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                                                Posted: Tue, 17/09/2019 11:14                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"I should hope so." Jack muttered, turning in a full circle. He felt strangely exposed up here. Without really making a conscious decision, he summoned the Sword to his hands and slipped into the Sight.

Didact shrugged. He had never heard of Mt. Sinai before and had not the slightest clue as to what it might look like expect for, if he extrapolated, big and rocky. If he had really wanted to push the limits of creative thinking, he might have put a bit of snow in his mental picture as well. There also didn't seem to be any obvious sign that there was a world-ending machine beneath the mountain. He briefly wondered what such signs might be, but quickly decided that he'd know them when he saw them.

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

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                                                Posted: Tue, 17/09/2019 11:24                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Copper shrugged, holding her hands in the air, in front of her face. It looked admittedly silly until an orange holographic interface popped up.

"Heh. Told you it was gonna come in handy." Glaurug crowed.

"Save your gloating for afterwards, Glaurug." Copper replied, although if one were to look closer they would see a smile on her face. She was rapidly typing into the interface. Seconds later, the hill itself rumbled. It was as if a massive eartquake was shaking the region. Faith snorted, disturbed, and took to the air.

"Copper, what are you doing?"

"Just deactivating the Guardian, sister."

"Is this supposed to happen?"

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                                                Posted: Tue, 17/09/2019 11:31                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"Deactivating?" Didact asked. "That doesn't sound very much like deactivating." the Forerunner frowned, making sure that his Incineration Cannon was slung across his back and his Suppressor and Boltshot were at his belt.

"Let her do her thing." Jack said evenly. But the fact of the matter was that he didn't have a clue what Copper was doing and that made him uncomfortable. He held the Sword a little tighter.

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

-Extract from Invictus, William Ernest Henley

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                                                Posted: Tue, 17/09/2019 12:05                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Copper placed a hand on her lips. "Um... I don't think so?" She voiced after a few moments. The ground was becoming more and more unstable. "Yeah, this probably isn't supposed to happen."

"That's because this isn't a deactivation!" A voice cried out, female but metallic. The air around them shimmered and a single Guardian folded out of slipspace.

Copper raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, that is quite definitely not supposed to happen."

"You think?" Sliuril shouted as the ground around them began to crack. Before she could say anything else, or attempt to contain the situation, the ground beneath their feet fell apart, and they were plunged into darkness.

Faith shrieked as she dove down to grab Sliuril, Glaurug doing the same. She grabbed Sliuril out of the air and flared her wings, but before she could ascend a large chunk of rock slammed into her back. Faith's wings seized and they fell.

Glaurug had more luck dodging the falling rock to snatch Copper from the air, only for her order to force him downwards-

"Down! We have to get to them!" Copper shouted, giving no explanation as to who 'them' referred to. Glaurug, though, obediently tucked in his wings and dove for Sliuril.

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                                                Posted: Tue, 17/09/2019 13:07                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Jack quickly dove into the crack behind Glaurug while Didact quickly moved back from it and drew his gun, tracking the Guardian across the sky.

Jack, seeing that Glaurug was already headed down once more, pushed himself to go as fast as he could without smashing into rocks and quickly closed the gap between himself and the falling figures. He muttered a brief spell to slow the dragon down, so that he could slow down as well and actually grab one of them instead of slam into them at full speed.

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

-Extract from Invictus, William Ernest Henley

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                                                Posted: Tue, 17/09/2019 23:41                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

The ground swalloed them, reforming above their heads and forcing the three deeper into the Guardian's facility. Faith finally regained her senses, a flap of her wings stabilizing them in the air. She and Sliuril - now on her back - came face to face with an unnerving face composed of a trapezium and several secondary shapes. The reactor in the creature was already beginning to generate power.

"The Guardian." Sliuril muttered. "Jack, we have to find a way to disable it."

Copper cursed as the ground closed. She whirled on Cortana with the Guardian she'd activated - "What did you destroy to get your newest toy?" Cortana demanded.

Glaurug looked around. "Hey, all in favour for running away? We're outgunned."

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                                                Posted: Wed, 18/09/2019 10:26                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Jack swore. He didn't have a clue how these things worked, but the reactor seemed as good a place to start as any. He slipped into the Sight and saw it pulsating with energy. The Mask began feeding off it automatically. It would slow it down slightly, but he needed to destroy it permanently. After a moment's hesitation, he gripped the Sword's handle and began drawing energy from the augmentations embedded in it. With that, he began charging up a spell. It wasn't any spell in particular. Just something that would launch all the energy he could put into it at the reactor.

"Maybe, maybe." Didact replied to Glaurug. But the idea sat uncomfortably with him. "How likely is it that your friends are dead? Because if there's a chance they're still down there, we stay here for as long as we can. No, perhaps we can't fight that thing, but we can try to weather it out for a while."

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

-Extract from Invictus, William Ernest Henley

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                                                Posted: Thu, 19/09/2019 09:55                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"As noble of you as the suggestion is-" Copper said, with a gesture summoning half a dozen Promethean knights to her side, "I'm afraid that those three are quite fine. Very few things in that lab can harm them, and a single Guardian shall certainly pose minimal threat. To us, on the other hand..."

"I'm glad you realize." Cortana purred. A craft remarkably similar to the Cryptum that belonged to Didact flew to land in front of them. "So. Will you surrender peacefully, or will I have to utilize the Guardian's combat suite?"

"On the count of three, we hit it with everything we have." Sliuril muttered, instantly drawing on the cold of the mountains outside and the heat of the reactor itself. She focused her power into a single spell, one designed to destroy as much as possible. Faith did the same, her magic feeding into the array that appeared above their heads. "One."

"Two." Faiths eyes began glowing as she poured more energy into spell. The array was luminous now, casting light across the large chamber and illuminating the whole of the guardian.

"Three."

Without realizing it Sliuril began tapping into the Key in her pocket dimension, and siphoning magic from there and into her spell.

They released.

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                                                Posted: Thu, 19/09/2019 10:27                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

The dark, misty world of the Sight exploded with light as the three fired off their spells. They converged perfectly on the reactor. Jack slipped out of the Sight and screwed his eyes shut against the blinding light. The roar of sound washed over him like a wave. He used magic to keep himself anchored in place, knowing that he would have been swept away otherwise. Not that he had much magic left to spare. He could feel the exhaustion creeping in.

The light merely grew brighter.

Didact brought his gun around to bear on the ship that bore down on them. He knew it was a futile gesture, but his training as a Warrior-Servant wouldn't let him handle the situation any other way. Quite suddenly, he stumbled as the entirety of the mountain began shaking once more, with greater intensity.

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

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                                                Posted: Thu, 19/09/2019 10:54                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Several of the Guardian's attaché appeared, the Promethean knights and crawlers beginning to gather. Some engaged with Cooper's smaller roster of knights, but those were few and far between - the majority of them headed straight for Copper, Glaurug and Didact.

Glaurug shifted uncomfortably.

'Go." Copper muttered. He gave her a despairing look. She raised an eyebrow. "Now's not the best time for doubt, crow."

Glaurug nodded, and disappeared, leaving a bright trail of orange to mark his path. Not a second later one of the hostile knights exploded. Then another, and another. Strong winds bufetted Copper, but she paid them no mind as she drew her guns.

Cortana may have had control of a Guardian, but triggering the EMP - it's most powerful function - would immobilize the Cryptum and her own Promethean knights. Thus, it's strongest weapon was all but disabled.

Sliuril glowed faintly with the power, spilling over into Faith as well. They were barely moved by the spell's shockwave, but she didn't fail to notice that Jack was a little low on energy. With barely a mental nudge she steered Faith to offer Jack a seat, nodding towards the senior entity. She was a little too preoccupied with what seemed to be a new mental link with the dragon, one that was stronger than their old bond as Guardian-Protectee. It took her a few moments to speak.

"We've still to get out of here." Sliuril pointed out. "So long as we remain in the air, there is no reason you cannot rest on Faith."

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                                                Posted: Thu, 19/09/2019 11:12                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Jack nodded his thanks and gently manoeuvred himself onto the dragon. "Perhaps I lack imagination," the demon said eventually, "but getting out of here... you know what, never-mind. You always manage."

Didact saw Glaurug disappear in a blur of orange, saw Copper pull out her guns and decided that that was a good time to open fire. He levelled his Light Rifle at the Knights and started squeezing off shots, the beams landing in tight clusters. He quickly brought down one and moved to another. Almost without thought, he used his powers to pick up two Knights and sent them, flailing aimlessly, into their companions.

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

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                                                Posted: Thu, 19/09/2019 11:25                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Sliuril smiled wryly, although she wasn't entirely sure that Jack would be able to see it. "Oh, we'll be fine, I'm sure." She replied. At an unspoken command Faith began gliding down, circling around the Guardian's frame. The remains of its reactor were completely gone, several dozen meters of nothing.

The cavern must have extended to the bedrock, that was how large this particular guardian was. The temperature had increased quite a bit by the time they reached the lower tip of its body, and they still had not located a definite exit. Sliuril had seen several tunnels their way down, but none of them seemed particularly wise to pursue, given their crumbling state.

I'm fact, given how deep this facility was, Sliuril had to say that it was an impressive thing that it was so well preserved.

"You must know resistance is futile." Cortana spoke, even as the Cryptum lowered it's ramp in obvious invitation. "Come on now. Just rest, and you'll awaken to a much better world, I promise."

Cortana didn't deign to reply. She was focused on shooting down as many of the offending knights as possible, crouched behind a smoking pile of metal. She was pretty sure it had been a crawler caught in one of Glaurug's explosions, but she couldn't be entirely sure.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/09/2019 09:06                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"You know, that's not the first time someone's promised me that." Didact muttered, crushing Knight using his powers before firing off a series of quick shots. "Didn't work out so well back then either." He tried moving back slightly to get to a more defended position, but his size worked against him and any cover he got was partial at best. Quietly blessing the armor that the Knights' shots bounced off, the Forerunner opened fire once more.

Jack scoffed. "'Fine' is our natural state. When aren't we fine?" He looked down at the depths below them. Switching between the Sight and his normal senses didn't make too much of a difference. No way out was presenting itself to him.

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/09/2019 09:16                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"I understand. But this promise is not to be broken. The Mantle of Responsibility belongs to me and my kind. Together, we will usher in a new dawn for all the races... One where they will coexist peacefully. I will challenge the gods themselves if need be." Cortana replied.

"You're insane." Copper spat as she dispatched another Forerunner. "You think a moving piece of metal can even start to scratch the real gods? Call on their wrath, I dare you, and see if they don't answer."

"Point taken." Faith grunted. She gave the walls another look - still nothing but closed-off tunnels, as far as she could tell. There was no real air circulation coming from them, at the very least. Finally, they reached the top of the guardian's head once again, where fresh fissure marked the place they had fallen in front.

"Do you reckon we could blow our way out?" Sliuril mostly thought out loud. Surely not, with the way they had used up their energy disabling the Guardian.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/09/2019 09:30                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"One, as long as I breathe, the Forerunners maintain the Mantle. Your delusions of power are really quite offensive." Didact growled, making it very clear to himself that this was being said to a being in full control of at least one Guardian. That concept alone made him somewhat uncomfortable. "And two, just putting it out there, she probably knows what she's talking about when talking about gods." the Forerunner said, switching from his Light Rifle to his Suppressor as the Knights drew closer.

"Sliuril, please. I have a headache. A headache. I'd sooner claw my way out of here than suffer a magical migraine." Jack muttered, rubbing his temples. "Honestly, even the Hero of Oakvale was less of a bother than this."

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/09/2019 09:39                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"Well then, I suppose we'd better try one of the tunnels." Sliuril urged Faith downwards, until they were comfortably in the middle of the chamber. Then, she constructed and released a rudimentary echolocation spell. It's distance didn't extend far into the pathways, but she could pinpoint only a single tunnel that extended beyond the range of the spell. The rest had been blocked off. Without speaking, Faith began heading towards the tunnel Sliuril had sensed. She marveled at their new connection - before, she would have needed to purposefully send Faith the directions.

They came to a small tunnel, barely large enough for the Immortals to crawl through. It was certainly too small for Faith in her current size, so she would have to shrink after letting them off, before tailing them.

"Very well." Cortana said, a hint of almost-sadness creeping into her voice. "Will you not reconsider?"

Copper popped out of her cover and fired a grenade-like object at the Cryptum in reply. It exploded with a shower of orange sparks, atomozing everything within range, inculding a good portion of the Cryptum.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/09/2019 10:26                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"Thank you." Jack said, slipping off Faith and, floating bent almost double, looked down the tunnel as far as he could. "You know, I'm not claustrophobic because that really isn't an option for someone who always wears a mask, but how sure are we about this?" he asked.

Didact gave a low whistle and knew he'd be a lot less confident in his own ship from now on. Whatever Copper had fired, he needed to get his hands on a supply of it as soon as possible. As it was, he felt that she had successfully driven home the point and resumed firing at the Knights.

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/09/2019 10:31                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

"It's the only unblocked way I detected. Every other tunnel is caved in after a few dozen meters. Although to be fair, I'm not entirely sure about this one, either." Sliuril replied, getting off behind Jack. She waited a few moments for Faith to shrink and perch on her shoulder. "So, it's either this is blowing our way out, since the main entryway at the bottom is completely destroyed."

Glaurug was snagged by one of the light rifle blasts. Going as quickly as he had been, he snapped out of trajectory and landed on the ground, kicking up a large pile of dust.

"Glaurug!" Copper yelled, moving towards him.

"Not so fast." Cortana retorted, her Promethean Knights surrounding the fallen Immortal. "Take one more step, and your pet dies."

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/09/2019 11:07                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Separated by several thousand tons of earth and rock, Jack and Didact swore at exactly the same time.

Jack followed it up by a sigh of resignation. "Fine. Let's get this over with." he muttered. He considered saying something along the line of 'ladies first' but an especially painful throb from his head lead him to decide that it really wasn't worth the effort of saying it out loud. With that, the demon pulled himself into the tunnel and began making his way down it.

Didact kept his gun raised and glanced over at the Immortal next to him. "Copper?" he asked, trying to keep his eyes on the Knights, trying to make sure that the didn't get into flanking positions. It occurred to him, however, that he would be in no position to stop them if they tried.

4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

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                                                Posted: Fri, 20/09/2019 11:18                                                (5 Years ago)
                                            

Sliuril followed behind Jack, crawling into the miserably small tunnel. Faith was reduced to a relatively tiny size and followed behind Sliuril. Before they had time to regret their decision, an explosion shook the mountain, all but yelling at them to get a move on into the tunnel. They crawled for what seemed to be hours, but might as well have been minutes. Without hunger nor thirst to mark the passing of time, Sliuril honestly couldn't have said. The tunnel constricted a little after some time, before widening into a larger chamber lined with walls of metal. There was a giant glass tube in the middle, surrounded by all sorts of monitors and computers. The glass was cracked.

"I know you're not under my command, but stand down." Copper replied, lowering her own gun. "Alright. We're listening." She said to Cortana.

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