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Post by HungryHunter on Nov 15, 2016 0:16:52 GMT
Marika clung tight to the towering shoulder of the dead ogre. She couldn't see the whole battle from here, but it was enough to give her some hope. Her perfect creations were holding their own! Now she just needed to get through this hideous rock. She chiseled at the rock with a pair of scissors.
Martha stumbled towards Jose to press her advantage, but was caught by his stance change. She had little recourse as he pummeled her relentlessly, unskilled arms little good in deflecting the rain of blows. She was pushed into the wall and further as it began to crack and dent from the force passing through her body. Martha couldn't push forward under the barrage, so instead she kicked back, cracking the wall like a lobster. She fell out like a limp rag onto the snow. She could only gurgle. What was her plan doing this?
Inside, Yuu didn't press her advantage. "I fight because I have no choice. She would do this no matter what I say. I can't let her get hurt." Yuu lowered her sword and let Callis stand. "All she wants is the arm. I convinced her not to kill people so she's getting her parts this way now. Please... it's so much better this way." Yuu didn't raise her blade again even as Callis flourished his own.
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Post by Vapovile on Nov 19, 2016 4:00:28 GMT
The sound of her fist connecting with Goemon's body made Ash smile with joy as the martial artist was sent flying into the air, landing back down on his feet as bruises began to form on his arms. "Yes! Yes yes yes! I did it!" Ash said to herself with glee, pulling both her fists under her chin and grinning with confidence. However...Ash was now breathing harder than normal, a direct result of her sprint toward her opponent moments ago. While Ash herself believes that she has no limits, her body is limited by the poisonous gas generated in her lungs, making it difficult to breath in air should she overtax her body. There have been many instances of Ash passing out while training in her room, going past her limit but still believing herself to be limitless.
"There is no such thing as less than perfect for me, everything I do is perfection itself!" Ash declared, pointing her right hand at Goemon and giving a confident smile. "My body..." Striking a pose that drew attention to her impressive abs and skimpy outfit by placing both hands behind her head and leaning back. "...perfection! My mission..." Straightening out, Ash placed one arm on her hip and one pointed toward the ceiling. "...justice! For I am the incredible, unbelievable, perfect..." Lowering her arm, Ash points directly to her chest. "Ash! And I won't let anyone forget it!"
Kicking off the ground, Ash began sprinting toward Goemon, her speed not fast at all compared to other superhumans. Bringing her fist back, Ash ducks down at the last minute to try and uppercut Goemon. It was clear from her breathing that she was quickly losing steam. "Once more!"
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One punch after the other, Industrial Poison battered Sid's stomach, chest and parts of his head, the restraints on Sid's body preventing him from standing up, let alone trying to fight back. Cadence looked on with boredom as Industrial Poison pounded her opponent into the ground. After what seemed like several minutes, Cadence holds up her right hand and mutters "...stop", causing the Gainen to cease its attack and loom over Sid, waiting for new orders. Cadence walked slowly over to the battered kickmaster, leaning over so he could look at her as she spoke.
"...you are too predictable...that is your problem..." Blowing out a small cloud of smoke from her mouth, Cadence holds her pipe in her right hand. "...one of them, anyway...you have several..." Sid glared up at Cadence as she critiqued his fighting style. What did she know about fighting, he had trained for over a year at a school specifically made to teach martial arts! "It's two against one! And ya can regenerate while I can't!" Sid yelled out, struggling against the restraints holding his legs and hands tied. Strangely, they were coming loose! If he could just get to the sword on his back...he could end this right now.
"...excuses...you chose its form as well...but you elected to supplement your own power instead of harnessing its own..." Putting her mouth to the pipe once more, Cadence blows out another puff of smoke. She seemed completely calm still, like she was never in a dire fight in the first place. "...but you could have still won...you saw my regeneration after that first attack...why did you not try to knock me off the mountain...? Or attack me downward and smash me to pieces...instead of those weak upward attacks..." Cadence continued, while Sid smirked to himself as he wriggled his right hand free of the vine restraints! Reaching back, Sid pulls out his lightning blade to stab directly into Cadence...
...but the Gainen's hand grabs the kickmaster's wrist, bending it backward until a distinct 'pop' sound could be heard, indicating his wrist was dislocated. "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!" Sid yells out, dropping his sword into the snow and doubling over in pain. The Gainen picks up his dropped blade, not even looking at it, and hands it to Cadence. She looked at the sword with a sense of mild interest. "...as I said...too predictable...did you think I wasn't loosening those vines on purpose...?" She asks. As Sid glared back at the plant doll, his eyes widened at the sight he was seeing; his blade was completely normal still in Cadence's hands, indicating that she wasn't in any kind of pain at all...as it becomes covered in an electric aura the more the wielder is injured. Was she really not hurting at all?!
"Are ya seriously not hurting at all?! Even after all those hits?!" Sid yelled at Cadence, holding his broken wrist under hand stomach. The plant doll merely nods her head, turning the sword around like a baton. "...I don't feel pain...so no...you didn't hurt me..." She states, looking over to her left and seeing the edge of the mountain, the forest stretching far below the snowy surface and rocky cliffs. "...why do you even have this...you don't seem to be a swordsman..." "It's backup! If I need extra power, I use it!" Sid, now even more angry than before, says back to Cadence. "...but you have the medal now...this is only holding you back..." Closing her eyes, Cadence tosses Sid's lightning blade off the cliff, the sword sailing through the air as it disappeared into the forest below. Sid's eyes were now wide with rage. "What the shit?! That was m-" And at that moment, the kickmaster felt a strange pain in his legs. The vines were tightening around them.
"...you rely on these too much to fight...when you were walking around me, I was growing roots all through this area..." Snapping her fingers, the vines sharply turned to the right, letting out a sickening 'snap' as Sid's bones inside of his legs snapped. His mind was flooded with pain as Cadence began looking through her pockets. "...I could have done that much earlier...by the way..." The plant doll remarks, pulling out a small green flower and stepping over to the howling Sid. She then holds the flower up under his nose...and his howls soon are silenced, the kickmaster falling into a deep sleep.
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Haven barreled straight at Alexander, saber raised to slash at the madman once he got close enough. However, the situation soon turned dire when he began to feel his momentum slowing down, followed by his vision being obscured by the network of wires that began to wrap around Haven's bubble. Wires?! Preparing a sonic blast to make a hole in the wires, Haven soon sees that his fist attack connected and knocked the man onto the ground. Yes, it landed! Focusing his energy into his fists, Haven claps both of his hands together and released an ear-ringing blast of sound that reverberated through the entire building, Haven taking the opportunity to fly through the wires and straight at the downed Alex.
"Nice trick, but I got better ones!" Haven remarked, forming 3 long neon purple swords directly above Alex and commanding them to shoot straight down. Following up the attack, Haven sails to near ground level on his surfboard and tries to slice Alex in half as he passes by.
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Post by Kuma on Nov 25, 2016 2:54:47 GMT
-I am sorry, but I cannot allow you to take the arm.- Callis eyes shined dangerously. - I was hired to protect this body and I cannot break any vow I take.- The Beast Knight expression softened, just a bit. -I do not understand your circumstances, as the undead back from where I am from behave differently than you and your group.- Callis kept his guard up even when showing empathy for Yuu. -But I do not think you are mindless or as dangerous as the ones I know, that is why I am willing to allow you and your group to peacefully leave if you promise to abandon this wicked mission.- The Beast Knight was completely honest, his deep blue eyes showing his earnest nature as he proposed this agreement to Yuu. -Is clear that you care about your comrades and we both know this fight, unlucky, might end up with casualties on both sides.- One of his swords vanished as he pointed towards the exit. -If you leave now and take your companions with you I will stop my comrades at arms from attacking you.-
-But if you wish to proceed with your mission I am afraid that I will have to defeat you.- As he said that the softness on his expression vanished as his sword reappeared on his hand to reinforce his guard. The Beast Knight felt a strange kinship with Yuu, maybe because were as loyal as someone could. Still he wouldn't loosen his guard or his resolve as he waited for her repply.
Goemon fought his instinct to flee, tightening his guard and muscles with an almost inaudible grunt. His now golden eyes were fixated on the incoming Doll, prepared not to block or evade, but to parry the blow. This way he could expend his opponent energy faster and avoid getting damage himself. As Ash grew closer he inhaled and then upon her fist moving closer to his face he exhaled performing a textbook Karate sweeping block to the side. His ki strengthened forearm would collide against the Fiery Doll’s wrist knocking the attack off-course and then with a loud shout of -CHESTO!- He unleashed a Seiken-Zuki directly towards her abdomen, aiming to hit her in the solar plexus to difficult her breathing.
Goemon winced as he unleashed the block, as his forearms were hurting a lot after the first block, but he pushed through the pain, knowing that he couldn’t die here.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Dec 24, 2016 6:51:51 GMT
Seeing his opponent outside, the earth shaker quickly claps his palms together to command the earth to extend from the surface into a pair of massive earthly hands, each one the size of a small minivan. He intends to trap the doll between the two gigantic hands. Hoping for the doll to be occupied dealing with his earthly grip, he prepares to end their battle with his next move, yet before he could attempt to deliver the finishing blow he suddenly senses someone attacking the rock layer covering the body of the Orge king. In a fraction of a second, Jose switches his focus back to the main mission objective to protect the corpse. Wasting no time, he quickly throws his hands in the air, which causes an earth wall to pop from the snow to cover the hole that Martha created with her kick.
Once he made sure to buy some time for himself, he immediately proceeds to turn around and with one continuous motion he lifts his knee to his chest only to quickly slam the ground with the same leg. As his foot hits the surface, a powerful quake vibrates throughout the floor for a second before an even stronger and more violent vibration overwhelm the first one as the earth erupts into a series of earth spikes that stretch for a few meters around the Orge king's dead body. The bounty hunter didn't believe that his attack would be sufficient enough to properly incapacitate Marika, instead his goal is to simply create distance between her and the rock cocoon.
While his eardrums begin to bleed from the sound blast fired a moment ago, the somewhat off balance Alex barely manages to twist his body around in time to see the approaching swords coming straight down to pierce him. Even as he witness what could have been the last moment in his life, the sinister smile on his face only seems to widen as this fight becomes more and more dangerous. Requiring only a minimal amount of hand gestures, the wire threads swiftly set up a new web, which wrap themselves around the neon color blades to prevent from being a current threat. As he tries to get back to his feet, he notices his opponent rushing right at him. Knowing that his body couldn't move fast enough, he relied once again on his wire threads to save him. This time, he created a new wire thread construct as he spreads out his hands in front of him in the direction of his incoming foe. Before Haven could ram into him, his wire thread gloves release a numerous number of wire threads in a circle formation and quickly spins inwards to to create a shield similar to shape and size of his favorite Marvel superhero.
The force of the surfboard smashing into his shield was more than enough to sweep the gruesome hunter off his feet. For a few seconds Alex travels through the air at the edge of flying surfboard. Though his shield prevented him from being his slice in half, it didn't provide him with the necessary supernatural strength for his body to deal with the stress of the impact as his arms feel like they are ready to snap off at any moment. However, even as his arm's muscles and bones begin to tore and break, he still appears to be enjoying the fight. "That's the Spirit!" shouted Alex in utter joy. His favorite enemies tend to be those that prefer to slice him apart for it gave him a fundamental connection to his prey due to his own preferred method of killing.
Thanks to the flexibility of the wire threads, the shield begins to fold around the surfboard. Once it has cover a good portion of the board, the ghoulish man adjust his fingers in such a way that causes the wire thread shield to expand until it seems to transform into a net that wraps up the rest of the board. With a simple flick of the wrist and using the surfboard's momentum, he flings the object and its rider towards the wall.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 26, 2016 7:10:05 GMT
The shaken Martha was easily grabbed in stony fists despite her struggles, already broken arms not doing much to shatter their grip. She could only thrash, kicking up snow in a fury. "Careful there, you'll rip your little coat." A voice cackled behind her and Martha froze. She wasn't supposed to be here!
Inside, Marika jumped from the ogre's shoulder as an earthen spike shot past it. She bounced between the spikes, moving on strands for brief moments to achieve the momentum to land back up by the high windows, glaring down at Jose like a vulture. How was she supposed to get through the rocks this fuck was putting up? She didn't bring a chisel, that was ridiculous!
Down below, her answer came. Jose's earth wall was smashed away in a strange flurry of fists. "Tall, dark and handsome... well aren't you too good to be interesting." A tall grey woman stepped through the dust, resetting a mechanical arm on a series of rusted pistons and springs. Martha stumbled behind, keeping a fearful distance. "I'm only hear for the arm, but if you get in my way I can fist you early. And that's not a clever line or anything." Patches flexed her fingers and smiled at Jose. He looked like one of those stoic types. They always screamed in the end.
Yuu's eyes fixed on Callis' as she raised her sword. They sparked like fireworks and she took a step forward. "I don't wish to. I have to." For a moment, the wind blew Marika's strings so they seemed to hold Yuu, but it was only an illusion as she shot forward and struck out for his neck. She knew he would block it. She wouldn't make such a move if she didn't. A kunai appeared in her off hand as if by magic and she stabbed for his stomach even as her sword hand made its feint. "I think you understand." Her eyes were full of fire, but in them it seemed like she was the one burning.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 29, 2016 20:56:34 GMT
The combination of Ash's abyssmal endurance and her general lack of fighting technique made the Karate Master's attacks connect perfectly, knocking her fist to the side and knocking most of the air out of her lungs. However...this also caused a stream of poison gas to billow out of her mouth and disperse around the immediate area, making it incredibly hard to breath if one were to stay in it for long enough. Ash doubled over in pain, clutching the region where Goemon had punched. "Uuuuuugh...lucky...shot..." The loud doll was now breathing much heavier than usual, nearly gasping for air after every word. It appeared she was only staying conscious through sheer willpower alone.
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Outside of the building, Cadence took another puff of smoke out of her pipe as she stared down at the now unconscious kickmaster. Her expression was as emotionless as ever, staring down as she contemplated what her next move should be. Stepping out of her chair, the plant doll slowly walked up to Sid and placed her right hand on his shoulder, using her left hand to activate the Kaspa key in her dress pocket to teleport both of them inside of the pocket dimension. Cadence slowly glanced around the room full of multicolored doors, finally setting her sights on Haven's as she extended a vine out from her sleeve to wrap around Sid's waist, pulling him through the door while she followed slowly behind.
The door led to a cramped alleyway in the middle of London, a city where Haven had recently played an event at and left the city undetected through this alley. "...empty...good..." Cadence muses to herself as the plant doll reached into her pocket to pull out a small phone with a dark green case on the back. Cadence's contact list was mostly bare, numbers on the screen appearing as;
Ash Cassandra Comic Store Eri(naive idol fairy) N Haven Jane Martha Mother Trash Trash
Clicking on 'Comic Store', the phone rings for a few seconds before a person who clearly didn't work at a comic store picked up and began talking to Cadence. "...I found a hurt guy...broken legs...unconscious...I'll send the coordinates..." Nodding a few times while the person on the other end talked, Cadence sent the coordinates and to the number and turned back, entering the Kaspa once more and taking the door to the mountain once again. In a few minutes, an ambulance would arrive in the alley to pick up Sid and transport him to a HW hospital where he could be properly healed from his injuries. Cadence, meanwhile, elected to consider removing Sid as having helped Marika, and sat down on a wooden chair overlooking the steep cliffside. She didn't care about recovering the ogre parts or helping Marika at all, so now that she's satisfied the command Marika had given her, Cadence was free to stop caring about the mission.
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Yes, he was on his last legs! Maybe all Haven needed to do was deliver a knockout punch, and he could lift this damn ogre body outside on his own. It wasn't until Alex managed to stop Haven's surf board that the androgynous doll's eyes widened with shock. How could he make a shield that quickly! Haven couldn't react in time before he was sent into the nearby wall, pushing himself off the ground a few seconds later with a smashed-up face that lacked any blood that would have trickled down his broken nose.
"Ugh...would you just get knocked out already?!" Haven asks in frustration, forming a massive neon purple bat in front of Alex and swinging it toward his head. Haven didn't have much mana left, so he needed to make these last attacks count.
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Post by Kuma on Dec 31, 2016 18:08:52 GMT
Callis knew the time for talking was over, the resolve he saw on Yuu’s eyes was quite similar to the one his own were burning with right now. The Beast Knight reacted for her first attack, locking her kunai against his sword, sparks flying out from the clash, then as sher next weapon grew closer he flourished his second blade across his chest, parrying her stab towards his gut and putting pressure on her wrist with his block -I understand.- He replied. -And like you…- Callis started forcing his blades forward, increasing the pressure he was using for the blocks. The Beast Knight, using his inhuman flexibility through a kick right in between both of his blades, aimed directly at Yuu’s chest, not trying to injure her, just stagger her to set up his next attack. -I also have to fight.-
Goemon almost showcased a moment of joy when his fist connected, not out of pleasure from inflicting pain, but from the elation of his plan working out. That moment of self congratulation almost costed him, as the torrent of gas surging from Ash hit him straight it the face. Even with his impressive discipline it was hard not inhale at least of bit of the noxious substance. Still the gas entered his lungs, not enough to kill him, but enough to disrupt him. Still he fought the desire to cough with all his might, the muscles of his neck tensing up. His eyes started to get watery so he closed them, his head was pounding, almost as if it was the drumkit of a punk band, but still he withstood the pain, forcing himself not to breath as he used the noxious cloud as cover while he charged hi Ki. Ash was clearly an impulsive fighter so she would clearly attack again, that’s what Goemon thought as his golden Ki coursed through his body towards his clenched fist. He didn’t want to take longer on the fight, so he already was preparing a Mountain Killing Fist, not strong enough to kill the Doll, but surely enough to incapacitate her if he managed to connect.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Jan 11, 2017 8:27:34 GMT
His eyes narrowed at his new opponent, and with a quick scan Jose could tell that he couldn't afford to directly protect the Orge body anymore. If he tried to attack the one going after the king's corpse, this individual would be able to exploit the opening to finish him off. With such a dangerous foe so close his entire focus is now solely on Patches on the other doll. "Should this ends up being a two on one, I might have to result to absorbing more terra energy than I can currently handle," he thought to himself. Entering into another one of his karate stances, he watches carefully for the movements of the dolls as he prepares to hold them off. With a quick stomp, the earth breaks through the floor around them as they form an extremely thick circular wall connecting around them in an effort to prevent the dolls from running past him, especially the one with the mechanical arm. She would not doubt be strong enough to break through the earth armor of the Orge King's corpse. As he plants his feet, he switches the positions of his arms consistently as he attempts to trick his opponents into believing he is getting ready to use his earth powers again.
As the lad comes at him swinging the massive neon purple bat, the already injured and somewhat disoriented Alex makes an effort to use his wire threads again. However, his arms wouldn't budge no matter how hard he tried to move them. "Seems like I tore too many muscles with that last stunt," he thought. Without the use of his wire threads to protect him, he has no choice but to rely on his body movements to avoid getting smash in the head by the blunt object. Seeing the incoming blow, the ghoulish looking fellow prepares to perform a quick back roll. As the gruesome hunter dips backwards, he misjudges the timing and distance of the strike, allowing the edge of the bat to graze his forehead. Causing him to jerk more towards the side. As he falls to the ground, he adjusts his body at the last moment to perform a side roll instead. As he attempts to get up, a massive bump begins to swell up on his forehead. As he tries to regain his balance, his mind recalls the remaining wire threads in the area as he thinks of a way to use the layout of weapon to assist him. Struggling to move his fingers, Alex begins formulate a hail Mary of a plan to defeat this foe.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jan 12, 2017 0:47:15 GMT
"Oh, so we're doing this the hard way. Good. I love it hard." Patches approached Jose steadily, wheeling her deadly arm. Martha jumped onto the wall and ran around to get behind Jose, jumping off the wall to plant her foot in the small of his back. At the exact moment Martha left the wall, Patches lunged and lashed her arm at Jose's torso. It sprang just like last time, launching a dozen punches in a second, growing progressively weaker by the punch until they died away, leaving Patches open if there was anything left to retaliate.
Callis' kick drove Yuu back, out of her range. However, the sticky, burning fluid all over her body splattered with the impact to spray at Callis, especially his kicking leg. In the same moment, Yuu tried to make a stab for his calf before he could withdraw. In the moments after, she used the momentum of the kick to step back outside of his range. Taking step after step back, she threw three kunai, one for each leg and another for his abdomen in turn.
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Post by Vapovile on Jan 15, 2017 4:51:41 GMT
Ash merely lay on the ground in front of Goemon, eyes alight with determination as she presses against the ground with her hands. Virtually no air was entering her lungs at this point, Ash only staying conscious through a combination of willpower and blind determination. Her mouth was attempting to form words, but no sound came out due to the lack of air. She manages to get her head off the ground...before her body gave out and sprawled onto the ground, Ash's eyes glaring to the side in anger. She was clearly still conscious, but had no strength at all to move her body.
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On an adjacent mountain peak, Cadence sits in her wooden chair covered in a wooden dome to block out the incoming snow that was falling from the sky. The building everyone was fighting in was barely noticeable from this far away, mostly obscured by the snowstorm and lack of light. After a few seconds of waiting, Cadence notices a person slowly floating toward her and rotates her chair to face the newcomer. "My...quite the cold location you chose." The newcomer stated, now within sight. She had the appearance of a young girl with an unnaturally skinny body, long white hair that nearly reached her ankles, and a set of expressionless black eyes. She wore a long open white lab coat over a grey vest, long-sleeve white shirt and tie with a red and black checkered pattern. On her lower half, she wore a simple red and black checkered skirt that matched her tie. The snow appeared to bend around the newcomer's body, as if there was some invisible field deflecting the flakes around her.
Cadence puffed out the smoke she had inhaled from her pipe, placing the cap over the end to snuff out the fire. "...have you finished what we talked about..?" The plant doll asks, Iris nodding in response. "Yes...it was fascinating studying that piece of string you gave me. It was a tiny bit more difficult to study than the last two dolls, you know?" The floating scientist noted, crossing her sleeve-covered arms across her chest. "...good...I was worried your president was all talk..." The plant doll remembered the lady she had met in Russia months ago, and how Aria was now fulfilling her end of the agreement. "Sooooo...you like, cool with leaving the rest of them behind? You can't go back after this, you know." Iris pointed out, Cadence closing her eyes and nodding her head. "...yes...no issues. Just...free me..." Stepping out of her chair, Cadence walks into the field around Iris, noticing that the snow was indeed being repelled, as well as providing a self-contained bubble of warmth. With one last glance back at the building, Cadence and Iris teleport across the planet into Iris's lab at the HWIC headquarters.
"Welcome to my lab, Aria Junior! Just lay down on the table and we can get started!" Iris says with a strange mix of cheerfulness...but in a oddly forced manner. As if she was trying to put on a facade of cheerfulness. Cadence laid down on the lab table, which rose to the height of the floating Iris as she prepared her equipment. "Once this is over...I'd love to learn what you know about that medal in your pocket." Before Cadence could respond, she is hit with a sleep spell that knocked the doll into a deep sleep. Reaching into Cadence's dress pocket, Iris pulls out her poison medal and turns it over in her hands, inspecting it. "...huh...just what was Mr. Scary talking about with this thing? Might as well test it a little!" And with that, Iris places the medal on the counter and began removing Cadence's soul string from her body to free the doll from Marika's commands.
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Seeing that his last attack connected, Haven wheeled his surfboard around and positioned himself several feet away from Alex, breathing heavily from the exertion the fight had put on his body. Haven wasn't used to fighting like this, since he was a musician mostly and fighter when forced by Marika. "Would you...just quit...already? We're both tired, so if you agree to let that girl take the ogre parts, we can just end this. How about it?" Should Alex refuse, Haven was forming a long neon purple spear in his hands, ready to launch it straight at Alex's chest.
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Post by Kuma on Jan 16, 2017 4:35:31 GMT
A golden flame with impossible intensity was surrounding Goemon as the smoke cleared. This was the closest he could get to a proper Mountain Slaying Fist given the time he had to charge, 30 more seconds might have allowed him to reach the minimum amount needed, but the urgency of the battle forced his hand only allowing him to charge this still impressive Pseudo-Yamakoroshiken. -I always forget how intense this gets.- The accumulation of Ki was making his body shake, the outline of his silhouette moving so much it almost seemed as if 3 Goemons were standing on the same place, barely shifting their location. The Karate Star walked towards the downed Ash, the aura moving towards his right arm as he did, shining even more brightly.
-Nami Amida Butsu.- The Mountain Slaying Master raised his radiant hand into a Buddhist praying stance, uttering a short blessing, usually to signal the end of a life and in a single fluid movement he punched downward directly at Ash’s head. -CHESTOOO!- Yet the Karate Star was a gentle soul and his fist never reached the Doll’s skull, stopping milimeters away and just releasing a torrent of air pressure and Ki. The blast would shatter the ground underneath Ash and hit like a truck, but the Karate Star tailored it to incapacitate her and not to kill her. Maybe this would come to bite him in the ass, but he was a Martial Artist, not a Warrior, he didn’t fight to destroy his opponent, just to defeat it, as the true enemy to defeat was his own weakness and doubts. His true fight was internal, not external.
In the future this knock-out move would be known as the “Yamakoroshi Yasashi Ken” (Mountain Slaying Gentle Fist)
-Ungh.- Callis grunted with pain, but quickly reacted, cutting his pants leg, allowing the sticky substance to slip away alongside the fabric. He threw his weight backwards, pulling a cartwheel flip to avoid the stab and just as he landed he jumped again, noticing her follow up attack, spinning mid-air as he gained distance and tried to avoid the incoming kunai. The Beast Knight was only partially successful as one of the Kunai grazed him on the injured leg, as he lost part of his mobility and the 3rd one managed to open a considerable wound on his abdomen, piercing through the waning magical defenses of his Knight uniform. The pain shattered his focus and he didn’t stick the landing, rolling on the hard ground until he managed to break the movement and stand up in a single fluid motion.
Callis raised his guard as he stood, still aware of his surroundings. His eyes locked directly on Yuu’s direction. He tentatively put his weight on his injured leg, trying not to wince from the pain he felt. “I can still use it” He thought, balancing his weight, just barely favoring his still intact right leg. The Beast Knight realized that if he fought half-heartedly he wouldn’t win and thus he wouldn’t complete his mission, so with a pained sigh he started talking. -I praise your dedication to your master, your loyalty and your poise would be of great service to you if you ever decided to stride on the path of a Knight.- The Beast Knight raised one of his blades on a salute to Yuu. - But once again I beg of you to stop this fight while you are able to, I do not wish to harm such an honorable foe.- Callis tone wasn’t condescending or arrogant, he spoke from his heart, that burned with conviction and Knightly Honor. As he spoke the energy around his swords climbed up his hands, covering half of his arms with a radiant cloak of alabaster light.
-I hope you can surrender with grace equal to the devotion you profess to your master and I assure you I will do my best to assure the safe passage of your comrades, but for that you need to cease this fool's errand.- The lines of light climbed up his arms slowly reaching his face and filling his eyes, as if tears were being sucked into his eyes. -I do not want to be the herald of your demise.- More Notio Gladio manifested behind him, floating like feathers of a pair of wings. -But I will become the reaper of your life if you desire to continue the fight.-
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Post by waybig1010101 on Jan 16, 2017 5:49:19 GMT
Using his terra senses, he could feel the spot on the earth wall that Martha jumped off of, and uses that knowledge to determine a rough estimate of the trajectory of her attack would be aimed somewhere in his back. Looking forward he could see the other opponent rushing him with a barrage of punches. With the palm of his hands, he manages to push away a couple of Patches' strikes as he aims to shove the side of her arms just enough to redirect her punches away from his body, yet a few blows manage to land. Causing him to cough up a bit of blood, yet he doesn't hesitate even after receiving the punches as he quickly performs a backward cartwheel. As his head swings back, he could see Martha's foot, just inches away from ripping off his nose. Adjusting his legs, Jose spread his feet apart so he moves his legs out of the doll's way. Hoping that Martha would kick his other opponent now, or at least create some distance for him, the earth shaker brings himself upright as he finishes his cartwheels.
Near the wall now and almost a dozen or so feet away from his opponents, he stands upright, but this time he didn't reestablish a traditional karate stance. Using Martha as an obstacle for Patches, Jose reaches out with his hand and takes command of the shatter pieces of his earth from the outside. He proceeds to open his hand and pull backwards, a split second later the pebbles from outside soon rush into the room to surround his opponents. The bounty hunter squeezes his hand shut, which crushes the millions of tiny rocks coming in into a massive smokescreen. Assuming his opponents are blind at the moment, he launches himself into the air with a powerful leap. Soon enough he is higher than the tallest point of his earth wall and above the smokescreen. Not waiting to see how his opponents are going to react, he moves both of his arms forward, causing the earth wall to break the floor as it shifts towards the two dolls like a miniature earth tsunami.
Alex's smile slowly disappears as he hears the words of his opponent. "How disappointing," complained the gruesome hunter. "You don't seem to care about the Orge that much, but worse than that, you don't seem to enjoy our contest either." He looks up to the ceiling for a moment as he ponders his next move. "I rather not risk my life for someone as uncommitted as you," he finally said. As he turns his body, his fingers jerk inwards, causing the wire threads in the area to come to him. Yet, right before they go back inside the wire thread gauntlets, his fingers start to move in all types of directions until his own wire threads begin to travel around his arms, until they form what appears to be a light layer of amor over his arms. "Damn, I was so looking forward to seeing how you would handle the obstacles I have set up." Suddenly his arms begin to move as if the muscle damage no longer exist, however should Haven pay attention, he would notice that the man's fingers continue to move simultaneously with his arms. "Fine. But I have one condition to our white peace." he turns his body back towards him and his voice becomes an octave deeper as he says, "If you try to attack any of my comrades, I will execute you."
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Post by HungryHunter on Jan 16, 2017 21:33:27 GMT
Patches managed to dodge Martha, if only barely. Her grin didn't fade. She had drawn first blood. And it was time to draw more. For just a split second, Martha was near Jose. Patches set her spring arm just in time, launching another punch. Jose of course moved, but Martha couldn't in time and Patches couldn't stop the spring arm. The hard set rule against dolls hurting dolls didn't apply when Patches couldn't control her limb.
Martha went right through the top of the wall and the desired arm of the ogre and she just kept going. The arm held by a few strands of muscle and a bit of stone for just a second before it dropped, shaking the entire building. "Ahahahaaha!" Patches cackled. She moved to climb the wall before her vision became obscured by dust. "Oh? You still want to play? I like to blind people too... just not like this." Patches took the moment to reset her arm again.
When the earth wall came at her, she just sighed and slammed her arm into the floor. The recoil launched her up and over the wall, landing safely back with the arm. The remaining punches smashed off chunks of stone, leaving the joint exposed. She just needed a second. One arm dropped off. It was time to have some fun.
Yuu got the same unnerving feeling she had from Ikari when Callis summoned more swords. She realized only now that they shared a source of power. That same alien, dark force that created a monster in Cadence's hands. "I think you can understand. You have a Marika too, but it's on the inside." Yuu's correctness was accidental. She was unaware of Callis' hybrid nature and misinterpreting his connection to his gainen powers. "Would you trust anybody else to control it? Or would they only make it worse?" Yuu saw Patches behind Callis and her eyes widened. "Get down!" She yelled, ducking as Patches swung an arm bigger than her whole body across the room.
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Post by Vapovile on Jan 17, 2017 2:54:45 GMT
Goemon's attack accomplished its intended goal; the ground around Ash was pushed down as the doll took the brunt of the attack and was knocked completely out, already on the verge of passing out before the devastating attack. As the aftermath from the attack cleared, Ash lay on the ground motionless. It was evident she wasn't getting back up anytime soon.
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Frowning at Alex's threat, Haven nods his head. "Then we are in agreement. To answer your earlier questions, I actually don't care about the ogre at all and would rather not fight people." Despawning his surfboard, Haven leans against a nearby wall to try and catch his breath. "The same applies to you, by the way. Attack any of them, and I will be forced to attack you back. Literally, I have no choice in the matter." Haven said with resentment, knowing that if Marika saw him not fighting, she'd order him to join in and break their agreement. Where was Cadence, anyway?
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Post by Kuma on Jan 17, 2017 4:48:52 GMT
Goemon had mixed feelings about the fight, he was happy about defeating a foe, but he couldn’t avoid feeling a bit disappointed about how short the fight was and how little actual training Ash had, maybe if she had a proper teacher she could prove to become a force to be reckoned with. Still he didn’t have much time to think about it as his perceived the incoming danger on his mind’s eye. He wasn’t as technically gifted on esoteric martial techniques like his Grandmaster Reiji was, but he had enough experience to have developed a sixth sense for this kind of things. Without doubting it for a second he rolled forward, grabbing Ash and taking her alongside him as he avoided the gigantic fist that tried to swat him. He stood up moments later to hear it clash against Callis defense.
The Karate Star took advantage of the moment to slip one of his presentation cards on Ash’s pocket, hoping that maybe teaching her would allow her to tap into the potential she had and allowed him to course her off this life of crime, as his own master Ichigan, he despised seeing wasted potential. But he quickly realized that instead of worrying about potential students he had to help his current one, as during his fight with Ash he had been too focused on ending the fight to realize what was happening around him, a con of being an extremely disciplined fighter, concentrating only on the range of his own fight. -HERNANDEZ-KUN!- Goemon shouted as he rushed forward, his Ki gathering around his body and fighting spirit burning on his eyes, he wouldn’t let a group of Zombie Girls hurt his pupil. -GET YOUR HANDS OUT OF MY STUDENT!- He roared as he advanced, fists ready.
Callis acute senses allowed him to notice the incoming attack, the scent, the change of pressure, and the whistling of the arm cutting through the air. The Beast Knight didn’t even notice Yuu’s scream as he was already on the move, his body acting out of instinct. -NOTIO PARMA!- He proclaimed as the blades behind him moved on their own into a circular pattern in-between him and the incoming attack. The conceptual blades took the brunt force of the attack, serving as an impenetrable wall for Callis to take cover behind, even so the shock wave reached him, affecting his balance and hearing for a split second, leaving only a rining on his ears. Soon the sounds in the room returned, finally the sensorial input of Yuu’s warning reached the Beast Knight and his brain processed the information. The newcomer shared the same scent as the others, but her actions, unnoticed so far by Callis who was too focused on his fight against Yuu, were evidence that she seemed to be against the other Dolls.
Still she was engaged in a fight with Jose and Martha, this snippet of information allowed Callis to theorize that the situation wasn’t a case of the enemy of my enemy, but something else, something way more dangerous as the sudden cracks on the blades he used as a shield demonstrated. The extra swords vanished after shattering like glass blasted by a sonic boom leaving Callis with only the ones he was wielding. The Beast Knight gave a tentative step back and glance in Yuu’s direction. -If you can explain what is happening I would greatly appreciated, as I have the strange feeling that you are about to propose a truce to deal with this intruder, who I presume is somewhat related to your comrades in some fashion, so your swift confirmation of my suspicion would increase my reaction time to help you out.- Even under pain, pressure and short in time Callis didn’t lose his surprising skill at oratory and the use of complex vocabulary. Maybe this was something he actually did or maybe it was a secondary effect of his translation spell, considering who casted it.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Jan 17, 2017 5:18:58 GMT
Jose watches his opponent reach the Orge body and prepares to rushes at her, when suddenly he is alarmed by the doll's new arm. Without much time to figure out how Patches manage to attach the massive arm to her own body, the earth shaker quickly jumps into the air again as he avoids being slammed by the gigantic arm. As he lands on the ground, he could hear Goemon's words. Figuring he can kill two birds with one stone with this next technique, he extends his hands towards the disproportional doll, causing miniature clouds of dirt to rush towards her. The young bounty hunter then commands the tiny earthy particles in the cloud to travel through any of his opponent's orifices. His goal is simple. Try to squeeze enough material into her body until there is no room left to contain it, similar to when one puts too much air into a ballon. However, he is not foolish enough to believe that this tactic would work so smoothly. Rather he just wanted to hide his master's intentions from his opponent.
Alex watches patches with curiosity, and begins to become interested in fighting he. Yet he stops himself for two reasons. First, his body's current state would not be able to survive a bout with such a dangerous opponent, and he didn't want to throw his life away. Two, he needed to ensure that the doll he just made a peace deal with doesn't suddenly enter the battle. He could tell that his previous foe would make the situation far more difficult if they had to deal with a possible ranged enemy. So rather then get involve, he decides to settle on small talk. "So if you did have a choice, what would you want to do?" he asked Haven.
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Post by HungryHunter on Jan 17, 2017 6:03:14 GMT
"Patches, that arm belongs to me! Return it to the kaspa at once!" Marika screamed from high above, voice drowned out by the crashing of Patches' newfound appendage. "Can't hear you, boss!" She yelled. Pulling her arm back from Callis whipped up winds that blew away Jose's dirt. She stumbled under her own force for just a second with each movement.
"Yuu! If you don't get away from the enemy, I might accidentally strip you too!" Yuu sighed and looked to Callis. "Sadly, you're mistaken. She's with us. But... she's not like us." Yuu walked towards Patches carefully, avoiding the multiple pitfalls that had appeared in the floor over the course of the battle. "Patches, stand down. We got what we wanted." Patches pushed herself off the ground with her ogre arm to look down upon Yuu, quite purposefully giving her a view up her filthy skirt. "I got the physical object I wanted. But my desires remain unfulfilled." She glared around the room.
Oh, how she would love to take them all. But for certain, the first must be the knight. The pure ones broke the best. And as a bonus, Yuu seemed fond of him. "I'm sure you know Marika is a bad programmer. After all, just look at you. And she tends to leave little loopholes." Yuu started backing up, realizing at once what that loophole was. "I was programmed not to hurt my sisters... by that never counted you!" Patches dropped and swept her arm. Yuu flipped backwards over it, taking off running the moment she landed to avoid the attack. Patches' fist annihilated the wall Marika stood upon, dropping her like a stone to the hard floor. She made a tiny surprised gasp and didn't move. Yuu choked back her panicked heart. She wished only to rush to Marika's side, but she would not abandon the others like that. "Callis, I shouldn't tell you, but besides me my kind has a terrible weakness to fire. I'll try to ignite her. You please work on destroying that limb. She cannot be allowed to keep it." Yuu had little certainty in her voice, but she held her sword at the ready.
"Well, you've picked a side. I'm sure Marika won't mind if I turn you inside out with my finger so long as she gets you back alive. Not that she will." Patches lunged forward, taking a broad sweep at Goemon, Callis, and Yuu and using the momentum to spin into a punch for Jose. Her fist carried her with it, throwing her off her feet when it plowed through another wall. She fell on her stomach and laughed. Well wasn't that fun!
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Post by Vapovile on Jan 17, 2017 6:22:56 GMT
"What would I want to do?" Haven thinks for a second, watching as Patches threatened Yuu and feeling a sense of joy when she destroyed the wall Marika was on. Haven absolutely hated Marika for the torture she put him and his sisters through on a daily basis, and only somewhat liked Yuu since she was nice to them. "I would want to grab my sisters and get the hell out of here. And before you ask, my sisters are everyone but the older one over there, the evil spider girl, and the insane one with the ogre arm." Seeing Martha get launched through the roof, Haven immediately summons his surfboard and leaps back onto it. "Amendment to the deal! You can hurt the one with the ogre arm all you want. In fact, I will give you something expensive if you kill her!" Haven figured that a set of concert tickets for life could be sold and provide a decent sum of money. Flying up and through the hole in roof, Haven follows Martha's trajectory to try and catch the brash doll before she hits the ground.
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Post by Kuma on Jan 18, 2017 1:36:19 GMT
The Karate Star gathered his ki and prepared to block the incoming fist. -Do you have any plans Nomene-san?- Goemon asked as the arm moved closer. The Beast Knight simply replied. - Please, keep her occupied for a moment!- The Karate Star hands made contact with the attack and he started sliding backwards, leaving the imprint of his foot on the rough stone floor as he moved, dissolving the kinetic energy with his own, slowly stopping the momentum, or at least trying to, until he moved close to Callis. -I’ll try my best Nomene-san.- Goemon gripped the flesh of the hand and tried to put it on a lock, tensing his iron-like muscles while summoning his ki, his toes locked into the ground through sheer force of will. The whole impact made his bones vibrate like a tuning fork, but he was still in one piece. Even breaking through a wall wasn’t enough to stop his resolve.
Behind him Callis was focusing on his swords, that slowly started to move, following a chain-saw like pattern on the edges, with 3 lines of alternate movement. -I will do my best to incapacitate the arm.- He proclaimed, replying to Yuu’s request and charging forward, aiming to attack with a double slash at the thinnest junction of the arm with Patches, hoping to finish this with a single and precise attack.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Jan 21, 2017 1:26:59 GMT
Thanks to Goemon's efforts, Jose avoids getting smashed by the massive arm. He looks at Patches and thought that his opponent will not be able to move quickly with such a massive appendage, and noticing her stumbling, he figures he can trap her with enough pressure. Using his earth powers, the particles that had been blown away from the previous swing begin to rush back at the doll once again, as even more rocks and other earthly materials begin to enter into the room towards the doll. Before long, the entire room starts to become a massive chamber of dirty smoke and fist size stones traveling throughout the air. The earth shaker manages to direct the dirt cloud away from his comrades, while also sending the dirt cloud to strike from every direction at Patches as the earth cloud condenses as it gathers around her. His plan is simple. He is going to transform the dirt could into an earth prison to contain the doll long enough for them to remove the Orge arm from her.
Nodding his head to Haven's words, the gruesome hunter uses his wires to create a wire thread Javelin that he plans to throw at Patches. Thanks to his previous examination of the Orge corpse, he determine that his wire thread javelin should be sharp enough to penetrate right through the arm. Even if the opponent swings at his incoming javelin. Unless the attachment somehow improve the durability of the appendage, he didn't see why his weapon would fail. Yet before he could attempt to put his theory to the test, he witnesses a new and larger cloud of dirt beginning to overwhelm the room. In this environment, he wouldn't be able to do much. He sticks to the wall, and waits patiently until he sees his opportunity to strike.
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