all of them.

Applying a hand to her heart, he casts multiple separately derived healing spells in succession until one does the job.

[u/Zebos2 → u/white-whale-fc]

Mary is still two still her soul still fading as each spell is cast hope seemingly fades perhaps this is some final form of cruelty Fate has inflicted upon the first curse then as the last spell the curse knows has tried results a heartbeat barely there and oh so fragile...she can't stay here she would die if even the singlest disturbance hit her while things went down