The weapons were finally complete. After the ores had been fused and the metals shaped, Sly and Carmelita had each put a few drops of their own blood into the weapons to bind them to their intended wielders. After that, they had been doused in the Divine River to give them the power to slay a Fell God. At Sly's suggestion, Wadjet had held the cane in the River by her tail through the shaped hook, so that between the weight of the weapon and the movement of the river it would constantly be in motion without ever running the risk of washing downstream, thus ensuring it never encountered the usual weakness that happened when someone or thing was blessed by being held under a sacred river by having the 'grip' not completely submerged. This wasn't an issue with Carmelita's flail, as the lashes were bound to the handle by magic rather than metal or cord, and thus did not need the indestructible aspect Sly's weapon needed.
The completed weapons glimmered even in the cave, the light of the Rivers reflecting off the metal as it glowed in gold, blue, and silver. Carmelita held hers lightly in her grip, marveling at how it responded to her slightest thought as she waved it about, the lashes almost seeming to have minds of their own as they responded to the slightest mental directive. Sly looked at his new cane unhappily, his eyes focusing on the one aspect it had that his old one had deliberately lacked: the razor sharp points on the hook.
"The purpossse of thessse weaponsss isss to kill," Wadjet gently reminded him as he continued to stare.
"Recognizing the necessity doesn't mean I like it," Sly pointed out in an oddly neutral voice. "Seft needs to be stopped. We're the only ones who can. The only way to stop him now is to kill him. That means we have to kill him. I recognize and accept that, and will do it." He rolled the cane gently in his hands before flipping it around a few times to test its weight. "Doesn't mean I like it, anymore than I did when I set out to kill Seft when I learned it was the only way to protect Coco from being used as a power source back when we first encountered him."
"You know, something's been bothering me," Murray spoke up thoughtfully. "About...that whole thing."
"Oh?" Wasjet asked curiously.
"Well, I was looking at those old papers from that job of Bentley's," Murray continued, "and...well, if I read the figures right, due to the difficulty of bootstrapping the breach, the first 'anchor' - the thing taken from the other world to energize this end of the portal with that world's energies - would have to have a relatively low energy quotient. At first I thought that meant 'has to be a kid', but that didn't seem right. There were a lot of numbers..."
"Actually," Bentley corrected, "from what I was able to determine reading it, it would have to grab someone who had energy of that world, but at levels that could blend with the energies of our world by comparison."
"So...as magically potent as I've grown up to be..." Coco began awkwardly as she turned this over in her mind. "For the portal to have snatched me for a power source...I have to be one of the weaker ones of my world?"
"Err...more or less," Bentley admitted.
"If that's 'one of the weaklings'," Penelope demanded in shock, "then what the hell do the 'powerhouses' look like?"
"And how was Seft planning to take them out to conquer?" Murray inquired curiously.
Wadjet turned into the River of Time thoughtfully. "...by forcing them to fight hisss way," she explained softly as she looked through time. "Hosssstagessss. Psssychological warfare. Ressssource harvessssting. Ssslash and burn tacticsss. Forcing the more powerful of the beingsss on that ssside to pursssue him to this ssside after resssearching the energy enough to know how to turn it againssst them. Had you not liberated Coco from him...he had a 73% chance of ssssuccesss basssed on the energy configurationsss of that world at that time."
"Then it's a good thing we did liberate her," Sly stated warmly, bending down to muss Coco's mane. "And all the more important that we take him down now...before he decides to try again with god power."
"Indeed," Wadjet agreed. "Come. I have raimentssss for you that will protect you ssssomewhat from hisss divine power, and enable you to meet him on a ssssomewhat even footing." Turning, she picked up a package before setting it before Sly and Carmelita.
Sly carefully opened the package. Golden bracers for their wrists and ankles. White silk wraps to hang below the waist. Golden sun-shaped peytrals to hang from their shoulders over the upper part of their chests and back. Two headdresses, one identical to that worn by the pharaohs, the other with a stylized throne designed atop it.
"Do not wear other garb with thessse," Wadjet warned carefully. "The energy fieldsss embedded in the material will fail if other fabrics are interlaid with these...and then you will be vulnerable-"
"So where's the rest of it?" Carmelita asked worriedly as she held hers up against her body, as she realized that the completed outfit would be...quite revealing on her.
"...that issss the entire raiment," Wadjet pointed out thoughtfully.
"What?" Carmelita demanded in shock. "But...but I'll practically be falling out of it every time I move!" She held the sun peytral up to her body to show that it would almost, but not quite, cover her ample bosom. "And this silk is so thin...it's practically see through!"
"That issss why you mussst wrap multiple layerssss," Wadjet explained calmly. "I shall show you-"
"If I wrap it that much, it'll barely cover anything anywhere else!" Carmelita complained. "How am I supposed to fight like this?"
"The...same way you fought in the belly dancer outfit in Salim's time?" Bentley offered helpfully.
"So not very well, then?" Penelope joked impishly.
"...to be fair, I'm pretty sure I showed off less in that outfit," Carmelita pointed out dryly, though she took another look at the raiment as she mentally prepared herself for...more than one sort of battle.
"If it helps, think about how much of Dad will be shown off!" Coco offered a trifle impishly.
"That does not help!" Carmelita growled out as she struggled to control her blush.
Oh, like this.
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Sun themed garments...?
Princess QUACKLESTIA is that you?
Guess Carmelita can't wrap her head around the battle raiment she has to don. At least it's layered with good intent.
You know, Coco was kind of giving a weak argument there, so that might prove the point.
Also, with the Sun and Moon themed Garments, I actually thought of Warframe.
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...where do you get the moon theme? They're strictly sun themed.
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Fixxxed...
I kinda hope Seft survives this story and runs into all of the PWNYβs in that story. I want to see the epic level of smack down that will be issued against him. Plus I don't think he could even find a way to dent most of them and would get wrecked hard most of them individually.
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Or like this:derpicdn.net/img/view/2013/12/13/496038__safe_artist-colon-rariedash_discord_princess+twilight+sparkle+%28episode%29_black+vine_discord%27s+throne_solo_throne_twilight+scepter.png
Since when was Murray that smart?
They can move the Sun and the Moon on daily basis.
My sister-in-law can blast the whole army just by kissing his fiance.
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The power houses are absolutely hecking adorable!!!!
Like a chimera... or a winged Unicorn surrounded by her friends with EPIC DEATH RAINBOWS!!!!!
Edit:
Seft: "COOPER, WELLCOME TO DI...um...do I even want to know?"
Sly: "I'm not sure if it's better you're not staring at my wife..."
Carmalita: "Or the fact you seem to be staring at my husband's crotch..."
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Despite being in a foreign language, still awesome.
8792620 TouchΓ©.
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Ah. My bad.
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That actually sounds even more powerful in Russian.
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... I think you mean winged Unicorn, saying winged Pegasus is redundant.
8792789 Well, you get the idea either way.
Equestria, particularly in the pwnyverse, is more or less unreasonably powerful. I can't really quite imagine how powerful the big bad Tirek would have to be to actually be a threat once everyone and everything is gathered up together at the end.
Hmn. Maybe it'll be very distracting?
Avoiding the Achilles heel issue in a smart way.
So does the divine protection also work against conventional attacks like a video game chainmail bikini or is it more to stop a godly smite and dodge everything else?
I have to be the voice of reason and agree with Carmelita here, and more. She wouldn't just be 'practically falling out' of her outfit. A lack of proper support would likely throw off her entire center of balance and mess with her swings depending upon momentum and various other factors involved. Breasts, especially larger ones, can easily get in the way if not controlled by at least a wrap around the chest. A peytral will likely only keep them from bouncing much up or down, but do absolutely nothing about lateral motion issues.
And, of course, I'm the only one even bringing that up. She's going to need to practice more, now, just to get used to how she'll move in the 'garments' she's been given and adjust her maneuvers accordingly.
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Tirek is being raised in the Dragonball Z universe.
If you cant imagine that threat level, just realize Tirek can steal Broly's True Super Saiyan limitless power well, and then go UP from there.
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Yesssssssss
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Seft: I donβt know what you see in her BUT WEβRE TAKING OVER PONY LAND AND THEIR RAINBOW FACTORIES!
Sly: ππ»ππ»ππ» Iβm not gay.
Seft: I will kill you for playing with my heart, Sly Cooper!
Carmelita: ππ» Boy ππ» You ππ» Better ππ» Back ππ» Away.
Seft: Iβm killing you, first.
Sly: Nobodyβs ππ» touching my Carmelette!
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Uh...no he's not.
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Thanks for that!
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What Tatsurou said, and besides that Tirek steals magic, Not Ki. Ki is the power of the body, whereas magic is the power of the soul.
Although, given Tatsurou's penchant for making characters figure out new ways to use existing abilities... I wouldn't say it's impossible for Tirek to somehow learn how to do that if he was in that universe.
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Actually, if you really want something fearsome as far as Tirek's ability to steal magic in the DBZ universe...
Majin Buu is magic. His ability to absorb people is magic. And his energy endlessly regenerates.
Tirek absorbs Majin Buu's magic. Repeatedly. Imagine that.
Oooh lawdy, Coco, you silly.
Man, I am hype for the final battle... like, whew... I can only wonder
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*Shudders.*
Right. Nightmare fuel set and primed.
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I thought Big Mac was going there?
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He is. I was just making a point about what was discussed.
Technically, Big Mac is going to TFS DBZ Abridged...
this................ can we get sensors for the couple here please?
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No problem
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Big Mac is growing up in the DBZ universe. Well, the Abridged version, anyways. No one knows what universe Tirek is in yet.
My Money's on Warhammer 40k or something equally horrifying.
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likely a non issue actually, remember that this is clothing from a God, which will preform however the hell She wants it to. that kind of support is probably going to be divinely provided through magic. that is the only logical outcome.
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What 8797953 said. Her body will behave like it has full coverage and support while in combat...unless a wardrobe malfunction would give her combat advantage without throwing off her combat abilities.
As for why Wadjet isn't saying anything...her role at this point in time is to guard the Rivers and raise the younger Gods. She gets no breaks, as opposed to every other god who can take it easy until their worshipers become numerous enough that they need to get serious. She has to get her jollies somehow.
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the Gods must be crazy...
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I wish I made this reference earlier.
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Well, yes, they generally did whatever they wanted back then. Including, but not limited to, incestuous relations, instigating wars so petty three year olds would find them childish, adultery on a frankly ridiculous level, and so much infighting that it's a miracle the world held itself together as well as it did.
And I say that with full knowledge of Atlas.
And that is just on the Olympian side of the equation. Let's not get started on the Norse and Egyptians...