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Post by HungryHunter on Sept 3, 2017 3:13:26 GMT
Yuu shifted to the side in the flames to avoid the laser. Her eyes fixated on Smith, glazing over with a harsh, emotionless stare. With greater speed than before, she threw a kunai right between Smith's eyes. The exchange went poorly. The laser came back, scraping her leg although not making the direct hit aimed for due to the flames hiding her body. The kunai was stopped before hitting him, bouncing off a new barrier. "No." Umshidi grumbled. The barrier fell to allow Smith to fire again. "So that's how it is..." Yuu threw her kunai to the walls and flames began to spread. Umshidi created a small barrier by his hand and moved to snuff the flames, but Yuu threw another kunai at Melea's face.
Umshidi stopped and whirled to block again, leaving himself open to Yuu stepping up and stabbing. He roared and spun to swing his arm at her, but she was already back in the flames. "You can only make one at a time, can't you?" Yuu's voice was quiet, barely audible over the flames. "I really don't want to kill anybody, and I hate it when people don't give me a choice." The flames spread and she took a step forward.
Marceline looked up when Chase's attack filled the room with a brilliant glare. "What the fuck did he just do?" She wondered, blindly waving her fifth pipe at Josefina's toe. Josefina quite suddenly shoved through the frame in her way, tearing it apart with the sheer force of stepping forward. "Shit shit shit!" Marceline ducked and dove to avoid falling debris. "Dammit Chase, you got her attention!" She smacked the side of Josefina's leg with her pipe, bending it but only barely chipping the column of earth.
Robin slid down to knee level. Smoke poured off her body and clothing, little embers in her hair. "You... held back so much more than me." Her scarf clattered to the platform from her hands. "Robin! You moron, how did you get yourself into this!?" A voice called from above. If Chase looked up, he would find a girl in a pink dress hovering overhead. Feathery wings spread from her back, slimy red appendages that explained why her soul had an air of the demonic. Her eyes changed, but Chase was too far away to see exactly what had become different. "...what the fuck are you, asshole?" She asked. "Super tough." Robin offered. "More specific!"
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Post by waybig1010101 on Sept 3, 2017 6:33:25 GMT
-Damn. The flames threw me off just a tiny bit.- he realizes when he notice the doll not collapsing onto one knee. A moment later he receives a notification from his drone that it will be arrival in another minute. Thankfully the drone will bringing with it a stronger pair of pistols that may proof to be better suited for someone of Yuu's caliber. But for now he will make do with what he has. Smith proceeds to unleash a barrage of laser fire. The beams perform numerous zigzag patterns through the air as they reach Yuu's position. This time he doesn't plan to attack her from one direction, but instead he will strike her from different angles. And once the beams move towards her, they will spread out to take out her appendages. While he focuses on her movements to adjust his shots according he also ensures that his fire doesn't hit either Melea or Umshidi.
Chase rescinds his flames before he incarnates Robin. Again annoyed that he isn't allowed to kill her. Still, she has given him a rather enjoyable fight even with the restriction. As the doll kneels by his feet he proceeds to talk to her as if he has won already, "Don't worry. I'm sure with my shitty luck you will get another chance to fight me." His eyes look upwards to see who is addressing him, yet he keeps his spiritual senses focus on every doll in the room, including Marceline and Josefina.
While he fought Robin he tried his best to keep track of the other fight. From up here he couldn't judge the situation too well, but now he can tell his partner isn't progressing so well against her opponent. -She probably didn't get her weapon back yet. Maybe I should have fought the golem. Well, doesn't matter now. I just have to handle this next doll, then I can just go down there and help Marceline. Who knows, maybe she will even thank me.-
"What the fuck are you, asshole" he repeated in a mocking tone. "Really? This coming from the undead midget with demon wings. Holy Shit is the pot calling the kettle black." He looks back at Robin and asks, "Listen, I'm not the type of guy who enjoys beating up little girls. So would you tell her to surrender. Then again, I doubt she will listen to you any better than if I tell her myself." -Why can't I ever face off against a nice, docile doll.- he thought. He looks at the flying girl and couldn't help but notice the erie similarity between her and Marceline. "So who exactly are you? Because from what I can tell it looks like Marika is just running out of creativity at this point."
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Post by HungryHunter on Sept 4, 2017 4:27:50 GMT
Yuu had underestimated Smith. She had thought that the businessman was little more than just that, a businessman. Now she was dodging and weaving through her flames to avoid his shots, head always darting every way to see their twists and turns. She was fast enough to avoid direct hits, but she was slowly accumulating little cuts and zaps across her body. I have to take him out, but it's going to be tricky with this guy around. She threw another kunai that bounced off another barrier, lighting another fire on the floor. Maybe the spreading flames would help, but she couldn't exactly rely on just that.
She stepped back deeper into the flame again when Umshidi got bold and threw a punch, earning herself another sting from Marvel. She found herself bumping into a barrier he had summoned behind her and before she knew it, her solar plexus was getting another massage. She scrambled and found the edge quickly, getting around it to retreat further. She grimaced and felt her stomach. He had broken some finger bones and seriously battered her body already. However, something made her grimace grow. Thank you for the reminder that you can only do one at a time. If my suspicions about your limits are correct, that will be your undoing. She drew two kunai and both flew at once. One went straight at Melea, the other making an arc for Marvel.
Sure enough, only the one heading for Melea was stopped, clinking off the small circle Umshidi made be. The other kept on its path for Marvel's chest. It takes you longer to make them bigger, doesn't it? You've been using door sized ones to stop me. You can't cover everybody. Yuu threw more kunai, using the same trick. Again, Melea was defended but Marvel was left open. "She's quite the strategist..." Melea grumbled, picking up on her trick. Umshidi had more weaknesses than anticipated. She would change her strategies in the future to compensate. Right now she considered clearing everybody but Marvel and Umshidi out. They could be the perfect team.
"At least I have a soul! I regret that I cannot send you to hell, where my own soul rose from and will, inevitably, return to." The strange doll alighted on the platform, now close enough that Chase could see her eyes. Her brilliant blue eyes were marked by a slit pupil and three dots that orbited it. She blinked and they were normal, with a single round pupil. "I'm not telling you my name, creep." She drew a long black sword, marked with massive serrations and spikes all over.
"You won't remember it when I put this through your brain." She ran forward, but before reaching him, she lunged off the ground and flew up to pour down black flames from a safe distance. "Robin, get away from him! It's my turn!" Robin made no hesitations in rolling off the platform to get away from the hellfire coming down.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Sept 4, 2017 6:06:20 GMT
Smith realizes very quickly that had it not been for Melea and Umshidi, Yuu would have already defeated him by now. Her physical skills were incredible, even after taking that earlier beating. Yet, it isn't only her body that impresses the billionaire, but her mind as well as she was able to quickly figure out the weakness of her opponent and exploit it. -Its a shame that you had been created by someone like Marika.- he thought to himself as he avoids a thrown kunai aimed at his chest by stepping to the side, and twisting his body. Soon enough the doll may notice that he is dodging her attacks with the most minimal body motions as he evades by the narrowest of margins. A few kunai manage to even cut his clothing, however none seem to be able to strike his actual body directly.
This is due to Smith beneficing from the fact that Melea's creature is forcing Yuu to divide her attacks between the two of them, along with him using his unique eyes, which he can use to perceive the world moving in slow mode. With his eyes working together with his fast pace computing skills, he could quickly figure out the trajectories of Yuu's attacks, and move his body accordingly in order to avoid the kunai without wasting extra time or stamina by making unnecessary body movements. However once she starts to throw more Kunai as him, he has no choice but to fire his laser rounds as the incoming Kunai. Now Yuu didn't have to deal with as many laser bullets as before, but Smith still manages to fire a few shots at her in-between incepting her attacks at him.
He recognize that for now they are stick in an awkward stalemate for the moment. And considering the spread of the flames this battle may end before his drone reaches. Feeling the weight of the cube in his other hand, he knew what he needs to do, he just needs to wait for his opportunity to do it.
"I can send you back right now if you want," he offered after the doll explained her origins to him. As she draws her blade, the soulless man sighs. "Guess we are really doing this." He prepares to fight her sword to sword and walks forward to engage her, yet he immediacy stops moving as she leaps into the air. "Not sure if you are aware of this, but you are going to have get a bit closer to me if you want to stab my brain with that blade."
The doll didn't reply to him and instead tells her sibling to get out of the way of her upcoming attack. Chase chooses to let Robin get off the platform as he didn't want to fight while restraining her. For now he plans to just monitor her spiritual presence and later collect Robin when he finishes up with this demon. In response to her attack he swings his sword upwards, which unleashes a wave of flames at the incoming hellfire coming down on him. "Let's see if you can do better than the last one," Chase said as the two equally sized flames are about to clash against each other.
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Post by HungryHunter on Sept 5, 2017 1:34:08 GMT
Yuu stopped taking hits when she started pressing Smith. Less lasers plagued her, giving her time to notice Smith's minimalist dodging. He could clearly keep this up forever. She couldn't. She threw again, one kunai to be blocked, one to sail over. It had no flames upon it. However, when it drew close, Yuu's eyes sparked, lost in the flames around her. Just as it would be passing by Smith, it burst into flame. A single sticky thread could be seen burning away just before if looked at in just the right light, the connection between her burning eyes and the blade. Hopefully Smith would be ignited, by this or the flames that crawled closer.
Chase's flames seemed to vanish like they had entered a black hole upon touching Chelsea's. "Nice try dumbass, but hellfire eats regular fire!" If it touched Chase it would surprisingly do nothing besides blocking his vision. Chelsea fell through the cloud of flame sword first, aiming to pierce his chest. "Also souls of course, but that's not a big problem for you, is it, fuckbag?" She cocked her head, scowling as convincingly as she could.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Sept 6, 2017 6:33:38 GMT
As he continues to set closer, more and more he needs to rely on his laser bullets to stop the incoming kunai and not use his body movements to simple evade the doll's projectiles. Yet he poorly choices to dodge the next kuna instead of shooting it. As he turns his body to allow the blade to harmless graze his clothes, suddenly a burst of flames sets the billionaire's attire on fire.
Not allowing himself to be stun by the surprise attack, he remains calm and quickly removes his shirt. Revealing his skinny, but well develop body underneath. He continues to push forward and fight through the pain 1st degree burns all over his chest. Once he gets close enough he throws the crystal cube with a smooth side throw. The tiny crystal soars through the air right above Yuu's head. Once he sees that the cube is over the doll, he points his gun at the tiny object and fires.
Once the crystal gets hit, the object suddenly glows and expands into a series of shards raining down on Yuu's position. However, the shards did not seek to pierce the doll but instead they begin to establish the perimeter of a square around her. The shards soon merge and form until they begin to form a larger cube, with the goal of trading the doll within its boarders. Smith has essentially trying to create her own prison cell.
As his watches his flames swallowed up by the hellfire the soulless man quickly becomes concern as he has no time to evade the incoming flames, yet when the hellfire did nothing to harm him, or his planform made from plants, he couldn't help but chuckle as she explains how her powers work to him. "Is this a fucking joke?" he asked to no one in particular and continues to laugh.
He didn't need to see her to know she is coming at him. Similar to what he did to Robin, he points with the bo staff at his approaching opponent and once again commands his weapon to extent itself. However, unlike last time he doesn't plan to expand the weapon all the way towards the ceiling. He considers her ability to fly, and knew it would be pointless. He just intents to hit her with a quick thrusting force to create some distance between them.
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Post by HungryHunter on Sept 7, 2017 2:38:58 GMT
Fire may have brought Yuu strength and speed, but it didn't let them last longer. Yuu's muscles started to complain, her more complex moves making them scream. In an instant, all ten of her remaining kunai were in her hands. They all went flying at her enemies and she went flying the other way. Umshidi dove in the way of Melea and took 4 of the kunai to his torso. The other 6 went towards Smith, one blocked by a barrier, the rest continuing on. By the time anybody had worked through the blades, Yuu was rounding the corner. Smith's cube closed on nothing.
Melea waved to the guards to follow Yuu. Umshidi moved to follow them, but Melea stepped in front of him. "You've done enough. Deal with the fire and return." Umshidi balked, looking past her at the hallway, but after a moment he nodded and got to work snuffing the flames. When they were extinguished, he faded like a mirage. "I consider that a victory. She realized she couldn't win, and I think her judgement is solid." Melea smiled, for real this time.
"Amazing how an idiot child like Marika could make something that powerful, isn't it? Just think of what she could do if she put her mind to it." Of course, I know exactly what she could do. And if what that man said was true, the HWIC knows too, at least Aria. Who knows if they let Smith in on it.
Unlike Robin, Chelsea saw the staff coming. She parried it to the side with the flat of her blade and charged again. "Woah... does that thing have a soul? You don't have a soul but your stick does!? What the fuck are you, seriously!?" She rushed in, swinging her blade at his head. He had no unarmored spots, so the best she could do was batter him into submission then stab him under his helmet. She used the same motion to step forward and attempt to hook her leg behind his, shoving to topple him.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Sept 8, 2017 2:57:41 GMT
Smith did his best to handle the incoming kunai, but he only manages to deflect and evade 4 of Yuu's projectiles. One of her kunai strikes his right arm. As the tip of the small blade penetrates his skin, the billionaire quickly grabs the handle of the kunai before it can puncture too deep into his appendage. As blood begins to pour from his wound, he pulls the throwing knife out of his limb and reaches inside his pocket. He quickly pulls out and places a flexible and stretchable carbon fiber band over his arm before pressing down on it. The band swiftly tightens around his arm and applies enough pressure to quickly stop the bleeding, though Smith's arm becomes extremely numb from the process.
"I'll continue to pursue...," he said to Melea as he places his hand over the would be crystal cell. After a few seconds the crystal cube shrinks until it returns to its previous size. As he places the cube back into his pocket, he receives a message that his drone is arriving. "...but first, I need to retrieve something outside. Can you do me a favor and tell your security team not to shot down an incoming drone for me."
Chase could sense Chelsea, but he couldn't really figure out the length of her blade hidden in the darkness of the hellfire. As he steps back to dodge what he assumes to be a sword swing for his head, which he bases on her soul's movements, he misjudges the distance and gets hit near the top of his helmet. The blow itself did not damage the soulless man, but the force of her strike did unbalance him as his head is launch to the side, forcing his body to follow the direction his brain is going towards. Before he could reestablish his stance properly, the doll sweeps one of his legs, causing him to fall. However, he quickly commands the plants around him to expand upwards, thus pushing him back to his feet. "Not bad." he said before the plants continue to grow around him as they seek to entangle and bind the doll's body. "But you are going to have to do better than that."
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Post by HungryHunter on Sept 10, 2017 21:19:54 GMT
"Hmph. Of course." Melea pulled a walkie talkie from a hidden holster on her thigh. "If anybody sees a drone, leave it alone." She stuffed it away and smiled. "What does that drone have for our guest anyway? An extinguisher? I note that she got more powerful when there was more flame." Melea mourned her tile. How much will it cost to repair all this? Hopefully I'll be able to budget it with our revenue increases. Melea rubbed her chin, going through the costs. She was no good at this. She needed to call her accountant. Wait, what am I doing? Repairs, accountants? She's still in my palace! "Walk and talk." She began walking after Yuu. She knew this place, and Yuu was easy to follow. They would corner her for sure.
"Pain in the fucking ass." Chelsea casually slashed the plants apart. "I don't swing it like Callie, but I still know how to use this thing. A few squishy roots aren't enough to stop me!" Chelsea flipped the sword around in her hands so she was holding the sword's blade instead of its handle. She began swinging it like a hammer, seeking to bring the crossguard to Chase's helmet and breastplate. Swords weren't meant for armor, so she had to change up her strategy.
She only stopped her onslaught when a great crash resounded from far below. "CHASE, MOVE!" Came from far below, and a second later the framework they were on began to topple. Chelsea instantly hopped into the air and flew upwards. "Robin, keep him in the air!" She called, and the living rocket flew up out of nowhere at Chase, elbow first at his spine. "I'm back! Needed some water, a little lotion." Her skin somehow seemed more intact than before. Chelsea flew in from the front and thrust for his eye hole, seeing him as a more vulnerable target now he was in the air. "Stupid fucking invincible asshole! To hell with you at last!" She roared.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Oct 9, 2017 1:28:45 GMT
Smith waits for a few more seconds, before witnessing his drone approaching. The machine swiftly hovers until its within arms reach of Smith. Its tiny body opens up to reveal a pair of metallic bracelet inside with a series of unique symbols inscribed into the metal. As the billionaire quickly wraps the bracelets around his wrists, the small drone begins to head further into the building, in the direction that Yuu went. While the drone makes its way through the palace and scouts ahead for him, Smith issues a command to the bracelet as he walks alongside Melea. A few moments later he receives a mental confirmation:
Gunslinger 1.37 Ready
"I'm not really much of a fighter, but I should be able to provide better support now." he said as he quickly performs a systems check on the bracelet. -No issues, though the longevity of the device is still a problem. I'll have to figure a way to extend it. Regardless, I better make these next shots count.- "Also, I hope your fire department is sufficient to handle this," he finished with a hand gesture towards the flames. "If not, then I suggest you get a messenger to my blond bodyguard. Fortunately he has a useful ability to get rid of the flames."
Chase parries the incoming blows with his staff as the tiny doll swings wildly at him with her sword. "Jeez, who the taught you how to use a sword? The goal is to hit with the pointy end, not the fucking handle." Then again, who the hell taught me? he thought to himself. Before he could get a chance to reflect on his lost memories, he hears Marceline and begins to fall. "A bit late on that warning, Mar-" Before he could finish complaining he feels something smashing him in the back. His armor withstood the force, yet he couldn't help but grunt from the sudden blow. However his grunt quickly transforms into silence as the tip of Chelsea's sword enters his helmet.
The soulless man's drops his staff and quickly grabs the edge of the doll's blade before she could thrust it in any further. As he holds her sword, blood begins to pour from the wound and begins to drown the man inside his own helmet. Eventually the blood starts to flow outside his armor, and paints the metal protecting his head a dark crimson red. Chase quickly spits out the blood covering his mouth, before addressing the dolls. "Was that really your best attempt at killing me?" He gradually pulls the sword away from him as he continues to speak, while a reddish aura begins to envelope his body. "Better call the rest of the freaks out here, otherwise I'm going to be out of opponents to fight real soon." The blade is extended far enough away from him to now reveal that his left eyeball has been impaled.
As his eye hangs of the end of the sword, he looks at Chelsea with his other eye for a brief moment with all the hatred he could muster before the reddish energy emitting from his body suddenly flares as he swings his sword to lop off the demonic doll's chest from her waist. The combine speed and force of his swing releases a powerful shockwave that violently smashes the ceiling and causes a large portion of the roof above their heads to explode outwards in tiny fragments. Moving with the swing of his sword, he adjusts his body as he turns to face Robin. Yet, rather than attempt to cut her down, he instead choses to throw a kick aim at her chest with the goal of launching her like a cannon right at Josefine. Meanwhile, with his empty hand, he commands his staff to extend towards him, which swiftly reaches him. As soon as he wraps his fingers around the wood, he quickly retracts the staff so that he could make his way back to the ground.
As he heads towards the ground, the reddish aura surrounding his body dissipates, and he takes a moment to breathe as his body starts to feel the stress from using a burst version of his Soul Overdrive. His helmet disappears for a moment as he shouts to his partner, "Marceline, you need to get your weapon! I'll hold them off until you get back."
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Post by HungryHunter on Oct 10, 2017 2:16:36 GMT
"Don't worry, my forces can handle this." Melea motioned to the soldiers behind her and they fired off green rays from their eyes. The rays replaced the flames with a coating of frost. It looked like shiny black asphalt with the scorched carpet and walls underneath and was soon melting from the ambient heat. Melea felt conflicted. She could have handled this much easier had she done that from the start, but she also wouldn't have had been able to get a feel for Umshidi's strength. Besides, I have no need to get rid of her here. "There are only so many places she can go. My guess would be the unfinished section of the palace. That's the easiest section to get in and out of." And if not, Melea was getting reports of other dolls there. Either way, that was a strategic point right now.
"What sort of sword fighter doesn't know the murder stoke? It's the coolest!" Chelsea yelled in disbelief. She filled the air with dark laughter when her combination attack with Robin came together. "You will die, as blind to the world as humanity is to its sins!" She declared, raising her sword for the finishing blow. Before she could land it, his body flickered with a hellish light. By pure muscle memory, she moved her sword in front of his strike just in time. Instead of being cleaved in two, she was smacked across the room to slam into the wall. "Chlesea!" Robin yelled out before suffering her own blow and hurtling down at Josefina. Josefina raised her head and saw the approaching Robin. A few walls of soft dirt shot up in front of her, slowing down her descent as she crashed through each until she tumbled to the ground, filthy but relatively intact.
"You really should start beginning your fights with-ACH!" Marceline's voice was choked into a scream when a sword was plunged into her vulnerable back. "I'm sorry, Marceline." Yuu struck her with a vicious rabbit punch and she toppled forward off the blade. "You don't deserve anything I've done to you." She looked around at the dolls in the room. Only Josefina was mostly unharmed, although one of her hands was dust. "Josefina, get them out of here. Miles has Marika and will be heading this way. I'll hold this one off." Josefina gathered up her sisters just in time for Chase to land.
Yuu watched as Chase came down on his pole. She recognized him, even with half his face obscured in blood, even with one eye. "Even you... even you I will allow to surrender. Nobody dies today. Please." She was in a battle ready stance regardless of her words. She knew little about Chase, but all of it pointed to him not surrendering here. And moreso, it pointed to a hard fight. He was injured, but so was she. She just raised her blade and tried not to think about what he did. I cannot lose myself to rage.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Oct 29, 2017 3:32:00 GMT
As he watches the flames being replace with layers of frost, Smith quickly begins to reflect on the type of person Melea is. Having her as an ally would be good. Having her as an enemy would be dangerous, he thought to himself. "Very well," said Smith. "By the way, does any of your subordinates happen to have my bodyguard's weapon?" he asked as he studies the hallway leading to the unfinished section of the palace for a few moments as his drone enters the section right behind Yuu, and watches as Marceline gets stabbed from behind. He immediately begins to run forward as he continues to address Melea, "If so, have them bring it over. I would greatly appreciate it," he shouted as he goes down the hallway.
As Chase reaches the ground he completely ignores the fleeing dolls as he stares at Marceline's limp body. The soulless man doesn't appear to even acknowledge Yuu at first as he walks towards the unconscious doll and examines her for a moment. He gently picks her up and carries her body to a nearby wall and places her against it. "I'm sorry, Marceline," he whispered before standing back up and faces Yuu. He proceeds to gesture towards the ceiling with one finger. "We're fighting up there." The remaining plants in the room suddenly begin to stir and form into two plant platforms, each one approaching a combatant.
As Chase steps on his platform, he waits for Yuu to do the same before sending them both up to the roof through the massive hole in the celling, that he recently created with his last attack against Chelsea. He stares at the doll with a quiet hatred as he is forcing himself to be patient with every ounce of his willpower. Were it not for Marceline and Smith, he would have already tried to bury these dolls under the rubble of the palace. With one look Yuu would be able to comprehend his mentality, and the consequences if she chooses not to follow him to the roof.
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Post by HungryHunter on Oct 30, 2017 5:00:03 GMT
"I don't recall your bodyguards bringing weapons." Melea guessed quickly that they were disguised. She had heard of Smith's skills with hiding weapons. Were they the "GPS devices"? She would have to look into that. But for now, enemies. Melea and Smith rounded a corner just in time to spot a teenage boy fly by carrying a battered little purple girl. A plump girl in blue hung onto his tail as he rushed by into the unfinished wing of the palace. "I expected Miles to be here. And he has Marika." Melea sounded oddly calm about her prisoner escaping. Her grey eyes revealed nothing further, but execution didn't seem like it was her true end goal for the serial killing seamstress.
Yuu looked at the plant platform and turned. She jumped up the construction's rigging alongside Chase's own platform. She wasn't stepping onto something her enemy made for her, but it suited her purposes to take the fight up here. She saw Miles fly below and her heart was soaring higher than she could climb. Marika was already free. Even if she died here, she died keeping her family safe. She could be content with that... couldn't she? Haven could keep the kaspa under control. It would be harder, no doubt, but she could.
That wasn't what you were worried about, selfish idiot. The Marika-voice in her head was back. "I worry about nothing else." She mumbled to herself, doubt tainting her voice. She jumped through a hole on the ceiling and landed on the flat roof. Her feet clacked on flat brown stone. She looked over the city, struck by the view. Straight grey lines leading into brown flats yet to be developed and the wild green tangle of jungle beyond. It struck her as symbolic. Perhaps she was the orderly city as Marika's wild heart? That sounded wrong though. This city was a dictatorship. Other interpretations eluded her and the Marika-voice was silent.
She shut it out and turned back to the hole. She chose to jump through for a reason. The instant Chase poked his head above the hole she was throwing kicks. Burning feet flew at Chase's face plate relentlessly until enough of his body was exposed for Yuu to use her sword. Maybe she'd kill him before he managed to get through, but she doubted it. More likely she was just buying more time. She hadn't really fought Chase, but she saw what he had done to Chelsea and Robin. He was likely the greatest threat here, and by keeping him away from her family, she was increasing their chances threefold.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Oct 30, 2017 5:58:52 GMT
Chase slowly rises through the air on top of his platform as he eyes Miles flying below for just a second to make sure he isn't going to go after Marceline. Once it is clear to him that the dolls plans to escape like the rest of the craven abominations, he redirects his attention back to the rooftop. As he approaches the top his helmet materializes once again with the blood from earlier remaining. He closes his eyes for a moment and studies his opponent's soul.
When he finally pops his head from under the hole, rather than slowly ascend and be an easy target for Yuu's planned surprise attack, he instead chooses to leap from his platform straight into the air with a quick burst of speed, managing to leap over the incoming kicks at his face. As he hangs in midair, he adjusts his body into a sidewise cartwheel motion, and spins his staff around with him. As he turns, he commands his weapon to expand its dimensions as he swings a now 10 feet long and 1 foot wide magical pole towards Yuu's in an arching motion with the goal of launching her up into the air.
However, regardless if the pole successive smacks her into the air or not, he will swiftly return his weapon to its former size, before immediately proceeding to use a fast pace expansion/reduction technique in order to deliver a series of short swing blows design to repeatedly strike her in short intervals of each other, with the aim of hitting her with the side of his staff as oppose to the blunt end. Using the speed of his weapon's barrage, he plans to force her to remain in the same spot, either in the air or on the rooftop, by constantly hitting her over and over again in a repetitive fashion until his feet touch the flat brown stone underneath him.
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Post by HungryHunter on Oct 30, 2017 17:19:40 GMT
Yuu wheeled to follow Chase's path in the air. She couldn't catch the swinging pole and it smashed into her crotch, sending her flying up and making her grit her teeth to avoid crying out. She wouldn't give him any signs of weakness. Just relentless attack. Thankfully Marika-voice was silent again, saying nothing about Chase making her sore with his pole. Then again, now I'm doing it for her. Yuu internally grumbled as she moved her short blade to prevent more sore spots. She was battered by the first few, but quickly she read his pattern and blocked every following swing.
When the last swing came rushing in, she whipped out her off hand and let it smack into her palm with a meaty thwack. With a hefty shove, she pushed it away, using its length as a lever in the hopes of unbalancing Chase for her follow up. Yuu was a firebolt across the roof as she rushed him, not stopping to attack but instead leaping to tackle him. With her shorter blade, she had the advantage in grappling "Marceline will survive her injuries!" She broke their silence at long last. "Just let me leave and you can go to her!" She yelled, trying to find the gap in his armor at his armpit with her blade. She would rather not kill him, but she also wanted to be capable of it.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Oct 31, 2017 5:22:14 GMT
As they grapple with one another, the flames surrounding Yuu's body slowly begin to swift towards the soulless man's sword, as his blade begins to convert the fire into a lesser form of spiritual energy for Chase's spiritual reserves. However, his blade could not do nothing to counter the sticky substance that is gradually spreading over his armor as they wrestle with one another. At least not without attempting to set it on fire, but due to his last encounter with Yuu, he knew that would be a mistake.
And so he grudgingly allows the material to slowly makes it more and more difficult for him to maneuver his body properly. Eventually the strange venom handicaps him to the point of giving Yuu enough leeway to find the gap in his armor. As her blade sinks into his armpit, a deep grunt echoes within the helmet, and blood begins to pour from his latest wound. As his blood drips onto the flat brown stone, the soulless man drops his wooden staff and places his armor arm between Yuu's blade and his ribcage.
He begins to apply a great deal of force to prevent the doll from penetrating deeper into his body, while also simultaneously using his now free hand to reach behind Yuu's head in order to grab her by the hair. As he attempts to holds her in place, he transforms Kagutsuchi back into its pen form and promptly tries to bring his shapeshifting weapon under her chin. As he points the tip of the pen towards the center of his opponent's skull, he answers her request in a voice lacking any hint of mercy, "You hurt her, and now you are going to pay for it," he declared as he commands the soul link weapon to revert back to its true form. From this current distance and trajectory, the blade would likely puncture the bottom of Yuu's head and through the back of Chase's hand, which will be desperately trying to keep her cranium still.
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Post by HungryHunter on Nov 26, 2017 23:58:09 GMT
Blood trickled down Yuu's blade, but she couldn't shove it further with Chase repositioning. She instead ripped it free, letting the wound bleed harder and freeing the blade for further use. She didn't get the chance before Chase yanked her head back. He was still strong. Maybe stronger than her. When she felt the pen at her neck she tore out out a chunk of hair yanking her head out of the way. The blade appeared slashing into the side of her head. Black hair and half an ear fell to the ground.
Yuu locked an arm around the blade to trap it against her body. The blade's edge drew searing pain from her face, but she'd live. She stabbed at the eye slit guarding Chase's good eye, igniting her tears at the last second for a speed boost as she attempted to blind her enemy. She winced at the thought. Oh come on. You remember what he did to me. Fuck him up! Cut his feet off and throw them off the roof! Turn his tongue inside out! Marika-voice made her argument and Yuu's eye twitched. She did remember what Chase had done to Marika. She remembered burning flesh and months of agony and a deep depression it took months to recover from.
That wasn't the only reason to kill him of course. It wasn't like she had a choice in killing him here. How else would she escape? If she opened her kaspa door here, he might enter with her and hurt somebody. Her blade twitched as it came down, but didn't accelerate. "No." She brought it down as intended, only enough to stab his eye. "I have so many excuses to kill you, but I don't do excuses." She spoke through her teeth, a vile growl coming from deep in her throat.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Dec 1, 2017 8:14:37 GMT
A hard breath escapes the soulless man's nostrils as Yuu frees her blade from underneath his armpit. Chase's frustration continues to grow as he misses the center of his opponent's skull with his sword. However before he could try to chop her head off with another swing, he is force to adjust his head to the side, in order to avoid losing his only remaining eyeball. Though he could rely on his spiritual senses to guide him in a fight, he rather not have to deal with the long and tedious process of regaining his normal vision. Besides, there are still a few things he wouldn't be able to pick up without his normal eyesight.
During this exchange he ignores her words. In his current rage he could not care in the slightest about mercy. As her blade gazes against the metal of his helmet, a few sparks emerge from the quick contact, before he reverts his weapon back to its concealed form, and proceeds to twist his body around as he attempts to deliver a quick spinning back elbow strike to her temple. As he turns his body around, blood begins to spray from his wound and paint the ground, yet the wound gradually begins to close as Chase's healing factor starts to kick in. Though at the cost of his spiritual reserves.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 2, 2017 6:54:23 GMT
Yuu's blade glanced off of Chase's helmet and stabbed into the roof. Before Yuu could bring it down again, Chase's elbow smashed into the side her her head and threw her off his body. Little fireworks popped in her vision as she supported herself on her hands and knees. A few blinks and she was standing, vision clear again. She didn't hesitate to charge in again, trying to tackle him before he could stand and roll to his back. She tried to wrap an arm about the hand that held his weapon and wrench it hard, either disarming him or dislocating the arm with any luck. Yuu would disable him, piece by piece, until he couldn't chase her and Marika. That was the only way.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Dec 2, 2017 20:19:03 GMT
Once Yuu gets off his body, Chase quickly gets back to his feet. By the time the doll charges into his body. He puts out his hand against her forehead and stiff-arms her away from his torso as he proceeds to juke to the side to avoid her grapple attempt at his arm. From there, the soulless man step aways from his opponent as he calls forth his magical wooden staff from the ground. The soul link weapon levitates for a brief moment before flying back into his grip. As his fingers wrap around the staff, he also reverts his other soul link weapon back into its sword form. As he tries to get into a proper fighting stance, he staggers for a moment. Clearly still affected by the wound at his side, though soon enough the injury will heal. But that brief moment of agony prevents him from attacking his opponent right away, and in fact gives Yuu a small window of opportunity.
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