Some of you may recall near the end of the previous chapter… Kaala said that Ellisia make the Invulnerable condition only able to exist on one entity, and that is herself. No one else can have the status/condition. Even if a skill granted it before for a limited period of time… Tanks got nerfed. Also, when coming up with the names for the abilities, Bloody Carnival was one I really wanted to use, and even more so when it fit so well with the Final Act:Showstopper. So- for those who don’t know, Showstopper in theater I think is mostly recognized as a positive thing. It usually references a moment where something is so good the audience is applauding so loudly that the show basically has to wait for them to calm down to continue. However, it also has a use in IT where it’s used negatively as “An unforeseen event that causes production/development to halt”. In darker areas, a tragic event in a show might be called a Showstopper. Such as a trapeze artist or highwire acrobatics gone wrong without a net kind of tragic Dick Greyson (Robin/Nightwing from Batman) event. Clearly something like that happens, and it’s a literal show stopper. There is no show after that- That’s the kind of matching wordplay I love for this. It’s on theme, it’s powerful, beautiful (Visually obviously- you may noticed I used some different methods to show the action that aren’t detailed gore), and terrifying all at the same time.

I also decided to not draw detail in the final panel because its rather squeamish inducing to see something realistic like that- to the point I think it’s not allowed in many countries. I don’t think it needs organs and broken bones to emphasize the hole in the chest. As for how he’s still talking- video games man, it’s not “real”. XD