The Porcelain Mask

The sudden warming of the air was the iconic heraldry of Ulv's presence. It was definitely something that was perfect for a woman who didn't care to be subtle and delighted in everyone knowing she was there. Though, the heart-warmth, the feeling that one's goals were in reach was gone. No more feeling that you had to merely reach out and grasp what you desired. Instead, there was something else. Something that Calypso knew existed, because it was the very reason her emotional powers had been changed, by Ulv herself. But it hadn't been felt in a few years, kept under wraps by chains of incomprehensible power.

The amber dress and under dress was a visual showcase that Ulv was here for very important duties rather than just here to make a visit, and the five foot staff with nordic runes carved into it and an orb on the top was most probably the thing she was here to talk about.

"Calypso" Ulv spoke with a tone that was wrong. It didn't have Ulv's usual emotions, it was just said because she hadn't yet manifested the ability to will words into existence. "Usually I let everyone do as they will, but I'm trying a new thing recently. So I wanted to come here first of all"

"Funny, you say making a life, given my current situation" Ulv put in, a ghost of a smile before she returned to the regal Queenhood. "You are correct. Everything I have done, I have done to help the people that need it. True Neutrality cares not a whit for one's gripes with another. And I must stay neutral, I must ensure that people come to me. Because me going to them is not their choice. It is the first step upon the road to tyranny. To forcing my views and desires on other people because I can do it, with ease" She'd shake her hand and flourish the staff some, spinning it between her hands.

"Other people's reasons are other people's. I've never wanted them, never been interested in them. You will do as you will do, as I will do as I will do. I have no right to interfere, and interfering will merely make it that much harder to not take things a step further. And then a step further. And then a step further. But then Elyss came to me, and I realized something"

Ulv would stop the flourishing and instead light up the staff. All five sections glowing red, with the cap stone at the top gently humming.
"There is missing context. For everything I do and wish for. And any conversation I have with anyone is going to be flawed from the start because of that. So I need to talk to the people that call me friend after I fill them in on context. So for the first time, I broke my through the terror of the slope, and came to you. After all, if this does lead me downhill, I won't exactly last long enough to hit the bottom, so there is no longer any need to worry"

Ulv would finally hold out the staff for Calypso to take.
"If you wish, of course. Me coming to you changes nothing about my life or principles. Everything you say and everything you do is still, as always, your choice"

"And sorry, in advance"

Ulv's gentle whisper filled the air, and then she was gone. The moment Ulv let go of the staff, it was like Calypso had been hit with The Moon. Her muscles swelled with power till her skin felt tight around them, her body flushed with a blazing hot fire, and then there was nothing around her but a crimson purgatory drowning the woman. A thousand times the size of her mentality, it crushed her in an instant, wringing out all her thoughts and dreams and fears and worries. Leaving only one feeling that screamed like the voice of a trillion giants in unison.

Kill.

Kill it all. Destroy everything, burn the world to ash and then burn the ash. Nothing that moves deserves it's existence, so take it from them. Take everything from them, it is all that exists in your life.

Had Calypso some how managed to regain the tiniest spark of reason or coherence, she would not even be able to drop the staff, as her body refused any command that was not one designed wholly and completely to obliterate the foe in front of her and then go find new foes.

Ulv had never actually seen someone else use the staff before. It was hers, so she could use it without big problem, but another...the effects were pretty terrifying. She knew that Calypso would not be put down in this state. Not only was she completely immune to pain, she couldn't even be put down with Koppojutsu. The power of the staff didn't really care what state your physical body was in. So long as your arm was attached, it would still swing, even if it was only attached by a string of muscle. Even using her mentality to crush Calypso into inaction wouldn't work, as she literally couldn't feel anything but rage and fury. Mana herself would struggle to get anything but the burning desire to rip and tear until there was nothing left.

Claws caught her, and sunk into her flesh with great difficulty - but between the power increase from the staff and the fact that restraint was a hilariously bygone concept so she would snap her bones to kindling before giving up, they sunk in deep - and the teeth ripped into her. Ulv staggered back, her mind more focused on how to stop something that wouldn't stop, and less focused on what her body was doing. Eventually she decided to throw a gambit and hope for the best. If Calypso was about to die, then survival instinct would drain the staff to heal the wound. But it had to be a blow that wouldn't instantly kill her........This whole thing was fucking Hayden all over again. Great job Ulv, jump in with both feet and flail as you fuck up.

Finally, brain whirred into action as her blood pissed out of the wounds, and she reached out to crush Calypso to her body so she couldn't slip away, and then spawned a pair of her Black Heaven arms to grab the staff and writhe it away from her. Calypso wouldn't let go it it regardless, so Ulv was probably breaking - or completely tearing off - a few fingers to get it away from her. Maybe even the whole hand, she didn't precisely know how Calypso's durability measured up to her strength.

There was a 'clunk' as Calypso's teeth hit the bone and was stopped there. Ulv's Blazing Bones were many times stronger than the body herself, so Calypso's own teeth started to crack and push into her gums from how hard the bones were and how hard she was biting down on it. This, was not the only wound that poor Calypso was up for either. Setting her stance and exhaling, Ulv entered into her Earth-Grasping Step form and supercharged her Tulpa arms. Multiplying their strength several fold, they became capable of lifting mountains and smashing a hole in The Moon itself, so Calypso's arm didn't stand much chance in staying intact.

Spreading the recoil through her feet, the ground cracked, splitting in half and crawling up the walls. The manor was being demolished by the sheer force that Ulv had to exert to stay upright. Still, getting the staff away from Calypso was worth any effort. She'd not immediately recover once the staff was taken away, but losing the immunity to pain would allow Ulv to put her down with an Ignis Ragna blow. If she didn't go fucking psycho and pop full Diablos Dragon or something in response to the damage....