Huh. Given that in Mesoamerican Mythology the gods NEEDED all those blood sacrifices in order for everything to keep existing, what happens when that need is removed, and the deity is fully stabilized/sated by receiving a heart of it's very own...
Honestly If I was Marius I would preserve my own head in alcohol and go around using it to freak people out, eating it freaks people out for a day, but carrying around your own decapitated head freaks people out for a lifetime.
Nah, at that point it's obviously a gimmick; no one would be able to tell that it was real instead of -- as they would probably assume -- an elaborate fake made up for shock value.
Perhaps it should be "Mortal"? A deity saying "human" makes me think "Alien" instead of a supernatural being.
Though he won't want to breathe too deeply around the gases of a magma field. That shit is toxic as hell. Yeah, all those lava pits in villain's lairs? Totally impractical. You'd need breathing gear to not suffocate over it.
Seriously, the cephalopod eye is ludicrously overdesigned. Not only extremely precise movement, but they can see outside the visible spectrum.
...Right, gonna be difficult for him to lend a hand if he has to flap his way back.
And before anyone says it: He can draw the runes for magic, he just can't empower them himself. Hence asking Cernonnus to handle that part.
Hopefully out of her effective range, though.
All right, package charged up. Now to insert it. Good luck with that.
Oh, they noticed that, I bet. Probably because of some domain-related thing. Like a predator catching wind of its favourite prey.
Well, at least Cernie's got an easier time of it. OL's doing all the hard work. He just has to not die.
Oh, that's monumentally poorly timed! I bet it's because everything in this place is arcane, so even a simple construct has been burning charge like a roman candle.
...I think it's pretty clear what just happened.
The real challenge now is how you're going to continue fighting.Lucky for you. No fixing a broken neck right now.
...Talk about a hot foot.
Great. Given how big she is, even a single hit will result in a badly-squished OL.
Oh, right, Kon's still buried in magma, isn't he?
Eesh, taking so many hits to your dignity today, OL.
Better than being shaken about like a sticky lump on a shoe...
Either Kon's gone dark...
...Or he was just charging up a bigger blast. Goodie!
Give him at least a second to get the rock out of his ears first, OL.
Lucky. Unfortunately, he's not gonna be able to lift them like that. But a surprise attack...
Smart, if a little cowardly. Bet he's not exactly used to fighting on this scale, is he?
And lacking a suitably large source of electricity to get it pumping...
...It'll take a more direct method. Not exactly the conventional sort of CPR.
Phrases that could only make sense during a mission involving OL...
You'll just have to trust that he can handle this while you sort out your Rings.
Interesting. Especially given that Larfleeze's Ring was previously destroyed, wasn't it?
Okay, looks like the deity has come to their senses. Looks like Kon got it beating.
...Via open-heart massage...Hopefully not too much anger, though. And let's hope it's directed at whoever caused this in the first place.
...Indeed. Death threats are definitely better than being squashed underfoot.
hold -> hole
I just assumed that it had safety measures built in, since it's magic. Other kryptonians would obviously need the resistance, though.
Huh, I didn't realise he had so many. I thought it was just two or three, not four. Unless I'm completely misreading this and when he says, 'Right, Larfleeze's, the first' all of those descriptors are referring to a single ring?
Thank you, corrected.
Not all humans are mortal.
They are. He's wearing two.
Megan's going to be jealous.
The alternative was me learning Mexian.
I think you mean Spanish.
Why would an Aztec god speak Spanish?
Sorry. Whenever I hear someone say they speak Mexican, I automatically think "You mean Spanish." Since this is an Aztec god, I looked up what language the Aztecs used, and found Nahuatl, aka Aztec or Mexicano. Is that the language you were referring to?
Thank you, corrected.
Yes. I didn't write Mexican. I wrote Mexian, because that's what the Aztecs called themselves.
Since when can Paul set up devices (an organ in this case) with arcane elements like mana flow capacity calibrated to specification? Is runework really enough? If yes, when and where did he learn what seems to be fully modular runecraft?
Even a low-end god is still a god. They have an always-active "Wholeness Rightly Assumed" effect constantly bringing their physical form in line with their self-image.