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And so it was, as the bodies of the four heroes were consumed by lava, did our view become obscured, oh so briefly, by a pair of orange curtains closing. Then, opening again, revealing a pair of green curtains behind them.
> {S} Act 6 (V2)The Curtains open, revealing Yomi standing over the four bodies of the heroes as they had laid in the meteor, sighing sadly as she generated a spell matrix to pull their souls out of their corpses, and into the Secret Weapon.
Her eyes began to glow, and then FLASHED brightly, engulfing the screen.
[0:27]
SIX MONTHS LATER... The Forge on the Land of Frost and Frogs was active- bubbling and bursting even as two glowing GENESIS TADPOLES swam in circles, chasing each others tails. Peering over the volcanoe's edge is Ellie, staring at the two tadpoles, and barking excitedly at them, wagging her tail in eagerness to see them off.
The Genesis Tadpoles give similar barks and whines back as they circle the center of the lava pool.
[0:40]
Nearby, on a small ledge on the caldera's lip overlooking the center of the lava pool, Rezi, Dirk, and Aranea stand at the ready; each one holding a ring in their hands, ready to toss in.
[0:51]
With a nod, they threw in their respective session rings, and the items begin to melt rapidly- exciting the already excited volcano and causing the magma within to bubble and boil faster.
Ellie backs away quickly as the rings finally dissolve away, and then-
[1:02]
The Forge erupts- launching the two Genesis Tadpoles upwards and upwards, sending them on an express route to Skaia.
[1:14]
Our view pulls out from watching them, revealing the view of their ascent being through a Skaian' Dream Cloud, nearby, another cloud shows the extraction of the heroes souls.
The Aspect of Light from Marrin- at the same time as the eyes on the Genesis Tadpoles flash and glow with the same symbols.
The Aspect of Time from Aradia- at the same time as the circle in the center of the Light symbol's sun turns into a Gear.
The Aspect of Breath from John- as the longer spokes of the Light aspect take on a more windy, breathy appearance.
The Aspect of Space from Jade- as the tiny spokes on the Light symbol are replaced with the graceful curves of Space.
[1:25]
And then the Genesis Tadpoles themselves rush past the cloud they were represented in- and our camera chases after them as they whirl in circles, while bursts of energy in the shape of that combined multi-aspect flare off of them whenever it seems like they're about to clash.
[1:37]
Around and around they go as they ascend upwards like tops, and then with one final clash- they fly off in opposite directions.
[1:48]
The camera pulls into split screen as it follows each of the two Tadpoles- now growing into larger, four limbed beings- as they fly into the two tunnels carved into the two different Battlefields.
Down and down they go- deeper and deeper into the cores.... One of the two passes by a chilling fragment of a blue crystaline star, and it is snagged and pulled into the Genesis Frog's body as food and nourishment for what is to come.
They reach the cores- and our view pulls out once more from a Skaian Cloud- pulling back onto a FLOATING FROG PAD beneath Skaia.
[2:12]
Yomi and Feferi re-appear there via time travel along side their fellow players, and clenched tightly in Yomi's right hand is a glowing Zyudench- flickering almost hypnoitically with the colors red, blue, green, and yellow.
The Weapon is Charged.
All eyes turn upwards towards Skaia and the Battlefields as a CRACK is heard.
All clouds show what is happening within- the last vision they will ever foretell.
[2:35]
Within a chilling split screen- the Genesis Frogs become less immediately frog like, and instead, more reptilian- elongated, narrow heads- spikes and quills emerging from their backs- their tails becoming longer, thicker, and lose the frills.
Then- they explode with energy as their tiny bodies can no longer contain all that energy in that scale.
The twin Battlefields begin to crack- like eggs- and then through those cracks emerge alternating hues of two specific colors- one green, one red.
The cracks widen- chunks of the battlefields fly away explosively- and then---
[2:57]
Skaia transforms- becoming a pond for two Indominus Rex styled Genesis Frogs to circle in their pond endlessly- chasing eachothers tails even as their glistening white bodies radiate pure energy.
Their eyes are the only way to tell them apart- one has red eyes, the other has green.
[3:11]
Each lets out a cry of delight as their bodies let off aura flashes of their respective colors.
Our view then drifts in splitscreen into both of their eyes before focusing firstly on the eyes of the Green One, we see the DB-Session Earth, then the two Troll planets, followed by every other planet from Earth's Solar System.
[3:21]
The view shifts over- into the eyes of the Red One- and we see the Water Flooded Earth being placed into a solitary orbit around a decaying red giant.
The water evaporates quickly- and soon, a GIANT SNAKE CHERUB appears to lay an EGG- our view focuses in on an ABANDONED METEOR as a certain CHERUB PAIR grow up and PLAY A GAME.
[3:46]
The LORD OF TIME ENTERS the game solo, and our view follows in fast forwards through his session, before descending down into the CORE of the planet- where CALIBORN approaches his REWARD CHEST for defeating his DENIZEN.
Caliborn opens the chest and... looks intensely confused.
He pulls out a small ENVELOPE from the chest, and slices it open with a single fingernail. Inside the envelope is a LETTER, containing four words and an arrow pointing at the backside.
"
y0u l0se. G4ME OV3R."
Caliborn flips the letter over, and it reads:
"
turn around, sucker."
[4:20]
Caliborn turns around, and sees the INFURIATING GHOST BOY leaning against the GOD TIER CLOCK, looking INCREDIBLY SMUG as he flicks a latch on the front of the clock and---
[4:24]
Suddenly- a massive hurricane gusts in through the bottom of the REWARD CHEST- forcing Caliborn slowly, inch by inch towards the suddenly appearing portal that forms inside of the CLOCK.
Caliborn tries to wedge his CROWBAR into the floor to hold himself in place- but alas, it is not enough grip to prevent the BREEZE from grabbing him by his cape and tossing him through the PORTAL.
[4:46]
He lands with a roll and a grunt as the wind stops pushing him, and then Caliborn gets up and looks around.
He is surrounded by the PLAYERS- quite a few of whom he DOES NOT RECOGNIZE, although there is one... only one, that he knows instinctively despite her appearance being incredibly different.
His SISTER.
He tries to take a step forwards when he suddenly stops in place.
[4:56]
A glance down confirms it- a BLOODY SHACKLE binds his LEFT LEG onto the FROG PLATFORM.
He hears a COUGH- and he looks across the platform to see KARKAT smiling DEVIOUSLY and waving HAPPILY.
[5:05]
Karkat then steps aside- and reveals RHOZEE, KANAYA, ARGO, and REZI standing in an angled V formation behind DAVE- who holds the RAINBOW WEAPON CHARGER in hand.
Calibron sneers at the Knight-
"And just what is that supposed to do? Blind me to death?""That's for you to find out." Callie takes a step forward- drawing the UNBREAKABLE SWORD from her sylladex, and pointing it at her once Brother.
As Caliborn takes his eyes off of the weapon, drawing his Crowbar and aiming to use it like a MOCK SWORD- he laughs.
"And you think you have a chance at beating me?? What a laugh! You couldn't beat me if you-"Callie lunges across the field- and delivers a mighty sweeping cut to Caliborn's CHEST- breaking the TIME GEAR there into two pieces with a ZIG-ZAG CUT.
For a moment- Cherub and Troll lock eyes in silence- and then it happens.
"BRAVE IN!" Five voices cry out in harmony- and a Weapon CLICKS.
[5:35]
A massive BUBBLE of RAINBOW ENERGY covers the space around the FROG PLATFORM as the Aspects for BREATH, LIGHT, TIME, and SPACE flash around the space in rapid fire sequence.
Callie quickly backs away and tosses the weapon back to DIRK- who catches it with ease and begins his march forwards onto the field.
Argo, Rezi, Rhozee, and Kanaya break off of their formation from Dave, each drawing their weapons and converging as well. Dave meanwhile, slots the WEAPON into the lower slot of his Gaburevolver "toy."
_GAUBRINCHO! PURIFY-FLAME CHAIN!!_Caliborn sneers at them all even as the FLASHING LIGHTS taunt him of WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN.
"You think loud toys and flashy lights will save you!?"
"No, but it makes for a nice DISTRACTION!" Dave yells- and then spins the barrel on the revolver.
[6:05]
As the Revolver begins to POWER UP for the FINAL SHOT- the five heroes jump in to deliver their opening barrage of sword strikes, claw swipes, chainsaw slashes, and magic blasts.
[6:20]
As Caliborn tries his best to block every attack coming his way with the crowbar- he is suddenly reminded that there are MORE PLAYERS than just the ones fighting him head on, as MULTIPLE RIFLE BARKS sound off, and he's forced to block those at the expense of taking hits from other weapons.
The shots fired? From Roxy and Hecate and Jake and Eridan.
[6:36]
The LIFE PLAYERS begin using their SIPHONING MAGIC once more to added benefit to those fighting him face on.
Yuui uses a TIME TRAVEL BLOCKING FIELD SPELL to prevent any EXTRANEOUS LOOPS from interfering.
Aranea and Sollux meanwhile use their LIGHT AND DOOM FRAYMOTIEFS to CURSE CALIBORN.
[6:49]
And as this happens- the Gun continues to Charge- the barrel continues to spin faster and faster... Dave hands it over to Callie with a nod, then draws his sword and LEAPS INTO BATTLE.
Callie takes aim at her Brother and WAITS for the gun to finish its charge up sequence.
Caliborn grunts as he is forced to take hit after hit due to so many random variables coming at him from multiple directions.
It's a forced game of attrition- Caliborn realizes a moment too late. Either he lets them KILL HIM, or he survives long enough for that SECRET WEAPON to finish him off first.
And then-
"IT'S DONE!" Callie cries out- and the heroes fighting him all scatter as she Pulls the trigger.
[7:19]
A BURST OF ENERGY shaped like the SBURB LOGO shoots out and splits from the pointy top down to the end- opening and closing rapidly like a dinosaur mouth before it chomps down on Caliborn's VERY SOUL AND RIPS IT OUT.
[7:27]
FOUR CHAINS grip each LIMB, and Caliborn's soul-eyes look at the ends of each one. John, Jade, Marrin, and Aradia rest at the end of each chain- pulling them taught and holding him in a forced OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE even as Dirk tosses Dave his sword. Dave activates its BLOOD ENCHANTMENT and brings it down across Caliborn's living body's NECK, slicing downwards at an angle, and cleaving him left shoulder to right hip.
[7:34]
That's when his BODY IGNITES- burning away into ash while leaving behind flames that leap up and begin to DEVOUR HIS SOUL.
Flames that also leap across each chain and begin to burn away at those four souls holding him in place.
"W-WHAT KIND OF PLAN IS THIS!?" He roars- even as he sees Yomi holding up a SOUL GEM that cracks- breaks- and then SHATTERS as the SOUL WITHIN is BURNT AWAY in a faster version of what's happening to him in real time.
That is the last he sees, however, before every memory that made Caliborn "Caliborn" is burnt away- and the tiny, feeble remains of his soul- the purest pieces that could ever reamin of any soul put through such a purification- scatter away into the void.
[7:55]
The chains disperse- and the four souls put through the weapon all smile down on their friends.
It's a final goodbye, with no words said through anyone.
[8:18]
And then- they're gone, and the tiny remains fly away just as the spherical shield of rainbow energy fades away.
Everyone turns their eyes up to the twin UNIVERSES circling above them, even as two ENTRY DOORS finally fade into existence on the frog platform.
Nobody says a thing, not even as the green curtains close on the screen once more....
>END OF ACT 6(v2)
> ACT 7 (V2)- arsenicCataclysm [
AC] began pestering gardenGnostic [
GG] @ 6:18 A.M. -
AC: hey jade
AC: i had the dream again.
AC: you know what that means, right??
AC: ...happy 20th birthday!!!- gardenGnostic [
GG] is offline. -
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223] Messages will be delivered when they are online again.-
AC: i can't believe it's been seven years already.
AC: life sure is flying by fast, isn't it?
AC: ...
AC: sigh.
AC: why does this never get any easier?
AC: soooo...
AC: i guess it's recap time?
AC: it's been a whole year so... yeah.
AC: recap time.
