Amelia, Worm AU [Complete]

[CptTagon]

Pantheon game to

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AnnoyanceDistaste

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AnnoyanceDistaste

 

[BlackBulletOfSeven]

Looking at the WoG on EB, the only major threats were the original 3 and Serious!Tohu.

Khonsu and Bohu (aand it looks like Barghest) are alot weaker then the original 3 and Tohu can only match them via Contessa+GU+Eidolon (or maybe a more stealth oriented powerset).

So I'm wondering if Lisa is going to pick up on this and figure out the new EB imperative.

 

[cosoco]

I moaned happily as Taylor kissed slowly down my back. Mmm, this is nice. I reached back and found her head, running my fingers into her hair and pressing back against her. And then the yelling started.

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Giggity!

"Has to be," she answered. "If there are only six, the attacks are coming too quickly. If there are ten, then they'd be coming more rapidly. Only three numbers to pick from. We can throw away eight because it has no cultural significance. We're left with seven, a number strongly linked with superstition, and nine, which is linked to the rule of three which seems to rule much of the Endbringers' behavior patterns. The only way it could be eight is if the Endmakers are aware of our suspicions about them, and are trying to break pattern, which I very much doubt."

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I bet it's going to turn out that The Riddler was behind it the whole time.
So we've got Behemoth, Levi, Ziz, Barghest, Khonsu, and between 2 and 4 more.

"Spitfire would have given you some warm wishes, too," Vicky smirked, then gestured toward Eric. "But she used them all up on the lady killer over here."
Eric looked away, blushing heavily.

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And Spitfire's been hitting on Eric, hmm?

"Okay, enough goofing around. We're on Endbringer duty," Taylor interrupted. AnnoyanceDistaste. "Save the jokes for after people are done dying."
Missy shunted over. "Sorry I'm late," she answered immediately. "I wasn't informed that the fight was already happening."

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I just looked at her. Not asking, you'll just have to find someone else to play propwork.

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Propwork? Can someone explain this to me?

 

[pheonix89]

Looking at the WoG on EB, the only major threats were the original 3 and Serious!Tohu.

Khonsu and Bohu (aand it looks like Barghest) are alot weaker then the original 3 and Tohu can only match them via Contessa+GU+Eidolon (or maybe a more stealth oriented powerset).

So I'm wondering if Lisa is going to pick up on this and figure out the new EB imperative.

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Tohu doesn't need to escalate NEARLY that far to be a massive pain for Pantheon. Just Eidolon or GU plus a combat thinker will do the trick. Remember that when Tohu pops an adaptive trump like those two she doesn't need to commit a power for defense, because she's got the second best defensive power in the setting inherently. It's called "I'm an Endbringer".

 

[doomlord9]

I opened and glanced at the clock, one of the only pieces of equipment that we had yet to perfect an organic equivalent to.

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This struck me as really odd. A basic method for timkeeping is the Quartz Clock which is extremely accurate because it relies on the fact that the vibrations from quartz that has an electrical current running through it is so very precise.

Amy not being able to do that when she does so much more BS space bio-wizardry really threw me off for some reason.

 

[Inverness]

I'm so curious as to how close they are to figuring out Eidolon is the one behind it.

 

[Slayer Anderson]

Propwork? Can someone explain this to me?

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It's basically a reference to how smart people (Lisa) or people who want to look smart (also Lisa) need some to ask the questions so they look awesome by comparison to the piece of scenery/person in the background (hence: propwork) asking the stupid questions.

 

[Pathos]

This struck me as really odd. A basic method for timkeeping is the Quartz Clock which is extremely accurate because it relies on the fact that the vibrations from quartz that has an electrical current running through it is so very precise.

Amy not being able to do that when she does so much more BS space bio-wizardry really threw me off for some reason.

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"Clocks? We have clocks, lots of 'em. Emma passes the time with designing new ways for energy to be used for time keeping and I fiddle with making different ones from her designs. I mean, I assumed big sister just wanted to try and make a fully organic clock that could reproduce little clocklings. Otherwise I would have offered!"

 

[Snake/Eater]

here a another song to go with this chapter,it was pretty hard for me to decide if the song really went with the chapter,but most songs in tv and movies never really match a scene most of the time.this is Zack Hemsey's " Vengeance",i can't tell if the song would be told from the Endbrigers or humanity's perspective.But you can count on one thing,there will be Vengeance....

Spoiler: Vengeance

 

[SirKaid]

"Dragon's been feeding us intel," Emma responded. "This one's a time manipulator. It has pillars that accelerate time around him. Looks like a bad mockery of a Budha statue. More evidence for the human designer theory. It's only been active a few minutes so far."

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Buddha

AnnoyanceDistaste

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Needs italics.

I wonder if the dimensional shunt works inside of Khonsu's field? Better keep everyone working from the safe side of the barrier just to be sure, though.

 

[edale]

here a another song to go with this chapter,it was pretty hard for me to decide if the song really went with the chapter,but most songs in tv and movies never really match a scene most of the time.this is Zack Hemsey's " Vengeance",i can't tell if the song would be told from the Endbrigers or humanity's perspective.But you can count on one thing,there will be Vengeance....

Spoiler

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Snake/Eater, think you can put those video/song links in spoiler tags? Having sometime 2 or 3 videos (or larger pics) on one page can clutter up the thread, spoiler tags make everything much more organized...*

*This message sponsored and paid for by the Accord Initiative for a More Orderly World.

 

[TanaNari]

This situation is just so fucking complicated that I've been trying to work out where to start commenting on. Damn, this is so much fun.

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Accord: "I know, this is like porn for me."

You keep teasing us with lovely dovely fluff, and then just as we get settled in, FUCKING ENDBRINGERS!

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And you keep spelling my name wrong.

So I'm wondering if Lisa is going to pick up on this and figure out the new EB imperative.

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Umm... check the after battle meeting from Barghest.

 

[thatavidreader]

Accord: "I know, this is like porn for me."

And you keep spelling my name wrong.

Umm... check the after battle meeting from Barghest.

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Wait, can Tohu even copy Contessa's powers? That would be complete hax.

 

[Snake/Eater]

what would make Parathion dangerous is if they created a biocomputer that uses cloned brains of accord,coil.dinah,Lisa,Victoria 0.2 as collective wetware. if they still have some some of Alexandria's leftover DNA,it would speed up the calculations.they could test break taboo by experimentation.i would call it the Hydra,shame Noelle doesn't have powers any more,her copies would be useful and replaceable.
https://soundcloud.com/ann-ak/my-body-is-a-cage-peter

 

[Jackercracks]

what would make Panethion dangerious is if they created a biocomputer that uses cloned brains of accord,coil.dinah,Lisa,Victoria 0.2 as collective wetware. if they still have some some of Alexandria's leftover DNA,it would speed up the calculations.they could test break taboo by experimentation.i would call it the hydra

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It's not really their brains or DNA that do the important stuff. I don't think shards would link onto a new brain if the old one was still around and connected. That said, if it did work they would essentially be sentencing themselves to a horrifying dark, twisted existence inside a computer spending forever in each other's company. And I'm pretty sure most of them hate each other. I can think of worse tortures, but that one is pretty up there. So, full points for horrific.

Edit: oh wait, I'm wrong. S9000 and such. Whoopse

 

[evildice]

It's not really their brains or DNA that do the important stuff. I don't think shards would link onto a new brain if the old one was still around and connected.

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Noelle.
S9000.

 

[Clandistine1]

And you keep spelling my name wrong.

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And I will forever more, TariNari.

 

[Snake/Eater]

It's not really their brains or DNA that do the important stuff. I don't think shards would link onto a new brain if the old one was still around and connected. That said, if it did work they would essentially be sentencing themselves to a horrifying dark, twisted existence inside a computer spending forever in each other's company. And I'm pretty sure most of them hate each other. I can think of worse tortures, but that one is pretty up there. So, full points for horrific.

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but them hating each other works to Hydra's benefit,afterall the shards are fueled by conflict....it would be glorious.

 

[aquinas]

It's not really their brains or DNA that do the important stuff. I don't think shards would link onto a new brain if the old one was still around and connected. That said, if it did work they would essentially be sentencing themselves to a horrifying dark, twisted existence inside a computer spending forever in each other's company. And I'm pretty sure most of them hate each other. I can think of worse tortures, but that one is pretty up there. So, full points for horrific.

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Menja meet Fenja

 

[TanaNari]

Amelia, Ch 229


FrustrationAnger. I pushed calming emotions into the link, but it was hard to do. I wasn't quite as upset as Taylor, if only because I wasn't out there. I was prep and aftermath. But after three and a half hours of this cat and mouse bullshit, everyone was on edge.


"The Moirai cannon's going to be useless," Lisa sighed. "We'll never time to set it up."


"Just let me get into the fight," Lily insisted. "This one's not adapted against me, is it?"


"Shouldn't be," Lisa admitted. "This one's in response to the Chinese and Scion. But it will be able to kill you. Those time bubbles will age you thousands of years if you're not careful."


"Then I won't get that close," she assured us. "Yeah, the ranged attacks aren't as good, but they can still hurt the fucker. Drive him off so we can work out a better plan for his next appearance. We can't keep doing nothing."


AgreementUrgeDeflection. "Go for it," I instructed. "We've seen how this one works, everyone with speed and power enough to do damage, if you're willing to take the risk, at least give it a shot."


"Zach, stay out of this one," Vicky commanded right after I finished speaking. "You're not immune to aging, and you don't have a backup. You go out there and you're going to die for real."


He hesitated for a moment. "Fuck," he muttered, turning around. He walked over to the specialized suicide bug. "Looks like I'll have to be careful this time."


Vicky, Lily, Crystal and Zack shunted over. They still hit harder than anything we could build with our zerg, and we watched from the other side as they opened fire above a small town somewhere in Germany, adding to the stream of attacks by Legend and a couple of the locals.


"We're deploying the Endslayer weaponry," Crystal's voice came over the communications. "All close range attackers, fall back."


Alexandria and a couple others I didn't recognize bolted up and away from the Endbringer, and Lily opened fire with her new and improved Azrael. This one's attack rate was limited solely by her ability to generate charge for the weaponry. Its mass generation came from absorbing Endbringer tissue and converting it. Unfortunately, her power didn't actually work on Endbringer tissues, and couldn't be combined with Defiant's nanothorn weapons. That would have been too convenient.


The torrent of fire caught the new Endbringer, carving gouges into its side. The black covering came off, revealing a layer of silver, then deeper another layer of black. More bolts, each specifically designed to take as large a chunk out of an opponent as possible, kept making more cuts into the strange interior of the monster.


"Something's wrong," Lily spoke over the com. "I'm not cutting nearly as deep as I should."


"Is it designed to be immune to the power that killed Simurgh?" Alexandria asked over the armbands.


"No, that would be impossible. Her power bypasses defenses. But this one's body is ablative," Lisa responded, also via armband. "Each layer's designed to deflect damage outward instead of allowing deeper penetration. A protective feature to ensure a single attack, no matter how powerful, can't do more than superficial injury. Probably an adaptation to prevent the attack Scion used to kill Behemoth from working."


"That's... I really want a sample of that to work with," Rey replied through our com. He and Rapture had managed to arrive a little while ago, and took their place in the command center. "Uh... what I mean is, it's a completely novel expression of the Endbringer biology. We could learn a great deal about the way they work."


"Well, fuck," Lily muttered. "Guess we do this the old fashioned way. Hit it until it stops moving." She started firing again, as rapidly as she could, but it let itself brush into one of its own time distortions, and the inches of damage vanished in an eyeblink. "Fucking bullshit!"


Meanwhile, streams of energy were coming from Vicky and Crystal's suits, rapidly switching up attack types while using what I was sure was one of their medium damage settings. Must have been Vicky's idea. They were doing their fair share, of course, but the way this one was built meant it didn't really matter.


It disappeared again.


"Fuck!" Vicky swore. "We still got a minute before we can shunt back over."


"I'll take you," Alexandria offered. Our members gathered up. "Sorry, Osiris, the method we use won't let you bring your mount with."


"Okay, I'll catch a ride the other way," he agreed.


"Doormaker," Alexandria spoke. "Paradera, Aruba."


"Remember what I said about the old patterns no longer applying?" Lisa spoke. "Well, here's the new one for this Endbringer. Whenever it's hurt, it will select zones with low population so it has time to regenerate."


"Meaning the more damage we do, the less people it kills," Alexandria added. "Understood."


"One fuckton of damage, coming right up," Lily agreed. They moved ahead without us. Meanwhile, we waited for the zerg to shunt back over and Missy to build a new tunnel. How is it we have three top grade movers on this team, and I feel like it's not enough?


We arrived two minutes later to bear witness to Alexandria holding the Endbringer, her bone chain pulling both is arms behind its back. With it more or less trapped in place, everyone there was hammering the Endbringer with their energy attacks. Our blasters were now going with wide distribution blasts, and Victoria had taken to firing two weapons at once, following one precise beam with the next, always aiming at the point where the left leg met the torso. There was a deep gouge in that area.


Zach shunted over immediately, diving between two pillars and colliding with the Endbringer's chest and disintegrating the area. Fortunately for Alexandria, her new costume was grown from her own genetic material, making it as durable as she was. Except her cape, that was reduced to dust like almost everything else in the vicinity.It didn't do any real damage to the real target, however. Not even two full layers.


Zach move in for a second burst, when the time distortion pillars shifted, one moving over his position. Emma shrieked in horror. FearLossFailure.


Zach reappeared on our side of the barrier, crashing hard into the ground and destroying a good amount of Yggdrasil with the nanothorns. Fortunately, that was almost two miles from our location. Missy bridged the distance so he could reach us in a few moments instead of a minute or so. Emma jumped off the platform and rushed to him. They were far enough away that I couldn't hear what was being said, but given that Emma was both hugging and punching him at the same time, I let them have their privacy.


Meanwhile, Alexandria was knocked away from the Endbringer, and her bone chain snapped as she lost contact. Lily took this as an opening, pouring another stream of destruction down, but the Endbringer vanished again. The bolts rained down on the street below. Despite her power wearing off before the bolts struck the ground, they still hit hard enough to shatter the streets and destroy cars unfortunate enough to get caught in the hail of projectiles.


It had escaped yet again.


"Bloemfontein, South Africa," Dragon informed us after thirty seconds or so. Our group packed up and moved again. I couldn't help but notice that Zach chose not to go back into the fight. I didn't blame him, of course, but it was definitely noticed.


Our move into the heart of South Africa made me wonder why the Endbringer would even bother. The city looked like it had already been through an Endbringer. The locals mobilized amazingly fast, however. By the time we arrived, there was already a dozen capes deployed. The most visible one was a huge, fur covered monster. He, and thanks to a lack of clothing it was easy to identify this one as a he, looked more than a little like a bulked up Lung going for 'werewolf' instead of 'dragon'. He had latched around the Endbringer's neck and shoulders, and was enthusiastically chewing on his face with jaws resembling a cross between a pitbull and an alligator.


Alexandria joined the fight, attempting to carve into the enemy with sickle-like weapon we'd grown for her. She was peeling layers off, but hadn't managed to really get any deeper. At least we were achieving something, however.


The Endbringer finally managed to pull the brute off and fling him toward a time pillar. Alexandria bolted up, catching bestial parahuman and throwing him to safety.


"Deploying the Endslayer weapons again, everyone fall back," Lily instructed. A half second later, she dived into the time field.


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A/N- No one ever gives Khonsu his fair credit as an Endbringer.

 

[AyiosKat]

"Fucking bullshit!"

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What is it with time manipulation and the word "bullshit"

 

[Leonidas333]

Amelia, Ch 229

FrustrationAnger. I pushed calming emotions into the link, but it was hard to do. I wasn't quite as upset as Taylor, if only because I wasn't out there. I was prep and aftermath. But after three and a half hours of this cat and mouse bullshit, everyone was on edge.


"The Moirai cannon's going to be useless," Lisa sighed. "We'll never time to set it up."


"Just let me get into the fight," Lily insisted. "This one's not adapted against me, is it?"


"Shouldn't be," Lisa admitted. "This one's in response to the Chinese and Scion. But it will be able to kill you. Those time bubbles will age you thousands of years if you're not careful."


"Then I won't get that close," she assured us. "Yeah, the ranged attacks aren't as good, but they can still hurt the fucker. Drive him off so we can work out a better plan for his next appearance. We can't keep doing nothing."


AgreementUrgeDeflection. "Go for it," I instructed. "We've seen how this one works, everyone with speed and power enough to do damage, if you're willing to take the risk, at least give it a shot."


"Zach, stay out of this one," Vicky commanded right after I finished speaking. "You're not immune to aging, and you don't have a backup. You go out there and you're going to die for real."


He hesitated for a moment. "Fuck," he muttered, turning around. He walked over to the specialized suicide bug. "Looks like I'll have to be careful this time."


Vicky, Lily, Crystal and Zack shunted over. They still hit harder than anything we could build with our zerg, and we watched from the other side as they opened fire above a small town somewhere in Germany, adding to the stream of attacks by Legend and a couple of the locals.


"We're deploying the Endslayer weaponry," Crystal's voice came over the communications. "All close range attackers, fall back."


Alexandria and a couple others I didn't recognize bolted up and away from the Endbringer, and Lily opened fire with her new and improved Azrael. This one's attack rate was limited solely by her ability to generate charge for the weaponry. Its mass generation came from absorbing Endbringer tissue and converting it. Unfortunately, her power didn't actually work on Endbringer tissues, and couldn't be combined with Defiant's nanothorn weapons. That would have been too convenient.


The torrent of fire caught the new Endbringer, carving gouges into its side. The black covering came off, revealing a layer of silver, then deeper another layer of black. More bolts, each specifically designed to take as large a chunk out of an opponent as possible, kept making more cuts into the strange interior of the monster.


"Something's wrong," Lily spoke over the com. "I'm not cutting nearly as deep as I should."


"Is it designed to be immune to the power that killed Simurgh?" Alexandria asked over the armbands.


"No, that would be impossible. Her power bypasses defenses. But this one's body is ablative," Lisa responded, also via armband. "Each layer's designed to deflect damage outward instead of allowing deeper penetration. A protective feature to ensure a single attack, no matter how powerful, can't do more than superficial injury. Probably an adaptation to prevent the attack Scion used to kill Behemoth from working."


"That's... I really want a sample of that to work with," Rey replied through our com. He and Rapture had managed to arrive a little while ago, and took their place in the command center. "Uh... what I mean is, it's a completely novel expression of the Endbringer biology. We could learn a great deal about the way they work."


"Well, fuck," Lily muttered. "Guess we do this the old fashioned way. Hit it until it stops moving." She started firing again, as rapidly as she could, but it let itself brush into one of its own time distortions, and the inches of damage vanished in an eyeblink. "Fucking bullshit!"


Meanwhile, streams of energy were coming from Vicky and Crystal's suits, rapidly switching up attack types while using what I was sure was one of their medium damage settings. Must have been Vicky's idea. They were doing their fair share, of course, but the way this one was built meant it didn't really matter.


It disappeared again.


"Fuck!" Vicky swore. "We still got a minute before we can shunt back over."


"I'll take you," Alexandria offered. Our members gathered up. "Sorry, Osiris, the method we use won't let you bring your mount with."


"Okay, I'll catch a ride the other way," he agreed.


"Doormaker," Alexandria spoke. "Paradera, Aruba."


"Remember what I said about the old patterns no longer applying?" Lisa spoke. "Well, here's the new one for this Endbringer. Whenever it's hurt, it will select zones with low population so it has time to regenerate."


"Meaning the more damage we do, the less people it kills," Alexandria added. "Understood."


"One fuckton of damage, coming right up," Lily agreed. They moved ahead without us. Meanwhile, we waited for the zerg to shunt back over and Missy to build a new tunnel. How is it we have three top grade movers on this team, and I feel like it's not enough?


We arrived two minutes later to bear witness to Alexandria holding the Endbringer, her bone chain pulling both is arms behind its back. With it more or less trapped in place, everyone there was hammering the Endbringer with their energy attacks. Our blasters were now going with wide distribution blasts, and Victoria had taken to firing two weapons at once, following one precise beam with the next, always aiming at the point where the left leg met the torso. There was a deep gouge in that area.


Zach shunted over immediately, diving between two pillars and colliding with the Endbringer's chest and disintegrating the area. Fortunately for Alexandria, her new costume was grown from her own genetic material, making it as durable as she was. Except her cape, that was reduced to dust like almost everything else in the vicinity.It didn't do any real damage to the real target, however. Not even two full layers.


Zach move in for a second burst, when the time distortion pillars shifted, one moving over his position. Emma shrieked in horror. FearLossFailure.


Zach reappeared on our side of the barrier, crashing hard into the ground and destroying a good amount of Yggdrasil with the nanothorns. Fortunately, that was almost two miles from our location. Missy bridged the distance so he could reach us in a few moments instead of a minute or so. Emma jumped off the platform and rushed to him. They were far enough away that I couldn't hear what was being said, but given that Emma was both hugging and punching him at the same time, I let them have their privacy.


Meanwhile, Alexandria was knocked away from the Endbringer, and her bone chain snapped as she lost contact. Lily took this as an opening, pouring another stream of destruction down, but the Endbringer vanished again. The bolts rained down on the street below. Despite her power wearing off before the bolts struck the ground, they still hit hard enough to shatter the streets and destroy cars unfortunate enough to get caught in the hail of projectiles.


It had escaped yet again.


"Bloemfontein, South Africa," Dragon informed us after thirty seconds or so. Our group packed up and moved again. I couldn't help but notice that Zach chose not to go back into the fight. I didn't blame him, of course, but it was definitely noticed.


Our move into the heart of South Africa made me wonder why the Endbringer would even bother. The city looked like it had already been through an Endbringer. The locals mobilized amazingly fast, however. By the time we arrived, there was already a dozen capes deployed. The most visible one was a huge, fur covered monster. He, and thanks to a lack of clothing it was easy to identify this one as a he, looked more than a little like a bulked up Lung going for 'werewolf' instead of 'dragon'. He had latched around the Endbringer's neck and shoulders, and was enthusiastically chewing on his face with jaws resembling a cross between a pitbull and an alligator.


Alexandria joined the fight, attempting to carve into the enemy with sickle-like weapon we'd grown for her. She was peeling layers off, but hadn't managed to really get any deeper. At least we were achieving something, however.


The Endbringer finally managed to pull the brute off and fling him toward a time pillar. Alexandria bolted up, catching bestial parahuman and throwing him to safety.


"Deploying the Endslayer weapons again, everyone fall back," Lily instructed. A half second later, she dived into the time field.


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A/N- No one ever gives Khonsu his fair credit as an Endbringer.

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Oh shit. The time pillars speed up time in them right? That means that she can fire a huge amount of shots while she's in there, and hopefully the shunt can get her out of it. Or maybe she's just going suicidal strike, and is counting on her backup to replace her.

 

[Daunmi]

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eploying the Endslayer weapons again, everyone fall back," Lily instructed. A half second later, she dived into the time field.

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This sounds less than good.

 

[Flammy]

Hey TanaNari will you consider adding "Next Chapter" type links for your posts as you're editing them? At least the ones where the next chapter isn't immediately the following post?

If it would help I can grab all the urls and generate the forum code to make links, you'd just have to edit the chapters and paste them in.

 

[Hexed999]

What is it with time manipulation and the word "bullshit"

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Time manipulation is bullshit

 

[Viterbi]

She just observed Zach's power getting him out of a time field, which means that if she goes into the time field and commits suicide she'll probably get escape too. It's !!risky!!, but given that the payoff might be UNLIMITED STING WORKS she seems to consider it to be worth it.

 

[Snake/Eater]

Was Zach in the time field?did he die in there and then reborn/telaported back to his original age?was Victoria's powers lieing to her because she used it on Khonsu or did she lie to Zach to protect him from losing his mind?if he ages and dies, does he exist between a state of life and death or would he revert to the age and physical appearance when he first triggered and start the whole thing all over again with a lifetimes knowledge or would he only have the memories of before triggering?I guess I will call this Schrodinger's Zach

 

[GiftofLove]

Are you sure Zach didn't just do the smart thing and shunt back?

 

[edale]

And I will forever more, TariNari.

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[voice="Forest Gump"]And that's all I have to say about that.[/voice]

 

[Finbar]

Are you sure Zach didn't just do the smart thing and shunt back?

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No, because it's Zach