The Truths of Existence, (Roleplay/IC/Sign-Ins Only)

[Contamenesia]

Jason

After the portal incident, Jason, slew all the demons in the room, but he had done it so fast, no one had even noticed he had moved at all, as his blade was already sheathed at the end of it. Before anyone could even notice he had done such a deed, he laughed at what Elizabeth had said to him. "I guess that confirms it, you are a child. Your rebuke only further proves it. Bite your tongue little one, it will gain you nothing." He then turned away from, content to ignore her for the remainder of the journey. It was at this point that the howls of demons realizing that they were already dead could be heard.

Crowe

Crowe chuckled, "You act like that is a question." he said with a smirk. He opened up a portal, one that lead back to the others. "Don't act like you don't know things around me, Ludwig. i see right through you." he chuckled, then stepped through.

Gabriel

Gabriel raised his eyebrow. "tempting, tempting, but your offer to a man who lives a life of unimaginable adventure is to offer more adventure? a bit contrite isn't it?" Suddenly a woman stepped up from behind the dragon, her hair was dark with blonde streaks in just the right places and her face was very innocent and beautiful. "How about a jewel? Not a jewel for wealth but a jewel that could be useful to you in the future, it has special properties that would certianly make your adventures even grander..." she offered. Gabriel's eyes sparkled, "Well Lass, now that is interesting....I don't think that's something i can pass up....though i get the feeling you are asking me to steal something.....I'm in. But i don't want any money....by the way, since you seem to know who i am, might i ask who all of you are?"

Kyuubi

Kyuubi nodded, "Well...I'm just a Maiden, i guess...i..." She blushed, Kyuubi was just a title, and there was no way she could use that. Nor could she remember her real name for some reason....she frowned, "I don't think i have a name to give, I guess i'm just a Maiden." She looked away, blushing in embarrassment. Once everyone had introduced themselves, she prompted Mera to open a portal to the others, and once she had done so, she stepped inside. Kyuubi was greeted with a strange sight, even though she recognized half the people here, she knew no one would recognize her, not even Wasp, unless she used her powers. She gave them a small wave of greeting, but she made sure not to show that she recognized them. She held a lost and unsure expression on her face as she waited for Felix and the others to follow in behind her. Even to Elizabeth's senses, Kyuubi would feel normal and mortal, Kyuubi made sure of that. "We found him." she announced to the group.

[Kaidou]

The Adventure Begins!

The Japanese Restaurant

Steiner smirked as he silently observed Jason slay the Nepharites as easily as paper was torn. He knew that Nepharites were impossible to kill so simply, but to be fair, the young man's power was, indeed, very unique and useful. No doubt, it would be impossible to kill the Majestic Vermin just like that, but the boy was (64.762% (5sf)) certain that it was achievable. Of course, they had to take into account the indiscriminate magic weakening power of Chphlyggnu, but that would have to be figured out later on, when the full extent of such powers was made known.

The white haired boy's thoughts were interrupted by the sudden opening of a portal, from which stepped Mera and the rest of the group that had gone to find Gabriel and convince him to join.

"He's here", said Mera hurriedly. "Let's go."

"Okay", said Henry Saladass, standing up and walking out of the Restaurant, into the corridor. "The Void Portal to Chphlyggnu will be ready in exactly one minute. It will remain open for another one minute after that, before closing off for good. I will start it up now; all of you, do whatever you need to do before we go across." With that, the biker pirate-ish guy sat down cross legged and raised both his hands, performing a bizarre and almost obscene ritual.

"So here is where it begins", said Hiccup, quietly biting his lips. Master Lam stood up and went over to shake his hand, while Steiner simply watched from his perch on the table, slinging the insulator bag across his shoulders.

"I am Master Lam, one of the Ten Grandmasters", the man introduced. "It's an honour to meet you." The old Viking exchanged the greeting.

Felix, on the other hand, was still dazed.

They had come far, he and the old Viking Chief.

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What adventures await us on the other side, I do not know. But what I do know is that we will have one hell of a ride.\

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"The portal is ready in 10 seconds!" declared Henry, throwing the curtains open and gesticulating wildly. "All of you, get here quickly! We must all go over in less than one minute!"

Steiner hopped off the table and landed on his feet, before silently exiting the Restaurant. The Void Portal looked like any other, except that it had a purplish surface that blocked off what was on the other side, unlike other portals, which would allow the people on one side to view those on the other side.

"The other people there can't see the portal, so to them, it'd look just like we're coming out of thin air", said Henry, twirling his ridiculous moustache. "I've taken every precaution to open the portal in a safe place, so rest assured, we won't appear directly over Ogklrygma himself. Now… who wants to be first?"

Hiccup tightened his belt and stood up, his imposing 186cm a sight to behold despite his relatively advanced age. Toothless snorted and gave what could only be described as a grin.

"We'll go first", said the Viking. With that, Henry Saladass gestured at the portal and motioned for them to hurry through.

They did just that.

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The trip through the Void Portal lasted a mere second or two. Before either Hiccup or his Night Fury knew it, they were standing on a spacious cobblestone street that stretched on for an indeterminate distance, surrounded by slightly unkempt grass and a number of trees. From what he could tell, they were on what seemed to be a hill; on this hill was a single building with a flat roof, red brick walls, and simple French windows with quaint, flowery balconies. The air was very chilly, roughly 5 degrees Celsius (41 Fahrenheit) by Hiccup's reckoning.



The next thing they noticed was an elvish looking person who was exactly the same height as Hiccup. He stood on the grass, just a few paces away from where Hiccup and Toothless stood. He was dressed in what looked like an evening gown (apparently, the sun was setting), and was carrying a potted plant under one arm. He stared at the two for a while, before speaking to them.

"You're here to kill Ogklrygma?"

Before Hiccup could answer, a faint whooshing sound rang throughout the garden, and Felix and Steiner stepped across, both in their usual garb (Felix in his mediaeval-ish tunic, Steiner in his white pyjamas).

"Why, yes", said Felix. "There's quite a few more on the other side, to be precise."

The elf chuckled, before putting the potted plant down.

"Then you may need some lodging. You're in luck; I'm running this hotel here, and most of the rooms are empty now. You'll fit right in, anyway; if a species exists, there's one on Chphlyggnu."

That same moment, Master Wong, Master Lam, and Mera came over.

"My name's Tenzou Hurín", said the elf. "You can call me Mr Tenzou. There's a lot of explaining to be done, but that's best done inside; from the looks of it, it'll be snowing quite a fair bit in the next couple of months or so."

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Tenzou Hurín

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The Japanese Restaurant

"So that's seven on the other side now", said Henry Saladass. "There's 50 seconds left; everyone must be over in 45 seconds. Who's next?"

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The Party So Far

Felix Faustus
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
Toothless
Mera
Steiner Sveinlaugsson
Lam Kim An
Wong Kai Yu
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Kaidō Onichiro
Sarah
Moon Sisters
Dennis Bradford and Aeris
Adwith
Elizabeth Ashwood
Tessy Inuu
Henry Saladass
Fauna
Kyne
Cryssa
Wasp
Jason
Alzis (Female)
Gabriel Weston

[Naval Monte]

The Japanese Restaurant

"Alright, me next questions are why is there a light and dark theme with these transdimensional lords and who the hell is Nixa?" Elizabeth asked, putting down the small bit of information she got from the white haired boy on the Rokuō. "So this place has a creator? I can see who he would be one of the big six, having this place under his belt would have him a huge advantage. As for the demons to be honest I would only go after the ones in charge of the army. I don't see the point of risking my arse on fighting against an army of demons."

Artemis made the point on how in the room Elizabeth was one of the few who is not a fighter, though she called the street witch a poor one. Elizabeth only shrugged, there was no point fighting against something that was true, hell she willing admits that she can't last long in a physical fight. Soon Elizabeth's attention was turned back to Jason after he called her a child again, to make matters worse she heard Alzis laughing. "I wouldn't have said it better myself young man. It's hard to believe that some many demons from Inferno have trouble dealing with one lone child." Alzis muse. Hearing the two of insulting her along with the howls of her dead projected demons was the final straw for Elizabeth.

"Tenebraes! Open a gate way now. We're no longer needed in this place." she demanded. Soon the tenebraes gathered and created a shadowy portal. As Elizabeth walked towards it she was stopped by several black, phantasmal, swords that circled her. "You forgot Ashwood that you are not only doing this because your girlfriend force you into this but you are also repaying your debt to me. You know the price for now paying back your dues to The Fates." Alzis threaten, using her dark powers to keep the blades around Elizabeth.

Elizabeth used the vortex generator to create her own blades the projected one cut right through Alzis's, they soon pointed at the woman and flew towards her where they impacted on a force field created by the Moon Sisters. "Face it Alzis, you are no longer threatening after seeing and knowing what other insane powers lurk in the multiverse." Elizabeth said, causing Alzis to use her powers to create chains that shot fired to warp Elizabeth but the phantasmal swords created by Elizabeth and the generator were able to defend the mage by cutting the chains before they can reach her.

By the time the other have finally arrived they would have seen the final sets of chains being cut down by the swords. Once Kyuubi announced that they found their last party members the Moon Sisters spoke. "We're glad that you found the clairvoyant but we wish that you all found him sooner, sadly things have taken a worse turn on our end." they said, shifting their eyes between Elizabeth and Jason. Tandem went to Cyrssa. "I take it that Ellie is using one of your machines right? I thought I would never see a vortex generator again, takes me back. Though I'm impressed that she is very adapt in it's usage, most people who I gave them to usually stick to the basics of what those generators do. Though with her summoning stuff with her mind I can't help but to think what would happen if she was to mix real magic with the generator?"

Tandem whispered to her, mainly so Elizabeth doesn't hear the Ellie bit and to make sure no one else hears about the vortex generator. Elizabeth turn to the group that arrived. "Good job on finding my replacement. Because I quit." Elizabeth turn away and ignored any protest that Felix and Hiccup would throw at her as she went to the portal. Yet once more she was stopped, this time by Alice and Tessy.

"Wait a moment Ellie, you're not going to leave both me and Tessy alone right?" Alice asked, causing Elizabeth to bite back a curse once she cleared her head for a bit and realize that if she leaves she would be leaving both Tessy and Alice. "Well what else can I do? If it was just Alzis that would be bearable because me and her... he.. it... we both worked together plenty of times that I developed a resistance towards Alzis's attitude." Alzis can be heard snorting over the words. "With Wasp and Jason I can't deal with them because I literally can't do anything to them. I can't hurt them, I can't trick them and they are so far up their arses that any argument with them would be them saying why you are inferior and why they are always right. I already have to deal with that shit back home with the supernatural types."

Before Tessy can speak Hecate spoke. "So you are going to run away like a spoiled brat? Maybe the man's words on you being a child were correct." Hecate sternly said, much to the worry of her sisters who fear that she may cause a team member to leave. "How about you prove that you are an adult and work with us until we find the jewel, after that you can file a restraining order on Jason for all we care." Elizabeth seem to be thinking over her words but a glance at Jason seem to have made her decide to keep on going to the portal.

"Elizabeth please don't go. We need you for this quest." Tessy said, Elizabeth have her lover a bitter chuckled. "With two bards, several powerful spirits, a grand master that owns parts of the multiverse, an ex Ahmarhan, two techno elves and one calm bastard. Trust me, this group doesn't need me around. Especially since Alzis can do the same form of magic I can but knows more spells that I can only dream of doing." the street witch said, realizing just how powerful the current team set up is and how even with her departure and a few others they can still succeed as long as the beings and people she mention still stay together.

"Than stay here for me and Alice's sake." Tessy gently grabbed on to her arm. "You don't want to leave Alice alone right? I see how you two act with each other, the two of you act more like sisters than cousins and you made that promise on protecting me right? You're not going to break it now just because of one man?" Elizabeth will have to admit that during her fight with Jason her anger almost made her forget that she promised to keep an eye on Tessy and the last thing she needs is to have something terrible happen to Tessy because she decided to rage quit.

"Fine I will stay." the portal closed. "But once this jewel quest is done we are leaving this group. Besides the whole this whole war is going to be erased soon so I don't see any good reasons on being invested too long with it." Tessy was still disturbed with that news but she smiled, glad that Elizabeth was willing to stay with them. A part inside Tessy was hoping that Jason doesn't say something to ruin this moment and make Elizabeth truly leave the group early.

During the talk the portal was open and a few entered inside. Alzis was the first to enter follow by the Moon Sisters. "Let's get moving Ellie, this adventure isn't going to start by itself." Alice said, running off with Tandem. The two of them soon stepped into the portal. "I'm going after Alice just so she doesn't get herself into trouble with her boyfriend." she said with a grin, knowing that if those two heard her say that word they would be blushing and giving out many reasons why they aren't a couple.

Elizabeth soon entered the portal. Tessy went over to Cyrssa. "Are you nervous Cyrssa?" she asked, in truth Tessy was nervous herself but she didn't show it in front of Cyrssa. At the other side the others looked around the location they enter and they saw the elf that the few members of the group met. It didn't take long for them to meet up with the other group.

[Kaidou]

Chphlyggnu
Tenzou's hotel

As more and more people came through the portal, Tenzou continued to walk back towards the hotel's entrance, before opening the door and ushering the first few people in.

"I'll leave the door open; once everyone's in the room, I'll close it", said the elf, obviously not very surprised by the sudden appearance of the stragglers. Clearly, he was used to such occurrences.

Upon entering the hotel, the group was greeted with the sight of a small, quaint hall. A little fireplace crackled by a corner, and on the other side of the room was a gigantic painting of an unknown, lizard-like humanoid in a highly decorated military uniform. A maroon sofa sat under the painting, and two potted plants flanked it. In the middle of the room was a long table, lined with a number of red fluffy seats. At the end of the hall, next to a shadowy bookshelf filled with a number of beautiful natural crystals, a long staircase without a banister led to the second level. It was clear that the building, despite being unknown centuries old, was maintained very well. Mr Tenzou certainly took pride in his job.

On the maroon sofa under the painting, a young boy who looked in his mid teens was sprawled on his belly with his bare feet in the air, flipping through the pages of a nondescript book simply entitled "Letters". He was dressed very simply; a simple navy blue T-shirt and a pair of bermudas with gigantic pockets. From the look of it, he was thoroughly engrossed in the contents of the deceptively nondescriptly-titled book. Hiccup couldn't help but notice a scar under the boy's left eye, but remained silent about nonetheless.

The moment the group went in, the boy looked up.

"Hi!" he said, smiling widely and waving, before returning to his book. Hiccup waved back somewhat awkwardly, while Toothless made a completely uninterpretable expression.

"That's my stepson", said Tenzou. "Josiah."

"He seems like a…" Felix couldn't find the word he was looking for.

"Anyway", said Tenzou, trying to change the awkward conversation (the topic of which nobody was quite sure of), this table should have more than enough seats for everybody. I know it feels very abrupt to suddenly sit down at a foreign table on the direction of a random elf, but it's what I always do. Throughout the 200 years I've owned this hotel (since I inherited it from my now deceased father), I've had almost a thousand people coming in and telling me that they want to kill Ogklrygma. The arse-holes who don't listen to my advice never come back; the nice ones who are willing to learn come back ruined."

Hiccup swallowed deeply.

"Nonetheless", said Tenzou, "the only way our society can change is if someone kills the Majestic Vermin and takes the Jewel; ergo, I am not letting my hopes down."

"Wait", objected Master Lam, as he quietly took a seat, "what exactly do you mean?"

"It's a long story", remarked Josiah from his spot on the sofa. He changed his position and sat upright, holding the book in one hand.

"Indeed", said Tenzou. "Hopefully, you'll be willing to listen to my explanations…" As the rest quietly took their seats at the table (Steiner choosing to squat down on the table itself), Tenzou looked over at Elizabeth, Alzis, and the Moon Sisters, the latter two in particular. He knew who they were, but chose not to bring up unnecessary details.

"Do take a seat", he said to them, "and I'll explain everything."

The Party So Far

Felix Faustus
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
Toothless
Mera
Steiner Sveinlaugsson
Lam Kim An
Wong Kai Yu
Elizabeth Ashwood
Moon Sisters
Alzis (Female)
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Kaidō Onichiro
Sarah
Dennis Bradford and Aeris
Adwith
Tessy Inuu
Henry Saladass
Fauna
Kyne
Cryssa
Wasp
Jason
Alzis (Female)
Gabriel Weston

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Ebon Dimension

Ludwig chuckled.

"Farewell, Crowe", he said quietly. As the portal closed up, he helped the severely weakened Father Christmas to his feet and brought him through a portal, to Lobby 0 of the Hotel, where Master Leung sat silently on one of the three silver thrones on the pedestal. The spirit of the Hotel helped Father Christmas onto a small sofa below the pedestal, before assuming a seat on one of the thrones, facing Leung.

"So it has begun", said Leung. "They have gone after the Jewel, have they not?"

Ludwig nodded back.

"Father Christmas is weak. He may have been separated from Nixa's darkness, but a large portion of his spirit and power had already fused irreversibly to the spirit of Nixa."

Leung gazed at Ludwig silently.

"Our first plan of action should be to get the Eternal Sceptre and Scales back from Iuzun", said Ludwig, "and to re-forge the Eternal Trident."

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[Novia Soviet Socialist Republic]

Svaboda

Svaboda was about to answer Alzis, then the Golem teleported him to what appeared to be another world populated by pointy eared humanoids. Following shortly after them, the Monolith fighters came fourth just as confused as Svaboda "What is this place?" He asked the Golem, not really expecting an answer but maybe one of the elves would probably tell him. Then again teleporting into a town wearing strange clothing as he and the Monolith cultists were it wouldn't surprise them if they had their question answered at spear point as per usual.

Fanatic

Fanatic sat up and looked around the restaurant, feeling his psychic power come back to him and with it, his control over his minions. He rubbed his head and looked at all the people an even a portal that was opened "What...what is this?" He asked, clearly in a state of confusion. The possession had clearly taken a lot out of him including his memory, he couldn't even remember what he was doing.

Sarah

Sarah stepped forward and smiled at Gabriel "So you're the one we're looking for. I'm Sarah and I'm here to...honestly I don't even know myself" She shrugged and took a step back again. Why was she here? "You're here to protect the sword Sarah" Hastur reminded her causing her facial expression to change as if she just came up with the meaning of life "And after we get the jewel then what?" She asked with her arms crossed as she looked around at the group with a quizzical expression and then at Gabriel with a raised eyebrow.

[Kaidou]

Tenzou's hotel

"Firstly", said Tenzou, pouring out warm glasses of mulled wine for those seated at the table, "let me make it clear right here and now that the legend of Ayushiri's Jewel is true. My father, Tenzou Pallas, met Ayushiri himself seven hundred years ago; he saw the Jewel itself."

Felix gasped, but soon regained his composure. Hiccup sipped at the mulled liquor, and found it very much to his liking. Master Lam and Master Wong glanced at each other, while Mera chuckled softly, coiling her tail around her chair. Steiner continued twirling his hair, glancing at Josiah for a brief moment.

"Ayushiri himself didn't stay here, but he did have brief contact with my father. I do not know the full details of the conversation, except that they brought up the House of Balakas, which the magician was running away from. He stayed at an inn for a few days, before leaving a large number of notes behind, along with a few maps that explain how to get to Ogklrygma, the Majestic Vermin. Of course, most people know about Ogklrygma, since it's because of the damned thing that more than half of our trade routes are cut off.

"On a chilly April morning (every day is chilly here, just that some are just mildly so and others are absolutely freezing), Ayushiri set off to sea on a brig called Imperia Melayu, which he had procured anonymously. He set sail with a crew of 18 men, none aware of what he planned to do. That was the last they heard of him for a long time.

"Four months later, the Imperia Melayu returned. Only 5 of its original crew remained, one of them being Ayushiri. Though the people hardly knew who he was (save for those who read his notes), his welcome caused quite a stir. The moment he stepped off the ship, the magician, battered and naked save for a pair of loose, shredded, soiled trousers, set up a booth in the middle of the city, where he performed miraculous feats of magic (extremely remarkable considering how Chphlyggnu's atmosphere weakens magic powers), much to the enthralment of the populace. The crowd that day numbered some 400,000.

"Ayushiri was able to cause solar eclipses, split the ocean, summon spirits... you name it. The people attempted to ask him for more, but the magician, with the taste of death in his mouth, stepped off the pedestal, but not before issuing a challenge to the public. He told them that such powers could be obtained by retrieving and consuming the Jewel which he had fed to Ogklrygma, and that not all could do it; only those deemed worthy of it.

"The next day, Ayushiri was found dead in the toilet of a restaurant; he had hanged himself with a rope made of toilet paper."

The entire group listened intently to Tenzou's explanation. The elf's strategic pause in the story certainly had its intended effect.

"Word of the Jewel spread, but it was only twenty years later that somebody made the daring undertaking to find the Jewel; the famous mafia warlord from Dimension 44,016, the lizard human Erizuma Cortes, who is pictured on that painting over there. His ambitious quest to kill Ogklrygma opened the floodgates, and soon, people both big and small embarked to find the Jewel. Cortes' involvement also attracted numerous people from other parts of the Multiverse, who flocked to Chphlyggnu to find the Jewel. Out of the billions who have tried, not a single one has succeeded."

"How would you know?" asked Steiner monotonously, pulling on the end of one of his white socks.

Here, Josiah put down his book on the sofa and walked over to the table, where he rested his arms and leaned forward.

"Because Ogklrygma is coiled around Chphlyggnu", he said.

Silence.

"Not only is Ogklrygma coiled around the entire planet", said Tenzou, "it's Ogklrygma itself that is altering the atmosphere of the planet such that magic will be weakened indiscriminately.

"Hence, two things will happen when Ogklrygma is killed. First, an earthquake will shake the whole of Chphlyggnu, an earthquake of a never before seen magnitude; the Majestic Vermin has, after all, been coiled around the planet for almost 40 million years now; the tectonic plates of Chphlyggnu have pretty much grown into his body. Killing the thing would, of course, cause massive ruptures.

"Secondly, the moment Ogklrygma is killed, the sky will split, and Chphlyggnu will be opened to the Multiverse."

"How do you know all this???" asked Hiccup in awe. Though they remained silent, it was clear that the two Grandmasters were also in awe.

"It's common knowledge", said Tenzou. "Everybody who's lived in Chphlyggnu for an extended period of time knows all these things."

"All of a sudden" said Felix airily, "our goal seems much further than it did back at the Restaurant."

"Come now", chirped Mera, laughing half jokingly, half mockingly, "now's not the time to turn into a pessimist."

"Regardless", said Tenzou, his expression becoming darker, his extremely angular eyebrows shifting so much they seemed to escape from his face, "your journey will be much harder due to a number of factors."

"Do tell", said Steiner, still playing with his sock. He clearly missed wearing flip flops.

"First of all, Chphlyggnu is entering one of its periods of extended winter, which means you'll need icebreakers and lots of winter clothes. Fortunately, I have amassed a whole collection of winter clothes from irresponsible guests who can't be bothered to pack up properly, so you could borrow those. Anything you can think of; fur coats of all colours for both genders, hats, boots, and so on.

"Secondly, the political atmosphere is becoming quite noxious as of the past few years, just before Josiah was born. The world governments seem to want to crack down on people trying to kill Ogklrygma because it's draining their economies; ergo, anybody who tries to undertake the Ogsmeina (the quest to kill Ogklrygma) is immediately a criminal. Bounties will be issued accordingly, and many survivors have numerous bounties on their heads. In fact, the other guest in this hotel has three different bounties on his head, each one in a different currency.

"Thirdly, some of you may be pretty big in the Multiverse (Tenzou looked over at Steiner, Mera, and the Moon Sisters, as well as Alzis), but there are others here who match your status."

A number of gasps rang through the room.

"Who else is here???" asked Wong frantically.

Tenzou coughed.

"This is just hearsay", he said, sipping at the fiery mulled wine, "but there are three big powerhouses on this planet at this very moment, who wish to go after the Jewel."

"The first is, of course, your group. You've got some pretty formidable ones in here, it would seem." Tenzou did not mention any specific names.

"Second, General Danashili, the formidable lady General who is the right hand of Nixa. According to my sources, she is here on Chphlyggnu at this very moment, and already has two separate bounties; £50,000,000 from the Anta Republic, and €1,500,000 from the Teni Republic."

"Thirdly, according to my sources..." Here, the elf's voice trailed off. Josiah leaned on the table and perked up; clearly, this was something new.

"What is it?" asked Felix. The rest sat on the edges of their seats.

"Gelmagoshi Polgaparell the Rock Star, the second-greatest assassin in the Multiverse, has already set sail for Ogklrygma's location."

...

[Naval Monte]

Tenzou's hotel

The eight members of the group walked inside the hotel and looked around the place, glad to have left the chilly air behind them. Most would have to admit that the room was pleasant enough to stay in. The group soon met up with the stepson called Josiah and Alice whispered to Tandem and Elizabeth. "Why does he look like Luffy from One Piece." Elizabeth and Tandem only shrugged, they have no idea what to tell Alice other than random coincidence.

The group noticed the topic changed and they were lead them to a table. Once the wine was poured most tasted it. Tandem simply trying out the wine and found it to his liking along with the Moon Sisters and Alzis. Alice never being a fan of wines to begin with simply had one sip before putting her glass down. Tessy was in the same boat as Tandem and so was Elizabeth, though in the mage case she simply drinking the wine to forget about her argument with Jason.

Soon Tenzou began his tale and all of them listen to it quietly to his tale. Elizabeth and Alice at first couldn't help but think of a Lovecraft tale when he began to talk about what happened to Ayushiri, the connection become even more apparent when Tenzou told them that he came back apparently made by his experience. The part with how Ayushiri demise caused Alice, Elizabeth and Alzis to laugh a little but Alice was the only one who made the effort to cover up that she laughed, the three women found the way Ayushiri killed himself to be ridiculous on their honest opinion.

Soon he reached to the part with what happened once the jewel's existence spread and when he mention the lizard human the three women from Gnosis thought of the Reptilian aliens in Conspiracy lore, Tandem thought of a few races that he met that fit that description while the Moon Sisters and Tessy simply listened on. Soon the bombshell that the vermin was coiled around the planet itself made even Alzis shocked, who without knowing dropped her glass.

"So our target is essentially Jörmungandr, now I wish Thor is around so he can help us." Alice murmured, not liking their chances now learning more about the vermin. "If Thor was with us than this vermin would have killed him with it's venom. But still dealing with a monster that would cause an end of the world scenario." Elizabeth began to think on how they should deal with a creature like that and if there was a way to save even a small percent of the people in the world.

Soon the three factors were revealed that would make their quest harder. The extended winter period was going to be a pain but that one was manageable but when they heard that now they will have bounties on their head caused Elizabeth and Alzis to look annoyed about the news, while the others were now worried. Yet Alzis cursed when she heard who among the other two groups were after the jewel. "I take it you know those three huh?" Artemis said to Alzis.

"I heard those two a while back when the Fates was recently branching out to other worlds, they never know who it was that hired them and I kept it that way." Alzis explained. Elizabeth finished her wine and spoke. "Right now I'm more worried about this Rock Star getting the jewel. I'm rooting for the vermin to live up to it's hype and kill the bastard so that way we can have our shot against it." Elizabeth turn to Tenzou. "Assuming we succeed on killing this Midgard Serpent what are you all going to do once the Earthquakes begin?" Elizabeth first wanted to know if these people even planed for a what if scenario if the serpent died, if they haven't than it would make killing the serpent harder. She may not care too much what happens in the multiverse but she doesn't want to cause armageddon to another world.

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Crow

Crow sat on a rock near a lake bed, behind him stood a small wooden house where Freyja was asleep. After he saved the woman from being attacked by the demonic hounds known back in their universe as Torture Dogs Crow as been taking care of her until the nuroal toxin finally dissipated inside her body. When ever Crow wasn't busy with Ahmarhan duty (which ones again started to become shorter and shorter with each day) he would take care of the woman and when he had actual free time he would appear into worlds infested with both demons and abyssal creatures and fight them, but Crow often targeted the denzines of the abyss more than the ones from Inferno.

The covid theme assassin admitted to himself on how it was starting to feel like the old days, before he joined the Ahmarhan. Crow's attention was soon changed from the lake to the house once he saw the door open. Standing in front of the door was the tall and thin figure of Freyja, wearing a simple gown. Without her concealing uniform and mask her dark brownish hair can be seen along with her pale grayish skin. Her skin had dark tattoos around them with her face being the most prominent, her amber eyes looked at Crow.

The two of them only stared at each other, none saying a word. What felt like hours Freyja finally spoke. "Where is my clothing?" she said in a simple neutral tone. "Being repaired by a tailor in a near by town. Not only was it covered in ashes and blood but those hounds left several large holes on it. Don't worry it will be fixed since I gave him some materials to assist him on repairing it." Crow said, in a similar tone.

Freyja looked over at Crow and saw that he was cooking something in a pot over a camp fire. "I figure you will be hungry once you wake up. I already ate so all of this is for you." she turn her sight back at Crow. "Don't worry I haven't done anything to the food or you while you were in my care. Sure I saw you naked a few times but I do so while I was washing you an changing you into a nice pair of cloths." If Freyja was bothered by what she heard she didn't voice it. Inside she walked over once she felt her stomach asking her for food.

Once Freyja sat the other side of the camp fire Crow began to pour some of the soup on a bowl and hand it over to to the woman. Freyja moved the soup around with her spoon and took a small sip, once she was sure it wasn't tampered in any way she began to eat it. The two of them simply watch the lake and the various animals swimming on the surface.

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Kalameet

Kalameet was enjoying himself too much on what was happening throughout the multiverse. His cult was spreading from world to world, causing more chaos on his name. Several corporations that use to work with many of the Rokou are now turning their backs on them and are now trying to take over their territories with the Luminia territories being the most targeted now that Kalameet spread the word on Sol Kira's death.

What's even better the Daevas kept their end on the bargain and more beings from Inferno kept spilling across the multiverse, with the servants of the other powers back in the Gnosis verse also follow them either to slow down the demons or to achieve their own goals. Even better was Logan and his temporal clones going about destroying the star systems belonging to the IGSE. Kalameet wonder if the IGSE was even aware of that mad man attacking them?

Kalameet in his excitement as left his entire realm covered in a suspicious white substance. After he was done making his realm turn white as snow he sent out a diverse range of memetic agents across different worlds that weren't affected yet by the chaos.

Most would simply cause people who seem them to go insane and violent towards anyone around them, others would turn people into crazed cultists to work with him and the rest had many different properties. Kalameet saw a window into Gnosis and made it into a portal entering inside. Once he enter the world he found himself at the capital of Brazil, Brasilia. Kalameet took on the form of an average business man and walked through the streets, wanting to see how much this world has changed since he and Singularity entered this universe.

[Contamenesia]

Kyuubi

Kyuubi then stepped forward, "I think it would be wise if we broke up into teams: Our thieves: Elizabeth, Gabriel, Dennis and Aeris. Our Fighters: Kyne, Felix, Hiccup and Toothless, Adwith, Sarah, and Jason. Our supporters: Cyrssa, Tandem, Wasp, Alice, Tessy. Our magic users: The Moon Sisters, Fauna, Crowe, Mera and Alzis. And then finally a control group, in charge of keeping communication between everyone: Myself, Steiner, Lam, Wong, and Henry. Nothing is official, if you wish to change your designated team, please just speak up, i'm just trying to get us organized here..." she said, blushing and looking away.

Crowe

Crowe smirked, "Hey, a filled with ladies is a good team for me." he said looking at the other magic users. he even gave a wink to Mera. Crowe was very curious to see how this adventure would play out, though he had a feeling that things wouldn't go according to plan...Especially with that Jason fellow....he had heard a few rumors....

Firefly

Firefly got the orders. it was time. She unfolded her armor and rose into the air. A being of pure light, she was even brighter than the sun. She curled into a ball, and began to charge, absorbing all the light energy within the universe. it wouldn't be long now....

Elynia

Elynia appeared in a snowy place. it was freezing. She was not dressed for the cold. She was still shaking from her encounter with Altyrnia..."b-b-but....h-h-how am i s-s-supposed to find them? how am i going to find anyone in all this snow?" she cried, freezing. She trudged slowly onward in the snow.

[Naval Monte]

Tenzou's hotel

"I have nothing against my placement as a theft but I also go into the magic one as well." Elizabeth put her hands behind her head and lean back on the chair. The Moon Sisters and Alzis had no complaints on their placement nor any comment to say about the teams. "My placement is rather fitting so I'm going to stay in that team." Tessy said. She turn her attention to Tenzou. "Do you have any medical supplies that we can use for our quest? I could have gotten some from back home but I didn't want to take too much from my sister."

Tandem thought about his position and decided that support was the best for him, after all his knowledge on magic wasn't enough for him to be a practitioner, he isn't a fighter and while he can be sneaky he was no theft.

"If you guys have computers and some radio or phones than I can join you guys on communication." Alice said, giving the group a smirk that looked charming on her. "I don't usually barge about this but I'm really good when it comes to computers, enough so that if I want to I can become a black hat hacker and make money off my skills. But I rather stay on the grey side, there more amusement on staying on the fine line between good hacker and bad."

The other ladies turn to Crowe and Alzis gave the bard a questioning look along with the others when he winked at Mera. "So we met the real life Captain Jack Harkness." Alice muttered, making Elizabeth laugh as she understood the reference. "No he isn't like that character. This bard is only interested in women." Alzis explained.

She needed to speak to the bard in private, especially without having Ashwood around to over hear them. "Crowe, we need to talk in private once this meeting is over. Before you get any funny ideas it's urgent that I share with you what I heard." Alizs used her telepathy to share the mental message to Crowe.

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Kalameet

Kalameet saw Firefly fly up into the air and began to absorb all the light of the world. He knew that events in this world was accelerating it's death and that many of the power players were ready to kill each other in this world but now this annoying bug was taking away what would have been a great show to Kalameet. The defense systems of the Illusion activated, at first it tried to throw her out of the world but found that she couldn't be removed.

Soon other beings appeared and tried to attack her but they turn away once they found that the light she was casting was harmful to them. Kalameet growled and soon took on his true form infront of many people to witness and flew after Firefly. Kalameet took on the size of the Moon and stared down at the light being, his eyes having a force field to shield them. "OI what the hell are you doing bug! This world is mines! We agreed that you lot will avoid any worlds I claim dominion on."

Kalameet roared out, infuriated that the Ahmarhan were trying to rob him of what was a great source of entertainment for him before the war.

[Contamenesia]

Crowe

Crowe was mildly surprised by the message, but he could tell it was serious, so he nodded and silently drifted into a corner away from the group, waiting for Alzis to join him. "So you sound a bit grim, what's the matter?" he said, his voice showing supportive concern.

Wasp

Wasp felt like there was a reason the strange woman had put him in support. But he couldn't put his finger on what her intentions were, she definitely did not seem the sinister type. Oh well, it couldn't really hurt. being on the sidelines didn't bother him. he did his best work from there. and even though he was probably more qualified to be in the theives section than anyone else, (him being the best Assassin Existence had to offer) he figured it was best, as besides powers and identities, he didn't steal much else.

Firefly

Firefly uncurled from her ball. She was unimpressed by Kalameet's display his true form, but she decided to play his game and reveal hers. At first it seemed as if she had vanished, until one realized that everything got a million times brighter than it should have been. From behind Kalameet, Nova revealed her true size: The world was so small within her hand, barely half the size of a marble to her. The Heat emitted from her was enough to evaporate Oceans. All she had to do was close her hand and the entire illusion World would vanish, Incinerated beneath her grasp. She was fully nude, though entirely made of light, she dwarfed even the sun, and its light was being absorbed into her. The nearby moon incinerated as did all the other planets in the solar system. "The Ahmarhan made their claim to this world long before you did, Kalameet. The King desires this event to unfold, so it shall." She said, her voice echoing across the entire galaxy. She could be seen from anywhere in the galaxy.

[Kaidou]

Chphlyggnu
Tenzou's hotel

"Like Elizabeth said", said Hiccup, "what are we gonna do when the Earthquakes hit? We can't let the few trillion people living here die because of our selfish motives… can we?"

"There is a way to prevent the earthquake", replied Tenzou. "At the North Pole of the planet, there is a mountain jutting out of the water like an island; it is known as the Keystone Mountain, as that mountain alone is connected to every single tectonic plate in this planet. Once the earthquake hits, a person underneath the Keystone Mountain will have to press on the pressure points or apply force to them; that way, the mechanics of the crust will fall into place, and even if Ogklrygma is killed and loosens his grip on the planet, the worse we'd have would be a couple of tsunamis, a major improvement compared to the sudden creation of active super volcanoes planet wide…

"To answer your question", continued the Elf, turning to face Tessy, "there's a pharmacy in the town. So if you want, we could…"

The elf stopped.

"Now that I think about it… You guys are the first people who have ever asked me how to prevent the Earthquake." Josiah glanced over at his stepfather, who looked upwards to the ceiling and the chandelier which hung overhead, clearly deep in thought. "Nobody else has ever stopped to think about the 2 trillion living beings on this planet…"

Hiccup laughed awkwardly and sipped at his cup.

"Nevertheless", said Tenzou, "you'll have to plan ahead before you even think of setting sail. The journey will be long and arduous, and killing the Vermin will be even more so. In any case, you should take note of the maiden's suggestion; I think it is a very good idea."

"Seconded", said Steiner, sucking on his pinky.

Josiah looked out of one of the windows.

"Uncle Tenzou", he said to the hotel's proprietor, "it seems to be getting dark already."

Tenzou whooped in surprise, looking out of the window.

"So it would seem", he said. Turning to the group, the elf continued, "Just a heads up, it's already dusk, and nights on Chphlyggnu are 31 hours long. Now is the time most people eat their dinners, so you've got two options; you could either stay here and wait for the cook to come down with tonight's dinner, or you could go out and eat at one of the restaurants out there, and perhaps explore the place a bit while you're at it, in which case, you could take some of the coats from the repository. We can carry on the discussion later."

"I'm gonna go out, Uncle", said Josiah, walking over to the coat room (which was just near the reception desk) and sifting through the endless array of winter clothes neatly folded and stacked inside. Hiccup glanced over and stood up as well, walking over to the coat room, his metal prosthesis making a rhythmic pattern on the parquet floor. Felix and Mera also made to stand up, but the former hesitated.

"In case you're worried", said Tenzou, "a lot of people living in this town can speak English. In the event that they only speak Chphlyggnian, Josiah could translate for you."

Felix smiled back and nodded thankfully, before making his way to the coat room. Normally, he would have created a coat for himself, but he could already feel the magic weakening effects of the planet's atmosphere on his semi-corporeal body; it didn't cause discomfort, but it did make him feel a bit uncomfortable. Nevertheless, it was an ignorable discomfort.

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Chphlyggnu
Raidath Town

"Eating Out" Group (OOC: Quote this box and add your character's name to it if he/she is going down to the town)

Felix
Hiccup
Josiah
Steiner
Mera
Wong

Raidath Town was a quaint little settlement situated just beside a harbour, in which a few, small ships were docked. Cafés lined the cobbled streets, and people of all shapes, sizes and species sat about (despite the cold), chatting away and eating.

"It's a very nice, comfortable looking settlement", remarked Felix. "It reminds me of my own hometown."

"Yep", said Josiah, his hands buried deep inside his coat's pockets (he didn't like to wear gloves). "Of course, it's all a sham in the end, but we don't have to worry about that now."

Mera chuckled and followed the group silently. Despite the ragtag nature of the group, nobody batted an eye; they were, much like Tenzou, used to seeing unusual groups already.

"Any suggestions on where to eat?" Hiccup asked Josiah.

"There's this place called Mama Kandos, which makes the best goulash and spätzle ever; there's also a sushi place somewhere around here, but I can't remember its name. Then there's that kebab shop called Shiraz… In any case, when it comes to food, we're spoilt for choice.

"Why don't you guys decide? You're the ones exploring, after all."

…

[Generailia]

Dennis

Dennis barely kept himself from chuckling after hearing what the "mercenary" had to say about both his name and where he was from. Yet the Lich had no trouble doing such a thing once the usual autobiographies started up again while the demon at his side gave him a murderous glare for about half of it. But she thankfully got bored and even seemed rather tired as leaned back into her chair and looked away from him.

Sadly, he missed most of what was going on around him up until the overseer took off while the squad of demonic shadownappers shot after him to no avail. Then the thief simply went back to daydreaming as he thought. Dammnn iiit, how long are we just going to sit here fucking talking instead of actually doing something? Come oonnn..I've seen politicians give have shorter "debates" then whatever the hell is going on about now. Suddenly, the monk guy began blabbering about some fucking Ruklo thing just as the creature began debating whether or not he could mute his hearing by repetitively bashing his head against the table in front of him.

But thankfully Gandalf's entrance brought back him humor and kept him from ruining his only but oddly persistent shirt with his own blood and perhaps even fragments of his skull and "brain" if he was really lucky. Then suddenly, it became clear that he was only here to fucking talk like everyone else in the room. Thankfully the mention of his nation of origin quickly spiked his interest as Glinda actually asked a useful question before the philosophical and incredibly dull talking began again with the smartass kid in the center of it.

Yet what most certainly did surprise the undead was the celtish chanting used for spellcraft. Which was of course possible, but he rarely observed such a language being used in the few confrontations that he had with magic users. Before stabbing a needle into his back with little to no hesitation. Which of course caused him to look away in disgust, since it seemed like a medical procedure but a small part of him thought they were disrespecting a corpse due to the boys stillness. This would have caused the mist to reappear..but thankfully the mage was able to keep a hold over himself throughout the strange magical healing shit that was going on around him while also attempting to ignore all of it at the same time.

Thankfully such a spell worked much to Dennis's own disbelief. But he breathed a sigh of relief nonetheless as he attempted to calm himself down. Since the "healing" sounded a lot worst when one wasn't exactly paying attention to what they were doing and it took a fair amount of will power not to intervene out of per-ignorance. Yet the master thief did so and he even noticed the unconscious kitten finally rising from the position that she had been in for most of the "meeting" or whatever exactly he was doing.

Aeris

Aeris awoke to see her summoner curiously staring at her along with the faint figure of a man holding a vial full of some strange liquid while that familiar looking boy seemed as thought something very physically draining happened to him, which would explain the faint residue of power that she was currently sensing. So the demonic feline eavesdropped on the nearest conversation and quickly learned what the liquid was along with some strange offer to study the thing along with another term that made her usual smile return while bony chuckled softly.

Suddenly, while the cat chuckled the strange emotionless man spoke something that both herself and the thief beside her were thinking before the female bard interrupted. Yet after hearing that they would wait some more her smile twitched as a faint feeling of irritation ran over her before immediately disappearing once she heard the name Felix which shocked both herself and the thief as she thought. I completely forgot about that strange man! He likely has the dragon rider as well..I just hope that the thief refrains from doing anything rash out of per-ignorance. Sadly, the wraith-like expression of fury on his face that was shown for little more then a second proved to her that he would try..but would more then likely go off on them nonetheless. Then she sighed as they began talking about the strangely named creature yet again while ignoring what happened around her only if it concerned such a thing as well.

Then after one man who she believed to have introduced himself as Henry asked about their foe her attention quickly turned back to the group around her. Sadly, it was more pointless titles but she learned a few names along with the factions following them. This sadly brought the memories of the many briefings that she had been through before hunting down her fellow residents of hell which of course caused her smile to disappear for little more then a second before she forced the thing back onto her face and listened to the blabbering concerning the blood and it's owner for any usual information whatsoever.

But the pointless raving of the swordsman who radiated far more power then herself had tested her temper. Yet she kept it if not barely while the idiotic mage nodded in agreement as if such a term did not apply to him as well. Yet Elizabeth's reaction brought back her smile while the undead thief shrugged, both simply eavesdropping on the argument for their own amusement while the incredibly bored yet slightly furious looking soldier across the table who hadn't said much for most of the meeting looked like he was ready to throw his fellow bladesmaster across the room. Yet the sudden appearance of the top 20 bounty hunter surprised her yet she read it nonetheless while hoping that they weren't serious about hiring one of them. Strangely though, their own mercenary seemed oddly amused after reading the list but his eyes suddenly went wide for a second. Then the power surrounding him suddenly lessened as he breathed a sigh of relief, which confused her to say the very least. Then as things began to calm down all of them relaxed before a sudden voice boomed from their group.

That voice of course lead to a serious of insults which almost caused the soldier to attack before the female bard interrupted. Which of course calmed him down just as the atmosphere within their current room became gloomy yet again. But nothing that wasn't settled in time..but the sudden appearance of a helmet that gave a faint hint of the being who was obviously powerful enough to be considered a serious threat. Yet the fact that the three goddesses actually gasped worried her greatly while the soldier was passive as the walking skeleton beside her seemed sad for some odd reason. Then suddenly, the news that the extremely full of himself business man had died surprised her but for some odd reason increased Dennis's sorrow by a considerable amount. Yet the sudden revelation of who they were calmed her down. Since it didn't concern her world whatsoever or the thief's safety while both the wraith-like corpse and the "lord" both seemed to be returning to their usual selves.

Then she felt the feeling of a sudden burst of power which shocked her for a minute, then when she looked up all of her fellow demons within the room died. Which of course made her a bit sad but she quickly got over it..since it was their own ignorance that caused such a thing to happen.

Suddenly, a portal opened as a strange girl along with a far stranger man and woman followed by a few familiar faces entered the room. All of which having varying powers other then the powerless girl who was the first to enter. Then after everyone introduced themselves yet again she shoved their names into her memory while Adwith seemed reasonably shocked as to why exactly a oversized reptile was speaking his language fluently. Yet the three remained silent as the soldier seemed flabbergasted while her summoner was barely keeping himself from aggressively attacking the viking and the strange man and after a fair amount of time the portal opened and they finally left after Henry asked who was next and before Elizabeth could create her own portal.

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Chphlyggnu
Tenzou's hotel

The sudden change of scenery was surprising to say the least. Yet all three were used to portal travel by now and they quickly rushed after the faint figures in the distance and quickly disappeared into the crowd. Then after Elizabeth and the rest joined they simply remained silent as their bordem at the simple fact that more talking would be involved gradually became more and more clear. While Dennis mutter silently. "That's totally fucking Elrond isn't it?" Then after awhile they finally settled down in a room but none took their seats and all blended into the crowd..as they had been doing for most of their lives.

Sadly, all got lost in the names and unneeded information added on after a fair amount of time but they kept their goal in mind nonetheless. While sadly missing all the information about the consequences that such action would bring forth. But after hearing about her own suggested role her smile twitched. Since she was a guardian, soldier, and an assassin before being bond to the idiotic mage. But she most certainly was not a thief. But she shrugged it off nonetheless after seeing that Dennis was fine with the recommendation as the soldier simply shrugged silently. But she was rather confused as to why Crowe drifted off yet she remained silent nonetheless.

Then after the subject of food came along and their two choices where given she noticed that Dennis looked ready to go but she quickly used her powers to throw him back into his seat before shoving a gag into his throat. Since the demoness really wasn't trusting how convincing she was at the moment due to the sudden appearance of her more cat-like tendencies and she far rather stay with a few people that knew who she was just encase she did turn back once her powers came back then suddenly reveal her true form in front of a group of unknown commoners that'll more then likely attack her. Yet she was relieved when she saw the small group of people going to the restaurant depart and after doing so she crouched on the floor while the thief leaned up against a nearby wall. Since the adolescent demon had no intention on sitting down any time soon.

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Chphlyggnu
Raidath Town

"Eating Out" Group (OOC: Quote this box and add your character's name to it if he/she is going down to the town)

Felix
Hiccup
Josiah
Steiner
Mera
Wong
Adwith

Adwith was still rather unsure as to what was going on exactly but he remembered all he needed to and all that his instincts as a mercenary absorbed. Which was that he is to kill a shadowspawn and take some jewel..nothing more or less. But the borderlander decided it would be best to explore the odd little town a bit while perhaps even familiarizing himself with his new companions and perhaps even trying out new food.

But the Shienaran didn't take a coat, since he believed his worn and burnt cloak to be more then enough protection after they departed. Yet he quickly realized how useless the thing was now as it did little to nothing to protect him from the weather. Thankfully, the sellsword had faced for worse in the past and after listening to their conversation for a bit and looking at a town which reminded him of something that he couldn't quick put his finger on even though a part of him knew that he never saw such a place back in his own world which made the experience quite odd to say the least.

Then after hearing their suggestions including some strange sounding food for the first but a fairly familiar sounding name for the second he quickly considered what exactly he should eat while saidin and Leonel seemed somewhat tame for once. So the guardsman was of course quite surprised when he heard the man offer for them to make their own choice. Which of course caused him to simply shrug and say. "I am fine with whichever the rest of you choose." Then the mercenary silently waited for an answer as he cautiously looked around the town while occasionally considering what he would do if worse comes to worse. Thankfully, he was able to keep such thought at pay more times then not.

[Kaidou]

Chphlyggnu

Tenzou's hotel

Before long, with the remainder of the party assembled at the dinner table, two burly cooks came out of the kitchen (connected to the dining and reception hall by a small anteroom), each one pushing a cart piled high with pots and cutlery. As one chef laid out plates in front of each of the men and women at the table, placing an empty plate at the end for some reason, the other dug into the pots elegantly, placing food on the plates.

The food consisted of a buttery spinach spätzle, a small bread pudding, a braised steak, and a serving of sauerkraut. Aside from Kaidō, who politely declined the sauerkraut, the portions were roughly the same for everybody. As the cooks left, Tenzou smiled at the rest cordially, spreading his arms wide, silently welcoming them all to partake of the food. One of the cooks returned with an opened Jeroboam champagne bottle, which he proceeded to pour out into the tulip glasses which had been laid out on the table earlier.



"We have a custom in this town", said Tenzou in a friendly manner, "and that is: When eating, we talk about nothing but the food."

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Raidath Town

"Eating Out" Group (OOC: Quote this box and add your character's name to it if he/she is going down to the town)

Felix
Hiccup
Josiah
Steiner
Mera
Wong
Adwith

The group continued to walk through the streets, the last rays of the sun still bathing the quaint streets. The occasional horse-pulled carriage or cart would drive past them now and then, but apart from those, the streets were utilised only by pedestrians. Clearly, the citizens here were very much used to the cold weather; or maybe this was already considered warm by Chphlyggnian standards? Though they were only a minority, they did see a bunch of people (mostly humans) wearing what looked like summer clothes; one person was wearing winter clothes on his top, but with boxer shorts, paired with hiking boots.

Of course, it wasn't like the group wasn't any less strange; Steiner, aside from an oversized white trench coat and an oversized pair of white gloves, was more or less wearing his usual garb, and Master Wong had simply draped a fur over his shoulders, and was walking around with a bamboo pole that was as long as he was tall. Then there was Josiah, who wore flip-flops with a brown, furry jacket and jeans.

Not like anybody really cared, anyway.

Before long, the group came across a small café with a number of gigantic baguettes displayed in its window. The sign simply read, in what looked similar to Times New Roman font, "Bonjour". Inside, a number of people queued up at the counter, where a man with an extremely thin, rosy face stood, putting plastic bowls and baguette slices into bags.

"Looks nice", remarked Hiccup, shivering slightly and trying to conserve the remnants of the hotel reception room warmth in his jacket. "Wanna give it a try?"

"Up to you", said Josiah, stifling a yawn and brushing his jet black hair out of his eyes.

…

[Kaidou]

Dimension 21
Nihazar

Iuzun himself had shown up on the planet Nihazar to "negotiate" a treaty with the Maju Army groups stationed there. Nixa's men had taken Nihazar, a planet rich in magical energy, only to get embroiled in another gigantic battle with an unknown army that not only possessed immense technological capabilities, but was also commanded by lieutenants proficient in magic use. Dark magic use.

General Lugaa of the Maju Army had been forced to a standstill by the invading army, only to be kidnapped in the middle of the night and brought up to a strange, red vessel orbiting Nihazar. Lugaa, a 295cm tall orc, attempted to pull a straight face and looks as imposing as a man who had been stripped stark naked and chained up could look, but the moment he laid eyes on his captor, he broke down and began to wail like a child, much like how IGSE and Fates generals broke down in the presence of Nixa.

#4

Anneliese Elsa Jones
"Dark Titan of Terror"
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"Who are you?" asked the demonic figure of Anneliese Elsa Jones, the 4th greatest bounty hunter in the Galaxy. She coiled her filthy body around a sobbing Lugaa, all six of her tongues caressing the orc's face in an almost sexual manner, her three gross eyes staring directly into Lugaa, who tried his best to shut his eyes and avert Jones' gaze. The eldritch thing took none of it; she used two of her tongues to reach for the orc's eyelids, peeling them open gingerly and forcing him to stare directly into her own eyes.

"I'm not going to let you go until you answer my question, you know", said the demon. Lugaa continued to sob.

"Jones! That's enough."

The moment Iuzun's voice rang throughout the room, Jones released her grip on the orc, leaving saliva all over his body. She grinned (if it could be called that) at Iuzun, before slithering out of the room on her centipede legs.

"I don't believe it", sobbed Lugaa, "a bounty hunter hiring a bounty hunter?"

"You forget that I am now a Rokuō."

Lugaa screamed in absolute horror. He could no longer get the image of Jones' horrible eyes staring into his face out of his mind. Without hesitation, he crunched down on the two cyanide capsules he kept behind his molars, and collapsed onto the ground, dead as a rock. Iuzun snorted and kicked Lugaa's head so hard that a cracking noise rang throughout the room. The corpse flew backwards and crashed into a control panel.

"Lord Iuzun! We have reports that there is a Sycamore attacking some of our dimensions!"

"Leave it for now", came Iuzun's reply. "The IGSE owns billions of dimensions. If it becomes a threat, we will deal with it accordingly."

"Lord Iuzun! The IDJF Nobunaga has been detected on our radar!"

Iuzun glared at the man.

"Prepare our ships and send word to Jones; she is to head for Dimension 29, where she must kill the Emperor of the Jiang Dynasty."

…

[Naval Monte]

Tenzou's hotel

"So we either get one of the bards or Mr. Calm over there to go up the mountain and have them keep the planet from destroying itself." Elizabeth looked over at Jason. "On second thought maybe it's best if he presses the world's button on not blowing itself up." Elizabeth noticed that Alzis and Crowe walked away to speak privately about something while Alice and Tandem were whispering about something as well.

Deciding to ignore the secret talkings going around her Elizabeth turn her attention to Tenzou but before she can say a world both her and Alice held their heads in pain. The two of them closed their eyes and in the darkness they saw brief glimpses of different lives flash before their eyes, lives of different people from different locations and time periods. They also had strange insight into matters that they wouldn't have known and felt their very bodies almost breaking in some way. "Elizabeth what's wrong?" The concerned Tessy asked, Tandem also reaching out to Alice.

The two of them were stopped when what seem to static appeared around the two women and their forms quickly changed, showing their true eldritch form. Tessy remembered the form she saw Elizabeth as the very same one from her world during the ritual. Tandem saw Alice in a similar shape but with clear differences. For one her main colors were red and purple instead of Elizabeth's blue and black, her hair was whitish gray that seem to resemble more of cable wires than tentacles and while she had an exoskeleton it looked more like a bionic limb than a metallic skeleton. The wings on Alice's back looked to have been made by crystals with some strange sort of fleshly substance that Tandem couldn't pick up yet.

As quickly as the changes appear they vanish, returning both Elizabeth and Alice back into their regular form. The two of them still felt the headaches and body pains but they were weaker now, the two never noticed that for a few seconds their true forms were shown to anyone who was quick enough to catch them. "Sorry about that Tes. I have no idea what is wrong with me. Maybe I need to take a break?" Elizabeth murmured as she rubbed her forehead.

Tessy looked at her and sighed. "It happened again Elizabeth. You changed." Elizabeth stopped and became still, knowing what Tessy meant by changed. "What... What was that?" Artemis asked, she and her sisters surprised by what they saw. The sisters weren't sure what sort of power they felt from the two but they now know that those two women are not human. "What are you two?" the sisters said, they try not to sound demanding with their request but even Alice can tell that they are demanding an answer.

The long bushy haired girl looked at them so she can tell them that she doesn't understand what they mean when she stopped. Alice can see faintly due to the atmosphere of the world but she can see the colorful energy field that she knows by heart to be auras coming from most of the people in the room, she can even feel everyone's respective powers. Alice looked at her own hands and saw her own aura coming off her body. "Alice are you okay?" Tandem asked, concern about her strange behavior.

Elizabeth can sense the change in Alice, she had mixed feelings about this development but she decided that for her favorite cousin it was best to be happy. "Congrats kid, you are now a full mage." Elizabeth said smiling at the girl. Alice shouted with a joyful glee and in her excitement have Tandem, who was close to her, a bear hug. Tandem was rather surprised by how strong the hug but didn't feel any signs to be worried by it.

Suddenly the two of them felt the pain return, Elizabeth clutching her head in pain and Alice tighten her hold on Tandem, as both women changed again. A few of the objects in the room began to shake with some breaking suddenly and others flying from their spots and hitting either the wall, floor or another item in the room. Tandem on the other hand was now having a hard time breathing as Alice's hold on him was making it hard for not only oxygen to enter his lungs but blood was having a difficult time circulating in his veins, he felt as though his bones were about to break at any second.

Soon the changes vanished once more, Tandem taking a deep breath and having his bio implants repair any damages in his body. Alice moved away from Tandem, horrified that she was somehow hurting him. She apologize profusely while he was telling her that he was alright. Tessy put her arm around Elizabeth's shoulder. "Elizabeth what is going on with you and Alice." she said, now very concerned about the two of them seeing that now whatever powers they have they can't seem to control.

Elizabeth looked at her and it was clear that even Elizabeth was worried about what was going on. "I don't know Tessy. The last time this happened was during the ritual and I still have no bloody clue how that ritual manage to make be change like that." Elizabeth kept making theories and guesses why looking into the matrix during the ritual to form Misery made her awaken temporally and so far the only thing she can guess was that a small part of her divinity responded so strongly to the matrix that it forced itself out and made her awaken for a short while.

Soon the food arrived and when Tenzou spoke of the room the Moon Sisters let out a low audible hiss as they wanted to talk more on what was going on with Elizabeth and Alice. The two woman in question began to eat but it was clear to most that their minds were focus on other things besides the food in front of them.

---

Kalameet

The dragon was now furious as his form change to become a giant black gaseous mass almost like a thunder cloud merging with a galaxy. "This petty little realm is mines to deal with. I decided when it should be changed, when it should be thrown into chaos and more importantly when it should be destroyed! I'm the apex predator of this world and I will not let you Ahmarhan take this world from me!"

Kalameet roared out as he was charging his attack. Before he could a blast of light disparate his form. The metallic and angelic form of the Archon Malkuth appeared. "This world is not for you to decide dragon. It's creator was the only being with true claim to this world's fate and he is gone, and following him is his creation." She said.

Back on Earth chaos and anarchy spread throughout the planet. Many knowing that this was the end times and to make the panic worse was the fact that some creatures have now willing shown themselves to humanity now that they along with man are doomed. Throughout the world many nuclear powered nations fired their missiles at Firefly's hand as they sent out their armies to not only restore order but to attack the now exposed creatures and their old national enemies.

Many other creatures, mages and aware humans are now finding ways to escaped the doom world into other universes and dimensions. Yet from outside of the Gnosis verse those who came from it and are on other worlds are now experiencing the same issues that are plaguing both Alice and Elizabeth, including them not being able to control their powers. Infact in the Earth many people were experiencing flashes of previous lives and eldritch insight, causing insanity to spread among some people.

Kalameet was slowing returning back to form but Malkuth kept attacking him with bright flashes as to insure that he wouldn't interfere with Firefly's mission to destroy the universe. The other powers in the world that can leave did so, knowing that now they can't fight against the end if it was in the form of the Ahmarhan. The Archons know that once humanity regains their lost memories they will become enemy number one to them along with the Daevas. The Daevas in turn were royally pissed that Kalameet was not only failing his end of the deal of assisting them but that they can not have their precious Ragnarok in a bid to take over the world.

Throughout the universe more of great machine that kept the Gnosis verse alive was falling apart. Stars began to die along with black holes. Galaxies, solar systems and planet began to break apart and literal gears began to fall off massive cracks that showed the great machine. Humanity know was seeing more the occult truth of the world that they lived in and now more than ever absolute chaos descended upon the world with no chance of order ever returning back. A state that Kalameet would enjoy imminuously if it wasn't for the obvious fact that he was being attacked by a rogue Archon and that the destruction was being caused by an Ahmarhan.

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Alzis

Once Alzis joined Crowe she was glad in a way that he seem to care what she had to say. Alzis was quiet as she try to think of what would be a good way to tell Crowe, with a heavy sigh she decided to be blunt with him. "I'm going to die in 14 months and from what the Ahmarhan told me this will be my final death. Nothing I can do will stop out and everybody around the Multiverse will perish along with this one." She finally said, still finding the words hard to say even know that she accepted them in some form.

"Before you ask how I don't know but I was given the name of my killer." Alzis turn her sight towards Elizabeth and was surprised when both she and Alice changed into their god forms. Eventually she shook of her surprise over the sudden transformations and turn to Crowe. "The Ahmarhan is right about one thing, currently I don't have any way of ensuring a lasting legacy. My reputation only exists as long as both my world continue to exist and my position as a dark rokou is maintained. But I no longer care for my position as rokou and I know that my world is dying." Alzis said in a cold tone, yet Crowe can hear a hint of sorrow over her admittance to those two facts.

"The worst part is that once I'm gone not only would some one step up to take my place, easily erasing my achievements, but The Eyes of Fate as it is now will also fade away. The Fates wasn't always the entity that it is now, when I took over I changed it's indinity to it's current incarnation. Once I'm gone most of the lords and other members will most likely begin to kill each other trying to gain power and either someone else will attack them while they are fighting against each other or the Fates will destroy itself from the inside out." Alzis stared into Crowe's eyes.

"However he told me something else. He told me that I need your help on having any sort of lasting legacy on this world and that we have a 2 month time window for this to be done before it's too late." Alzis closed her eyes, but soon opened them widely when she saw what her other selves were showing her. Throughout the multiverse mages and human grunts who came from the Gnosis verse were now having the same issues as Elizabeth and Alice, with some cases being so bad that those people lose control over their new powers.

Alzis knew that this was a major blow to the Fates in many way. If all of her mages awaken then she will have to look for an army of new mages to replace them. "What can be causing this?" she thought, but the answer didn't take long for her to realize. "The illusion is being destroyed." she gasped out.

[Kaidou]

Dimension -

"Lord Nicholas."

The maimed figure of the Dark Magus screamed in demonic agony, his whole body writhing. The dark figure of Nixa coiled around the stretcher, spreading dark tendrils of evil energy all over the room. The Maju Army guards, in their full combat uniforms, reeled backwards ever so slightly, leaving the mutilated Magus in the middle of the gigantic hall with General Nixa, the wielder of the Yami Yami no Mi.

"God!" bawled the Magus, convulsing violently and trying to use his own dark (but weakened) power to alleviate the pain that pierced the stumps of his four amputated limbs. "Have mercy on me! I will become your right hand!"

"I will make you powerful", said Nixa, sneering as the evil mask of Maju's successor reappeared over the stretcher, looking down at the Dark Magus' body with its blank, black eyes. As the rest of Nixa's body materialised, the dark thing reached towards his mask and grabbed it by the face, before lifting the mask right off and revealing, for the first time, the face of Nixa.

"God…" The mutilated, dark remnants of Father Christmas reached out for Nixa's face with his stump, his eyes filled with awe of a horrible, corrupted nature. Nixa smiled evilly.

"The Multiverse will fall."

…

[Kaidou]

Tenzou's hotel

Tenzou stared at the recently transformed mages, not entirely sure what to think. He had seen a number of strange things happening in the past, so it didn't really surprise him; still, such things could genuinely pose problems.

"If you need any help", said the elf, sticking a forkful of bread pudding into his mouth and swallowing, "I'm here." He resumed eating.

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Eating Out Group

On the unanimous decision of the group, Josiah went into the plainly titled café, before emerging fifteen minutes later with a few plastic bags filled with baguettes, a few blocks of cheese, and a large styrofoam bowl of what was supposedly soup.

"We can settle payment later if you want", said Josiah. "For now, let's go to the harbour to eat. There's a couple of benches there."

Felix shrugged and smiled awkwardly, looking out at the water. The entire town was built along the side of a gentle mountain, and the harbour was quite easily visible from where the group was standing. The sun was setting much slower than on other planets, mainly because of the size of Chphlyggnu itself; the sunsets, though, were beautiful.

"The scenery would be quite enjoyable from there, I assume", said Steiner, sticking his hands into his pyjamas pockets and following the group.

…



The moment they reached the harbour, however, they were greeted with the sight of an ugly, stubbled man in what could only be described as a dominator's leather outfit, complete with spikes, tufts of human hairs, and a liberal number of piercings on his face. The moment the group reached the benches, the man stood up and withdrew a pair of gigantic, serrated hooks from inside his leather coat.

"You lot ain't goin' anywyeaar", he sneered. That same moment, as the group turned around, a large number of leather clad men charged out of the alleys, surrounding the group and drawing weapons. Mera attempted to leap into the air to fight back, but the sudden appearance of a number of gunners with armour piercing tranquillising guns in a few of the buildings convinced her that it would be a better idea to fight strategically than to run away just like that. In total, the men numbered almost 150.

"Don't yee try any of yer tryaks on moi", cackled the man, as he spun his two fishhooks around faster and faster. "I am dyeh nutaaryez gyangu leadr, Solza Rurum. Me has a bounty of £500,000 on me hyead."

Master Wong took out his bamboo pole and whirled it in the air, adopting a fighting stance.

"Would you want to fight one on one to prove that you're worthy of that bounty?" he taunted, pushing his conical straw hat upwards such that his eyes were visible.

Rurum roared in laughter, before charging straight at Master Wong. The Grandmaster deftly stepped aside, before bringing the pole down onto Rurum's wrists, causing him to scream in pain and drop both fishhooks onto the floor.

"You have to do better than that", said the Grandmaster, whirling the pole about and holding it to his side, ready to strike lest the gangster devolved into fisticuffs. Rurum clutched his wrist, his face contorted into a horrible expression.

"Kill zem!" he screamed.

That moment, the snipers fired their tranquillising guns; Mera was able to deflect the bullets with a swift flick of her tail, causing them to fly backwards and hit the two snipers, one in the cheek and another in the eye. Both screamed, reeled backwards, and were effectively removed from the fight. The rest of the group quickly charged into the fight.

…

Felix

"Shit…"

The Angel had forgotten that he couldn't create magical weapons due to the weakening effects of Chphlyggnu's atmosphere. Ergo, fists would have to do. Brushing his hair out of his eyes, Felix smiled tauntingly, before leaping into the air and kicking a gangster in the face, causing him to fall backwards and land on his back. Another gangster tried to seize him, but the Angel seized the man's arm, struck him in the bicep (sending a shock through the man's arm and causing him to scream in pain), before kneeing him in the abdomen.

…

Hiccup

The old Viking was more fortunate than Felix; he had brought his fire sword along with him. Without hesitation, Hiccup whirled around and drew his fiery blade, igniting it and slashing it aggressively, setting a gangster on fire and prompting him to run away and jump into the water. Despite his old age and handicap, the Viking was still a formidable force in hand-to-hand combat.

"Everyone!" he yelled, over the incessant screaming, "is everyone okay?"

…

Steiner

"We very much are."

The white haired boy sat on the floor in a very uncomfortable position, twirling his hair. One of the gangsters attempted to attack him with a machete, but in a surprising display of agility and flexibility, Steiner flipped himself onto his feet and kicked the man in the chin. Though he was barefoot except for a pair of socks, the gangster who bore the brunt of the attack still reeled backwards, hitting another gangster in the arm and landing on the ground. A tooth flying in the air landed just a few paces away.

"I'm just wondering how the others are doing…"

…

Josiah

Josiah had seen these things before.

One of the gangsters attempted to charge at him with a stick with a nail in its side, but was disarmed when another gangster flew backwards (courtesy of Steiner's capoeira-like kick), the stick getting stuck in the man's shoulder blade. With a roar of fury, the man attempted to kick Josiah, but was grabbed by the ankle and spun around. With a deft leap, Josiah kicked the man in the chest, causing him to fall backwards and land on the floor.

That same moment, another gangster grabbed the boy from behind, but was left with an elbow in his abdomen. That didn't incapacitate him, however, and the man maintained his grip on Josiah.

That is, until a bamboo pole struck him in the side of his head and caused him to land on the floor motionless, a trickle of blood leaving the ear.

…

Master Wong

By then, most of the gangsters had already been taken out. Master Wong headed straight for Solza Rurum, who attempted to run away, but not before picking up a number of rocks and throwing them at Wong, who deflected them with his bamboo pole without so much as a second thought.

…

It was just then that, from another street, a squad of five policemen showed up, stopping Rurum right in his tracks and wrestling him to the ground. The other three policemen drew batons from their belts and went straight for Wong, believing him to be a gangster as well.

"You are under-"

The policemen, who was wearing what looked like a rank of high status, was swept off his feet by a long bamboo pole. He landed on his side, hitting his head on the pavement and lying there unconscious. The other two looked at Master Wong incredulously as the master looked back at them equally incredulously. One of the policemen hurriedly scribbled something on his palm, before running off, followed closely by the other two, dragging an unconscious Solza Rurum along with them.

The rest of the unconscious or dead gangsters, they would settle later on. Now, it seemed, new bounties for a bunch of new gangsters were in effect.

…

---

…

[Naval Monte]

Dimension 36, 258

The dark, smoke covered industrial world known by the Fates as "Rust" was now being attacked by hordes of demonic entities by Inferno on the grounds and angelic entities from the air. The 501st legion, now without Freyja leading them, was being lead by a man codenamed Thorn. Thorn and the others of the legion ran throw the dirty and wet streets of Rust as they fired their blasters at the demons who attacked the populace.

Thorn was waiting for the thaumaturge to banish the entities away from the world so the factories can continue to work, yet this will not come to pass. Tornadoes, earthquakes, lightning storms and fire now raged across the city. At first most were confused as to how this can fall but as they ran down the streets they found the answer, one of the mages was withering the floor and his very body was changing into something else, as they changed into something their powers lost control and without anything to weaken their magic their powers will now in full force.

Thorn saw the body of the mage glowing, he ordered his men to retreat and they did. As they ran away from the mage they never felt their bodies disintegrate nor saw the flash that would have blinded them all. The mage's very body turned into a nuclear reactor, an unstable reactor, and exploded within the city. Those in the blast center were destroyed instantly while around the blast center all the buildings were leveled.

With most of their mages now changing into something else and with their great powers out of their control most members of The Fates can see that they can't maintain control over the world now with both two forces and a third that was their allies, so they left the world and decided to let the winner claim the world for now until they return to reclaim it.

Throughout the Multiverse that had Fate involvement this was the same story. Many of the mages and regular humans who worked with The Fates that came from the Gnosis verse were now changing and displaying awesome but uncontrollable powers. The two Alzis bodies that were after the golem soon left, not only did the golem leave the world but they saw what was happening to the mages with them.

---

Numenera

In the world of Numenera the colossal and enigmatic structure known as the Watchtower was the main sight for The Fates when they ruled the world, their main bases, outposts and labs built around it. Many of the key scientists and occultist have research the Watchtower to discover it's secrets, so far all they manage to uncover was the fact that it was a giant resonator of magic energy. Some believed that the magic that was not only on the planet but in the entire universe was due to the Watchtower, but they never had a chance to test the theory when the knights of St. Luminia.

Once the knights took over they began to use the bases that the Fates used while making their own, they too began to study the Watchtower. Their research too was interrupted when demons attacked Numenera. This was the first major battle and as such received heavy assaults from the infernal horde, but the time the demons left Numenera almost everyone on the site has either left or were killed.

Yet deep within the Watchtower, mechanism and system programmings and commands that have laid dormant for years are now activating, it can sense that it's creators were now returning soon. For anyone who was nearby the sight they would see a bright, multicolored flash of light that would blind them for a short while, those that saw the flash were either knights still on the planet, the locals and demons now returning to make a second wave invasion.

Yet all stopped when the Watchtower released a massive tower of arcane energy, from the structure an energy pulse was unleashed that traveled throughout the planet. The demons that were hit by the pulse of energy were destroyed instantly and the beam of light traveled far above to the heaven and into deep space. The beam formed into a orb of light and the orb grow. The orb kept growing until it was at the same size as the Numeneran sun. Soon the orb began to wobble and eventually it exploded, but it did not destroy anything. No, instead it's wave of arcane energy left the dimension of Numenera and traveled throughout the multiverse, signalling the other watchtowers in nearby universe to awaken.

Throughout the multiverse other watchtowers, most whose existence were not aware by the natives that lived in those universes, followed the same process as the one from Numenera and they to sent out more arcane waves that traveled throughout the multiverse, it was a sign to the multiverse that their makers are returning. In another multiverse the same story was happening in there, but in this universe the watchtowers there were much older than the one in Numenera and it's neighbors. These waves also have the effect that the artifacts and technology made by the same makers who made the Watchtowers were now activating, awakening their full capabilities for anyone who can find them.

---

Logan

Logan saw the supernova destroy the latest star system that was once owned by the IGSE, it was yet another biomass world. Logan and his growing army of temporal duplicates have been going on a rampage as the IGSE ignored their presence and focused their might on other Rokuo members. Logan was furious that the IGSE considered him as nothing more but a gaunt to be ignored but he soon found it much to his liking. He figured that if the IGSE keeps on ignoring him he will soon have the most powerful army in the multiverse.

Soon Logan's computers began to go haywire as they detected a large wave of arcane energy entering the universe he was in. Logan try to gain information as to the source of the wave but found that the Sycamore was being unusually coy about the matter, telling him what happened but not telling him the source. "Why aren't you allowing me to investigate the source?" He screamed out, confused by the ship's sudden rebellious streak, it has never done this to him before so Logan can not even guess what made it change it's act now.

The other Logan copies also found trouble with their Sycamore's as the ships seem to refuse on letting them investigate the source of the mysterious waves, the ships even refused to work when they try going into specific universes and dimensions. Knowing that Logan was fighting a losing battle he was forced to forget about the waves for now and focus back on attack IGSE realms.

What he didn't know was that his time using the Sycamore was now under a time limit. Soon the creators of the ship will awaken and the Sycamores may abandoned him once they encounter their creators.

---

Crow

Crow and Freyja were both walking down a city that resembles the ancient Greek city states. However Freyja soon found that while the city looked like ancient Greece the tech wasn't, as she can see clockwork robots, airships and steam and magic power cars moving about the roads along with electric powered trams. The two didn't say much on their walk, merely watching the scenes of the city play out before them.

Eventually they reach the tailor shop. "Achillios! Are you done with my order?" Crow said to the tailor. The tailor Achillios looked up. "Hello my friend, almost. I just need to be done with the coat and you will have your clothing." Achillios looked at Freyja. "Ah so that is your friend. I must say ma'am, your uniform is rather unique in this part of the multiverse." he said, Freyja was surprised to know that these people were aware of the multiverse but soon remembered that they were like the Greeks and if they were advanced enough to have the tech that she saw then it shouldn't be too surprised that they would know about the multiverse.

"I thought that your uniform will be done by than." Crow said, casting an awkward silence in the room as the tailor return back to fix the uniform. "I like to see more of this city. I'm curious about this world." Freyja said, breaking the awkward. Crow was thankful and soon he lead her to tour around the city.

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Tenzou's hotel

"It's alright. Thanks." Both Alice and Elizabeth murmured, continuing to eat almost as to ignore about what happened. They along with Tandem, Tessy and the Moon Sisters were done eating the two women got up. "Me and Tandem are going out to find parts to make some special devices to help us with your vermin problem. I'm not going to say much on it since I don't want to spoil the surprise." Alice exclaimed, giving the elf a smile.

"As for me I just wanted to walk around to know this place more, maybe get some information about these bounty hunter and government officials that will cause us trouble." Elizabeth explained. Suddenly the two women double over, hitting the table with their hands. The flashes of past lives and eldritch, cosmic knowledge, began to rush into their heads. Once more like static their bodies kept flashing from both their human form to their true god form.

The temperature around the room dropped significantly, everyone's breath became visible and any drinks not finished soon froze over. Metal objects near Alice soon flew and stuck itself on to her body. Just as strange television like bumps were appearing on Alice along with cable-like tentacles a knife flew and stabbed her on the arm. "ALICE!" Elizabeth and Tandem screamed out once they saw her get stabbed.

It seems that getting stabbed caused her to let go of the metal items. Alice return to normal and looked down, panicking at the knife that was sticking itself out from her gut. Tessy got up and rush towards the girl just as Alice was going to remove the knife. "Don't take out the knife Alice. We need it right now so you don't bleed on us." Tessy turned to Tenzou. "I need some disinfectants, warping and stitches. You don't need to worry about getting a doctor to help her, I can do this." The Moon Sisters walked up to Alice, removing the knife and causing Alice to scream in rage. Ignoring Elizabeth shouting a curse on them they healed Alice with their magic.

"I don't think you two should leave this hotel. We can't have the townsfolk panicking if them see you two shapechanging." They advised. Tandem thought for a moment and sighed. "I think they're right. We can't have you two out there unless we find a way to make sure no one will see you shapechanging." Alice looked at Tandem, hurt because she wanted to go out and see the town with him. "Tandem is right." Tessy turn to Elizabeth. "Please stay here Elizabeth, at least until we know that you and Alice are going to stick in one form." Elizabeth looked down, she wanted to find a reason why she couldn't stay in one place for long but gave up when it became clear that nothing she will say will work.

"Fine I will stay. But the moment trouble comes I'm going out, shape changing or not." Elizabeth grumbled. Alice muttered an agreement to stay. "We're going to check on the others to see if they are alright. Any of you wish to follow us?" The sisters asked.

[Contamenesia]

Jason

When the man mentioned dealing with the Serpent and the inevitable Earthquake that would follow, Jason stepped forward. "I'll handle it. I will slay the beast and stop the Earthquake at the same time. With the Calm, it should be no problem. just give me a few seconds once we are there. Both will be handled by then." he said seriously.

Crowe

Crowe frowned, "Whoa...well, i'll help in anyway i can...." but when Alzis Started spouting on about an Illusion being destroyed, he grabbed her shoulder, "Wait, what do you mean? what illusion?" he didn't know what she meant. but she definitely seemed worried.

Gabriel

Gabriel watched the others leave, and turned to those who remained, "So what was it you wanted me to steal?" he asked as he secretly took an item from the skinny, pale, dark haired lass without her noticing, toying with the object he had just snatched. It could make shadows touchable....cool. "After all, i was promised an adventure of a lifetime..." he said with a big grin.

Firefly

Firefly felt nothing as the world tried to retaliate. It was over anyways. She closed her hand, and the entire world burnt away, being nothing more than smoldering ash. then the entire realm shattered into countless pieces, the illusion was no more. She also roasted Kalameet, though she knew she didn't kill him. but she had beaten him and Singularity both before, so she knew it hurt him....a lot. She returned to her normal size, and her armor reformed around her. She stayed for just a moment before vanishing once more.

Elynia

Now shaking from the cold, Elynia continued to trudge in the snow, she saw an inn in the distance, so she slowly made her way to it, but once she got to the doorstep, she collapsed, unconcious, the cold taking its toll on her.

[Kaidou]

Tenzou's hotel

In an instant, Tenzou had drawn a curved, elegant blade from inside his coat, whirling it around and taking a step backwards from the now shapeshifting mages just for good measure. His body language indicated that he wasn't meaning any harm, but was just preparing for the worst. As the scene unfolded before everybody's eyes, Tenzou flipped his blade such that the flat edge faced the shape shifters, the glinting blade revealing the insignia of the legendary Hattori Hanzou.

That same moment, Kaidō leapt into the air and landed with both his palms grabbing the wooden floor. The magic weakening effects of the planet had some effect on Kaidō, but he was able to create ropes from the carpet's material to tie up the two. The strain from using magic on Chphlyggnu caused the fat Japanese man to reel backwards and land on his butt on the floor, breathing heavily and looking at the whole scene.

"That's probably not enough", said Kaidō, "but hopefully it'll-"

He was interrupted by a ringtone that buzzed. It was apparently Tenzou's, for he sheathed his Hanzou sword and took a phone out from an alcove in the wall. The elf scrolled, before gasping in shock.

"What is it?" asked Henry, his mouth full of spätzle.

"They've already gotten into trouble, it seems", said Tenzou.

"The ones who went to eat???"

The elf placed the phone on the table and turned on a hologram function.

WANTED
Name Unknown

For Gangsterism, Triad Activities, and Assault
£20,000

WANTED
Name Unknown

For Gangsterism, Triad Activities, and Assault
£15,000

WANTED
Name Unknown

For Gangsterism, Triad Activities, Unlawful Possession of Bladed Weapons, and Assault
£22,000

WANTED
Name Unknown

For Assault of a Government Official, Gangsterism, Triad Activities, Unlawful Possession of Non-Bladed Weapons, and Assault
£70,000

WANTED
Name Unknown

For Gangsterism, Triad Activities, and Assault
£26,000

"It's not even the end of their first day here", said Tenzou, shaking his head in irritation, "and they've already gotten into trouble. This won't do at all."

He turned to face Jason.

"I have heard many people claim that they can kill the beast in a few seconds", said the elf to the man, "but as far as I know, none of them have succeeded. It's not as easy to kill the thing as it seems; if it were, that thing wouldn't have been coiled around Chphlyggnu for 40 million years. People have tried to kill it even before Ayushiri, after all.

"Still, there's no harm in doing so; we must make haste, however. Now that there's five of you who have bounties on your head already, we'll have to make haste, lest the authorities crack down on us with the full brunt of their force."

[Generailia]

Dennis

Dennis was simply looking around the room with his usual smile resting upon his face when his eyes suddenly caught the image of both Glinda and her decent looking cousin holding their heads in pain. This quickly caused the Lich's usual grin to vanish as he got off the wall and quickly began a muttering a spell to assist them. But just as he began drawing the symbol needed for the thing as well he quickly saw them turn into some weird shit straight out of a horror movie which caused the rather low level spell to fade as it's usually painful effect that would punish a normal magic-user for breaking their concentration hit him quite uselessly due to his lack of such senses as he thought. What the fuck was that?! Yet the thief quickly realized that things were already calming down so he shrugged it off..until it happened yet again.

This time the creature knew he wasn't seeing things since the occasional shaking and broken objects proved such a thing to be all to real. Thankfully, things started to settle down shortly afterwards as food was brought it. Which caused the mage to go back to his wall as he grabbed at his chest and began casting the ever so familiar shield around his own weakness while thinking of ways to escape just encase things became even weirder or the two "girls" decided to go rogue. Yet he knew some distant part of him knew what those creatures where..but he couldn't quite get anything other then that faint familiarity.

But sadly, shortly after he finished the spell the two women announced their departure which made him feel both relieved and oddly worried at the same time. Then things seemed to have gotten cold..even though he couldn't feel the temperature at all. Which was just about when he noticed that the woman doubled over onto the table, but he was thankfully able to fight off the urge to assist them as they turned back into those curious things yet again. When the one who he believed to have named herself "Alice" was suddenly stabbed by a knife which ended the woman's strange magnetic adventure. Then after they announced that they were going to stay that strange mix of worry and relief washed over him again as some other things happened around the room. Yet these didn't concern him, because he had to figure out what he hell he should do and fairly fast before he ends up blacking out again. But he couldn't help but chuckle after seeing that a large group of "fighters" got in trouble before the "thieves" even had a chance to do the same.

Aeris

Aeris was simply watching the small group of beings around her when she sensed a small spike in power which quickly brought her attention over to the female mage and her relative who both seemed to be in a fair amount of pain. Yet the demonic feline honestly didn't care and even turned her head to look away when two sudden powers emerged from that very location and the fact that they both seemed to possess a absurd amount of strength immediately caused her head to turn back towards them and catch a glimpse of the strange and wicked looking creatures that took the place of two humans who she knew had a bit of power but nothing of this level.

So when the images suddenly disappeared the cat blinked in surprise being how the strange power followed soon afterwards just as the atmosphere that gripped the room began to settle down yet again. This of course caused her to breath a sigh of relief as she casually got up and took a empty seat shortly before the second transformation came along she noticed the significant increase in the amount of power that the witch's cousin previously possessed. Which of course lead to the demoness being reasonably uncomfortable and even a bit nervous when the food came along, because even with her powers she knew that the chance she had against the two was slim..but now a fight against them would be completely laughable. Yet she was thankful for her current cat-like characteristics for once. Simply because they allowed her to retain her appetite and once the food came she ate in a rather elegant matter while carefully watching the two from the corner of her eye. Since they might not be the most powerful beings in the room..but they were most certainly the most unpredictable.

Sadly, due to her deep concentration on just their movements and the food she really didn't have enough time to concentrate on anything else and even finished shortly before the two human had which caused her to see them double over a little quicker then most others in the room along with the slight increase of their already astounding power as well. Yet when the older looking female got stabbed by a knife that was previously under her control the girl breathed a sigh of relief. Since it showed that the two where not indestructible in their human form..but she was still uncertain about the other and more then likely true one. Then after the two announced that they would stay she felt her already nervous state get worse as she thought. I can only imagine the problems that the "women" would cause if they transformed in the town for not only themselves but for the rest of us as well..I just would rather have them as far away from us as possible at least until they can get that shapeshifting ability of theirs under control. But I guess I do not have much of a choice nonetheless. The adolescent demon simply sighed after that before she began eavesdropping on any conversation that sounded at least somewhat interesting. While of course, keeping the two strange beings in her center of attention as well. Yet her smile returned after seeing the holograms, since it meant that her companions were a little more useful then she originally thought.

Adwith

Adwith was still confused as to why the town he was currently travelling in was somehow both familiar and completely new to him. Yet the borderlander did his best to ignore such things alone with the strange way the people dressed. Since he could only imagine how strange he must seem to them. Yet the Shienaran was most astonished by the small shop that he eventually ran into with a sigh that seemed like complete gibberish to him at first but for some odd reason the meaning of the word simply slipped into his mind. Which only added to his confusion as his party contemplated whether or not they should try out the food.

The guardsman of course simply shrugged as he began to regain a composure that was quite lacking for a large portion of their journey. But after the man came back with the food the sellsword was surprised to recognize everything other then the strange soup-like thing held within a rather weak looking container. Which of course only added to the poor man's confusion as he followed the small group to a rather elegant looking port. Yet the mercenary was not surprised to run into a few overconfident bandits and if the man's way of dressing didn't give him away the weapons he pulled out certainly did. So the soldier seized saidin all be it barely and attempted to create the sword he used when fighting the cultists, but he was quickly surprised to see that his cursed power was acting up which caused him to stay in that same stance with the throwing knife he kept in his belt in his right hand of which was held in a rather awkward position instead of a sword. Then the Shienaran examined a mean wielding some sort of oddly large and curved and sinister dagger in one hand and a rather large looking bludgeon in the other.

Suddenly, after the man with a strange accent apparently ordered his troops to attack the mercenary found himself charging at the man in a fury that he wouldn't have allowed himself to seize unless he was without a spear or a sword. This of course surprised the man at first but he simply dodged out of the way, just to have his feet kicked out from under him before a knife meant for throwing was shoved into his neck. So the sellsword quickly took the weapons out of the dead man's hands just as a spear was dug into his right elbow by a grinning boy who was surprised to see his target not only break the spear but quickly bring his dead friend's club over to his exposed throat immediately after moving the now sharpened stick out of the way. Yet to make matters work that same warrior dug that odd dagger into his skull before proceeding onward and bellowing in a furious tone that made the words a obvious battlecry as he ignored the voices of his companions that appeared from time to time. "Al dival, al kiserai, al mashi!" (For light, glory, and love!) The words temporarily surprised the soldier, since he not only knew that they were in the old tongue but also what they meant as well. Which of course allowed a man with a rusted and blunt longsword to attack him and even make a massive cut across his chest. Yet this only caused the warrior to smile like a madman before throwing the club and shoving the wicked dagger into the back of his belt. Which astonished the warrior, but not as much as the fact that the mercenary tackled him to the ground and bashed his brains against the floor repetitively while obviously enjoying himself. Then he took that same sword that wounded him and shoved the pointed end into one of the man's friends.

Then after the fighting had ended and the strangely dressed guardsman fled the borderlander wiped the blood off of the longsword using the clothing of one of their fallen attackers before shoving the thing into his scabbard which it fight to the point that it was a bit wobbly but most certainly not going anywhere before wiping the dagger as well while accidentally leaving the blood on his face. This of course lead to him shoving that strange dagger back into the back of his belt where his cloak covered it to the point that you could just barely make the thing out. Then he rose to his feet and thought with a sight. Light! What flaming happened?! I was fighting and then- Adwith quickly cut himself off with a sigh before continuing. No use dwelling on it now. I just hope that the bloody madman in my head remains silent long enough for me to make sure that such a thing never happens again in the future. Then the soldier simply let saidin go and easily fought off the depressing feeling that followed as he waited for someone to suggest what they should do now. Since he certainly doesn't trust his current state of mind after everything that happened.

[Kaidou]

Chphlyggnu
27th Ocean

The single, tattered frigate churned across the stormy ocean as fiery balls of ice rained down from the black sky, ripping through the sails and throwing the ship in various unpredictable directions. The occasional sight of a sky serpent above the clouds could be seen whenever lightning crackled up above the dark skies. Tenebrous figures of wicked sea monsters lurking below the water was not entirely uncommon.

WANTED
ROACCA MEUZI
РОАКЬА МЮЗИЙ
ローアッカミユージ

For Attempting Ogsmeina, Assault, and Piracy
£100,000
$2,000
¥8,000,000

Roacca Meuzi, a native of Dimension 29, had (against the wishes of his family) amassed a small crew and headed over to Chphlyggnu with the hope of seizing the Jewel of Ogklrygma for himself and making a name as a mercenary. Of course, his plan had not gone very well, and though most of his crew was still alive, his men were already out of ammunition, and were down to their last supplies. Still, Meuzi was insistent on pushing on towards their final goal. The remaining 22 men on his ship agreed that he was mad, and after sedating him and locking him in a room, had turned the ship around and set it on a course for the closest city, a port in a harbour on the German Settlement of Grünfeld.

Unfortunately for them, it was too late. Just as they were about to reach the halfway mark between Grünfeld and their original position, the clouds spilt open almost miraculously, and a mysterious dark figure descended upon them from the sky. At first, the men believed they were hallucinating, but were proven wrong when a volley of cannonballs struck their ship, punching gigantic holes in the decks. Below, the body of Meuzi, crushed by a cannonball, floated in a pool of filthy water that had leaked through a hole in the ship.

Before long, the flying vessel landed beside the ruined ship of the now deceased Meuzi. It was a gigantic ship, almost like a latter-day Noah's Ark in proportions. It had sixteen gigantic propellers, eight on each side, and twelve masts with terrifying black sails, all bearing gigantic maroon skulls with tentacles growing out of the eyes. The remaining men on Meuzi's ship were barely able to pick out the words on the side of the ship.

"Haikarakainen's Bane".

From the deck, which was almost ten metres higher than the masts of Meuzi's ship, a large number of soldiers wearing white masks and black leather tunics aimed rifles at the men on Meuzi's ship, who promptly threw their weapons aside and raised their hands in surrender. As they watched the events unfold in horrifying angst, some of the men were pushed aside gracefully by a person who was obstructed from vision.

In an instant, that person leapt off the side of the ship and disappeared before anybody could see anything. In horror, the men looked over at their poop deck as a 200cm tall lady with an attractive figure, immaculate complexion, a gigantic pink coat, and a pair of purple sunglasses slowly stood up from her kneeling position. She looked down at the men on the decks, raising her sunglasses to reveal her piercing crimson pupils, sneering and jutting her tongue out obliquely.

WANTED
DANASHILI
答哪世李
ダナシリ

For Attempting Ogsmeina, Murder, Abetting Murder, Murder of a Government Official, Assault of a Government Official, Unlawful Possession of Military-Grade Weaponry, Extortion, Piracy, Grand Larceny, Spreading Subversive Propaganda, Resisting Arrest, and Arson
£50,000,000
€1,500,000
$320,000,000
¥590,000,000
£296,000,000
฿340,000,000
€104,000,000
원910,000,000
RM210,000,000

(Danashili's Theme)

"Nope", she said to her men using a bluetooth device in her ear, grinning as she sized up the dishevelled men with glee and disdain. "They're too weak to join us. Finish them off."

With that, the lady leaped back onto the deck of the Haikarakainen's Bane with the grace of a ballerina. That same moment, a double barrelled cannon was rolled out of one of the hatches, before it fired at the ship and caused a huge explosion.

…

[Naval Monte]

Kalameet

The archon finally fled, allowing Kalameet to resemble is form as he grew. Kalameet can feel most being that can enter other worlds leaving while the humans down on the world were not awakening their lost divinity, everything that he has planned in this world was burning away. By the time can do anything to retaliate the world along with the illusion was destroyed and he was burned away back to his realm.

The humans in the Gnosis verse were now more, yet instead of ceasing to be or going into an afterlife something more miraculous happened to them. The divinity that was trapped within them for untold eons was now finally free as the illusion, machines and curses cast by the Demiurge faded away, returning the beings known as Aeons back into existence. Many of them appeared in the city realm known to the human occultist and sorcerers of the old Gnosis verse as Metropolis.

Not only did the city chose them to be it's next rulers after it's creators vanished but during its creations the Aeons assisted in it's birth, those when the city's true creators no longer walked on it's streets it chose to find the second race that helped in it's creation. However there was no peace in the city. Many Aeons have grown use to the illusion for so many years and often forgot about their previous lives and everything else after death. Now having their full senses of reality awaken, being shown all of their past lives and the full scope of their hidden knowledge was driving them mad. It will now be a battle for sanity for these beings, one that will decide their fate.

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Tenzou's hotel

"The Illusion. My world was both a real one and an illusion. It was made as a prison to keep most of the humans in there trapped, or should I say the entities humanity really is." Alzis explained, she then saw the third change. "Those two are not humans. They are beings that can be best described as gods but they are not like the Moon Sisters. No, those two are far more ancient than them." Soon Alzis got the visions of her other self showing what was going on with Fate worlds that had humans from the Gnosis verse, her face turn pale. "The illusion is gone."

Also on the cue right as the ropes tied both Elizabeth and Alice they both began to scream loudly, their forms blinking rapidly between human and other. The ropes were tied too tightly for the two of them to grasp their heads. Elizabeth and Alice can feel every single senses that were taken from them awakening one by one while ones they already possess gradually expands. More of their past lives flood their heads along with eldritch truths and forbidden knowledge of reality.

Once the news about what happened to half of the team became known the two former humans screamed in pain, they sounded both human but at at the same time a horrid inhuman screech can also be heard. Their screaming caused most in the room to cover their eyes, by the time they stopped most can still hear the ringing in their ears. Elizabeth struggled on the ropes around her, more of her other form changing into a form Tessy remembered vividly.

Tessy saw Elizabeth's abdomen in her other form whenever it appeared changing into that of a spider along with the eight legs, each of the legs ended with strange clawed hands, in the palms of these hands were mouths with venomous mouths waiting to sink their fangs into their prey. The top half was still human and the robes on her body was open, showing the glossy exoskeleton body covered in strange tattoos that emit an ethereal glow.The body of the other form had blackish blue hair that covered the torso, it's six arms, and abdomen. Her long hair looked more like black spider silk and Elizabeth looked at the men with five black pupiless eyes. By the time Elizabeth fully changed into her other form she used her six new arms to break through the rope and was grabbing her head in pain.

Alice to break free due to her reaching the other form. Her other form was walking on four mechanical legs and had eight spindly arms with razor sharp claw, some of which appeared to be different types of bladed weapons. Her torso appeared to be a steam and clock punk inspired armor but was fused to her flesh, some parts were crystal clear showing organs and machinery working together, some merged as one. Alice as three heads. One made of crystals, another made of stone and another looking like a doll. The two of them were taller than before in their forms.

The Moon Sisters stepped back when they saw the two creatures that the two mages turn into, even with the atmosphere affecting them the sisters can still tell what those two are really are. "Elder Goddesses... Those abomination were with us all this team!" they screamed out, trying their best to conjure as much magic to deal with the two beings before them. However they found both Tessy and Tandem getting in there way. "I don't know what you mean by Elder Goddesses but I won't let you hurt them." Tessy yelled out, not only tell the sisters but everyone else that if they wanted to harm the two women they will have to go through her first.

"Miss Inuu. We understand that you had feelings for this... thing.... when it was a human woman but these creatures are dangerous to everyone in this world." The sisters exclaimed, trying to get into their heads that those beings are not to be trusted. "Really? The only thing I have seen is that these two are in pain for some reason." Tessy turn and walked up to Elizabeth, ignoring the sister's warning she reach up and caress Elizabeth's cheek, feeling her warm and soft skin rubbing against the cold and glassy exoskeleton that made Elizabeth's cheek. The contact seem to snap Elizabeth back into reality and the black eyes looked at Tessy as the woman from the arid world gave the arachne Elder goddess a warm smile.

"I know you won't hurt me right Elizabeth? That would go against what you promised back in my home world, I also know that you don't have it in your heart and soul to willing harm me or anyone without reason." Tessy spoke in a tone that told everyone, especially the sisters, that she trusted Elizabeth to still be on their side. Tandem turn to Alice. "I never thought that I would see you like this but I don't see a monster or an abomination, all I see is one loony girl trying on some insane fashion." Tandem said, recalling a time he found Alice dressed in some absurd costume for a party.

Alice also remembered that time and smiled. Tandem turn to the sisters. "I know you three are goddesses but I doubt Alice will be dangerous to anyone in this room." Tandem actives the hidden blades implant, his fingers turning into blades. "And I better not hear you three call Alice and her cousin abominations or things again. You three may be gods but my people have made machines that can kill gods like they were insects." he threaten.

Normally Tandem will never threaten anyone but in this occasion he felt that the sisters crossed a line when they started treating his friend and relative as not only menaces but as things. Elizabeth and Alice soon changed back into their more humanoid "default" form, their senses now in check and the surge of new information now becoming manageable but still a headache for them.

Somehow both Tessy and Tandem manage to keep the two new goddess grounded in reality long enough for them to regain control over their powers. When Elizabeth looked back at Tessy with eyes whose sclerae are jet black and glowing red irises Tessy didn't show fear. "You're feeling better Ellie?" she joked, giggling when she got Elizabeth to hmph in annoyance. "I really wish you didn't call me that in front of the others." Elizabeth said in her normal voice, if not there being a low echo. Before Tessy can laugh she yelled in surprise when Elizabeth grabbed her and with surprising strength left her off the ground and carried her bridal style.

It was Elizabeth's turn to laugh as she saw Tessy blush. Tandem saw the sight and pondered. "I'm aware of what elder deities are and you two aren't acting like how most would behavior." Tandem felt a pair of arms fold on top of his head as Alice floated a few inches off the ground behind him, using her arms as pillows. "Let me guess. Instead of acting like Cthulhu we are still acting like ourselves." Tandem wanted to nod but since he didn't want to disturb Alice he only responded with a yes, he was glad that she weighed unusually light. "I think you two may have been humans for so long that even in your new forms you still have a human mindset, though that would mean that sooner or later you two will still think like an elder god." Tandem explained, not feeling comfortable with the idea of those two acting like actual elder gods.

Tandem shook the thought out of his head, both Alice and Elizabeth doing the same as the same thought entered their minds. Tandem turn to Tenzou. "Do you know of a good place for us to hide since this place is no longer a viable place to stay in?" he asked. Elizabeth put Tessy down and both her, Alice and the Moon Sisters sense something near by. The sisters were the first to go to the door and when they opened it they found Elynia nearly frozen.

After they shook away their shock they brought the woman inside and soon had her back with the others, the sisters tried to use their magic to warm her but the magic weaken atmosphere was ruining their spell. "Tenzou we need to warm this woman's body quickly. She will die of hypothermia if we don't recover her soon." they pleaded. Tandem was surprised to see yet another member of his kind entering the hotel while Elizabeth and Tessy were surprised for a different reason, the Alvaranian woman before them was the same one from the realm they rescued Cyrssa from.

[Kaidou]

Tenzou's hotel

The proprietor of the hotel picked up Elynia in his arms, lifting her to chest level.

"There's a hot tub inside", said Tenzou, "but we shouldn't bring her there just yet. Somebody get a blanket, and somebody else get some chocolates. We must make sure she can keep warm." Kaidō proceeded to help carry the woman, with Henry Saladass helping him.

It was at that moment that the ones who had gone out to the restaurant came in, signalled by Mera's head poking over the shrubs on her long dragon neck. The elf took his smartphone and went to the gate to greet them. He planted himself in front of the gate and held out his phone, just as the seven companions stepped off the cobblestone and into the paved pathway of the hotel's grounds.

"Hiyoo!" called out Josiah cheerfully, swinging the plastic bag of baguettes around and grinning as best as he could (after what had happened earlier). Hiccup's stomach lurched at the sight of the two transfigurations underway, but did his best to contain his bizarre, fearful disgust.

The grin on Josiah's face disappeared when Tenzou held out the phone and activated the hologram, revealing the bounty posters of the five members of the team. By this time, in a ridiculously short amount of time, the posters had been updated.

WANTED
Name Unknown

For Gangsterism, Triad Activities, and Assault
£20,000

WANTED
Name Unknown

For Gangsterism, Triad Activities, and Assault
£15,000

WANTED
ADWITH NARDER
アードウイス　●　ナーダ

For Gangsterism, Triad Activities, Unlawful Possession of Bladed Weapons, and Assault
£22,000

WANTED
WONG KAI YU
黃開玉
ヲンカイイ

For Assault of a Government Official, Gangsterism, Triad Activities, Unlawful Possession of Non-Bladed Weapons, and Assault
£70,000

WANTED
STEINER MAGNUS SVEINLAUGSSON
スターイネル　●　マグヌス　●　スバーインログッソン

For Gangsterism, Triad Activities, and Assault
£26,000

"Oh."

Josiah looked away sheepishly. He expected another shelling to come at some point or another. Instead, Tenzou simply sighed and glanced into the house.

"We should probably finish the planning for your trip soon", he said to Hiccup and Felix, the former of which had somehow avoided getting a bounty slapped on his head. "With these new bounties, bounty hunters are bound to come after you; it's best if you set off as soon as possible. After all, a bounty is irrevocable."

…

[Kaidou]

Dimension 29
Geatz Ünnüln

In a remote corner of the Grandmasters' home dimension, a dimensional rift silently opened up, allowing an IGSE battleship to cruise through almost undetected, save for the astronomically-inclined people of Geatz Ünnüln, a tiny planet (barely the size of Mercury) orbiting the sun on its own. After all, the Kriegsbau-class warship was the largest sized warship in the entire IGSE fleet; it dwarfed small moons.

The battle between the Grandmasters in the Shen Tang solar system had, in Iuzun's opinion, dragged on for far too long. Both sides had managed to fight each other into a convoluted and barely decipherable standstill, with neither side willing to relent. In the Alveranian's opinion, the whole thing had dragged on for long enough; that fool Alzis wasn't getting anything done. Two out of three of the Light Rokuō still stood strong, and the Dark Rokuō had been reduced to idiotic bickering. Enough was enough.

On the Kriegsbau-class ship were three powerhouses, all with direct orders from a very annoyed Iuzun to take down both the Fates Fleet under the Shinigami Kamiyasuo and the Jiang Dynasty's headquarters. The former would deal a crippling blow to Alzis' organisation since Kamiyasuo was, himself, a powerhouse, while the latter would displace the Grandmasters and make them easier to fight.

As the ship cruised past Geatz Ünnüln, firing relentless blasts of fire that incinerated the entire planet's surface, the three commanders of the ship stood on the deck; Anneliese Elsa Jones, the 4th greatest Bounty Hunter in the Multiverse, General Rushikk Antinoos, the commander of the IGSE's Army, and a third man who hid his identity with a trench coat and a steel mask. All three of them were bent on completing the mission assigned to them by Iuzun; Antinoos to secure another promotion, Jones to make another step towards displacing Omo Majar Sengs Duma (who had stayed right where he was for almost a century), and the third man for unknown reasons. He never talked, so it was impossible to tell what he wanted.

"Captain Tomas."

"Yes, General Jones?"

"How much longer until we reach the Shen Tang planetary system?"

"About 10 standard minutes."

"Good."

…

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Dimension 1,105
The Japanese Restaurant

"So… they've left already."

"The journey's gonna be very difficult for them. People have been trying to kill Ogklrygma ever since it mysteriously appeared 40 million years ago."

"Do you think they can do it?"

"I don't see why not."

"There's great significance in them obtaining the Jewel, after all; it would certainly aid their cause, considering how rare the power of light is."

"Indeed. After all, there are only four ways to obtain light powers as far as we are concerned; The Two Incantation Scrolls, the Pika Pika no Mi, and the Jewel of Ayushiri."

"Oh? Do tell me more."

"One of the Incantation Scrolls have already been used by Kizaru (which means it's now useless), and the Jewel of Ayushiri is currently stuck in Ogklrygma's throat. Only one Incantation and the Devil Fruit are still available. Except that they aren't."

"The Devil Fruit has been locked away in a pocket dimension by the House of Balakas, ergo it's completely inaccessible now. The Second Incantation is in the possession of Omo Majar Senga Duma. He's not used it yet."

"Is that so…?"