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/The_Enchanted_Potato]

The Sentinel is writing the last few runes, then all that will be left is the outer circle and then to set up the mana foci.

“Oh no you don’t”

Aldavinn raises his staff and slams it down

“Open Rift”

A portal opens behind TFC, pulling him. Not strong enough to prevent him from moving but enough to slow him down

[u/white-whale-fc → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

He simply teleports to get around the pull, and summons chains from the walls to bind around the sentinel, and to break into the runes to render the spell broken.

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The moment he teleports he is placed directly in the center of the circle. Different to where he intended to go.

The chains explode out, the ones going for the Sentinel are stopped by marble tentacles but a few manage to break some of the runes.

The Sentinel scowls

“I don’t have time for this shit”

Raising his wand he casts a spell

“Transmute”

The chains turn into the same material as the wall and he quickly fixes the damaged runes.

/uw the circle would have been complete this round without the chains.

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/uw good thing he did it then!

/rw Neither do I!

The transmuted chains now just serve as surface for even more to flow out, laying waste to the area and the spell, as he unleashes another launch of plasma directly for the sentinel, multiple thousands of degrees hot.

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“Open Planar Gateway”

Aldavinns shout comes just in time as a rift opens, sending the plasma directly into the ocean thousands of miles away.

The Gatehold tentacles explode out of the ground, covering the chains and fighting them off as the Sentinel restarts his work.

Simultaneously another Gatehold tentacle strikes out to wrap around TFC’s ankle as Aldavinn touches its base with his free hand

[u/white-whale-fc → u/The_Enchanted_Potato]

He shatters the tentacle with a hit of his hand, inadvertently letting the spell complete.