DragonRage

Cicivexa fires his spell, Tsubasa takes her mighty cut... Icarax is still standing, if barely, sparks flying as his Starlight Spear grinds against Tsubasa's blade, too late to stop it from cutting deep into his shoulder. Then Gozer thrusts his own Starlight Spear. Icarax's weapon flies up... And comes down, spearing him through the foot. He looks down at his foot, up at Gozer in utter disbelief. Meanwhile a storm of explosions, flames, and bullets force the Rahi Nui's arms apart. Wasting no time, Bazelgeuse body-slams the trespasser-possessed creature, smashing it into paste in a titanic explosion. Driven by canny instinct to not try to eat the tainted amalgamation, Bazelgeuse takes off, flying away to parts unknown. The Makuta busts out laughing at Icarax's plight. He can barely focus enough to bring shadow manacles around the rebellious makuta's wrists and ankles. "I can't believe that happened! Oh, I will treasure this memory for ages to come." "I can't believe I stabbed myself... I'm better than this..." Icarax murmurs to himself in shock, "I am better than this, right?" "No, you aren't," The Makuta gestures again, and a square frame shapes itself from a nearby rock, "But you'll have plenty of time to regret what you've done in here. Killing is so... final, don't you think? I do dislike wasting a possible asset, so in you go." With a flick of his wrist, Icarax is thrust into the frame, and stays there, a chained painting making two-dimensional but still definitely alive and mobile struggles against his bonds. "Do try to regret what you've done, Icarax," He sighs, "Omnicide serves no one's interests. Least of all yours, if you'd stopped to think about it for a moment. "Now then," He turns to the party, and with a gesture, a circular portal, crackling with dark, ruddy energy that drifts like ink suspended in water appears, "This should, if my calculations are correct, take you back to your castle. And I know my calculations are correct that it is well past time you returned there."

Travis fires his main cannon! Icarax deflects the shell with his sword! ...Straight into the Rahi Nui's side, causing it to take 57 damage. Icarax takes a swing at the Makuta, but Tsubasa blocks it, taking 19 damage. The Makuta fills Tsubasa with righteous fury! The Rahi Nui roars into the sky. ...In the distance, another roar answers. The Rahi Nui seems surprised that any creature would dare challenge it... Cell counterattacks the Rahi Nui for 46 damage, and surrounds himself, Tsubasa, and Edmond with his Aura of Laceration! Tsubasa shoulder checks Icarax, which doesn't seem to phase him, and then slashes at him with her sword! Icarax goes for the parry, but his sword is out of position from parrying the tank shell! Icarax screams as Tsubasa's light-infused sword cuts deep into his armor, dealing 188 damage! Dark energy streams from the rents in his armor, and the Makuta chuckles in schadenfreude. "Oh, it is entertaining to see that happen to someone else." Icarax responds to this by throwing another cut at Tsubasa, dealing 22 damage, as he curses her under his breath, and himself for underestimating her. Hikari slashes the Rahi Nui for 24 damage. Icarax forfeits this action since he used his parry! Cicivexa uses Flare 1, dealing 38 fire damage to Icarax, the Rahi Nui, and the Makuta. "Are you blind or just a terrible shot?" The Makuta asks indignantly. The Rahi Nui lowers its head at Cell. Edmond uses Quick Tune-UP on Tsubasa! Tsubasa is no longer mechanical... Edmond Stress Tests the Rahi Nui for 20 damage! Edmond loses 6 total HP to his assorted effects. Dackly offers Icarax a spear! "Yes, thank you, the extra reach will be useful against that blasted light sword," Icarax growls, tossing his blade aside and taking up the Starlight Spear. Gozer takes the chance to bounce a silver bullet off the Rahi Nui, doing almost nothing... From the sky, an unpleasantly familiar screech comes in a streak of sulfurous, furious orange, and explosions wrack the Rahi Nui! Wings buzzing, the possessed monster rears up, roaring as it chambers a devastating punch! TURF WAR: BAZELGEUSE VS RAHI NUI! Use explosive attacks, buffs, and debuffs to influence the Turf War against the trespasser-possessed Rahi Nui! Status Initiative

Lexiel thinks it over for a moment, before presenting her contract to Ako instead, "If you think it would be best, and you are willing, then so be it. I would be honored to have you fight by my side in the battles to come."

"Very powerful and an enemy of the demons you say? I may have a proposition for you," Lexiel offers the Great Boss Sparrow. She raises her right hand, arcane sigils hovering around it, and conjures a glowing, translucent scroll embossed with Izzet and Boros guild symbols, unfurling it dramatically, "I have the ability to make contracts with persons of extreme personal potency, allowing them to be summoned as aetheric constructs even on other worlds. It would put you at absolutely no personal danger, you would be aware of what actions your aetheric counterpart has done, and I do not believe one has ever acted in a way that would be counter to the original's goals or desires. It would also allow you to take the fight to these things that have assaulted your home and world even in place where you, personally, cannot go. And it would give me a mighty ally to call upon in the service of this mission, of course."

"Strong odds the demon in the inn was one of his goons," Lexiel confirms, "If she wasn't working directly for him, she was sure advancing his plans anyway."

Travis fires his machine guns, hitting Icarax six times, the Rahi Nui three times, and the Trespasser Tyrannosaurus once! The Trespasser Tyrannosaurus takes 6 damage! The Rahi Nui takes 18 damage! The bullets bounce harmlessly off Icarax! Icarax lashes out with his sword at The Makuta! Tsubasa intercepts the attack with Sky-Splitting Flash. Tsubasa takes 27 damage from the sword cut as it batters through her defenses and slices into her forearm! The Makuta activates his Mask of Shadows, shrouding Tsubasa in a veil of darkness! Tsubasa will easily dodge the next attack aimed at her this round, and actions she makes this round cannot be countered or parried! The Rahi Nui charges! But Cell redirects its charge into a tree... Tsubasa concentrates on the Kanohi Vahi! The ancient and unimaginably powerful forces of the mask flow through her without disruption, shaped by her desire to help her allies. The party's timestream is warped! The party is no longer Silenced! Travis is no longer suffering from Reality Acid! Tsubasa has unlocked an action using the Great Mask of Time: The Kanohi Vahi: This orange-red mask covers the lower half of your face with wide-spread wings of metal. It hums with ancient power and promise. Better not break it... Special Property: Don't Overthink It - When using the Vahi, actions associated with it have a cooldown equal to the user's intelligence - 2. For every round of cooldown that the Vahi's actions have, there's a 10% chance for the user to lose control after using an action with the Vahi. The user gets a +20% chance to lose control unless they have an Empty Mind technique or similar skill. In this case, a Bad Thing happens (decided by the GM). Special Property: Elemental Mask - The Vahi can grant access to item-locked tricks and actions that involve time manipulation and may only be used while it is worn. In exchange for requiring the Vahi to be worn (which does nothing on its own), and being restricted to time-based effects, these tricks and actions are slightly more powerful than usual. Timeline Shift (Trick, Item-Locked): The power of the Great Mask of Time allows you to erase the ailments your allies suffer from out of existence entirely, altering past events to prevent them from having happened. Any effects that already happened remain as a sort of cosmic detritus. Try not to think about it too hard. -Level 1: The ally suffering from the most debuffs is cleansed of all debuffs. Then all allies suffering from debuffs of the same name are also cleansed of those debuffs. It's almost like they never happened at all. This action can only be used while wearing the Kanohi Vahi. Icarax, frustrated by Tsubasa, thrusts his sword at her! Thanks to the Makuta's darkness shroud, Tsubasa easily dodges it! Hikari makes a very angry slash at the Trespasser Tyrannosaurus, dealing 60 damage! Icarax, now more than slightly ABSOLUTELY LIVID, attempts to stab Tsubasa again! The tip of his sword bites deep, dealing 10 damage! Tsubasa is bleeding heavily! Cicivexa uses Thundaga on the Rahi Nui, dealing 3 damage and inflicting Thunderstruck for three rounds! The Rahi Nui roars in surprise as an elemental energy it doesn't have any defenses against arcs across its skin! The Rahi Nui's furious roar echoes across the battlefield! Cell flinches! Dackly flinches! Edmond flinches! Cicivexa gets a free attack from Thunderstruck next round! An answering roar echoes faintly across the skies... Edmond has flinched! Edmond has two actions... Edmond's single use of Stress Test drops the Trespasser Tyrannosaurus like a rock! Edmond loses 6 HP... Dackly has turned the Trespasser Tyrannosaurus into a Plushie Tyrannosaurus! It has a big head, and little arms. Its red and blue feathers are quite fetching. The Possessed Rahi Nui attempts to warp the battlefield further! ...But the web site where the warp terrain encounter table is hosted has gone down, so nothing happens. Tsubasa bleed 7 HP! Status: Initiative:

"A special grove? Wonder what's there," Lexiel follows along behind Ako and Spicy HG, "Green magic isn't anywhere close to my specialty, but it's interesting to study even if I can't use it."

Travis opens fire with his machine guns for 8 attacks of 6 damage each, looping around the initiative order until all are expended. Each hit lowers the target’s damage output by 2 for 1 round. The bullets seem to bounce off Icarax. The Rahi Nui stings Travis, inflicting Reality Acid and dealing 3 damage! Better clean that up fast… Icarax throws a cut at the Makuta, dealing 11 damage! Gozer intercepts it with Royal Guard! The Makuta activates his Kanohi Mask of Shadows, filling Hikari with righteous fury and giving her +12 damage for 3 rounds! Cell uses Ice Grenade targeting the Rahi Nui and Icarax! They lose 5 init and act last this round! (Or next round if they act before Cell). It doesn’t seem to affect Icarax… The Rahi Nui turns towards Cell and lowers its bull-like head, snorting viciously. Tsubasa uses Sky-Splitting Flash to intercept the next three attacks aimed at Cicivexa or the Makuta! Icarax attempts to shoulder-check the Makuta, but Tsubasa intercepts the blow! C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! Icarax loses his next action! Hikari uses Dispersial Slash to deal 59 damage to the Rahi Nui! She activates her Blood Barrier to soak the next two attacks aimed at her! Icarax’s combo has been disrupted! Cicivexa casts Toa Freeze on Icarax, the Rahi Nui, and the TST, dealing 1 ice damage to each and granting him Umbra for 4 rounds. All three must make a DC 20 con save or suffer Bind for 2 rounds, cutting off actions that require proximity. Icarax ignores the effect! The Rahi Nui eats the ice damage and gets marginally more swole! The Trespasser Spawn Tyrannosaurus is frozen solid! And also softened! The paradox deals 10 psychic damage to it! Edmond asks the Makuta what his name is, and uses Bird’s Eye View to decrease incoming damage on Hikari and Dackly + Gozer by 30%! Edmond doesn't regenerate, because he's at full HP! The Makuta seems to be ignoring his question... Dackly uses Soften to inflict 4 stacks of Soften on the TST, reducing its damage output by 4%. Gozer uses Royal Guard, predicting that Icarax will attack the Makuta! A warping pulse emanates from the Trespasser-possessed Rahi Nui! Suddenly, whenever a member of the party breathes out, the air exiting their bodies emanates several feet to their left, bypassing their vocal cords! The party has been Silenced! Status: Init

The Stormtrooper looks over the Idea Disc briefly, before clipping it to his belt for further examination later, safely away from the Captain. "I see," Saejik nods, "I do hope your containment protocols are sufficient to the task. I'd hate to have to have all our work here undone."

"There's an obvious one," With the fighting over, Saejik steps up, "What do you intend to do with this... Thing?" He glares down at the battered Deity of Greed like it's some unmentionable thing scraped off his boot.

"It's likely she's holding out because her explanation is either unbelievable, or does in fact run contrary to our interests. She's banking on us not being prepared for another battle so soon, and her jamming device preventing any outside forces from interfering. And yet, the presence of such measures suggests that she is not confident an altercation would go in her favor, does it not? If we needed any further persuasion, refraining from worshipping the Trespasser does not in my eye have any correlation to how dangerous the creatures are. Correct me, my comrades, if in your experience this is a flawed assumption?" Saejik's Stormtroopers none-too-subtly position themselves between the elderly officer and the new arrivals as he rests his right hand on his blaster's handle, "So... Do we want to fight this woman now? Or fight the inevitable results of her failure to contain whatever she plans to make of this creature later?"

"Objections, I can think of a few. Starting with us not being finished killing that thing," Saejik stands tall, hands clasped behind his back as he turns to face the new arrivals, "It's with the world-eating vermin. It needs to be terminated. It certainly isn't safe if we let someone else run off with it."

"Are we being jammed?" Saejik gives his commlink a solid whack, before clipping it to his belt sharply when this fails to make it work better, "Come on, Lyra, get up," He shakes the girl's shoulder, "I don't think we're quite done here."

5 mana bonds? Excellent. "These creatures violate the laws of this world," Lexiel invokes, "May we who bring justice upon them be empowered! Let the sphinxes' gaze pass on the righteous with favor!" Lexiel casts Sphinx's Revelation! Mitsurugi is healed for 3d4 + 6 HP, and reduces her longest active cooldown by 3 rounds as an ethereal sphinx made of shimmering blue and white mana manifests briefly, hovering behind her. The magical construct nods down at the goddess, sending a wave of warm, restorative energy and cool, comforting logic flowing through her mind. Spark Trooper is on cooldown for 3 more rounds Wall of Denial is on cooldown for 2 more rounds. Loadout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n32cNcg9eEgyPGeQHO7bXH-1GVO8VS3CC1ZU3i60aiQ/edit?usp=sharing

Captain Saejik calls down an Ion Cannon strike on CFW Magic! The ISD Renown fires a volley of blue energy bolts from its broadside ion batteries! They will arrive in 2 rounds, stunning the initial target. If the initial target is mechanical, they also receive the Ion Disruption debuff, causing them to act as if their attacks had been Basic Blocked for the next 3 rounds. The closest mechanical enemy to the initial target in the initiative order also recieves the Ion Disruption debuff, whether or not it was applied to the initial target. Saejik will send a Stormtrooper with a commlink to connect him to Lyra, "Keep your head in the game, agent!" He's not 100% sure what Lyra's rank or job description is, but she sure acts like an irregular agent, "Don't let them get to you! They're trying to compromise your judgement!" Lyra looses all temporary HP and then gains 14 temporary HP from Battlefield Triage, and if she has a status ailment when it fires up to 2 are removed. The Turbolaser barrage burns through the atmosphere in a hail of green streaks. It will strike CFW Magic in one round. The distinctive screech of Twin Ion Engines can be heard as the TIE Punisher crews line up for their bombing run. Initiative values 0-6 will be bombed in one round. Lead from the Front will cool down in 4 rounds. Loadout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y2p_ofBRFbFPFAFbpyB8TC1eEvUUjg84Pjvg_GpeejU/edit?usp=sharing

"Even he could not possibly be that stupid. He lives in this universe, just as the rest of us. What possible benefit would he think to acquire with siding with a force that seeks to end everything?" The Makuta starts pacing irritably, "What are you up to Icarax..." WHAM! An invisible force slams into the Makuta, knocking his mask askew and throwing him back. Even as he corrects it, regaining his balance, a second massive, armored figure appears before the party, flickering out of invisibility. This being is taller and leaner than the Makuta, his black armor accented with red and silver. In one outstretched arm he holds a shield lined with outswept blades, which he just used to bash the Makuta back, and in the other, he holds a long sword, its hefty guard scratched and worn by countless battles. A mask like a vulture's face covers burning red eyes as he glares with manic hate at the other titan. "Enjoying watching you fools fight amongst yourselves, of course. And now, punching you in the face. Oh, but I am going to enjoy this." "Icarax, Icarax, Icarax," The Makuta sighs, leaning on his spear as he chastizes the other makuta, "We've been through this how many times now? You know how this is going to end." The dark god gestures casually at the usurper. Nothing happens. He narrows his eyes at his hand, and gestures again, with quick precision. Still nothing. "...Uh oh..." "Having trouble accessing your elemental powers, Teridax?" Icarax gloats, "I've sealed them away, with the help of my new friends! Behold!" He points grandly towards the sky with his sword as a loud buzzing fills the air. A shadow passes over the clearing once, twice, before settling into a thunderous landing. The creature looms over the two makuta and the party, twisted flesh and clicking chitin. Two burly arms dominate its front section, covered in blunt fists of shell like a mantis shrimp, under a horned head where eyes glow with sulfurous hate. A heartbeat later it's a great, sabertoothed cat's head, slavering and snapping, before the bull returns. Insectoid, no bird-like, no insectoid wings vibrate on its back in a rattling buzz, as a scorpion's tail arcs over the back of its head. Instead of hind legs, a pair of great treads like a tank grind at the dirt as it snorts and snarls, maw drooling a sort of iridescent goo that causes the ground to twist and warp where it lands. "You let a Trespasser possess the Rahi Nui?! And gave it the ability to feed on makuta powers instead of Toa power? Icarax you idiot! Even if you best me, how do you expect to defend yourself against it with your sword alone?" "I don't," Icarax snarls, "You wouldn't understand. You always win. Well. Not this time. Even if it kills me, I'll have killed you. That's plenty. And you said it yourself. We both know how this is going to go down. I could never match your power. I... see that, now. But you... You never did put in much practice with that spear of yours, did you?" He raises his sword and shield, even while the Makuta takes up his spear. But from their first clash it's clear that Icarax wasn't exaggerating. His sword whistles through the air with precision and skill, his shield perfectly blocking and trapping the Makuta's spear for each blow. The Makuta narrowly avoids the first few strikes, but this stalemate can't last... The possessed Rahi Nui roars, and the very air twists around it, a creature tearing through the veil, like a Tyrannosaurus composed of right triangles with unequal sides, that hurts the mind even before it hurts the body. Status Initiative

"Oh no... Come on, get there in time!" Lexiel will summon a Spark Trooper to attack the Onryo, or if she's dead the Bud Ogre. The Spark Trooper will, following Lexiel's orders, deal [synergy]d4 damage to its target, and then heal the non-summon ally with the least HP remaining for [intelligence]d4 HP. Lexiel's synergy and intelligence are currently both 6, so unless she's buffed or debuffed before the summoning the Spark Trooper will deal 6d4 damage and 6d4 healing. After attacking and healing, the Spark Trooper will harmlessly explode. If the Soul Warden is still present when the Spark Trooper is summoned, it will heal all allies and summons for 5 HP. The Spark Trooper has 1 HP but since it explodes at the end of the turn that doesn't matter. Unlike Lexiel's other summons, the Spark Trooper can attack on the turn it was summoned. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n32cNcg9eEgyPGeQHO7bXH-1GVO8VS3CC1ZU3i60aiQ/edit?usp=sharing

"Ghhhh... I won't fall to this..." She very well might, but Lexiel refuses to go down without a fight. She casts Wall of Denial, creating another summon, this one blocking for herself. The wall has 45 MHP, does not counterattack (unlike Lexiel's other summons) and is impervious to all status ailments, and to all damage not dealt by weapon-based attacks. Natural weapons count as weapons. This triggers the Soul Warden, healing all allies (including each of Lexiel's summons) for 5 HP apiece, assuming it's still around when the wall is summoned. Lexiel has 3 mana bonds. Loadout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n32cNcg9eEgyPGeQHO7bXH-1GVO8VS3CC1ZU3i60aiQ/edit?usp=sharing

The Makuta looks down at Cell's spoils, eyes narrowed. "I did lose a swarm of Nui-Rama while tending to the damage Tsubasa inflicted to my armor, but not this many," He sifts through the belt-ring one by one, before stopping at a mask about halfway through, "This... is not one of mine. And I don't know what creature you severed that tail from. I have seen records of every Rahi beast in this world, but that... And the mask... The missing matoran... There is a rogue member of the Brotherhood of Makuta, a lesser member of my species, on this island. But who among them could be so foolish as to act against me in- No, that's a stupid question, it's obviously Icarax, none of the others still alive and free would dare. But this secrecy and scheming is not like him, unless... Did it finally get through the rocks he calls a brain that he cannot defeat me directly? No, arraigning for all of your deaths wouldn't give him more power... Icarax, what has your tiny, tiny mind devised? It fills me with a great irritation that idiots can be harder to predict than geniuses... One cannot simply discount illogical or nonsensical courses of action..."

One of Saejik's stormtroopers runs up to Bridgett with a medic bag, and after scanning her and conferring briefly with the Captain on his helmet comlink, waves a paddle-like instrument over her, dissipating the staticky energy playing over her form. "Don't let her get to you, keep firing!" The trooper nods at Bridgett, brushes a bit of dust and rubble off her shoulder, and hurries back towards the AT-TE. Captain Saejik uses Battlefield Triage! Bridgett is cleansed of being Sealed and another status condition if she gets one before this resolves! She also receives 20 temporary HP for 3 rounds! "I'm sending you the targeting information!" In the AT-TE's cockpit, the Captain relays a new set of orders up to the ISD Renown, "Target designation CFW Magic! Give me a turbolaser strike on her position! The turbolaser bolt will deal 5d10 + 14 damage. The Turbolaser strike is fired from the Renown's starboard heavy octuple-barbette turbolaser batteries and streaks towards the ground. It will arrive in two rounds. The TIE Punishers breach the atmosphere, bringing the faint, distant, and very distinctive screech of Imperial twin ion engines. They will arrive in two rounds. Loadout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y2p_ofBRFbFPFAFbpyB8TC1eEvUUjg84Pjvg_GpeejU/edit?usp=sharing

"Hohoho, flattery will get you everywhere, Dackly, but no, I find Xanatos and I have very different approaches to business," The Makuta takes a step or two away from Tsubasa, eyes briefly flickering towards her sword, "He sets things up so that win or lose, he will profit, while I... I simply acknowledge that there are certain truths in the multiverse, among them that heroes always triumph over evil in the end. Kill you? Why would I even make the attempt? You're doing exactly what I want. The only thing I've done that even put your lives at risk was allowing Medusa to confront you, and even then I was ready to step in if she looked to be doing better than I had predicted she would. Though I suppose I wouldn't put it past those matoran to pin every misfortune that befell you upon my shoulders; under ordinary circumstances, it wouldn't even be unfair, but these are hardly ordinary times."

"Then I'll-" Medusa abruptly finds that while her mouth is moving, no sound is coming out. "Spend some time with a mental health professional, and make an honest effort to work with them this time," The Makuta steps out of the goddess' shadow, silencing her with a wave of his hand, "When you look arrogant next to me, you know you've got problems. At least I can admit when I've been outwitted and outplayed. Yes, it happens. Occasionally. Usually after underestimating Vakama. But in this case, everything is going just as planned. The heroes triumph over the evil villainess, rescue their beloved companion, acquire new powers, and learn things about themselves, said villainess gets the shock to her system she needed to convince her to actually listen to her therapist, yes, I would call this a happy ending, wouldn't you?" Medusa glares at him, moving her mouth soundlessly, and he sighs, gesturing in her general direction. "I DON'T NEED A THERAPIST!" She screams, "I NEED THEIR HEADS ON-" He silences her again. "And yet, as you've clearly demonstrated, you're not able to take their heads. And if you were doing as well as you believe yourself to, you'd know that the last thing any of us want is for these people to come to harm," The Makuta gestures over the party with an armored hand, "After all, they are our best bet for fending off the Trespassers. You do remember what those are, yes?" Medusa makes a rather rude gesture at him, "Oh, so you do? And you agree that if they eat the worlds we intend to rule over, that would irreversibly set back our plans?" Medusa slowly, reluctantly, nods. "Then you agree that the group of heroes fighting against this great evil should not be killed, but instead allowed to do their duty, and achieve their destiny?" Medusa twitches, once, with her entire body, before going stiffly still. "We'll work on that. With your therapist." When Medusa doesn't respond to that, the Makuta snaps his fingers, and she vanishes instantly. "Ah, I do so love a good deed done well. She'll thank me later. Probably."

"I'm not you, Dackly. I am Medusa," The fallen goddess asserts, "Or at least, I am the remnant that is most like Medusa. Whatever else I might be, I am not mistaken, and I am not a mistake. I'm not some broken thing for you to repair, and add to your little... collection. There's no fixing me."

"You're a fool. I have a reason to fight!" Medusa shouts back at Dackly, "I am the goddess of darkness! The goddess of evil! Fighting is my reason! Wiping the smiles off pathetic twerps like you and your little friends is what makes me happy!"

Travis hoses down the enemy with machine gun fire, and lands 9 bullets! He hits Loyal Gozer twice, Medusa five times, the Gravity Rahkshi twice, and the Fast Healing Rahkshi once, for 18 damage each! Loyal Gozer doesn't seem bothered... Medusa parries the first two bullets, but can't keep up! The Gravity Rahkshi stops concentrating, and seems to be waiting for something... Tsubasa uses Third Form to intercept the next three attacks that would hit Cicivexa or Edmond! Medusa puts Travis into a Stasis Field, banishing him for 1 round! Cell readies an action... Hikari moves 20 HP from herself to Cicivexa! The Gravity Rahkshi springs into action, using Black Hole to attract all targeted actions to himself! The Gravity Rahkshi receives the healing! Medusa begins charging her laser vision, screaming with rage! The Fast Healing Rahkshi reaches out with its staff and... Lightly taps Hikari, bypassing her Blood Barrier to deal 57 points of healing. Medusa is charging her laser vision... Gozer and Cap use Caltrops on themselves, reducing their initiative to zero and stunning themselves! The Black Hole's gravity starts to tug on the caltrops, but something holds them in place... Dackly starts charging her Laser Vision, sacrificing her Wave of Denial buff! Cicivexa uses Sharpcast, and then casts Flare III on Medusa, the two Rahkshi, and Loyal Gozer! The Black Hole draws all of Flare III into the Gravity Rahkshi! Cicivexa inflicts 328 damage to the Gravity Rahkshi! The Gravity Rahkshi disintegrates under the absurd influx of energy, completely annihilating it! With the Black Hole gone, Cell makes his move and shivs Dackly with his Starstorm Spear for 19 damage! Edmond uses Stress Testing on Loyal Gozer, dealing 5 damage and increasing the damage of the next hit the rocky creature takes by 25%! Loyal Gozer heaves a rock at Cicivexa, but his Manaward blocks it! Cicivexa feels a little shock, like a charge of static electricity, and the bizarre sensation of someone poking the bottom of his shoe with a clawed finger! Cicivexa takes 6 damage! Medusa's venom inflicts 12 damage to Cicivexa! THE CONDITIONS ARE MET! CHECKMATE TRIGGERS! Thrown off by the massive gravitational pull and subsequent explosion, and sheer confusion from Dackly's allies seeming to turn on her for no discernable reason, Medusa loses concentration on her laser vision! It explodes in her face, causing her lose her balance and fall over, taking 83 damage as she crashes down! "No! That's impossible!" She screams, clutching her smoking face as she slowly shrinks down to a height more appropriate for a tall human. "You can't have- That move should never work! It takes too much to activate it! I'm better than you in every way! That can't have- Can't have happened! I- I'm the better one! The real one! HOW?" Loyal Gozer and the Fast Healing Rahkshi have vanished...