Close my eyes until I get oriented enough to re-open them, to see what's going on.
(Sorry, Freddie is essentially hors du combat at this moment. Think parapalegic.)
(2) Freddie closes his eyes and waits for the disorientation to pass. It's still a lot, but as long as he keeps his eyes shut, it seems that he can endure it.
((Yeah sorry, I had to write a paper at the liberal last minute so I stayed up for something like 36 hours or so, then slept the sleep debt off. Just getting back to normal now.))
Hmm. I'm not entirely sure if I can see Vladen from where I am, but I can probably hear him, since I seem to be above the Heart. Assuming I can make my way to him without being absorbed by the omegabomination, do so and begin 'helping' him by stabbing him a lot since he requested it.
Hearing Vladen screaming, you recognize the sounds of self-inflicted suffering, and, giggling in delight, you rush to the noise, leaping down from the catwalk with daggers in hand. you land full force on Vladen and hear a bone snap. You then begin stabbing, slashing, and cutting as God and Satan intended. You go into a sort of battle trance getting into a hypnotic rhythm as you work feverishly to keep ahead of the awful, terrible life flowing into him from the cursed Heart. (3) you don't gain much ground, but you do keep him rom exploding into bits, so that's good. Or evil, or ... at this point, who really knows?
Try and find someone else in need of healing, like Freddy.
[auto-succeed] Oh look, there he is, within arms reach, considering you two were dragged together into the Maelstrom. You reach out and grab him, and will the Life energy into him, instead of yourself. Now, what would you like to concentrate on healing here?
proceed with the orb placements
I'm rolling to see how many orbs you get placed before the denizens of the Heart swarm you. 1 means you are attacked immediately, 2 means you get one more orb done, three means you get a total of 4 in place, 4 means you get 8, 5 means 12, 6 means ...I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
(5) Okay, you fly around the heart, placing orbs. The Inspectors place a set of three sigils in the air surrounding each stone as you go. presumably, these are what will do the thing they want done as well. You are all set now.
(6)v(4) The battle between the Heart and the Omegabomination ends in a flash of brilliant light. The Heart retracts it's tendrils and the Omegabomination stands still for a moment, pulsating with dark spikes. It then reforms, dividing into three bodies, The Omega brand prominently displayed on their foreheads - but like, with a third of the Brand being dominant, while the other two thirds are shadows. Each body then reaches in and grabs hold of one of the Omegas inside the Heart, pulling you all out. This severs the connection with the Heart, giving Vladen one turn of Healing on Freddie, and disrupting Gak's murdermedic actions as well.
And then the world goes Pure White.