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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 13:42:58 GMT -6
"Just as well? You aren't that good with water." Jet said as she turned the Scythes upwards like an open rib cage to cut Arcturus' legs and graze his sides while breaking the braces of her armor. The Dragon roared again as it's claws were now extended and protected by hardened stone. With even greater speed than before she turned the orb into a spire and crashed it inches away from them into the ice. The pressurized water took over the area the ice previously inhabited and sunk them inside. Using the opening she re wrapped her tail around Arcturus' leg and flung him off her. Jumping out of the water she called out "Ice prison!" The clear water glowed for a split second before temporarily freezing.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 13:48:35 GMT -6
"BALALALALALAALAAUGH!" Arcturus spat out water and a small fish as he fell out of a portal about 20 feet behind Jet. "That was a bluff. Also, what kind of fish was that!? I think it pooped in my mouth!"
As he continued to puke, Arcturus summoned Lenna and opened up a portal at the ground in front of him and another several hundred feet in the air.
"Do you want to see the other technique, or do you want to brawl a bit more?" he asked as he smashed the ice beside him, causing another chunk to fly up in the air before flying towards Jet with a smack from Lenna.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 14:01:11 GMT -6
"Go for it." Jet didn't even flinch as the ice was shredded to atomic bits by the spinning fan of scythes. "That was a frozen minnow. They live in ice."
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 14:08:09 GMT -6
"Okay, you quite literally asked for it!" Arcturus smiled as he jumped into the portal and fell from the sky.
Increasing his own gravity, Arcturus plummeted beyond standard terminal velocity as he readied Lenna for a downward slam.
"Narbacular Drop!" He shouted right before impact only to open up a portal above Jet and strike her from behind, sending her skittering across the ice.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 14:38:22 GMT -6
He's fast but I think I can- Jet's thought was interrupted as a hammer slammed into her back. The rest of the armor shattered, but that wasn't the only thing that affected the dragon. The excess damage she took strengthened Stone Ocean. The water dragon fully regrouped and smoothed out into a majestic serpent form, clad in full armor with a body of swirling water. When Cream counted Three Jet flipped off the ground and landed near her alma. Stone Ocean surrounded her as the Scythes chained together into a brightly glowing link. The link wrapped around jet and when the glow faded two three headed scythes were chained to her arms as she was now clothed in a reaper cloak and boots with shorts barely covering her hips. "The true power of stone ocean lies in an exchange. The more damage I take the stronger it gets. And the more damage it takes the stronger I get. The armor is also an exchange. My current one gives agility, his gives defense. And after that last blow, try not to get hit." Jet ran faster than the eye could see as she passed by Arcturus and quickly turned around. She goes for a slice to his back while Stone Ocean charges him slightly to the left.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 15:17:00 GMT -6
"Augh!" Arcturus shuddered as he fell through a portal, feeling Jet's claw graze his armor.
Now floating suspended in the air a thousand meters above Jet, Arcturus held Lenna upside down with one hand.
"You know when I said I only had two techniques I was working on?" Arcturus chuckled a bit to himself as he swung the hammer side to side, ever so gently. "I was lying. I had three."
I hope she hears me...
He let go of Lenna which began to fall very slowly before opening a portal back to the ground and explaining.
"You see, that hammer, although it looks like it's travelling slower than a demon snail, is actually travelling at speeds beyond your own. Actually, by the time it hits the ice, it'll be travelling at about Mach 2 speeds. You see, by increasing the gravitational pull on the hammer by tenfold, I increase the speed it travels as it impacts. The force released from such an impact is around 5 mN, meaning that everything in the surrounding area will be blown to bits. Sure it's overkill, but it's a guaranteed win. If I release the time dilation spell on Lenna, we will both be dead in about four seconds. Too bad that's not what I'm doing."
Arcturus smiled as he opened up a portal beneath Lenna and another in front of Jet while releasing the spells on the hammer, causing it to barely miss the nymph.
Hopefully she doesn't notice that I'm shot out of mana. Actually, I hope that scares her into stopping.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 16:31:32 GMT -6
"You underestimate Stone Ocean's armor. It might be weak on me, but on him it's nigh indestructible. You could obliterate this entire room, and it would still be standing." Jet ran faster than than the eye could capture and delivered a spinning roundhouse kick to his back. "Plus Cream is in the room, and don't underestimate her own abilities. Ready to call it quits?" Cream spoke up in her kind voice, "I'm more of a healer than a fighter so I think that would have gotten me as well."
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 16:43:11 GMT -6
"That's why I stopped it!" Arcturus grunted as he fell onto the ice. "You don't understand how much force that is. It's enough to destroy a large town. Possibly even a city if dropped from even higher."
He slowly got up from the ice before wiping his bloody nose on his gauntlet.
4 seconds... She has me beat...
"Hey, can I ask you a favor?" Arcturus approached Jet as he sniffled a bit. "Since I was as kind not to hit you with that, may I-ACHOOOO!"
Arcturus sneezed loudly enough to scare off an ice mammoth, spewing blood and snot all over Jet before he took the opportunity to deliver a solid punch square in her throat while her guard was lowered, knocking her backwards onto the ice.
"Sorry, couldn't help it." He rubbed the back of his neck as he sniffled more. "Anyways, I secede defeat, unless you for some reason can't stand up within the allotted time."
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 16:59:08 GMT -6
Jet got up in two seconds with a smirk as she wiped the blood away. "Quick and dirty, now that's more my style. Although not as quick as scythes to the neck." She gestured to the two blades hovering directly above his neck. "Alright heal him up Cream." She nodded before proceeding to examine his bleeding legs and nose. "Seal in, White Room." A magical box surrounded Arcturus releasing soothing waves of energy to patch all his damage. The box dissipated and then came around Jet. When it lifted she too was fixed and Stone Ocean was gone. "Ready to go back now?"
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 17:21:45 GMT -6
"Yeah, sure, but I have a question for you." Arcturus spoke, still sniffling from the chill. "What are these powers of yours and how do they work? It's not Magick, as only humans and metahumans can use it and you don't appear to use mana, but it's not an adaptation like a basilisk's petrification abilities."
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 17:41:42 GMT -6
"It's hard to explain, but I'll try. Much like our water forms resemble our mother and her power, our Almas resemble our father's power. Whatever type mage and any other changes they experienced in life determine our own abilities. They awaken along with our tails and usually we get to see them one more time. There's no telling what Pearl's will be since we're not really sure about everything regarding Zappa, but we do know he's whatever type you are. I guess it's like summoning a guardian spirit that's part of you." Jet finishes right as Valkyrie takes them all back to the dinning hall. Page is also brought back covered in blue paint. "Oh, I love you Pearl, but why me?" Jet was sent to the meadow with the still laughing Pearl.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 18:05:45 GMT -6
"Interesting..." Arcturus spoke aloud as he sat down in his seat and turned to Elia. "Anyways, the duel was great, you should've been there. I lost though, but it was pretty close. In the end, it was down to whether I wanted to level the arena and accidentally kill Cream or lose. Well, it probably wouldn't have done much. Don't tell Jet this, but at that point, I was completely out of mana. Speaking of mana..."
Arcturus paused as he turned to Alucard.
"Do mana potions work on a vampire? Oh, and do you have any on you?"
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Mar 5, 2014 18:25:38 GMT -6
"Yes, but they're not needed too often. Plant give him one." One of the singing Nymphs from earlier reaches into a satchel and tosses him a small green vile, "Lime flavor." She explains.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 18:30:06 GMT -6
"Thanks. I've never had a flavored mana potion before." Arcturus nodded his head at Plant before uncorking the vial and downing the potion.
This is delicious. I must get the recipe.
"So, Elia, what do you plan to do once we get back?" Arcturus asked after blowing his nose on a nearby napkin. "I've already thought of a reason for being gone that should ease Titus' fury. It's that I was trying out a new teleportation spell, but it backfired and trapped us in limbo where we escaped through random chance but came back five days late. That, and we also found Pearl when we reappeared outside of the city."
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Post by GX1997 on Mar 5, 2014 18:45:28 GMT -6
"I'm not sure he'll actually fall for that. Not to mention Hestus would know better than that."
What am I going to do when we go back? I guess I could still go with my plan...
Elia decided not to answer Arcturus' question, and instead went back to drinking the pomegranate juice.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 19:01:18 GMT -6
"I think Hestus would understand, after all, he knows that Titus would be happier in that lie than within the truth." Arcturus tried to reason with Elia as he eyed a loaf of soft-looking bread.
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Post by GX1997 on Mar 5, 2014 19:06:55 GMT -6
"Titus always seems to be happier living with lies rather than the truth," Elia muttered.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 19:11:46 GMT -6
"Well, that is true. However, you seem to forget something." Arcturus held a spoon and pointed it at Elia as he spoke. "The entirety of Cleatia depends on him. If he's happy, then the nation runs more smoothly because he can make better decisions. If he's stressed out and worried, then things don't go nearly as well. You need to think about the bigger picture."
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Post by GX1997 on Mar 5, 2014 19:23:37 GMT -6
The bigger picture that makes others suffer in ways they never should...
Elia stared at the spoon for a minute, her face showing no emotion, something she had learned to do rather well in the past month. She then folded up the napkin she had been using and put it on the table, and asked to be excused before she walked out of the dining hall.
I...I just need some time to think.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Mar 5, 2014 19:31:22 GMT -6
She just needs to think...
Arcturus sighed to himself as he twirled the spoon on the tabletop.
She finally has a chance to do some good in the world, and she hates it. No good can come out of staying in a stuffy old monastery, especially when your as rare as she is. Not just being a Type-1, but looking just like royalty. It's selfish of her to try and run, but I can't blame her. However, her choice is between two prisons, so quite frankly, there's no reason why she should choose the worse of them. She just doesn't understand.
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