Conquestum Paradisi

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Conquestum Paradisi

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What: Closing Arena Ceremonies, Part 2
Where: Aries Arena & Televised
Summary: 1/24/10AC
Warnings: This could get serious...but who knows.

Finally it was time for the mayor, Kazuki Sakahagi, to speak up. Not even an thirty minutes left to the celebrations, but seeing him go appeared to be lighting up a spark in the citizens. It wasn't too hard to see why; his enthusiastic grin and way of walking could easily melt anyone's worry away.

He walked to the center stage as cheering broke out, two men in black and Junko Tanako behind him.

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[camoflage]

He'd had to deal with worse before, but ask Spades and he'd rather not be dealing with complete magical psychopaths on a rampage.

He teleported off the beam and appeared right above Anant with his saber in hand, and the blade down. He drove the sword down to aim right for Anant's back-- he was still mindful not to stab into the spine, but he figured a situation like this would probably require a bit more ferocity than their previous non-lethal disposals.

[selfgodded]

Anant did indeed shred that concrete to pieces - into thick, half melted chunks that crashed to the ground when Anant successfully tore through it. They looked about themselves, obviously confused at his opponent's disappearance - only to half turn when Spades teleported and-

The blade rammed right into Anant's back with the noise of tearing muscle and squelching blood. The deluded god staggered from the force of it, and tried to twist and swat at Spades, but the angle made them miss.

"Urk..."

Blood gurgled in their throat, spilling out of their mouth, but they didn't collapse or howl or scream. No, instead, they stilled, a harsh noise escaping them and-

If Spades is still gripping that sword, he's going to get several thousand volts surging through his body.

[hinoto_npcs]

Quickly Hitsuji levitates up small pieces of wood that had broken from collapsed pillars nearby (likely her alternate selves' work during the chaos causing portion of the evening), and thrusts her hand out, aiming the pieces towards Anant's legs to try and collapse them to their knees.

Eyes widening, a thought occurs to her that she can't believe she didn't think of before; she didn't need to call in her caretaker if things got worse with this guy.

She could just call in herself.

Spades seemed to be making good progress, though, so likely it wouldn't be an issue. But it definitely relieved some stress from her shoulders to know that she didn't have to stoop to that level during her first night out in a large fight-- what would it have said about her training? It was bad enough that she was getting a little freaked out fighting a guy like this to begin with. Ugh.

[camoflage]

"--!"

It didn't take long for him to realize there was something crackling on the surface, and almost fumbled when the first sparks began. He wasn't about to stick around for the full thousand volts of course, and quickly teleported away, landing a few feet away back on the ground.

"Hitsuji--" he called, pulling out another of his knives in the process and pointing at the sword he had left lodged in Anant's torso, "Think you could use that thing like a lightning rod?!"

[selfgodded]

Anant was breathing heavily when the energy crackled out, and they seemed to forget the fight as they twisted this way and that, their golden claws frantically trying to grab onto the sword to wrench it out. The angle was bad, though, and all they could manage was to jar the hilt, able to feel the blade scrape against bone.

"Nnh...hnnn...."

Something cracked against their legs, forcing them onto their knees, catching themselves by pressing a gauntlet against the ground. The churned up earth immediately turned to slag, bubbling and hissing around the superheated energy. Anant didn't immediately get up.

They felt...weird. Like, woozy, it was strange...

[hinoto_npcs]

"You know it!"

Hitsuji takes in a deep breath, waving her wands in the air and bringing forth a rope of majyyks on each. She cracks them like a whip and they entwine around the sword hilt, both her and the ropes pulsating with technicolored strobe-like lights as energy travels down to the weapon to send pulsating shocks of electricity and raw magic through the wound.

If this didn't knock them down a few pegs, she didn't know what would.

[camoflage]

He smirked underneath the ensemble, pulling his arm back and throwing the knife at Anant; he was aiming for a knee, but given the way the ground was...dis..integrating...? It was entirely possibly that wasn't gonna hit the mark. Oh well.

He teleported away again while Hitsuji unleashed her magic, standing next to the mask that had fallen off Anant's face and swooping up into his hand.

[selfgodded]

Unfortunately, Hitsuji shot herself in the foot with that move.

Anant let out a piercing shriek, but it didn't sound pained - merely alarmed. Energy crackled over the deluded god's body, and the gauntlets started to glow brighter and brighter, until they were white hot and causing the very air to shimmer with heat and steam.

They abruptly lunged to their feet, wrenching their body hard enough to snap themselves free of the magic ropes lashed onto the blade jutting out of his back. The blade Spades through jammed into their hip, but they didn't even seem to notice.

With a violent twist of their body, Anant's claws sliced through the sword jutting out of their back, letting the hilt fall to the floor with the cut edges red with heat and half melted. Even after being shot twice, stabbed, and slammed about everywhere, Anant still seemed ready to go for a few more rounds.

Until, of course, their eyes landed on Spades, and they stilled, staring intently at their mask like a dog seeing their master holding a treat.

[hinoto_npcs]

"...Uh?"

She glances down at Spades, trying to figure out what in the world they should do. This was... definitely a new one...

[camoflage]

Unfortunately Spades didn't have a chance to look up at Hitsuji at the moment; he was focused on Anant, holding the mask in clear view, but with a tight grip.

"You want this back, right?"

He dropped the mask on the ground, putting his foot on top of it and leaning forward. Not enough to break it, but enough to put pressure on it. "Take a step closer and I grind it into the dust."

He kept his focus on Anant, but looked at Hitsuji for a moment and jerked his head towards Anant; figure out how to deliver a good blow while he kept the guy distracted!

[selfgodded]

Anant twitched when Spades leaned forwards, their claws flexing in agitation as their gaze flickered from the mask to Spade's face. A small, distressed noise whined in the back of their throat, the glow of their gauntlets dimming rapidly.

"...get off of it..." Anant said softly, their voice strangely cold and flat. The noise trailed off into a low, inhuman growl, and the glow returned to their gauntlets in a sudden flare, their eyes narrowing as the beginnings of an actual expression started to cross their face. Anger.

[hinoto_npcs]

Okay, desperate times called for desperate measures. She'd have to add two more to the list of times she cycles back, but... this guy seemed to definitely be worth the effort with how crazy and powerful he was. God, hopefully she could at least take a nap before closing all these time loopholes.

Alright. Here we go.

Without a sound, two more copies of herself popped up next to her, wands out and at the ready. They exchange looks before casually flying into a semi circle behind Anant, the original copy of Hitsuji in the middle. She holds up one hand, three fingers extended as if to indicate a count. Three... two... one-- she points her last finger at Anant, via extension pointing her wand in that hand back down at him, and all three send two powerful blasts of technicolor disco fun times magic down at him simultaneously, aiming for just about anywhere on his body besides his head.

If this ended up being too much, then she'd own up to the consequences. But this guy really seemed like anything inflicted on him less than brutal force would do jack shit in the end. Hopefully she wasn't overestimating him...

[camoflage]

Anger. Yes. Anger was good.

Spades crossed his arms across his chest, tapping his foot on the mask. Not enough pressure to break it or crack it or anything, but it was certainly enough of a threat. "Ah ah ah-- Take a step closer and you can say goodbye!"

[selfgodded]

Anant froze when Spades tapped the mask with his foot - and obediently did not move even when the magics rammed into them.

It didn't hurt. Anant did not feel pain even when their body was pushed to its very limits, but the blasts did shatter his gauntlets, and the sheer backlash from that made the deluded god cry out from disorientation. With a dull 'thud', Anant was sent slamming into the ground, their coat a bit tattered and threadbare from the assault, and glimmers of golden shards glittering on the ruined ground.

Shards that swiftly hissed and spluttered out of existence.

They were still breathing, their eyes open a thin sliver as they glowered at Spades. A strange gurgling noise rumbled in the back of their throat, and they twitched, as if preparing to get back up again before they abruptly stilled. Their eyes unfocused, but they were still watching Spades intently.

Damn. Anant's body was so damaged they had to enter a healing rest. Due to Anant's...condition, they did not sleep, but their body could just shut down and refuse movement until all injuries were healed.

tl;dr, Anant was finally out of the fight.