Gate of Memoirs/The One-Day War

After penetrating the barrier of Di'yu, the Naga engage Tevarius' band without preamble.
Episode 8—Subsidence—
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Music: "Overcome"	Music: "Overcome"
 	
*A subtle, muted humming comes into Saerenthis's mind as he concentrates on the cool rock walls behind the waterfall.
*The brief flicker that had jolted him out of his musing was unmistakably deathly in nature.
*Tracing an eldritch sigil against the smooth stone, a small smirk creeps into the High Priest's face.
*The vibrations tingling up his hand are not dissimilar to the echoes of the Endless Abyss.
 	
*Saerenthis: Oh-hoh. What do we have here?
*Saerenthis: Negative energy, an antithesis to life...
 	
*Saerenthis: So this is what lies under that crone's seat in her pagoda.
*Saerenthis: Had we known sooner, we might have woven together these threads with our own...
 	
*Uln'gha: <Orr'enah...>
 	
*Saerenthis: Indeed, indeed. I can already imagine the look on her face.
*Saerenthis: We will find out soon enough, I'm sure...
 	
*Before long, a congregation of war priests gather to chant and hiss in unison, channeling the dark energy of the depths.
*A makeshift portal circle, much like the one they had used to infiltrate the Vale's lakes, pulses and shifts with every sonorous syllable.
*Saerenthis heads the ritual himself, his green eyes growing ever more vibrant as the magic weaves itself around the Naga.
*As darkness swirls within the circle, a ghostly reflection of the waterfall shimmers into existence.
 	
*Saerenthis: Good...good!
*Saerenthis: Prepare the warband and send them in as soon as the portal is stable.
*Saerenthis: Plant the idol and spread word of our Goddess. Slay whoever gets in your way!
 	
*The war priests bow in turn, and Saerenthis turns to his guard.
 	
*Saerenthis: Grah'n. Signal the warriors to go forward with the diversion.
*Saerenthis: Under no circumstances should the assault on the pagoda be halted.
*Saerenthis: Sacrifice the weaklings if you must. Spare no expense in drawing that crone from her hovel!
 	
*Naga Guard: Yes, hafh'drn.
 	
*Saerenthis: We are close now. Closer than ever before!
 	
*Saerenthis: I can already tasssste our victory...
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Music: "Source Hall"	Music: "Source Hall"
 	
*The cavern quickly fills with an alien mist as familiar serpentine shapes slither into view.
*Unlike the ones encountered on the stone steps, these Naga have runes and tattoos carved into their scaly hide,
*each blasphemous sigil a testament and blessing from their deep goddess.
*Naga Abysstouched: Heheheh...Well then!
*Naga Abysstouched: Looks like our quarry's been hiding away in this miserable little pit.
*As they spread out in a fan, one of the Naga plants a ghastly stone idol into the rock, and the air immediately grows dark with tension.
*The spirit lights hanging in the air suddenly blink out, devoured by some invisible force as the idol begins to glow.
 	
*Saskya narrows her eyes, meeting the Naga's malicious yellow gazes with her own.
*Saskya: First time I've seen such grotesque creatures in my domain.
 	
*Saskya: ...And I've been down here the entire time.
 	
*The warrior monk strides forward with singular purpose, her dark and violent past ever so slightly showing through in that predatory gait.
*The Naga, their vicious maws cracked with sneers, regard her with mocking indifference as she stands tall before them.
 	
*Sero-Anya: Not satisfied getting vaporized up on the steps?
*Sero-Anya: You won't do any better here.
 	
*Naga Abysstouched: Your threats are empty, mnahn'. The Abyss is already consuming what's left of the land above.
*Naga Abysstouched: Submit now and we won't have to resort to giving you grissssly deaths...
*Naga Abysstouched: After all, being marked by our Goddesssss is quite the honor.
 	
*Tevarius: Ngh—
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*A familiar darkness seeps into Tevarius's mind as the idol seems to turn its unblinking, carved stare on him.
*Tevarius find himself surrounded on all sides by the crushing silence of deepest, darkest ocean.
 	
*This time, the voice was clear—almost resonant—as the pale and furious visage of Tsovinar emerges from the shadows.
 	
*Tsovinar: <Again and again you have escaped with your pitiful life...>
*Tsovinar: <Soon...soon I shall tear you apart...and relish in your agony!>
*A phantom force assails Tevarius from all sides as Tsovinar crushes her fist closed, eyes gleaming maliciously.
 	
*Tevarius: Agh...hh...
 	
*Tevarius: N...No!
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Music: "Source Hall"	Music: "Source Hall"
 	
*Tevarius: Ghh...Damn you! I won't fall to you, curse or not!
*Shaking his head angrily, the dragon spirit snarls and glares at their fell idol.
 	
*The Naga ready their weapons as the charged energy coalescing around Tevarius coils into a serpentine dragon.
 	
*Sero-Anya: About time you came to your senses.
*Sero-Anya turns to the Naga, one hand raised in defiance against the spawn of the deep.
*Sero-Anya: So, worms. Prostrate yourself before me and I might consider...leniency.
 	
*Naga Abysstouched: Big words for a mangy pack of mnahn'—
*Naga Abysstouched: Kksshhaaa!!
 	
*A ribbon of darkness trails behind the warrior monk as she shakes her fist out from bruising the side of the Naga's jaw.
*Saskya: I'm done talking.
 	
*Saskya: Get. Out.