#blue infero answers

[blue-inferno]

why do you think chell is a white woman

I never said she was white? But I know sources do claim her to be of a Latin, Japanese decent...😊

[digimonlover09]

I am not doing this song and dance again. We're just going to move it cuz that worked last time.

Previous thread.

Last two messages.

(third try was in fact not the charm. Forgot the paragraph about Blue Moon answering infero's human question.) Blue Moon grumbles that infero is lying. If they want to demand information they should have thought about that before. The deal is done. Blue Moon will listen to infero's story though. Mumbling about how this is why he doesn't deal with souls. Asking again why it matters when they're robots? Robots don't eat? Other than making sure a robot doesn't get rusty they don't get the point of infero's question.

Blue Moon states to Vim that their demons. They don't live like humans. Yes it would be great not to be hurt everyday, but Blue Moon just can't step inside Vim's house without it being a deal or an imprisonment. Having friends as a dangerous game. Anyone could betray you. It's in their nature.

Blue Moon talks about how it's normal for demon realms to have a hierarchy. Whether it be the rings of hell or one being stronger than the other. It's in every little story Blue Moon has ever seen from the humans. Every other culture has a social structure. Usually in a hierarchy.

Blue Moon asks what a snuggle time is? Is it what they call a prolonged hug? Blue Moons legs are getting tired. They don't know how long they can support the hug.

Infero says they do eat, though? He fed them some human food and at least one of them liked it?

Vim still doesn’t get what the problem is? Why can’t he, he’s in Vim’s house right now? And what’s wrong with living like humans? Humans make all sorts of cool stuff. Why be lonely when you can have people to trust?

Puppy asks how humans even know about how demon live? It’s not like they’re interested in any of that, they just care about what they can get out of demons? They probably made most of it up.

Puppy says they can sit, if they want. Snuggle time is better sitting down, anyways.

[digi-sams-au-hell]

Doing this is the old thread It started to get funky, And also a bit stale. (Although we can continue this is just like an add-on for like a week later)

After vapor gets grounded, and has his room offered a some sort of Peace treaty. He's still going to be plenty angry about everything. Especially the dinners still. Enough to the point he legit might go out into the city and nearby woods just to avoid them. Also his attempts to make friends will be nearly identical. And more like just going out with random people and following them. Offering no more than basic yes and no answers when talked to. His apology to Blue Moon will probably be shallow and in Black Stars presence only. But at least it will be given. He will still be avoiding infero specifically like the plague.

Puppy will still be talking to him, and Shatter will be occasionally inviting him to hang out sometimes. Shatter will feel a bit discouraged by the lack of talking though. Vim personally would enjoy if he just hung around and watched him play video games. Infero is just going to appear wherever he is and keep dragging him to dinner. Reminding him “If you want me to leave you alone. You need to make me care what you want.”

[amphiptere-art]

Infero does realize. He was told outright. He’s got it under control. He’s not going to let Lunara exploit the promise by grasping at straws with bullshit logic. If worst does come to worst, Night’s just as powerful as Infero.

Vim says it was the only way to get him to agree to Dark Souls, because he got scared that he’d turn into a zombie for real if they played. And also that BM Eclipse likes chin scratches and breaking with computers.

Infero looks away, knowing damn well that Blue Moon has already talked to him about Vim’s lack of self-preservation. He says that Vim did press the panic button when he got in over his head, so he does have some sense of danger.

Black Star just answers he doesn't even want to imagine but beastmaker lunaro could make them look like. He probably fused them together into some sort of demented hydra. He's making sure he has night on speed dial.

Black Star just stares at Vim. Asking if he really risked his life over a video game. He doesn't care if Lunara thought he was legit going to be a zombie. Why! Also how did he get close enough to that version of eclipse to even try to scratch it.

Blue Moon just hisses that it was beyond the bounds. Vim couldn't tell beast Maker was off until it was in his face. And apparently inferno can't tell the same. Blue Moon doesn't entirely trust inferos opinion anymore.

[bamfdaddio]

X-Men Abridged: 1981

The X-Men, those back-to-the-future mutants that have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, are a cultural juggernaut with a long, tangled history. Want to unravel this tapestry? Then read the Abridged X-Men!

(Uncanny X-Men 141 - 152) - by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Brent Anderson, Dave Cockrum, Jim Sherman, Bob McLeod and Josef Rubinstein

While I also committed various fashion atrocities at the age of 14 (tye-die and fauxhawks, oh my), even Liberace would find Kitty’s outfits too much. (Uncanny X-Men 149; Uncanny X-Men Annual ‘81)

We dial back from the v. epic scope of the last few arcs. Instead, 1981 is just a lot of fun! We get:

Storm and Emma doing a Freaky Friday!

the X-Men vs. Magneto (again!)

A surprisingly effective Alien rip-off

An dystopian future! (OoOoOoOo)

Last year was the year of the Dark Phoenix, this is the year of Kitty Pryde. That’s not to say Jean’s death is swept under the rug: all throughout, we see her friends mourning her loss or remembering her fondly. (Scott even gets to have a demonic adventure about it.) But in general, Claremont puts Kitty in the forefront, fleshing out his YA-addition to the team. And what would a YA heroine be without a grim dystopia? Roll out the iconic Days of Future Past!

To be fair, 2013 was a dark time for all of us: What Does the Fox Say somehow got to the top of the charts and I was still watching Glee. (Uncanny X-Men 141)

How cool would it have been to see a name like Jonothon Starsmore or Eva Bell on those tombstones?

Anyway, that’s Kate. Kate’s had it rough. Mutants are at the bottom of the foodchain, most X-Men are dead and only a small cadre of resistance fighters remain, Sentinels dominate, and while she is married to Piotr, her children have been murdered. Bleak. Luckily, the rebellion has concocted the plan to shunt Kate’s spirit back in time to prevent this awful future from happening. (You’ve seen Days of Future Past, the last passably good X-Men film, you know what’s up.)

Let’s do the time warp again! 1981!Kitty’s mind gets taken over by 2013!Kitty, who promptly tries to convince the X-Men that a new Brotherhood of v. Evil Mutants will try to kill Senator Kelly, a presidential candidate who tries to put the mutant menace on the agenda. (Mutants tend to blow stuff up when he’s around.) Since the X-Men recently took a literal trip to Dante’s Infero and also befriended a cosmic world-ending entity, they basically shrug and go: “Yeah, this checks out.”

Off to Washington they go (zoommm) and there, they happen upon the Baddest Bitches in Herstory:

“How dare you hate mutants, senator Kelly! We’ll fix that by killing you!” (Uncanny X-Men 141)

This All-New, All-Different Brotherhood consists out of:

Destiny, a blind woman who can see the future. Definitely the eeriest member of this group. Badass lesbian, though that won´t be canon for years.

Avalanche. Greek who makes things shake. Is a long-standing member of the X-Men Rogue’s gallery, but rarely features in the spotlight. I think he got more characterization in four years of X-Men Evolution than he ever did in the comics.

Mystique. Shapeshifter. Ruthless and unhinged, the Cersei Lannister of the X-Men universe. Absolute legend, secretly the wife of Destiny, currently not as unhinged as she’ll be later. Immediately implied to be related to Nightcrawler: it’s the yellow-eyes-blue-skin-combo.

Pyro. Can manipulate fire, not create it. Absolute pillock, in all the best ways of the word. Originally intended as gay, but they decided to make him Australian instead. (?!)

Blob. Big, strong, immovable. We’ve seen him before.

One of the details in this fight I enjoy is that Storm is still struggling with her leadership, although she has a better grip on things than Cyclops:

Wolverine then proceeds to use those iconic but deadly claws about twice per issue for the next, oh, forty years. (Uncanny X-Men 142)

While the X-Men fight the Brotherhood in the present, we cut back and forth to the future. There, the X-Men consist out of some familiar faces - Storm, Colossus, Wolverine - and some surprises: Magneto (in a wheelchair), Franklin Richards (son of) and an unfamiliar ginger girl called Rachel. (She’ll be important later.) We even learn (one of) Magneto’s names: this is the first time he’s canonically called Magnus.

One of the strengths of Days of Future Past lies in its brevity, the way it tantalizingly taunts us with a brutal but familiar future without giving away too much. It’s single-handedly responsible for all those dark future timelines the X-lines are so fond of which will eventually culminate in time-displaced grandsons from alternative dimensions and the impossibility of a succinct answer to the question: “Who’s Cable?” Too much of a good thing and all that.

Still, what Days of Future Past does so successfully is:

Put the idea of the mutant menace back at the forefront, hammering home the metaphor of mutants being a minority. Mutants being put in camps and being forbidden to breed should - regretfully - make us think of all too many real life equivalents. (Specifically, all of the imagery harkens back to the Holocaust.)

It starkly shows what happens should the X-Men lose, reminding everyone of the stakes. The X-Men are here for a reason: bridging the gap between mutants and humankind. If they fuck up, we end up with mutant concentration camps.

It helps that the X-Men in the future almost all die horribly: Franklin is incinerated, Storm is impaled… It's brutal stuff. The only one to survive is Rachel, who wonders if their plan actually changed the future or if they created an alternative timeline. (It did the latter, sorry ‘bout it, Rachel.)

In the present, Kate chases after Destiny, who trains a gun on senator Kelly. I always wondered how this works: if Destiny saw the future, she knew that killing Kelly would trigger a terrifying future. What in the current Marvel timeline made her decide that the Days of Future Past was better? Did she see her own death? Did she see the Onslaught-crossover coming? The Chuck Austen run? What was it?

In any case, time-anomalous Kate stops Destiny from killing Kelly and the future is safe! For now. Kate disappears, Kitty returns to her body and some of the Brotherhood are apprehended. All is well, for now.

After being a key figure in DoFP, Kitty is also the main character in the Christmas special, which is basically a straight up horror and a pastiche of the Alien-movie.

Seriously, John Byrne still isn’t sure why he wasn’t sued by Ridley Scott for this. (Uncanny X-Men 143)

If you love Kitty Pryde? Read this issue. If you’re not convinced you like 80’s Kitty? Read this issue. It’s not continuity relevant and it’s basically Kitty playing the part of a Final Girl in a horror where she’s being chased by a demon, but it’s so good. It showcases all her strengths and her foibles. Kitty’s intelligent, cute (sometimes preciously so) and brave, but she’s also young, self-conscious and hot-headed. And it's not as if the other X-Men automatically adore her: Storm berates her all the time, she’s afraid of Kurt because of the way he looks (though she grows out of that) and she fights with Professor Xavier a lot. Moreover, she has a clever power-set for a young superhero who faces menaces on a daily basis: a thirteen year old who can go intangible is far less likely to have reality ensue on her and be dramatically offed because she's better at protecting herself.

I’m sure there are people who thought Sprite was hogging the spotlight, but I, for one, say she brings more to the table than, say, Angel. She’s not the Dawn Summers of this franchise.

Scott also gets a side quest. Poor guy can’t catch a break: first the love of his life dies, so he quits the X-Men, then he realizes he can’t do much else than be a superhero. He becomes a sailor on the ship of spunky captain Lee Forrester, is drawn into the sadistic plans of a demon unironically named D’Spayre and then shipwrecks in Bermuda with Lee.

The X-Men, meanwhile, are tormented by a team-up of Doom (who’s currently Latverialess and working on a comeback) and Arcade, that annoying crony. Locke, Arcade’s dom, has kidnapped the loved ones of the X-Men (Moira MacTaggart, Jean Grey’s parents, Illyana Rasputin and Amanda Sefton) in order to blackmail them into getting Doom to free Arcade. Apparently, Arcade accidentally insulted Doom and DOOM DOES NOT FORGIVE THAT FOLLY.

While the B-Squad (Polaris, Havok, Banshee and Iceman) goes to save Arcade’s hostages, the X-Men sneak into Doom’s castle. Well, except for Storm, who doesn’t give a single fuck and simply flies up to Doom, demanding an audience. Doom likes the cut of her jib and invites her to have dinner. (This is pre-Tinder, so this is a legit way of scoring a date.)

If Storm has a flaw (I said if!), it’s got to be her atrocious taste in men. (Uncanny X-Men 145)

The X-Men find Arcade’s cell empty, while Arcade casually saunters up to Storm and says hi. Storm realizes too late that this is a trap: while the X-Men are all trapped in Saw-like traps, Storm is encased in ‘living chrome’.

If you remember she’s claustrophobic, you know why this is a bad move.

While the X-Men free themselves from their traps - Polaris hilariously has to deal with a murderous merry-go-round - Storm is slowly driven mad in her prison, triggering a worldwide tempest. (She causes Lee and Scott to shipwreck.) Under the threat of Wolverine’s claws, Doom releases Storm - or rather, unleashes her.

“Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!” (Uncanny X-Men 147)

The memory of Jean brings Ororo back to herself and she starts undoing the superstorm she created. (If only climate change were reversed that easily.) Their confrontation ends by Storm easily forgiving Doom, because she apparently trespassed on his grounds without adequate cause.

Mkay.

All of Arcade’s hostages return to their homesteads, except for Illyana Rasputin, Piotr’s sister: she’s staying at the mansion for a while. Angel, who’s sort of been a part of the team since the Phoenix thing, has had it with Wolverine and his ‘tude, and decides to quit the X-Men : he doesn’t want to be a part of an outfit that has a killer like Wolverine on it. (Or maybe he’s just mad Claremont didn’t give him any storylines: his presence has been mostly pointless.) It’s too bad he left before Kitty started experimenting with her outfits: I bet he would have loved her ugly-ass costumes.

Equally inconsequential is the introduction of a brand new character, who then proceeds to disappear from the narrative for the rest of the year:

Black Tom has tried to kill you at least twice, but him sending you a long-lost daughter doesn’t give you pause? Ugh, Sean, you deserve Moira. (Uncanny X-Men 148)

Intrigued by Theresa? TOO BAD, WON’T SEE HER AGAIN ANYTIME SOON.

Another new character is the lonely, decidedly mutant looking Caliban, who can sense “people like him” and is on the lookout for companions. Like many lonely people who try and grasp at friendship, he decides to overshoot his shot and ruin the night of Storm, Kitty and Jessica Drew at a Dazzler concert. Because he tries to kidnap Kitty, the girls react a trifle aggressively. When they realize their mistake - the eerily pale Caliban is a simpleton rather than a menace - he’s already fled. No mention is made of the Morlocks yet!

There’s also another dull annual where the X-Men team up with the Fantastic Four to save Arkon’s dimension from the Badoon and yaaaaawn. Far more interesting is the landmark issue #150. Slowly, through the adventures of Scott and Lee Forrester, Claremont has been setting things up for the return of a favorite villain. While the X-Men investigate Magneto’s old base in Antarctica on a hunch of Professor X and tangle with Garruk, Scott and Lee survive Storm’s tempest, only to wake up next to a strange island that seems to have been raised from the ocean.

It’s apparently some ancient citadel from a long forgotten civilization with a fondness for squid statues. (I don’t know man, I’ve never been to the Bermuda Triangle, maybe this is just super-accurate.)The tentacles make Lee Forrester feel very amorous, but before Scott can tell her he is way too repressed to just have sex with an attractive someone he’s known intimately for a month or two, Magneto saves his ass by revealing he, in fact, raised this island from the seafloor.

Oh, Magneto. So extra.

My ambitious little mutant demagogue then proceeds to take the entire world hostage, showing how much he’s grown from the pompous, raving madman from the sixties. (Sure, Magneto is still a bit of a madman, but increasingly, he starts being on the right side of history.)

“I’m trying to make Magneto more sympathetic.”

“Just put him on a page with some bigger villains who are less noble, like the Vanisher, Count Nefaria, or…”

“Reagan, Thatcher and Brezhnov?”

“Er.” (Uncanny X-Men 150)

It’s obvious Magneto is being pivoted as a more noble villain, codified into the well-intentioned extremist we know and love today. Not only do we get the first hints at his past, fleshing out his motivations, he’s also not wrong. Humans are historically not great at taking care of the planet or each other.

When the Russians call his bluff and launch nukes at Magneto’s new island, he quickly disarms them. His retribution is swift and ferocious: the entire citadel is a machine that massively amplifies his powers. He sinks the submarine that launched the missiles, condemning the entire crew to death, and he casually erects a vulcano in a Russian city in Siberia.

Damn. Not messing around this time.

Despite his good intentions, Magneto is still definitely in the wrong: not only because of his methods, but as Scott points out: if Magneto unifies the world under his kind of benevolent dictatorship, all of that will simply fall apart as soon as Magnus dies.

In a way, Magneto is just as big a dreamer as Charles is: Charles believes in peace and integration, whereas Magneto believes his iron fist will be enough to make a perfect world happen. Both of them ignore the reality that acceptance is difficult and messy, because you’re trying to change essential human nature: the fear of the other. Magneto believes in big, sweeping gestures that will fix the world in move, while changing the world is also boring, hard work. One step forward, two steps back. Magneto just wants to leapfrog to his ultimate goal.

The X-Men fly over the citadel, returning from Antarctica, and their plane crashes into the ocean. (Magneto does not brook planes over his territory, humans!) The Professor is also nearby, looking for Scott with Moira, Peter Corbeau and Carol Danvers. The X-Men sneak onto the island, but to their horror, their powers are nullified by some machine of Magneto. They reunite with Scott, who formulates a plan to thwart the would-be ruler of the world.

While the rest of the X-Men go to trash the machine, Storm, Kitty and Lee infiltrate the control chamber where Storm finds a sleeping, shirtless Magneto. Once again showing her terrible taste in men, she is not weak in the knees at the sight of a sleeping Magnus: instead, she contemplates killing him.

Storm knows how dangerous he is, but she also knows that he’s a great man who’s fighting for ideals, no matter how misguided. She hesitates too long: Magneto stirs, suspects an attack and tosses her out of the window, to her death.

Magneto quickly undoes the sabotage the other X-Men have wrought to his machine. A fight erupts. Storm, meanwhile, has managed to grab hold of a ledge. She crawls back up and smashes an important-looking computer, restoring everyone’s powers.

The battle turns grim, but Scott sends Kitty away to wreck Magneto’s machinery. She sneaks off, following Scott’s orders and destroying both Magneto's power-up device and all of his plans by phasing though the computer circuitry. Magneto senses this and furiously gives chase. Overcome by rage, he attacks Kitty and disrupts her phasing power with a magnetic bolt, seemingly killing her?

Everything about this story beat is great: mama bear!Ororo, mournful Magnus and even the fact that Kitty’s godawful outfit serves a narrative function: highlighting to us (and Magneto) just how young she is. The fact that Kitty’s Jewish is just icing on the cake. (Uncanny X-Men 150)

And thus, the softening of Magneto commences. 1981 might be a year with wildly varying narratives, but it has given us at least three enduring legacies to the X-Mythos: a new kind of Magneto, a fondness for dystopian futures and the character of Kitty Pryde, who's really come into her own this year.

Ugliest Costume: Kitty! Purposefully, but still. Best costume, by the way, goes to Destiny, with her creepy, creepy golden mask. Just imagine this lady casually strolling across a battlefield, eerily calm and collected, dodging everything you throw at her. Awesome design.

Best new character: I usually pick one character - what good is having a shared award when declaring the best of anything? - but this year, it’s going to one of my favorite couples: Mystique and Destiny. Can’t wait to see more of them.

Most audacious retcon: Blob somehow retroactively becomes a member of the original Brotherhood, which is not what happened. Ever weirder is Xavier pondering that he never met Magneto before his attack in X-Men #1, while their cordially adversarial relationship rooted in a youthful friendship would soon become a cornerstone of the X-Men.

What to read: Uncanny X-Men 141 - 143 and 150 - 152

[mrneighbourlove]

Evil’s Bane: Ch 4. Dangerous Uncharted Territory

Once the portal was open, Black went through first to scout for any potential danger. After a few minutes, he gave the go ahead to come through. Oddly enough, the land was striking. It was full of life, unlike the opposite side of the mountains. There were trees and grass as far as the eye could see instead of a harsh and unforgiving desert or wasteland.

Hades was the next to go in, trotting about and keeping an eye out for danger. Finally, Leere walked in. The sun was bright, and the sky was blue. The air was more breathable than Omisha as well. She guessed they were still closer to the border than central Malus, because if she looked far enough, she could see mountains in the distance. The area they were in had many hills, with fields of grass and vibrant flowers around them. Taking a breath, she looked to Bonegrinder, honestly confused, but a little relieved. Finally, she settled on a little sarcasm. “Land of torment and lifeless death, eh?”

"Don't you start, you haven't seen the inner city." Bonegrinder poked her nose with his finger. "This old snake has a long time ago."

"The land has recovered in these areas, though I am skeptical of the areas closer to civilization." Black looked around, taking in his surroundings. He was adept at tracking and studying the lay of the earth since his job was to be as sneaky as possible. "It has remained untouched for quite some time."

“Well, let’s look around. Can’t find what we are looking for if we don’t start walking.”

"Don't wander off, stay close." Bonegrinder repeated to Leere. "You never know what could be watching. Or who could be watching."

Hades was on the lookout, when he suddenly heard a snap of the grass about 50ft away. In the distance, an insect creature ran out of the tall grass. Suddenly, a reptilian creature, a beast akin to a raptor, jumped on top of it. It tore the insect apart, using claws to tear off its shell, talons on its feet to hold it in place, and sharp teeth to tear into its flesh. As it was eating, it picked up on a sound Hades made repositioning himself. It appeared to have no eyes or nose, simply having two holes in the side of its head.

Leere was cautious, yet fascinated by the pale reptile. Still, she dared not move.

"Oh fucking hell, I forgot about those." Black whispered under his breath to the others. "Don't move. They hunt based off movement through the earth."

The Reptilmox looked around, focusing on the movement of Black speaking. When Black stopped talking, it slowly started to lose interest. Why put energy in finding more prey when it made a kill? Grabbing its meal, it dragged it back into the tall grass to devour.

Hades waited a little while, before feeling confident it was far enough away. “Everyone keep walking.”

"Watch your step." Black told the group as they slowly made their way through the tall grass.

"And your back." "If one of those saunters out again, we will do our best to avoid fighting it." Bonegrinder informed the others. "Draw less attention. However, if it detects you and comes at you... run."

As they walked through the tall grass, they found the first sign of civilization. It was a pointed road sign that read, “Go back to Heilogtum.”

Leere looked around their surroundings. The area still had beautiful grass lands, but was now mixing opening up into a valley pass.

"Now that... was put here recently. Look, the wood hasn't rotted a bit." Black looked at the sign. "It's obviously a warning... but for what?"

Hades looked around, and was the first to see the danger. A pack of the pale reptiles, all the size of him, were running around the valley corner. “Incoming! Hold your ground!”

Trouble was heading their way. If the group had to flee, Bonegrinder was not too worried about Hades. The Lynel was fast. Black could run for ages, yet, he could not surpass the speed of one of those damn reptiles. Leere was only human and there was no chance if the reptiles were too close. With a slight indication of his head, Bonegrinder motioned for Black to get on his coils. So the assassin grabbed Leere and held tight to the Anagari.

Leere was ready to fight if needed be, but being grabbed would be make it harder for her to help.

Splitting into pairs, the reptiles circled Bonegrinder and Hades respectively. Hades already started to run in the direction the sign pointed. As one of the reptiles jumped at him, he reared back, kicking it with the force of ten horses in the head. The creature was more disoriented then anything, fumbling about.

The pair chasing Bonegrinder made a jump at him, wanting to claw him and tiny figures apart.

Bonegrinder was trying to keep his magic use to a minimum. If the demons of Malus were anything like those he faced in the past, the fiends would sense it and try to find him. Though, just because he could use magic, didn't mean he could not use brute strength. He whacked one reptile in the head with his massive tail and coiled his body around the other's neck, snapping it.

The Reptilmox left fighting Bonegrinder hissed viscously. Opening its mouth, a thick tongue shot out to try and snare Black of Bonegrinder from a distance.

Black reacted rather swiftly, reaching into his belt and pulling out his blade. He sliced off the tongue and pushed Leere down to avoid the appendage.

Able to at least cast magic, Leere pointed a hand out, and a necrotic ball of shadow energy shot out. Hitting the creature, it screamed, the flesh on its face boiling off.

As two more were about to engage, there was a loud rumbling in the east. With a bark between them, they ran off, ignoring the prospect of food, fear taking its place.

Bonegrinder only uttered three words.

"Don't let go."

With that, he took off as fast as he could slither, Hades following behind him.

Leere did as she was told. She couldn’t see it, but she could hear the rumbling and feel the earth shake. In a mountainside, there was a cave with a sign pointing towards it. In the cave, a thick fog filled all its walls and area. When Hades approached it, he was the only one to feel a terrible effect on his body. He noticed one of the monsters veer away from the cave as well. It most likely would bring physical harm to monster kind. “Bonegrinder. You must flee here without me.”

"What?!" Bonegrinder was almost inside the cave when Hades' statement caught him off guard. He gestured for Black to stay with Leere while he slithered back to Hades. "This is the only place we have to hide right now. He cannot in good conscience leave you here alone!"

“I-I can’t explain it. I can’t enter.”

"Then he will stay with you to fight while Black guards Leere."

“No we-!!!”

“Oh dear god.” Leere muttered breathlessly.

Coming into view was a massive colossus. A construct of stone, earth, energy and a thick reek of flesh for a body. Turning a skull face with skin dangling from its mouth, it laid eyes on the group. Colossi Mata had the form of a massive tiger with the head of a dragon and the horns of a bull. Raising a hand slowly, it came down on an unfortunate Reptilmox, crushing it with the scale of an ant. Slowly, it turned its attention to the group. Despite looking like something that crawled out of hell, the Colossi was of balance and pure neutrality; it killed any creature it saw, be it monster, animal, human or demon so it might not escape Malus. Hades knew this was a flight situation, not fight. “No! Go through the cave! Now!” Without another word he started to run off. “I will find you later!”

"Kit, get back here!!!" Bonegrinder used the nickname he gave to the Lynel years ago, imploring him to move into the cave for safety. He tried to lunge at Hades, but the Lynel was too quick. He was off into the tall grass and the Anagari was forced to retreat into the cave.

The massive colossi turned its attention away from the group and onto the Lynel. The last Bonegrinder saw was a gigantic beam of light shoot from its horns and engulf all sight between the snake and Hades as it tried to eradicate the monster.

Leere held Bonegrinder’s hand as they ventured through the deep fog. She could feel the anguish almost radiate off Bonegrinder. “I’m sorry about your friend.”

"... he should be fine. He's been in worse situations than this." Bonegrinder tried to stay positive.

"It's funny to think that this old snake has known Hades since he was a small kitten."

"An angry cat, you mean." Black snorted.

“If you say he’ll be alright, I believe you.” Leere had no idea how deep they’d have to walk through this fog. Best they keep going with hopes high.

~

The heart of Malus was pumping hard as the Cults of Inferos double checked all their modifications on the Great Tower. For years now, a breakthrough was made that could harness untold cosmic and necrotic energies. If the tower could be modified, it could be used as a conductor for something truly horrific. The residents of Inferos were either horrified beyond belief of what was soon to come, or they ultimately resided to the future.

One man was checking symbols on an obelisk put in place, when a figure floated behind him.

“Are we certain preparations are working?”

The architect lowered his book, looking over his shoulder to look into the eyes of a being of shadow. The form flickered like static, glowing intense eyes not shy of radiating a deep sense of dread and evil. Even the most devoted cultists didn’t like to stare too long into those eyes. Looking back at the beacon, the architect answered. “All the Obelisks are set, and the engraving are set to the runes that have been instructed all down the tower.”

The architect then rubbed his brow, looking up at a sizzling worm hole not too far above his head. Ever since the Gods showed up, they gave gifts of sealed away knowledge. Most didn’t complain at first when they opened a gateway to a dimension of pure energy to siphon from, but then came all the undead that couldn’t be outright controlled… and all the visions that brought paranoia, madness, and anger to those who were ‘weak minded’. “I must ask, but why do we wait to use the tower? Is the energy source above us not enough?”

The shadow leaned closer, whispering from rotten lips into the Mortuus’ ears. “We need a summon forth an organism that would be powerful enough to be a connection between the dimension and the tower. And one that my master can trust.”

“Where is this organism?”

“Sealed away in the flesh and soul of a Mortuus woman.”

The architect once again wiped his brow, feeling sweat drip down his cheek. “Wait. That Mortuus?”

“Yes.”

“But she does not reside in Malus, let alone Inferos.”

“That is why your God has taken the time to bring about her long-awaited return to this monument to sin. Here, her purpose will at last be achieved.” The shadow growled happily into the man’s ear as a new sinister and deeper tone left its lips. “I have awaited a long, long time for this.”

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Moom leans against them, occasionally rubbing their rays. He’s keeping an eye out in case one if the Lost Lord family shows up, because he very much doesn’t trust them.

Infero is already pushing himself in front of Blue Moon. He switches into to his battle armor as he moves, Star twirling ominously. He tells Blue Moon that he won’t break his promise. They’ll live.

When Vim’s done giving her the silent treatment, he’ll tell her that she asked him to help, and then didn’t listen to a thing he said. He knows Infero better than anyone, except maybe Vescor. He knows exactly how to get his big brother to play right in to his hands. If Blue Moon had just listened and let Infero up, Vim would’ve been able to convince him to actually be nice-ish to Lost Lord Sun.

The only one of the Lost Lord crew that would show up would be lunar. Although they probably would have found them through blood moons help. Staying his distance and more so watching. Although he isn't a good hider.

Lost lord Sun will melt away the stone spikes. Floating there like some video game boss as the blood moon twins crawl in. Flanking sun's side while he guards the exit. Sun asking if he is the Eclipse the small lunar mentioned. The one that would defend a murderer. Blue Moon retracting. Cradling his ribbons close.

Blue Moon would likely retract from Vim due to the silent treatment. Vim would have to seek him out for their explanation. Blue Moon would explain that he couldn't think. Responses or questions we're supposed to be answered quickly. Enough to get a point across. It wasn't processing what Vim was saying. There was only one directive. To get infero to stop moving.

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Moom tells him that he’s not making him do anything. He was thinking about making himself more appealing to the Daycare kids and their parents anyways (lie). Plus, asking someone to tell the difference between two nearly identical faces when they’re sleepy and disoriented is unrealistic. And it could get him hurt, if he makes the opposite mistake and thinks RBB Moon is Moom.

Infero doesn’t particularly care about Lost Lord Eclipse or Sun’s rules. He just likes feeling superior. He laments that he’ll probably have to give LL Sun some advice to make sure the people don’t riot and decide to ruin this tentative arrangement.

Infero isn’t sure what the safe answer here is. His biggest insecurities are about whether he’s worthy of love. “It… wasn’t. I didn’t think it was, at least.” He says softly. He unconsciously shrinks a few inches.

Blue Moon whines. nuzzling into the hand currently rubbing his rays. Agreeing that yes he would rather prefer not to get in RBB moons bad side. He doesn't want his rays scratched again. Asking if he really is okay changing his face. Quietly asking if Mama Sun would also.

LL Sun definitely needs some advice. They've spent far too long perfecting craft to fight Blue Moon, then actually looking after the world. Lunar has basically been running the show. At least publicity wise. But there's only so much you can do without being the one actually with the power.

(physically shrinks!? That is so great.) Blue Moon will perk up and repeat asking if it wasn't a lie. Asking if they actually thought he was family. Tail wagging slightly. He hadn't thought after there first encounter such she would ever be considered family. Looking hopeful at infero.

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Moom’s opinion of Lost Lord Lunar continues to drop, and it’s very clear in his expression. The illusion warps into ‘Are you an idiot? Have you ever spoken to a teenager before? They’re not a fucking bomb.’

“You hurt my family.” Is the only answer Infero gives to the question of why. He seems to be contemplating for a moment, before going “No. No, I don’t think I will. I’m certain my allies are a bit better than yours. You’re getting rid of that curse of yours first. Then maybe I’ll consider that truce.”

”So? You learned. I don’t care too much about what you did, or why they hate you. You’re my family now, so anyone who hurts you’s my enemy.”

"Your friend did. They were nice and happy. They talked with clipsy even. There wasn't anything wrong. Then Sun told them something and they went on a rampage. They blew up a good half of the castle. And then they killed- They killed- They ate!" Lost Lord Lunar would then bury their hands as they try and regain their breathing for a second.

Lost Lord Sun will hiss that their family hurt his. And he's pretty sure this alliance they've made with the ribbon demon happened much later. Laughing asking if he really thinks he can't even take this curse away. The entirety of the world is now volatile to ruin magic. He might be able to remove the fact that if they touch the Earth it reacts, but he will never be able to use magic here. Sun never wanted him to come back and get out alive.

Blue Moon just states that he thinks that's stupid. Dangers should be considered. He knows the lost Lord world is very kind. He's visited enough to sneak around. He's seeing the many universes that they talk with. The way they treat their citizens. They're a good world that he messed up.

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Fun fact. The mindscape people infero (@digimonlover09) was talking to wasn't just Sun copy and Red moon. They're technically was a third voice that would be considered Blue Moon or computers code.

They all were speaking with the same voice. Although it was clear there was some distinction.

There was of course red moon who was focused on killing and moving and doing things. Also a little bit about defending themselves.

Then there was sun copy. Who was the one answering in basics yes or no. Also got really interested in fun and the freedom.

Then there was a third voice. The one that made Blue Moon Blue Moon. We're technically be considered the computers code. That was the one disagreeing. That was the one that you have to convince.

Red Moon is an animal. Sun copy of the child. The computer's code made up the person we call Blue Moon.

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Vescor’s gonna need a minute to try to puzzle out what Blue Moon said there. “Let me see if I understand this. You think, I’m going to hurt my best friend, because you’re annoying? Is that it?” (Vescor already helped Infero with his own Monty issues sorta, what’s one more?)

Puppy shrugs. He doesn’t know Black Star well enough yet to answer.

Having to process an answer will cause a blue moon to think. From there more defensive posture faltering.

"No?.. Waiting maw wants to take away my cause. Take my brother's back to a time that is long gone. All that I know, All that I see, all that I protect. I am a change in tinted lights sight. What is stopping you from making that right. All Gators are the same. They only see their way."

Blue Moon decides to go see if Black Star is all right. They are of course all right due to inferno's help. Patronizing blue moon for even worrying. Much to Blue Moon's anger. Instead deciding to return to puppy to pout in a cuddle.

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Vim watches in curiosity, he’s never really watched Blue Moon do their thing before (they glimpsed Blue Moon attacking Infero once, but that’s it) Rev are watching intently because they’re sadistic little shits. Puppy is ignoring it and humming the Daycare theme to themself.

I like to describe robot gore. So I give the simple answer first. Blue Moon will slowly carve and poke into TF Moon. Turning off certain processors or making others weaker. Eventually un binding them and letting them try and fight back in a weakened state. Eventually, delicately, pulling out the entirety of their endo to devour.

More detailed

Blue Moon will carve out more of the area near the voice box. Poking and prodding at it as they change pitch and volume. Allowing TF Moon to scream the entire time. Finally settling the audio on some horrible screechy static. They will poke and carve into the shoulders. Disabling motors and weakening pistons. Doing very much the same to the legs. Unbinding them fully and watches them like a bug as they try to crawl away or fight. Finally settling their bigger size on top of them. Holding them down as they basically skin them. Undeterred by any fighting. Slowly moving wires and other mechanical parts out of the way. Still connected. Prying out there endo with slow sickening cracks. Staring at basically the boneless TF Moon before settling on eating the endo. The static staying until there's none of it left. Leaving the wires and casing behind.

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Upon waking, Moom finds himself covered in Blue Moon. He’ll stay there, patiently waiting for her to wake up. The sounds of Toddlunar happily screaming about breakfast echo from the distance.

“We have cameras in our heads, dip*beep*s! Built in evidence!” Infero loudly announces, before quietly telling Vim no crimes. As much as he wants to, Blue Moon doesn’t. Vim huffs and skips off, saying that this dimension is boring.

“What’s up with you?” Infero has not figured out why Blue Moon is looking at him like that.

Blue Moon will pop up slightly at the first loud sound of the kids. Falling to sleep before another sound jokes them back awake. Slowly blinking themselves back into consciousness. Spotting Moom and scrambling back. Looking at them at with downcast rays before they slowly pop back into the upright positions. Relaxing as they realize where they are. Then focusing on the sounds of the kids.

The townspoke will grumble about how their Lord is incompetent. Things would be much better with the old Lord. Much to Blue Moons sadness. Although he is thankful inferno stopped Vims villainous impulse.

Blue Moon will stutter before looking away. Ribbons flicking with anxiousness. Finally deciding to ask if they are still friends. Attempting to get an answer by stating a previous confirmation.

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The kids will swarm Blue Moon, pestering him about hso adventure and trying to check if he’s olay. Mama Sun will handle this one, shooing the kids off to escort him to Moom’s room for a nap. Moom is fast asleep, having not let himself sleep or charge since Blue Moon and Kidclipse got teleported out. Mama Sun will, of course, not tell her why Moom asleep right now, just that he was tired and went to bed early.

Infero is amused, gotta be a bastard sometimes. He blasts the spike because it offends him by existing, and asks to see the injured ribbon again,. He never had the chance to cast that healing spell, because LL Sun interrupted.

Blue Moon will attempt to answer the kids questions. Although his answers will be simple and somewhat slurred. Mostly saying that she's fine. Blue Moon will follow Mama Sun somewhat cautiously. Stepping lightly as if they were walking on bubble wrap. They will definitely cuddle up to Moom. Although they will more so be sleeping as close as they can without touching. Watching Mama Sun as if they were going to be upset that they were so close.

Blue Moon will Huff at the destroyed remnants of the spikes. Angrily looking away from inferno as he presents his ribbons once again. It is clear it has gotten somewhat worse. The fizzling, cube like, nanite structure having widened as if it were ripping along a seam. Blue Moon "holding it" (more like closely floating) tenderly.

(I'm pretty certain infero can heal this but may as well describe the structure. Blue Moons ribbons are made of nanites. But they are usually very thin in the floating ribbon section. Meaning you can theoretically touch the ribbons on his arms and have no response. The cube like nanites are threaded together similar to fabric. Blue Moon could theoretically compress the nanite structure. Although it will be extremely tender. The runes there are also going to need repairing, but that fortunately does not cause any pain.)

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Moom tells Computer he’s watching over Blue Moon to keep them safe. He completely ignores RBB Sun to instead help calm down Blue Moon from the sudden awakening, and asks them to come home with him for a bit. The kids would love to see that she’s okay.

Infero is silent. He doesn’t have an argument for that. After a long silence, he sighs, and agrees to at least try to be peaceful with the yellow list universe. But Blue Moon has to call him immediately when she ends up in one, so she doesn’t get hurt before he can negotiate.

Yeah, Vim would spill with zero hesitation and minimal prompting. He loves spilling Infero’s secrets.

That answer will suffice the computer enough. Quickly determining that they are a friend. Blue Moon would definitely need to be calmed down. I'm jolting up quickly enough that they got a headache. Unfortunately falsely believing Moom is RBB Moon. Quickly asking what is it that they need. What did he do wrong. Face falling a bit when they ask if they want to go home with him. Quietly asking if Moon needs a repairs.

Blue Moon will agree. Whenever he realizes a universe is a yellow list one he'll try and call infero. He'll even give infero the full list when he gets home. That way hopefully they have better relations anyways. Instead settling to try to test if the curse is removed. Cautiously crawling down from the building.

Poor infero. Vescor knows all their secrets. Vescor probably also growing more and more aware how much Blue Moon is to be feared.

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Moom answers that Bloodmoon are murderers too. He tells them to leave his fucking kids alone, he’ll find them himself. They might hear him mutter about how they better not have used magic on Kidclipse.

Infero greets them, and then immediately goes “Are they hunting you?” There’s a dangerous smile, his eyes are narrowed and full of murderous intent. If Blue Moon isn’t careful in his answer, the twins will die. Vim is inconveniently out cold, with his head against Infero’s leg.

Lost Lord Sun that looks like he's going to put up a fight before Lunar stops him. Telling them it's unlikely they'll ever meet again. The ribbon demon wonders alone. It was already strange to see them with another person. Son calling back the blood moon twins and letting Moom go on their way.

Oh if Blue Moon had a way to no clip into some landscape and fall into the infinite ocean he would. Shrinking under infero's gaze. Blue Moon just cautiously tells him no. They're just keeping their home safe. Hoping the half truth lie is enough for infero.