([b]Liomage[/b] and Saitonia 2026's debate has concluded. Next late morning, at a suburban rowhome in northeast [b]Sakrisen[/b], a male civilian walks outside to see 2 people, a man and a woman, wearing SALAOT armbands, vandalizing his coupe with neon spray paint.) [b]Civilian:[/b] *clutching his holster as he carefully approaches the 2* Excuse me, what the hell is all this? [b]Female SALAOT Member:[/b] Just making sure [b]Liomage[/b] doesn't retain ruler status. [b]Civilian:[/b] By vandalizing my car?! [b]Male SALAOT Member:[/b] Your car brand is [b]Rirecor[/b], whom their representatives are for [b]Liomage[/b]. [b]Civilian:[/b] So? Just don't buy or drive any [b]Rirecor[/b] cars if you're so against what faction they stand for. And don't go damaging people's property just cause it says the name of someone or a brand you don't like. [b]Male SALAOT Member:[/b] Glorifying dictators. Typical [b]Euchron[/b]. *The civilian draws his sci-fi revolver, pointing it at the male SALAOT member, who quickly takes out his phone to film.* [b]Civilian:[/b] Don't push it any further. I don't care about your political beliefs or whatever political drama we're in. Just get away from my car or one of you, or both, will be sent to the hospital or the grave. *The 2 SALAOT members flee the area on a sport bike.* ______________ [b][u]*Cliche--blam!- opening theme plays*[/u][/b] _______________ (Later, [b]Virol[/b], Cas, and [b]Shiani[/b] visit [b]Eicha[/b] in her hospital room, still bounded to the bed, tubes all around her torso.) [b]Casaphne:[/b] Heyy [b]Eicha[/b]. You still holding on? Please, please be. Did they show the debate with [b]Liomage[/b] and THAT Saitonia? [b]Eicha:[/b] Yeeeaaaaa.....still holdiiiing oonnnn. They diiiid. I doubt hiiighly that heee's the saaamme Saiiitoniaaa I met. *sudden gasp due to intense pain in her lungs* [b]Casaphne:[/b] *softly placing her hand around [b]Eicha[/b]'s torso area to soothe the pain* [b]Virol:[/b] Damn. There's no like elite medic or something? Like we have a select number of people with legendary healing abilities? [b]Shiani:[/b] We're all [b]Arckyvines[/b], there has to be an [b]Enygma[/b] form we can acquire that has godly healing. [b]Casaphne:[/b] I think we all have the same idea....but is our willpower good enough for whatever the specific form is to accept us? [b]Virol:[/b] If not, then there's Saitonia, our Saitonia, not the demented ruler from the future. He just has too much to deal with. [b]Eicha:[/b] I'm quiiite resilient. *light smirk* Fiiiiind the [b]Enygmaaaaa[/b] form, Cas. And perhaps.....I...be back, not just nooooormal, buuuuut, even betterrrrrrrr than I everrrrr waaassss. [b]Casaphne:[/b] We're not searching too long. You won't be in a hoverpod at all, [b]Eicha[/b]. __________ (The mansion, with Cat, Kav, Van, Kyo, [b]Kaburo[/b], and Alexa.) *Kav is on her phone, watching a trending video titled: [i]"[b]Liomage[/b] supporter threatens SALAOT members with a gun for being near his car"[/i]. Description for the video says the following: "[i]We were visiting a neighborhood for resident's opinions on yesterday's ruler debate. As we were going to this [b]Liomage[/b] supporter's house, he came outside, threatening us with a gun, also telling us to "Get away from his car." We ran in fear of losing our lives."[/i]* [b]Kavita:[/b] Seems horrible. *raspy breather* We're gonna need full context for this one. [b]Cathera:[/b] *moving closer to Kav to see what she's looking at, also observing the video and its description* Yeah. I guarantee you the person -blam!- this wants us to highlight the "[b]Liomage[/b] supporter". Obvious attempt at narrative swaying. [b]Kavita:[/b] We just have to wait for the guy's side. [b]Alexa:[/b] I think even if, the damage will already be done. Lies are just at the finish line laps later before the truth can even get set. Bullsh[b]i[/b]t, I know. [b]Vandren:[/b] Is any of you even gonna bother voting? Cause to be honest, I'm not. I get it. It's for "the future of our mainland", but whether side, it's a double-edge sword, you're gonna have to survive and adapt to some predicament that a ruler's term puts you in. [b]Kyokia:[/b] I hate political discussion just as much as you, Tommy, but if this future Saitonia really put [b]Saitranovia[/b] under a cruel, brutal dictatorship, then he has to be taken down. [b]Vandren:[/b] Yeah. Gotta admit, there's exceptions. Even voting won't matter when they could just rig it. [b]Cathera:[/b] *stressed sigh* How did we go from being forced into divine warfare to political warfare? Seems like an odd downgrade. ____________ (At the Gladiatorial Dominion in [b]Vaisilithius[/b], Roman and [b]Molgorath[/b] are in a conference room, sitting across from each other, with Roman's loyalists and Gladiatorial Queen [b]Thesinia[/b] standing by him, while the grandmasters surround the entire table. A male grandmaster steps forward, and he is by far the most renowned one; [b]Grandmaster Aronoseus[/b]. He's a tall figure, standing at 6'8, wearing a golden gladiator mask with a silver, lion-like mane, all over a glossy, dark gray mask covering his mouth. A gold and silver robe with a pauldron of the same colors attached over the robe bearing a light-blue glow. Fitted trousers also gold and silver, alongside long boots with the same light-blue glow.) [b]Grandmaster Aronoseus:[/b] *in Greek* (Signatures.) *[b]Molgorath[/b] signs the contract first. Grandmaster [b]Aronoseus[/b] hands it over for Roman to sign.* [b]Molgorath:[/b] *in Greek* (It's an honor for you to arrange this conference, Grandmaster [b]Aronoseus[/b]. You're an example of what a Gladiatorial King SHOULD be. *glaring at Roman* unlike someone.) [b]Grandmaster Aronoseus:[/b] (Why not we save this "slander" for the battle? Appears the stipulation is no outside assistance. Now Roman, I've noticed you're quite guilty in this case. Disappointing, because you didn't win the Spartiate Crown 26 times with the help of anyone else. Now it doesn't bother us, but when you're on native land, you abide by the standards set by the Grandmaster Synedrion, and those who've paved the way to make what the [b]Vaisallon Regions[/b] are to this day.) [b]Roman:[/b] (Understandable, Grandmaster [b]Aronoseus[/b]. I'll take responsibility, I don't however...take the [b]Saitranovians[/b] so seriously. Which is why I decided to...slack off.) [b]Grandmaster Aronoseus:[/b] (Grandmaster [b]Riuno[/b], would you care to store this contract in the vault?) [b]Grandmaster Riuno:[/b] (Will do.) _____________ (Pier 906z, [b]Esadius[/b] has met up with [b]Virol[/b], Cas, and [b]Shiani[/b] by the parking lot.) [b]Esadius:[/b] How the lady holding up? [b]Casaphne:[/b] *hesitantly* Still...breathing. Her 4 lungs are still going strong I guess. [b]Virol:[/b] Yo Sadi, you know any [b]Enygma[/b] forms centered around exceptional healing abilities? [b]Esadius:[/b] I mean, I'm no [b]Arckyvine[/b], but I'm guessing the Mage one. Healing magic. Process looks tiring, but nothing y'all can't handle. If I remember correctly from that [b]Maviko[/b], there's a temple where you can acquire it. Saitonia did. [b]Shiani:[/b] Ooh, what about the ehhh, time control [b]Enygma[/b] forms? Simply reversing the damages. Not sure what drawbacks that are risked. [b]Virol:[/b] Now that is smart, Shi. *As [b]Virol[/b] attempts to say something else, purple beams rain down within their area, causing massive explosions and sending everything and everyone flying meters away in multiple directions. Purple smoke clears, revealing [b]Esadius[/b] in a park, far away from the pier, unknown to where the other 3 are.* [b]Esadius:[/b] *annoyed* Tch, what the hell?! *He looks up, and it's none other than [b]Dyszkor[/b]. [b]Dyszkor:[/b] [i][u][How many times has it been now? The 3rd, 4th, 182314127th? Count was lost.][/u][/i] [b]Esadius:[/b] Next thing lost will be your LIFE! *[b]Esadius[/b] shifts into his Dread Reaper incarnation almost instantly, turning into a swarm of black and purple energy, unleashing a barrage of attacks at [b]Dyszkor[/b], who tanks the attacks with a light purple energy outline. One more attack manages to break the outline, materializing back into [b]Esadius[/b]' physical form as he performs an upward slash attack with his scythe, a trail of gooey energy following along the path of the attack, putting somewhat of a dent on the android.* *[b]Esadius[/b] lunges at [b]Dyszkor[/b] in a trail of gooey energy, shifting back to physical form as he's now behind [b]Dyszkor[/b], unleashing another barrage of scythe attacks that are doing rather little damage. [b]Dyszkor[/b] activates a blinding teleportation, obscuring [b]Esadius[/b]' vision as the android reappears several meters away, firing a Dark Mode Blast that stops [b]Esadius[/b], causing him to writhe from the burning and cutting sensation, and is then met with a Light Mode Blast, weakening his incarnation to deal more damage from the Dark Mode Blast.* *As [b]Dyszkor[/b] goes for a stab towards [b]Esadius[/b]' neck, he parries the attack using his scythe, with the amount of energy he has left, following with a wide slash to the chest and an overhead slash that sends [b]Dyszkor[/b] back a few meters. [b]Esadius[/b] leaps away to create distance in order to recover some energy. Unexpectedly, [b]Dyszkor[/b] teleports right next to [b]Esadius[/b], about to slam his cannon on him, though [b]Esadius[/b] flips out of the way, forms a gooey wrist blade, then stabs [b]Dyszkor[/b] in the thigh before rolling under him and leaping meters away.* [b][i]*Continuing Below*[/i][/b]