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Something Slender || An Explosive Finale
Amanda, Clea, and Topaz set off the magical bomb.
It wasn't hard to find everyone else, thankfully. Fighting did cause a distinct ruckus.
Topaz looped around the battlefield to find the portal they had come through, and finally saw Arthur standing by it. "Do we have all the kids?" she asked as she approached.
He wasn't hard to miss.
The blond was stationed with one foot in, one foot outside of the still-open portal. It was a tear in the drab monochromatica of the Askew World, a shock of deeper shadows and more reality in the way that colors seemed to become more when held against their complement. The why of this was apparent when Arthur turned to Topaz, swiveling on fixed feet to maintain his important mission designation of "doorstop." His powers were working overtime as evidenced by the light bathing the left side of his face. This very place was uncertainty – an argument of perception, a flicker, an uncertainty – and behind every lucky break, unlikely shot, or portal that couldn't be closed on top of the man to stop everyone's easy escape by the shapers of this place, the dramatics of Arthur's powers provided there was an ordering of the world. Order that didn't angle to go askew.
"All heads accounted for," Arthur laughed. His hands held knives, and he flicked one by instinct alone in a random direction to neatly skewer an oncoming slender shadow. "How's your work going?"
"Just dandy," Amanda replied dryly as she approached from the other side. She had Slender goop in her hair and on her jacket sleeve and was still panting slightly. "All of my sigils are set and ready to go. Any sign of Clea?"
It was a good 30 seconds before there were signs of the red head coming from their right. Clea didn't stop or slow down until she was approaching the group, her cheek had one scratch across it and was also covered in Slender goop. "Sorry I am late. The last one was rough." She said after catching her breath. "Are we ready for the finale? I like to leave and never come back."
"Same." Topaz did a quick look around. "Time to get everyone out of here. Arthur, you mind doing the honors?"
The mad glint in Arthur's eyes – be from power use, adrenaline, exhilaration, or some combination – flashed in a way that wasn't his literal power signature. "Project to the back, huh?" His grin widened, and what came next was suddenly much, much louder. More like a hype man in Times Square. "Party bus is pulling out, folks! Last stop!" He took a deep breath, refilling his lungs. It was convenient that his burning eye was like a lighthouse in the vast greyness that surrounded them. "Come toward the light!"
Amanda grimaced slightly as the noise - she hadn't realised Arthur had those kind of pipes - and crouched to begin drawing the final sigil on the ground. "Once I'm done, we'll need to pour everything we have into this one point," she said as she scratched away with the stick of pavement chalk.
Clea watched Arthur and it sent a shiver down her spine. She made a mental note to talk to him later. Turning her attention back to Amanda, "Alright say the word and we blow this place to hell."
The exodus had, of course, drawn the attention of the Slendermen, and they weren't going to let them go. Topaz threw her arms out to pull a shield around the group, doing her best to get the Slenders out and leaving the few that snuck in to be obliterated by whoever saw them. "We'll have about five seconds after the shield goes down before they're on top of us." Her eyes were tracking everyone leaving as she spoke. "Are you ready, Amanda?"
"Let's do this." Amanda finished the last line and stuffed the chalk in her pocket. The sigil was essentially a circle with a triangle drawn inside of it, points touching the edge of the circle with runes at each location. It was at one of these that the eldest witch now stood. "Clea, grab the point away from the portal - you're fastest. Topaz gets the one closest to where she is now, since she's got the shielding spell up. When I give the go ahead, power dump into the centre."
"Alright." Clea moved to the point furthest from the portal. She was mentally preparing herself for the power dump and not thinking about the 'what ifs' that were running through her head. Purple magical energy was already shifting around her fingertips as she was gathering it up. "Ready."
Topaz angled herself back slightly, reaching a hand to the rune and diverting some magic from the shield to prepare. "Set."
Amanda sucked in a breath and pulled in every bit of magic she had; her own power signature was neon blue, wreathing her hands and arms. "And GO!" she yelled, unleashing the pent up energy. Blue and purple and white streams hit the rune at the centre of the circle, coiling around each other, blending together before being sucked into the circle. A pause, and then every line and rune of the circle glowed white-hot before lines of force sped out to the various spells marked all around the Askew verse, bouncing from the closer marks, splitting and multiplying out to the further ones, until they were surrounded by an intricate web of magical energy that thrummed with increasing force.
"Out, now!" Amanda screamed, already turning to head for the open portal. The Slenders, perhaps sensing their danger, were crowding closer, defying their natural fear of light in order to flee destruction.
Clea felt her energy tank as she poured her magic into the center rune. Hearing Amanda screaming to get out, Clea started to bolt to the portal.
Topaz backed off, waiting to see Clea and Amanda get out before she finally dropped the shield and ran as well, grabbing Arthur to pull out right behind her. Explosions rocked the ground under their feet, and Topaz swore she could hear distorted screams from the usually silent Slendermen as their world literally blew apart around them.
The portal collapsed as soon as they were all out, crumpling in on itself like a piece of paper. Energy spiked in the air for an extra few seconds before finally fading away and taking the literal nightmare world with it.
Good riddance.
It wasn't hard to find everyone else, thankfully. Fighting did cause a distinct ruckus.
Topaz looped around the battlefield to find the portal they had come through, and finally saw Arthur standing by it. "Do we have all the kids?" she asked as she approached.
He wasn't hard to miss.
The blond was stationed with one foot in, one foot outside of the still-open portal. It was a tear in the drab monochromatica of the Askew World, a shock of deeper shadows and more reality in the way that colors seemed to become more when held against their complement. The why of this was apparent when Arthur turned to Topaz, swiveling on fixed feet to maintain his important mission designation of "doorstop." His powers were working overtime as evidenced by the light bathing the left side of his face. This very place was uncertainty – an argument of perception, a flicker, an uncertainty – and behind every lucky break, unlikely shot, or portal that couldn't be closed on top of the man to stop everyone's easy escape by the shapers of this place, the dramatics of Arthur's powers provided there was an ordering of the world. Order that didn't angle to go askew.
"All heads accounted for," Arthur laughed. His hands held knives, and he flicked one by instinct alone in a random direction to neatly skewer an oncoming slender shadow. "How's your work going?"
"Just dandy," Amanda replied dryly as she approached from the other side. She had Slender goop in her hair and on her jacket sleeve and was still panting slightly. "All of my sigils are set and ready to go. Any sign of Clea?"
It was a good 30 seconds before there were signs of the red head coming from their right. Clea didn't stop or slow down until she was approaching the group, her cheek had one scratch across it and was also covered in Slender goop. "Sorry I am late. The last one was rough." She said after catching her breath. "Are we ready for the finale? I like to leave and never come back."
"Same." Topaz did a quick look around. "Time to get everyone out of here. Arthur, you mind doing the honors?"
The mad glint in Arthur's eyes – be from power use, adrenaline, exhilaration, or some combination – flashed in a way that wasn't his literal power signature. "Project to the back, huh?" His grin widened, and what came next was suddenly much, much louder. More like a hype man in Times Square. "Party bus is pulling out, folks! Last stop!" He took a deep breath, refilling his lungs. It was convenient that his burning eye was like a lighthouse in the vast greyness that surrounded them. "Come toward the light!"
Amanda grimaced slightly as the noise - she hadn't realised Arthur had those kind of pipes - and crouched to begin drawing the final sigil on the ground. "Once I'm done, we'll need to pour everything we have into this one point," she said as she scratched away with the stick of pavement chalk.
Clea watched Arthur and it sent a shiver down her spine. She made a mental note to talk to him later. Turning her attention back to Amanda, "Alright say the word and we blow this place to hell."
The exodus had, of course, drawn the attention of the Slendermen, and they weren't going to let them go. Topaz threw her arms out to pull a shield around the group, doing her best to get the Slenders out and leaving the few that snuck in to be obliterated by whoever saw them. "We'll have about five seconds after the shield goes down before they're on top of us." Her eyes were tracking everyone leaving as she spoke. "Are you ready, Amanda?"
"Let's do this." Amanda finished the last line and stuffed the chalk in her pocket. The sigil was essentially a circle with a triangle drawn inside of it, points touching the edge of the circle with runes at each location. It was at one of these that the eldest witch now stood. "Clea, grab the point away from the portal - you're fastest. Topaz gets the one closest to where she is now, since she's got the shielding spell up. When I give the go ahead, power dump into the centre."
"Alright." Clea moved to the point furthest from the portal. She was mentally preparing herself for the power dump and not thinking about the 'what ifs' that were running through her head. Purple magical energy was already shifting around her fingertips as she was gathering it up. "Ready."
Topaz angled herself back slightly, reaching a hand to the rune and diverting some magic from the shield to prepare. "Set."
Amanda sucked in a breath and pulled in every bit of magic she had; her own power signature was neon blue, wreathing her hands and arms. "And GO!" she yelled, unleashing the pent up energy. Blue and purple and white streams hit the rune at the centre of the circle, coiling around each other, blending together before being sucked into the circle. A pause, and then every line and rune of the circle glowed white-hot before lines of force sped out to the various spells marked all around the Askew verse, bouncing from the closer marks, splitting and multiplying out to the further ones, until they were surrounded by an intricate web of magical energy that thrummed with increasing force.
"Out, now!" Amanda screamed, already turning to head for the open portal. The Slenders, perhaps sensing their danger, were crowding closer, defying their natural fear of light in order to flee destruction.
Clea felt her energy tank as she poured her magic into the center rune. Hearing Amanda screaming to get out, Clea started to bolt to the portal.
Topaz backed off, waiting to see Clea and Amanda get out before she finally dropped the shield and ran as well, grabbing Arthur to pull out right behind her. Explosions rocked the ground under their feet, and Topaz swore she could hear distorted screams from the usually silent Slendermen as their world literally blew apart around them.
The portal collapsed as soon as they were all out, crumpling in on itself like a piece of paper. Energy spiked in the air for an extra few seconds before finally fading away and taking the literal nightmare world with it.
Good riddance.
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