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Post by Gaia on Aug 2, 2024 15:51:58 GMT -8
Joker.DB
He bolstered his own energy, allowing his raw power to roll off of his form as he maintained his efforts against the pale rider. With each of the unique weapons used, Joker refused defeat, surging his powerful protections to overwhelm and overflow from his body. As the spiralling energies of reality and consuming clouds of crimson flared, Joker still stood once the dust cleared.
"Enough!" he roared, as he funnelled forward every ounce of force and power he had, shattering reality around him as he tapped into the immediate past and future, dragging the broken realities back into his palm and then unleashing them upon Deav alongside the unceasing hailstorm of gigaton buildings.
Defense Phase
[Active Buster] - Breaks Reality Vortex. [Homing Missile] - Applies 3 Reality Vortexes. [Hunter Seeker] - Breaks 5th Reality Vortex. [Blade Arm] - Applies Reality Vortex. [Buster Cannon] - Breaks Reality Vortex. [Splash Mine] - Applies Reality Vortex. [Spread Buster] - Applies Stone Lv5 6 times. 1,811 Damage taken. [Hyper Shell] - Applies Amplify. Applies Reality Vortex.
[Next Aura/Barrier gains +3,830 HP]
[Cloud of Crimson] [A-Tier, Aura] Insurmountable power made manifest, the powerful crimson energy that rolls off of Joker's body creates an impenetrable iron wall of intense noise. All lesser efforts are burned away by its maelstrom. - Spawns an aura with 560-Power. - Additional instances can be merged into the current one to increase its hp by 50% of its base value. If three or more are merged together, the Aura becomes uncuttable. -- [Active, 7 -> 1/9 Uses]
[7,470 HP Uncuttable Aura Formed]
[Energy Reserves] [S-Tier, Skill Use+] Joker uses raw power stored within his nuclear engine to generate more resources. - +1 skill use to another skill of choice. - Alternatively, creates a copy of an augmentable object/clone/barrier/aura. -- [Active, 6 -> 3/6 uses MAX]
[Shining Laser] - Applies Reality Vortex x6.
[Cloud of Crimson] [A-Tier, Aura] Insurmountable power made manifest, the powerful crimson energy that rolls off of Joker's body creates an impenetrable iron wall of intense noise. All lesser efforts are burned away by its maelstrom. - Spawns an aura with 560-Power. - Additional instances can be merged into the current one to increase its hp by 50% of its base value. If three or more are merged together, the Aura becomes uncuttable. -- [Active, 1/9 Uses]
[Reality Vortex] [A-Tier, Triune Barrier] Fractured time and warped space follow the unyielding paradox, growing more powerful after breaking and resolidifying time and again. - Spawns a Triune Barrier with 1,110 HP. If destroyed by a single attack, Joker's next Aura/Barrier gains half of this one's HP prior to destruction. -- [Active, 0/9 Uses]
[Joker HP=2,604/7,180]
Support Phase
[Soul Unison]
[Finalize] [Advanced Form, Soul Unison] Using the power of crimson, Joker floods his body with energy siphoned directly from a chip, and resonates with its power to enhance his capabilities. ° Sacrifice any Standard-Tier Attack Chip to merge with it, entering this form ° During Unison, user gains the Lv5 Effects of the Chip's first natural Element ° User's charged attacks may become that Chip at will, gaining its Name, Elements, Non-★ Effects, and User's Standard/Dark Chip Damage ° Lasts for 3 Turns
[::Chip:Elemental RageLv3:v21:&Stone::]
[Temporal Trespass] [S-Tier, CDR] The ability to warp time, Joker pulls back the veil to act at speeds beyond his foes. - Applies -1 CDR to all attacks this turn. --- [Active, 0/6 Uses MAX]
Offense Phase14 AS | 2 Auto-Charges
[Rebounded Reverb] x9 A memory of a broken and desolate place. [5% of Max Health] Spatial C-Damage ::S:: Unconditional Auto-Attack at 50% Damage. ::o:: Absolutism: Deals 5% of Target's Max Health as Damage ::o:: 1-CD. -1 from Normal. Useable 3/turn via Spatial/Temporal Lv5.
[Decaying Reverb] x9 A memory of a broken and desolate space. [280] Spatial S-Damage ::S:: Unconditional Auto-Attack at 50% Damage. ::o:: Absolutism: Non-Hidden Element Chosen upon Use ::o:: 1-CD. -1 from Normal. Useable 3/turn via Spatial/Temporal Lv5.
[Crimson Annihilator] x9 A memory of a broken and desolating power. [280] Sonic S-Damage ::S:: Unconditional Auto-Attack at 50% Damage. ::o:: Absolutism: Ignores Armor. ::o:: 1-CD. -1 from from Seal. Useable 3/turn via Spatial/Temporal Lv5.
[Pulsing Reverb] x9 A fleeting and ephemeral echo of what was. [250] Sonic S-Damage ::S:: Unconditional Auto-Attack at 50% Damage. ::o:: Absolutism: Hits 2 Additional Targets. ::o:: 1-CD. -1 from from Seal. Useable 3/turn via Spatial/Temporal Lv5.
[Gigaton Storm] x9 A constant, unceasing storm of gigaton buildings. [280] Stone C-Damage ::S:: Unconditional Auto-Attack at 50% Damage. ::o:: Absolutism: Cannot be Naturally Avoided. ::o:: 1-CD. -1 from -1 from Seal. Useable 3/turn via Spatial/Temporal Lv5.
[Gigaton Building] x13 Dread Joker's incredible power amasses into the palm of his hand, striking down on the battlefield and to summon a massive column of condensed, solidified crimson. [335] Stone S-Damage ::C:: Can be optionally charged for 5 turns. ::o:: Absolutism: Multiple instances of this attack can be manually charged at once.
[2/5 | 3/3 | 1/1] [::BattleChip:BugFixLv1:v21::]
[Paradox Engine] [A-Tier, Object] Incredible storehouses of crimson collect together in a mass so dense that energy cannot help but be pulled towards it. - Spawns a Unique, Intercepting Object with 600-HP that fully redirects all multi-target attacks towards itself until it is destroyed. -- [Active, 2/8 Uses]
[Temporal Flux] [Gigant Swing] x2 Coating his fist in solidified crimson, Dread Joker swings his large limb like a maul to smash into his opponent. [930 Healed] ? S-Damage ::C:: Two aiming effects chosen upon use. ::o:: Absolutism: Can choose from any of Joker's elements upon use. ::o:: Optional 1 Turn Charge: Instead of gaining damage from the charge or using the attack, the user gain HP equal to the attack's damage.
[Gigant Swing | 1/1 Charges]
[Destroyer Missiles | 1/1 Charges | Triggered Auto per Avoided Attack]
Summary Phase
[Joker HP=4464/7180] [Status] - Fine [Cooldown] - [Evasion Disruption | 2/2] [Stage] - Fine
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Post by Zane on Aug 8, 2024 21:31:10 GMT -8
Seemed like the opportune time to pull out his other card. He was using the one fount of power well enough and the other required a bit of nuance as its standard use case would be sorely applied against him of all people. He wouldn't avoid this time, instead holding out his arm as a shield formed up from the energy to meet the ceaseless attacks. But even beneath it all, his calm but deathly tone could be heard still.
"As you command."
Could they both weather storms? It was time to find out. Because now instead of the single brief burst, the laser that was fired was equally ceaseless. And if the ask was if it was limited by the amount of energy it had, the answer could be yes. But the result was that there was nothing that would stop the light once it started, as that energy was effectively the true definition of limitless.
Defense:
The Survivor The one who carried on after ushering in this era of the world. Effects: Deav's avoidances are full avoidances. Passive.
Shield Arm Effects: Creates a Triune Aura with HP equal to 15% of Deav's Max HP. Uses: 5
x1 Used.
0 damage taken.
Set:
Vacuum Arm Effects: Activated preemptively. Remains active for two turns. When a usable program reaches 0 uses, Deav gains a full copy of that program. Uses: 4
Used once.
The Legendary The mark of one that is great even among his peers. One who excelled at his task, the purification of other factors. Effects: Purifier's Eye lasts for the turn if used on Shining Laser. After three conditions are fulfilled on Shining Laser, it retains its ability to be used without limit and cut survival effects. After five conditions are fulfilled, cuts uncuttable survival effects.
7 Attack Slots.
Offense:
Purifier's Eye activated.
Auto - Active Buster S-Attack Seeking Element 10,500 DMG, Breaks Shields, Cuts Auras, Auto-Attacks for 5 turns after use. Can be used while auto-attacking.
Auto - Homing Missile S-Attack Seeking Element 6,500 x 3 DMG, Breaks Shields, Cuts Auras, Avoid Separately, Destroys Clones, Auto-Attacks for 5 turns after use. Can be used while auto-attacking.
Auto - Hunter Seeker S-Attack Seeking Element 7,500 x 2 DMG, Breaks Shields, Cuts Auras, Ignores Armor. Auto-Attacks for 5 turns after use. Can be used while auto-attacking.
Special Attack - Shining Laser x 7 S-Attack Laser Element 50,000 x 24 DMG, Has different conditions before use. For each fulfilled condition, another effect is unlocked on this attack. Condition fulfilled: Vacuum and Shield Arms used. Avoid Separately, Cannot be Intercepted. If this is the only non-auto attack used in a turn, hits are doubled. Cannot be Mitigated. Cuts Survival Effects.
[Deav HP=3,820/25,000]
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Post by Gaia on Aug 10, 2024 9:30:52 GMT -8
Joker.DB
He narrowed his gaze, and against truly limitless power, he surged his own insurmountable force. With the same display of strength he used against Eon and the master generational, Joker surged his inner power. He felt his engines pulling on fumes, but with each pulse of that core, he found more energy, willing himself to pull not from Eon, not from the Crimson Dragon, and not from any past or future, but from what he knew he was capable of.
Insurmountable power made manifest surged from him as he willed it to, and he held forward his hand to surge the crimson cloud against the limitless energy. When all was said, it would seem that they were both indeed capable of weathering storms.
"Breaking through that shield arm of yours will prove difficult for me at my current strength," he admitted aloud, the crimson aura that rolled off of him already beginning to fade as his finalized state left him. "My battle parameters are reaching their limit, and you've made it clear yours don't have any.
"I've eclipsed you where I can. I can't any further. What comes next, is up to you.
". . . Why did my brother earn enough respect to be left to his own devices? Or was it that he wasn't deemed useful enough to be utilized elsewhere?"
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Post by Zane on Aug 10, 2024 20:47:48 GMT -8
As he surmised, building up the power to survive would also be met in kind as the laser was primed to do the very same but more. The Giant could do his best, but that wasn't good enough for him at the least. It was a bit of a poor matchup if there was one. The reality of the situation was that if he was able to be eclipsed by Joker, he wouldn't be here to begin with.
"...Your brother lost to you, didn't he? He wasn't useful enough to be utilized elsewhere. His battle parameters weren't enough, and his alternative uses weren't valuable either. The best he could do is fight those beneath him, but no one considered a peer or a superior. He was allowed to pick a grave. Surprisingly at that."
What came next was what he referenced earlier. They were about to be the same, those two statues that Joker declined the relation to. This was usually Var's job, but he decided to quit recently, so to speak. He held out his other hand, the begotten winds whipping up and surging about. Battering Joker, he would be able to hear the Reaverking's voice over it all.
"You were worried about becoming a weapon against those who trusted you, right? You can serve as bait instead. If not, then rot away here until the end. For any who comes for you in your hidden locale with nary a thought will be crushed just the same. This is the absolute path for any who walks the road alone."
With his deed done, the Crimson Desecrator would find himself fallen. And without the ability to recover, he would either waste away naturally or be found in time. He did his best to cover his tracks. He had only to hope that he didn't do so well enough that those who did care for him were unable to help him. But for those who thought they could brave the dangers on their own? Well, there were worse fates in store for a great many of them. Joker had already eliminated the way in and out, so he had to wait a while before he would be able to leave. Not a while exactly but suffice it to say that he was used to things happening with an abundance of haste for their work. And there was another battlefield that he would be sent to shortly.
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Post by Gaia on Aug 11, 2024 7:23:29 GMT -8
Joker.DB
He allowed it to be simple, easy. He lowered his defenses, hoping in some way that the begotten winds would sting less if he lowered his guard. As he grit his teeth, he felt his strength leave his body, until he had nothing left; he also felt the trap being set, a failsafe within his own system being primed and triggered.
Joker was a walking nuclear power plant. The Ground Zero failsafe acted as a means by his original creators to protect the technological advances he embodied. Mr. King intended to use it as a weapon. As he knelt there, with no strength in his body, he knew what Deav had done.
. . . "Deav. . . . Thank you."
He knew, perhaps, that the sudden lucid comment would require a bit more explanation. He let it hang in the air, using the last of his strength while Deav waited to speak.
". . . Regardless of your intentions, or of the pain that you cause, your actions set off a series of events that gave me the chance to be something more. To do more than just destroy because I was told to destroy, and to have more than unbridled rage and fury in my system. However poorly used the chance was, it was a chance I wouldn't have had without it; were it not for what you did, I'd have never had the chance to reconnect with Unity, to meet the others that would give me the chance to save myself, nor to find someone worth traveling the lone path for, should it mean I could save them from me. No matter the outcome, no matter the fury that I harbor towards you, no matter the pain I have been put through, I recognize this gift I've squandered. I thank you for the chance to hold it at all.
". . . If it be within your power, within your will or your care, I would like to ask a favor of you. My youngest sister is out there, somewhere, fueled with hubris, pain, an in-bred distrust of others, and a need to succeed, just as I was. If you are able, do everything in your power, please, to force her to find someone to walk alongside. However you must accomplish this, I will accept. But one of us, at least one of us, deserves to find something more."
With his energy spent, Joker lowered his head.
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Post by Zane on Aug 11, 2024 13:52:53 GMT -8
The lucid thoughts coming about in the embrace of death was always a curious thing. And yet those thoughts were something that struck something with him. Something that brought back memories of yore, of before the times now. Of what was purified in order for the 'now' to begin. Of the Legend that he started, to allow those who followed after to walk in the wake of those who fell because of...
"...I'll do what I can."
Fleeting words said for the one who's energy was spent. The gift that he obtained from the pain that he caused was a chance to be something more? ...How long had it been since he had to reflect on those sorts of words? The devastation he brought in his wake, the days when he served... the day he pulled the trigger. It all led up to this and his doubts. Where he had doubts, another was far more fragrant with their approach. Far more adamant, decisive, invested, resolved. And yet he could find a life so fleeting being thankful for the adversity brought about by the so-called Harbingers of Paradise. He could only hope that Joker would be allowed to try his hand with this gift a while longer then, at least until the absolute end approached them all. He turned his hand around to gaze upon his open palm, the arm that wasn't quite a weapon, yet brought death with its touch.
"...More pride than that, huh, protege? ...One last time, then. No excuses, like she said."
The defenses would begin to arm themselves for those who come for the final failsafe as well, the Reaverking dissipating as he was summoned back. The others all dialed in their merit. Suppose it was about time he did his as well before the curtain call.
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Post by Raven8 on Aug 12, 2024 14:12:31 GMT -8
It would be a while for Joker... laying in solitude, able to see nothing more than how he'd been defeated. The pain, both physical and mental, likely extremely heavy in this moment. Alone and hopeless, it was only a matter of time until the end would come....[smear:ffffff] if not for a small friend.[/smear:CB3F0A]
In his heart and soul, Joker would begin to feel a rising presence, a familiar consciousness. And within this consciousness, he'd feel a legitimate worry. Once fully nearby, Joker would naturally begin to feel calmed by this presence, as it at last speaks out within his mind.
Gamma: Mr.Joker! Please tell me that you're alright!
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Post by Gaia on Aug 12, 2024 14:27:20 GMT -8
Joker.DB
Joker was used to, at this point, the presence of something else sharing his thoughts and his mind. In his infancy, he and Acid were one and the same. The two experimental programs wielding the Eradication Drive and Efficiency System were once one and the same, the 'forgotten' program as it was. Soon after, when they split, Joker had discovered his far more powerful connection to the Crimson Satellite, due to the human limitations of Acid's partner, Arthur. Then, it was with Unity, later Eon, and finally, here, it would seem, Gamma.
The crimson ogre did not raise his head, as the begotten winds had ripped his strength from him. All he could do was think, and as Gamma arrived, perhaps it was his own grim memories of each time before now that had led him to his decision, but Joker's mind was filled with anger, which was of course a shield for the regret, sorrow, loss, and pain that was evident underneath it.
Acid and Arthur were his Brothers, and one could clearly see what became of them. The Crimson Satellite had long since been taken from him. All he had left of Eon was what he was grasping onto with the last of his strength. Even now, his greatest regret, Unity, lingered in his mind. For all the strength he knew Gamma to be capable of . . .
. . . I'm sorry, Gamma. I'm not doing well at all. Please . . . do your best to save everyone else.
Joker, in a flash, became Dread Joker. Beyond the state of the crimson titan, covered in his signature crimson armor, rested another apex of power, as Platinum Joker triggered, mixing together the time-space paradox with the nuclear power at his core. Beyond even that, the true stature of the ogre, Grave Joker, flared, as the crimson in his systems continued to flash and grow, and the Noise levels in the facility went up as Waves turned to Noise, which turned to Crimson, and then to Jamming.
This was the Grave Ground Zero. Joker was being forced to enter Nuclear Meltdown. With the power of Eon and the Crimson Dragon melding together, Joker would Meltdown across all of reality that remained.
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Post by Raven8 on Aug 12, 2024 14:54:08 GMT -8
....Gamma is silent, and the feeling of his personal shock. He remains silent for a moment, contemplating all that's happening... and also remembering something, a key bit of data, a single spark. And within this spark, another feeling begins to spark within Joker; a cold, calculating determination. One that comes in direct opposition to Joker, one that looks him dead in the eye and defies him on the same level as Deav just moments before.
Gamma: ....no.
....it would almost be as if Gamma was physically there, standing in front of Joker. In this moment, Gamma would simultaneously feel as small as a child and as large as the heavens above as his voice rings out with a cold authority.
Gamma: It's already gone too far, Joker. At this rate, you're going to destroy this place and everyone in it, as well as causing a lot of harm to Electopia at the same time. Everyone that you care about is now looking into death's eyes, and none of them will ever come back if they go with him now. I can't do anything to help them... because that's your job, Joker. You talk about your power, and how you analyze data? Well, analyze this; the only time that you'll fail here is if you let that last second slip away and take away your will to fight with it, and then the chances of everyone else to live will follow. You're here, I'm here, and we can stop this now, but only if you work with me before it's too late!
So stop feeling sorry for yourself, fight to control what you're doing again, and help me fight for your family before it's too late
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Post by Gaia on Aug 12, 2024 15:18:03 GMT -8
Joker.DB
It was as if he were operating through a haze. All of his power was welling up at once, but none of his systems were responding to him; all of his strength had been sapped from him, and everything that happened was as if he were more like a spectator to it all than anyone in control.
Even as Gamma stood before him in all of his power, Joker had come to this end of his own volition. To fight against Deav, to see Ace compromised, and to have carried out his other siblings' burning corpses from the fires of that Noise Wave, to say nothing of what Heartless saw all that time ago, Joker had long since seen every other member of his family affected by this, and in all of his strength, he was useless to them. The strong would weed out the weak, indeed, and he hadn't lived up to his own previous creed.
What he was left with was just a hope that he would one day get to stand again, and to be able to take his words to Deav farther than just his last recognition. For what Deav promised him, for the chance that his sister would be found and that his power would go to keeping her from making the same mistakes he did, Joker found the strength to survive that Gamma was hoping for, but not quite from the same place that Gamma had asked him to look for it.
The chance to be more than what he was made to be. The chance to be more complicated than they wanted to believe.
". . . Don't let me hurt all of these people, Gamma," he whispered. A small voice, but with a will to do what must be done. "Tell my systems to Finalize. I'll absorb all the Jamming at once. Please, help me fight!"
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Post by Raven8 on Aug 12, 2024 15:34:43 GMT -8
And there it was; a feeling of excited satisfaction, and Gamma wastes no time. To the right and left of Joker, portals leading to an unknown location open up as the excess Crimson that his body is producing begins to syphon off, easing his load.
Gamma: With your permission, gladly. I'll get rid of as much excess EM radiation as I can to help you, just don't go sacrificing yourself! We're not over that line yet, and we can get you through this if you continue to hold on!
Gamma fully connects to Joker's systems, as he can feel the presence begin to swiftly examine his systems. Not graphing or planning, but simply finding the conduits that all of this excess energy is routing through to find where he needs to begin working
Gamma: Alright, I've got it! I can activate your systems as soon as you're ready! We can do this, Mr.Joker!
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Post by Gaia on Aug 12, 2024 16:10:51 GMT -8
Joker.DB
As the portals opened up, Grave Joker looked at them and considered the help from Gamma. He shook his head, took a deep breath, and looked back at Gamma. "The Finalize Procedures will fully resonate my systems with the Noise. I was designed to handle all of this and the data from Meteor G; the Grave Ground Zero function turns off my failsafes, making it impossible for me to resonate with Noise and just keeps irradiating it," he explained to Gamma, and then narrowed his eyes.
"Noise Levels are well over 1,000%. Gamma, I'm going to ask for a bit of your cooperation on something. Once this process gets started, I have a few things to do with the power they've hooked me up to.
"Transcode 000 - Grave Joker - Finalize!"
The nuclear engine within his coding siphoned the jamming in the room and all of the crimson and noise within the facility into a collapsing array of energy around Joker's body. Bands of crimson energy, erratic and untameable, surged at the command of Heartless' and Mr. King's genius within his systems, compounded by his own mastery of his capabilities through trial and hard-won battles.
The Jamming he was irradiating alone was enough to set him off, easily exceeding the Noise Levels enough to Finalize. With that as his catalyst, he reached beyond that and into the Noise contained inside of the refinery that he had been entombed within, pulling it from their systems and carefully scanning through it to rip it apart at its base, willing the Jamming in his systems to tear through it first and then overlay it into his own growing sphere of power, knowing that each passing moment was one less moment he had to work with both coralling the power, containing it, and ensuring that it was put to the best use.
With all the Noise in the area compressed into a tight sphere around his body, Joker began to revitalize himself, first, and, then, as he was programmed to do, he rebuilt himself with it. Noise crystallized and forged itself, crimson had code written into it and functionality assigned, Jamming was compressed and stored away for efficient combat use, and the efficiency of each assigned component was considered.
He found the Noise created from the fight involving him and Ace. Floating through it was the Ace program, corrupted and warped by the enemy. Rather than dare to assimilate it, he ripped it apart into its components, sorted out the anomalies using the function of Finalization, and rebuilt the Ace Program. Rather than make it his own, he stored it away within his systems, to return it to whom it belonged. What was left, he let the jamming burn.
Next, was the matter of his own needs. Producing Polaris, he at first least the weapon do its natural job of hungrily eating away energy, rapidly consuming Noise until it was all that it could do, but then, he brought the full weight of the crimson energy he had onto the weapon. He was tired of the useless toy ripping hi energy apart rather than absorbing it and multiplying it as he needed it to, each time he found himself wanting the weapon, having found it useless. Unsure what the process of finalization could do with it, he allowed his systems to fall upon the blade, and willed the weapon to fragment into tiny shards that would carry the fury of the crimson meteor with them, the glass-like spikes of crimson he had in his mind being no less deadly than the weapon it originally was, but feeding instead off of the incredible power it itself would give off. Of all the power he wielded in this moment, this was what he focused finalization on the most. Crimson and Jamming was powerful - could it reshape this weapon to be his own implement, as a generational deserved?
Finally, he would surge what remained into his Crimson Core, the powerful remnants of the true Joker and Ace Programs, and funnel it directly into the Joker parameters. He was tired of operating at half capacity, and if he had the means, Joker would use this in whatever way he could, or fail trying. This was his power, and he was tired of being denied it.
. . . Joker was a dreamer, here. He had the power to destroy everything he loved, and he tried instead to rebuild himself in the process, and to wait to see what would remain. He could only hope that the Crimson he had was strong enough to do what he wanted, and that his will was great enough to survive levels of Noise he had never contended with before.
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Post by Raven8 on Aug 12, 2024 16:32:12 GMT -8
Gamma holds firm, still ensuring that the energy flowing through Joker goes through the correct corridors, while syphoning off only the extra heat and lost electromagnetic waves pouring off of his form. At this point his entire job is just keeping Joker from falling apart, and directing the flow of electromagnetic waves in such a way that they can be converted and utilized properly by the the Crimson Titan.
Gamma: I don't know everything that you're trying to do, but it sounds like it could be something reckless and stupid, Mr. Joker! You had better make sure that you're doing this right, and keeping everyone safe as your biggest goal here!
Thankful that this was happening in Electopia rather than anywhere else in the world, Gamma continues to hold his line, supporting Joker through all of these struggles while bracing for what may come next.
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Post by Gaia on Aug 12, 2024 16:42:40 GMT -8
Joker.DB
When all was said, Joker had little left to give to the matter. Trying to augment Polaris on top of controlling the incredible energies at his disposal proved to be a herculean effort, even for him. Rather than redouble, he buckled, and focused instead on just allowing Polaris to do as it was naturally so skilled at doing, as it would help him by absorbing the excess energy in droves.
Once all was done, he held a very fed sword, bursting with the energy of his on reserves, and the finalized state that he was known for, the Crimson Titan narrowly avoiding his own fall-out.
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Post by Raven8 on Aug 12, 2024 16:48:36 GMT -8
....and here would be where a cautious optimism starts to rise. The portals to Joker's left and right narrow, yet do not close. They move away from him, and Gamma's presence grows slightly stronger as Joker can feel the influence of the Third System gently leave his systems, no longer imposing any sort of influence.
Gamma: ...I think it's over...? Are you alright, Mr.Joker?
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