Fight plot post!
It's time for the plot that shall bring a spectacular end to one of our beloved resident trolls, Xellos! Our own grouchy God-Emperor will organize a team to take him down--with or without the Defense Force's backup, but he will let them know what is going on. If you've been around a while, you know that Fou-Lu and Xellos have a long-standing hateship, once resulting in their coming to blows. Fou-Lu has a pretty good idea of what Xellos is capable of, and isn't happy that he's been left to run around unchecked for so long. Xellos' recent antics are only adding fuel to the fire, and oh, there will be more. But, as powerful as Fou-Lu is, Xellos is very hard to hit and even harder to destroy.
We will need brave magic-users, since physical attacks will not work against Xellos. I'm not YET sure how many we will have involved with the fight, but we will have a number of roles to fill. Lena's suggested strategy is to ensnare Xellos in a strong energy drain or a powerful freezing ability to keep him from moving around, and then phase two would begin with all-out magic attacks and THE POWER OF LOVE where applicable, and that seems about right to me, too! However, please note some caveats before you volunteer:
#1, involved combatants will be injured during this fight. They certainly won't be maimed or horribly scarred (unless you want them to be!), but coming away from a fight against Xellos without so much as a scratch is implausible. If you aren't familiar with Xellos' canon, this is an example of what he's capable of without his power restraints. Please bear in mind that even without that fancy finger waggling, he's still quite the adversary and very annoying with his teleport spam! Fortunately, you will have at least one god on your side, and Fou-Lu doesn't intend on letting anyone get massacred by Xellos if he can help it.
#2, as per the mods, any attacks causing moderate property damage WILL raise Acumen's ire and result in your character being collared. HOWEVER, Xellos is able to dissipate and block attacks, and since he isn't planning on dying, he'll help minimize property damage because he doesn't want to get collared (lulz). Unless you want your character to get collared, which can also be arranged! Violence itself will not get the characters in trouble, so don't worry about that.
Not so much a caveat as a note: Powerful magic-users and fellow gods will be prioritized to face Xellos directly. I hope there won't be hard feelings if your character is not chosen for the fight, but Fou-Lu would definitely not put a character in danger unless he feels they can handle themselves and be solidly useful. I'm sure he wouldn't turn away anyone willing to keep civilians safe and villains with funny ideas away from the worst of it, though!
Keeping those in mind, please feel free to offer your character and we'll see what we can do! Questions are also awesome. How this gets organized ICly will depend on how things go down, so keep an eye out for related posts this week. ♥
ETA: We know timezones and work and sleep schedules are kind of wonky, so this isn't first come, first serve. Don't worry if you're seeing this hours after posting!