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Margo 1:

Now continues the story of Catastrophe Prime Vermilia, as Destiny has brought her to a new realm. One both beautiful and surreal as the brunette looked down from atop the cliff that is Peda de Gavea. It was the perfect place for a woman of her status to start as light green eyes seemed to see the world from this natural perch. A breath taking moment that wouldn't last as Catastrophe did not ignore the words that were echoed to her.

“I don't know why I'm here but I trust that the gods know better than to test the sacred Witch of the Seven Fates. But who am I to deny my brothers and sisters a chance to enjoy themselves?”

Firm in her resolve to win this test, Kaeyr, (living cosmic energy common only to the Catastrophe and her Designer Children), rushed throughout her body and veins. With the Sun's rays shining down on her body, Catastrophe's Anjel Seed (the mystical heart that gives a Fate their powers) was fully energized. She focused and gathered all her energy in order to perform one major spell.

Stygian smoke shot from her frame, but not like a giant cloud of gas. Nay, streams of smoke surrounded her and took on the form of six individual silhouettes. They were her siblings, her comrades in arms, her private army...the Sanctimonious Seven Fates of Catastrophe. All highly trained in the ways of the shinobi but gifted with insane magix, this collection of warriors were revered and feared by many as gods. Summoned to fight for their older sister and Witch Queen who blessed them with powers, they all gathered in circle around her. All of them were wearing black cloaks with blue clouds above their usual outfits & weapons; the uniform of the Tasogare or “Dusk”, the organization that they represented.

“It seems that we had been blessed with an amazing opportunity today. Lesser gods have chosen to test our capability. Let us show them that the House Vermilia is not one to trifle with. I know that like me all the Ascended Fates can sense that other beings are also playing these games. Kill them all but first watch them play along. We need to learn the reason for such a mundane test. Psi, you're in charge, take these items and bring them all to say hello to the other players. In the meanwhile, I need to rest.”

Giving her orders, Cat snapped her fingers to perform a minor conjuration spell. The magix brought a hot tub directly in front of her and in response she'd strip down to her bare nakedness. A soft moan exited her lips as she dipped in for a soak while Psi started issuing commands and charging her own magix.

“It's so hard being royalty, I swear.” Said Catastrophe as she relaxed and enjoyed the foam & bubbles.

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” — Revelations 1:8

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Ava 1:

//Ava the MV//

The musicians of the ocean chimed beautifully turning a cacophony into a symphonette. The clashing waves carried the undertone of sea water bashing against boulder, seeping into sand, entering and exiting small caves along the shoreline, all interlaced with the sea going birds and more sea mammals played near the shore. This music was so pleasant to Ava when she arrived she just knew that this location was auspicious towards her. She was greeted with a sunny day under a clear, pristine sky. Her check point was very near the ocean on a small strip of land like an Isthmus.

The Praca da fandacao was a special location. Immediately she was happy to notice how she was geographically protected by the sea on most borders. This luck was akin to being struck by lightning twice. As the Blood Sea Queen, water was simply her clothing that protected her. It would be difficult for her parties to invade when there was only one land corridor they could use.

The flags that she held in her hands were slowly changing to a green colour. She would protect these flags beneath her sky blue coat that extended past her knees, the color reminiscent of the sea. Beneath the cloak she wore a bloody red plated suit, designed to match her small and lithe, feminine frame, made of flexible material, it gave off vicious chills.

Ava began to survey the seas around her while whispering. Under her watchful eyes the sea level actually rose without her intervention starting from the land corridor. It rose and overcame the embankments to flood the small area of land until the sandy soil was under inches of water that deepened with rapid speed. The waters thay mysteriously rose summoned behaved like a million armies marching towards one point. Her check point. Ava smiled when she saw the usefulness of the little life forms called water spirits that were so fondly following her ever since she could remember. They were unseen, peaceful, ego-less, and infinitely happy water spirits; they simply began to raise the sea water level when she expressed her desires. They were ego-less meaning they didn't act with independent thought however they were very emotional.


As this happened, Ava held the hilt of her Water's Soul Sword and a fervent almost crazy emotion lit up on her face. She would begin this Race of Conquest at the Duke of Caxías Fort. Her Navi that was hid below her sky blue coat pointed the way, she would be very fast to arrive. She literally stepped onto the air like clouds were beneath her feet as she picked up speed. Her attention on all of her surroundings. Leaving behind a quickly submerging land she rocketed into the mainland. The Bloody Sea Queen had immense authority over water, no matter where she went, she had the power of the Blood Sea with her. Noone can say yet why she calls herself Bloody Sea Queen, she was a mystery, but her nickname Metal Vampire was a strong indication to think maybe her water powers weren't as they seemed.

Ava was narrowing on her target. The small condensations beneath her feet had become a beautiful spectacle like shining light
refractions. She started to prepare which was easy for her mastery level in summoning. Her soul space where the purified Blood Sea of ancient resided granted her spatial abilities, fast and unpredictable. She connected her mind to her soul space then extend that consciousness outside her body, this created a spatial map with her soul space. Her summoning was lit. Meanwhile, water began swirling around the Water's Soul Sword almost in anticipation. Her Kendo had transliterated into a Water Art.

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Baiji 1:

Still in control of Brutaal's body, Baiji entered the scene of battle. Blond hair underneath a black fitted cap was all astray like a wild mane. Today, he felt in his bones. Another fight was on the horizon. It wouldn't mean a thing to Baiji though. He was a master of dozens of martial arts, having trained with the Turtle School and other places across the galaxy. Thus adding the ability to sense Qi and mimic its manipulation with ease. Today he knew it, he had to put these skills to use again. He had to be the hero that people didn't want but needed.
ADIDAS shoe wear, a black sweat shorts and track suit top. His hat is backwards all the time. His cells and body are at full charge. He was ready to help make a difference and support his team.

Arriving at his checkpoint, he'd shrugged. He entered this game in hopes of facing off against real warriors. Supposedly a kinsmen would also be around for this game. Hearing the lady's instructions, hands tied the flag belt tight and looked at the Navi in his free hand.

“Hmm...I guess the smart thing to do would be to go to the one that's really far.”

He said before he turning his arms and jumping up. Right when his feet came off the ground, he launched himself off using his powers as the clone Kryptonian flew with the power of flight. Soaring through the clear sky, he wondered about the dangers he may face today. Baiji is a member of the famous Arctica family, few make their presence known. But when they do, they're known for doing the unbelievable. Traveling to Forte Duque de Caxias, Baiji knew that he'd take the base and be able to at least protect one place by himself if need be. High up in the clouds he flew, letting the Sun bless his body.

Soon the whole world would once again remember the name.
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Zak 1:

An uncertain feeling covered Lanius. A strange feeling of anticipation and a sort of nostalgia. Not yet did he know what he anticipated. Only the source and cause of the nostalgia appeared to him. A sense of belonging,or half-belonging.

'...Christopher....'

The lushness of the forest-park he found himself in,only now realizing this, took his full attention for a brief moment. He stared with a straight,yet appreciative face. A man-made forest of hundreds of trees,thousands of ferns and grass was before him. Great skies above and ambience of chirping birds and calmly flowing waters entranced him. Not to mention the horizon decorated by rolling mountains covered with unlimited carpets of green.

'...Christopher....' his mind repeated the name.

"Earth..." He whispered. A sigh of relief escaped him as he slowly turned to evaluate his wholly surroundings first. The memory of his purpose here returned quickly after being overshadowed by the environment; believe it or not,the ruler of an empire a galaxy strong had a deeply personal history on Earth. In hand he held a flag belt,carrying five flags which shimmered until they were perfectly white. He looked up into the sky. The Navi signalled him to the closest neutral base. Christ the Redeemer. He was conveniently placed,with the edges of his checkpoint and the base nearly touching. But he knew it was not going to be as simple as that. And at the same time it did not have to be tough right away.

Only preparedness counted in these kinds of battles.

Lanius pondered for some time. Although the Third Force had already determined the greatest strategy of approach the nature of a sentient being to stop and think still remained. Of course,this only remained whenever Lanius was away from significant danger. Over and over he went over that same tactic, occasionally conjuring spherical silver capsules and scattering them around him. By the time he was done, there were six of these pebble sized capsules. Technomagic flowed within them,making them unable to be sensed by technology and magic independently, just like Lanius himself was. To be able to sense him one needed both technology and magic in perfect harmony, and to be extremely advanced. For example an infrared study upon his being would be interrupted and rendered futile by the magic and so on and so forth.

Of course,whoever brought him here could sense and detect him. But to the other fighters he was utterly invisible to remote and indirect detection methods.

The silver spheres rose and steadily floated in the air passing some flashes of light to one another in synch. Though small,they individually had very important uses and roles to play. Together,the King was almost certain they would win him the battle. Each of them emitted a matrix or aura that extended about 20 centimetres outward,allowing the others to be summoned back within this matrix field using subspace teleportation.

He was 12.7 kilometers from the base. Only 30 seconds from his goal,travelling at exactly mach 1. A huge advantage. So he took off, at 617 kilometers per hour wearing bright primordial flames which gave him the image of a phoenix soaring through the skies. Two of the capsules followed with their lighter mass making certain they travel at least at twice the speed of Lanius. They carried the power of a Minor Scale-calibre ANFO each.

To be safe, Lanius had coated the flags with a fluid forcefield that had the same properties of a forcefield but took on the properties of certain objects whether physical or mystical and was also,as the name suggests,extensible like rubber. It could withstand all environmental conditions and pressures.

He stayed on track, and the Third Force constantly analysed data. The Third Force in this context is not energy but a program that spans hundreds of star systems. Thousands of programs run at once to give Lanius the perfect interpretation and conceptual understanding and adaptability. From optimizing his body to casting spells depending on data;this being the energy context. Several functions were scheduled to be executed at the instant proper stimulus was detected.

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Margo 2:

♚ “Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?” - GoR ♚

⋅ After getting briefed on the plan and checking the Navi, the Fates were ready to fight. They all had been trained through Pink Clover Academy and developed skills/abilities from different species, combat groups, and private instructors. Today was the day that they planned to use them. Even the three regular Fates that made up Delta Force prepared with their E-Skyns active. E-Skyns were paper with powerful magic written on them. Patting the paper on their chests, the E-Skyns came to life as mystical words spread across their bodies. All of them bore a soft glow akin to candles, but that only lasted a moment. As the words soon faded within their skin but made a thin powerful invisible aura. E-Skyns creates a force field around the wearer, protecting them from the hazards of the Void including filtration of stellar radiation and microscopic particulate matter which can be fatal to user. It promotes an atmosphere appropriate to the wearer's biology created inside the force-field while body temperature is maintained, and waste products are removed. Unlike their stronger siblings, the members of Delta Force weren't immune to radiation, mind control, or the dangers of foreign gases when traveling to a new real. The E-Skyns served that specific function of protecting each Fate from those specific threats. Now fully prepped and all carrying their mystical pouches that carried their Vibranium & plasma weapons, Pockets, and miscellaneous ninja gear, Psi made use of the abundance of energy she previously gathered. Like the rest of the regular Fates, the platinum blonde possessed a physiology that rivaled the body of Hercules the Champion of Legend, whilst her Ascended siblings were identical to Prime Kryptionians but better looking. Catastrophe had made it her life's goal to design the perfect team of fighters to protect the multi-verse. Engineering the proper bodies for these warriors was just the first step, the rest came in training and giving them the right powers. The first one to show out was Delta Force's leader, Psi with her Absol Magix. ⋅

Don’t believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies.

⋅ The gods watching the game saw a pink and onyx blur traverse the emerald woodlands. That blur wasn't a thing but rather a person...Psi. A moment earlier she was watching her siblings stretch and groan before their assault, now she’s rushing through the urban forest faster than a F-16 {Mach 7 is her speed}. Such velocity is the first gift of Psi's Absol Magix, gifting her with a connection to the Negative Speed Force. Connected to the NSF, her body can function/move at unnatural speeds with absolute impunity, still receive outside stimuli, and achieve much more. Onyx NSF lightning raged from Psi's body with each step. Destructive lightning that served her well by protecting her and obliterating vegetation as she plowed through trees and bushes like a bulldozer. Not a single step out of place, not a single obstacle capable of stopping her, she ran untamed like a wolf in the wild. Soon this wolf found her prey as olive green eyes saw a flaming abomination soaring overhead. A sinister smirk crept upon her face as she passed the monster to head over to Christ the Redeemer. However, this opportunity was taken to let her siblings have their fun. ⋅

Ascended Fate of Repose & Fate of Severance Make their Debut

⋅ Unbridled alacrity is the main benefit of Psi's NSF connection but not the only one. At its core, the Negative Speed Force is an entire dimension of negative speedster energy. All speedsters can enter and exit their Speed Force dimension with the proper training. Prior to leaving her older sister to her bath, Psi had brought the others with her by pulling them into the NSF dimension. When she moved below the flaming beast, she opened a dimensional portal releasing Alpha and Rho Vermilia as she pointed at the flamer beasty. At once, Alpha used her innate ability of flight to soar up into the heavens with a mystical trio of translucent kite shields following behind her, Vectors. Rho followed suit by focusing cosmic energy underneath his feet to climb whilst Alpha flew half as fast as Psi ran {Mach 4}. Being an off shoot of the Prime Kryptonians, heat vision is one of many of Alpha's natural abilities. Ivory laser beams of searing heat shot forth from emerald hues as Alpha now trailed after the abomination. Concussive force equal to a grenade and heat equal to that of anvil lightning aimed at the enemy's torso should both knock him off course and burst right through him if the hit lands. The Fate of Severance having brought forth his dusty grimoire the source of his Épée Magix, retrieved his Main Blade from its archaic contents and switched it to Battle mode. A mint green flame suddenly engulfing the massive sword, coating it with his Nothingness Kaeyr. When the time was right, the swordsman would assist but for now he merely followed behind his sister in her pursuit. Facing down the Ascended Fate with the strongest defensive magix and the Seven Fate's strongest swordsman, it went without saying that the flaming beast is absolutely fucked. ⋅

⋅ Our heroes' story continues as Psi never stopped running even as she let loose her bloodthirsty siblings. Being several times faster than the flamer beasty and her siblings intercepting it, she'd reached Christ the Redeemer before the abomination did. This however was nothing more than a pit stop as heels carved a trail into the Earth as Psi came to an abrupt stop and brought forth another sibling from the NSF dimension: Nu Vermilia, the Fate of Solace. Arriving with a mystical broomstick in hand, the petite redhead looked up the towering monument before her and then back at her older sister. ⋅

“So like...um...what do you want me to do now?” She asked with the nasal vocalic fry of a Californian native. An inquiry only answered with Psi tearing off one of five flags from her belt and pushing it into her sister's hand. With a rolling of the eyes and a palm to her face, the speedster shot one last look at Nu before heading to the next location: Copcabana Fort. ⋅

“Oh yeah that's cool, just leave me here to figure it out,” yelled Nu as she looked back at the statue and then at the pink flag in her hand. She obviously didn’t listen when Psi informed them of their mission.

⋅ The Shell-pink Speedster had kept her same speed of earlier in order to make it to Copcabana. Here she released her two brothers Omega and Delta. Handing them both a flag, Psi ran around every nook and crank of the base before rejoining the twin giants. ⋅

Psi: “You guys remember the plan right,” she asked to which they simultaneously answered- Delta: “Smash!” & Omega: “Sure.” Punching them both in the elbow, she shook her head in displeasure while stifling a chuckle. Both gave her a soft head pat before beginning their respective duties. One brother would fortify the base, while the other stood close to defend it. Psi
moved to unbuckle her flag but then stopped herself. The last of the energy gathered was spent on bringing her last set of siblings. Although she's the fastest of the Seven Fates, putting and pulling people out of the Negative Speed Force took a toll on her. Appearing in the barracks of the Fort, Psi dropped onto one of the beds as she closed her eyes.

“A moment to rest wouldn't be so bad...”

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Ava 2:

//Icy Cage, Flag Victory//

Ava was inclined to destroy rats on sight. ‘Rats would always lie in wait hoping to steal a high position from the one who wins it boldly’, this thought led Ava to remember one of her master’s teachings at this time which she found humorous.

"People who fight for positions for which they are not qualified will face embarrassment.”

Having been the one summoned closest to the Duke’s Fort, Ava was confident that no one was fast enough to have planted their flag here, but she was a cautious person by nature. If someone was hiding in the dark like a rat even after she arrived boldly from the clouds, she would have to embarrass them for their cowardly ways. Ava took a deep breath, inhaling air like a black hole, her chest slightly puffed, she then contracted her diaphragm and depressing her rib cage, expelling a vast amount of mist was eviscerated from her lungs. In a short breath the entire 1.5 kilometer range was submerged in the icy mist that sucked the heat from the land and obscured the skies completely. It was white and so thick that even with advanced eyesight, one could only mostly manage to make out as far as your outreached arms as they frosted over from the cold, meanwhile their bodies received the threat of frostbite. The temperature change was as massive as 40 degrees celsius all within one short breath. If there were any hidden rats then Ava was sure they could not banish their body heat, leading her to instantly discover them like a blaring light within the mist. Ava could detect where the most energetic hotspot were inside this mist of ice she created, a body has heat, which when absorbed by the mist was like drawing a map of all living organisms, even the plants fell under her detection as they too produced heat.


Ava prepared herself by caring for her mind and energy level, her mind was connected to the soul space she inherited from her master and thus to the Blood Sea. All the power of the Blood Sea was thus circulating through her body in mysterious cycles ready for her to summon to the most of her current potential and. Once she caught any foes, hidden or not she would instantly summon the Icy whips of the Blood Sea to surround and impale them. Little chances of escape were possible for her foes other than overpowering Ava. Both the mist plus the spatial map she possessed were an inescapable cage. Therefore, Ava calmly took out her Navi and let it direct her to the Podium inside the Mist. Quick on her feet she skipped mid air through the mist like she could teleport through it. She would soon arrive at the Podium where she took out her coloured flag then planted it, sealing her victory over the third Podium.

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Baiji 2:

Arriving at the base, crimson eyes widened at the sudden temperature difference as the Fort became blanketed in the icy haze. If it weren't for his highly dense Kryptonian skin tissue and his bioelectric aura, he would've succumbed to frostbite like any other poor fool. No instead, he only flew faster until slowly landing until he levitated several feet from the podium right next to his good friend and teammate: Ava. At once he'd noticed how their flags suddenly changed colors to match: a cute blend of blue and green.

“Hmm? I guess whoever is in charge of this thing wants to keep the dream team together. But I'm so happy we ran into each other, I was hoping we could set up some traps and go ge-” Then super senses and extraordinary reaction time came in clutch, as Baiji quickly grabbed her wrist. “Someone wasn't listening to the ghost lady, it looks like,” he teased as he chuckled while motioning for her to follow. Heading over to the statue of Duque de Caxias, the blonde hair male burped before reciting what he heard earlier. He spoke as if he was really bored as he performed the ghost lady's instructions.

“To stake your claim in the Forte Duque de Caxias, place your flag in his left hand. You'll know your claim is successful when the statue gives a respectful bow, but will drop the flag if you don't return the gesture.”

By the end of the sentence, Baiji watched as the statue bowed to him. Politely, he returned the gesture by lowering himself to bow as well. When that was over, he watched as the statue lit up in a harmonious blend of emerald and sapphire, a nod to both Ava & Baiji's team colors. Slowly but surely the magic spread out to show that the second Podium had been dominated by them. The Strongest Arctica then turned to look at his comrade.

“Welp, the fort is ours now but it seems like it's taking a minute for the flags to take effect. That gives us enough time to set up some traps around the base. If you want maybe you can set up some water or ice traps, while I go and charge up real quick, I'd still be able to see what's going on down there though. And it gives me a chance to summon my sword too.”

Once they agreed on the plan, Baiji would once again take flight but this time he only flew directly up into the air, so that he was close to the Sun while still in the stratosphere. Solar rays increased all of his Kryptonian abilities with each passing second while also his sword Guthix was slowly coming to his aid...just in case.

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Zak 2:

His flight through the air remained unimpeded not for too long. The burning primeval cloak he wore burnt brightly,unnaturally unaffected by the natural airs and resistance all around. The golden streaks that flashed through this great pyre made certain of this by manipulating the plasma so that it remained with a consistent fluidity and shape. Constantly shaping the fire so it assumed a more or less avian-like form. That would soon turn into a more dome-like shape..

A wave of data followed. The image of a fast moving object was instantly processed. His sensors were led there when reacting to the destruction. A subroutine was at that very instant called. Several booms echoed through the air with each simultaneously signalling the breaking of a sound barrier as well as the exponential expansion of the fire. The latter did not stop. The air became home to a great cloud of primordial fire which burnt mentally,physically and even spiritually. A bright show of power,a raging plasma inextinguishable and separable into its components,clinging to whatever it burnt.

This happened microseconds before Psi released her siblings. She could feel the heat penetrating every aspect of her as the cloud rolled out in every direction except 20 metres above Lanius,the cause of this fatal phenomena. Beyond the heat, the fire was being mediated by automated technological and mystical means,thus it released a great deal of mystic energies.

When the two siblings came Lanius remained indifferent and fixed on the goal. He kept soaring at now mach 7 after tremendously increasing his speed. The orbs followed suit with the velocity, with the ones who remained in the park shooting off to Christ the Redeemer. The two Fates were left in the dust as Lanius ignored them to focus on his goal leaving them with a cloud of fire that stretched 1.5 Kilometers and increasing,and now covered the whole surface. Psi was running on the surface,and the spread of the flames, aided by the Third Force, occurred at the same speed Lanius travelled.

Having increased his speed the moment he detected Psi —this happened when she was behind him— he took some time to accelerate to such a speed,allowing Psi to pass him by around a dozen metres.

Alpha and Rho were released and immediately went onto the attack only to meet a 5000°C wave of heat and fire that intercepted them from all angles except below travelling at speeds beyond theirs. As aided by the Third Force —those streaks alluded to earlier— which also played a role in allowing Lanius to generate the primordial fire wherever they were. As long as these gold threads moved at a particular speed, the fire could too as it came from them. This is how the volume of the fire increased instead of decreased as it covered a wider area.

The cloud hid Lanius. A stray wave of heat entered it and was immediately taken note of by the Third Force. Though it was much slower than Slain, thus had no hope of reaching him, he still took the necesarry precautions for now and for the future. Runes of gold covered him,and beamed a bright mythic light then disappeared leaving a Lanius,still in his quest to reach Christ the Redeemer, covered in more golden runes that branched out like trees,at their tips forming spiral designs that were slightly brighter. These runes projected an invisible field around him that worked with the orbs to displace whatever hostility that came in contact with this field to the matrix created by the orbs.

For example, a stray laser that hit Lanius' new 'aura' would be teleported to one of the orbs,shooting out from it seeking a new target.

If Psi made it to the Redeemer she would be with Lanius. Regardless, Lanius came with a great fiery cloud and was already in the sky. He didn't even try to stop as the fires spread over the ground and around the air space while he arrived,released one flag and circled the statue. In his motion he put the flagpole into the hand,arced around the statue and came back in front of it leaving ring of gold lightning-like strands crackled like thunder. All without losing any significant momentum.

The orbs continued to Copacabana Fort in a straight line with molecular oscillation allowing them to phase through obstacles.

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Margo 3:

♚ “Cowards abandon their dignity before they abandon the battlefield.” - GoR ♚

⋅ The events of the previous post remain more or less the same minus a few key changes. It starts all with Psi, the Shell-pink Speedster raced through the forest with grace. Olive green eyes didn't flinch when beasty transformed into a massive inferno in the sky but she didn't feel the heat either. From the outside looking in, others noticed the blur and the lightning around Psi. What they wouldn't know is that a translucent “buffer” is constantly forming around the blonde with each step that she takes. This buffer is her Speed Force aura, which acts as a cushion absorbing the dangers of high speed movement that would otherwise destroy Psi's body due to the law of physics; heat being one of them. The more heat that came, the more NSF energy she could draw out to absorb it. However, Psi, using a skill taught at Clover Academy, sensed the massive magic that the enemy unleashed. Pesquisa, is a sensory technique used to gauge an enemy's power level. Using this power, she sensed the sudden rise in magic which forced her hand as her siblings were released a nanosecond earlier than desired. Time extremely slow for speedsters. Capable of mentally processing faster than even a microsecond, Psi wasn't worried about being followed. She knew that her siblings were more than qualified to handle the threat. ⋅

⋅ As soon as the pair were brought out, Psi smirked knowing that this area was about to be a war zone. Instantly, she increased her speed {it's now 1/3 the speed of lightning} as she swung her arms and widened her stride. With a bright pink “flash” she disappeared to continue as mentioned in the previous post. Her speed allowed her to take a detour out of harms way without losing time due to the fact that she moved too fast to be seen. ⋅

Lanius~ The two Fates were left in the dus-

⋅ As stated earlier, Rho had drawn his main blade while Alpha had three Vectors following her. However, an impromptu plan happened immediately after she fired her heat beam as Alpha let Rho past her, just so that she could grab him from behind, carrying him. Once complete, Rho displayed the true power of his Épée magix. Mint flames sprouted from the tip of the massive broadsword until creating a miniature “Sun” { 12 meters wide} with Alpha and himself at the center. Once complete, Alpha took care of the rest as her speed jumped from Mach 4 to Mach 10. Their sun made contact with the flames sent but it didn't go as planned. Rho's Épée magix gives him the ability to summon blades imbued with Nothingness Kaeyr or “NK”. This Kaeyr is the very essence of oblivion as contact with it transmits other concepts both physical or metaphysical to the Asta Zone, a world where Kaeyr resides but is inhabitable for concepts not born within its realm. Rho's mastery with his Kaeyr has evolved to the point that it can become matter hence the mint flames that trail his blades. These NK flames don't function like normal flames however. They cannot burn nor do they have heat like normal flames do instead concepts that near 2 meters of the flames have their abilities negated as they're dragged directly to the flame – this is how its “heat” functions. Whereas the flames themselves are actually apertures, passing through the flames does not burn its victims but instead brings them to the Asta Zone, where those concepts dimensionally locked and assimilated by the great Levithan, an ethereal beast that devours all concepts foreign to the Asta Zone. The user can also select what concepts are “burned” with the NK flames as they guide their blade. Therefore, Rho possessed an invaluable set of blades at his disposal. ⋅

⋅ With Alpha flying so quickly, their model sun of NK flames engulfed the enemy's flames the moment they were in the vicinity of the flame's “heat”, removing the 5000° wave from play as they rushed and intercepted the fool that tried to so hard to hide from them. Alpha guided them using her Super vision: vision that processes the entire electromagnetic spectrum as well as allowing vast control over selective perception and focus. A combination of X-ray and Telescopic vision gave her a visual of the foe. With this ability, she also noticed that several orbs were floating along with the fool as she listened for his movement against the air, tracking him. Both observations she whispered to Rho who responded by sending the sun at the enemy's direction when they appeared 15 meters in front of him. The massive mint orb soared through the sky and with the enemy moving so fast, the odds of them making a collision were high. At the same time, Alpha activated a Pocket {golf ball sized observation device} which levitated right next to her right ear. Catastrophe immediately tuned in to watch as she cast a scrying spell on her end to view the first fight. Even if the king dodged the attack, Alpha and Rho were ready to keep him at bay, as Alpha could match his speed. Catastrophe then activated her La prévoyance spell as she knew a fight was about to break out. In the meantime, both Nu and Omega began making defenses around their respective podium. A last stand needed to be planned out. ⋅

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Ava 3:

//The Brook//


"Baiji I have a small gift for you and it might just help us out greatly. I introduce you to one of my water spirits and her name is Ariel. Ariel will now stay with you for the duration of our challenge. She can vastly improve your survivability in water." Ava chuckled evilly as she urged a water spirit with some quiet words to go to Baiji when he was done with his preparations.

"Be kind to her, she is more powerful than even I know. Now I will be doing some preparation at this brook." Ava stepped off from the podium as she said this and an aquamarine light flashed all around the podium the moment she left, signifying that she will place a barrier of sorts around this podium. The barrier was a water-attribute, attack-type barrier, this was all that was given away by its appearance.

Ava used her cloud-treadding manouevres to glide on over to the brook 15 metres away. She sat down lotus style with her palms on her thighs and then quietened down. She was listening to the brook. She found that as she listened to the brook her energy spent creating the mist and the barrier was rapidly replenished as if she had arrived back to her home where all the stress of the outside had fallen away. She felt that the brook smelt and felt like the source of her powers, her home. This added benefit helped her to tune into the balance of her body and nature, allowing more energy to flow through her. She did this type of meditation simply because she liked to be near water and not that she needed to. Whenever she felt the embrace of water she was happy and she even tends to perform at more than 100% of her fighting power.

Ava now had the tme to take out her weapon and plan her fight with whomever occupied Podium 1. As she saw her eyes reflected on her blade, she remembered that being swift and decisive was the way she was taught. All violent cards were going into this fight.

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Baiji 3:

Knowing that danger was certainly afoot, Baiji took a moment to look around the complex. Utilizing his super speed, he searched and searched until he stumbled upon a pair of ear piece communicators and wrist watch radios within the base. He didn't hesitate to rush to Ava and hand her one.

“I found some tech that we can use to talk to each other just in case we get separated. The ear pieces should synch once we set the watches to channel 7.”
Crimson hues then took note of the Water Spirit, almost at once Baiji bowed in respect. He knew how powerful these mystical creatures were, especially if they were anything like the Tree Spirits of his home town.
“Thanks Ava, I'll be happy to take her with me but first let me do some preparations too. I don't know why but I got a feeling that I'm needed somewhere else for a bit. But I swear to return.”
Words left his lips with obvious worry but a moment to discuss them was very scarce as the Strongest Arctica took to the sky immediately. Past the heavens, past the atmosphere, hell even past this realm, a hidden power overtook Baiji summoning to him to a hidden place known as the Dangai, a world in between worlds, something called out to him or better yet was it someone?

In the Dangai, moments passed and felt like years but truly it was only seconds in the realm for the Castle game. As for the person calling out to Baiji, well it was a surprise as it was none other than...Baiji!?!? Well more so an older more evolved version of Baiji. His future self had summoned him the original for specific reason.
“There's no way you can survive this fight at your current level kid, so let me speed things up and give you strength you need to win. Yeah it's gonna change a lot and start you off on a entirely different path than you'd expect...but trust me it's only the way to protect her. She's not just your best friend, she's your future.” Spoke the old man before delivering a devastating uppercut right into the jaw of his younger self. The punch imbued Baiji with a plethora of upgrades (his Grigori's Grace) as the man also tossed the young man a knapsack filled with the weapons and draconic ally he won during his travels. Baiji's flags were put into the knapsack prior to his ejection from the Dangai.

“I'm leaving the rest to you now. So don't get yourself killed...hero.” The old man said with a bright smile despite his time coming to an end. Crimson hues watched his younger self fall to back to his realm whereas he slowly faded to ash...the Grace being what kept him alive and powerful for so long. The younger Baiji faded from the dark smoky depths of the Dangai, falling from the blackness of space, to the surface of the immaculate Sun. Unharmed but instead empowered by the fiery embrace of Helios' gift. For several moments, Baiji laid here, building up energy while thinking about what just happened. Even looking at his right palm, he noticed a snowflake seal branded on his skin. He marveled at the knapsack he held still, not knowing the enchantment that kept it protected. Little did Baiji knew how much he had just changed. Nonetheless, he reflected to himself whilst listening from Sun, listening to his partner and captain Ava, when she was ready to move he'd return back to Earth.

“Whether it costs my life or death... I'll use this hidden power to protect her... I will... You have my word, Old Man.”

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Zak 3:

Moments of glamour and show had no place in war. Moments of detrimental preparation had absolutely no place in war. Lanius knew this when he fortified himself behind the towering inferno. Psi and Co. had no concept of this. So it proved their end,unfortunately.

With a release —of no mentioned velocity,and considering the usage of the word— of the twins came death moments after. Especially when after their emergence their sister,so very fast, pointed at Lanius. Lanius who had now summoned a raging cloud of primordial fire. They definitely had to make sense of their sister's action and so they wasted precious moments. It did not matter if they came a nanosecond earlier than planned;they weren't speedsters,so even their thoughts were not quite as swift as a nanosecond.

When Psi released them they were exposed to the heat of the gargantuan cloud. Psi protected herself against it with the speed force —albeit not where it mattered and this led to her unceremonious death,but that would be besides the point.— and released her siblings without any aid. Magic and heat overwhelmed them as their sister left them in the dust to die. Heat that penetrates every aspect(quite literally) burnt away at their thoughts and souls and bodies and all those physical/metaphysical aspects. There was no way out of this so they died. Sadly,but not for the King of Black. No,the King does not mourn.

If they didn't die right there,one of the pair, named Alpha, conjured deadly arrows and began a climb into doom that climbed down. In seven times time speed you can hear "hello" from across the street,the fire engulfed her right after she fired the beams. Rho had chosen to follow *after* the heat vision was let out to destroy the King,and this proved fatal to his sister(and him,honestly.) Without explaining too much,but using metaphors: she was climbing a ladder four steps at a time,while death climbed down seven steps at a time and death was already 4 steps from her. She entered hell so willingly.

Rho followed her. Actually, Rho went past her. Rho who had wasted moments conjuring a grimoire,then retrieving a sword and still turning it on. Precious moments turned to fatal decisions as he entered hell so willingly. In the time Alpha attempted to carry her they would've already burned. They did burn. The physical aspect of the primordial Kingsflame hangs on to their physical bodies melting,charring,ashening and even devouring them in almost an instant. The spiritual aspect devoured (and melted,ashened, destroyed, or every verb you can consider) their life forces and spirits and souls and even essence. The mental aspect destroyed their thoughts,emotions,consciousness, sentience and all those.

If for some reason they survived(and this was impossible unless they were beyond what mortals thought possible or impossible) Lanius would have still continued in his journey but took an early note of his opponents nullifying his fires. A strange thing to behold was that they were actually being absorbed and sent elsewhere meaning all Lanius had to do,he could do. That would take too long,so he instead would consider overwhelming force. No one said that the fires would ever stop so the moment the orb was hurled at Lanius he immediately opened a portal right beside him and sidestepped into it. The portal opened at Christ the Redeemer and he would do all that was mentioned earlier(including killing Psi,this is to be explained later on. Of course he'd know where the target was; he had a supercomputer calibre mind processing his thoughts and the target was a rather large statue. And of course, all this was not going to happen if Rho and Alpha died and they did die. Certainly.

Lanius and Psi ultimately made it to Christ the Redeemer. Though Psi made it first and released her sister only to be engulfed by the fires subjecting her to the fate as the dead twins who were born from the safe Speed Force realm.

Lanius arrived as Nu was released. It was assumed she was *released* at normal speed. That is what release meant. If she and Psi did not die here as they did nothing to defend against the primordial fires that spread over the ground, they definitely died when Nu asked Psi what to do. If not then,then certainly when Psi reached for the flag pole. Still,if not here then the gods certainly wrote it in the stars that they died when Psi gave the flag pole and if the gods did not choose this moment then it was when Psi gave Nu one final look.

Perhaps both never died for some cosmic reason,but Nu died after standing there as Lanius claimed this area.

Both never protected themselves against Lanius' fire after they arrived at the Redeemer. It would've been irony to Lanius had he known that Christ the Redeemer is supposed to offer protection but the God of Ghosts* never had the luxury of thinking such things in battle. Psi made the attempt to defend herself earlier,and this said that she knew the dangers of such damned fires. Fires that ravaged the ground. The others were lost inside the Speed Force.

At this point another orb had made it to Copacabana Fort and had already scoured the area and located the target podium. It positioned itself accordingly and projected a portal,big enough for Lanius to easily go through and behold a few feet from him the podium. He laid his claim next to the Brazilian flag with a slight smile of appreciation on his face. The forest he had found himself it earlier on was one to behold. After making his claim he prepared three miniature nuclear cells which would provide energy for his plans. He went back to Christ the Redeemer through the portal,and remained suspended in the air as if he was on a platform as fire burned wildly. Two orbs were at Copacabana fort,one heading for the other podium and one floating around Lanius.

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