sevenvices | week 8 - execution & aftermath

It's Undyne! [Four spears materialize out of thin air all around the barrier and go flying towards it at breakneck speed as she slams the one in her hand against it as hard as she can futilely.]

Stop hiding behind your stupid barriers like a coward and come face someone who can actually fight back, you goddamn weakling!

[ Unfortunately, Screaming Woman must ignore Undyne for a few seconds while this happens. But once that's over, she gives her a curious look. ]

Are you so unaware of yourself? All lives have branches. In some, perhaps you are fiercer than most.

[ The barrier slides down. ]

Very well! Show me your best!

[...okay, she had not actually been expecting this to happen. BUT SHE SURE AS HELL ISN'T LETTING THIS OPPORTUNITY SLIDE BY.]

If you really want my best, you should give me all of my magic back! Not that I can't beat a cowardly murderer like you even with a handicap!

[And she summons a spear to her hand and charges the woman at full speed - though it's also to serve a distraction for the four spears that suddenly appear behind and above Wrath and hurl towards her so fast that they're hard to see.]

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Cowardly?

[ She straightens out, already whirling around dodge the spears behind her. ]

How dare you. I fear no one.

[ At that moment, Undyne will feel all of her powers unlocking. ]

I am Satan of Wrath, now face me in battle and die!

[ A chunk of Earth underneath Undyne promptly raises up and turns into sharp spikes. ]

[She doesn't expect the ground to suddenly give way beneath her feet, nor is speed her forte, so the spikes hit her dead on. Undyne barely seems to even notice though, staring at her hand in wonder for a moment before she starts laughing wildly.]

Then it's about time someone taught you the meaning of fear!

[The ground beneath Wrath's feet starts glowing blue before Undyne returns the favor by having spears shoot out of it - and there's a lot more than five this time.]

[ Satan is quicker than she looks, especially in the long skirt and heeled boots she's currently wearing. She teleports a few feet out of the way, a metallic twang ringing out as she reappears.

The spiked ground rumbles and shakes, starting to rapidly split in half. There's only darkness inside of the crack, so uh...Undyne might want to move a little. ]

[Oh god it had to be a fucking teleporter of course. Undyne jumps away from the cracks and takes a few leaps back so she can find solid ground - and also further away from the group of non-combatants watching this. With how she expects this fight is about to go, she'd rather not risk any collateral damage.

While she does this, she also makes a brief gesture. Wherever Wrath is now, she'll find herself surrounded by a circle of spears. Better start teleporting again.]

[ Satan does, of course, but it's much slower this time. One of the spears nicks her ankle as she gets out of the way. ]

Ahaha, hahaha! You landed a hit! Congratulations!

[ But she's not about to give up yet; she sends out a shockwave through the ground, rippling it towards Undyne. When it stops, more spikes will shoot up, larger this round. ]

[Now that she knows what to look out for, she manages to avoid getting completely impaled, though she's still not fast enough to dodge the spikes completely and they strike a gouge into her leg. Should have picked Sans for this battle.

Not that Undyne fucking cares though, because whatever she can tank a hit. More importantly, it's time she starts landing one. Might as well see if Satan has a soul.]

Stop running away and face me head-on!

[She swings her spear in front of her in one large swoop. At first, it seems completely useless, since she's nowhere near enough Satan for it to hit.

But if her magic actually works, Satan will start glowing green as a small circular barrier surrounds wherever she's standing. While she'll be able to move just enough to block Undyne's spears if she's fast enough and all of her own attacks will still be able to work just fine, she'll find herself rooted there - she won't be able to teleport or even dodge.]

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Hah, haven't you ever heard of long-distance fighters? Or are you so used to just smashing things until they break?

[ But she doesn't look offended at any rate. The ground starts shaking, at any rate, and more spikes will pop up in random, unexpected patches. From how broken up the ground is right now, any onlookers will be able to see that there's molten lava beneath the surface. Somehow. Look this is a magic shounen battle don't question it.

But oh dear, does she ever see that circle. She tries to jump back out of its range, only to find her feet glued to the ground. ]

...shit!

[Hmm. She should probably be a little worried about that lava since her and heat don't exactly mix well. On the other hand, she finally got to see that composure crack and she's not about to lose this advantage.]

I'll show you just how good I am at smashing things until they break!

[See, this would normally be the point where she'd at least toss one of her spears to her opponent so they have a chance at blocking her attacks. Buuuut Satan is a) stupidly overpowered, b) the reason why the hostages are here and Asgore's in danger and Clover is dead, and c) fucking Satan. So, nah.

Instead, spears start flying towards her directly from the front, back, and to her left and right. They travel in a straight line so they're not impossible to block...but they're also pretty damn fast and she's even doing that dick move where a spear will fly towards her from one direction and then flip around and head towards her from the opposite side.]

[ This was a mistake. That's what Satan's expression says, one of clear panic and rage.

She flings up a shield made of rocky earth to block a few of them, but half are still flying her way, particularly the trick spear. ]

You're all talk and no actioooooooooooooooon! I'll mash you into a paste!

[ The lava in the cracks stirs and starts to pour out. Not fast enough, though, as one of those trick spears nails Satan in the shoulder. ]

Fuck, fuck, fuck!

[ She screeches in pain, scrambling to cover her shoulder. ]

Not so high and mighty now that you're the one who's about to be killed, huh?! I'll deliver all the pain we've borne these past two months onto you a thousand-fold!

[The spears don't let up - Undyne's actually physically throwing a few of her own into the mix now, which travel slower and don't have any tricks to them but will hit a lot harder with her full strength behind them. She ignores the cracks and the lava aside from side-stepping them when they get too close - she wants to end this battle as fast as she can, so she's willing to take some injuries for that sake.]

[ Another one hits her in the leg--she's bleeding, very badly and very quickly. Satan's arms are shaking, and whether it's from rage or pain can't be determined, but the lava splashes up in a correspondingly shaky motion.

Never let it be said that Satan of Wrath gave up easily, however. She sends a stream of it flying right at Undyne, hoping it melts a few spears here and there. More rock shields pop up to block the others, meanwhile. ]

Hahaha! Ahaha! I'm the one with the handicap, you know! But this is the most action I've seen in yeeaaaaaaaaaaaars, I'll give you that much!

[ Another stream of lava soon accompanies the first. ]

Enjoy it while you can, because it'll be the last action you ever see!

[Well this isn't fucking good. She's a fish, lava is pretty much her weakest point, and she relies far more on enduring hits than she does on dodging them. She manages to sidestep the first stream of lava enough so it only hits her arm instead of her chest, but the second one gets her straight in the gut.]

Ngh--! [For the first time in the entire fight, Undyne's face betrays a sign of pain. But she still doesn't let up on her attacks, though they're starting to slow down now that she has to focus on not getting melted.]

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[ The sight of weakness renews Satan's spirit (though tbh, if she had to die fighting she would be fine with that, Wrath patron and all).

She flings out more lava, more and more, focusing on using them to either intercept Undyne's spears or hit her straight-on. The ground being so broken up is only helping her, giving her even more pools of lava to draw from. They get bigger, and harder to dodge, but no less shaky, given the two wounds she's still sporting. ]

[Her spears are made of magic, not metal, so...they're pretty much impossible to melt. Sorry Satan. On the other hand, Undyne's pretty much given up on dodging at this point, taking all the hits Satan's sending her way so she can concentrate entirely on sending her spears out as fast as she can.

If she dies here, so be it. But she's not going down alone.]

[ WELL THEN. SHE....HOPES IT SLOWS THEM DOWN SOME.

A few spears graze by her head, cutting off some locks of hair and grazing her cheek, but she pays it no mind. Evidently "don't dodge and just fire everything you've got" is the tactic both parties are using, because she keeps throwing lava balls, over and over and over.

But for a second, she stops. There's no more lava, just a few rock shields to block the incoming spears.

And the ground between them rips open, spawning an absolutely massive tidal wave of lava. Anyone even remotely near the two of them might want to evacuate, stat. ]

[WELL THEN.

Undyne doesn't even have time to take in a sharp breath, let alone even begin to run, before the tidal wave of lava engulfs here. There's a white hot searing pain, then a flash of cold as her nerve endings are burned off, and then even that disappears.

The spears vanish. The circle under Satan's feet fades. When the lava finally recedes, it reveals Undyne's crumpled body on the ground, her flesh literally starting to melt off the bones. She is very clearly on the brink of death, if not dead already.]

Hah....ahahahahahaha!

[ Satan stumbles over, her triumphant laughter overlapping with painful coughing. She lifts the hair out of her eyes, straining to see Undyne (or what's left of her). ]

That's not the end of you, yet, right? There's still some fight...right, Undying?

[If she hears Satan's words - if she's even capable of hearing anything at this point - she doesn't show any reaction. Her breath comes in pained gasps, rattling in her chest, but she still manages to squeeze out a few words.]

Sans...Papyrus...Clover...I'm sorry.

[She's exhausted, she's in more pain than she's ever been in her entire life - more pain than she ever thought a single body would be capable of bearing - and she's failed. Even with all her powers back, she failed to take down her enemy just like she failed to keep Clover safe. At this point, death sounds like a pretty fair deal.]

...no.

[But if she died now...nothing would change. The game would just keep on going. This woman and all of her cruel and evil companions would just keep killing people, keep hurting them, keep letting them suffer for their own twisted purposes.]

Not...yet. I can't die yet. I won't!

[Muscles she didn't even know still existed, let alone worked, somehow manage to push her up onto her knees. She grasps blindly for her spear - her last spear, the one she'd kept in her hands all this time - using it to push herself back up to her feet even as her melted and warped flesh drips slowly onto the ground.]

I won't let you hurt any more innocent people! Before I die, I'm going to strike you down!

[Light flashes and Undyne's entire body seems to shimmer. When it settles, Undyne appears once more, somehow now in full armor. Her remaining eye has gone fully black, with only a pinprick of light as its pupil. With her eyepatch burned off in the lava, her socket has now been revealed for the first time, a spear of light emitting from it. Somehow, it looks like all of her wounds have been completely healed.

Undyne the Undying has joined the battle.]

[ Likewise, the Wrath seal reappears underneath Satan, although all of her attention is focused on Undyne. Satan's wounds start to flicker into white vapor and disappear, healing her.

Slowly, she rises back to her feet, holding her arms out as if to embrace someone. ]

If you can catch me.

[ Her wounds healed, the barrier flickers back down. ]

[No boasting this time, no exchanges of threats and shounen lines. All of Undyne's DETERMINATION is focused on one thing - killing the woman standing in front of her.

The entire area fills with spears, far more than she's ever summoned at once before. They fly at Satan much, much faster than before - if she teleports, they'll even track her down without Undyne making a move.]

[ She teleports not once, but twice, three times, hoping the multiple instances will shake the spears off. One catches on her skirt, tearing it a bit but otherwise avoiding striking her.

Satan holds up her hands, hurling a large, lava-covered rock in Undyne's direction. Two at once?? ]

[Undyne takes both rocks without moving an inch or flinching. Unlike her super shitty suit of armor, it looks like this one's actually doing some good - or she's just so determined that she doesn't even notice the hits.

She watches the spears chase Satan for a few moments. One...two...three...there. As soon as Satan reappears for the third time, she strikes out with her green magic again, trying to keep her still.]

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