Nadir [Plotesque]

[Flabbicus]

Gods, mages, evil forces, and creatures beyond imagination have long torn through the barriers between worlds and played God with the universe. Thus far the strains of reality have held fast against the abuse of natural laws, and the world ending didn't help none either. However, there is only so much the macrocosm that is existence can take before something has to give. As the unrelenting tide shapes the stone at shore's edge existence cannot hold out forever, and something always manages to slip through the cracks...

And in a remote part of town, one such something begins to sift through. The air hums with latent power as white hot lightning lances off of nearby buildings as if it were some gross parody of "Pong." They ricochet from point to point, creating rifts in the very fabric of reality as they go. The crescendo of cacophonous force rises higher still as the very ground around this arcane orchestra shudders, reviling the touch of the world's defilers.

There is a brief lull in the sound, and the townspeople heedlessly enter the streets to see the cause of the disturbance. Without warning the Æther churns and bubbles under the duress, toiling and bubbling out in a way few have seen. A grisly hand claws at the boundary savagely, and after a moment of struggle the beast breaks free of the veil, escaping into The Town from whatever hell spawned it.

The moroi gnashes it teeth at its surroundings. It has a pale blue head, with a fin lying atop the crest of its head. The crest inflates as it lets loose a wailing howl. The rest of its body can be described as almost chitinous, resembling a beetle's exoskeleton. The beast extends its sharp claws, everyone unfortunate enough to have exited their homes to see what was happening falls over. Strands of blue energy filter off from the foreheads of the townspeople, leading to its outstretched fingertips as it eagerly gobbles up their mental energies.

Now with its hunger for mental energy satiated the moroi floats aimlessly in midair. Its veins glow a bright blue through its gray carapace. Glowing with malevolent power it lets loose a primal scream.

(( People can join this immediately or wait for some of the world shattering plots to finish up beforehand, as some of them indirectly caused this. ))

[Raistlin1040]

Chazz teleports to the location of the monster.
What the hell is that thing?

[Nevrmore]

((Hmm...Hawk or Ozzy...Hawk or Ozzy..))


"What in all hells..." Hawk says as he walks out of the tavern, staring at the creature. He takes a look at the bodies lying around and decides it best to draw his swords.

[Flabbicus]

(( Sorry for the wait. ))

The creature lets out an earth shattering bellow, inflating the crest on top of its head. Energy continues to seep from the foreheads of its victims, worming their way to its hands.

With a hiss the moroi raises its arms up until they are level with Chazz and Hawk. Two bright tendrils of energy instantly shoot forth from the palm of its hands and try to connect with their foreheads, effectively draining some of their minds upon contact.

[Raistlin1040]

Chazz sighs.
I wish I could see this thing to know just how ugly it it.
The tendrils are blocked by what appears to be a brick wall in his mind.
I see you're trying to take my mind. Too bad. I'm warded. You're dealing with the greatest wizard in the universe.

[Warpfire]

"Or at least the most arrogant one." Bud-um pssh, goes the drum set Warpfire teleported in with.

[Deadly]

A bit away, close to the actual rift, Tentei is watching silently and barely even visible. His expression is as emotionless as ever as he calmly sits down.

((And Tentei's true nature begins to unveil, slowly :smallbiggrin:))

[Flabbicus]

(( Conceited much? I jest I jest... ))

The moroi didn't seem to be trying to take his mind, more like drain psychic energy from him to fuel its infernal insides. Annoyed by Chazz rebuffing its attempts to drain his brain of its precious meal the creature gnashes its razor-sharp teeth. Psionic sparks fly from its eyes and trail off into the air, fizzling into nothingness.

It lets loose another blood curdling scream, lesser men would clutch their ears from the pain but that's not the purpose of its roaring. Pale hands grasp for Chazz's robes as the many victims of the moroi's attack rise up in a dreamlike sleep. It points a single outstretched finger at Chazz and almost instantly the legion of dreaming townspeople lumber towards him.

[Raistlin1040]

Chazz yawns and teleports away from the hands, appearing behind the creature. He casts Fly and soars into the air, away from the townspeople. He sighs.
What a waste of spells. Arc of Light!
His fingers glow with pure light and he traces a pentagram in the air. He punches both fists through it and two orbs of light go shooting at the monster. (Note: This spell is damage-dealing, not just illumination.)

[Warpfire]

Warpfire begins to do a drumroll, while at the same time casting a spell sends a large (About the size of a tank) fireball heading at the moroi. Red and orange energy begins to crackle about the drumset.

[Flabbicus]

The creature hisses at the display of defiance and as the bolts of current fly through the air it does something rather unexpected. Namely flinging a sleep-walking townsperson in front of the bolt with its mind. It does the same for the firebolt, cringing from the resulting explosion. It lets out another bellow and its crest inflates further.

Leaping through the air with unparallelled speed and dexterity in a moment the moroi is right next to Chazz and attacks him unrelentlessly. It slashes at his throat and waist with its razored claws. The unconscious townspeople kind of just mill about, clutching at and shambling towards anyone that gets too close.

Anyone who can sense this sort of thing notices another detorioration of the veil between realities, growing ever closer and promising another deadly portal. The ground rumbles ominously, the very fabric of the universe being torn asunder.

[Raistlin1040]

Chazz hears the creature begin to move and drops the fly spell. As the creature begins to attack, he's falling to the ground. He opens his wings at the last second and lands gracefully.
See, now you made me lose my better mobility. I don't care if you kill every last person in this town. I'm friends with a god and a man who can alter the universe. We can bring them back.
He teleports behind the creature's head, hoving. He launched another Arc of light at the creature.

[Warpfire]

Warpfire frowns and the drumroll crescendos. Another large fireball fires at the beast, this time coming from behind. Apparently Warpfire isn't paying much attention to Chazz's safety.

The crackling energy becomes more prevalent around the drum set. A great amount of magic is focusing in on it.

((Wait, how big is this thing?))

[Flabbicus]

Now the moroi does something that would seem only possible to Olympic level gymnasts, or one of the Power Rangers. He kicks out backwards towards Chazz, raising his clawed foot back up to Chazz's face to stun him. The bolt crashes into the back of its head and as it courses through its body the creatures blue veins, eyes, and mouth, glowing before, now shine brightly like a beacon. It howls in surprise as the effects of the fireball wash over it, but the most it does is leave whatever rags its wearing blackened and charred.

Not far off from the battle the stability of the universe continues to fall. A colossal ripping sound echoes throughout the area as another ill-omened portal begins to tear between the dimensions.

(( Man sized. ))

[Warpfire]

"And now, the grand finale..." Warpfire finishes the drum roll and smacks a bass drum. A large mass of crackling orange and red energy flys towards the newest opening in reality, attempting to force it together again through sheer force of energy.

Another large mass shoots into the sky, doing nothing.

[Raistlin1040]

Chazz puts up a wall of force, blocking the kick.

[Flabbicus]

The rift resists the mass of energy attempting to close the rift, straining and fluctuating in the ongoing struggle. Ultimately the forces that abused the universe win out, made all the stronger by reality's anguish. For the briefist of second the rift holds out and within that second another otherworldly creature flees into this dimension. The floating creature snaps its four clawed arms and screeches eagerly at the prospect of finding some meal to feast upon. It moves towards Warpfire but something stops it in its tracks.

The floating hellion glances down at the blade skewering its midsection. Soon after an arm and a man follows, grasping the longsword that extends through the beasts chest. The man's silver mask glitters in the light of day and he lets go of the blade, reaching behind his back for the large zweihander strapped across it. He unsheathes it and, grasping it with one hand on the handle and another at the base of the blade, glances at the moroi hanging in the air. Despite the obstruction of his mask not having eye holes he watches intently, heaving the large blade with practiced expertise.

The moroi hangs in the air, as if gravity forgot that it had nothing stable to stand on. Now bored it falls back to earth, landing on its feat with the smallest of tremors. The strands to the moroi's hands grow thicker as it draws on more of the psychic energies of its unconscious puppets.

[Flabbicus]

(( Just so everyone knows I will be unable to post anything for the next few days, so it would be a good time for Raistlin, Warpfire777, Nevrmore, or anyone else who's interested to post now since there is a large window of opportunity. ))

[Warpfire]

Warpfire glances over at the strange masked man, then down at a non-existent watch on his wrist. He looks up at the sky for a moment, and begins to tap his foot impatiently. While he's waiting, he kicks over the drum set. It hurtles down towards the moroi, bursting into fire as it goes.

"Hmm. Should be just a few more seconds...there."

At that moment, a mid-sized burning meteor falls out of the sky on a collision course with the moroi.

[Raistlin1040]

Chazz casts Mass Mind Shield on the townspeople. It protects them from their minds being invaded or touched or otherwise messed with in any way. He then casts Flame Glove at the monster. It's kind of like Bigby's crushing hand, only bigger and on fire.

[Flabbicus]

(( Chazz's spell sounds a bit too final to be completely legal. I'm going to operate under the assumption that it does. ))

The mind controlled NPC's continue to be under the moroi's control and shamble around aimlessly, clawing at random townspeople who are protected by the spell.

It screams in agony as the flaming drum flies towards it, and brings its arms up to block it. Then the moroi's gaze switches between the large flaming hand attempting to crush it to the meteorite hurtling towards it. It weaves an intricate pattern in the air around itself and a myriagonal shield of force pops into existance around it. Barely holding out against the assault by the flaming hand, the shield shatters into a thousand glistening shards of crystal as the meteorite barrels through it and strikes the ground.

Trails of smoke snake off of the crater the meteorite made, and smoke obscures all view into the caldera. Over the sound of crumbling rock and flames a drawn-out shriek of pain can be heard. Every towns-person under its control suddenly falls over, their eyes turning to the back of their heads.

The armored man stares in disbelief. He shoves past the few townspeople who survived the fight and the moroi's slaves, making his way over to the edge of the crater. He bellows out to Chazz, somehow the sound passes through his helmet and is amplified tenfold.

"Its heart! You need to stab its heart!"

A low hiss can be heard over the lull of the destruction.

[Raistlin1040]

((He's just insanely strong. He's got like 30-40 wizard levels and 10 Archmage levels))
Chazz casts Seeking Dagger. It conjures a Large dagger and it flies towards the beast's heart area.