Talon, if you can protect Raven and yourself that is priority.
[He will struggle to get his gun up and try to shoot the witch demon in the face. This is more desperate, so red. Despite how completely calm he both looks and sounds. And he pulls red and blue.]
[ He scowls, darting away towards...not quite Raven's direction, since he would rather not put him at risk of those spikes
He's going to try the dome trick over himself and Raven, this time with as much detail as he can fit in before she fires off those spikes. it's a more calculated attempt this time, and he's also pulled red and blue ]
The bullet catches Malphas in the torso instead - her cry actually starts to sound fearful as she tries to frantically staunch the wound with two arms while another launches the spikes.
"NO...! NO!!"
At least Talon gets the dome up in time to shield Raven, but it's not finished enough to fully protect him as a spike tears into his arm. Another skewers Cosmo's side.
[Thank god he is practically immune to pain, though not so much he doesn't cry out and grit his teeth. He shoots again. This time not even attempting to get up, just taking time to make sure he hits. For blue and one blue one red.]
[ Talon's going to pretend he didn't feel that, rushing to strengthen the shield over Raven and add a few rushed spikes of his own to the drawing, aimed at the witch this time.
He's determined and focused this time, drawing 2 blue tokens ]
Cosmo picks off one of her head, while Talon's spikes rain onto her and skewer the rest of her body on inky black spears.
She screeches, gargling on her own thick, black blood, "How do you have so much power left...?"
Finally going limp, the rest of her rotten mass comes crashing down in a wet, thunderous crash. With a few more weak twitches, she finally goes still - and her body begins to dissolve into ash.
Raven finally limps out from his hiding place, still weary but - relieved. “I see I was right to entrust my life to you.”
[ Well, he can take his time on drawing up a phoenix rising from the ashes, a few feathers falling away as it ascends. It might be a little blood smeared. Now that they're not fighting for their lives it's more of a creative effort, which is convenient since he's pulled 2 red tokens ]
Sure what the hell. An inky black phoenix rises from his sketchbook, bestowing its blessing upon them all. Though they rejuvenate no tokens from the effort, their wounds do close over, and the pain fades.
Raven shakes his head, leaning heavily on his cane.
“No. You've done quite enough. ...Thank you.”
You hear the gratitude in his weakened voice, but if anything, it’s you that feels grateful. That you were able to actually protect something precious to you. If you could’ve been sure that there was a God to hear it, you might have even thanked him - that you were here in time, that you had the strength.
Without strength, you can’t protect anything.
(That’s what strength is for.)
(and why you need,)
(power, strength,)
(you need it)
But he’s safe, he’s safe - you comfort yourself with those words, that they could be true for at least a little longer. And that’s enough for now.
The illusion around you shatters - and you are returned to the floating platform.
Raven’s statue dissolves - the gun absorbing the blue energies that spill out, and the book absorbing the red. The base becomes another pillar of light, spilling out from a portal to the next level.
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Re: LEVEL 3B
Talon, if you can protect Raven and yourself that is priority.
[He will struggle to get his gun up and try to shoot the witch demon in the face. This is more desperate, so red. Despite how completely calm he both looks and sounds. And he pulls red and blue.]
Re: LEVEL 3B
He's going to try the dome trick over himself and Raven, this time with as much detail as he can fit in before she fires off those spikes. it's a more calculated attempt this time, and he's also pulled red and blue ]
Re: LEVEL 3B
"NO...! NO!!"
At least Talon gets the dome up in time to shield Raven, but it's not finished enough to fully protect him as a spike tears into his arm. Another skewers Cosmo's side.
Re: LEVEL 3B
Die already.
Re: LEVEL 3B
He's determined and focused this time, drawing 2 blue tokens ]
Re: LEVEL 3B
She screeches, gargling on her own thick, black blood, "How do you have so much power left...?"
Finally going limp, the rest of her rotten mass comes crashing down in a wet, thunderous crash. With a few more weak twitches, she finally goes still - and her body begins to dissolve into ash.
Raven finally limps out from his hiding place, still weary but - relieved. “I see I was right to entrust my life to you.”
Re: LEVEL 3B
...Are you both likely to live? Good. Can you draw us some bandages Talon? Or perhaps a phoenix with healing feathers?
Re: LEVEL 3B
[ Well, he can take his time on drawing up a phoenix rising from the ashes, a few feathers falling away as it ascends. It might be a little blood smeared. Now that they're not fighting for their lives it's more of a creative effort, which is convenient since he's pulled 2 red tokens ]
Raven, do you need anything else?
Re: LEVEL 3B
Raven shakes his head, leaning heavily on his cane.
“No. You've done quite enough. ...Thank you.”
You hear the gratitude in his weakened voice, but if anything, it’s you that feels grateful. That you were able to actually protect something precious to you. If you could’ve been sure that there was a God to hear it, you might have even thanked him - that you were here in time, that you had the strength.
Without strength, you can’t protect anything.
(That’s what strength is for.)
(and why you need,)
(power, strength,)
(you need it)
But he’s safe, he’s safe - you comfort yourself with those words, that they could be true for at least a little longer. And that’s enough for now.
The illusion around you shatters - and you are returned to the floating platform.
Raven’s statue dissolves - the gun absorbing the blue energies that spill out, and the book absorbing the red. The base becomes another pillar of light, spilling out from a portal to the next level.
However, they don't lead to the same place.
Cosmo
Talon