Harbinger Pt 9: DO YOU EVEN LIFT (donnie,reverb,dop,mark)

*** Greene is now known as Dopples
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<HellDM>: When we last left off, our heroes were cast into a deep slumber, the likes of which felt like eons. Fortunately, their perseverance and fortitude pulled through, as one by one, they each woke up from their dreadful dreams. Groggily, they stand, taking in the scenery. Lamia stands before Treeneto, knife raised high, above the restrained body of Jitterbug, and
<HellDM>: reciting incantations from horrid looking book. The candles littered around the cavern flicker, as an unforeseen wind mildly gust in the space. The heat is overwhelming, causing beads of sweat to begin to form on the S-men's brows. With a snort, Lamia looks back, and smiles at the children
<HellDM>: "Oh, awake, it seems. Good show, Brothers and Sisters, good show indeed!"
Reverb held her head, shaking off the grogginess. "Fuckin' demon magic, gonna get that fucker when I see him..." she grumbled, already trying to make sense of her surroundings.
Wrong_Way mutters something about deer as he clears his head from his "hell"
Dopples got up without a word, gritting his teeth as his strange glowing blue eyes jolted around the room before resting on Lamia. To his feet he immediately stumbles, not much strength left but filled with a burning determination.
*** Skyler is now known as Donnie
Donnie suddenly jerks awake, breathing heavily and quickly wiping at his eyes
<HellDM>: "Though, You awake too late. With this..."Lamia says, as he plunged the knife directly into Jitterbug's sternum, as she lets out a scream. Blood pours off the table, and runs down the divets in the ground. Quickly it fills up, revealing the form of a long serpent, before the blood begins to glow an ominous red
<HellDM>: "I bring about....REVELATION!"
<HellDM>: As he finishes the sentence, the great gust of wind sweeps through, and extinguishes the candles, plunging them into darkness
Donnie stands up, and soon there are 2 white, faintly glowing eyes observing what's taking place in the darkness
Dopples kept his sight with those special eyes of his, watching the sound bounce around the walls and giving him an image of what lay before him.
<Reverb>: "Great, more of this dumb skeleton magic. Listen, we've saved the world from worse than you. We'll do it again."
<Wrong_Way>: "Any of you guys want a flashlight?"
<HellDM>: Dopples and Donnie can see Lamia hunch over, as he huffs and grunts, in pain. The sound of fabric tearing, and bones snapping fill the room, as he seems to be getting larger
Wrong_Way decides to take the lack of a response as a yes. "I /don't/ have a flashlight."
Donnie silently holds his hand out to materialize a large, black smorphous blob in front of him. he then carefully pulls his hand back as the material takes a longer, simplistic spear shape, before then lunging his arm forward again and launching at Lamia's back
<HellDM>: The spear connects, as Lamia is jabbed in the back, letting out a howl of pain, before dropping to the ground. His body is still growing, but, seems to be slowing down
Dopples follows suit, grabbing up Reverb by the hand to lead her over to Lamia as he made his way over.
Wrong_Way was fooling around with the flashlight by shining it around various parts of the room but now turns to shine it on the direction of Lamia's cry.
Donnie 's grim facial expression is lost amidst the inky blackness as he then clenches and twists his hand, the spear growing spikes where it's impaled Lamia and then twisting
Reverb follows after Dopples, calling Wrong_Way to come over.
<HellDM>: Lamia lets out another cry of pain, as his body clenches up in pain, before releasing, haggard breathes fill the catacombs. As wrong shines his light on Lamia, he can see his transformation for what it is. He has grown....a lot. His top has increased in mass, arms, the semblance of bodybuilders, and his face, now more twisted and skeletal than before, horns
Wrong_Way clutches his flashlight, afraid to even drop it.
<HellDM>: that reach back, and curve into themselves. His body is covered in the tattered remains of his clothes, and, the dripping stream of blood coming from the stab wounds. His legs, formerly the daintiness of a deer, now sport the power and physique of a race horse
<Wrong_Way>: "...Someone please attack that."
Dopples looked back to the others. As much as he wanted to act out all of his rage, he knew that they had already lost this fight. "...No! We need to fall back!"
Donnie 's spear disappears in the flashlight's light as he kneels over and is lost among the darkness.
<Reverb>: "He's right, we need to fall back! Move!"
<Wrong_Way>: "Should I keep my light on him?"
<HellDM>: As Donnie yells his plan, A quiet noise gurgles out from Lamia, as slowly, he uses his hands to prop himself up, and lurches to his full stature. Standing tall, trembling a little, he stands at 9 feet tall, a colassal beast compared to his former shape. The noise reveals itself to be a laugh, as his eyes, now shining red, gleam at the crew
<HellDM>: "Run"
Wrong_Way quickly shines the light on the exit for everyone to remember where it is and then proceeds to throw the flashlight at Lamia and runs.
<Dopples>: "...Donnie. Donnie where the hell are you?" There was a little more bass in his voice than usual, yelling out as only he sensed where he once was. He tried to push the other two ahead of him to give them a head start.
<HellDM>: The wind bites at the back of their neck, as Lamia's howl turns into an uproarious laughter. Quickly, those exiting funnel out onto the surface. The sky above them crackles with lightning, and thunder, it's blue hue gone, replaced, with red, as dark as blood. the wind roars, to an almost deafening level, and the seas around them smashes against the shore
<Donnie>: The flashlight in the room is suddenly snapped in half, and the only remaining light source is Lamia's own glowing red eyes.
Donnie 's quivering voice can be heard. "I'm not running."
<Reverb>: "He's planning something, I know it..."
Dopples still kept in back of the group, looking back to try to catch just what Donnie has in store as he notes the changing weather.
<HellDM>: Lamia looks around, as his eyes grow a darker shade, as he lets himself see in the dark. sniffing, he searches the cavern for Donnie
Wrong_Way continues to make his family proud by his ability to leave when the situation calls for it.
<Donnie>: Lamia sees a large amount of black smoke billowing in a loosely kept ball, perhaps around Lamia's own size rising slowly off the ground. It's clearly where Donnie's voice was coming from.
<Reverb>: "Of course. Donnie's power comes from darkness, and it's pitch black... might wanna keep away for now."
<HellDM>: Lamia tuts as Donnie, as he begins to pace around the room
Dopples keeps his distance, catching his breath after the run and exhaustion
<HellDM>: "You think you will win this, Brother Donathan? You think, that, you can simply create a shield, to keep me out, or, to keep me in here?" Lamia says, as he rest on a rock, it beginning to crumble beneath him, "I, who, so effortlessly took away your shadow, when I wasn't even operating at the full poer I am now?"
Donnie can be somewhat easily glimpsed in the center the rapidly moving smoke as it slowly approaches Lamia, his own characteristic eyes easy to spot if they're ever uncovered for a moment.
<Donnie>: "You hurt my friend. So I'm going to hurt /you/."
Donnie glances over to where Treeneto's corpse is
ReverendLamia chuckles
<ReverendLamia>: "If you wish to deliver your own eulogy, Then, by all means, preach it, Brother."
Donnie lifts his arms and spikes stab through ReverendLamia's horse-shins
Donnie then flies forward as the smoke coagulates into a bestial-looking hand larger than Donnie himself, which then smals into ReverendLamia's face
ReverendLamia wags a finger, as the smoke dissipates upon contact, as a blur reaches out, and binds Donnie. A snake, the size of an anaconda, slithers from the base of Lamia's spine.
<ReverendLamia>: Now, Brother Donathan, I think you need to learn a lesson in humility.
<ReverendLamia>: Lamia says, as he snaps a finger, creating a portal in midair, which he jumps through, towing Donnie along. They find themselves on the topside of Stonehenge, wind bristling on Donnie's hair, as the snake keeps him in his place
Donnie smiles devilishly and looks to the side as the sound of wood being hit against stone sounds throughout the room
<Donnie>: "Wait- no, you didn't look. You missed it."
<Donnie>: "The point was, the point- you- I'm trying to /do/ something here!"
Wrong_Way was trying to get cellphone reception outside when Donnie and Scarylamia suddenly appeared.
Wrong_Way sighs and pockets his phone just in case Donnie needs any Mark related help.
<ReverendLamia>: "Oh, please, child, do tell me, what is your final act?"
Reverb looks over at Dopples, realizing they should probably give chase.
<Donnie>: "Well I mean it's a lot less cool if you're not looking at it. But it actually kinda works better without you there, actually..."
Donnie goes from flustered back to looking pleased with himself
ReverendLamia creates a portal, as he sighs, looking back into the chamber
<Donnie>: The chamber has a large hole in the wall, and Treeneeto is missing.
ReverendLamia gives an unsatisfied look at Donnie
<ReverendLamia>: Shadow magic, I presume?
Dopples began running up the hill, trying to make his way up to the two
<Donnie>: "..."
Donnie fidgits around in ReverendLamia's grasp
<Donnie>: "No."
Donnie smiles sheepishly
<ReverendLamia>: "I really think you begin to underestimate your situation, little one" Lamia says, as he snaps his fingers, and a plethora of shadow beast pour through the portal, drowning the floors and walls with monsters, as they search far and wide for Treeneto
Reverb follows after, watching the scene from far away.
<ReverendLamia>: "Oh, and it seems your friends have arrived too!" He exclaims, once more snapping his fingers, as a large portal opens beneath them, and plops them in front of Lamia. "I do love a captive audience!"
<Donnie>: "This scene was a lot cooler until you just took all the drama out of it."
Donnie flexes and creates a small shadow bubble around himself to slip out of captivity, fluidly running up and kicking the Reverend in his horse-gonads
Wrong_Way gets sucked over to where everyone's talking.
<ReverendLamia>: "Please. If anyone knows theatrics, it is I" He snarls, as a wide, unsettling grin is plastered on his face. The shot connects, but, he stands tall. leering down at Donnie "you wish for a free shot? Fine. You each get one. Then, I get one. Tit for tat. Understood?"
<Wrong_Way>: "Jeez, I could've walked over you know."
Donnie looks up at Lamia with a frightened expression and rockets udner his legs, propelled by more smoke
Reverb uses this chance to toss a rock at Lamia.
<Dopples>: "...Leave this place, Lamia. We're not going to finish this war today, and whatever our goal was we have already passed it. I will hold back what I'll do, and you leave here"
Dopples sounded almost diplomatic, but the hatred was very well set under his tone. It was... confident. Somewhat calculating.
ReverendLamia catches the rock, and crushes it in his hand
Donnie ends up rocketing back and behind the group with some faux-parkour tumbling
<Donnie>: "I tried to do a thing, but it didn't work and I think I made it worse."
<Wrong_Way>: "What, did you hide it somewhere bad?"
<ReverendLamia>: "Oh, it is far from over. You don't understand. Not only is my physique enhanced, but, my abilities too." He says, as he clicks a finger, multiple portals appearing in midair, each showing scenery of far off places. the red sands of Mars, the dark depths of the Marianna Trenches, the squalid scenery of a dilapadated building, as a man and his crow stand in
<Donnie>: "Well it was- I was gonna beat him up, b-because that last attack worked, when he was transforming, so i thought maybe his powers, like... changed or something. But they didn't!"
<Donnie>: "So then I tried to get rid of Treeneeto, since that's the source of his power or whatever, but then that also didn't work, and then he was gonna beat me up but I got away."
<Reverb>: "Oh, it was pretty easy actually."
Dopples stared up at Lamia dead in the eyes, beginning to float into the air slowly. "You won't, and if you do not leave us now I'll end it here. Nobody needs to die today"
<ReverendLamia>: "SILENCE!" Lamia yells, as he huffs and puffs, before composing himself "He was merely delayed. I simply act as a Harbinger, for his second coming"
<ReverendLamia>: "I do admire the words, Dopples, but, as they say," He gloats, before swinging a large fist at Dopples "Actions speak louder than words!"
Reverb quickly jumps off of Dopples' shoulders to land on Lamia's arm, apologizing mid-flight.
Dopples spun through the air to the side, and the rapid wind that went around them seemed to pause if only for an instant. With no rain to get in the way of the currents and the whir of the air with easy to see waves he was at his strongest.
Dopples jolted forward in time with Reverb, jabbing a finger into Lamia's chest as he passed by. All of the incredible waves of sound passed through into Lamia's body, spreading across his much more powerful form and disrupting the organs within. Balance, sight, all senses went as his vitals were squeezed within.
Dopples remembers learning this exact trick from Lamia himself back at the brotherhood.