>>6038729“I’d only use my best against a worthy foe! You’ll have to do better than that to prove yourself as such!” Okay, some proper Paladin/Cleric types now, all of them trying to trap your copy in a swirling vortex of Wind and Shadow. “You still rely on weaklings like these to make up for your lack of strength, I see! FOOLS!” Throwing the Spirit Bits out, she breaks through the barrier they’re trying to make and blasts each of them with just enough power to knock them out.
“Your battle is with me, my vile twin! Leave them alone!” One last declaration and-
…He’s coming.
https://youtu.be/-W8MBjTk2E8?si=SEJzCWzjq4p9QeKmHere you go.
19 has secured the portal, and in the commotion, Chiaotzu has gotten everyone else out (with Sala snatching one last thing and almost getting caught for it). While you and your counterpart have finally happened upon Zelos in-person. An alien humanoid with a long beak, elaborate dress with many Magical charms woven into it. He leads a procession of priests, mages, scholars, all behind him in a protective barrier. He observes the battle between you and your copy for a moment, bemused. And his eyes narrow.
“Acolytes. The discussion of the Polar Shift and its affects on the Consciousness Grid will have to take pause. It seems I have a troublemaker I must deal with personally.” he declares. “Child. You should not have interrupted me.”
“Great Zelos! My evil twin was trying to make off with some of your artifacts!” you call to him, trying to keep this up.
“Trying to? I -AM- making off with them, fool!” she declares, taking to the air and starting to fly off.
He is not amused by the act. You can sense a substantial amount of energy build up around him as he lazily starts to raise a hand. Okay that’s… some kind of sealing spell, do NOT get caught by it! You take after your copy, with her making her way towards one of the portal rooms. Zelos follows, now a bit more focused. “Why do you insist upon such an obvious trick, child? This game you attempt to play will not end well for you.”
“Empty threats, oh ‘Great’ Zelos! This is- WOAH!” Your copy just narrowly avoids being surrounded by an aura that you… can guess would have shut her down completely, no longer able to keep separate form from you as her Magic and Ki would have just… stopped working. Yeah better avoid that. Okay you’re at the right place! 19’s in position, Zelos is too focused on the distraction that is you.
A dismissive sigh escapes his mouth. “You do seem to have some unique abilities, child. Give up the game you are trying to play and perhaps I can show… a degree of mercy for this blasphemous act.” An aura surrounds him as he holds his hand up… and suddenly the air starts to feel thin. “If you refuse though- …what in the underworld is making that noise?”
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