The Last Poster Wins! [v8]

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Tazz: *Grins* Brilliant...This is good news...Also, I can check out the L00T I had back here...Let's see if there's anything good.

[Sir Sivelos]

DARK META KNIGHT: *lands on deck* ... Hm.

So, that's good. We have two Dark Gods of the Mind helping us... owo

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Tazz: They're officially Deities.

Sita-Tazz: Not gods. Gods imply being TRULY Omnipotent.

Etna-Tazz: And Omniscient.

Flonne-Tazz: And Omnipresent.

Prinny-Tazz: And there could only be one.

Rin-Tazz: Definitely not a duo.

Mermaid-Tazz: And definitely not evil. God is perfect perfect, perfect means good, right?

Lillith-Tazz: *Is currently in an otherwise-unoccupied room back onboard the Head Capital ship with Windsage, doing exactly what you'd expect any Succubi to do in her spare time with a dude.*

[Sir Sivelos]

*rolling of the eye* TECHNICALLY, they're omnipresent. They can go wherever fear exists, even other Superdimensions.

Nightmare: Indeed.

But when it comes to controlling the mind, they are simply the best there is. Dark Mind can dominate people without a second thought, and Nightmare is a master manipulator.

((BTW, let me explain something. I made Nightmare the embodiment of subconscious fear, like paranoia, which can convince people to do things. Thus, Nightmare is a master of manipulation. Dark Mind is the embodiment of direct fear, like screamers or something. Direct fear can take over your body and make you do weird things... Thus, DM can dominate people easily.*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

((Barring the DEE and the Mincia Intersuperdimensional Clusters, they can't go anywhere beyond a Superdimension's boundaries-maybe everywhere in it, but not beyond. Omnipresent implies otherwise. YOU YOURSELF outdo them both power-wise as it stands and cannot create DEE-like Phenonmena on your own, and this more likely method in the Mincia Intersuperdimensional Clusters leaves them out of half of the Superdimensions.))

Storm:...What, do you worship them or something? *Looking at Sivelos rather incredulously, unbelieving of how powerful he thinks Sivelos thinks they are* Really, allying up with all those godlike figures-justified and helpful or not-it's going to Rile up Teal, and Teal...Well, you should know Teal is a one-man army at this point, and he was that before your level of power even became a thing. I'd be careful about mentioning this to him. He's had bad history with these kind of entities.

Tazz: I could guess that much already. I've kept Nightmare away from wherever Teal is after their first meeting went...Less than admirably...

*These Elder Souls have their peeves-anger them too much and they may abandon you. What, you thought it was THAT easy? Teal's joined you because you saved his a**, NOT because your cause particularly intrigued you and tugged at the hearstrings (that, and the Black would string him up if he tried anything else). Too much stupidity or morally dubious acts on your part and he may get disgusted by you instead. For that matter, god-like figures, especially arrogant ones, and doubly so for those who are otherwise incompetent without their powers, DO, indeed, piss Teal off like nothing else will. If you stop being admirable to him, he'll stop fighting for you. On the other hand, proving you're a hard worker, giving power to the right people, and generally being smart and morally correct will help. Teal is close to leaving you at this point-letting Dark Chaos live and the creation of Sovereign, as well as your general incompetence, has not been good in this manner.*

*Judging from what you've observed, Storm has a similar stance-he's joined out of good will and that you saved him, and will take worse hits to loyalty through bad, or morally wrong decisions. It will be doubly bad if said bad decisions affect naval crew, who he reverbates with well (if you haven't noticed). On the other hand, do good at your jobs (particuarily in helping the naval fleet flourish) and he'll be happy. He's mostly OK with you at this point, and he's fine with your decision to let Dark Chaos go.*

*Gear is HIGHLY unlikely to leave you unless you deter from your mission-he'll kill you AFTER you've saved existence if your badguys, after all, but he likes the idea of letting Dark Chaos go if it means the Original Chaos has a chance of joining your side later on. However, repetitive stupid decisions and delaying the mission for too long may make him get a little angry at you. Other than that, however, he's fairly OK with you.*

*These are just generic stuff, and more specific situations may arise that please or displease them. And a reminder: If they leave you, this puts them at risk of being caught by Dark Writs and brainwashed into service, though this mostly depends on where you are.*

[Sir Sivelos]

((:I))

Look, Nightmare may be a bit of a Sciz, but he's not THAT bad. Dark Mind is better, since he's more honorable. And no, I don't worship them. I just get deity and god confused a lot. I'm agnostic.

Nightmare: The Dark Writs must be put in their place. Even I know that.

Anyway, what are we doing now?

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Storm:...A 'Sciz?'

*Storm has no clue what you're referring to.*

Tazz: Awesome, we agree on that much, and that's what we'll focus on. There is just one thing...The Dark Writs...

...OK, calling them Dark Writs at this point is getting redundant, I'm a Dark Writ and half of their upper echelon isn't a Dark Writ...We'll just call them the Ragnak, OK?

But the Ragnak? They are powerful to extents that I'm not even aware of, and they've just gotten a huge boost to their power due to some...Unfortunate accidents. *slight glare at Sivelos* However, they are not just all power no brain-they've got more brain then power! They are intelligent, easily adaptive, cunning, manipulative, smooth talkers, charming in a few cases, and if all else fails, very good brainwashers, and Freedom's a master of Mind manipulation like you wouldn't believe on top of all that. They can easily sway others to the cause, even if they wouldn't normally do so...So destroying everything in sight, unless it's a Dungeon, is going to cause more trouble than good, as much as it pains me to say it. I like killing things, a LOT. It's a passion of mine. But we've gotta be very careful about what we want to blow up in the future...Or what we DON'T.

Why? Well, I can guarantee it already: we'll meet people with lethal mugs made of pizza they shoot 424-digit number damage crabmeat at us with when they're agonizing over what to get at the gas station stores five blocks over. We'll meet wild animals with torsos made of root beer cans and teeth made of nuclear anime characters, who proceed to weaponize Gatorade with their minds and left digits while spewing X-man refrences from their spine. We'll meet talking, 30-foot tall flamingo/rhinocerious hybrids who duel each other by way of dancing on red staplers the size of minivans and seeing who mentions flagellation first while they're at it. And we'll most definitely meet things that make you look like-*picks a bug off of the ground, a mere ant*-this, power-wise, things that'll look like bratwursts tied to wigs made of telescopes. On top of all of that, I have a bad feeling we're going to be seeing things that NOTHING should ever see, ever, for so many good reasons.

But first...Baal. The Legendary Tyrant Overlord. He had the Archeon first, apparently, and it's one of the three keys to unlocking the Voidial Drydocks-and that means the Dark Writs can attempt to kill The Black sooner rather than later, and now they've got the troops to outdo the Wraithguard in sheer numbers. Dark Chaos got it somehow, and Baal's never been beaten in one-on-one battle before, so that's...Very curious why he'd do that. Oh, and he may know where the Arms of Atlas are, the second key and the one we don't have. He's the guy to ask on where to go next, really...We've gotta find that guy. If we get all three keys to the Voidial Drydocks, the Ragnak will hopefully be in a pickle.

On the other hand, the Ragnak will likely go for the Elder Souls in the 3rd Superdimension first, and I'm detecting 4 pings and no Blackout zones over there! This means we could get 4 Elder Souls if we're fast...Or they could get 4 Elder Souls, and that is a serious shift in power either way.

...UGH! These tough tactical choices, and I keep deferring to Sivelos! Well, maybe it's why I'm only the leader for combat situations, I think better in a fight than out of it. Silvy, what's your take on it?

Tazz: Do we Find And Question Baal or Track The Elder Souls? or...Is there Something Else that's worth looking for sooner rather than later instead you can think of?

[Ganyu]

The Nonexistent Tazz threw a rock at Chansey. Chansey fled!

[Sir Sivelos]

Wait! I got it! We can split up. Dark Mind (and by extension, Dark Meta Knight), Nightmare, and I can go find Baal and question him. You guys can go find the Elder Souls / Ragnak. Nightmare and Dark Mind can teleport, so that helps a lot. And also... I have a feeling D.C. might have gone to the Ragnak. If that's the case, they just go a tremendous boost in power.

-=MEANWHILE...=-

Dark Chaos: Broken and bloodied... Disgraceful! Reunion might be the only option at this point... But first... I must seek out the Ragnak. Their ideals are much more pure than those of the Black's... Soon. *DARK CHAOS speeds off at the speed of light.*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

...That is actually brilliant, Sivelos. ACTUALLY Brilliant. I just hope you don't piss off Baal. Again, Elder Soul-he's as tough as 9001 layers of 6-inch steel plates. And from what I understand...It's best NOT to talk about Sovereign. IF he figures out you were behind him during a revolutionary war against him, you're basically going to die horribly. Also, DON'T insult his power or suggest he's not the most bada** thing in the room unless you have proof. He doesn't take those insults likely, and I'm almost guaranteeing it: He WILL be the most bada** thing in the room.

Get anything you need to prepare here, back at base...Good to be back. Can't believe it's only been, like, two days In-universe, huh?

Because, like, yeah, we're all aware it took months for this to get back up after the fight with Arnold. Bluh.