Geppetto and Pinocchio navigated the convoluted corridors of the Russian carnival's house of mirrors, the puppet's silence powers ensuring their stealth. Geppetto's eyes gleamed with a hitman's quiet intensity as he led the charge. His arbormancy skills traced the wooden framework of the maze as he wielded his wooden bo staff of silver oak with deadly grace.
As they approached, the Seven Psychic Muses launched a psychic assault on Geppetto! Pinocchio countered with his silence manipulation, neutralizing their attack! Proud but staying very serious, the vecchio quickly signed to the puppet, “I’m mute, so psychic assaults are moot!”
Now wearing a confident grin, Pinocchio focused on Giulia, afflicting her with a crawling sensation under her skin and an intense urge to pull out her own hair! Relentless, he allowed his nightmare powers to surge forth, causing all seven opponents to see, hear, feel, and even smell terrifying scenes involving eerie forests, colossal spiders, war crimes, and far worse. Next, he glamoured himself to take on several forms enhanced by the mirrors. For example, he appeared as a manticore to Melissa and Hades Himself to the lead muse, Arianna!
As Pinocchio charged forward at Allegra in the guise of a giant gharial, she blasted Geppetto with concentrated telekinesis from the other side of a wall mirror. Geppetto raised his wooden shield upon hearing the glass break, but the silver-backed shards sliced his skin, causing him to grimace in pain. Pinocchio took advantage of the opening, bludgeoning Allegra with a remotely controlled club and lashing Francesca with a remotely controlled switch! The latter struck back with her silver-tipped bullwhip, badly injuring the living puppet to the point he nearly collapsed. Taking advantage, Agatha unleashed a telekinetically guided silver-tipped arrow, striking the injured and distracted puppet’s nose! Pinocchio stumbled backward dramatically, his nose split in twain and oozing purple sap!
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“Non di nuovo questa merda!” the puppet thought with frustration and disgust that sliced through his immense pain, though his compounded agony remained unvoiced. In contrast, the surviving telepaths' cruel cackles echoed as they closed in to besiege him!
Crashing through the women via an oak-armored tackle, Geppetto arrived at his protetto’s side! The old man bravely fought on, using his staff to deflect the Muses' whips and silver blades. Multitasking, he applied his knowledge of belligerent acupuncture to remotely insert teakwood needles into strategic points on their bodies. But the Muses were relentless, their telekinetic powers removing the needles then sending Geppetto flying across the room. His nearly crashing into a mirror was stopped by a wall of lumber summoned by his protetto!
Arianna charged forward with her silver sword, slashing the rising man's armor and sending him crashing back to the ground! Pinocchio summoned all his strength and struck at Arianna with a thorned acacia club, shattering her sword and sending her stumbling back!
Enraged, il Giovane Incubo’s imagination infected Agatha's mind and heart with noxious imagination. Seconds later, she slit her own carotid artery with the still-sharp tip of Arianna's broken sword! Immediately after the pseudo-suicide, he induced complete silence within the sobbing Arianna’s mind as he signed to her, “Stai zitto cavolo!” The lead Muse’s desperate bid to override the psychic gag order triggered a catastrophic backlash–leading to a fatal stroke!
With Agatha, Arianna, Giulia, and Melissa now dead, the surviving Muses floundered, their powers faltering as their morale waned! Geppetto and Pinocchio took advantage of the opening, unleashing a fierce tag assault! The vecchio’s staff strikes struck true while the puppet’s clubs and switches rose and fell, their attacks battering and lashing their enemies to death!
In the end, only silence and smoke remained, consuming the secrets and lies within the palazzo. Geppetto carried Pinocchio out in a congratulatory embrace, their bond stronger than ever!