[Endgame: rise or DROWN]

[warpweft]

[How long have you been exploring Nessa's palace now? You've met her family, viewed her memories, learned how to fight as a witch and tried to find the source of her power and the Treasure of her palace: the Voidheart. And along the way, you've tired your best, with mixed success, to avoid the incarnation of her eldest cousin and the representation of her trauma and fear, the Nightmare of Esmau.]

[Wherever you are in the Palace right now, you feel the ground briefly shake under your feet. Little shakes here and there haven't been out of the ordinary - Esmau is trying to blow the place down to the studs, after all. But that felt different. That felt....worse.]

[Your phone beeps as you receive a message.]

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[messianic]

[ admittedly, he can't do much right now--he winces when she goes after Akira, but Akira makes it through okay, thank goodness.

He has to do something--

Minato presses his lips together tightly. Okay. He can help boost people up. They're seeing some sort of progress, and they have to keep pushing.

So he'll cast Void from Blood on Sprezzatura! What's a little blood magic between pals? It's fine that it hurts a little bit if it means powering up their tank [citation needed] ]

[voidhearts]

[You feel something like the prick of a needle sinking into your body. It stings for several seconds. Then you feel woozy for a couple seconds, then you're....fine-ish. Void spark travels from your body over to Sprezzatura, charging one of her spells.

Minato: 70/100 HP]

[velluminous]

[ she can FEEL that little burst of power and follows the directional flow back to its source ]

What did you do?

[messianic]

[ listen. Minato squints a little, trying to push through that wooziness, shaking his head a bit. ]

Ah--um, a spell...? One of Nessa's.

You should be good to go for using a powerful spell when you get the chance.

[velluminous]

[ she knows what you did ]

Minato!

[messianic]

[ he seems to legitimately have no idea why this could be Bad. ]

What's wrong...?