Release of Voidus

[MetaTerminal he/him]

He gave a wink, the kind that gave nothing away, and smiled. “A wild guess. I do wonder, however.” He drew his pistol, and lazily pointed it at Tuare’s face, drawing back the hammer. An unspoken threat, and a warning not to move. “Would you happen to have a way out of Shadesmar?”

@Ark1002

Edited December 31, 2018 by MetaTerminal

[+Ark1002]

Tuare's face went cold as ice. He walked forward, his hands open wide.  "Test it, why don't you?"

[MetaTerminal he/him]

“If you’re going to try to bluff someone, it would be a good idea not to poison them first.” Alum went to squeeze the trigger.

[+Ark1002]

He walked forward. "So, you think you are cold blooded, eh?" He grinned. "Okay."

[MetaTerminal he/him]

“Blackbane blooded, now.” He pulled the trigger. The hammer went up, and the gunpowder detonated, propelling the bullet down the barrel. 

He felt the poison reach his shoulder. A hundred and twenty five.

@Ark1002

Edited January 1, 2019 by MetaTerminal

[Voidus]

Another Aon winked out, the broken chain extending the full length of Voidus' body as he stood before it. This was only one of the many layers of the barrier but it was progress, and the further he got, the easier it would become. Eventually easy enough that he wouldn't need to exert himself too much to break the rest by force.

He continued grabbing one Aon after the next, the glow seemed to pulse for a moment, weaker and weaker. Beating in time with the rythmic thuds of the Guardian continuing its circuit.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Only a few more hours.

[+Ark1002]

Tuare died with a huge grin on his face, and his cognitive shadow entered the world a little bit later. He could see Alum's mind, flickering weakly. He was barely alive. He knew he had succeeded, and that was all that mattered to him as he was pulled away.

[MacThorstenson he/him]

Mack took a step back into the crowds of men drawing from the Dor. He saw water dripping onto the left side of the battlefield, and knew that there was a steadily expanding cloud of carbon dioxide on the other side of the battle field. In fact he could see a few ghostbloods collapsing from asphyxiation already. 

Hopefully they got Voidus out before the entire battle field died. 

Reaching inside of his robe he pulled out his latest invention. A pair of nondescript Gloves. He also grabbed his wand out of his pocket as well. Finally, he ran a finger along his armband, activating his Aon programs there. Those increased his speed, durability, strength, and reflexes.

Pointing his wand at the on coming ghostbloods, he took aim and pressed the Aon Daa. It launched a burst of energy straight at the oncoming forces, blowing one man back and knocking over two others. Looking around him at the Selish people, he realized that they needed some form of protection. He pulled another sheet of metal out and tossed it onto the ground in the middle of the crowd. Slowly an Aon Edo shield rose around them. It should collect at least 3/4ths of the Dor Users. Mack spun and shot another GB in the back with an Aon Daa.

He moved his Wand back into his robe, and snapped his fingers. His middle finger on his right hand, and his index on his left. With a flash of light, a beam of pure Dor came out of his right glove in the shape of a sword, and a shield of the same light appeared around his left Arm. He wasn't a warrior, but he had minor training with Laser swords/shields. He spun around and accidentally blocked an incoming knife from a ghostblood just in time. Realizing that he couldn't stand and marvel at his luck, he quickly countered with the sword, cleanly slicing the arm off of the ghostblood who attacked him.

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For those who are wondering, the aon program that produced the shield included some directional programs. This was because as cool as it is to have a shield of pure energy, such a shield has no blocking ability, and any swords or arrows that headed toward it would pass through and hit Mack as melted hunks of metal. The program redirects and/or stops the objects when they hit the shield.

 

[+Ark1002]

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Yeah, that's fine, but be warned, every single one of these ghostbloods is invested, the weakest of them was one highly trained in martial arts pewterarm and lightweaver.

@MacThorstenson

[MacThorstenson he/him]

23 minutes ago, Ark1002 said:

@MacThorstenson

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Understood.

 

[+Ark1002]

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kill as many as you like, but be realistic about it.

 

[MacThorstenson he/him]

1 hour ago, Ark1002 said:

 

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Of course. I do expect however that not many people will have access to dramatic amounts of investiture healing, and concentrated beams of the Dor would act similar to lightsabers. I’m not sure that there are many things capable of blocking lightsabers that easily in this world.

 

[+Ark1002]

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Well, the Dahkor for sure.

Besides that, they would fight back hard if you did that.

 

[Voidus]

1 minute ago, Ark1002 said:

Well, the Dahkor for sure.

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Aon cancelling abilities were given to the leader of all the Dhakor and that's it, having more than a single Dhakor monk capable of that is unlikely.

 

[+Ark1002]

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Yes, but investiture resists investiture.

 

[Voidus]

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A person needs to have a lot of inherent Investiture to resist something like that, like TLR or Godking levels Invested.

 

[+Ark1002]

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The bones have the investiture of vast multitudes of people, and he said it is like a lightsaber, which assumes it is physical, and Dahkor bones are functionally indestructable.

 

[Voidus]

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They're accumulated from sacrificing a number of not particularly Invested people. They'd be no more Invested inherently than an Inquisitor would from their spikes, or an Awakener with a few dozen breaths. If it's made of the Dor then it's Investiture based. And the Dor itself is plenty enough to melt through Dhakor bones I'd say. Plenty of them were killed just from Aon Daa blasts.

 

[old man moomba he/him]

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I love the notification I get when you post in this thread, Voidus.

 

[MetaTerminal he/him]

Alum watched Tuare die with a small sense of shock. He had expected him to have a way out - he was a schemer, evidently, given the needle. Apparently the Ghostblood hadn’t expected his resolve.

A hundred and twenty. A whole minute had passed, and the battlefield had descended into carnage. More and more shadows began to appear around him. Some he recognised. Some he didn’t.

Nineteen. Eighteen. Seventeen. A dim realisation flickered at the back of Alum’s mind. He had gone into shock. His hand was still extended, pointing at where Tuare’s head had been. It was not grief, or mourning, or inner turmoil that held him in place, but surprise. He had just killed a man. Did he really feel so little?

A sharp twang in his side reminded him why. A hundred and sixteen. He leapt to his feet, stowing the gun, and kicked his mind back into gear. Blackbane. Rosharan poison from the Unclaimed Hills, dissolved into a solution. The commonality of the plant would necessitate a cure. It would exist.

The question was whether he could locate it within under two minutes. His mind began listing possible options. As the clock hit fourteen, he transported back into the Physical Realm, and into the battle.

@Ark1002

[+Ark1002]

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Now, the test is...

is it really blackbane?

 

[I think I am here. he/him]

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But, even if it’s not, you don’t necessarily have to find an antidote. Any healing magic would do it.

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

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I mean, aren't there a bunch of Elantrians right there? 

 

[+Ark1002]

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Elantrians, as far as we know, can't heal people, so...

A dahkor turned as the man came out of the air, and sprinted forward like a bull. He had two spikes, division and gravitation. Lashing himself, he ran into the man at full speed.

@MetaTerminal

[old man moomba he/him]

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Yes they can. There are several examples of it in Elantris The Aon is Aon Ien.

 

Edited January 2, 2019 by Dr. Dapper