The Last Poster Wins! [v8]

[Sir Sivelos]

Yeah. I called the break time the Seven Days of Silence. And of course he'd be the most bad***! He could probably kick Nightmare's, Dark Mind's, DMK's, and my ***es all the way to Valhalla! Besides, I treat everyone with the utmost respect. ...Or try to. Anyway, I think I'll gather some supplies just in case. Like maybe an olive branch, of sorts? A peace offering. Yes.

Dark Mind: I am unaware of who this 'Baal' is, but he sounds like quite the Diablo.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Tazz: I doubt there'll be difficulties, but know that now is STILL a bad time to screw with Baal-anything fishy and he'll think you're an assassin or something, and things will just go horribly wrong from there.

Just, be careful, and if they ask you to do ANYTHING, do it, don't ask questions and don't state reasons. DO IT.

...We'll be off to get the Elder Souls. Get back here as soon as you can, and we'll pick you up in time.

*Tazz and the group heads off to the 3rd Superdimension to find more Elder Souls, leaving Sivelos alone with Nightmare and Dark Mind in the 1st Superdimension. He left you a map of where to go in the Netherworld-you've been there before, thankfully.*

[Sir Sivelos]

Nightmare: Let's be off. *NIGHTMARE picks up SIVELOS, and DMK perches on DM's shoulder. Both of them vanish and appear in the Netherworld.*

Okay, so let's see... *checks the map. It seems we're not too far.* Perfect. Let's go. *SIVELOS, DMK, DM, and NIGHTMARE head off BAAL-ward.*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*You find Baal, and a contingent of his finest: The Cartographers, a group of immensely powerful magic users with great intel gathering and (surprise surprise) an immensely great geo-magic. There's also another guy there, seemingly a medium. Baal is easily the tallest of the group by a whole three feet, and on top of this wields a huge sword-the Baal Greatsword. That same inscription comes up.*

*Baal eyes you up, and the Cartographers seem prepared to kill you if you get violent.*

Mediator: You stand before the great Tyrant Overlord Baal, Incarnate of Conquest since before reality itself...For what reason?

[Sir Sivelos]

*bows* I stand before Overlord Baal for one simple reason, information. I formally request that I may ask the Great Overlord as to where a weapon known as the 'Arms of Atlas' are. The reason is quite important. Beings known as the Ragnak desire to initiate armageddon early by killing the Black. A primordial entity called Chaos was found wielding two of the three keys to a location called the Voidial Drydocks. The keys in question have been taken from Chaos, so that I may show them to you. *SIVELOS holds the Acheron and Archangel's Aegis, so Baal can see them.*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*Baal's eyes narrow-you forgot to call him Tyrant, and Tyrant in demonic culture is a status of very high respect...*

Mediator: Firstly, his Lordship reminds you that it is TYRANT Overlord Baal, and requests that you do not make the mistake further.

Mediator: On the subject of Archeon...The admirable Tyrant Overlord was not aware of its theft, but his lordship is pleased in its safe return. *The Mediator takes the Archeon and hands it to Baal, who looks at it. His hard gaze does not falter at all, and after a few seconds of checking it, it vanishes into thin air on Baal's power, Baal himself not needing it. It was tiny to him!*

Mediator: His Lordship would request that Chaos be reminded that what is his is not what is Chaos'es, and that such theft will not be tolerated again. The admirable Tyrant Overlord would like to add that, due to his current position, he would send word to The Black rather than fight Chaos personally, as his Lordship would prefer. His Lordship also reminds you that the Aegis must find safe hands to wield and protect it-otherwise it risks getting stolen. If it is pilfered from your possession, the admirable Tyrant Overlord would be pleased to take the opportunity to fight someone to a true end for once, and for incredibly good reason at that. His Lordship suggests someone that is not Chaos due to the theft and the resulting concerns over his...Sanity. His Lordship is aware of the split between Light Chaos and Dark Chaos.

Mediator: On the subject of the Arms of Atlas...The admirable Tyrant Overlord refuses to speak of the matter at all, knowing that said 'Ragnak' are also capable of grazing information from minds not already protected from Psionic influence, and knows that yours is not so, but the admirable Tyrant Overlord is so; henceforth his Lordship withheld this info from I and shall do so from you, such as to...Prevent untimely theft of the keys to the Drydocks by hands that shouldn't be touching any of them to begin with.

Mediator: His Lordship adds that he may consider telling you the location on specific terms, the first of which is the safe return of his original Greatsword to him at once-and he knows that you have it. The admirable Tyrant Overlord will speak further of the next conditions upon its return to him.

Mediator: His Lordship requests you immediately depart and return with the Greatsword at your earliest convenience, and at most a week from today. His Lordship adds that this is 'In-Universe' time, not out of universe.

*You have noticed that none of the Cartographers nor Baal himself spoke at all, strictly communicating through a highly protected psionic barrier. Nobody you know of could possibly penetrate that thick psionic barrier.*

[Sir Sivelos]

*bows again* Of course, Tyrant Overlord. I apologize for my offenses. I will seek out your Greatsword and return it to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your audience, Tyrant Overlord.

[Ganyu]

Omnidirectional Psychic Bolt Blast because bored.

[Sir Sivelos]

*NIGHTMARE and DARK MIND take 0 damage. They're nigh indestructible, remember?*

...Oh no. Ecrivain why.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*Baal takes Negative damage. YES, THAT MEANS YOU HEALED HIM. The futility of your attack, however, is irrelevant: the Cartographers bind Ecrivain with a spell he KNOWS works, and Baal is at his neck in seconds, the Greatsword at his now-corporeal neck.*

Medium: The admirable Tyrant Overlord would...Oh?

*Baal slaps Ecrivain out of the dimension and back to the AntIvOId base with the flat of his Greatsword and a quick closing and opening of a Dimensional Hole.*

Medium:...The admirable Tyrant Overlord will ignore the actions of Phantom Lord Ecrivain due to his...Position as a savior of existence, alongside some of the members of the original 'AntIvOId.' His Lordship would like you to REMIND him, however, that his random intrusion will not be tolerated again.

*Baal gestures to the Dimensional Hole*

Medium: His Lordship dismisses you, you may leave.

*The Cartographers and Baal resume walking where they were-you caught them in a random field after a hard fight, heading back to their base.*