Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 17:41:56 GMT -6
Feb 1, 2018 6:39:46 GMT -6 @professorkoro said:
Sept 28, 2017 1:23:58 GMT -6 @thecomposer said:
The Composer materializes outside the Monolith's entrance, looking out over the charred landscape below the structure. Charred indeed... the smoldering earth is blackened and blasted even more than usual. Carnifex can be seen, battered and broken, standing with both of his greatswords drawn against an immense sea of hundreds upon thousands of Datai surrounding him, each of them sharing a defensive swept-back stance with their swords held aloft, pointing at the ex-Ascendant. The Composer floats over the hordes to speak to Carnifex personally."Resolved to challenge my Datai, have you? Not going quite as expected, is it?"
Carnifex glares up at him, slightly shifting his blades.
"I've waited long enough, defyer! I will not be ignored by some extra-dimensional thug."
"You have my attention now, do you not?"
"Get down here."
"Why? So you can swing your oversized toothpicks at my neck? You will find that as much a waste of time as trying to kill a single one of my Datai."
"These blades can still cleave you in half."
The Composer lowers himself. The moment he is within optimal striking distance, Carnifex lunges at the speed of light. The Composer raises his arm and catches the first greatsword at its edge, stopping its swing dead with a deafening clang. The second, thrust straight at him, he swats aside with enough force to blow it out of the crimson entity's grip, sending it careening into the Datai horde. They each sidestep well in advance, and it embeds itself deep into the black earth. Carnifex attempts to withdraw the caught blade, but it does not budge from his emerald foe's hold in the slightest.
"That hole in the sky took your power. Did it take your intelligence, too?"
He yanks the greatsword back, jerking Carnifex forward. The Composer sidesteps and casually shoves his stumbling attacker in the back, plowing him face first into the ground. A green glow appears around the second greatsword, and it tears from the earth and flies right at the emerald knight, who catches it by the hilt and examines it. As Carnifex is about to climb back to his feet, the Composer impales him all the way through the spine and chest with the stolen blade, forcing him back down. His cold voice resonates ominously over the ex-Ascendant.
"I know you have questions. Keep them to yourself. Continue to pester me, and I will peel the layers of your physical form until all that remains are the naked and corruptible grains of your mind, fresh for the harvest."
The Composer, the Datai, and even the Monolith all dissolve away into nothing, leaving Carnifex alone in the dirt. After a moment of furiously digging his claws into the ground, he collapses.