Wrack and Ruin!
Corrosive Strike!
Acid sprayed along the plane of the beast as Felix's fist made contact with it's blubbery hide...and did nothing. Felix hung there, the dual power of his kinetic boost and rebuffed strike holding him aloft for a terrible, dreamlike moment.
A tentacle slammed into him.
*BOOM!*
Felix hit the ground hard enough to break it, the heavy cut stone tilting in line with his impact. A nest of uprooted blocks erupted around him as he laid there, too stunned to breath or blink or think.
Health: 784/1014
Status Condition: Taunted
Has Been Interrupted
Then he could hear voices. A voice. One that should not ever have been talking to him.
The Maw was scolding him.
"--absolute baffoon! It is taunting you! Clear your mind! Steel this Bastion!"
"You're free..." Felix felt dread grip his insides. The damage last time was terrible. Here, now it will be...
"Stop wasting time and focus! Felix Nevarre! Steel your Bastion!"
Snapped out of his doom spiral, Felix did just that. He flared his Bastion of Will, pushing to keep the Maw contained...except she hadn't escaped. She was still trapped beneath the earth, and as he looked for her the last vestiges of the Taunt dissipated. Felix pulled himself up from the ground.
"How are you speaking so clearly to me?" Felix asked.
"It is toying with you," the Maw said. "I know this."
"Great. You're ignoring me," Felix said.
"You saw it eating corpses, its own Revenants? It's devouring pieces of power. Pieces of Me. Each morsel of my energy builds its strength." The Maw's voice shook. Felix wasn't sure whether it was rage or, strangely, fear.
"It's turning into you?" Felix said with alarm, his worry over the Maw doubled.
"No, you dullard. It would need far more than morsels for that."
"Like if it ate me?" he asked.
The Maw went quiet. "I forbid you to be eaten, Felix Nevarre. This...abomination is a stain upon the realm. End it."
Unfettered Volition!
"I'm glad I have your permission, then," Felix growled and started moving.