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I was going to make a jape here, but I really do think that Skype convo speaks for itself.

Anyways, with the onslaught of plant-fueled darkness battering Marcus' aura sense and making it impossible to see, he changed his form once more, to that of a giant Badger Mole. It looked slighty different from usual, though, large crystals on his back and a frontwards crest like that of Glacier began to crop up on his body, as the magnetized metal pole he had been hondong prior managed to fuse onto his head, something like a makeshift Inucorn horn...

As Dimitri shot forth a blast of lighning at the metal rod, it took in the energy from the blast, as the ice-blue crystals on his back began to glow a bright luminesce, energy gathering in the crest on his chest...

<Aquatic Assault! Aurora Blizzard Bullet Barrage!> Marcus billowed out, using a much-nerfed version of Glacier's own attack, shooting out hundreds of aura-hued bullets of ice and elecrticity from his massive badgermole-like mouth in a sweeping motion, in whatever direction he could feel Dimitri and Cuddle burst moving in with his enhanced Earthbending sense of sight as a part-Badger Mole, starting from where he first felt the lightning strike his makeshift horn, should Dimitri not have decided to move. (Glacier Mole? Badger Glacier? Glacier Mole.) The attack would only damage as much as the bullets would hit, though due to the likely wide range of the shot, as well as the power of the bullets themselves, and it being a multi-hit attack, it was likely to completely dispose of Dimitri and Cuddle Burst's shielding and wards, whilst potentially damaging them directly, though Dimitri's was likely to come back almost immediately, anyways. I won't even bother writing whether they still have the shielding or not- honestly, these rune descriptions bewilder me beyond repair. I'll just let Dimitri be the judge of them.

It would also seem that, were Glacier undergoing any form of blindness, it was no longer indicative, as the crystals on his back began glowing, possibly in readying of an attack.

Marcus: 440/500
Glacier: 6000/6000

Dimitri: 45/50
Cuddle Burst: 50/50

It's either a charge attack or a charged attack boost. Either way, make those crystals a priority to take out if and when the opportunity arises. If you can injure those permanently that'll make ol' Glace a pushover with his attacks. Get through the bullet hell and aim for the crystals on either target.

Right, well.
Being directly in front of Cuddle Burst at this point, Dimitri was hit by a good slice of attacks, enough to break his shielding and deal him a extra 10 damage (40 Health), while Cuddle Burst's shield took ten damage. (+10 Shielding) However, Dimitri's shielding being of the reflective nature and the attack being of the slightly random nature, it bounced 20 health worth of Marcus' bullets back, 10 health worth of them hitting Marcus, and 5 health worth hitting Glacier.
Around this point, Dimitri realizes that Marcus is trying to use earthbending to see them, and promptly lifts Cuddle Burst off the floor, while also cuing his boots to cushion his movements, and steers himself and CB elsewhere. Of course, this distracts him from Glacier starting to glow, as well as keeping him from doing much else.

Shielding since I'm doing that apparently:
Cuddle Burst: +10, Burst Cooldown: 1
Dimitri: +0 (Recharge factor of +10)

Shouldn't be hard to escape, Marcus did just tear down the fourth wall.

So let's work our way through this and see what's up.

Marcus: Super Salty. Dies a lot, thinks it's fun to do. Doesn't care about bad choices. Is meta aware and acknowledges they're a blatant godmodding crapshoot. Possesses knowledge of both the current and future plotlines as well as numerous details of Sable's Embarrassing Personal Life. Wanted the horse dead, didn't like that Sable did too for the story to go on.

Sable: Has an embarrassing personal life. Allowed as the Game Author Marcus to be super OP, which worked out super awesome. Aside from the horse antics, Marcus is repulsed by a non-specific edit done, possibly involving the introduction of another Author's character to show off in some manner; Likely Snowball, possibly Dimitri.

Glacier: Ended up being completely irrelevant as predicted. Still kind of around though. Possible adventure ally if they decide they need to prove that I was wrong about how underwhelming and trivial they are.

Dimitri: Magicman. Protagonist. Probably slightly confused and irritated at how everything is playing out.

Cuddle Burst: Slightly less useless than expected. Although true to be completely unreliable and thus far overall a load of deadweight, is partially plot important in that it has a vendetta against it and contains hidden power that Marcus was intended to absorb.

Going forward, it'll be important to assume that unless Marcus flies off middle fingers extended into the unknown never to be seen again, he'll likely be mucking with any attempt of Sable or ours to make the plot go meaningfully anywhere. Sable set up the major plots ahead of time, so anything preplanned is already snafu'd beyond recognition. The best courses of action would be to ditch the flaming upended train of plot and defy the railroading attempts to fight on more equal grounds with Marcus, or try to outwit his ploys as they arise and get a sense of what should have been coming had this not veered 170º.

Whatever choice is made though it's a given from what we overheard that Dimitri needs to fuse with the Pony and utilize the ultra horse powers that were alluded to. It'll be a lot easier than lugging the sack of character creator assets everywhere and if there actually is some power there better a Magicman over any of this stories other fine candidates.

...Uh...seconded.