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Cleric of Hell’s Brigade
OT: Oh my. How very, very interesting.
IC:
Before Ochazuke can move, he sees Grinthorn start to call out to him, eyes flicking briefly to the hammer as if he wanted it.
Then Ochazuke moved, and in that moment the world blurs and Ochazuke feels a rush of energy burn through him. From the distant power Eva had parted unto him he feels a river of Guardians behind the hammer blow, hands gentle and rough combined with his to swing the Artifact down onto the Wyrm. For a moment, he sees almost an endless line of Guardians stand with him, Eva and Fife all the way down to Arthur.
Eva smiles at him and nods.
The hammer falls.
The Lord Forger’s hammer is no mere thing, it is an Artifact crafted from centuries of Darkling magic. To create, to forge, to make new. An object of rebirth. It is also transformative, for he has imbued it with magical qualities of a capsule. Inside the hammer resides his house, and within the house resides a mote of True Magic and one of Grinthorn’s dragonballs.
The blow channels it all. And as it strikes, Ochazuke also sees the Palatines for a moment. All of them, standing against the tide once long, long ago.
The hammer lands, and Darkle trembles as a sound like nothing heard before resonates. Like a hammer to an anvil, but purer and truer than anything else.
A Godly tone.
The blow washes over all, a brilliant beam of sound and energy covers them all and Ochazuke sees for a single moment a look on Eldfen’s face.
Fear.
When the light dies down, Alakazah is gone. Darkle is gone.
Everyone is gone.
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Ochazuke, Etrina, Charco, Erosa, Zaofan, Dash, Praxat, and Sasheem all find themselves on what appears to be Earth. Dash at her old home, Etrina and Erosa and Charco at the ruined Lookout. Sasheem, Zaofan, and Ochazuke appear at Samson Balon’s restored Dragon Temple, and Praxat appears in her room at Capsule Corp.
Voyavoda appears on Nevada, near his old house.
Parsley, Sarada, Lantro, and Inanna appear on Reshlan in the throne room near Maiz.
Nevalinna appears on Reshlan, right beside her mother.
Blizzar appears onboard the main GP base, in his office that he almost never uses, surrounded by piles of paperwork yet to be done.
And all seems well to everyone. Wounds are healed, ki stores restored, and a faint but beautiful sound still rings in their ears for a moment.
There is no sign of Grinthorn.