The City of the Specter, Atem's Palace

[metagame]

The corpse sinks to the floor
Even the brightest gold, even the sharpest blade
Becomes sand, becomes dust

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[metagame]

[Mafuyu's Energy Shower catches Atem's attention.]

Re-Horakhty come to me!

[Re-horakhty appears behind Atem with her closed eyes.

content warning: body horror

Between her ball joints weeps black ichor which has also smeared her golden armor. Closer inspection will reveal a demonic-looking creature trying to claw its way out between her armored chest plates.

He attacks Mafuyu with Freila for 17 damage!]

[beathollow]

( oh you just had to have ball joints, didn't you?- is what she might think if she wasn't just attacked with the element that hurts most- mafuyu recoils with a scream. )

--Didn't they already lose?! What's the point of this?!

[metagame]

[:)]

Oh, come on Mafuyu... You're smart. You should know better than anyone why I'm doing this... It's for them to suffer.

[beathollow]

And you know I can't abide that.

[metagame]

What are you going to do about it?

[He readies his khopesh and Re-Horakhty for another strike...]

Talk to me until I give in?

[beathollow]

( oh, this bitch. )

Oh, no, not yet. I think you need a good smack upside the head, first.

( ... but she will try energy shower again, even if she's knocking an arrow.

ya done pissed off the pacifist with your soulbox, man. :/ )

[metagame]

[No one would blame her if she smashed it into pieces right now.

He runs forward and swipes at her with his khopesh (13)!]

[beathollow]

( unfortunately she thinks of it as a separate entity... sort of. she's got theories.

mafuyu is not a fighter. she is a seventeen year old girl with way too much trauma, which is why her psio only barely hits- this will be a bit difficult but if she really wants her archery to shine, she needs distance. )

[metagame]

[He backs away when it connects! And covers his right eye... which still can't be seen.

The Psio did double damage! It's his weakness...]

[beathollow]

... Oh, right, most things aren't like her.

( fuck you, it's time for jack pot sad shot- a psy-charged arrow... (for light damage, but still). (7!) )

[metagame]

[A weakness is a weakness! And her arrow fells him between his exposed ribs. He hisses and pulls the arrow out.

If that's how she wants to play... He casts Mirror Force on himself!]

[beathollow]

...

Snow White.

( get matarunda'd, idiot- this will lower his attack teehee honestly shes just being annoying right now. )

[emptyself]

[ soujuurou is very quiet as he realizes the fight that's occurring. he sees mafuyu struggling on her own, and in his heart something tells him to step away, to run from the grotesque thing that they're fighting.

but he takes a deep breath, and hides within the shadows of the basement. he realizes that he doesn't actually know how to hit something that is mostly bones. but that's fine. his fists aren't his only weapon.

from behind atem, he might hear a quiet whisper, almost choked out. ]

Nagaraja.

[ as the persona that soujuurou has kept hidden for 9 weeks appears to set a giant slice (20) on the walking corpse of the great pharaoh. ]

[beathollow]

---!!

[emptyself]

[ this cat can fit no exposition but he can fit SO much rage. ]

[metagame]

[There's nothing Atem can do against a point blank critical hit like Soujuurou's.

content warning: body horror

Nagaraja slices Atem's body in two. His severed torso and legs fall to the ground, bones rattling in an unpleasant cacophony.

Atem lays there, silent and seemingly finally dead.

A beat. Two.

He exhales.

He forces himself up by his own two arms, tendrils of shadow sewing his body together. His third eye blazes erratically.

As Atem adjusts himself, Mafuyu may feel the Millennium Puzzle tremble.]

Damn! That hurt... So you've managed to free yourself, eh, Soujuurou? I guess that empty head of yours is good for something after all.

[emptyself]

You can feel pain like that? I'm surprised.

[ soujuurou says with a dull expression on his face, though the intonation in his voice seems to imply that it's genuine. he makes no further mention of the personal hell that atem put him through-- there's nothing further to say about that.

he races towards atem, as if pretending to land a hit on his own. but in the last moment, he dodges, as nagaraja throws another giant slice (13) at the undead pharaoh. even if he is caught in whatever debris is caused, soujuurou lands neatly on his feet without any sway. ]

Let's leave, Atem. You look horrible like that.

[prozaic]

[Here's a certain someone who thinks Atem shouldn't have a moment to breathe. In fact, here's a Bufula coming his way (15) from behind, because there's no such thing as true honour in a fight.

That's just a myth. Everything is just the art, for the drama, what creates the most impact and becomes the most soul-shaking tragedy possible.]

[metagame]

[With Mirror Force still intact, Shalem's Bufula is reflected back as Nuclear damage (15).]

Ah ah ah...

[He waggles his finger at Shalem.]

Can't you see we are in the middle of something, Shalem?

[beathollow]

-!

( mafuyu holds up the puzzle again... )

... You're... also a part of him, aren't you? A part you had to throw away to defend yourself from the God of Conflict's magic.

...

How do I help you...?

[strawsandals]

[ He is not happy with what he'd been made to witness, but Yoon joins the fight...

...and does nothing. He will ready support spells for the team but he will not attack. ]

[townmusician]

[Hey, skellington, what the fuck? But also, don't insult Soujuurou! It's fine when Haruka does it, but Shadows are always assholes who just want to make people feel worse. Haruka just says things without thinking, so it's different! (Is it??)

But after seeing Definitely Not Shalem Anymore break the Mirror Force barrier, Haruka decides it's his moment to get off a cast of Imperial Chain before he casts it again like a really annoying boss. It only does light fire damage, the chains not lingering for long, but he did hit him with a 20.]

Can we just get this over with?

[beautifulknight]

Open your eyes to see through this darkness and pain! You are not here to shoulder all of your struggles alone.

And if you cannot make it happen on your own, we'll force open them for you!

[ Argenti casts Psio on Atem (12) ]

[privatedomicile]

Hey, shut up, bitch! You coulda mentioned that dumbass card game was gonna send me to zombie land!

[Jesse is ticked off, but he’s also noticing the mood of the group is telling Atem to stop rather than fighting, so he uses his turn to cast Diarama on Mafuyu.]

And lay off Soujuurou and Mafu if you don’t wanna get your bones torn off and shoved up your a—…nose!

[beautifulknight]

...!

[ At some point Argenti noticed this happening and breaks out the Egyptian Pita, immediately granting it to Mafuyu for a full heal! ]

Miss Mafuyu, here!