We Are Our Avatars VI (Closed for Good)

[Drakmorg]

Nybeth cast a spell to reanimate the remains of the soldier he just killed. He seemed to come to an epiphany of sorts, but simply shrugged to himself, not really caring about his own realization. He yawned as he looked out at the billowing clouds of toxins spreading around in the city off in the distance.

[hr]

"Got it." Jessica drew a circle of chalk on a nearby rock. After activating it, she hopped through to test it. She appeared a fair distance from where Loki, Rita and Nybeth were positioned. Having tested her portal, she teleported back next to it and ushered for Rookie to head through.

 

[DotSlash]

[color=ff4599] "Understood." [/color] Ness replied flatly as she entered the portal after Jessica, holding her sniper on her shoulder. Afterward, she'd teleport to a position a long way back from both Jess and Rookie. "You and the Corporal, be careful. I've got your back, but don't be careless." She telegraphed to Jess before setting herself up.

 

[Chungus]

"Well, I say our work here is done. Time to return and wait for the uproar this will cause." Loki remarked once the clouds dispersed on the wind, sounding rather pleased with himself. He turned around and started walking back to the airship.

 

[Furioso]

Rita turned and followed Loki. "How much of the area did you manage to hit with the gas?"

 

[Kirke]

The Rookie entered the portal, and hid behind some cover.
(To Ness: Try to focus on high-value targets if you can.)
(To Jessica: Keep on the move. Let James draw attention, then you flank them and take them down. Oh, and one last thing: If I die, and we win, I'd like my remains to be given to Erica, or the College of Winterhold if she is unavailable.)
(To the Rookie: Stay low, use your training and don't take any unnecessary risks. The other two can handle themselves, you worry about your own hide, alright?)
The Rookie shoved his rucksack slightly in response to Tophat, then peeked up and checked how many enemies there were.

 

[DotSlash]

"That was my plan from the beginning. Provided there isn't a giant horde, I'll be able to end this quickly." Ness telegraphed in response before calmly looking down the scope of her light sniper.

 

[Drakmorg]

Nybeth wordlessly followed after Loki and Rita. Finding his own method of travel to be preferable to sitting in an airship, he cast his Black Plume spell and shifted into the form of a crow. He flew up onto the airship near the entryway and glanced at Loki and Rita.

[hr]

"Understood." ...Erica's out of the question though. Probably doesn't want to ever speak to me again after how I ended up treating her...Goddammit! Focus! Jessica hid next to Rookie, waiting for him to take action and keeping watch on Loki's group as well.

 

[Chungus]

"Roughly a third of the city. How much cassualties actually resulted from this, however, I cannot say. We will hear of it before long, to be sure." Loki answered Rita as he walked.

OoC @Drakmorg: The pilot is still alive. The one who detonated the bombs was a different person.

 

[FPSfanatic]

Marcus and Xyleena were still a little ways away from Fourside, approaching from the south.

 

[Kirke]

Tophat mentally prepared himself, cleaning out all unnecessary thoughts.
(To the Rookie, Ness & Jess: On my mark: Three, two, one, MARK!)
Tophat entered Loki's mindscape, pulling him in as well. It lost all knowledge of what was going outside as it focused all it's mental power on keeping Loki trapped in his own mind.
"It is about time we meet." - It said to him, taking the appearance of it's old body in pristine condition.

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The Rookie took his last grenade and lobbed it at the zombies before moving to cover closer to the enemies, firing a shotgun blast to draw attention.

 

[Furioso]

"Hmm, that's pretty good I guess." replied Rita.

 

[Drakmorg]

@Nailik: Right. Last post has been edited.

As Nybeth only had one zombie with him at the time, it was torn apart by the grenade exploding near it.
The explosion and following shotgun blast gave Nybeth-Crow a start, causing it to crow and holler as it flew up and backed off further onto the roof of the airship.

[hr]

Having gotten the signal to move, and only seeing one other target, Jessica teleported behind Rita. She made to grab for the girl's hair with her left hand and try to grab hold of her right arm with her right to try and restrain her.

 

[DotSlash]

Seeing that the commotion had begun, Ness sighed to herself before quickly aiming at the pilot of the airship and firing a single shot toward his head.

 

[Chungus]

As Tophat entered his mind, Loki stood still, a neutral expression on his face.
Loki's mindscape appeared not as a constant, but an ever changing myriad, the only thing that did remain the same being the influence of the Tessaract. Loki stood within the center of it all, looking mildly confused at first, but quickly catching on. "The interloper reveals himself. Within my mind, no less. Curious, yet foolishly suicidal. You toy with forces you cannot possibly comprehend."

 

[Furioso]

Rita yelled out when she was grabbed. As Jess pulled her Rita's whip and clothing glowed as her magical energy was amplified by all of the mythril, and the ground beneath Jess rose up to attempt to grab her legs and arms.

 

[Kirke]

Tophat looked around, examining the Tessaract influence a moment before looking back at Loki.
"Perhaps I am in over my head, but minds is the one thing I truly know. Though I must say, it has been a long time since I saw a mind this complex. In any case, we may as well relax and wait."
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The Rookie looked up at Crow-Nybeth, and having seen him shape-shift a moment ago, decided to fire a pair of shotgun blasts at him.

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica kept hold of Rita and was grabbed as well by the arms of earth she conjured up. Jessica growled and tightened her grip on Rita, as well as activating an effect on her arm. Jessica's right middle finger started to lightly glow yellow, at which point Rita would feel like she had just been struck by a taser.

[hr]

Nybeth, seeing that Loki had somehow become entirely unresponsive, that his zombie was destroyed, the pilot of the aircraft being taken out, and Rita being held up in a grapple, decided to cut his losses and flee the scene. As he did so, one of the Rookie's shotgun blasts clipped his wing and sent him to the ground. Enveloping himself in a cloud of black smoke, Nybeth emerged from it, coughing and clutching at both his chest and a wound on his arm. "Bring the pain to blood and flesh, this demon cast from mortal coil!" He chanted, firing off a bolt of his Word of Pain spell at the Rookie, which would cut up his armor and slice right through the lighter sections and cut his flesh if it hit.

 

[Chungus]

"A diversion?" Loki asked, then laughed mockingly. "This is your plan? Foolish indeed." Loki began walking around the mindscape, which changed from a indicernable mess towards something that focussed on something the Tesseract had made him feel, a hatred for humanity. This manifested as the image of a city in ruin, smouldering. Everything was shaded blue, to various degrees. "Naturally, I shan't indulge you here. I have a world to conquer. You will be expelled soon enough. Either that, or you will be erased entirely. Who can say?" Indeed, Loki began expelling Tophat from his mind, slowly, but surely.

 

[DotSlash]

Seeing Nybeth emerge from the cloud, Ness calmly and quickly fired a shot into each of the necromancer's knees, aiming to disable him long enough for Rookie to finish him off. She looked over at Jessica and Rita struggling and calmly began to move from her cover to a better angle to assist her friend, being unable to get a good one. She also took note of Loki seemingly standing still.

....That's not a projection... I'll end it then..

 

[Kirke]

"Loki was the name, correct? I do think I'll stay around a tad longer."
Tophat held against Loki, placing old useless memories in the way. This erased those memories, but slowed Loki down as well.
"So, just to pass the time: What do you think I am? My body was killed, as you well know."
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The Rookie ducked back down in cover, the spell taking out a chuck from the rock he was hiding behind. He drew his pistol, and took aim. He fired a shotgun blast at Nybeth and a single bullet at Rita's knee, not able to shoot anywhere else for risk of hitting Jessica.