Week 7: Fast Forward to 2020

[foundationmods]

It is done.

The last tape has played. All of the information that can be found from them has been discovered. They are free to re-watch the tapes, but nothing new can be found there.

The barrier will fail next Saturday. This is unavoidable. The barrier set by Tages will finally fall, and the curse will be free once more.

The only question is, what will those left alive in 2020 do to prepare?

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[sageking]

[ ...

. . .

Well, Mitsuru will seemingly have smooth sailing? It's hard to quantify Gilgamesh's stats in layman's terms, but there was pretty high attack power for one. And his magic stats were...uh, wait—

The other would suddenly slam into a wall with his magic checker, and the wall would seem to slam him right back out too.

Gilgamesh took his time approaching Mitsuru, but here he was soon enough. ]

You're lucky I even deigned to allow you to see that much, boy.

I'll give the same warning I gave to the last who tried, and also question your reason for trying to look upon me in such an insolent manner.

[killtheanimals]

[Fricken Fates. He does look up as Gilgamesh approaches, before lowering his head in deference.]

Please forgive me, your majesty. I was elsewhere while the videos were being reviewed, so my knowledge of what powers, exactly, are at our disposal for this mission is lacking. It seemed most efficient to use my own powers to quickly scan through what we have available, but... I should have known better than to try it on someone who so thoroughly outclasses my own power.

[sageking]

...Very well, you are forgiven.

[ It was more of a suitable apology than he expected.

Well, he supposed simply telling the child some of what he could do was acceptable as he will doubtlessly be witness to it anyway. ]

You've seen a glimpse of some of my capability. Though it is hardly an indication of all my skill.

I'm easily able to overwhelm those who dare to challenge me with an unforgivable assault of various weaponry, with various effects. As you might imagine, this will prove useful against the enemy we face, as obviously I have ones that would be suited in terms of being effective against it. You weren't able to see much of it, but I'm able to use magic as well.

[killtheanimals]

[Mitsuru actually knows how to behave around royalty s.....omewhat. Even if it was to butter them up.]

Your magical capabilities have made themselves clear enough already, yes.

[Even if he couldn't see it, smacking into that wall of magic was message enough.]

Various weaponry... So legendary artifacts, that sort of thing?

[sageking]

[ Everyone should know how to treat him reverence...whoops that's his ego speaking again, but anyway... ]

That's right. They're valuable treasures I've collected over time...and given all the world's treasures are mine, countless are stored within.

[killtheanimals]

Do you mean that literally?

[Legitimate question.]

[sageking]

[ Fair, tbh. ]

I do. Why?

[killtheanimals]

It can be hard to tell sometimes, with the people here.

Still, legendary artifacts... so things like the Excalibur and Mjölnir and so on?

[sageking]

Obviously not those two.

[ Caliburn, yes, Excalibur no, so on and so forth. ]

Don't bother wasting your time asking why. I'm not here to simply deign to explain it all to you.

[killtheanimals]

It may seem obvious to you, your majesty, but it isn't so for the rest of us. The best way I have found around that is to ask questions, so I can learn as much as I can and prepare myself accordingly.

But you're right - it isn't my place to interrogate a king. Besides, I think I have a better understanding now just from that.

[sageking]

Prepare yourself for the upcoming battle, hm?

[ ... ]

As you should.

[killtheanimals]

It's important to know your allies' abilities as well as your opponents' if you're going to have a successful mission.

[He didn't even need to watch the recordings to know that.]