Elyzia & Valfiel's Story

Herobrine began to absorb the energy that Kira was channeling. Powerful black material began to form on Herobrine's entire body except for his head. Rosa stood up, and began back away from the Battle. "I-I'll just stay over here" Rosa stuttered. Herobrine's right arm morphed into a large blade, his left arm began to pulse with demonic energy. Herobrine charged at Kira with the intent of slicing Kira to bits.

Owru sighs as she stops adrift in the air, her head down.

"Idiot," she mutters, crossing her lower arms and holding out her upper arms, a pulse like a heartbeat sending a ripple through the fabric of space. "Who are you to speak about the struggles of life and death, one who's set himself apart, removed from the daily struggle of others? Who are you to speak to me of fear and death? Where I was born, to die is to mean being erased, every moment of your very existence stripped from time itself like you never existed, or to be consumed and everything of yours, every cherished moment, stolen by somebody else."

Owru then raises her head, from each side of her hands, two holes open within space causing gentle ripples across space, and through them a soft silvery light emits. She rotates her arms, then places the palms of her hands together in front of her chest, and as she does so, the holes of light cut into the fabric of space itself, carving out a glowing circle,

"Perhaps though, the way this world has treated those even slightly different has played its part in the way you perceive things, I've noted the divide that seems to exist due to... superficial differences. Fear is perhaps the only way you think you can ever be accepted in this reality. Regardless... I call upon the world from behind the looking glass, the sleeping world of Nod, to invoke the spoken word!"

The space within the circle bursts like a bubble, bits of distortion of space float adrift like droplets of water, and light shoots forth from the hole created, a silvery film creates what appears to be a kind of rippling mirror. Behind it is a world composed of a series of disconnected islands afloat around a massive white tree, above a blue moon, cracked open, pours water endlessly upon one of the larger landmasses in a great waterfall, creating a river upon it and a lake in the center, then pouring out below into a dark abyss. It was a world purely of Owru's creation, and yet it was silent, lacking in any sign of people aside from mere reflections through scattered empty and incomplete structures, like ruins of a society that never was. The looking glass begins rotating, straight over Owru, each time it passes through her, she disappears, then reappears as another of her incarnations withe following pass, Laadan, then Chuza, then Zilthai, and likewise the image behind the mirror is that of another world, then finally stopping with a loud ring, adrift now, a form before unseen, something akin to a humanoid young woman wearing an ornate hoodie, her skin pure white, eyes obscured and white bangs hanging down like Owru's antennae. The mirror itself bursts into a multitude of droplets, each reflecting the image within of a different world.


"Myriad Converge: Lucidity," she cries out, her voice a combination of all her selves in union. She opens up her cupped hands, the orb floating outwards, the series of... "reality droplets", as they could be called are sucked towards it and collect together into a mass that shoots out straight at Kira, like a liquid comet, sending out rippling rings out through space as it travels. The force behind it held no violence or rage, it was more like the kind of force from before that softly cancelled against the more violent demonic force, but more abundant now, more refined. She intended to counter, not Kira, but instead the nature of his power itself, his fury to stave off his next attack and perhaps even, she hopes, to open the means to end this.

"What... well, there's a fine joke," the hidden jester mutters to himself, the armor rattling about restlessly. "An attack that is not an attack? How absurd, how... disappointing. Haha! What is this, what's up with that?"

The few who were not busy climbing to the top merely watched with awe as what could be called the "looking glass" opened up to reveal the world of Nod. The place before them held unusual sights - or at least, unusual within the standards of the conscious Imagiverse; a group of floating isles hovering around a great white tree and a cracked blue moon leaking water as a waterfall into a river into a lake. Before they were certain that this was a place within the Edge, but now they were plagued with thoughts that they were unfamiliar with, as if the mere sight was projecting eldritch ideas into their minds. They have heard of Pocket Worlds, alternate versions of existing realms within the Imagiverse, but the world they were seeing now presented them an enigma that, before, they never contemplated; is one figment's mind enough to create worlds? If so, they were staring into the manifestation of the fragmented mind of an Outsider, a being left unfinished within the cold depths of mind-space. No wonder Owru's so schizophrenic.
Their unnerving thoughts were interrupted from a grumbling nearby, sourcing from the inconspicuous suit of armour they noticed beforehand. Fancy tore his gaze towards Adam, who gave him a shrug which said "give it a try". On that note, the stick figure would begin to edge his way towards the possibly possessed suit.

Kira's face contorted in anger as his power was being neutralized by Owru's 'attack'. "I don't need my energy to strike you down then! I'll kill you all with my own hands then!" He yelled as he charged at Herobrine and slammed swords with him. Vargas soon appeared by Kira's side and as he goes for his swing Kira blocks with his axe.

With only two possible arms, Valfiel and Elyzia rush to Selena's side and carry her to the skies so she could assist the others in the assault. With scythes raised they impaled Kira from behind with their scythes, and all Kira did was let out a grunt. Selena also followed up by jumping from the two, and plunging her sword through Kira's chest. "This is...nothing!" He spat out some blood as he kept his weapons against Vargas and Herobrine.

Before Herobrine could be affected by Owru's attack, he quickly punched Kira in the gut with his left arm, which sent a powerful jolt of energy through Kira.
Rosa continued to nervously stare at the Battle.

Owru stares at the battle, adrift and relatively motionless after her display, quickly reminded that, while lacking it herself, really cannot stand the sight of blood, causing her to wince. With this going on, she begins to gradually melt back into her previous form, her hoodie beginning to cover her body.

"I believe that power is not the necessity of destruction, but rather the facilitation of creation... or sumthin like that," she says, trying to avoid any further eye contact with the battle. She had expended a good portion of the strength she had in this state, in ways deeper than mere physical fatigue. Gradually her colors begins to literally melt back to her neutral "normal" Owru state. "I can't reciprocate your aggressive feelings... properly? I mean, living for revenge and dying for revenge, what does it even mean? It is like you've squashed your entire life down into one tiny little ball and that is all it ever was, is, and ever will be. I don't understand. In any case, we are going to end that stupid cycle."

"Well, this here is a fine lesson, brains before brawns, haha," the jester mutters, not noticing the stickman encroaching upon his "totally not suspicious" hiding spot. "What is this one's game? This touchy feely thing... totally some ruse right? Gonna bite off his head, yeah? There is always a punchline!"

Now all four have reached the top of the tower. Whilst Fancy edged closer to the muttering suit of armour, Max tended to his bionic arm, which had now begun to change physically, panels shifting and bulking as a hole opened up in the palm. A large glow first emanated from the hole, before Max pressed a few buttons on his arm, then the glow, still as bright as a searchlight, shrunk to a pinpoint in the middle. "Not gonna go for a full beam, 'cause that might hit the others," he called to his comrades. "So I'm gonna go for a precision beam!"
As he says this, he aims his arm like a sniper rifle, pointing directly at Kira's head. By now, Fancy was about three metres from the suit of armour. As not to disturb whatever was hiding in it, he shuffled behind it, his pencil unsheathed.
Max would "tense" his bionic cannon arm, firing a thin beam of blue plasma, darting towards the direction of Kira's right ear.

As Herobrine punched Kira, his body would be impaled deeper in the two scythes and the sword already stuck in his body causing blood to start dripping at an alarming rate. His hold on his weapons grew weak enough that Vargas slashed the axe from Kira's grip and stabbed him with his sword adding to the pinchusion.

"You...Know...Nothing!...The Gods played me like a puppet...and for that they paid with their blood...but that damned Emperor...Damn him!...I refuse to die! Not until you all die first!..." Kira howled as blood continued to drip and that's when a beam picked off his right ear. He coughed more blood as his life was fading in his eyes. "D-Damn...D-Damn...I was...supposed...to...live...You...All should...have...died...Die..." Suddenly he began to laugh like a maniac. "And you will all die!...I will take you all with me!..." His body soon began to glow like he was going to self destruct using his own power to destroy everyone gathered near him!

"Get away from him and hit the ground!" Vargas yelled as he tore his sword away and jumped down the hole in the tower that Kira previously created. The other Grand Gaian's followed shorty afterwards as Kira continued to glow. "This is our world!...Only death and despair marks this world!...a rule plagued by Gods and demons!...And now I end my own existence to burn away yours!...NOW DIE!" He glared at Orwu as he was nearing his critical mass.

Herobrine began to quickly absorb Kira's energy. "If you really want to be the strongest, you shouldn't be giving me all of your power. I didn't choose to become what I am, I was rejected by everyone, I grew up alone, with no friends and no parents. I understand how you feel, of wanting to destroy the person who ruined your life. But now you're going to die and people will remember you as the hard headed wimp who was defeated by us!!" Herobrine yelled at Kira as he opened a portal to hell right behind Kira.

Rosa froze in fear.

The look in Owru's eyes was only pity in return to Kira's spite, she lifted her head and stared straight.

"I'm sorry," is the only thing she could respond with, remorse in this being the only way it could end, and that she could do nothing to prevent it. With that she looks away and grimly breaks for the tower.

"Oh... OH, wuh-oh," the jester exclaims, bursting forth from the armor, sending the slowly dissolving pieces clattering upon the ground a. He falls flat upon the remaining tower floor, the helm of the armor still upon his head.

There was a moment of brief panic as the Chosen Few looked for somewhere to hide behind. The suit of armour Fancy was hiding behind had fallen apart, producing a strange jester-like creature, and was now dissolving. "Ohshitohshitohshitohshit-"
"Hit the deck!" bellowed Max, falling flat on the ground, followed by the others. They edged next to the battlements to prevent the initial launch from knocking them off the tower.

As Herobrine began to absorb his energy Kira's smile grew. "Oh I knew you would do that...You foolish...moron..." Kira spits blood in his face as he laughs. "Oh you are gathering energy...not the kind that makes you stronger...the kind that causes your power to go out of control..." He laughs as a burning sensation was felt inside Herobrine.

"So...you wanna send me to hell?...I have been to hell twice and walked away...A third time sounds fun...too bad...I wont have anything left once I wipe my existence from this world..." Kira laughed and his energy was about to hit the max it can go.

Of course Vargas realized they were missing two people. A certain Herobrine and Rosa. Gritting his teeth he forced himself outside of safety and ran over to Rosa and picked her up. "I don't know how you even became a soldier if you are going to be paralyzed with fear! But I am not letting you die!" Vargas gave a brave smile as he ran back to the hole but by the time he reached it Kira and his energy inside of Herobrine glowed white.

"Inverse! Heaven!" Kira maniacally laughed as he exploded. Herobrine took the full brunt of the force, and Vargas positioned himself to use his body as a shield for Rosa taking the full brunt of it. The whole skies turned colorless as Kira exploded with the force that would severely wound even a god. No sound was heard as well as it everything went mute and deaf. Everyone's vision would also go white until...it stopped as suddenly as it started.

Herobrine would live, but thanks to his bullheaded nature not only did he take an explosion to the face but the inside of his body was out of wack at the moment. His energy and power was currently out of synch meaning he would feel very nauseous and dizzy.

Vargas was fine, his back was damaged a bit but he smiled as he looked down at Rosa. "And they wonder why we could kill gods. That was just a taste of what we heroes had to deal with." Vargas laughed as he was just fine.

Herobrine's energy became unstable and lethal, the demonic black material began to disappear in some areas and the areas that still had demonic material began to grow spikes and become deformed, some of the black demonic material began to form on the left side of his face, his left eye glowed with demonic energy while the other eye returned back to its regular colour, Herobrine's teeth sharpened into fangs, his left and right arm morphed into large claws which pulsed with demonic energy, Herobrine began to grow a tail which also pulsed with demonic energy. The portal to hell closed, Herobrine stood where Kira once was, not in sadness or grieve, Herobrine didn't know what kind of power he was feeling, but he liked it and he wanted more. Herobrine quietly growled.

Rosa remained and deeply blushed as she tried not to look at Vargas.

Owru regaining her senses after the blast, simply stares up where Kira once was. He was so dead set on winning that nothing else mattered, not even his life, and willingly chose to end it upon a last ditch effort to do so. He had chosen the easiest route. And yet it felt like she could have done more, said more, anything. It matters little now, however, he chose his path, as inane as it was. Herobrine was now acting strange and looking strange, she wonders why he didn't take cover with them as it was clear he was going to self destruct. She also wonders how long this will last.

"Is the gate still functional," she asks as she gets up.

Elsewhere the short figure takes off the helmet on his head, which also disintegrates in a green light, like the rest of the manifested armor.

"I'll give the guy this much," the jester begins to say. "He knows how to leave an impression, hah!"

After a while, the blinding light faded from their vision. The first thing heard from either of them was a yelp, sourcing from Fancy knocking the fire off his two-dimensional hair. A breath of relief sourced from the rest. Two opponents who went down laughing. John would have had a lot of fun here. Well, either that or chide them for being silly, like the crooked hypocrite he was.
As soon as the thought evaporated from the collective, the Chosen Few would, one by one, turn their heads towards the jester-like creature, as if first acknowledging it's existence. In some strange way, it was similar to Owru, as it possessed a form that denied that it had ever read the rules of physics. It consisted of a ragged purple robe, with three tentacle-like appendages extruding out of the hood, comparable to a jester's hat. Under that hood was a pale green mask, although they couldn't make out anything beyond it, and felt slightly relieved for that fact.
In their confusion of the short figure, they haven't noticed the change that came over Herobrine.

Vargas looked down at Rosa who was has her head turned looked flushed. Vargas unaware that it was himself who caused it assumed she was embarrassed because of her actions of falling unconscious and staying still in fear. "Don't be so flustered. If you want I can train you into a fine warrrior that won't be scared off easily and be able to fight and withstand the environment!" He laughed to himself as he hopefully had someone to train, Let along a former God army soldier. Now that was irony.

For Selena however, the sight of the now demonic looking Herobrine caused her to narrow her eyes at him. It was clear that his power may have become out of control. Chances are he may be much more different than before. She did not lower her guard however she decided to ignore it only for right now. "The gate...It should still be operational. It was only formed on top of the tower so it should be alright. Getting up to it now that most of the way is gone...Vargas. If you are finished flirting with her come over here." She called out as she looked at Vargas.

Vargas simply shrugged his shoulders. "I was not flirting by the way, I was only offering her training so she can actually fight alongside everyone else. She is more girly than you Sel." He laughed as he placed Rosa on the ground and walked over to Selena who gave him a painful chop to the head. "Just start picking everyone up and toss them into the Portal up above us...And I can be girly if I wished..." Selena turned her eyes away from Vargas but he then noticed Herobrine. He was about to say something but a quick jab in his side silenced him and he picked up Selena and flew to the portal. Actualy...many people could fly...

Elyzia and Valfiel both flew into the skies on their wings but they soon relized that what about the toons? They soon flew over to where the toons had gathered. They seemed to have found something. "Hey guys! The portal still works so big plus!...What did you guys find that caught your interest?" Valfiel called out as she and her sister landed near them.

"I'm not embarrassed.." Rosa said quietly. Herobrine leapt and landed right behind Elyzia and Valfiel, Herobrine quickly and violently grabbed the two and began to absorb their dark energy, as Herobrine absorbed their dark energy he began to make some kind of purring sound.

"Hee-hee! look at this one, he's got a lot of spunk, but at the cost of brains," the jester exclaims facetiously. He then spawns a set of disembodied gloved white hands and begins to juggle the strange luminous orbs that decorated his hood. "I mean, really, devouring your comrades?! How gauche."

"Stop that, you're hurting them," Owru exclaims as she rushes over to Herobrine, trying to free Elyzia and Valfiel by prying his hands loose.

The jester begins to approach Herobrine as well, still juggling. A strange feeling from the being can be felt very subtly, but unlike Owru, this one is far less calming.

"Mal's the name, Mal'kdet... say, this reminds me of a joke... what do you call a demon who slurps his food," he asks, waiting a moment for the punchline delivery. "A goblin! HEEHEEEhahaha!"

By now, Fancy had just joined his comrades and was still staring at the odd being, who introduced itself as Mal'kdet, still not noticing Herobrine, even as he was attempting to devour the sisters. "Looks like Orwu's not the only weird thing here now," muttered Max.
"Yeeah, I've already fought a madman, I don't feel like fighting another," said Adam. "Let's get to that portal." By this time, he finally looked towards the sisters. They immediately got into defensive stances. "I knew we shouldn't have brought him along!" snapped Max. "It was only a matter of time before he started eating us!"
"Guys," gulped Fancy. "You did see Herobrine sucking the energy out of that guy, right?"
"Yeah?"
"... What sort of energy would that be again?"
The Chosen Few took this into account. Now that they realised, Herobrine was looking more physically unstable, patches of black skin dotted around his being. This only made them more wary.
"Can anyone apart from him drain energy?" said Max, as if questioning everyone in the proximity. He didn't get a response from his comrades.

Before the two could react to the sudden appearance from Herobrine, the two let out a shocked yelp before pain coursed through their bodies. "O-Ow! What are you doing Herobrine!? Quit it!" Valfiel yelled out as both of them seemed to be in pain which pissed her off since her sister must be experiencing the same bit of pain, and Elyzia also seemed angered since her sister must be feeling the same pain.

Selena however, was very pissed off. Her energy was soon making itself known as she began to cause clouds to form above and caused it to snow. "S-Selena? You look very pissed off..." He was actually more scared of her than Herobrine at the moment. She glared daggers at Vargas before speaking. "I am just going to kill him! I knew bringing him along would be a bad idea! But now we have a reason to beat him up!" She actually stood on top of Vargas who quickly looked down. Selena gathered a massive amount of ice energy in her sword Lexida before jumping off of Vargas.

Vargas decided to stand back for now, ice and water never truly mixed and he was not going to be caught in her rage. Selena soon landed rather gracefully despite her rather pissed of features. This was going to get cold...