[Nexus] AMEN XLVI: Divided We Fall

[Reinholdt]

Important Current Events as of Mar 5, 2012:

AMEN has very recently had a revolution, putting Ilpholin in charge, with Magtok as her second in command. The OP is in the process of being updated, and may not be entirely accurate.

Ask in the OOC thread if you need any assistance.

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By Gulaghar

A BRIEF HISTORY by the esteemed Lord Magtok

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In the darkest pits of despair there lived a fearsome being, one made of pure malevolence, hatred, and madness. He had an equally dark and loathsome plan for our world, the formation of an organization to be known as Evil Incorporated, destined to spread his unhallowed name throughout the world, so that all might come to know and fear the one named Psyke_D.

Fortunately for the rest of us, there's already a webcomic called Evil Inc. When this was pointed out by yours truly, the members of this fledgling new organization went into a frenzy. What good could an evil organization be without a suitably original, stylish, and menacing name? All sorts of suggestions were produced, everything from Vilecom (painfully bland) to Fullbladder's Fabulous Funky Foursome (Totally incorrect, as there was at least six of us by then).

Finally, someone (and by someone I mean me) offered a suggestion even better than Evil Inc, the "Association of the Malicious, Evil, and Nefarious". Everyone immediately realized that this was by far the best name they'd ever heard of, and after a chorus of "AMEN, brother"s and nibbling on some pixies, the Association had officially begun.

Years went by after that. In-jokes were formed, members came and went, and dictators were ousted and replaced with new dictators more swiftly than Central America during the Cold War on steroids. It was a glorious time, full of wars with EVIL, The Town, France, and HALO. (All ending in AMEN victories, aside from the last one, which was more of a cease-fire stalemate thingy)

Lives were lost, promptly restored, and then lost again. Love blossomed between various Associates, dark feuds between others, and every manner of nonsense imaginable, but that chaotic energy, that "Burn it all and let the gods sort it out" attitude always came before anything else.

Sadly, these days were destined to end eventually. AMEN just couldn't keep up with HALO, GLoG, and the rest of the world, and xenophobically shut its doors upon the rest of the world. A Dark Age ensued, full of newbs posting inane nonsense and old members complaining about the newbs instead of trying to better their situation, until eventually, not even the newbs were posting anymore.

Then came hope. Most called him crazy (and they were right), others called him ridiculously optimistic, and some say he's a big smelly dragon who doesn't bathe anywhere near as much as he should (Or maybe only I say that), but everyone else called him Gordon, the new leader of AMEN. Realizing that this xenophobic age had to end, he led AMEN out of the darkness, and brought about a new age of darkness, gave us a world where AMEN is once again a serious threat. For that, we owe him our thanks. I'm still gonna stab him in the back the first chance I get, though.

Or well, we owed him our thanks. He's sorta dead now, I think. Me and Ilpholin recently usurped the hell out of him with an awesome arena deathmatch thing, and now his smelly corpse has been exiled and stuff. She's in charge and I'm second-in-command, because responsibility smells. Weee, change!

(updated Mar 5, 2012)

THE BUILDING

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You don’t want to know. The greatest minds of our time have studied AMEN’s base, only to be driven MAD by the labyrinthine, ever shifting corridors and reality-defying chambers. The base itself is sentient, and doesn’t really take kindly to smartasses trying to map it. That being said, as long as you don’t try too hard to make sense of the base, it’s not difficult to find, say, an empty bunk, the common room, the can, the lab, et cetera. Of course, there’s much more to the base than that, but I can’t tell you about it. 1) Because it would crush your little mind, and 2) because I don’t wanna.

Security Room
Access here is limited by handprint scanner and numerical keypad. Incidentally, Ilpholin has also made it her primary room as well, getting a bed and some other things put in.

Front Lawn
Mister Squiggles planted various mechanical devices here, buried underground.

MEMBERSHIP FORM

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Name:
Age:
Sex:
Species:
Profession:
Reason for joining AMEN:
Special skills/items you believe will aid/have decided to contribute to AMEN:
References (Victims preferred):
Past Experience:
Other Information:

(last updated Mar 5, 2012)

LIST OF MEMBERS

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{table=head]Character|Player|IC Status
Ilpholin|Reinholdt|Leader
Magtok|Magtok|2nd in command
Anyu|Haruki|Confirmed
Becky|BR|Confirmed
Cat Burglar|Third Emperor|Confirmed
Cin|Wolfbane|Revoked
Clarissa|The Alexandrian|Confirmed
Clegg|The Mad Hatter|Confirmed
Cybil|Shadowcaller|Confirmed
Cyrus|Blade of Obliviom|Confirmed
Dam'Bul|Earl of Purple|Confirmed
Darcy|HT|Revoked
Dark Lord|D_Lord|Confirmed
Decker|Happyturtle|Confirmed
Enshadu|singingnoodle|Denied
Firebrick|Haruki|Confirmed
Gordon|Phantom| Missing
Greg|Firefox|Confirmed
Harley Zorzo|Mahonri Violist|Confirmed
Haruki|Haruki|Confirmed
Hatter|The Alexandrian|Confirmed
Hatteress|The Alexandrian|Confirmed
Ivaz Erizo|KerfuffleMach2|Confirmed
Jack Empty|Murkus|Confirmed
Kal'selthezaar|Kid Kris|Confirmed
Karyana|C'nor|o
Lady Isabelle Hunt|Gnrlshrimp|Revoked
Lily|Harnel|o
Megan|Mindfreak|Confirmed
Moff 4|HT|Confirmed
Nephrim|Earl of Purple|Confirmed
Orrey|Murkus|Confirmed
Rot|VampireRot|Confirmed
Seltz|iElf|Confirmed
Shayan Vermoss|Slii Arhem|Revoked
Stu|Reinholdt|Confirmed
Wolfgang|Rotting Baron|o
Zefir|Zefir|Confirmed
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Seven Sins||
Algian|SerphIvanXin123|Denied
Andrellux|SerphIvanXin123|Denied
Baronux|SerphIvanXin123|Denied
Damian|SerphIvanXin123|Denied
Einjelstein|SerphIvanXin123|Denied
Julianette|SerphIvanXin123|Denied
Zediniah|SerphIvanXin123|Denied
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x = seen in the base since the revolution, membership not confirmed
o = new member in the process of filling out forms, background checks, etc
missing = seen elsewhere in the Nexus, but not in AMEN, since the revolution, or otherwise known IC to be missing
blank = character in deadtime

(last updated June 6, 2012)

ASSOCIATES (Restricted Access)

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{table=head]Character|Player
Huevo Portero|D_Lord
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OOC NOTES & RULES

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For the sake of variety, these rules will be listed in the form of Russian reversals. Wanna know why? Because I WAS BORED.

In Soviet Russia, AMEN base doesn’t destroy YOU!!
In Soviet Russia, godmodding aren’t allowed to YOU!!
In Soviet Russia, spam doesn’t post YOU!!
In Soviet Russia, t3h s3cks drop curtains on YOU!!

HOW TO JOIN

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"One of the first things that are to change is a revamping of the membership process. No longer are they to be blood pacts. The forms will be standard and require a fair bit more than just a name."

"Furthermore, just signing them does not guarantee a place in AMEN. After that there will be a background check, followed by an interview with me. Then, if it feels like their goals and such line up with AMEN's, that's when they get in." It's a process designed to know your co-workers better!

"That said, old members will have to go through a similar process to retain their membership. A form filled out and an interview. However, unlike incoming members, acceptance is not contingent upon a decision, but rather simple completion. So former members are in no real jeopardy of losing their place here." So long as they actually do turn in the form and talk to Ilph. No more strangers and non-members loitering around. That's just outright silly in so many ways!

Link (updated Mar 5, 2012)

ABOUT HENCHMEN

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NPC Henchmen for the most part can be godmodded, however, the named henchmen are reserved for ThePhantom to control.

Standard henchmen attack uniform. by MethosH, from the Nexus webcomic.

NPC Henchmen

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There are 148 npc henchman, each with a css color designation (+1 for the other Pink) such as DarkRed, LimeGreen, and Cyan. Pink is the only henchwoman and seems to be the supervisor over the rest, though she still ranks below the named henchmen. Nobody but Gordon really knows what made them take the job at AMEN, but it must have been good.

The following henchman have died in a more or less permanent way, leaving 125 henchmen remaining. RIP loyal soldiers.

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Pink, Yellow, Mauve, Lime, Azure, Beige, Bisque, BlanchedAlmond, Cornsilk, FloralWhite, GhostWhite, HoneyDew, Ivory, LavenderBlush, LemonChiffon, LightCyan, LightGoldenRodYellow, LightYellow, Wheat, LemonChiffon, PaleGreen, PaleTurquoise, DarkSlateGray

Named Henchmen

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Rogar: Head Henchman, manages the henchmen. Fights with electrostaff. Kicked out
Sweetums: Head Ogre Usher, most powerful fighter of henchmen. Makes the very nice fudge. Trainer
Pete: Henchman of Naval business. Insane, thinks he's a pirate, always talks like one. Kicked out
Mr E: Spymaster of henchmen. No telling what he looks like.

(updated Mar 8, 2012)

ABOUT MECHANO-PANTHERS by Mindfreak

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Classic:

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Mechano-Panthers patrol the halls of AMEN(And some important rooms, like the Main Room) and are basically godmoddable by anyone with a character in AMEN. However, I'd rather you not have them do anything past their programming, which is:
1) Subdue intruder with instant drying cement foam
2) If 1 is not possible, kill intruder with razor sharp metal claws and spiked tail
3) Bring body to torture room or to BioLab(if dead)

The cement foam dissolves from a solvent that the panthers also have.

Also, the panthers will listen to any AMEN member and will go after any people that come in that are not being accompanied by a current AMEN member. They're made of titanium as well, and are as strong and as fast as a normal panther. They will ignore orders from AMEN members if given a conflicting order from Ilpholin, and unknown to Ilpholin they will ignore an order from Ilpholin if given a conflicting one from Megan.

Any questions?

5w4mp:

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Anyways, here you all go! 5w4mp P4n7h3r5!

So here's the story of these new Mechano-Panthers that Megan is making for the Gnoll Village. They'll go by the name of Mechano-Panther(5w4mp), or just 5w4mp Panthers, for short.
Anyways, here's the picture of a regular Mechano-Panther:

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Now imagine that sexy beast about 66% bigger than a normal panther, and instead of delicious chrome on the metal, it's a camouflage perfect for swamps and such.
Now, instead of the usual liquid cement and solvent the Mechano-Panthers at AMEN have, these babies instead of a flamethrower right in their mouths, not to mention the usual razor-sharp claws and teeth and tail. Plus, a couple nets big enough to catch large humanoids and slow them down a bit. It'd take a while to cut through one with a pocket knife, is what I'm saying.
Also, they have another nasty surprise, their tails also double as sort of a taser. Except a taser that'll kill you with electricity. It's powerful enough that they could put it into a small body of water and electrocute the things within about 50 feet.
Also, they're completely waterproof, allowing them to swim in the water and sneak up on things, and they're a bit more agile than a real Panther.
They can also see in the dark, thanks to infer-red capabilities.
Anyways, that's about it for them. Other than saying that they'll do as the gnolls ask third, Ilpholin second, and Megan first.
Oh, and they won't attack AMEN members, or members of the Gnoll tribe.

Their basic tactics is to use the environment to their advantage, such as hiding in the foliage and pounce, or hiding underwater and delivering a nasty shock. Or just ripping things apart with their claws and flamethrower. Though if asked, they will attempt to capture things by reducing the shock of their tails, tasing the thing, and then netting it. They can also set traps, if asked. And are smart enough to plan ambushes

[Reinholdt]

Searching the Base

Yes, the henchmen do avoid Mr. E's room. At first.
But the longer they go without turning something up, the more likely it is, they'll get over their fears and attempt to bust in.

Still, Mr. E has time to get back and turn off the device himself. Which might be well worth it, considering the number of AMENites using it in their and Harley's favor. If it's found out that you did this Mr. E, deep trouble, deep trouble. Quit while you're ahead!

*****

A few henchmen split off at request to go find Greg. They can look for the device along the way anyways.

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Durr. I forgot.
Ilpholin's room was the security room. So when Ivaz gets directions, she's returned to the place that Magtok blasted repeatedly already. That said, her closet does still have interesting toys Ivaz might want.

Beyond that, Ilpholin spent most of her time in Riverside near the end trying to make it a respectable place to live. There is nothing notable in here beyond the blasted computer equipment.

[D_Lord]

(Need to reupdate the top, Ilpholin and Magtok are no longer in charge.)

[ThirdEmperor]

Earlier- Just Arriving

Cybil looks a bit confunded at the Burglar's reaction. "As long you're confident about it." She replies hesitantly. "You really ought to tell me more about this superhero stuff."

"Oh, uhm... There's an awkward pause. It's really hard to explain without sounding stupid, or like a freak. "Y'know, if you want, we could, uh, watch some superhero movies? It's, well, probably the best way to explain it." He offers, before remembering the bloodstained costume he's in. "After I, uh, go clean up, obviously."

[Shadowcaller]

Earlier- Just Arriving

"Yes, I'm not one of those vampires." Cybil replies in a amused tone. "Take a shower, I will do the same. Unless you want to go back to Riverside now? I'm not sure where you have your movies." Nor did she know a lot about "movies" in general.

[ThirdEmperor]

Earlier- Just Arrived

He shrugs, chuckling at her joke. "Oh, uh, I got them here, but.." Why not? It's been a good day so far. "Well, if you want, we could go to, er, a movie theater, there's a new Spiderbat movie out. It'd be fun."

"Actually, uh, we could do that on the way back, uh, from seeing your boss?"

[Shadowcaller]

Earlier- Just Arrived

"Sounds like a good idea." Cybil replies, feign knowledge of what a movie theater was, presumably it was like one of those theaters in Malechenar... with movies. She had just heard superheroes where in comics. Never movies.

Master had told her to get in contact with more AMEN members and this must be pretty much what he had meant. "Master will be eager to see you." She smiles and makes a elegant bow before the Burglar before heading out to her room. She was actually really curious about this movie of his now...

[ThirdEmperor]

Earlier- Just Leaving

Still grinning, the Cat Burglar tips his hat goodbye before heading off to his own room for a change of dress and a cold shower... Then maybe another one, to make really, really sure he isn't still wearing his own blood.

About fourty minutes later he returns to the Main Room, sitting down on the couch. His usual outfit is out, in need of a good run through the wash and some stitches, so instead he's wearing a plain white shirt and jeans. The mask was trickier to replace, but a purple bandana with eyeholes cut out makes for a Zorro-esque look.

[Shadowcaller]

Earlier- Just Leaving

Cybil comes into the room as the Burglar is waiting for her. She's wearing a black jacket with a brown t-shirt underneath along with a pair of black jeans and boots. Guess they have a similar taste in clothes, or are both just lazy when it comes to such things.

She appears a bit confounded as she see him however. "Do supervillains always have to wear a mask?" The earth vampire asks curiously.

[Zefir]

Teddy, deciding that Zefir is a serious opponent, doesn't waste any more time on banter.

"Finger of God."

A pulsating beam of power springs from Teddy's outstretched finger. This is one of the most powerful single-target spells in his incredibly extensive repertoire, able to completely erase its target from existence. On an unmitigated hit, Zefir will simply be gone. The beam moves at very high speed, so unless he already started dodging when Teddy's arm came up, he doesn't have much of a chance.

Well, Teddy is a very strange guy, throwing such high level spells around like others do with cantrips. Zefir can feel the aggressiv eneergy in the spell as Teddy channels it and his trained reactions take place. Instead of dodging his left arms wanders to his belt, taking of one of the flashbang, which proofed to be useless against the strange intelligent shield, and throws it right up. Luck, training and a bit of manipulation brings the bomb into the line of the spell. So the bomb is simply gone.

And right then Zefir goes for an attack. An attack, not even his shield should be able to block. He manipulates the are around Teddy's nose and mouth making the air diapear. In a blink Teddy may got problems to breath. Still this only is where Teddy stands if he moves away quickly Zefir won't be able to follow immediatly.

[ThirdEmperor]

Earlier- Just Leaving

Or they both took ages trying to wash off all the blood, realized they were taking ages, threw on whatever clothes were closest and ran back to the main room before their hair could even fully dry.

Well, that's what he did anyway.

"Yeah, it's, uh, it's all about secret identities. Like, let's say, if Malechenar, they keep harassing me, er, if it gets too much to take, well, I can stop wearing the mask and just not be the Cat Burglar." He explains, a bit hurriedly, before pulling his smartphone out and handing it to her. "But here, er, you might want to see this."

The page open is to the Wall, specifically the wanted poster of him, and the surrounding discussion.

[GrandDM]

Well, Teddy is a very strange guy, throwing such high level spells around like others do with cantrips. Zefir can feel the aggressiv eneergy in the spell as Teddy channels it and his trained reactions take place. Instead of dodging his left arms wanders to his belt, taking of one of the flashbang, which proofed to be useless against the strange intelligent shield, and throws it right up. Luck, training and a bit of manipulation brings the bomb into the line of the spell. So the bomb is simply gone.

And right then Zefir goes for an attack. An attack, not even his shield should be able to block. He manipulates the are around Teddy's nose and mouth making the air diapear. In a blink Teddy may got problems to breath. Still this only is where Teddy stands if he moves away quickly Zefir won't be able to follow immediatly.

His magic works rather differently to most. A massive spell is the same as a tiny one, to him, because someone else has already done the work of casting it, and he's just bringing it into this reality.

As the air disappears, Teddy raises an eyebrow and throws a fireball before teleporting about three feet.

"Stand aside. I'm just here on a retrieval contract for NO."

[happyturtle]

Wherever Greg Is

Moff B hears the message and sends a handful of Henchies to go look for Greg.

"Listen, Wallsy, quit attacking our members! We can't defend the base if we're divided!" he says, facing the nearest Wall and addressing it as if it were a person standing there. "If you knock this off and actually act as a team player until the end of the emergency, I'll give you Moff A's corpse."


Moff B = negotiating with the Thing in the Walls
Moff C = outside
Moff D = in the meeting room

D Lord, please respond to Moff.

Phantom, please say whether the teleport blocker is still on. Yay!

TE and SC? Your characters are here before the meeting? Is that right? I know Cat Burglar was actually in the meeting. Is he still there?



I'm so confused.

[Shadowcaller]

((So am I now!

As the title suggests I'm guessing they are here before the meeting... and then leaves again. I think you have to ask TE for a clarification.))

Earlier- Just Leaving

Cybil looks at it. "Figured they would do something like this." She then looks at him again. "But what are you going to do about it? There is obviously some interest of collecting it. Master recommends laying low for awhile..." Her eyes meet his. "...but you have other plans, don't you?"

[ThePhantom]

(The teleport block has been turned off now.)

[ThirdEmperor]

((They arrived here before the big leadership hullabaloo, as I'm not sure the base will still exist long after, and are leaving now, yes.))

Earlier- Just Leaving

"Uh, I think, really, laying low isn't going to do any good." Yeah, it was totally the bounty he was thinking about and not all the people saying how cool he looks. Totally. "I mean, it's the Wall, y'know, most of them probably aren't really gonna, uh, try and, er, hunt me down." Although it does get more worrying the more he thinks about it. "And, if I wait, uh, they might change the security."

[Shadowcaller]

Earlier- Just Leaving

"I'd say I'm surprised, but I'm not." Cybil chuckles. "So how can I help?"

[ThirdEmperor]

Earlier- Just Leaving

"Uhm, you want to help?" The offer seems to surprise him, but after a second to stop and think about it... "I, uh, might have an idea. Would you, well, I guess you probably don't know, but could you find out how they knew where Lavthos was?"

[Shadowcaller]

Earlier- Just Leaving

"If you want a guess? Master has a lot of spies in Malechenar, it's how he know all these things. I'm guessing one of them got compromised and spilled all the information to them." She taps her ear twice. "Can't really stop them once they get into your skull. I have feed master like that, not exactly a pleasant feeling."

[ThirdEmperor]

Earlier- Just Leaving

Not very pleasant, no.

The thief's expression is suddenly rather pale. "Oh, uh, can't imagine that's fun, no." And Malechenar's threats of vengeance suddenly seem a lot more serious. "I was just, well, I figured that if they were given false information, y'know, less guards, easier raid?"

[Shadowcaller]

Earlier- Just Leaving

"You have to ask Master about that, he doesn't actually tell me of his spies. When your opponents can drain memories you don't want to give away too much information, even to your closest servants." Cybil replies. "Are you okay?" She then asks, he did look a bit pale just now...

[D_Lord]

D Lord, please respond to Moff.

Phantom, please say whether the teleport blocker is still on. Yay!

TE and SC? Your characters are here before the meeting? Is that right? I know Cat Burglar was actually in the meeting. Is he still there?



I'm so confused.

I allready have two of you. I could doa lot of things to you. As for that guy, he is going to stay a while. While the voices in my decide what to do him.

[ThirdEmperor]

Earlier- Just Leaving

"It's, uh, it's nothing.." Well, no, it's not. "Just.. He eats your memories?" She's getting a very weirded-out look from the thief now, although it's not easy to tell; His replacement mask makes it hard to effectively quirk an eyebrow.

[happyturtle]

Somewhere

I allready have two of you. I could doa lot of things to you. As for that guy, he is going to stay a while. While the voices in my decide what to do him.

"No, you don't have the corpse, because it's in the Yellow Road right now. If you want it, stop attacking AMEN members and prepare to defend the base. We need Greg operational." Moff says to the Thing in the Walls.

Moff A = a corpse in the Yellow Road
Moff B = negotiating with the Thing in the Walls
Moff C = outside
Moff D = in the meeting room

[Shadowcaller]

Earlier- Just Leaving

Cybil didn't seem to have expect that question and it's first meet with awkward silence. "...not all of them. Obviously. Just some unimportant ones from time to time."

She then attempts to give him a better answer. "I know it sounds bad, but he needs memories to live and it's better than he feeds off me than anyone else right? I am his servant after all."

[ThirdEmperor]

Earlier- Just Leaving

'Servant' is starting to sound an awful lot like 'slave' to him.

"I guess, uh, if that's the way you see it... 'If that's the way you see it, you're ****ing crazy.' But, how can you just tell someone their entire culture is wrong? "Uh, think the next show's starting soon, so, we better get going." Pushing himself off the couch, the Cat heads for the door.

[Shadowcaller]

Earlier- Just Leaving

"Let's." Cybil agrees, seemingly rather relieved with the subject change. She will head after the Cat out the door and presumingly to Inside.

[FireFox]

Greg's Random Location

It goes through the air, just fine, and there is doors the technically leads to were the others are so they can hear you Greg. Getting through the walls not as much, mainly because there is so many black threads holding the walls and floor and ceiling together that it more like hitting a bouncy playpen with a child's feet. It goes in and pops back out.

And Mr I surround myself with explosions, he gets to me a old man with really long hair and beard and is really smelly almost like he hasn't bathed in 40 years.

Greg stops and stares at the old man, manipulating the flame and force into more of a torus than a sphere, so he can actually make eye contact.

[D_Lord]

Somewhere



"No, you don't have the corpse, because it's in the Yellow Road right now. If you want it, stop attacking AMEN members and prepare to defend the base. We need Greg operational." Moff says to the Thing in the Walls.

Moff A = a corpse in the Yellow Road
Moff B = negotiating with the Thing in the Walls
Moff C = outside
Moff D = in the meeting room

help me
Oh look it's sock puppet Moff and felt Moff, the Moffs that were given to Dark Lord by Moffs in fear and one as a present.

See I have living Moffs, better. But I'll get things ready..

Summoning circles appear on the outside of the base and those living lazor cannons which D had summoned earlyer have reappeared.

Greg stops and stares at the old man, manipulating the flame and force into more of a torus than a sphere, so he can actually make eye contact.

Greg's Random Location

The old man is gasping at him and crying.
People!someone else!!!! I been alone but for that thing for I don't know how long!!!

[Zefir]

His magic works rather differently to most. A massive spell is the same as a tiny one, to him, because someone else has already done the work of casting it, and he's just bringing it into this reality.

As the air disappears, Teddy raises an eyebrow and throws a fireball before teleporting about three feet.

"Stand aside. I'm just here on a retrieval contract for NO."

Sounds very Strong to me. OR does that mean small spells are more exhausting then from normal people?

Zefir stops his action immediately after Teddy ported. He can't hold that to long. He rais his arm and then let it fall down in the cut a piece of wood style. The incoming fireball seems to meet an invisible edge which cut it into two halfs. Those will pass Zefir right and left hitting the wall somewhere behind him.
Zefir just shakes his head. His opponent is a powerful mage, but as it seems not a very bright light. He can't see any reason to 'Stand aside'. And now he only got more reasons to kill him.
Now Zefir goes offensive. He starts running to Teddy, but won't reach him this turn.