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Topic: The Tree Demon
In: Boards News
SwagnusTheRed (Original Poster) (Verified Cape)
Posted on February 24, 2011
Just finished the 'fight' with The Simurgh. I know you all know how that usually goes, but this time was a bit different. Just in case you live under a rock: The Simurgh was killed!
To sum it up for those who weren't lucky enough to see it themselves (I never imagined I would say that about an endbringer battle):
Just before the fight started a tree popped out of the ground in front of everybody. The tree then turned into something that proceeded to absolutely destroy The Simurgh.
Their fight ended with Ziz getting eaten alive and the whatever-that-is turning into like a billion bats and disappearing.
Make sure to thank Lookout for the videos. The videos she got using her tinkertech cameras are a lot higher quality than what my phone got.
*edit
Apparently he wasn't done since there have been reports of him reappearing on the east coast and slaughtering the Slaughterhouse Nine. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going back to enjoying Canberra's citywide party. I've got another reason to celebrate.
Bagrat (Veteran Member) (The Guy In The Know)
Replied on February 24, 2011
Confirmed.
Also, hell yes.
DroptheBaum
Replied on February 24, 2011
Ding dong the bitch is dead!
Tw1stedTranssister
Replied on February 24, 2011
The mean old bitch, the wicked bitch!
NamethatCape (Cape Groupie)
Replied on February 24, 2011
Ding dong the wicked bitch is dead!
XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied on February 24, 2011
Welp, we're boned.
SpecificProtagonist
Replied on February 24, 2011
XxVoid_CowboyxX
I know I'm going to regret asking, but why is that?
XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied on February 24, 2011
SpecificProtagonist
It's obvious that it'll go after us once it's finished.
It's a super-endbringer, and it's getting rid of the competition
LovingCraft01
Replied on February 24, 2011
Ph'lngui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'bagl fhtagn...
SwagnusTheRed (Original Poster) (Verified Cape)
Posted on February 24, 2011
LovingCraft01
See, I know you're joking, but that hits really close to home. There was something really lovecraftian about it. Just looking at the thing gave me a headache.
XxVoid_CowboyxX
Replied on February 24, 2011
Super. Endbringer. Does no one care about this!?
GearShaft (Unverified Cape)
Replied on February 24, 2011
SwagnusTheRed
Seconded.
That noise wasn't any better. It was like it was coming from inside my bones. I thought it was the Simurgh at first.
Peenutbutterjellyt1me
Replied on February 24, 2011
XxVoid_CowboyxX
Yeah, we just don't care about you.
DeafDefying (Verified DJ)
Replied on February 24, 2011
The harmonics on the sound are funky. And not 'funky fresh' or some garbage like that. I mean sound isn't supposed to work like that.
B3atB0xer
Replied on February 24, 2011
Has anyone analyzed the video? I can't tell if those eyebrows are some kind of weird opaque fire or just moving hair.
BrainyBunch (Verified Thinker)
Replied on February 24, 2011
B3atB0xer
I've been looking at a couple recordings that our team has been analyzing and as near as I can tell the answer to your question is 'yes'. That bullshit's practically quantum...
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Banbar0
Replied on February 25, 2011
So, we haven't been hearing much from the capes who saw the fight in person.
What's up?
SoldierSpy (Unverified Cape)
Replied on February 25, 2011
Banbar0 Yeah, most of us are out partying or just trying to get drunk
Bullrush (Verified Cape)
Replied on February 25, 2011
Tryibg and suceeding
Nothinspeshul
Replied on February 25, 2011
Go home Bullrush, you're drunk.
Shakemylife (Verified Cape)
Replied on February 25, 2011
Banbar0 Man, how to describe it… It was like that scene in Jurassic Park where the T-rex bursts in and eats the velociraptors. Yeah, you're happy that it happened, but you REALLY don't want to stick around in case the T-rex decides on dessert...
GstringGirl
Replied on February 25, 2011
Anyways, should we really be calling him a demon?
Bladeworksfan (Kyushu Survivor)
Replied on February 25, 2011
GstringGirl He killed the 'angel' so I think it counts as a demon, although it's kinda backwards…
Sure as hell ain't complaining though.
ASaltyBattery (Verified Shipper)
Replied on February 25, 2011
The Fallen might canonize tall, dark and fiery as the devil, but i don't think their opinion really matters.
Jotunn451
Replied on February 25, 2011
Hey guys! he's back, and he killed the S9!
-!-!-!-
Alexandria frowned and kept reading. Eventually, she sighed and turned off her phone.
"Door to Cauldron."
A square portal appeared, and she walked through it, into a meeting room in another dimension. The others were already there, watching a video of Aku's encounter with the Slaughterhouse Nine. It was shaky and out of focus, having been taken by some reckless idiot with a cellphone. Numberman twitched when he heard Aku's speech. The others glanced at each other. The fact that Aku knew Number Man's past and current identity was ...concerning.
Eventually, the video ended with Aku lifting an arm into the air, causing a squat black building to sprout from the ground. They sat silently, caught between catharsis at seeing Earth Bet's worst serial killers dead and paranoia from seeing this new player on the field. Eidolon fidgeted and spoke hesitantly.
"...So, what is he? An entity? A ...super-endbringer?"
Alexandria and Legend did their best to stifle a pair of groans. They ignored Eidolon's puzzled expression as Doctor Mother mused quietly.
"It could be that we are dealing with something that opposes Scion. Perhaps a rival or a different species? This 'Aku' could be this being's endbringer equivalent, or the being itself…"
"...Is that good or bad?"
Alexandria growled without looking at Legend.
"Bad. we don't know it's true motivations. Killing the S9 is no guarantee of benevolence. And anything that can eat an endbringer is going to be dangerous."
Legend privately disagreed, but everyone else seemed determined to assume the worst-case scenario. Alexandria turned towards Contessa, who was quietly thinking.
"Contessa, can you path this ...Aku?
The world's strongest precog nodded and paused for a second before speaking to the air.
"Door to banana cream pie."
The people around her watched with a variety of odd expressions. Contessa's paths were often strange and made no sense, but they always got results. Even so, the idea that pie was going to help figure out what 'Aku' was struck them as a little farfetched. Contessa reached through the portal that appeared, picked up the pie with a blank expression, then swung it around and threw it at Alexandria.
The banana cream pie sailed perfectly through the air and hit Alexandria in the face with a splat.
Everyone in the room, Contessa included, stared in shock as Alexandria pulled the pie tin off her face and wiped the whipped cream out of her eyes. She glared at Contessa, the expression ruined by the custard and slices of banana covering her face.
"...And? What did that accomplish?"
Contessa's response was to smile widely and laugh in a deep, haunting voice.
"AhahahaHAHA! Fools!"
The other members of Cauldron flung themselves away from Contessa and stared with wide eyes at her. She gave them an inhuman grin and continued speaking in that echo of Aku's voice.
"Did you truly think that your pathetic precognition would work against Me? Aku, the Shape-shifting Master of Darkness? Ha! Foolish Worms! Aku is beyond your comprehension! Hahahaha!"
The voice kept laughing for a while, growing fainter. Contessa's voice slowly overtook it until she was the only one they heard laughing. Then she smiled faintly and fell over.
Everyone stared at her then looked at each other. Eidolon swallowed slightly and spoke in a quiet tone.
"I don't think we should have any more thinkers analyze Aku."
"Y-yes… I think you are right."
-!-!-!-
Title drop!
Also, I tried to make the forum thread as realistic as possible. I hope it worked.