[Two figures face each other. The space between them feels like miles.]

I knew you'd come back. [Wolfgang is still dressed in his unassuming suit and he is alone. It's a stark contrast to Da Tian, who is wearing a full set of wicked cult-like robes in azure and gold. Three black-cowled figures stand beside him, their faces obscured, but wearing similar gold patterns on their cloaks. Wolf straightens.] This is where it ends. I won't allow you to sacrifice these people for your new world.

[Tian shakes his head.] They hardly need to be sacrificed-- but that is up to you. We can still end this without bloodshed, Wolfgang Albrecht. Just give over control to me. You know the deepest recesses of it by now, do you not? You know that the possibilities are endless. Give up on Thalei. Join me, old friend.

[Wolf's eyes flash fire-red.] These are my people, too, and I'll protect them even if I die! I won't let the Machine fall into the hands of someone who's hurt them! JHIL, THE WARDS!

[There's a bright, almost blinding purple light as force fields appear over the kitchen and the library.]

Impressive. [Tian smiles like a knife, and it stretches far too wide to be friendly.] Their lives are on your shoulders now, Wolfgang.

[Tian and his lieutenants shimmer out of sight. The ground quakes and trembles. Without warning, something rips through space. It's a huge ice elemental, and it paves the way for an army of skeletons, constructs, angels, and slimy eyeless beasts from the water.

Wolf calls out across the Plane. Jhil, Roen, and the small statured Shaman all step out to guard the cluster of buildings that have formed the backbone of the Plane for ages.]

NOW'S THE TIME TO FIGHT! IF YOU CAN'T, TAKE SHELTER!

[ooc: The plot has begun! Feel free to make your own toplevels, and/or use the elemental toplevel for ease of planning because they're HUGE.

The lieutenant battles will go up in a week according to the timeline, and Wolf will be organizing the teams in a few days ICly.

This post is for mingling, medical stuff, and people defending the town.]