ChekeBello wrote:A little tougher than expected for the first mission, but better than a boring tutorial mission for sure!
So, multiple game masters? That's a bad idea on my book (personal experience), but let's see how that work for the celestials.
Nice read of the settings, pretty descriptive =)
I'm just gonna borrow this from an abridged series
SAO Abridged wrote:In order to jump; Jump
Well this one has like forty five celestials involved (Four members of the pantheon for each world plus their commanders so estimates) I'm not sure one is going to cut it.
Thanks I've been trying to pay more attention to the backgrounds and environments to make it more immersive.
this one took me a while because I was helping someone else with their own fan project, then i decided hey let's try making a new style, which took another week, then after that I got distracted by my most fatal weakness....... OLD NOSTALGIC SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS!
Anyway I finished chapter 2 so hope you enjoy and tell me what you think
This chapter was inspired by
Running Free by Peter Crowley and
Pagan Metal - Gleipnir Performed by Green Summer and composed by Adrian Von Ziegler
Chapter 02
Those Who Hail From Midgard
With our decisive battle behind us, we were clear to take it easy for a while, and the scenery certainly helped set the mood. The breeze gently flowing through just as it did the night before, the lake sparkling in the distance, the rustling of the leaves. Everything settled back down to its more peaceful state. Except, the mood got boring two hours in, and the sun had made it halfway across the sky already. Sure the scenery was beautiful but there had to be a limit somewhere.
“HOW LONG DO THEY EXPECT US TO WAIT HERE!? I miss experiencing time relatively.” Pete finally exploded, though with his temper I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner
“Ugh we don’t know,” groaned Dragon as she leaned her weight against the tree “now shut up and stop complaining. I mean look at Vidar, he’s taking it easy, he hasn’t moved from that spot for hours.”
Since Dragon pointed it out, I did notice Vidar strangely silent this entire time “Now that you mention it, is he sleeping, like actually sleeping? Cause he looks exhausted, and we haven’t done a lot yet.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, Celestials don’t exhausted.” Pete huffed ignoring the fact that Vidar chose to kept silent even though our conversation of topic was around him
As Pete said, Celestials don’t need sleep, nor do they need food, water or really anything that a mortal normally would need on a daily basis. Though that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it, it’s just not a lot has happened to tucker Vidar out that much that he would need sleep. I guess i could chalk it up to the limiters having different restrictions per category, but something still felt off.
I wasn’t sure if it was because i was bored, or because i was curious, but i felt myself compelled to wake him up just to ask. Though he looked so peaceful leaning against the tree like that, I almost felt bad for waking him up like this, if he really was sleeping though.
However, before i could reach out to him, even a little a beam of light struck the ground in front of us. Everyone, except Vidar reacted calmly to the occurrence, though it looked like i was the only one to notice. The beam only lasted for a few seconds before fading away like nothing had happened and in the center of the beam’s focus stood a tall, yet thin framed man. His skin was cloudy white, with long black hair to complement his dark green robes. The man carried himself in a civilized manner, his shoulders in place, eyes steady and focused almost as sharp as Pete’s talons, and his arms folded behind his back.
Even though he carried himself formally, I wasn’t sure what i felt about him. He looked dangerous, yet polite, Scheming yet straightforward. Any read i had on him instantly switched over to its opposite making it hard to judge who he could really be.
“So this is my Pantheon. I guess i must be one of the luckiest Commanders to have a balanced team right off the bat.” He smirked as he cast his gaze over us all, but noticeably looked surprised when he came upon Vidar “Vidar? Is that you?”
Vidar waved awkwardly as he shrank down from the man’s gaze “H-Hello, brother.”
“Why do you look like that?” He asked
“I just like this form alright?” Vidar blushed as he mumbled to himself “I thought it would look cool.”
The man took a moment to give Vidar a deadpan stare before shrugging it off “Looks aside, I am your commander, Loki Odinson. As of this moment you four are under my charge, so please let’s all get along in a civilized manner.” He shot a look specifically at Dragon and Pete who straightened up under his gaze
“I was watching over your battle,” he continued after staring at the two for a couple of seconds “and it would seem you four are capable of some semblance to cooperation. That can be worked on in the coming week, after all any situation can be turned into a favorable one if you happen to know the tricks of the trade.”
“Uh, Commander?” I asked with my hand raised “What’s our first move then? Also shouldn’t we be assigned our classes by now?”
Loki snapped his fingers and summoned a scroll that appeared in front of everyone and a book for Vidar and Dragon “For your classes, the scroll’s a detailed list available for each category. It lists the strengths and weaknesses of each one so I suggest you study it closely. As for our first move, we must fortify our ranks. Each Pantheon is allowed to recruit a maximum of two avatars to their team, that book contains the ritual to bestow their class as well as their contract. However, unlike you players Avatars cannot choose their class and must be assigned according to their conviction as well as their personality.”
“Wait,” Dragon asked once Loki finished explaining “we’re going to be the ones to choose the avatars? Isn’t that your job commander?”
“I’m afraid not. As your commander, my job is to manage our efforts, upgrade facilities, dispatch you on your missions etcetera. I cannot interact with the mortals directly.” he said with the shake of a head “That falls to the four of you. For this mission, I want Pete and Dragon to pair up, and search the southeastern desert for an avatar. You might as well start building up that cooperation i was talking about earlier. As for you, brother,” Loki turned to Vidar causing him to shrink further under his gaze “you and Kitsune are to search within the area, specifically near a marsh I have a good feeling about these two specific areas.”
Pete looked like he was about to argue with Loki, but Dragon did her best to hold him back “Also, before I go, use this to get around. I’ve scattered these all over strategic points on Midgard, so it wouldn’t be too hard to get around.” With another snap of his fingers Loki caused a small stone pillar with a distinguished crystal decorating the top to appear right next to the tree “It’s called a bestower, and it will be your only means of getting around quickly. Simply touch it, and you will be on your way, and when you finish your mission, your limiters will guide you to our temple of operations.”
With that Loki about faced and walked away slowly turning into fog as he did, until he was completely gone. Now that Loki left us to ourselves, everyone was given the chance to look over their scrolls to choose a class they could work with, albeit Pete did it with a frown nestled firmly on his beak. Vidar seemed to look at his scroll defeatedly before giving a sigh and using his claw to cross out a class. In a matter of seconds the scroll lit up with blue light that eventually burned away the scroll of envelop Vidar.
The light acted like fog, yet at the same time light as it swirled around Vidar, blocking him from view. Behind the cloud like light, i saw Vidar’s clothes and gear morphing and shifting forms as the light began to die down. Soon, the light began to focus and pour into one spot which was a curved blue mark underneath Vidar’s left eye. Vidar’s white shirt was replaced with a green vest, and his rawhide pants was replaced with cloth ones but somewhat torn when they reached near his feet. His bow and arrow remained the same, only this time, his quiver had an emblem on it.
“That was quick,” I said enthusiastically as i grabbed his wrist “Now C’mon, you heard the bossman, we got an avatar to find!”
Vidar, caught off with my spur of the moment decision to drag him to the Bestower, found it hard to put the words together “Wait, what? But you didn’t even choose your class yet.”
“Eh, I don’t like to rush these sorts of things, so I’ll just decided a little bit later.” I tucked the scroll away into one of my pockets before fully dragging Vidar to the Bestower
Once i was close enough, I did as Loki instructed and placed a hand on the Bestower’s crystal. The buildup was slow, and at first, it looked like nothing was happening. A few seconds later i was proven wrong, as the winds beneath our feet violently kicked up in an instant propelling both me and Vidar higher into the sky than we already were.
Hearing the rush of the howling winds blow through my ears as it combed over my entire body dozens of times in the span of a single moment, I couldn’t help myself but laugh as we continued to climb higher into the sky. By complete contrast Vidar was flailing his arms screaming in sheer horror while he refused to open his eyes to the world we could see unobscured beneath us.
Since we were moving at such a high speed, I almost didn’t catch it forming in front of my very eyes. From Vidar’s back sprouted a pair of transparent wings, each feather as white as the fur on his body. I looked behind me to see a similar pair of wings slowly unfolding, ready to take on the wide open skies fearlessly.
“I’M GOING TO DIE!” he yelled once we reached the peak of what the Bestower could bring us to
With a roll of my eyes I tapped his vest causing him to open his eyes albeit at a snail’s pace “Uh hello? Open your eyes, we’re going to be fine.”
Once Vidar fully opened his eyes, he saw the world for what it truly was. The wide open forest that blended in with each other, the shrunken mountains we had conquered in less than a second, the ocean of clouds that surrounded us. Suddenly, all the horror in Vidar’s eyes was replaced by a shining look of awe as a smile grew on his face.
“Now quit daydreaming.” I playfully tapped his nose “I have a feeling that these wings won’t be able to bring us to a higher altitude once we go lower.”
After Vidar gave me a silent nod of confirmation, I shifted myself into a diving position. Once again i felt the song of the wind playing loudly in my ears, causing me to laugh the same way down. Only this time Vidar joined my howls of laughter and screams of excitement. It was an odd feeling, these wings. Sure astral jumping was far more efficient, but these wings, felt liberating, exciting than just instantly appearing wherever we needed to go. I didn’t have to strain myself to control them, all i needed to do was think and the wings would respond, sometimes instinct would kick in and i wouldn't even have to think. It was literally effortless.
The rush of adrenaline, the smear of the colorful landscape as we flew by. It was an amazing feeling, something I could only experience in person and i sure was glad i didn’t decided to stick to watching all of this unfold from afar. Something told me, this was never going to get old.
“KITSUNE!?” Vidar yelled over the air in our ears “THIS IS FUN AND ALL, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE’RE HEADED!?”
“COMMANDER SAID WE’D HAVE TO LOOK FOR A MARSH! THAT’S WHERE WE’D FIND OUR AVATAR, AND I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHICH MARSH HE’S TALKING ABOUT.” I replied as i honed my eyes for the landscape below us
While the region was mostly mountainous, there were a few marshes here or there. However, there was one marsh that was close to the mountain where we had our first battle. Not only was this marsh one of the largest in the region, it was also the one with a village right within its boundaries. Where there were people, there would be Avatar candidates, and one of them has to be our guy.
“THERE!” I pointed out to Vidar once i saw the trees slowly decrease in density till it was nothing but murky and foggy waters
Responding perfectly to my will, my wings took me down gently despite the speed I was coming in. Once i was close enough to dry land, I felt the wings relieve themselves off my back and land me perfectly in the one island safe from the murky waters. Vidar wasn’t as precise as i was when it came to landings and instead dropped himself into the water so fast, i swear i saw him skip on the water’s surface twice before finally coming to a stop. When he resurfaced he didn’t look too hurt. Really the only thing that looked ruined was his white fur. Maybe choosing pure, snow white fur wasn’t the brightest idea out there.
“Rough landing huh buddy?” I laughed as i offered him my hand
Despite being covered in mud he was able to crack a smile as he accepted my hand “You’re a funny Fox, you know that.”
“Hey you said it not me.” I replied as i helped him onto the shore of our dry island
While i gave Vidar the chance to dry off, i took a moment to look through my surroundings. Sure the sun was still up and the skies weren’t too clouded off, but with the fog surrounding us it was almost hard to tell. This made it hard to see anything in the distance, you’d only see silhouettes at best, and hallucinations at worst. Suddenly i missed being in the sky surrounded with all that color and wind.
“So, where do we start?” Vidar asked, finally being somewhat dry
I took another good look around me but still nothing “We’re looking for avatars right?” Vidar responded with a nod, “we then look for people.”
“Even so,” Vidar asked as we moved along dry land “how will we know the avatar is the one we’re looking for?”
“Haven’t you played the standard U&U? This is like the basics of the basics.”
“About that… I was never really good at recruiting avatars.”
“Of course. Well, there’s a lot of things you have to consider. However one of the most basic things to look at is obviously their personality since it’s what determines what kind of class they’ll be assigned. Then there’s their race, since each species has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, the one i think is the most important to look at is their drive.”
“Drive?”
“Your know their will to win, determination, things like that. You can have a well bred avatar with a top tier class, but drive to win, can and has trumped those traits combined before, I’ve seen it happen. Of course, if you managed to find a candidate with all three that’s great, but if you had to choose, go with the one with stronger drive. They’ll always push themselves to improve, adapt and are a valuable asset to any team.”
After my explanation, Vidar steadily went quiet. No doubt processing all that i told him. I didn’t mind, it allowed me the freedom to look around a little more. Yet, no matter how hard i tried, the veil of the fog was almost impossible to see through. All around us nothing but thick bland and lifeless fog, a complete contrast of the skies we flew through not too long ago.
Halting what little progress we’ve made through the marsh was the sound of both of our limiters going off at the same time. Begrudgingly i pulled the locket from underneath my shirt and examined the shifting stone. All i knew about the limiter, was that it, well, limited celestial abilities to balance the game. Was this another function i just never bothered to read up on.One by one, the shifting stone at the center of our lockets projected letters till eventually spelled out its complete message
Restricted area: quest on going.
Requirement to join quest: One Avatar in your party.
Spectating: Allowed.
Should you interfere directly, you will immediately be teleported back to your home temple and locked within the premises for a full day.
“Yikes, they really mean business huh.” I said once i finished reading the message printed into air in front of us “C’mon let’s go check it out.”
Vidar gave me another concerned look “Wait~
“It says we’re allowed to spectate. So why not?” I cut him off as i lead him deeper into the marsh
As I continued to move Vidar through the marsh there was nothing that looked like it would be what set off a quest. Everything was dead silent, no insects calls, no sounds of water movement, no winds. Deep down, I knew this was a calm before the storm. Something big and something terrible was going to happen here.
“Kitsune,” Vidar whispered “I don’t like the looks of this.”
“THERE’S THE DEMON! ATTACK!” Came the grizzled call of war directly behind us
Upon hearing the war cry something in front of us blazed to life, as a terrifying screech could be heard through the once deadly silent marsh. Arrows were loosed, men were attacking, fire was spewed. It was utter chaos, and Vidar and me were not even a worth paying attention to as men, women, wolves, panthers, all armed to the teeth ran past us like we were nothing.
It’s like the man said directly in front of us was a demon. A living hell flame, taking on form. At it’s core, it looked like it was made from coal, and it was what sparked to life. However, now that it was engulfed in flames, it took on more of a nightmarish as a living flame. It brushed of a set of incoming attacks like they were nothing, and was able to counter by spewing flames from its mouth. Despite this, the men attacking the demon didn’t falter and kept coming in waves.
“Kitsune, check this out.” Vidar said as he held out his hand to an incoming warrior
Rather than colliding with the man running towards the living hell flame, Vidar’s hand phased through, as if it wasn’t there to begin with. Curiocity begged me to take a look at my locket, and when i did, i found that it was flashing the words “Spectator Mode.” on it’s shifting stone. They really thought of everything didn’t they?
“It’s too much!” Yelled one of the warriors catching me and Vidar’s attention “Fall back towards the eastern section where the marsh is deeper!”
As quickly as they came all the warriors did fall back, however the flame demon was still hot on their tail. It continued to spew fire as it gave chase, arching it so that it would hit them from further away. This disoriented the warriors, but it wasn’t enough to break formation as they ran.
“NO, PLEASE! NOT THAT DIRECTION! ANYWHERE BUT THAT DIRECTION!” Came the cries of a much younger sounding voice
Everyone else seemed to be ignoring the young voice, even if it desperately cried for them. Following the sound, i was able to trace its owner to a young black wolf. He was much smaller than all the other wolves present, and wasn’t even armed with anything. Despite having no armor, not even a weapon, the black wolf gave chase to the group of warriors and the demon.
“Kitsune, we should go, I don’t think i want to see the end of this quest.” Vidar said already inching away from the direction the battle was headed
I suddenly latched onto him before he could go any further “No, i want to see this. I want to see that black wolf.”
Vidar shrugged once he saw how determined i was to see this through and we gave chase after them. I wasn’t sure what drew my attention to the black wolf running through the crowd of armored warriors. Maybe it was the hopeless look in his eyes crimson red eyes, and i wanted just wanted to see him make it out of the scuffle alive. Maybe it was because he looked so desperate; so desperate that he ran into the battle field without so much as a dagger to protect himself. Whatever the case may be that wolf stood out and I like to stick to my hunches.
Once we finally caught up to the group we found all the warriors occupying what looked to be the largest island in the marsh. However, that wasn’t what stood out about the island, it was the fact that it was covered in a magnificent array of flowers. All kinds of colors that were absent in the depressing marsh were all gathered here, like a treasure hidden away for safekeeping.
That once magnificent garden of color in a bleak marsh was slowly being tarnished by the battle that rage on top of it. Fires rages at it consumed petal after petal, warriors desperate to survive trampled over the stems of all the plants without a single thought of remorse. All of this was happening, and the black wolf that stood out from the crowd of warriors was forced to watch it unfold in front of his very eyes.
Even with the advantage of water surrounding the entire area, the flame demon looked to be too powerful. Try as they might, they had no ground to stand on during this battle and it was completely one sided. If they decided to continue fighting it would spell their end.
“RETREAT!” came the call of one of the men calling all the warriors further back into the marsh
Even with the men retreating the black wolf remained stationary to see the devastation brought onto the garden in front of him. Nonetheless, seeing the demon take one foot in the garden was the deciding factor, and soon the wolf ran recklessly into the fray. Once he was in front of the fire demon the small wolf spread his arms wide and drew the attention of the flame beast.
Merciless, as a demon should be it swatted the wolf aside with its still flaming hand. Of course the wolf was badly injured in the process and a good majority of his fur was already singed off but the small wolf trudged back into position in front of the flaming demon and raised his arms wide, despite how hard it must’ve been to raise them.
“I WON’T LET YOU DESTROY THIS PLACE! NOT WHEN IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HER!”
This was it, I could see it in his eyes. Maybe it was the surrounding flames that continued to burn in the background, but i saw his crimson eyes burn bright with ferocity that didn’t match his body. It was hard to tell that such eyes belong to such a young and helpless looking wolf. He probably hasn’t even reach a day past his juvenile age, yet but there he stood fearlessly in front of a living hell flame.
“Vidar!” I yelled catching him by surprise “It’s him, that’s our avatar! Open the book!”
Vidar fumbled with the book at first and looked like he was about to protest “But~”
“JUST DO IT!” I yelled once i saw the demon wind up for the finishing blow
As Vidar began to pool his concentration, the winds surrounding the marsh began to pick up and steadily grow strong as more seconds pass. It eventually reached the point where even the demon’s flames began to flicker under such a wind. Soon the book levitated out of Vidar’s hand as the same emblem on his quiver manifested on the back of his left palm.
Suddenly the book flipped open, as time slowed to a halt with the demon’s flames just inches away from hitting the wolf square in the face. Overwhelmed by the book’s energy, Vidar’s eyes radiated blue energy as he levitated closer to the confused and injured wolf. At first he was scared out of his wits by Vidar who seemingly came out of nowhere but the wolf was too tired and injured to do anything significant so he lowered his head and accepted his fate.
“Raise your head young wolf.” Vidar commanded, almost sounding possessed “I am not here to hurt you, but rather to extend my assistance. I hear the rage festering in your heart, powering your body, and lighting your soul ablaze. Please do explain to me why a good share of it is directed at yourself.”
The wolf looked confused by the statement but answered it truthfully nonetheless “I am nothing more than the runt of the litter, the weakest link, the omega. I was never worth anything to anyone, and when they call me useless, I can’t help but believe them. I am everything they say, but I want to prove the wrong! I want to be able to protect what is dear to me, and stand tall like all the warriors of my village do yet I can’t.”
“There is a wish that you seek, isn’t there young wolf.” the wolf nodded “Then if you seek to attain such a boon, then you must earn it. Fight under the name Loki Odinson and it shall be done.” The book flipped open tearing a page away from it and causing it to float over to the black wolf
The small black wolf gripped the paper tightly, before biting down on his right hand. Stamping his hand print onto the paper in red the wolf then raised it high as it was slowly being consumed by flames.
Vidar then raised his hands high as his voiced boomed throughout the marsh “FROM THE HANDBOOK OF PLAYERS, CHAPTER 4 VERSE 18, THOSE WHO FESTER A GREAT FURY DEEP WITHIN THEIR HEARTS MAY THEMSELVES TAKE ON THE POWER OF THE DEMON RAGER!”
“I WILL FIGHT UNDER THE NAME LOKI! I AM GARM FEAR MY RAGE!” Garm yelled in response to Vidar’s call
As soon as the contract was completely engulfed in flames chains shot out from Vidar’s book and proceeded to ensnare Garm. Underneath the chains that trapped Garm his wounds and burns healed slightly as the chains began to shrink down to match his size. Eventually the chains that ensnared Garm took on the appearance of a chainmail shirt that protected his torso as a red light began to emanate from the black wolf. Just like Vidar the red light soon pooled into one specific location which happened to be the spot between his eyes.
With the contract completed and signed Vidar vanished into thin air before reappearing next to me looking drained from the process. Soon time resumed its pace and the flames impacted the wolf directly. Slowly coming too from his trance Vidar saw the onslaught of fiery devastation and shot up to attention.
“We’ve got to help him!” he yelled as he studied his locket, and sure enough it no longer said spectator mode
Despite this i held him back “Let the wolf howl.”
The flames parted and Garm was no longer in the front of the blast. Instead Garm leapt from the marsh island and was now considerably higher than the flaming demon. As a follow up a red chain appeared in Garms hands before he cast it down to ensnare the flaming demon. Landing safely back down on his marsh island, Garm planted his feet deeper into the ground as the chain wrapped around the demon’s neck morphed into a manacle that locked tightly.
Seeing Garm gain the upper hand surprisingly fast, the demon tried to shake off the chains that bound it, but no such luck. In fact the flames that used to burn and flare out like wild fire was beginning to die down exposing its core. Soon the demon couldn’t support its heavy frame and it was brought down to its knees. Pressing his advantage even further Garm sent two more chains to wrap on both the demon’s wrists.
Once this was complete a channeling circle appeared under Garm’s feet as his eyes lit up with brilliant red fury “Submit to my will, and make your strength mine to command!”
On his orders, the flames gave one final powerful burst that flowed through the chains and into Garm. Eventually there was no flame left to absorb and the demon was left as a husk of its former self. In a matter of seconds the beast was turned from a destructive giant to nothing more than a glorified statue. A gust of wind blew past and like that the demon was no more. Having spent most of the energy given to him by the contract Garm could do nothing more than collapse on the spot.
END OF CHAPTER 2
It's PRO TIPS WITH KITSUNE TODAY'S TOPIC: Class categories
As you may already know all classes are grouped up together based on their capabilities in battle. These are then further subdivided into two to be a little more specific
Offense classes are classes that are focused around dealing damage and are sub divided into
Glass Cannon and
Damage Over Time.
Defense classes are focused around preventing damage, these are your standard
tanks who take the damage for you or decoys who take on enemy aggro, but dodge the attacks rather than take it on full blast
Support classes focus on helping your teammates whether its giving buffs and special abilities like the
Enablers or taking your opponent down a peg with de-buffs and other status conditions like the
Disablers
Lastly the healers which focus on keeping teammates alive during combat these are regular
slight healers who heal at a constant and steady rate or
Burst Healers who take time to perform one healing spell but heal for much more than slight healers
When I said there was four classes I forgot to mention the illusive fifth class: Null. What makes this class special is the ability to shift into other classes. In one battle they may be an offense Damage over Time class, but when you encounter them again they could be their team's Burst Healer or really anything else for that matter.
That's all for today so see ya!
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After bringing Garm to the temple to heal his wounds Kitsune and Vidar were given time to rest from their previous mission and prepare for the next one, which could come at any moment. Vidar went to rest in his room, which left Kitsune all on his own, with an unwanted thought imprisoned in his mind.
As much as Kitsune enjoyed his fully customizable room and any kind of food he wanted, the prospect of choosing the right class burdened him to no end. Vidar had chosen with relative ease, so why was it so hard for him? Just thinking about the scroll made his head spin radically. Even now was he paced through the echoing halls of Loki's temple the scroll continued to persist in his mind.
"Tyr, look at him!" Kitsune's ears perked at the sound of Loki's voice from a nearby room "On top of being a mortal he's a runt, an Omega, why give him a limiter meant for celestials?"
Kitsune pressed his ear against the door, no doubt it being the infirmary "Because dear nephew this wolf, even for one hailing from Midgard has the highest potential out of any avatar I've ever seen. He may look weak now, but this wolf is going to be capable of so much more in the future. I'd like to return her every morning, I wish to see him grow and exploit his astoundingly high potential."
"Very well." Loki sighed "However, i would like some compensations for you nerfing one of my best pieces before its even hit the board."
"It shall be done." Tyr said professionally
As Kitsune continued to eavesdrop on the two celestials Vidar's cries caught the four tailed fox of guard "ODIN'S BEARD! WHY ARE THERE SNAKES IN MY ROOM!"
"SUBMIT ENEMY CELESTIAL!" came a new voice Kitsune Had never heard before
"YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN YOUR FACE!" laughed Pete hysterically "Sorry though Apep, that's an ally, we aren't supposed to even meet enemy celestials yet."
"it would appear that your second avatar has arrived." Tyr sighed even though it was blatantly obvious at this point