Chapter 1305 - b

Topic: [PINNED] ⚠️ EMERGENCY ALERT - LEVIATHAN ATTACK IMMINENT! ⚠️

In: Boards ► News & Events ► America ► Brockton Bay

Tin_Mother (Original Poster) (Head Admin)

Posted On Feb 25th 2011:

All citizens be warned.

At approximately 7:13:45 PM EST, the Endbringer dubbed 'Leviathan' was detected approaching Brockton Bay from the Atlantic Ocean, heralded by unnatural weather patterns and discolored water. All citizens must immediately seek shelter. Endbringer sirens are active across the city. If you are in a red or yellow zone, evacuate to the nearest designated Endbringer Shelter.

The PRT has mobilized, and all Protectorate and Wards teams are being deployed for response. The Guild and international hero forces are en route. All civilian communication channels will remain open for emergency coordination.

This thread is for emergency updates, shelter coordination, and verified information only.

SUMMARY:

Leviathan sighted, inbound from the Atlantic. Estimated landfall in approximately 45 minutes.

PRT has declared full-scale emergency mobilization.

Shelters are open, priority to red-zone residents.

International response teams en route via sanctioned teleporter.

I will repeat: If you are in a red or yellow zone, MOVE NOW. Do not wait. Do not hesitate.

(This thread is LOCKED. All responses will be redirected to the official emergency coordination thread, link here: click)

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♦ Topic: THE FUCKING SIRENS ARE GOING OFF

In: Boards ► News & Events ► America ► Brockton Bay

Saskatchew (Original Poster)

Posted On Feb 25th 2011:

i can hear the sirens. Holy fuck. Holy fuck. i can hear them. Theyre not like the youtube videos. Theyre shaking the air. My entire apartment is vibrating. I don't know why I'm typing this I should be runningm y hands are shaking. My roommate is screaming at me. I need to go. i need to go

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►Nondeceptive (Cape Dad) (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

MOVE. You need to get to shelter, now. STOP POSTING and MOVE.

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Are you serious? Where the fuck are you?? Downtown??

►Coyote-C

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Downtown is packed. the sirens JUST started and people are freaking the fuck out. good luck trying to get to a shelter rn man, just stay in your apartment. Stay home, ride it out. Thats what I'm doing

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Coyote-C: Horrible advice to give someone having a fucking panic attack. Don't just 'stay home'. What is wrong with you?

@ Saskatchew: Seriously, where are you? I'm heading to Shelter 8 on Lincoln St. if you need a ride, I can come in and get you. Just need a response asap

►Coyote-C

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Brocktonite03: Dude, chill out. Im just saying getting trampled or ran over to leave the safety of your own home and find a shelter thats probably gonna be packed anyway isnt worth it. Im not trying to just say 'lol die'

►Poit (Cape Groupie)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

what the fuck is even HAPPENING?? am i the only one freaking out??

►Ekul

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

There is quite literally thousands of people freaking out right now. this is just one thread. Half of them arent even loading because they're being made so fucking fast. This is the only one I could get into.

We are so fucked

►Saskatchew (Original Poster)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@Brocktonie03: are you still there? i am downtown. in the brownstones, 34th and Lurch

►bothad (Probation)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

lmao what even is this thread. bro get the fuck off your phone if your so scared??

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@Saskatchew: Didn't tag me but I'm refreshing. Do you need a ride? 34th is near me but traffic's a bitch right now. Wheres your roommate

►Saskatchew (Original Poster)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

she left because I puked. i think im having a panic attack i dont know i cant breathe

►bothad (Probation)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

what the fuuuuck LMAO

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Saskatchew: Coming to you now. Need your apartment number, or, if you can come otuside, wait in the lobby.

@ bothad: Fuck off, prick.

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

lmk if the shelters are fucked @ Brocktonite03. me and the boys are hunkered down in his bomb shelter n shits peak. gona go out n pick up strays when the roads clear just dm me or smth!!

fuck leviathan fuck endbringers #RISE #Avalon just hold out for the boy

►bothad (Probation)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Brocktonite03: bro OP is literally attention-whoring during an endbringer attack lmfao, just -DELETED BY MODERATOR-

►Ekul

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ thatdude: For the love of god stop the Avalon dicksucking. This is a fucking EB attack. LEVIATHAN. We're a COASTAL CITY. you simps are the worst. you're not better than any of us. you're not special. stop spamming that cringy hashtag. Please.

@ Saskatchew: Stop posting if you're having a panic attack, weirdo.

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Saskatchew: I'm outside Haines Apartment Complex, I assume this is your place. Come outside man, please. I'm leaving in two minutes, I can't stay out here.

@ thatdude: Thanks. Ill DM you for sure if the shelters are full already. Things aren't looking good from what I'm seeing. Too much traffic. Lots of panicking.

►Saskatchew (Original Poster)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

comin gout

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ ekul: stfu pussy #RISE #AVALON

►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Probation)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I've been saying this for weeks but no one cares! It's a Simurgh plot, Avalon is her agent of doom, we are dancing to his tune and I am NOT saying this because my mom wants to [CENSORED] him. Wake up people!

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►Chrome

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ XxVoid_CowboyxX: ... Dude what?? And why are you censoring yourself?

►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Probation)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Chrome: Because I'm already on probation and I don't want to get banned before I get my Ground Zero tag

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ XxVoid_CowboyxX: Not happening. Already said this before but you have to stop spreading misinformation on unrelated threads, ESPECIALLY about Avalon. Not today. Keep going and you're muted, Void.

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♦ Topic: A cape husband's worst nightmare...

In: Boards ► News & Events ► America ► Brockton Bay

AverageAlexandros (Original Poster) (Cape Husband)

Posted On Feb 25th 2011:

I am writing this on my laptop in a hot, metal auditorium filled with panicking and sweating civilians just like me with no damned clue of what is going on or why. Shelter 3 smells like puke, the officers in charge have no clue how to do their jobs effectively, and for all that I fucking know, my wife is going to be dead within the next couple of hours because an island-sinking monster decided that Brockton Bay, out of all places, should be its next vacation spot in 2011.

Why here? Why now? I'm thankful we were given time to properly prepare. Trust me, I am. From what I've read, getting a warning that an Endbringer is en route is something that doesnt happen often whatsoever. Usually its a mere handful of minutes in advance, if any. Right now theres still thirty minutes on the clock.

But in a way i dont know, it feels scarier. I want it to be over already.

I've never experienced an Endbringer attack. I never thought I would. And all I can do now is pray that Leviathan doesn't make me into a 28 year old widower.

Don't know why I'm venting here, sorry if you read this and it interrupts your doomscrolling. I'll get back to shitposting about feeling emasculated as a Cape Husband as soon as I can confirm that my superhero wife wasn't brutally ripped apart by the Jolly Green Jackass.

Fuck my life.

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►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

There is no rhyme or reason behind the whims of these monsters, my friend. You will drive yourself insane trying to figure it out. Trust me, I have tried, and I have suffered.

Pray that your wife will survive. That we will all survive. 祝你好运

►CarpeDiem

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Laotsunn: Im sorry for your loss.

@ AverageAlexandros: PHO is blowing up right now with the stupidest shit so dw about venting dude. Just stay safe. In line trying to get me and my little sister into Shelter 6 rn, hoping we make it. I don't know what else to do

►Iblis

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

It feels almost surreal. Everyones panicking, the streets are going crazy, thunder's flashing, and Im just sitting here in my car feeling numb. I cant even imagine how the heroes feel. I'm sorry for your wife man

►Dawgsmiles (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

GUYS, shelter on Hinson ave. looks free. Just drove by there on my way out of the city. I am NOT sticking around to be drowned by Levi when he floods the city. It targets shelters. Not saying not to go, but keep that in mind. Id never trust an EB shelter over just getting the fuck out.

By the way, @ Iblis: I know what you meant but saying 'sorry for your wife' is cold hearted dude. Cmon

►Iblis

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I swear I didn't mean it like that

►AverageAlexandros (Original Poster) (Cape Husband)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Laotsunn: Good look to you too, brother. Gonna try to pray and keep my head up. Just in my edgar allen poe era right now I guess??

@ CarpeDiem: I heard shelter 6 is packed. I hope you and your sister get in!

@ Iblis: Lmao it's fucked up but I laughed. Don't worry, I get it

►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Not even fifteen minutes in and im seeing so much doomposting. I get it, shits scary right now, like really really scary, but can we address the elephant in the room??

►Maleficarum

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

????

-Warning: Low-effort post.-

►Mr. Fabuu

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Not this again. I see the Fan Club tag and immediately hit ignore ngl. mods have to stop letting you mfs spam this avalon shit in every thread

►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Mr. Fabuu: I didnt even mention @ Avalon. Except just now. But it's telling that you knew exactly what I was talking about, isn't it?

►Mr. Fabuu

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

You're not funny. Literally what the FUCK can one guy do against an Endbreinger? I get hes probably the strongest cape in the Bay, sweet, but he is NOT stronger than Eidolon and how many EB kills does he have? Zilch

►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Probation)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

It's all connected! I'm telling you! @ Mr. Fabuu

►Mr. Fabuu

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ XxVoid_CowboyxX: Ew don't mention me nutjob.

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♦ Topic: Real talk - Avalon vs Leviathan, who wins?

In: Boards ► News & Events ► America ► Brockton Bay

fireball77 (Original Poster) (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Posted On Feb 25th 2011:

Yeah yeah yeah, I know. Fuck off and hear me out.

As we are all well aware of, Avalon is ridiculous. Dude came in three months ago and practically wiped all of the villains off the map one by one. It started in the Hillside Mall with Hookwolf, and guy just kept fucking escalating. Oni Lee. Lung. Coil. His mercs. Kaiser. The entire FUCKING EMPIRE EIGHTY-EIGHT. It's so fucking obvious to me and most of us with the IFC tag that Avalon and his crew are something different than your run of the mill independent hero team, but with recent news, 80 mg of adderall, and two joints smoked as I await my potential demise, I have to wonder...

can he actually defeat Leviathan?

Lung fought Levi to a standstill in Kyushu. It took hours and Japan basically sank, but he did it. And Avalon killed Lung pretty easily from what ive seen. [VID HERE]

Its like he has it all. Super strength, super speed, laser blaster attacks, teleportation, those freaky gold spears, lightning storms, fire immunity, fire BALLS... its like this motherfucker is magic. Like hes a wizard. And idk about you guys, but I feel like Brockton Bay needs a little bit of magic to survive this.

thoughts? opinions? shittalk? Call me a dickeater all you want, Im unashamed. It aint gay if its Avalon...

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►Feychick (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Oh god you actually made the thread...

►AvalonFan95 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

IS IT NOT OBVIOUS? AVALON WILL WIN THERE IS NO DEBATE. HAVE FAITH IN AVALON.

#RISE #AVALONSUPREMACY

►Answer Key

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Eighty MG of adderall? Dude, youre going to kill yourself before Leviathan gets to you. Please relax, seriously.

As for the question? I haven't really kept up to date with the Avalon Respect thread, but nothing I've seen so far has given me any faith in him beating a fucking Endbringer, or even making it run away. They aren't things you can just beat. You have to weather the storm and hope they get bored enough to leave on their own terms.

►Deimos (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ fireball77: We all told you in the group chat not to make this thread, dude. This is NOT the time for Vs Debates. The Leviathan is literally knocking on our fucking door

And I respect Avalon as much as the next guy but let's be real. It's not happening. Let's just hope he shows up to the PRT meeting...

They're having a PRT meeting, right?? I haven't seen @ Bagrat post anything yet so I'm fucking freaking out man...

►ArchmageEin (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

This is a stupid question. I'm not even in Brockton Bay but even I know that an Endbringer is nothing to a God of Magic. Avalon has explicitly shown that He's some sort of deific being bringing the arcane back to Earth Bet, and you're debating whether He can defeat Leviathan? Preposterous.

Brockton Bay will be fine. Mark my words. Avalon will save you. And I, a mere future apprentice, will watch and learn from His majesty.

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Personally feel like this is cheap bait, but honestly ill take that over dealing with the massive freak-out my parents are havign right now. We're out of town but they wanna go back home for our dog. Fucking idiots

Anyways, to the facts. What do we know about Avalon?

He's a Trump: Fuck You. Theyre not really like Eidolon's if you think about it. He doesn't give himself a small array of powers that he has to cycle through to suit the situation - from what we can tell, he simply gains powers over time and maintains them permanently. Due to his rate of growth it's practically impossible to keep track of them all, but check the wiki page [here] for the list we have. It'll make this post too long. But like you said @ fireball77: He has super strength, super speed, flight, super durability. The classic Alexandria Package. But he also has a wide variety of blaster powers, striker powers, shaker powers...

Yeah dude i dont know. I HATE the idea of giving false hope, I really do. I'm not in danger rn so I feel like shit saying this, but Brockton bay is my home too so ill say it anyways: Just have hope guys. Whether Avalon can actually beat Leviathan or not, have hope that he does what he does best and pulls a fucking miracle out of his ass.

This is the guy who came out of nowhere, a guy around MY AGE, and flipped the city on its fucking head, taking out all of our major villains and giving us a peace of mind we haven't had in i dont know how long. If it sounds like I'm biased it's because I am. I dont know if he can win but I want to believe he can. So screw it, just believe in him.

#BelieveInAvalon

►fireball77 (Original Poster) (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Lolitup: Wooow, thanks for completely showing me up in my own thread 'prez. But you're not wrong. Sorry if this seems like bait, it isnt supposed to be. idk I guess I'm just posting whatever right now since im high.

But youre right. Fuck it, you're right.

#BelieveInAvalon

►Feychick (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Not gonna lie, my faith was wavering for a bit there, but I took a shower, masturbated, and now I'm good. Just gotta believe in our Prince Charming, right? He's got this. I don't care if its illogical. I don't care if we look like thw world's biggest dick-riders. He came through when no one else had, and he made it look fucking GOOD. Im like 99 percent sure Avalon isn't even human if I'm being honest, but who cares.

I'm betting on gold, black, and silver. 👑

#BelieveInAvalon

►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ fireball77: good work my boy. theres too much depression on the subforum right now when we have our lord and savior avalon RIGHT THERE. LET'S GET THIS SHIT TRENDING!

#BelieveInAvalon

►GstringGirl (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

is there a poll where i can vote, please? i know i dont live in brockton bay but i hope you still let me participate. i believe in avalon. ive always believed in avalon. he'll save you all

#believeinavalon

ps: sorry, my shift key is broken so i cant capitlize the hashtag.

►XxVoid_CowboyxX (Probation)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ GstringGirl: I just got notified that you posted in this thread, and it surprised me. Since when were you in the IFC?! And you're an Avalon fan??? WERE YOU -MESSAGE REMOVED-

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ GstringGirl: Unfortunately we dont have a Poll system yet, but you sharing the hashtag can go a long way. Please do so! Also how is your shift key broken but you have perfect punctuation lol

@ XxVoid_CowboyxX: I am literally right here and I JUST warned you, Void. You're muted now. If I see you accuse Avalon of mind-controlling UNDERAGE GIRLS (her age is on her profile you weird) again, youre perma'd. Stop that shit.

@ Feychick: Omfg are you still in the city, Fey?? DM me right fucking now

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

yo ngl at this point bruh if youre still doubting the chosen one then ur just lost. a lost sheep. and thats fine but u could just be smarter by NOT doubting my guy Avalon lmfao. its not even a question. hes gonna find a way to fucking WIN bc hes the type of man who hates losing. u can see it in his eyes

so yes, i vote avalon. come the fuck on.

#BelieveInAvalon

btw offered this in other threads but if u need shelter just hit me up fr. also @ Loltup: i can check on ur pets if u need it, im getting bored just sittin here

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ thatdude: You... misspelt my username, but sure? I saw the threads of you and your friends helping out after Lung got killed. Ill DM right now. Were literally completely out of the state, theres no way we get back in time

►Mr. Fabuu

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Oh my fucking god shut the FUCK UPPPPP

►Robby

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Feeling a little out of place here, but... I'm gonna have to go Avalon based on what I've seen and read. Do I think he wins a flat out, bloodlusted 1v1? No. But do I think he has a better chance at making Levi flee than, say, Eidolon? Yeah. Dude's an escalating machine. Who KNOWS what he has now? I get this really weird fucking feeling when I see him fight, like he's some sort of odd, unearthly being. Could be the elf ears tho. They're tight.

►Miraclemic

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

... Is no one going to comment on @ ArchmageEin's magical schizo-babble? The dick-riding is one thigg but?????

►ArchmageEin (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Miraclemic: I take offense to the term 'schizobabble'. I know what I'm talking about, and if you were more academically inclined, you'd look above the treetops and take notice of the mountain. Avalon is no hero. He's The Hero.

►Miraclemic

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Deeeeeefinitely schizo. wtf lmao

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►Bagrat (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member) (Verified Journalist)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Everyone: Sorry for the hijacking, but seeing as I was already tagged here, I figured I'd come in and let everyone know that my thread has just been posted! Sorry @ fireball77 for the complete hijacking, but I was given permission to advertise it in different threads due to the validity and urgency of information provided. I've been ripping and running for the past half an hour.

[LINK] here. Some real crazy shit is going down, folks.

►fireball77 (Original Poster) (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

ohhh shit. nah dont apologize, im going there rn

►Deimos (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

FINALLY!

►GstringGirl (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ lolitup: i have all punctuation symbols on my sticky notes app, and i just copy and paste it over whenever i need it xd. it sucks but i cant really do anything about it right now sadly.

wait, new thread? only good news i hope :c

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♦ Topic: [PINNED] PRE-LEVIATHAN STRATEGY MEETING — WHAT WE KNOW

In: Boards ► News & Events ► America ► Brockton Bay

Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member) (Verified Journalist)

Posted On Feb 25th 2011:

Evening everyone.

I sit here at my desk, fifteen minutes before the city that I love, the city that I raised my family in, is attacked by one of the scariest of the three Endbringers, Leviathan. My throat is hoarse from arguing with my wife, whom I had to convince to take the last spot in Shelter Nine, and my cheek still stings from where she smacked me for yelling at her in a moment of weakness. I remember my daughter's cries, and the desperation in the policeman's eyes when he turned me away.

I'm drinking my Macallan dry tonight, one ice cube. If I die, at least I had a nice going away toast.

Now, onto business.

My contacts were unable to provide me with auditory recordings of the PRT meeting due to a variety of reasons, but I was provided with several snapshots, which I'll attach to the post below. More importantly, however, is the line-up we have for this battle: Or, at least, it would be important if they were actually planning to fight...

But no, my friends, this is where things get crazy.

Legend, the Leader of the Protectorate and widely-considered the strongest cape beneath Eidolon... Has given Avalon full permission to fight Leviathan solo.

You read that sentence right. Avalon stood before a room packed to the brim with capes, squared his shoulders, and announced, in summary, that he would be taking on the Endbringer alone with no personal back-up. All other capes will be providing security along the perimeter of the beach, Leviathan's currently known destination. Channel 4 News already have helicopters in the air, circling the Endbringer as he makes his way towards the city. [LeviathanShadow.jpg] [BlackClouds.jpg]

This is real. This is scary. But Avalon insisted, and both the Triumvirate and the PRT agreed to let him do this.

That is all the information I have right now. To be honest with you all, I am shaking. I'm scared. I don't know what Avalon is thinking. I don't know what the PRT is thinking. I want to believe in him, and I want to believe in the wisdom of someone as decorated and experienced as Legend, but Avalon... He is just a man, isn't he? He is extremely powerful, yes, and he's done so much in the brief few months he's been a cape, but he's only one person. He's human. Or, as human as he can be with those ears.

Are we about to witness something transcendental? Will we witness one man chase away an Endbringer all on his lonesome?

Or are we all dead?

For the sake of you, me, and most important of all, my wife and kid...

I really, really hope it's the former.

For once, I am not The Guy in the Know. I'm just Bagrat.

And I'm choosing to believe, like so many of you are already. Please, Avalon. I, an atheist of two decades, am praying. Save me. Save us. Save my family.

If you pull off this miracle, I very well may start to believe in a higher power once again. Avalonism. At least with him, we have actual proof of his existence. Zing.

Bad joke, I know. I'm rambling. Good luck, everyone. And I hope this isn't goodbye.

#BelieveInAvalon

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►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

You're lying, Bagrat. You're fucking lying. He's going at it ALONE?! And they just let him make that decision by himself??? Avalon is going to get himself killed. AND all of us. I'm sorry, I've been on his side for months, but what the fuck. I have family here. We ALL do.

►Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member) (Verified Journalist)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Brocktonite03: I'd never lie, you know this. Not now, not ever. The source I received this information from is an established and well-respected individual in his career, and I'd bet on his legitimacy with my entire life's savings. Seriously.

Like I said, I don't know. I don't. I wish I had something witty to say, but I don't. Avalon isn't normal. I think we've all known this for a long time, but it needs to be said again. He isn't normal. He is, what, seventeen? Eighteen? And he's killed, he's liberated, and he's cleaned the Bay more than the PRT has done over the past two decades. No offense to anyone here.

He is a wildcard, but if he chose to do this, shouldn't we believe that he has something up his sleeve? An ace?

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#BelieveInAvalon

It's not my jurisdiction, but Tin_Mother isnt answering my DMs, so I'm pinning this thread. This is extremely important information. Thank you, Bagrat, for sharing. Right now Im just...

Im in shock. The obvious answer here is that he 100% has an ace up his sleeve that he knows will let him defeat, or at the very least stalemate Leviathan. That's obvious. But what couldit be?? Some sort of time-stop ability? Some sort of freezing ability? Matter disintegration? I dont know but I have fucking chills right now.

I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm

►Feychick (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I was on the phone with her, but she hung up. I think her phone died. Its probably why she pre-hashtagged the hashtag

but but but

... FUCK. FUCK MAN. OKAY. OKAY THIS IS FINE, I AM FINE.

Avalon is soloing Leviathan? Just another fucking Friday night. Honestly it could be because im going crazy right now but I have the biggest motherfucking smile on my face. Theres NO WAY someone does something so ballsy and retarded unless they definitely have some sort of plan

#BelieveInAvalon

►Deimos (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

we're fucked. We're FUCKED. WE'RE FUCKED WE'RE FUCKED WE'RE FUCKED WE'RE FUCKED WE'RE FUCKED WE'RE FUCKED

►Nightmare723764 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

That... is an interesting strategy, but I wouldn't expect anything less from the main character. Any idea what his ace in the hole could be, anyone?? Isn't @ Iris his gf? Is she there? She literally exposed his dick size in the NSFW subforum, so maybe she'll tell how the fuck her BBC-having boyfriend is going to solo an Endbringer?

#BelieveInAvalon

►Deadman

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Huh. He seemed like the type. Godspeed, brother.

#BelieveInAvalon

►Aloha

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Wait what?

Solo?? Like, fight Levi ALONE? Over the fucking ATLANTIC OCAEN??

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK IT IF WE DIE WE DIE LIKE MEN

#BelieveInAvalon

►Ghostfreak24 (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Gotcha. Adding to his Wiki entry: 'Avalon: Actually crazy. Unironically Insane. Balls of Steel. Literal Gigachad meme.'

I'm out on a business trip right now but I think I'd be okay with this even if I was back home. It feels weird to say, but there's a comfort in our guy just full-sending something like this. But you all get it already. He HAS to have something if hes doing this. Just #BelieveInAvalon, silly people. You'll go insane slower.

Also @ Bagrat: Check the 'Fun Facts' at the bottom of his Wiki [Page]. 'Avalonism' is already a thing apparently. Go figure.

Some people just need hope. He's given more over the past few months than any God I know of.

►Ekul

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Are you fucking serious? He actually went full fucking retard. YoU neEVER GO FULL FUCKING RETARD. WHY DID LEGEND ALLOW THIS?

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Ekul: cope seethe cry about it.

i swear i dont want to hear fucking SHIT from ANY OF YOU doubting avalon rn after he goomba stomps this bitch ass endbringer into sashimi. no hero hopping. remember the fact that u doubted him when he was wiling to put his life on the line whle ALONE. FUCK U.

this aitn change shit for me. im out rn but im gonna find a place to watch the fight. got some binocs. its raining hard as fuck out rn tho

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

FUCK

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

FUCK HE JUstT

►Dawgsmiles (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Holy fucking shit, are you guys seeing this???

►Chrome

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Literally no. What is happening>???

►Kriketz

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

MOTHERFUCKING SNOWCONE!

►Ryus (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

AVALON IS ON THE FUCKING MOVE, BOYS! [DRAGON.jpg]

►AvalonsLeftNip (Invictus Fan Club) (Cape Groupie)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I am literally so lost right now. The stream you sent is buffering really fucking badly @ Ryus. Can someone tell me whats going on??? Im in a EB shelter, internet is horrible

►Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member) (Verified Journalist)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Holy fuck. I'm typing as fasst as I can. Hold on.

Okay, if you aren't tuned into Channel 4 News, go there. NOW. Avalon has been sighted riding on the back of Mount Invictus' very own dragon mascot, Snowcone, and is heading towards Leviathan at very, very high speeds. He'll be there in a matter of a couple minutes now. The fight is about to happen at this VERY moment. Fuck.

Channel 4 News Livestream: [LINK]

[Avalon.jpg]

[Snowcone.jpg]

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►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

i cant sit still I CANNOT ST FUCKING STILL. how fucking dare he look so cool riding into potential death I CANT STAND HIM I LOVE HIM

Valkyr (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Just managed to get back home. Traffic was actually a fucking BITCH. Tuning into the Livestream now, getting ready to update the wiki page. Two laptops akimbo style. I am locked in.

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I found my charger i am tuning in rn please wait for me lord avalon

►fireball77 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

First fucking contact. Holy shit Leviathan is scary as fuck

... is that BOSS MUSIC?? WHAT EVEN IS AVALON'S POWERS

►Antigone

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Good dodge. That dragon is fucking fast.

►Loyal

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Oh. My. God.

►Maleficarum

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

RIP Avalon

►Ekul

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

R.I.P.

►Deimos (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

DID HE JUST RBEAK THE FUCKING SOUND BARRIER

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Ekul @ Deimos: Fuck you

RIP to my eardrums holy shit when did Avalon get this fast??! @ Valkyr @ Ghostfreak24 Current speed feats?>

►Ghostfreak24 (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Watching stream rn sorry

►Valkyr (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Approximately 200 mph according to my latest calculations. But that was before now. To break the sound barrier like that, the explosion of rain water, he

I cant reply I'm sorry WHY IS HE GETTING SO CLOSE?

►Lasersmile

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Oof, hit! He tanked it though. Thank fucking god. I recognize that posture, though. Bastard broke his sternum. This isnt looking too good...

►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

have some fucking faith dude. look, hes alread healing it! you think avalon of all people wouldn't have healing on lock??

HIT HIM BACK AVALON!!!

#BelieveInAvalon

►ArchmageEin (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

That golden orb he clenched? Fast Healing, has to be. How?! How does he have these magics?! Please, teach me! Show me the light! I will forever worship your majesty, Lord Wizard, but I beg of you! Make me your apprentice!

►Apokalyps117 (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ ArchmageEin: These are NOT the roleplay subforums, lil bro. Foh

But holy shit, this is insane footwork by our main man Avalon. Homie HAS to be a boxer in his civ identity. The teleports are giving Muhammad Ali

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

despite his speed increase its prolly faster for him to just teleport instantly with onslaughts like this

But I dont know if a battle of attrition is what he needs righ

►Aloha

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

OH?!?! IS SNOWCONE A GOAT OR A DRAGON???!

►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#SNOWCONETHEGOAT

►Miraclemic

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#SNOWCONETHEGOAT

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►Ne

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#SNOWCONETHEGOAT

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

... What the fuck am I watching right now?

Seriously. SERIOUSLY. I am at a loss for words. Is he putting Leviathan on the fucking defensive? Are these more of his powers? How much has he grown over the past couple of weeks?!

I thought his power was based on conflict...

►fireball77 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

wait why is my stomach actually flipping right now. what are these lights...? is he actually

►Divide

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

He's... binding Leviathan. In tendrils of light. Descending from the sky. No, past the fucking sky. Look at the angle on Camera 4. They're literally not coming from anything. Theyre coming from fucking space dude. This motherfucker isnt human

[LIGHT.jpg]

[ALT_ANGLE.jpg]

►AvalonFan95 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I TOLD YOU. #AVALONISM #PRAISEAVALON #BELIEVEINAVALON

I TOLD YOU. I TOLD YOU ALL. AVALON IS OUR SAVIOR. AVALON IS OUR SALVATION. AVALON IS NO PARAHUMAN. AVALON IS NO CAPE. AVALON IS MORE. AVALON IS DIVINE.

►Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member) (Verified Journalist)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

What is this

►ArchmageEin (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I... don't know this spell. But it's magic. I KNOW it's magic. But he uses it so masterfully. My Lord is so talented. I'm tearing up

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

fcking checkmate, atheists.

fuck it. im with it now. im convinced. i dont evecn care anymore #avalonism

►Feychick (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Wait. Waitwatiwaitwait

Is @ ArchmageEin actually right?? This doesnt feel normal. I dont feel normal right now. @ fireball77 is your stomach doing flips too?

@ Lolitup are you there? Are you seeing this??? He actually has Leviathan BOUND. Tied up and everything. What is this light? Is this actually magic?

►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

You can see it in its movements. The Endbringer is scared. Truly scared.

I am not religious. I do not claim any God. But what are Gods, if not powerful creatures from whom you put your faith in, and draw strength from in times of fear, and tribulations of pain?

The Fallen worship Endbringers.

Avalon will kill one.

I know from who I will draw strength after tonight. 赞美阿瓦隆

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Guys. GUYS. GUYS

FUCK THE LIGHT, WHAT THE FUCK IS THAAAT?

►Aloha

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

This motherfucker broke reality.

►fireball77 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I-

what

im too high for this im too high for this im too high for this

►CarpeDiem

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I'm typing on my laptop and yet I'm still at a loss for words. What is happening WHAT IS HAPPENING? I FEEL LIKE IM TAKING CRAZY PILLS OR SOMETHING

►Antigone

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Yeah, I don't even know how to explain this one. A black hole? Some sort of spatial rift that contains a black hole? It's sucking everything in. EVERYTHING.

►AverageAlexandros (Cape Husband)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Is he sacrificing himself?

►AvalonFan95 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

AVALON IS ETERNAL. AVALON IS FOREVER. AVALON IS LIFE. HE WILL NOT DIE.

►Chrome

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Yeah, gotta go with the Arch-Bishop of #Avalonism here. I don't think he's sacrificing himself. Look. Leviathan's freaking out, trying to get out of his... holy ropes(?) and Avalon is fucking

is he fucking laughing?

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Avalon is laughing. He's getting sucked into the fucking black hole of DEATH and DOOm and HE IS LAUGHING.

►Loyal

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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►SenorEel

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

[AvalonLaughing.gif]

[AvalonLaughing.gif]

[AvalonLaughing.gif]

[AvalonLaughing.gif]

►Apokalyps117 (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

That is prime meme material right there. Thanks for donating to my meme folder @ SenorEel.

But- fuck, they're both gone. Sucked in. What the fuck just happened? I feel like all of us are fucking lost right now.

@ ArchmageEin @ AvalonFan95: It seems like you two are more In the Know than @ Bagrat right now. What the hell is going on. Is Avalon dead? Is Levi dead? What did we just witness?

►ArchmageEin (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

No. Not dead. Not at all. It was some sort of dimensional magic, I believe. Space-time. I... I think he took Leviathan to a different plane of reality to battle him there, away from any potential collateral damage. Our Lord is truly a gracious one.

►Lasersmile

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

... Anyone else hate how natural it felt to read that last sentence? Lmaooo

►BadSamurai

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ ArchmageEin: Don't know about the whole 'magic' thing, or this cult shit y'all got going on, but 'alternate plane' sounds about right. There are powers like that. Powers that can create pocket dimensions. Maybe that's what it was? Never heard of them being that fucking HUGE though. That was insane. Like something from a fucking sci-fi movie.

The water's becoming normal, too. What the hell?

►Logs

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Levi's not there to fuck with the weather with his powers. He's gone. For now. Avalon took him.

►Nondeceptive (Cape Dad) (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

We're all agreeing that he's definitely not dead, right? Not after fighting and laughing the way he did? That's why he wanted to go at it solo-dolo. This was his ace.

►Antigone

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Agreed. @ Nondeceptive Regardless, if he can trap Levi in whatever 'alternate plane' he dragged him too, I'd consider that a dub. Either way Brockton Bay is out of the frying pan right now.

►GstringGirl (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

wherever they are, im sure avalon is kicking his butt good. we just have to wait!

►Char

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Everyone go and take a piss and shit break! I'm predicting it takes five minutes tops for this monster to come out victorious, and I'm not talking about Levi!

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Definitely not dead @ Nondeceptive. At this point I'm unsure if he can even die. And that makes me so fucking happy. We need him. We need Avalon.

Im literally quivering in the backseat right now. I want to come back home. I want to see him when he finally kills it.

►Feychick (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Lolitup: I'm quivering for a completely different reason rn 😭

►Deimos (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Just got off the phone with my grandma. Shes safe, but she is convinced Avalon is the second coming of Jesus Christ. She wont stop yelling about it.

At this point i dont even know if she's completely wrong or not dude. I was against it before, but after those chains made of light, and now this...

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Feychick: You are such a freaking perv, Fey. Don't make me mute you lmfao. I'm serious, though. Should I head back? I have some ideas but I'll need to be home to set it up...

@ Deimos: I know what you mean. Trust me, I get it. But just like, go with the flow? That's what I'm doing. I don't know what Avalon is anymore. Not really. But whatever he is, it doesn't change the fact that he's my hero. The greatest hero. I haven't felt hope like this EVER. I have so much faith in him and I feel so fucking proud

►Ekul

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

You llosers are too deep in.

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ ekul: ur so fucking lame dude. how about u just -MESSAGE REMOVED-

►GstringGirl (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

guys can we not fight and just wait for avalon? lets start a positivity chain! maybe our faith in him will bring him back faster..?

►Apokalyps117 (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Bitch what?

►Coyote-C

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Fuck it, why not

#BelieveInAvalon

►Aloha

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#BelieveInAvalon

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►Maleficarum

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#BelieveInAvalon

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Wait, guys WAIT.

HE CAME BACK. THE PORTAL CAME BACK.

►fireball77 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

dude

►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

is that a fucking drill

►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

WHY IS IT SO FUC KING BIG

►Apokalyps117 (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

... Okay.

Okay, maybe the shitposting about him beign a God isnt all bullshit after all because w h a t

►Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member) (Verified Journalist)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

i

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

OH MY FUCKING GOD.

IF THERES A WALL, WE BREAK IT DOWN

►Feychick (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

IF THERE ISNT A PATH, WE CARVE ONE OUT OURSELVES

►Ghostfreak24 (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I give up on the wiki. I fucking give up.

I'm just writing 'He is a God' in the 'Powers' section and walking away

►Valkyr (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

...

THE MAGMA OF OUR SOULS BURN WITH A MIGHTY FLAME

►Brocktonite03 (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Hes going to drill into Leviathan, isnt he? I don't even know what I was expecting. It looks like it just got hit by a fucking meteor or something. And HOW is he holding that thing up?!?

►Antigone

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I dont know. I simply do not know.

The drill has jet engines and glowing runes etched all the way to the drill bit. This isnt even trying to look like normal superpowers anymore. This is clearly just magic at this point. I think im in shock.

►ArchmageEin (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I'm moving to Brockton Bay.

►GstringGirl (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

me too

►AvalonFan95 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!?!?!

#AVALONSUPREMACY #PRAISEAVALON

►QwertyD

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

HE'S DRILLING INTO IT

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

GIGAAAAAA DRILL BREAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKK

I BELIEVE, AVALON. I FUCKING BELIEVE

►Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member) (Verified Journalist)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Is he actually going to kill it…?

►Apokalyps117 (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

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►fireball77 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

GIVE HIM YOUR ENERGY!!!!!!

►Dawgsmiles (Veteran Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I am screaming at my television set right now. CMON AVALON. YOU CAN DO THIS

►BadSamurai

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

►winged_one

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Interesting.

►Thatdude (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I WAS HERE

►Answer Key

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I'm going to faint.

►AvalonsLeftNip (Invictus Fan Club) (Cape Groupie)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I NEVER LOST FAITH

►Feychick (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Oh my fucking god I think it's actually breaking. He's going to kill it. He's fucking killing it

►ArchmageEin (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

A little bit more, my Lord!

►Aloha

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

HES LAUGHING AGAIN. WHY AM I GRINNING SO HARD? AM I GAY>

►Chaosfaith (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

AHHHHHHHHHHH WAIT IT EXPLODED. THAT GREEN LIGHT, THAT WAS IT RIGHT? LEVI IS DEAD?!

►Deimos (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

ITS DONE

►Lasersmile

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

It popped like a fucking balloon. If that wasn't death, I don't know what is. If he didn't kill it with a magical drill the size of the fucking Docks district, I don't know what'll put that motherfucker dow

Yeah no, that's its leg. And its arm. Holy shit. Holy fucking shit

►GstringGirl (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

... he did it. he actually killed leviathan.

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

guys

►Logs

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Look at him. His body is ruined. But he did it. He actually fucking did it. Is he going to fall into the ocean?!

►Aloha

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

They better fucking not let that happen, useless fucks

►Deimos (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I don't know what to think anymore. I'm just

Im lost. What the fuck is Avalon

►Apokalyps117 (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Idk. A God. A Wizard. A fucking Endslayer?

He's not a parahuman. Idk about you guys but I know that for a fact now. There's no way. Even Scion couldn't kill one of these fuckers, and Avalon did it in what ten minutes? Fifteen?

Whatever he is, I don't care. That's a motherfucking hero. I'm sat.

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

Overdrive caught him. Thats good.

Fuck. I don'tknow what to say. I have thoughts. A lot of thoughts. But I'm lightheaded and woozy. I feel like I just fought Leviathan myself

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►Ekul

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

what. the. fuck.

►Bagrat (Original Poster) (The Guy in the Know) (Veteran Member) (Verified Journalist)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

I want to update the thread. I really do. But I just...

I can't type right now. I'm sorry. I'm just stunned.

I didn't know he was... this. I didn't

wow

►fireball77 (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

so dont. type, that is. dont type. dont try to be witty or clever. just tag it up until ur brain works. bc mine isnt right now.

#Endslayer #AvalonSupremacy #BelievedInAvalon

►Lolitup (Wiki Warrior) (Invictus Fan Club) (Fan Club Administrator) (Trial Moderator)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#Endslayer #AvalonSupremacy #BelievedInAvalon

Working on something. A little event. I'm on my way back home now. More deets in Fanclub Chat.

►Feychick (Cape Groupie) (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#Endslayer #AvalonSupremacy #BelievedInAvalon

►Never Forgotten (Veteran Member) (Cape Dad)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#Endslayer #AvalonSupremacy #BelievedInAvalon

I cannot stop smiling. This is truly a new era.

►ArchmageEin (Invictus Fan Club)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#Endslayer #AvalonSupremacy #BelievedInAvalon

Speechless.

►Iris (Verified Cape) (#1 Coolest Hacker) (Avalon's GF) (Invictus Member)

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

@ Lolitup: DM me.

►CarpeDiem

Replied On Feb 25th 2011:

#Endslayer #AvalonSupremacy #BelievedInAvalon

WAIT, IRIS???

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■​

He shut off his phone with a disgruntled sigh.

Despite the comments and absolute hero worship, Greg 'The Void Cowboy' Veder knew that he wasn't just being paranoid. If anything, it proved him right.

He wasn't some stupid conspiracy theorist, or nutjob, or 'drooling, knuckle dragging mongoloid' like some of his friends on PHO often jokingly called him whenever he got a little too spirited off his ADD medication. He liked to see himself more as a pragmatist. A realist in a world of men and women plugging their ears to the truth.

He knew things other people didn't.

Greg unearthed secrets meant to stay buried beneath the dirt. Oftentimes the knowledge was a curse, like the black monstrosity lying in his mother's upper left dresser, but other times it was solemn and impactful, like the why of Taylor Hebert's bullying. Like who, other than someone like him, would've thought that Emma was hopelessly in love with Taylor, his crush, and acting out in classic tsundere fashion in the hopes of softening her up for their future together as hot, lesbian runaway brides?

He was still trying to wrap his head around that one, but it made complete sense when you actually thought about it. Everyone knows that schoolyard bullying was the hallmark proof of unrequited love. Anime taught him that.

Anyways, Greg had a tendency of getting to the cold, hard truth of things, and finding out the nitty gritty that others didn't have the skill or heart to figure out. Despite only being in high school, he considered his years of experience in sleuthing and investigative analysis to be on par with, at the very least, junior detectives, and his theories - which weren't conspiracies, since they absolutely had to be true based on his logical evidence - were the main things he prided himself on, weighing in higher than even his handsome smile and spiky, super cool haircut.

And that was why he was here, as wet as a drowned rat, clinging to his umbrella in the middle of the crowded, festive streets of Downtown Brockton Bay. He wanted- nay, Greg needed answers from what was now the world's most powerful hero. This was probably his best chance to actually meet the man, the myth, and the legend who, only just last night, summoned a rune-inscribed, jet engine-powered drill the size of a skyscraper and rammed it straight through Leviathan's chest, killing him in an explosion of epic green energy.

Avalon.

The Endslayer.

There had to be hundreds of people swarming the streets, beginning from the parking lot right outside of the PRT Headquarters and extending out several city blocks towards the Boardwalk. It was like a Mardi Gras festival or something; despite the looming remnants of fear and nervousness from Leviathan's attack, Avalon's overwhelming victory had completely thrown the entire freaking world for a loop. Instead of torn apart families, sunken brownstones, and thousands of names being added to an Endbringer memorial, the entirety of Brockton Bay was filled with this electric, hair-raising energy that made the entire city feel like it was charging for something big.

People wore Invictus merch - black hoodies splattered over the front with a large golden crown. Silver and gold carnival masks cut to only cover the left eye. T-shirts and tank-tops and sweaters in varying colors of black and silver and gold. They waved crown-emblazoned flags and posters and home-made signs, loudly and proudly declaring their happiness for surviving another day. Their gratitude for being saved and protected by Avalon. Their jubilation at still having a home.

There were food trucks lining the sidewalk, driven in by hard-working business owners who recognized the opportunity for money and goodwill when they saw it. There were kiosks and booths selling Avalon and Invictus-coded keychains and baubles and a dozen more knick-knacks and pieces of merchandise that were being bought like hotcakes for excited little brats in raincoats.

It was still raining outside, but no one cared. What was a little rain compared to the sheer amount of relief and joy they felt after last night's events?

Despite how much he was trying to stay neutral and suspicious, considering Avalon's obvious connection to Leviathan showing up and his clearly unnatural affinity with impressionable young, middle-aged, and older women… Greg actually found himself slightly smiling as he milled about the impromptu celebration. He nursed a styrofoam cup of hot cocoa in his right hand, successfully acquitted from a nice black lady from the Fugly Bob food truck, and listened in on the conversations happening all around him. Thankfully he'd already given his mom and older sister the slip as soon as they'd arrived Downtown, and so he was in a good position to camp out, do some pre-investigative investigating, and wait out the big hero's arrival.

Because he was definitely showing up. A guy that effortlessly charismatic had to be media-trained, right? There was a zero point zero zero zero percent chance that he didn't know about the unofficially-dubbed 'Festival Invictus' - it was trending on PHO, after all, and what sort of weirdo normie didn't have push notifs on for globally trending topics? And even if he was some boring loser who actually touched grass, there were camera crews recording the event! Hell, even the BBPD and PRT was working security! Both of them! That, like, never happened!

So Avalon would be here, that much Greg was absolutely certain of, and when he came, Greg would finally get the answers he'd been searching for!

The white hair. The glowing eyes. The flying. The insidious Mastering of the entire female populace. That mysterious power that had turned his skin golden…

Finally, face to face, he'd be able to ask Avalon-

Was he truly the secret lovechild between Simurgh and Scion? And, if he said yes (which he would, because it was absolutely true), then the second hard-hitting question could be asked in front of God, Brockton Bay, and the entire world!

Did you summon Leviathan here just to flex on us mortal, powerless men?

He had to know for sure.

He had to prove it to the world.

That Avalon was not human. He was not of this world. And as much of a legendary, mythical hero as he was turning out to be…

They had to be careful.

And as he sat on a bench beside an old, homeless looking man in an Avalon hoodie and a ratty-looking leather trench coat, Greg sipped his hot cocoa and ignored that tiny, annoying, depressing voice in the back of his constantly rushing mind, whispering that he was, yet again, being a 'fucking retard'. The bench was near the impromptu wooden stage that was set up with a projector, playing, on loop, the edited version of Avalon's fight with Leviathan - from him chasing the Endbringer down on the back of his dragon, to him piercing through its chest with the drill. If- no, when he finally arrived, it would most likely be on that stage.

Greg just had to wait. He could do that. There were a lot of people here waiting and watching, cheering like football fans spectating their favorite team, but that was fine. He'd just-

An old, bony hand jostled his shoulder from the side, and he glanced over to the hobo nervously. "U-uh, yes sir? What's wrong?"

The old man smiled, revealing purplish-pink gums and yellow teeth.

"You're lookin' too serious. Chin up. Today's a day of joy, lad. Avalon Day! That boy- no, that man there… he did somethin' different last night. He did somethin' I thought no one'd be able to do. Not even me. Not even him. And it does these ol' bones good, seein' so many people bein' so happy. I ain't used to such. But Avalon did it before I could even call out to him. No orders needed, just good ol' heroism and overwhelmin' power. And that…"

The old man paused, running a grubby hand over his weathered cheeks. Tears were bubbling in his redshot eyes, and Greg felt distantly scared that he'd either be stabbed or hugged in the next few seconds.

But the old man only smiled even wider. "Well, maybe that's all we need. What this world needs. I'm- well, shit, I'm Kevin by the way. Kevin Norton. I've been slummin' it here in the Bay for the past couple weeks. Livin' off beer n' piss."

So that's what that stench was.

"I'm, um, Greg. Greg Veder," he replied, subtly glancing around for another nearby bench to perch on. He did not want to get mugged by a crazy homeless person today.

"Greg, huh?" Homeless Kevin hummed, leaning back in the bench and returning his watery gaze back up to the projector screen. He idly picked at the clumps of dirt packed in the creases of his large, calloused knuckles. "Well then, Greg. I think today… heh. Today, you're gonna witness a once-in-a-lifetime event. So stop stressin' 'bout whatever you're stressin' 'bout, and enjoy the peace while it lasts. Something tells me that things are gonna get a lot louder soon."

"Right…"

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Avalon

Over Central Downtown

A mere few feet beneath the lowest cloud, hidden behind the mystical power of my Arcane perk, I stared down at the loud, burbling sea of people freely milling about the streets of Brockton Bay.

…

For all the three months I'd been in this world, never have I seen the city so fucking happy.

It was bustling.

They were like little toy soldiers to my eyes due to just how high up in the sky I was, but that distance couldn't hold a candle to the acuity of my magical eyesight - and with it, it was easy to deduce exactly what was going on. If the Invictus merch being worn by one out of five people in the crowd of hundreds wasn't obvious enough, the concession stands, food trucks, and other festive decorations and activities made it abundantly clear.

I saw tiny kids chasing after each with little gold and silver masks on, reminiscent of what hid my identity previously. I saw mothers talking loudly and joyfully with each other, my face - God damn it, Parian - plastered across large, soft chests of their comfy-looking black sweaters. A fat older man hung out the side of an ice-cream truck parked on one of the curbs, waving a golden, crown-shaped treat towards a group of hungry-looking pre-teens. Rain fell from the sky in a light drizzle, but outside of a few umbrellas and several canvas-covered canopies set up along the sides of the roads, no one seemed to care.

The energy of the city was electric, and I could feel it even from up here. It felt… surreal.

Brockton Bay, the city that had taken the spot of 'one step above Gotham' in my head, was celebrating. For once, although the clouds overhead quite literally attempted to rain on their parade, the people were not miserable. They weren't depressed. They weren't scared. The past three months had been a relentless gauntlet of blood, battle, and magic, starting with the first day I'd arrived - where the Empire, showing their racist fangs, had followed Cassie and I off of the bus and cornered us in the streets. That was the day I killed another human being for the first time, and the day that started me on the path of carving the infection from the city, one gang at a time.

Oni Lee.

Lung.

Coil.

Kaiser.

And now motherfucking Leviathan, whilst my newfound family ripped through the Slaughterhouse Nine, ending the lives of the very last people I'd need to kill in order to finally feel at peace. I- no, we had moved through it all like some freak force of nature, toppling everything that stood against us, and finally, after weeks upon weeks of work… we'd managed to carve out a space that was finally ours. A group of societal rejects and rebels, saving the fucking world one evil asshole at a time.

Finally, the people were not afraid anymore. Not with Invictus - and Avalon, the End Slayer - acting as their protectors.

Even beyond the talking and festivities, I could see it in the way they moved, in the easy laughter, the casual way they took up space. Brockton Bay had always been a city of paranoia, where people avoided dark alleys not just out of common sense, but because there was always someone - or something - lurking there, waiting to prey on the weak and the innocent. But this morning, no one was clutching their bags close. No one kept their heads down.

Instead, they were living. Truly living. Celebrating my victory, celebrating their survival, and celebrating me.

I let out a sharp exhale that could have been half a laugh, half a sigh.

I didn't really know how to handle this.

"Hey sport," Cassie's voice filtered through my earpiece - a little doo-hickey she shoved into my ear canal after the whole 'Soloing an Endbringer' debacle. "You likey? I know you're not one for fame and gratitude and 'rah rah rah, I'm so humble and low-key'... but they needed this. It's not often a hometown hero, someone who used to be an underdog, mind you, kill a fucking Endbringer. Hehe, it's never happened, actually. You're the first. You took their virginity, End Slayer. All of 'em. Every single person there has now been de-virginifi-"

"Don't call me sport, weirdo. Did you do this?" I cut her off, wry amusement and genuine confusion lowering my voice into a whisper. Mana suffused my eyes, brightening the silver into a spark that shone like starlight, and I watched as a group of blue-collar workers - tall, broad men in coveralls and Invictus caps - hung flags from the street lights. Invictus flags.

"Did I do thaaat?" She repeated in a high-pitched, nasally tone, and I couldn't help snorting.

"'Ight Urkel, keep it a stack; what did you do, Cassie?"

There was a beat of quiet. I heard her breathing on the other end of the comm-link, and the shuffling of her little feet as she wandered down one of the Palace's hallways. When she finally spoke again, her voice was quieter, less high-pitched and mischievous. "I may have sent the leader of your fanclub some cash to set this up, but it was all her idea. Regardless, babe, have you even fully grasped what you've done? Have you looked on PHO, like, at all?"

I hesitated for a second, my eyes narrowing as I took in the odd vibe change. "... A lil' bit? I mainly just checked my DMs, but there's way too many messages. Is there something wrong?"

Cassie sighed. Loudly.

"I was joking earlier, but clearly your magical powers can't change how dense you are on the inside, so I'm gonna lay it out as plain as day." She took a deep breath before continuing, "They practically worship you, Jay. You killed an Endbringer. NO ONE has ever done that. Ever. Not even Scion. And with your whole 'divine piss boy' thing with the gold veins-"

"Bro-"

"-And the power you've shown, some people are starting to look at you as The Savior. Did you catch the capitalization on the 't'? The Savior. You're higher up than the Triumvirate to them now. More than Legend. More than Eidolon. More than Scion. You're… fuck, Jay, people are starting to genuinely look up to you as some sort of-"

I cringed, watching as two smiling, elderly women wearing my colors embraced each other, crying tears of what could only be joy. "Don't say it."

"... God. Or Demi-God. Or something. They don't think you're human anymore." I could practically hear the small, stifled smile on her lips. She was enjoying this. "I'm not religious, so this isn't really my area of expertise… But baby, if they want to worship you, take comfort and joy and security in your name and power, why not let 'em? The festival is being live-streamed right now; I've never seen the city this happy. You did this."

"I ain't some kinda God, Cass. I'm just a human… elf… dude with magic. And besides, I wasn't even the only one who fought yesterday! This…" I hesitated, struggling to find the words to describe the levy of emotions I was feeling. There was anxiety there, for sure, but even more than that was a feeling of… Not fear, but doubt. I'd met a God(dess) just yesterday, and I knew that I was nowhere near that level yet. And even if I could punch up and breach that gap sooner rather than later, I wasn't even sure if I wanted that sort of devotion.

… It was scary, in an existential way. But I wasn't scared of the weight, or the responsibility. Not really. I'd feel responsible for these people no matter what, because, without a doubt, Brockton Bay had become my home. I cared for all of these people. But, if I really dug through the layers and thought about it more, I guess I was more scared of…-

"Stop that!"

The sudden scream wrenched me from my introspection. I backtracked in the air, wincing as I grabbed my right ear. "Cassie, the fuck?"

She ignored me, her voice growing higher-pitched with frustration and impatience. "You're doubting yourself, and that's dumb, because you don't have anything to doubt. You're doing that thing where you insult yourself without outright insulting yourself. You're probably thinking, 'Wow, I shouldn't be a God. I'd be a terrible God. I like to fuck bitches and get money and kill assholes. I'm greedy and sometimes narcissistic and really possessive and sometimes I fart in my sleep, and I'm a horrible person to look up to. I'm so fucked up, dude.'"

…I scowled.

"I don't sound like that. And I don't fart in my-"

"You're dodging the point, buster!"

I exhaled. I was dodging the point.

Cassie, for all her manic, bratty energy and weird sense of humor, had an annoying way of cutting through my bullshit. And she was right, because of course she was right. I was second-guessing myself, getting lost in my own head over something that, at the end of the day, wasn't even about me and my insecurities. This wasn't about whether I saw myself as a god, or whether I was worthy of that kind of reverence. It was about the people below me, celebrating their first real moment of peace and triumph in decades. It was about the kids playing, the families laughing, the workers hoisting up flags that they actually believed in. It was about Brockton Bay finally, finally feeling safe.

And wasn't that the entire point?

"I get it," I muttered, rubbing the bridge of my nose. "You don't have to scream in my ear that I'm a dumbass, dumbass."

"Love you too, baby girl." I could practically hear her smirk.

Rolling my eyes, I let my gaze sweep across the city again. Even from up here, I could feel the energy, the sheer weight of it all pressing against my chest like a second heartbeat. These people had suffered so much. They had lived under the boot of monsters for years - whether it was the Empire, Coil, the ABB, or any of the other horrors that called this city home. And now they were free. Because of me. Because of us.

Maybe that was the only thing that really mattered.

A flicker of movement directly below me caught my eye near the big, makeshift stage set up in the center of Downtown. A large group of people had gathered around it, sitting and standing, heads craned towards a large projector screen displaying a video. Even from this height, I could recognize the footage playing. It was me, standing over the Atlantic Ocean, golden veins shining through torn flesh and wet, sculpted muscle. I wasn't even looking at the camera in the shot, my glowing eyes staring down into the dark, writhing ocean, but the imagery was powerful enough to make my stomach twist in recognition.

The text overlay at the bottom of the screen read - Avalon, the End Slayer: Savior of Brockton Bay.

I groaned. "Cass, tell me that's not trending."

"Oh, buddy," she laughed, unrepentant. "#EndSlayer has been trending number one on PHO for the past fourteen hours. People are getting it tattooed. I saw a dude on stream with your face airbrushed on his Nissan GTR. You're stuck with this one, my guy."

I grimaced. "Jesus."

"Nah, no Jesus. Not in this shithole. It's just you, Jay."

That made me pause.

My fingers flexed, urging to tap - a subconscious reaction to the tension coiling in my gut. It's ust you. That was what unsettled me the most, wasn't it? I wasn't some untouchable divine entity. I wasn't an untarnished messiah. I was just Jason Black; just a guy with magic. Just a guy who fought and killed and made choices that a lot of people wouldn't have the balls or the power for. And yet, to them, I was something more.

Something larger than life.

Something to believe in.

That was a dangerous thing. Faith was powerful, and faith without restraint and guidance could become something ugly. I didn't need a History degree to know that. But at the same time… wasn't this what I wanted? To give my people hope? To make sure they never had to live in fear again? In a way, I was sorta doing exactly what Cauldron wanted by entertaining this idea. By putting Brockton Bay fully and utterly beneath my, and Invictus', protection and guidance.

But as much as I was being a pussy right now, I felt like this was going to happen anyway, at some point.

God, I hated being pussy.

Fuck it.

"Fuck it," I said aloud, shoulders widening with a new resolve. A crooked smirk played at the corners of my lips as I brushed away all of the edgy doubt and insecurity. "I'll take full responsibility. I did say I wanted to become a God-King Wizard, didn't I? I guess this is 'prolly the logical first step."

Cassie let out a victorious cackle, the sound bright and triumphant through my earpiece. "Hell yeah it is! Own that shit, babe. The first step to godhood is knowing that you're the baddest motherfucker alive. Prison rules, graaah!"

I rolled my eyes, but I couldn't help the chuckle that escaped. "You're ridiculous."

"And you love me for it."

"You ain't wrong. Now hush, let me do my thing. It's prolly time for me to make an entrance, maybe give a speech. I still kinda have doubts about this whole 'God' thing, but if someone asks me to bless their unborn child, I guess I'll just fully admit defeat and roll with it."

"Yes, my liege - touch all the MILFs! I'll be watching with Sabah, Sherrel, and Aisha - knock 'em dead, toots!"

CLICK.

… What a nerd.

I tilted my head up towards the stormy gray sky, boredly watching raindrops splatter and sizzle into nothingness against my passive Aqshy field. "Well, if I'm going to be taking on the role of Patron God of Brockton Bay, I may as well start it off with a miracle. I'm tired of this fuckin' rain."

And it would let me see just how potent my new Holy Hexes perk was.

Fortunately, Azyr was as thick in the air as it could possibly be in normal circumstances; rainstorms and thunderstorms were the hot spots for the Meteoric Winds, and I could already feel it caressing my skin with its static-like energy, raising the hair along the back of my neck. With only a thought I deactivated Arcane, allowing the world to breathe in my metaphysical presence once again. At the same time, I called upon my close connection with Azyr, molding the Wind into a small, glowing white ball that floated over my palm, murmuring its power into existence with only two words and a shit ton of willpower and intent.

"Fuck off."

And I flicked the ball up into the clouds above me.

For a second, nothing happened.

Then, the sky breathed.

It was as if the heavens themselves inhaled, drawing in the stagnant, rain-heavy air with a deep, rumbling gasp. A moment of stillness, an almost imperceptible shift in the atmosphere - like the universe itself had paused, waiting for my magical decree to take hold.

And then, with a resounding boom, the clouds parted.

The roiling gray abyss overhead shattered like a fragile pane of foggy glass, jagged cracks of electric-blue Azyr racing across the heavens. Thunder rumbled, not in warning, but in exultation, a divine drumroll heralding my command and my arrival. Any and all precipitation ceased in an instant, the last lingering droplets evaporating into shimmering wisps of mist that curled and danced in the golden light that now flooded the sky.

Sunlight, for a happy day still plagued by the remnants of Leviathan's influence.

A pillar of luminous gold speared through the parting clouds, spilling down onto the city and igniting the soaked pavement with a warm, almost ethereal glow. Shadows stretched and warped across the streets, melting away in the warmth, and the gray-tinged asphalt gleamed like polished silver. Glass windows throughout Downtown, previously wet and murky, caught the light and refracted it in brilliant fractals, painting the city in hues of blue and gold. The spell should have cleared a shaft of clouds and rain one hundred yards in diameter, much like it had when I'd used the same spell a couple weeks ago, but I didn't have Holy Hexes before.

This time, the entire city was bathed in gold.

Below me, Brockton Bay froze.

A hush - so sudden that it was somehow louder than before - spread through the festival like a rolling tide, washing away all conversation, all noise. Heads snapped upward, eyes wide with wonder and disbelief. Fingers pointed skyward, mouths forming words that failed to leave their lips. Some clutched at their chests, others dropping their umbrellas in shock. Children gasped, their little hands gripping their parents' sleeves as they gawked at the figure standing on thin-air, miles above their heads. Despite my change in costume, I could tell that they knew who I was.

And when I began descending from the sky, my new black mantle fluttering softly around my body…

A roar erupted from below.

I didn't just hear it, or see it - I felt it.

The exultant cries of hundreds shook the very air, an overwhelming surge of human emotion - no, Aqshy and Hysh, excitement and happiness, spice and sweetness - crashing over me like a tidal wave. Cheers, screams, sobs, countless voices blending into a symphony of jubilation, joyfulness, disbelief. Worship, Hidden Intuition murmured amusedly.

People fell to their knees in the streets.

I could see it all as I floated down, and what I saw was equally as scary as it was warming to my soul. The raw, unfiltered devotion, the tears streaming down faces turned skyward, the trembling hands clasped together in awe and amazement. Some reached out towards me as if they could grasp and tug me out from the sky with their fingers, while others seemed content with recording on their phones, eyes wide behind the screen. The crown-emblazoned flags, my flags, rippled in the fresh breeze, snapping crisply towards the newly cleared sky.

In front of the makeshift stage below me was a mass of chaos and elation - men and women hugging, lifting children onto their shoulders, fists and voices raised in triumph.

"Avalon! It's- ma, it's Avalon! He's here! Ma-"

"The Endslayer! It's the Endslayer! HOLY SHIT! I- I mean-"

"H-he actually answered my prayers. He's here. He's- he's- Avalon! AVALON! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU-"

… Cassie was right.

I had become something more to them.

The weight of it settled on my shoulders like a cloak, heavy but not unbearable. It didn't matter what I thought of myself anymore. They had already decided. They had chosen me as their symbol, their guiding light, their protector.

A chant started somewhere in the crowd, faint at first but growing in strength with each passing second.

"Avalon! Avalon! Avalon! AVALON!"

I allowed the energy of the moment to carry me, letting myself fall downwards into a plummet that would have killed a lesser man from a heart attack before the actual collision. A sonic boom broke the barrier between my body and sound itself as I urged my body even faster, my body turning into a pure streak of black and silver and gold, like a meteor descending upon the earth. The wind screamed past me, rushing against my skin, but my descent was perfectly controlled. The cityscape rose up to meet me at breakneck speed, the wooden stage and the shocked crowd surrounding it growing larger and larger until-

At the very last moment, mere inches above impact, I stopped.

Barely an inch from the stage, my body casually standing on thin-air, my hands resting in the pockets of my fitted black trousers.

The impact never came. No wood shattered, no dust scattered.

Then, slowly, I straightened, my boots touching the wooden platform with deliberate intent. I let my power ripple through reality in one final, imperceptible pulse - a crackle of Azyr, a warm hum of Aqshy, the lingering glow of Hysh. The very air shimmered in response, charged with a power that everyone present could feel but not comprehend, warming bodies previously chilled by the rain and flushing water from clothes. The crowd, which had reached the peak of its hysteria only moments ago, fell into an eerie hush, holding their collective breath.

All eyes were on me.

I let them look. Hidden Intuition attempted to whisper, but its voice was strained, shrill. There were too many people. Too many emotions. I dialed it all the way down, because I didn't need a magical power to tell me what I could see with my own two eyes.

The silence stretched. It was a potent thing, and an amusing one - I could see the way they held their breaths, muffling their cries and voices behind their own hands, waiting for me to break the stalemate. I let the quiet marinate for a moment or two longer, slowly observing them in the same way that they observed me, before finally, I tilted my head, my lips curving up into that crooked, irreverent smirk that had somehow become my signature. I spread my arms wide, inhaling the scent of the Winds as I cast my gaze across the people - no, my people.

"Brockton Bay," I drawled, my voice amplified by magic, carrying effortlessly across the sea of upturned faces. "I hope y'all didn't start the party without me."

The roar that followed could have shattered the fucking heavens.

It sure as hell nearly shattered my eardrums.

A/N:

So. Here we fucking are.

Sorry for the wait, guys. PHO chapters take some time to cook up properly, and I was also wrestling with this chapter overall. Hopefully it's worth it. And if it's not? Hopefully the next one is!

So, Avalon has a new costume, he's taking the role of Patron Saint of Brockton Bay, and the city - honestly, the world - is loving it. Originally this chapter was just going to be the PHO, but I felt like that was a waste. Might as well advance the story a bit too, right? And so it turned into this. Greg isn't important - I just needed someone to set the scene who was already in the scene, and to use as a sockpuppet for the PHO section.

For those who recognized Kevin, yes, it's that Kevin. I wanted to use him, so I did. I know he's originally from England, but I figured Kevin could sound like a pretty American name too, so I just rolled with it. He most likely won't pop up again, so just take it as a fun little cameo.

Anyways, the next two chapters - Chapter 78 and 79 - are already up on my Patreon! I'm trying to stay on top of my updates while juggling my writing with my real life obligations, so you'll always get content several weeks earlier on there for five bucks if you wanna support what I do. 78 is Avalon's interaction with the public, and his meeting with the PRT. 79 is his interaction with Riley, and... Well, you'll just have to read it to find out. But I'll say this:

Spoiler

Thanks for reading!