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diatu2021-10-17 01:17 pm
serpentinthegarden) wrote in diatu2021-10-17 01:17 pm
Oct Event Log - Portal Chaos
The glowing portal shuddered before slamming shut behind them. It had seemed like a good idea at the time... go through the portal in order to close it from the other side. And it had worked! The portal was closed, the school was safe but the heroes who had worked together to close the portal were now trapped on the other side.
[ OOC - This is the IC log for this. Consider it a freeform playground, take these prompts and run with them or come up with your own. ]
Through the Portal
( Loki, Crowley, Alec, Beetlejuice, Sho )
Silence fell as soon as the portal closed leaving the small group standing in the middle of a crossroads. The ruined archway that ran along the top of the cliffs hinted that there might once have been more of a civilization in this world but now there were only the two pathways, one that ran down the hill into the face of the brilliant red glow that hinted at a flow of magma beyond and one that curved up a hastily cobbled together set of stairs. Of course they were free to stay right where they were as well, here in this craggy passage with the imps peering down at them from every rock and crevasse.
Rescuers
( Aziraphale, Harry, Lena, Eleven, Mal )
With the battle won most begin to relax. There was the wounded to see to and the damage to the school to repair... but gradually the more tuned in students start to notice the missing. Roll calls that were taken but never completed for some were not around to answer to their names. Then one of the injured students comes to and mentions having seen the missing students disappearing through the imp summoning portal. Clearly they were trapped on the other side and it was up to their fellow students to work out a way to bring them back!
[ OOC - This is the IC log for this. Consider it a freeform playground, take these prompts and run with them or come up with your own. ]
Through the Portal
( Loki, Crowley, Alec, Beetlejuice, Sho )
Silence fell as soon as the portal closed leaving the small group standing in the middle of a crossroads. The ruined archway that ran along the top of the cliffs hinted that there might once have been more of a civilization in this world but now there were only the two pathways, one that ran down the hill into the face of the brilliant red glow that hinted at a flow of magma beyond and one that curved up a hastily cobbled together set of stairs. Of course they were free to stay right where they were as well, here in this craggy passage with the imps peering down at them from every rock and crevasse.
Rescuers
( Aziraphale, Harry, Lena, Eleven, Mal )
With the battle won most begin to relax. There was the wounded to see to and the damage to the school to repair... but gradually the more tuned in students start to notice the missing. Roll calls that were taken but never completed for some were not around to answer to their names. Then one of the injured students comes to and mentions having seen the missing students disappearing through the imp summoning portal. Clearly they were trapped on the other side and it was up to their fellow students to work out a way to bring them back!
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The combination had him realizing why he was feeling so right since they arrived. This...
THIS WAS A ZETTA LOVING UG!
Let the zero take point for the 1/60th of a minute. What did Sho care if some yoctogram got erased.
He had his powers back! He could feel them, now that he was paying attention. He rolled his shoulders as his wings spread out from his back.
Let other reapers have small dainty wings if they wanted. His had grown exponentially!
And if he could have his wings back....
He focused and called up some Noise.
Jungle boomer! He could work with that. He was tempted to summon up something truly big - the boomer being just slightly shorter than he was - like Dub Rhino, but that could wait. Besides, he wasn't sure yet if Taboo would be needed. Best to make sure any Noise he summoned first would be loyal to him.
"Times to erase some Zeroes!" he said happily, and you could almost hear that he used an X in his head for times rather than the word. Because what was the fun of speaking if one didn't make math references constantly? "Who wants to be divided first?!" He asked as a maniacal laugh bubbled up from deep within him.
He didn't know this UG, it wasn't Shibuya... but it was about to be his!
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"Yes, because that is such a brilliant idea right now, idiot." Loki didn't bother to keep the snark from his voice. Then their annoying lone-wolf was manifesting his own show-off routine. Which did at least provide a good opportunity for Loki to reach out and attempt to drag Alec back to the group. "You, stay put." Turning to a group of imps that had followed them, the god pointed--moving to reach out with his mind. "You!" He intoned while gesturing. "Keep that one busy!" Pointing in the direction of the demon and Sho. Smirking as they chattered then headed in that direction, and he turned to Crowley, Beetlejuice, and Alec. "We should keep moving."
cw: crass comment
He did think Loki was probably right. There had to be better places to see than this section of New-Hell.
To Crowley as an aside, "D'ya think he's compensating?" with a chin thrust towards Sho's wings.
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Sho's wings seemed to hover over them like a backdrop. Big, flashy, and yes perhaps compensating for something. Who could say? He had never met the kid before and he wasn't the least bit interested in doing math with him. Not his subject math.
"He speaking in tongues?"
That did some times happen in Hell to those who were unprepared or unusually susceptible to it's influences and it would explain why very little of what the kid had said made any sense to him.
The imps were simple creatures and very easily influenced. They quite readily took to Loki's mental suggestions and ran en masse towards the demon. Ready for a fight the dark winged demon had raised it's hand to smack at the insects who had dared to challenge him but now he found his hand covered from fingertips to elbow by nasty biting and clawing imps. The demon's howl of surprise was deafening but it was distracting enough to give them all time to slip away... if that's what they wanted.
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The first of which was that he would always be a human that no one superhuman took remotely seriously for good reason and that would be the same no matter how good he became at magic, he'd still be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
The second of which was that he was posturing for no reason and while he tried not to feel humiliated by his own foolishness, his brain refused to listen to his commands.
The third of which was to be distracted when facing a demon the size of a small hill was a really bloody stupid idea. The creature barked a laugh and rose, backhanding him before he had time to react. Driving the breath right out of him.
He managed to come to as he was hurtling through the air and managed to use the wings to cushion the fall but landed hard on some blackstone rocks, bouncing once before scraping his back against the heat. He was at the base of the mountain again, arm throbbing, staring at the orange red glow of the perhaps sky and wanting the ground to swallow him.
Someone would come for him he was fairly sure and though he'd like to think he'd rejoin them under his own steam, he knew he wouldn't manage. So for the moment he lay there blinking upwards and wishing the ground would swallow him.
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He applauded as he approached. "Not half bad. Of course for a target, he was so zetta slow. Tell you what, when I claim this UG for myself, I'll add you to the roster. +1 Reaper, that add up for you? Take me to your Composer and I'll challenge to a Reaper's game here and now. Winner take all! I'll find my beauty in this inverse matrix and run this UG with my flawless calculations. And I'll FOIL anyone who tries to stop me! First Outer Inner LAST!" he proclaimed happily as more Noise formed around him in a show of strength.
He leaned back while standing, as if unconcerned, hands in his pockets while his wings leisurely opened and closed. "SOH CAH TOA," he said as if satisfied that he was clearly the undisputed victor here.