Arvis woke from a much more fitful sleep than normal. He wasn't sure what had made it so much more uncomfortable than normal at first. It couldn't have been that he was attempting to sleep in a cave-because the consorts on his planet were assholes and refused to let him sleep in any of the inns-he'd done that several times now and they'd been the most peaceful rests he'd had.
After he'd gotten up and headed out for the day to try and make it to the nearby tower, he figured it must have been the dream he'd been having. It had started as the recurring dream he'd been having recently about Java the two of them doing things he didn't feel comfortable saying out loud.
But then, before either of them could, eh, 'finish', Java had vanished. It had been sudden, jarring, and quite frankly had left him with an uneasy sense of dread, like something bad had happened to Java.
But he shook it off. It couldn't be true, it was just a dream after all.
Java had been for about thirty seconds. This was about thirty-five seconds longer than Java ever wanted to be dead for. Regardless, at the end of the thirty seconds, she found herself sitting on the stone bed she'd landed on.
She was very confused for a multitude of reasons. The most immediately of which was the fact that she was no longer wearing her previous outfit. Her clothes had been stored within her Charm modus, and she was now dressed in a sky blue outfit with gold kneehigh boots.
The outfit was extremely soft, with a lighter blue symbol on the chest that was identical to the wind marking on the table she was sitting on. It had a cowl that was already pulled up over her head, a bandit-like face mask on as well.
The second pressing matter was the blood surrounding her. There was far too much of it. If fact, she was pretty sure that if she didn't have that amount of blood inside of her body, she would be dead.
Actually, hadn't she been dead not very long ago? She remembered now how far she'd fallen, how hard she'd hit the stone bed. It had all been so fast, and she couldn't believe that she'd not only survived, but done so with no physical injury on her body.
Before she could think about this however, a few of the mountain dwelling monsters made themselves known. A cybernetic jade basilisk with harpy wings and twin tails, and an oil Archeon with a scorpion tail, roots, and a machine gun both came out of a nearby cave to attempt to attack her.
Java gasped, jumping back as she raised her hands to shield herself from them, and as she did, something strange happened. When she wasn't immediately blasted to death, she looked over and saw that both monsters had just sorta… stopped.
They were looking down at the ground, a glazed over look in their eyes. From their mouths, a blue mist like substance was leaking out. Java moved her hands, finding curiously that the blue gas followed her hand movements, being pulled forcefully out of the monsters' mouths.
As more and more of it left, the monsters slowly turned more and more grey in color, slumping on the ground and going more and more inert until eventually they were effectively dead on the ground despite not having been killed.
"The hell?" Java questioned. She started to move towards the mist to try and inspect it, only to find that she wasn't walking; she was floating in the air, flying. It took her brain a few seconds to catch up and realize what was wrong with that.
She wasn't wearing her flight pack. Even if she were, her flight pack wasn't able to sustain consistent hovering and movement for very long, especially not as fluidly as Java was moving now. Java was flying, entirely by herself.
BF: Guys, I'm extremely fucking confused right now. PN: I'm kinda freaking out myself, what's going on with you?
BF: I.. I think I died. I crashed landed out of the sky and landed on this bed thing? And now I'm back, and I'm wearing this weird new outfit.
[Born2Fly posted an image]
PN: Woah, that actually looks really cute on you. BF: Oh totally, but where the hell did it come from?
EE: I think I can explain what's happening. First, Valtina, what's wrong with you?
PN: You… actually care?
EE: Of course I do, why wouldn't I?
PN: You're Patior, I don't remember you caring about anything other than your research and once in the distance past, Aspico. Even that caring was laced with bitter hatred.
EE: Well we're on the same team in this game dammit, if I want to decide to care, then I will. Please, what's going on? I might be able to help.
BF: Please Val, just tell him so he'll tell me what's happening to me.
PN: Fine, fine. I'm just.. I'm starting to get a little afraid.. Of Brendon.
BF: Of Brendon? How/why? Aren't you two, like, moirales?
PN: / we're not moirales, and we definitely aren't right now. Aspico said he's the Prince of Doom, and I found a prophecy on my planet about the ruler of all destruction bringing death to my entire planet. If it's true.. And if it is about Brendon, then he could destroy our entire session before we ever get to make our new world.
BF: Oh god..
EE: You were right to be worried about it. PN: I am?
EE: Yes. as the Prince of Doom, Brendon is acting as the session's killswitch. He'll bring death to us all if he's allowed to continue through the game. He doesn't even know it, but he's going to be our destruction. I knew from my research that someone on my team was going to have to be the one to stop him, but I wasn't sure which one of us was going to be strong enough to do it. Now I'm sure it's you.
BF: You're saying she has to kill him!? Are you crazy!
EE: I don't like it anymore than you do, but it's him or us. Besides, we don't know for sure that they'll stay dead. This is a game remember? They'll come back after we win the game.
PN: I.. I wish it didn't have to be this way. I think I already knew what had to happen, but I didn't want to believe it, I still don't. But if it's for the session.. And if he's gonna come back after the game.. I don't have a choice. What about Java, what's happening with her? And what did you mean 'they'?
EE: She's ascended, reached the God Tier.
BF: God Tier?
EE: Yes, it basically means you've unlocked your powers. Just like I'm the Mage of Mind, and Brendon the Prince of Doom, based on that picture, I'd have to say you're the Rogue of Breath. You'll be able to steal the freedom from others and give it to different sources, literally 'taking their breath' away. As for why I said 'they'.. I think she needs to use her powers to weaken the hero team.
BF: What?
EE: Yes, I'm sure of it. As the first to God Tier, we have to make sure none of the hero team members ascend as well. Your powers are perfect for it. You'll be able to take away their ability to keep going. I think Arvis is the best target.
BF: What!? Why Arvis!?
EE: I've been checking into the hero team members. He's the Page of Blood. Blood is the opposite aspect to Breath, so he's especially dangerous to you, and especially easy for you to take down. And as a Page, he's got more potential power than anyone in the entire session. He and Brendon are the two members of that session that most have to be stopped. There's gates on your planets that will take you to them, and with a few screenshots of your planet, I think I can figure out which ones will be the right ones. Keep strong team, we have to win this remember? At all costs.
Patior took a deep breath as he got Valtina and Java to agree to his plan. He gave them the instructions to head to the proper gates to go to Brendon and Arvis' lands respectively. Both of them had the elements of surprise, so he had no doubt that they would be able to handle it.
But he did have doubts that what he was doing was right. He shook his head, he couldn't afford to let emotions get in the way of his thinking. It wasn't rational. It didn't matter whether or not he was almost certain that they would both stay dead after being killed. He couldn't let them ruin the session and prevent them from making the new universe. He was going to win this game, no matter what it took.
Google 'Rogue of Breath Outfit' if you want to see what Java's wearing.
