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☽ It wasn’t mеrely fate that got me this throne

Who: Ebalon & All Y'all
What: Catchall + Open Stuff for August
When: August
Where: On the ship (ooo) possibly NOT on the ship depending on the event?!
Warnings: Ebalon. Just Ebalon. We've done this whole song and dance before. (Possible violence, creepy bullshit, manipulation, Ebamizu, there is definitely going to be Ebamizu in this post, general weirdness, I don't know y'all)

This time I WILL put the correct dates on my posts so HELP ME GOD

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[Psh. Like hell is Max gonna help anyone let alone this moon based asshole. But that is a hell of a racket he's making.]

Are you having yourself a good time?

[Said as he watches Ebalon pant and struggle with these huge metal .. whatever they are. Max is having a good time watching this so hey, it all works out.]

[Ugh. Max.

Unfortunately, these two cats can't circle each other and hiss (only the latter) because Ebalon is currently sort of squished up between one huge sheet of steel and the wall. Keeping his tone polite, he responds,]

I would say so, yes. Lady Friday saw fit to equip me with metal today.

[Usually he gets cool gifts like tarts. No, just fucking metal this time around.]

[Max has received some packages containing items he definitely didn't want, but at least he never got huge sheets of metal for no reason. Sucks to be that guy.]

So I see. And hear.

What precisely are you intending to do with them?

I'm going to attempt to build an interplanar portal and get all of us out of this hell cruise. Those that wish to leave, anyway.

[He shrugs one shoulder. The other is pressed up against the metal, so, uh, no shrug. Only the pain of trying his fucking best.]

That's surprisingly helpful.

[And deeply suspicious.]

Is that something you've done before in your world?

Interplanar portals are common on Elrios, most often used to travel between the Demon Realm and Elrios itself. While I haven't built one, I know of them, [there's one in the Order's base,] and their principles are similar to that of magitech.

[He does not explain what that is.]

[And Max will not say he has no idea what any of that is because he's not going to admit to not knowing literally everything.]

And where does the sheet metal come into the equation?

[Though..] Pardon, the Demon Realm?

The sheet of metal will be formed into the frame for the portal.

[Come on, Max, he knows you're smarter than this. The latter question, though, he doesn't expect anyone to know about. As he's dragging this metal along, he deigns to answer,]

The Demon Realm is a plane of existence that mirrors Elrios's own. They are next to one another, not contained within the same sphere of existence, but rather you could think of it as two spheres orbiting each other within close proximity. Within the space between is what's known as Henir, alternatively called "the void".

[Max will know literally everything, apparently, because Ebalon is just going to say it.]

[The explanation is solid enough that Max does actually understand what he's saying. So that's pretty good, thanks Ebalon.]

Ah. You know, I'll admit I wouldn't have thought you would be doing something for the good of others on the ship. [And he still doesn't.] What's your angle?

[His angle is fixing burnt bridges so that people listen to his harebrained ideas!

He doesn't say this.]

Simply put, the Captain told me some time ago that when the ghosts running this ship have their matter pulled so thin that they dissipate entirely, they'll be replaced.

Who do you think will replace them, Max? Who do you think will be made into a mindless servant next?

You misunderstand, I completely understand why you're doing this for yourself. I'm curious why you would help anyone else in the process.

The Captain is my enemy, and is the enemy of everyone else. I have worked in teams before, you know.

[He shakes his head. Come on, y'all are missing all his fun stories about the El Masters and Henir's Order! ~~Because he's only telling them to like, three people.~~]

There is not a moment in my life where I have flown solo, actually. Regardless, I don't fancy giving the Captain what he wants, and neither should you.

I don't want to give him what he wants, but if the opportunity presents itself to enjoy myself while here, even if he's the reason why, I fail to see why I shouldn't take advantage of it.

[Like having a machine gun and turning your boyfriend into jello.]

And I know literally nothing about you, so no, I do not know you've worked on teams before.

[Ebalon disagrees with the sentiment, but Ebalon has always been a busybody. There's no relaxing for him, hasn't been for a thousand years or so.]

Mm... ah! [As if he just remembered something.] Yes, that's correct, our introductions were done in unsavoury circumstances. [Or else, he would have talked about the Masters group.] There are five others like me, with incredible elemental powers. We formed a group known as the El Masters and were protectorates over the world at large.

There. Now you have a small portion of my history, huhu.

[He folds his arms and considers.]

I want to say something disparaging about calling yourself the El Masters, but I work for an organization called Talon so I'm not sure I have any room to do so. [Those are both intensely stupid names.] Are you attempting to return everyone to their worlds? Or to yours?

None of us named the group. You can thank the Elrian Kingdom for that.

[screeeeech as he drags the metal sheet forward, then:]

I'm hopeful that I'll be able to return everyone to their worlds. Elrios is not much safer than the ship. There's some give and take — no random death matches or being under the control of someone else, but it is in a post-apocalyptic state, so death still lingers around the corner. Give and take.

[Max just continues to watch, because he's definitely not going to help. And he wants to not believe him, that this is all some elaborate ruse to get people to walk through a portal so Ebalon can steal their power or teleport them directly into a volcano or something. Though he admittedly doesn't know him well enough to know just where he sits on the supervillain scale.]

Well, I wish you luck in that. As I'm sure do most people here wishing to leave. But out of curiosity, why would you return to a post-apocalyptic world and not go elsewhere?

There's something I need to finish back home.

[Henir's Order probably isn't in shambles without him, considering how many high-ranking members are there, but he'd hate to come back to the future where it is.]

Something of religious importance, if you can believe it.

I see.

[He turns to go, because he doesn't really care about whatever religious stuff Ebalon is about to spout off. He's basically a miasma of things Max hates: magic, religion, and has the ability to kill him.

But unfortunately he can't resist.]

What of those you've met here? Venti. Mizuki. You'll see them off to their realms?

If I can pull it off, yes, I'll see them home.

[Although, he and Mizuki did promise to explore Elrios together, but he's leaving that out. Not important to the topic.]

You as well, should this work and should you wish to go. [~~Tragic that it won't work!~~]

Hm.

I suppose I shall have to thank you, if you're able to pull this off. [Almost fortunate that he won't be able to.] Good luck with all of this.

[Probably better luck if Max helped since he could carry these so easy, but he won't and instead is just gonna leave. Have fun lugging scrap metal around.]

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