The Last Poster Wins! [v8]

[Sonic20]

... I have no idea.

--- MEANWHILE, ABOVE THE JUNGLE ---

Zant's Soul: Oh Dark Star... we've found the clown and a dark writ, as well as a being similar to that hedgehog.

Dark Star: Alright. We'll leave the gods for now, we're coming in to join up.

Zant's Soul: Hmm? What's that?

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

(Don't bother summoning the others. Just don't.)

*TNT rushes outside, JUST in time to see the big event.*

*Quite frankly, the party of people already assembled outside the crypt did not get the chance to even SEE any of their foes, as quite unceremoniously and anticlimactically, they were instantly eradicated by a sudden and brutal voidial breach-a break in reality that suddenly rendered a boundary between the Void and Existence out of play. The void from before barely contains itself between the boundry of existence and its infinite confines, the boundary that did not actually exist and was only pulled back by unknown forces. The others just exiting the Crypt are lucky they weren't hit by that. The eradicated units have been annihilated-there is no feasible method to resurrect them, as they are so utterly destroyed it's impossible to touch them from a past timeline or a future one. Just give up now.*

*An entity comes out of the newly created hole, which reforms into something far smoother than just a broken pane of glass. The entity that came out of it was roughly humanoid, and to those present, was definitely the figure they saw before-the mysterious assassin that one-shotted MOBSTER KINGPIN. The entity is not facing them.*

?!?!?!: ...Welp. That was quick. Honestly, the guys who are toying with the void should have known better than to think-

*The entity NOW recognizes you. The hole to the void is sealed quite quickly, and the entity turns to face you. It wears mottled grey, with green lines painted on. At the distance you are, you see a sigil on his chest, but cannot make out details. The entity wears a roughly skull-shaped mask, with the holes for the eyes exchanged for 'roughly circular patterns of cracks in the bone,' so to speak.*

?!?!?!: ...Oh, I presume you were the ones they were trying to ambush? Well. They failed spectacularly, as is obvious. If you find me familiar...Yes, you've seen me before: MK didn't see it coming either. I'm not here to exchange pleasantries, I have a lot of other stuff to do, so I'll make this quick: I would not consider you a direct ally, but our interests align quite perfectly, as of right now: The group these a**holes came from are bringing back some...Thing that I got some guys to seal up because he was a pain to deal with. You may know it as the Original Time Eater, though that thing is actually just called that strictly due to resemblance, not actually because it's the original Time Eater, that it's even a Time Eater at all, or for that matter, that it actually eats time. I'm pretty sure Time isn't actually edible. VERY non-indicative name on all levels. What it actually IS...That's for me to know and you to find out. But, massive tangent aside, simple task: You, murder it and I'm happy. OK, that and you can't screw with whatever I might be doing, but that'll be simple, really.

TNT:...Uhh, who the fu-who that-who the Freak are you? Great, the Stutter's coming back...

?!?!?!: Just call me The Black for now. It's based off of a rank I held with another group for the longest of whiles...Ah, memories.

The Black: Anyways. A simple deal: You don't screw with my plans and help me keep that Original Time Eater dude in check-or dead, doesn't matter which-and I don't go and wipe your a**es off the face of existence like those other fools AND I reward you with reality-ignoring items that don't cause catastrophic f***ery in space-time. Respectively, of course.

The Black: I obviously have no sway over your trust whatsoever other than the coincidental slaying of some a**hats for you. But honestly, our goals do align, so I would be pleased if you just accepted a temporary...Erm, kind of 'ceasefire,' despite the fact we actually hadn't fired much at each other yet, and we're cool totally here. Your choice. I'm not going to get offended if you don't buy into it. I wouldn't if I were you, honestly. I don't have much time...Maybe a minute or so? I'd make the decision making quick.

TNT: Group huddle.

*Gets everyone to huddle*

TNT:...Ok, Who the f-what that-What the freak is that guy?! I haven't seen such control over the void! Not even a Dark Writ could just pop in and out like that, it takes a few seconds and it might hurt from the contact somewhat-he just blew a hole in with a shot and came out unscathed! And Dark Writs are like, the kings and queens of void control and void resistance! And that's not getting into his deal at all...Ugh.

TNT: Any suggestions?

[Sonic20]

(I think the only one of them that could even barely equal this assassin is monster x's second form, kaiser Ghidorah)

I dunno. Can you detect if he has anything in his inventory that is giving him immense power like that?



Dark Star: My my, what is that?

Zant's Soul: Not aware, but he could probably take us all on at once.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

((...OK, I kind of assumed that everyone of that party just got instantly killed in The Black's ambush, but I'll just assume Zant got lucky. Really lucky. And only Zant. And you do NOT know the half of it. If you are in close quarters with The Black, I don't care WHO you are, YOU'RE DOING IT HORRIBLY WRONG, he's unbeaten if he can remain in close quarters, and even without that, he's incredibly dangerous. He really could have offed the whole group of them in a few seconds no matter where they were, and he only allowed the Original Time Eater to be sealed because it had properties that could be of use for the future that were convenient-not because he couldn't kill the thing at this point. For the record-The Black is an original character, like the Dark Writs, and he definitely didn't start out THIS powerful...))

TNT: Hrm...Most of what he's got on him is weapons of some sort. The band he's got around his left arm is something new...Something unusual. Very. Impossibly. However, it does not supply power directly, merely distributes it in a special way if he does something...Can't make out what. In fact...Doesn't look like he's got anything that directly boosts his energy manipulation skills at all...This makes this guy is the second strongest thing I've seen in my life, only Body of Law outdoes this guy. And this is assuming what we're seeing is all of his power and he isn't containing any of it.

TNT: ...Hrm...Ugh...It looks like he's got some seriously thick Mental Fog-we're not going to penetrate that to read his mind, so we really do only have his words and actions to go on...

The Black: It seems as if one of the ba****ds got away from me...This means there are still foes in the area, and they might come at you all. I'd appreciate your work if you could just kill them instead and prevented an unsealing. 30 seconds, I've got places to be and things to do that dwarf the importance of the OTE, like, nine times over.

[Sonic20]

((Zant can basically become entirely invisible, no matter how special your eyes are, the dark star can very easily resurrect itself, monster X would most likely survive, the rest are screwed until the dark star reincarnated them again))

Okay, let's go kick some-

*dark star, Zant, and monster X are leaving*

Oh for god's sake...

*they warp out*

... Yeah okay.

----- LATER -----

Dark Star: Thats a lot of work for the machine to do, hmm? Keep watch on it Zant. I have a guest I must talk with.

*dark star heads into a room with a large portal*

Dark Star: He'll make a fine addition.

*five seconds later terlock comes out*

Along with the guardian of the sun... we will make a massive force.

> Terlock: Get up.

Terlock: I'll do what I want, when I want. *gets up and brushes self off*

Terlock: ... And what brain dead fool has dragged me here?

Dark Star: Brain dead? Tch. I drive a purpose beyond your understanding.

Terlock: What, you being a beach ball? I doubt it.

Dark Star: You are getting on my nerves.

Terlock: As you are on mine. If you wish to keep me as some sort of minion, then you're dead wrong.

Dark Star: You dare question me?

Terlock: Indeed.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

((Just going by intuition...The Survivors: Dark Star (Wasn't there), Monster X (Wasn't there), Marx (Wasn't there), Zant (Lucky dodge), Time Eater (Wasn't there). This is NOT The Black's worst. They wouldn't be able to FLEE with all their combined might if The Black really wanted them dead right then and there.))

The Black: I guess that means you're taking up the offer? Great. There are currently six idiots surviving, with a seventh incoming. Don't really know details, don't really care. Everyone that got killed by the portal cut is NOT coming back, or at least not with their memories or skills or muscles or anything important to them...So, a big whoop for that. Good hunting, Justice.

*The Black vanishes*

TNT:...OK, whooo...*Grabs the relatively unremarkable L00T in the secret chest area, then starts heading back to base.*

*Pauses*

...I don't think I introduced myself...Much less as Justice...Uhh...So how did he know that?

...OK, The Black is definitely someone we don't want to mess around with unless we know what we're doing. At least our goals align...Apparently...

[Sonic20]

He's secretly a villian. CALLED THIS PLOT TWIST.

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MEANWHILE, IN THE LAND OF STRIFE!

Terlock: *leaps on the air, landing on the dark star, smashing it to the ground and then throwing it though the wall*

Monster X: ...? *looks through hole*

[Ganyu]

*fires three Arcane Missiles at poster above*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

The correct word is 'Antagonist,' S2. 'Villain' does not imply enemy, which an Antagonist is, and the Villain can be a protagonist...Which is where life begins to get complicated...

All Grammar Nazi tendencies aside...L00T!! *Holding up L00T bag* Nothing wrong with checking this stuff out, right? *Heading back towards base*

[The-Hydra]

*Asks Fantome for Arcane Missile*