If he blows up the moon he could make a new one.
Paradox (SI)
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"Think you can get that much?" I asked Umbria, projecting the list above a smooth round stone, "It's almost two dozen tons of metal."
Umbria nodded, tilting her head and studying the list, "The amount is less of a problem than the different kinds. We can do this," she said before she looked at me, "Has Chromie cleared this?"
I grinned at her, "It was her idea. Besides, it won't be big," I said before going a bit more serious, "But it may be useful. In case this worked, we may need it for whatever caused this thing to activate in the first case."
"Will cause," Umbria corrected.
I sighed, "I hate timetravel."
Umbria looked amused, getting up to stretch, "I do as well," she said then she nodded, "I'll find Wrathion, we'll get your materials."
"Thank you."
She bumped her snout against my shoulder and then turned, taking a pair of running steps, climbing into the skies.
"You really think you can make one this time?" a voice asked and I looked back to spot Alexis climb down from one of the trees, a bag of fruits over one shoulder.
She jumped onto the ground and turned to me.
"I have been able to do that for years," I said with a smile, brushing my thumb across the smooth surface of the small stone in my hand, changing the projection to a new one, this time with a schematic, "Just haven't seen a need to. Besides, this one is a lot more practical than a flying sailing ship."
Alexis frowned at the display, "That's a UFO."
"No, it's not," I said and gave it a spin, "See, not disk shaped. It's actually more shaped like an appleseed. With windows set up around the edge. Extendable sideways sails to assist in balance."
"And you think you can build this?"
I nodded and closed the hologram, "Not saying it will be easy, but yes. Honestly, my armor was likely more difficult to make it able to fly. This is a stable design with no external unbalancing parts."
Alexis frowned, "So what's with the flying ship you were trying to do?"
"Flying ships are cool."
She shook her head, "Why doesn't that surprise me? Well, I think you may be right about it being useful. So I hope it works."
"It'll work. Especially with what I learned since we arrived here. Just understanding that door was… amazing to my understanding of enchanting and magic itself."
"Speaking of which…" Alexis said and adjusted the bag over her shoulder, "Once we get back, I'll head for Earth. But after that I'm… you know we talked about finding us a teacher for land magic?"
I nodded, "You have an idea?"
Alexis nodded, "I'm thinking of going to Ravnica."
I frowned at her, "Not sure Ravnica is a good place to start. That place is under heavy lockdown by the Guilds. Anything interesting there is under their control, you're not getting any of it unless you join. Not sure that's a good idea."
"Not that," Alexis said, "But it's a good place to start. A lot of Planeswalkers coming through. One of them might know someone."
I considered that, "... A lot of Planeswalkers are arseholes, you know that, right? Especially the ones that frequent Ravnica."
Alexis grinned briefly, "I was actually thinking about Chandra and Master Goldmane. One of them should be there and while Master Goldmane is too busy, he might know someone that can help. Same with Chandra."
"Good point," I admitted and crossed my arms, "But Ravnica makes me worried. It's where we last encountered those fuckers. If you go there…"
"I had the same thought," Alexis admitted, "It's not ideal. But I don't know anywhere that has as good of a chance to work either. It's that or try Planes at random to find someone that can help us."
I nodded, "Well… there is an alternative to a teacher. A library."
"Problem with that," Alexis pointed out, "Most places aren't like Earth. Libraries tend to be expensive and private, especially the ones that contain what we need. Even in Azeroth public libraries only contain basic things. If you want powerful magic, you need a magic school."
She had a point.
Nobody would let advanced magical theory or spells just sit on a shelf accessible for the general public. That's like leaving a rack of free hand grenades for anyone to take.
"Well," I said and shrugged, "It's that or figuring everything out for ourselves. We've done okay for now, but sooner or later we'll have trouble if we run into someone with actual full training. I mean, I'll be fine, I'm a genius, but you'll need it."
"Didn't you have problems opening a door earlier, genius?" Alexis asked with a smirk.
"In my defense, it was a very advanced door."
Umbria nodded, tilting her head and studying the list, "The amount is less of a problem than the different kinds. We can do this," she said before she looked at me, "Has Chromie cleared this?"
I grinned at her, "It was her idea. Besides, it won't be big," I said before going a bit more serious, "But it may be useful. In case this worked, we may need it for whatever caused this thing to activate in the first case."
"Will cause," Umbria corrected.
I sighed, "I hate timetravel."
Umbria looked amused, getting up to stretch, "I do as well," she said then she nodded, "I'll find Wrathion, we'll get your materials."
"Thank you."
She bumped her snout against my shoulder and then turned, taking a pair of running steps, climbing into the skies.
"You really think you can make one this time?" a voice asked and I looked back to spot Alexis climb down from one of the trees, a bag of fruits over one shoulder.
She jumped onto the ground and turned to me.
"I have been able to do that for years," I said with a smile, brushing my thumb across the smooth surface of the small stone in my hand, changing the projection to a new one, this time with a schematic, "Just haven't seen a need to. Besides, this one is a lot more practical than a flying sailing ship."
Alexis frowned at the display, "That's a UFO."
"No, it's not," I said and gave it a spin, "See, not disk shaped. It's actually more shaped like an appleseed. With windows set up around the edge. Extendable sideways sails to assist in balance."
"And you think you can build this?"
I nodded and closed the hologram, "Not saying it will be easy, but yes. Honestly, my armor was likely more difficult to make it able to fly. This is a stable design with no external unbalancing parts."
Alexis frowned, "So what's with the flying ship you were trying to do?"
"Flying ships are cool."
She shook her head, "Why doesn't that surprise me? Well, I think you may be right about it being useful. So I hope it works."
"It'll work. Especially with what I learned since we arrived here. Just understanding that door was… amazing to my understanding of enchanting and magic itself."
"Speaking of which…" Alexis said and adjusted the bag over her shoulder, "Once we get back, I'll head for Earth. But after that I'm… you know we talked about finding us a teacher for land magic?"
I nodded, "You have an idea?"
Alexis nodded, "I'm thinking of going to Ravnica."
I frowned at her, "Not sure Ravnica is a good place to start. That place is under heavy lockdown by the Guilds. Anything interesting there is under their control, you're not getting any of it unless you join. Not sure that's a good idea."
"Not that," Alexis said, "But it's a good place to start. A lot of Planeswalkers coming through. One of them might know someone."
I considered that, "... A lot of Planeswalkers are arseholes, you know that, right? Especially the ones that frequent Ravnica."
Alexis grinned briefly, "I was actually thinking about Chandra and Master Goldmane. One of them should be there and while Master Goldmane is too busy, he might know someone that can help. Same with Chandra."
"Good point," I admitted and crossed my arms, "But Ravnica makes me worried. It's where we last encountered those fuckers. If you go there…"
"I had the same thought," Alexis admitted, "It's not ideal. But I don't know anywhere that has as good of a chance to work either. It's that or try Planes at random to find someone that can help us."
I nodded, "Well… there is an alternative to a teacher. A library."
"Problem with that," Alexis pointed out, "Most places aren't like Earth. Libraries tend to be expensive and private, especially the ones that contain what we need. Even in Azeroth public libraries only contain basic things. If you want powerful magic, you need a magic school."
She had a point.
Nobody would let advanced magical theory or spells just sit on a shelf accessible for the general public. That's like leaving a rack of free hand grenades for anyone to take.
"Well," I said and shrugged, "It's that or figuring everything out for ourselves. We've done okay for now, but sooner or later we'll have trouble if we run into someone with actual full training. I mean, I'll be fine, I'm a genius, but you'll need it."
"Didn't you have problems opening a door earlier, genius?" Alexis asked with a smirk.
"In my defense, it was a very advanced door."
- Location
- Oblivion
Finally!
They do, and there are two places you could learn from.
But you're way too prideful for the best. So Strixhaven it is.
Oh... Oh no... For the love of all that's holy stay away from Goldmane... He's a Phraxian Sleeper Agent now...
- Location
- Omniverse #1345
Ha, I caught up!
Anyway, I don't think Atreus's stupidity with things is the result of Titan bindings. Those are… not subtle at all, and wouldn't allow him to actually consider something like 'getting a teacher' if they were meant to restrict him in that way.
He's just a cocky young teenager that forgets that more or less constantly. And like many teens when something is work he doesn't want to do it. So he doesn't want to actually put the time ibto magic he needs to actually get as good at it as he is at enchanting - I suspect that Malygos didn't fall into the same trap because he was never biologically a child, and when he was learning mana was so free the things that always give Atregos a conniption about it were not concerns.
So yeah, he kinda sucks as a planewalker. …but he's like 13 or 14 by now so that really isn't that surprising? It's actually probably made worse by the fact that more or less the only thing he actually retains from his humanity at this point is his (conscious and subconscious) insistence that he is still an adult.
Also this plays into his pride. Dragons are naturally prideful and all… but I'm pretty sure most of his sillyness isn't caused by that Titan programming (which frankly appears to just be a leftover from proto-dragons they didn't remove rather than a wholly-original creation in their part). It's caused by him being a fucking teenager who is actually really good (at a narrow set of things, and not as good as he thinks but what teen is?).
Really at this point I'm wondering if Malygos is going to show. He definitely noticed them when they were getting the reading on the aspect of magic. And if he is authorized to access this device… well, what are the odds that he was alerted the moment it turned off?
So to summarize: Basically all of atregos's problems are a result of mind over matter being a fucking lie. His body is ruling him, and not because of programming or anything - that is pretty obvious when it comes up with respect to the undead and necromancy, the Titans were not subtle - but because he's a fucking teenager who thinks he's an adult even more than they normally do. Eventually he'll grow out of it and probably break his armor facepalming over the stupidity he did as a drake, but that's a long time in the future.
Also Atregos remembers nothing about computers so has forgotten that users usually get told if their device gets turned off.
Anyway, I don't think Atreus's stupidity with things is the result of Titan bindings. Those are… not subtle at all, and wouldn't allow him to actually consider something like 'getting a teacher' if they were meant to restrict him in that way.
He's just a cocky young teenager that forgets that more or less constantly. And like many teens when something is work he doesn't want to do it. So he doesn't want to actually put the time ibto magic he needs to actually get as good at it as he is at enchanting - I suspect that Malygos didn't fall into the same trap because he was never biologically a child, and when he was learning mana was so free the things that always give Atregos a conniption about it were not concerns.
So yeah, he kinda sucks as a planewalker. …but he's like 13 or 14 by now so that really isn't that surprising? It's actually probably made worse by the fact that more or less the only thing he actually retains from his humanity at this point is his (conscious and subconscious) insistence that he is still an adult.
Also this plays into his pride. Dragons are naturally prideful and all… but I'm pretty sure most of his sillyness isn't caused by that Titan programming (which frankly appears to just be a leftover from proto-dragons they didn't remove rather than a wholly-original creation in their part). It's caused by him being a fucking teenager who is actually really good (at a narrow set of things, and not as good as he thinks but what teen is?).
Really at this point I'm wondering if Malygos is going to show. He definitely noticed them when they were getting the reading on the aspect of magic. And if he is authorized to access this device… well, what are the odds that he was alerted the moment it turned off?
So to summarize: Basically all of atregos's problems are a result of mind over matter being a fucking lie. His body is ruling him, and not because of programming or anything - that is pretty obvious when it comes up with respect to the undead and necromancy, the Titans were not subtle - but because he's a fucking teenager who thinks he's an adult even more than they normally do. Eventually he'll grow out of it and probably break his armor facepalming over the stupidity he did as a drake, but that's a long time in the future.
Also Atregos remembers nothing about computers so has forgotten that users usually get told if their device gets turned off.
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...which Titans are still around in this timeline?
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- Omniverse #1345
Malygos isn't a Titan but did have admin access to the console, hence the entire reason for trying to fake being him. I expect a shutdown notice will probably be sent on all official channels to reach designated admins. And Malygos is one and is in a location it will probably reach him.
- Location
- Oblivion
All of them except maybe Sargeras.
- Location
- Texas
- Pronouns
- She/Her
It's worse, actually - Hand grenades are single-use. These are, basically, free hand grenades that pretty much instantly respawn as long as you live, and you can hand out free hand grenades that respawn as long as the person you give them to lives, and they can... well. You get the point.
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- Omniverse #1345
If Atregos was like many Planeswalkers he'd join said groups, get all the knowledge he can wring out of them, then once he's strong enough to not care about their opinion of him just… leave. Especially for places that don't have other planeswalkers around that could actually potentially follow.
But yeah, they aren't spreading around dangerous magic for the same reason the Azure consortium doesn't actually sell their best stuff, no matter how nominally it is supposedly available.
But yeah, they aren't spreading around dangerous magic for the same reason the Azure consortium doesn't actually sell their best stuff, no matter how nominally it is supposedly available.
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- Oblivion
Will be interesting if they go to Strixhaven.
Doubt Liliana will be there pretending to be a professor. Since she figured out the Soul Stone spell. So probably ran off and married Gideon instead of trying to figure things out after he died saving her from Bolas's death curse. But there's a ton of stuff he could learn there. And the resulting ego popping after he encounters the five true dragons that run the academy would be a long time coming.
Doubt Liliana will be there pretending to be a professor. Since she figured out the Soul Stone spell. So probably ran off and married Gideon instead of trying to figure things out after he died saving her from Bolas's death curse. But there's a ton of stuff he could learn there. And the resulting ego popping after he encounters the five true dragons that run the academy would be a long time coming.
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- Omniverse #1345
Have you ever met a teenager? Actually popping his ego is probably functionally impossible, since any popping would last a week at most, or will have some pretty serious consequences to his mental state. For better or worse Atreus has a good 50+ years before he's old enough his immature body stops fucking with his impulses.
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meh, he can accept other Dragons being smarter/more powerful than him, due to experience if nothing else. Non-dragons, not so much
- Location
- Omniverse #1345
He seems to fully accept Ajani being utterly beyond him too. I think it's more just that he defaults to 'I am the best!' And only reconsiders on an individual basis after being shown that is incorrect. Thoroughly.
The problem more or less is the way he is full of himself allows for others to be better. He doesn't like it, but it allows it. So being shown up doesn't do much to pop his ego because it's more just a base level of smugness more than "I am a god!"
Which, yeah, teenager.
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"A bit more," I said, "Focus on the shape, the flowing and shifting form of the metals," I told Wrathion, my eyes closed as the metal flowed around us.
He didn't answer at once. He was laying on the stone beside me and I could hear his tension more than feel it.
He was breathing hard, claws dug into the stone beneath us from the effort and concentration, head bowed.
I felt the way his mind and magic flowed through the metal and I let my own move around it, following as he created the shape, leaving me to weave the enchanting into the very fabric of the metal.
Where he faltered or missed, I followed up and finished, boosting and adding my magic to his efforts.
"Not much longer, keep going," I said as the metal flowed in a curve, slowly flowing a curve of a supporting rib.
It flowed, shifting to attach to a supporting brace and I slowly withdrew my mind and magic from the work as the enchantments settled into place and the metal solidified.
Wrathion collapsed next to me, his head hitting the ground as he breathed hard like he had flown hard all day.
I opened my eyes and raised my wings, stretching, "Well done," I told him.
Slowly getting up, I stretched and yawned before settling down again. Wrathion opened his eyes and looked at me,
"That's… exhausting," he said, "You make it look so easy."
"Practice. Like all things. You did well, this is a major project. Moving a lot of metal around is good practice and while there is a lot of metal to move, it's not a very complex design. It's a good practice project."
Wrathion nodded and looked up at the shape hovering above and around us. If anything, it looked like a massive rib cage made from an alloy of bronze and adamantium. It shone in the light of the setting sun, looking like bronze but with a slightly shiny sheen.
"I can see that," he agreed, starting to get his breath back, "What I have trouble understanding is how you can do this and have enough attention over to enchant the thing at the same time. My head hurts just from the effort of shifting the metal."
"Practice," I said and yawned, "The problem is that it takes so long. We'd been at it all day again."
Wrathion slowly got up, running a paw along the side of his muzzle, scratching before he looked at it and then at me, "If you were doing it yourself, you would be finished by now," he said. A statement, not a question.
"We have a minimum of two more weeks," I said and yawned again, "But there is no hurry. Besides, if I did, then you wouldn't get the practice in quicksmithing. You're getting pretty good."
Wrathion nodded and yawned, "It's… almost like moving earth. But more difficult, it needs more precision, more power," he said and folded his wings, "if you can do this, maybe you could learn how to work the earth like a Black."
I snorted, "Maybe," I admitted, "But what time would I have to learn?"
Wrathion sank down again, resting his head on his forelegs, "My head hurt."
"Welcome to the club," I said and shook my own, "Comes with spending all day concentrating hard. Still, we're done for today. Go get some rest," I said and looked around, "Tomorrow we can roll it over and start with the other side. That will be way simpler and then we can continue with the hull plating."
Wrathion didn't quite groan, but he nodded and struggled onto his feet, "I'm hungry. Going to see if Umbria wants to hunt."
"Good idea," I agreed and yawned, "I think I'm just going to take a nap."
With that, I headed out from the to-be ship and glanced back towards it. It was actually way further along than it looked. While it was mostly a rib shape right now, it was a lot further along than it looked. Just roll it over and join the other side, add hull, controls, windows and some interior and we're done.
Well, assuming I don't decide to install shielding spells and weapons or other features. But making Wrathion go through those kinds of designs at his level of skill wouldn't be helpful.
A rustle of leaves was all the warning I got before a blue projectile hit me from the side. I went rolling on the ground.
I growled, snapping out. Ren ducked my strike and returned it. I avoided her bite and claws at her with a snarl.
She was fast. Avoiding it, she then pounced me again.
We rolled on the ground, crushing bushes and grass as we twisted and snapped at each other.
Rengosa collapsed onto the ground and I fell next to her, breathing heavily,
"You know," I said, "You could just say hi like a normal person."
"I was bored," Ren countered and eyed me, "I'm getting Sheila, we're heading to the coast until tomorrow."
"We are?"
"We are," Ren said firmly, "You need to rest that brain of yours. And I want fish."
Okay, fair.
AN// Happy new year
He didn't answer at once. He was laying on the stone beside me and I could hear his tension more than feel it.
He was breathing hard, claws dug into the stone beneath us from the effort and concentration, head bowed.
I felt the way his mind and magic flowed through the metal and I let my own move around it, following as he created the shape, leaving me to weave the enchanting into the very fabric of the metal.
Where he faltered or missed, I followed up and finished, boosting and adding my magic to his efforts.
"Not much longer, keep going," I said as the metal flowed in a curve, slowly flowing a curve of a supporting rib.
It flowed, shifting to attach to a supporting brace and I slowly withdrew my mind and magic from the work as the enchantments settled into place and the metal solidified.
Wrathion collapsed next to me, his head hitting the ground as he breathed hard like he had flown hard all day.
I opened my eyes and raised my wings, stretching, "Well done," I told him.
Slowly getting up, I stretched and yawned before settling down again. Wrathion opened his eyes and looked at me,
"That's… exhausting," he said, "You make it look so easy."
"Practice. Like all things. You did well, this is a major project. Moving a lot of metal around is good practice and while there is a lot of metal to move, it's not a very complex design. It's a good practice project."
Wrathion nodded and looked up at the shape hovering above and around us. If anything, it looked like a massive rib cage made from an alloy of bronze and adamantium. It shone in the light of the setting sun, looking like bronze but with a slightly shiny sheen.
"I can see that," he agreed, starting to get his breath back, "What I have trouble understanding is how you can do this and have enough attention over to enchant the thing at the same time. My head hurts just from the effort of shifting the metal."
"Practice," I said and yawned, "The problem is that it takes so long. We'd been at it all day again."
Wrathion slowly got up, running a paw along the side of his muzzle, scratching before he looked at it and then at me, "If you were doing it yourself, you would be finished by now," he said. A statement, not a question.
"We have a minimum of two more weeks," I said and yawned again, "But there is no hurry. Besides, if I did, then you wouldn't get the practice in quicksmithing. You're getting pretty good."
Wrathion nodded and yawned, "It's… almost like moving earth. But more difficult, it needs more precision, more power," he said and folded his wings, "if you can do this, maybe you could learn how to work the earth like a Black."
I snorted, "Maybe," I admitted, "But what time would I have to learn?"
Wrathion sank down again, resting his head on his forelegs, "My head hurt."
"Welcome to the club," I said and shook my own, "Comes with spending all day concentrating hard. Still, we're done for today. Go get some rest," I said and looked around, "Tomorrow we can roll it over and start with the other side. That will be way simpler and then we can continue with the hull plating."
Wrathion didn't quite groan, but he nodded and struggled onto his feet, "I'm hungry. Going to see if Umbria wants to hunt."
"Good idea," I agreed and yawned, "I think I'm just going to take a nap."
With that, I headed out from the to-be ship and glanced back towards it. It was actually way further along than it looked. While it was mostly a rib shape right now, it was a lot further along than it looked. Just roll it over and join the other side, add hull, controls, windows and some interior and we're done.
Well, assuming I don't decide to install shielding spells and weapons or other features. But making Wrathion go through those kinds of designs at his level of skill wouldn't be helpful.
A rustle of leaves was all the warning I got before a blue projectile hit me from the side. I went rolling on the ground.
I growled, snapping out. Ren ducked my strike and returned it. I avoided her bite and claws at her with a snarl.
She was fast. Avoiding it, she then pounced me again.
We rolled on the ground, crushing bushes and grass as we twisted and snapped at each other.
Rengosa collapsed onto the ground and I fell next to her, breathing heavily,
"You know," I said, "You could just say hi like a normal person."
"I was bored," Ren countered and eyed me, "I'm getting Sheila, we're heading to the coast until tomorrow."
"We are?"
"We are," Ren said firmly, "You need to rest that brain of yours. And I want fish."
Okay, fair.
AN// Happy new year
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Worrying for the future.
- Location
- Australia
oh right, Blues are semi-amphibious...ish."You need to rest that brain of yours. And I want fish."
Okay, fair.
wonder how well he floats?
I'm imagining him being used as a fishing boat.
- Location
- Omniverse #1345
Oh yeah, I have a theory that the reason Atregos and Alexis aren't feeling the pressure to return to their own time that would normally be expected is because they are supposed to be here for whatever is happening, so for the moment they actually are when they should be. Azeroth's timestream is weird and the constant bronze meddling to keep it on track is, somehow, actually what is supposed to happen.
The paradox isn't something they cause. It's what they are here to prevent, though they don't know that.
…I wonder if Malygos has an unignited spark.
The paradox isn't something they cause. It's what they are here to prevent, though they don't know that.
…I wonder if Malygos has an unignited spark.
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I really doubt it. If having the majority of your family, and subspecies obliterated by the betrayal of one of your close companions doesn't provide enough mental anguish to ignite a spark, I don't know what what will. At the same time, Atreus retained his spark after being totally transformed into another creature, soul and all. The titans didn't have a Spark reading on file, didnt't recognize it. But I guess that depends if an dull Spark is considered part of you or not metaphysically.
As for the other thing, I'm not sure. Azeroth isn't the only plane with time travel, the Bronze are fairly unique though.
As for the other thing, I'm not sure. Azeroth isn't the only plane with time travel, the Bronze are fairly unique though.
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Not necessarily, keep in mind, Atregos started using Land Magic even before he became a dragon (and was part of the reason the Blues wanted to make him a dragon)
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Alexis manablade slashed through the air, humming as it split the air in an arc of solid light. I caught it on a magic shield and stepped forward, bringing my axe in from the side.
She stepped back to block and I shifted to a dagger, bypassing the block before shifting it into a spear, stabbing forward.
She twisted, knocking the spear to the side with her free hand and I took advantage of her distraction, counting to step forward, I shouldered her backwards with my greater strength.
Alexis shifted with the push, bringing her manablade up in a low cut and I blocked with my short sword, letting my blade bounce off hers and I turned, taking the heavy two handed mace with both hands, bringing it down into a powerful strike aimed at her chest.
She let out a curse and her blade went up to block, her eyes flashing white with an enhancement spell but my strike whiffed straight past her guard as my heavy warhammer suddenly was a small dagger.
I continued the movement and struck her straight across the jaw with my left fist, hard enough to send her sprawling despite her spirit armor, her weapon hilt going rolling across the stony ground.
Breathing slightly hard, I stood back up straight and slid my dagger back into its sheath, "You okay?" I asked.
The shimmering field of armor around her faded away as she struggled up to sit, rubbing her jaw, "...Don't think you broke anything," she admitted, "Did I ever tell you that that weapon of yours is a nightmare to fight against? You move to block a heavy blow and it's a spear slipping past your guard and you're striking a light blade aside and it's suddenly a heavy two handed sword powering through your block."
I grinned, "Why do you think I made it? Admittedly, it has its drawbacks. It can be basically any weapon which means you have to be at least passable with literally all of them."
She rubbed her jaw again as she struggled onto her feet, walking over to pick her hilt up, "I have no idea how you have enough hours in the day."
I grimaced and nodded, "...Sleep is for the weak?" I offered before I shrugged, "Honestly, it got a lot better when Jaina took over running most of the Azure Consortium. I usually only do the pickups and deliveries along with my own research."
"So why don't you use one of these yourself?" she asked, waving her manablade hilt slightly before hanging it off her belt, "Because… lightsaber."
I shrugged, "Too limited. Prefer my own."
"You two done?" Sheila asked as she walked onto the stone platform, "Because I think Chromie got something."
"What?" Alexis asked.
Sheila shrugged, "I don't know, come on. But she's been looking through a time portal for thirty minutes now, she usually only does a minute check."
I nodded and took her hand before we headed back towards the shelter.
Whatever it was was either really good news or really bad. If the world still blew up, I had no idea what we would do then.
We entered the dome to see that everyone else was already gathered to watch the gnome peer into a golden orb held in her hands, a frown on her face.
Giving in to group pressure, I also settled down to watch the dragon-gnome.
Other than the daylight filtering inside, the only light was that of her glowing orb.
After several more minutes, she closed her eyes and allowed the orb to fade away, "...Good news and bad news," she said and looked over at me, "Good news, Azeroth is no longer burned to a crisp in the future."
"And the bad news?" I asked.
"The Old Gods rule it in the time you're from."
We all stared at her for several long moments, nobody saying a word. Then Wrathion finally spoke up, "Can you turn it back on?"
"I'm not taking that as a serious suggestion," I told him, "but I think so. Chromie, can you see what caused it?"
She shook her head, "Not yet, the reference frame ripple just reached the time you're from, it will take a while longer until it gets to the now. So not yet, we will have to keep tracking back through the timeline from the divergence point. But it's far back. The continent is intact, the Sundering didn't happen."
"As in..." Alexis said, "About the time the machine blew up the planet?"
"Or before," Chromie agreed with a sigh, rubbing her eyes.
"Or before," I agreed, "That thing might have been careful, but I don't think it was on such a hair trigger to blow things up. It was there to watch for Old God corruption, specifically of the ley lines. So whatever happens, happens to them. If only there was a race of beings in place to inspect and service them..."
"If only," Sheila grumbled and shook her head before she frowned and looked at Chromie, "Wait, does that mean we also have to stop the Blue Dragonflight from discovering it or..."
Chromie shrugged.
"Brilliant," I sighed and rubbed the bridge of my nose, "Chromie, why do you always have to drag me into these things?"
"You know anyone else that could have gotten in there?"
"Malygos."
Chromie grumbled something to herself and climbed onto her feet, "It will be at least a week until we get far enough to reach the likely divergence point," she said instead of answering, "Get some rest, I'm not sure we will have a lot of that after."
Now that she was likely right about.
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"I got it!"
I jerked awake, raising my head as the exclamation.
"Huh?" I asked, blinking sleepily and trying to get my eyes to focus on her before yawning and stretching as I glanced at the sun above. Or rather, the sun just barely poking up above the horizon.
Chromie seemed to be the only other one awake, nobody else seemed to have woken up either.
She grinned, "I found the divergence! Or rather, what is causing it!"
"It's reached it?"
"Well, not yet," Chromie admitted, "But it had moved past enough back that it's before the Old Gods got out. And it's straaange."
"Strange how?" Wrathion asked as he raised his head in turn to look at her.
Chromie frowned, "...The world is overrun by snakes."
I stared at her for several long moments, "Did you sleep any last night?"
Chromie glared at me, "I'm telling you! Strange snake things with a single leg and a claw at the end!"
I let out a breath, setting my head down on my forelegs as I looked at her, "And these snakes somehow defeated every species before them and freed the Old Gods?"
Chromie crossed her arms, "I don't know," she admitted, "Maybe they came after. But the timeline has reached a thousand years before your time and no humans, elves, trolls or other species remained. I saw some murlocs, but that's it. Just those snake things."
"We will figure it out," Wrathion said as he slowly got up and stretched, keeping his voice down so as not to wake Umbria, "Get some sleep Chromie. We need you rested."
Chromie suppressed a yawn before she nodded, "...You're right", she said and wandered off in the direction of the shelter.
"Well, no falling back asleep now," I said and looked to Wrathion, "What do you say about finding something to eat and then we finish up with the ship. Only have the interior left."
Wrathion considered that before he nodded, "Agreed," he said and looked towards the craft floating just off the stone outside the entrance to the titan facility.
It looked more like a flattened submarine with windows mounted evenly around the edge than anything else. Not that big, maybe a twenty meters from end to end, it was too small for even a drake inside, but it was big enough for our mortal forms.
And big enough to go through one of Chromies largest time portals in the time frames relevant. I had made sure to check with her.
We just needed to make seats for the inside, fit a floor and then I needed to make the control orb for it.
Then it was semi done.
And if Chromie was right about the… world invading snakes… then we might need it. I really should put a focus on giving it a blur spell enchantment.
That and an anti-magic shield around it should make it almost impossible to spot when in the sky.
Wrathion looked at me, "Coming?"
I nodded and we took to the air.
She stepped back to block and I shifted to a dagger, bypassing the block before shifting it into a spear, stabbing forward.
She twisted, knocking the spear to the side with her free hand and I took advantage of her distraction, counting to step forward, I shouldered her backwards with my greater strength.
Alexis shifted with the push, bringing her manablade up in a low cut and I blocked with my short sword, letting my blade bounce off hers and I turned, taking the heavy two handed mace with both hands, bringing it down into a powerful strike aimed at her chest.
She let out a curse and her blade went up to block, her eyes flashing white with an enhancement spell but my strike whiffed straight past her guard as my heavy warhammer suddenly was a small dagger.
I continued the movement and struck her straight across the jaw with my left fist, hard enough to send her sprawling despite her spirit armor, her weapon hilt going rolling across the stony ground.
Breathing slightly hard, I stood back up straight and slid my dagger back into its sheath, "You okay?" I asked.
The shimmering field of armor around her faded away as she struggled up to sit, rubbing her jaw, "...Don't think you broke anything," she admitted, "Did I ever tell you that that weapon of yours is a nightmare to fight against? You move to block a heavy blow and it's a spear slipping past your guard and you're striking a light blade aside and it's suddenly a heavy two handed sword powering through your block."
I grinned, "Why do you think I made it? Admittedly, it has its drawbacks. It can be basically any weapon which means you have to be at least passable with literally all of them."
She rubbed her jaw again as she struggled onto her feet, walking over to pick her hilt up, "I have no idea how you have enough hours in the day."
I grimaced and nodded, "...Sleep is for the weak?" I offered before I shrugged, "Honestly, it got a lot better when Jaina took over running most of the Azure Consortium. I usually only do the pickups and deliveries along with my own research."
"So why don't you use one of these yourself?" she asked, waving her manablade hilt slightly before hanging it off her belt, "Because… lightsaber."
I shrugged, "Too limited. Prefer my own."
"You two done?" Sheila asked as she walked onto the stone platform, "Because I think Chromie got something."
"What?" Alexis asked.
Sheila shrugged, "I don't know, come on. But she's been looking through a time portal for thirty minutes now, she usually only does a minute check."
I nodded and took her hand before we headed back towards the shelter.
Whatever it was was either really good news or really bad. If the world still blew up, I had no idea what we would do then.
We entered the dome to see that everyone else was already gathered to watch the gnome peer into a golden orb held in her hands, a frown on her face.
Giving in to group pressure, I also settled down to watch the dragon-gnome.
Other than the daylight filtering inside, the only light was that of her glowing orb.
After several more minutes, she closed her eyes and allowed the orb to fade away, "...Good news and bad news," she said and looked over at me, "Good news, Azeroth is no longer burned to a crisp in the future."
"And the bad news?" I asked.
"The Old Gods rule it in the time you're from."
We all stared at her for several long moments, nobody saying a word. Then Wrathion finally spoke up, "Can you turn it back on?"
"I'm not taking that as a serious suggestion," I told him, "but I think so. Chromie, can you see what caused it?"
She shook her head, "Not yet, the reference frame ripple just reached the time you're from, it will take a while longer until it gets to the now. So not yet, we will have to keep tracking back through the timeline from the divergence point. But it's far back. The continent is intact, the Sundering didn't happen."
"As in..." Alexis said, "About the time the machine blew up the planet?"
"Or before," Chromie agreed with a sigh, rubbing her eyes.
"Or before," I agreed, "That thing might have been careful, but I don't think it was on such a hair trigger to blow things up. It was there to watch for Old God corruption, specifically of the ley lines. So whatever happens, happens to them. If only there was a race of beings in place to inspect and service them..."
"If only," Sheila grumbled and shook her head before she frowned and looked at Chromie, "Wait, does that mean we also have to stop the Blue Dragonflight from discovering it or..."
Chromie shrugged.
"Brilliant," I sighed and rubbed the bridge of my nose, "Chromie, why do you always have to drag me into these things?"
"You know anyone else that could have gotten in there?"
"Malygos."
Chromie grumbled something to herself and climbed onto her feet, "It will be at least a week until we get far enough to reach the likely divergence point," she said instead of answering, "Get some rest, I'm not sure we will have a lot of that after."
Now that she was likely right about.
#########
"I got it!"
I jerked awake, raising my head as the exclamation.
"Huh?" I asked, blinking sleepily and trying to get my eyes to focus on her before yawning and stretching as I glanced at the sun above. Or rather, the sun just barely poking up above the horizon.
Chromie seemed to be the only other one awake, nobody else seemed to have woken up either.
She grinned, "I found the divergence! Or rather, what is causing it!"
"It's reached it?"
"Well, not yet," Chromie admitted, "But it had moved past enough back that it's before the Old Gods got out. And it's straaange."
"Strange how?" Wrathion asked as he raised his head in turn to look at her.
Chromie frowned, "...The world is overrun by snakes."
I stared at her for several long moments, "Did you sleep any last night?"
Chromie glared at me, "I'm telling you! Strange snake things with a single leg and a claw at the end!"
I let out a breath, setting my head down on my forelegs as I looked at her, "And these snakes somehow defeated every species before them and freed the Old Gods?"
Chromie crossed her arms, "I don't know," she admitted, "Maybe they came after. But the timeline has reached a thousand years before your time and no humans, elves, trolls or other species remained. I saw some murlocs, but that's it. Just those snake things."
"We will figure it out," Wrathion said as he slowly got up and stretched, keeping his voice down so as not to wake Umbria, "Get some sleep Chromie. We need you rested."
Chromie suppressed a yawn before she nodded, "...You're right", she said and wandered off in the direction of the shelter.
"Well, no falling back asleep now," I said and looked to Wrathion, "What do you say about finding something to eat and then we finish up with the ship. Only have the interior left."
Wrathion considered that before he nodded, "Agreed," he said and looked towards the craft floating just off the stone outside the entrance to the titan facility.
It looked more like a flattened submarine with windows mounted evenly around the edge than anything else. Not that big, maybe a twenty meters from end to end, it was too small for even a drake inside, but it was big enough for our mortal forms.
And big enough to go through one of Chromies largest time portals in the time frames relevant. I had made sure to check with her.
We just needed to make seats for the inside, fit a floor and then I needed to make the control orb for it.
Then it was semi done.
And if Chromie was right about the… world invading snakes… then we might need it. I really should put a focus on giving it a blur spell enchantment.
That and an anti-magic shield around it should make it almost impossible to spot when in the sky.
Wrathion looked at me, "Coming?"
I nodded and we took to the air.
- Location
- My happy place
Sounds like Slivers? I love Slivers.
slenderman1942
Jungle Tyrant
- Location
- Home
oh wow, if these are slivers, this is gunna be cool, I don't think they've been relevent of years.
Enthusiast#117
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- Location
- United States
Slivers are awesome!
Though the implication there I guess is that going off-plane in the past is what screwed things up and brought them here.
What a mess.
Though the implication there I guess is that going off-plane in the past is what screwed things up and brought them here.
What a mess.
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- Argentina
Oh wow those snake things sound ridiculous.