Quote Originally Posted by Bulbasaur View Post
Bulbasaur: Wow, battles in this world sure are long.
*And this was one of the average-length ones.*

Quote Originally Posted by Sir Sivelos View Post
*SIVELOS closes the eyes of the Black.* Good night, sweet prince.

*He stands up and sighs. He looks at Image, then back to Justice.* …Pf… Heheheh… *SIVELOS cracks a sly grin. What, is he losing his mind?*
*The Black was wearing a mask. You haven't seen him unmasked, so your attempts unmask him. He is a caucasian male 'human' with a moustache split down the middle and a goatee.*

Image:...It should be happening now...It should have already happened...Did...Was it a ruse?

*...This Narrator is of a firm opinion that IMAGE did it wrong.*

*Speaking of doing, the portal behind you opens, but not to a friendly face-BLOODHOUND, tattered in blood that clearly isn't his.*

Bloodhound: You already did it?

*Behind him is a pile of corpses, burning with ARBITARIAN ENERGY, ensuring their demise...Atop them are ones you recognize well: END KING, HIS CARETAKERS, DARK MIND, GALLIGATH,HALF OF TAZZ'S DARK AURA COPIES, ETNA-TAZZ, LILLITH-TAZZ, MERMAID-TAZZ and FLONNE-TAZZ have all been slain FOR GOOD, annihilated permanently by the power of an energy commonly referred to as THE NAMELESS AURA! LIGHT CHAOS, CARCINO, JEREMY, NIGHTMARE, STORM, VELVETINE, SITA-TAZZ, JIRACHI-TAZZ (who, even in this situation, is still aboard the ship), and RIN-TAZZ are all alive, but beaten to bloody piles and left unconscious-bar the two ELDER SOULS, who are back aboard your ship. You have NO IDEA where MACHOKARP is, but you figure his contract is up so he felt that now was the time to leave. There doesn't seem to be much backup-BLOODHOUND must have done all of that alone!*

Bloodhound:...If he's dead, why hasn't it happened yet?! If you've gone and-

Image: HELMSMAN! Are they deceiving us?!

*THE HELMSMAN shakes his head no. You cannot possibly be deceiving them.*

Bloodhound: IF YOU WENT AND DESTROYED HIS SOUL, WHY ISN'T IT HAPPENING?!

Image:...

Bloodhound:...

Justice: Did the energies fizzle out on my Ax...Luckiest break of my life.

(Did you REALLY think that it would be THAT easy, Image? Hell no.)

*...I hate it when he hides the cards from me like this.*

*It APPEARS that THE BLACK has not been destroyed properly-just killing him doesn't seem to do it. Then again, this was subtly implied before during his text signaling the start of the waves ("Destroy" instead of just "Kill"), so his soul still lingers, Like THE BRONZE ELDER SOUL's did before he got a new body. The soul is likely just as immune to the NAMELESS SUBSTANCE as the body was, so THE BLACK'S SOUL could be ANYWHERE. Very close, Image, but NO CIGAR!*

Image:...

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...HELMSMAN!

*The portal closes again, and BLOODHOUND attempts to go through the barrier to rejoin his copatriots as THE HELMSMAN crosses through the portal. However, REBECCA clings to BLOODHOUND's leg as he does so.*

BLOODHOUND: What-

Rebecca: Nice Try!

*With a jab of her spear at BLOODHOUND's body, she goes for nothing but a side cut, which pops back up INSIDE the barrier, causing it to shatter like glass!*

Image: NO!

*IMAGE steps on the teleporter, as does every other member of the RaGNaK-BLOODHOUND shakes off REBECCA to do so properly. The HELMSMAN comes back as soon as everyone's on the other side.*

THE HELMSMAN:...

JUSTICE: Not so hot that your illusions got busted, huh?

*With that, THE HELMSMAN snaps her fingers and destroys all the AEGISes. In addition, her NO CHANCE ability prevents ENDURE from bothering her, or any other protective effects. YOU WILL BE ONE-SHOT BY HER IF SHE LANDS HER BACKSTAB!*

*TIME TO START A REAL FIGHT!!*

*THE HELMSMAN OF THE RAGNAK VERSUS THE ANTIVOID!!! LADIES AND MENTLEGEN, ACTION!!!!!!!!!*