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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 8, 2006 23:58:19 GMT -5
well whenever your ready fred
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 0:04:21 GMT -5
As Vincent strides up to Whistler's garage and lab, he feels the power of the Old Guard, the smothering energy pouring out. The door opens, and from inside, wearing a mask and welding with the heat of a billion suns, Whistler looks up and asks, "Tell me, son, why do you want to train under me?"
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 0:13:43 GMT -5
"Because i have reason the people who "altered" me were Vampire familiars, you started hunting them, and Blade is getting up in years. he may not be physically up to the challenge for much longer, you need fresh blood to continue the hunt"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 0:20:17 GMT -5
Whistler laughs. "I hope you know we're all immortals, Vince. Thrash, Badcat and Xeno just celebrated their 2k birthdays. Crazy parties." More seriously, he turns and says, "I do agree, though. We need fresh blood. But not to continue 'the hunt'. I'm tired of supportin' genocide. You know the time we live in: vamps walking in harmony with the rest of us. And I'm also tired of being the enabler for someone's revenge. There's a good heart somewhere under there, so I'll show ya the ropes, but you'll need to get rid of the demons chasing yer heart before you can hunt any demons chasing your ass."
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 0:23:02 GMT -5
"then lets start hunting, my demons inside then out"
OOC: oo possible redemption coming
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 0:40:36 GMT -5
OOC: That is part of these interactions, yes.
"You might find that harder than ya imagine. So. First order of business. I've found the best way to kill somethin' is to understand it." Whistler waves his hand, and a great... change comes over Hack's body.
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 0:42:13 GMT -5
change ?, define change
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 0:47:32 GMT -5
Hack feels darker, stronger, yet less vivid and alive. He smells and desires blood.
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 0:51:16 GMT -5
"i see what you mean by understanding what your trying to kill, so no wonder you guys hunted them all those years"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 1:01:04 GMT -5
"Yep." Silver and wood pins erupt from Whistler's hand and lift Hack up and into the wall. "The weakness of bloodsuckers vary, especially nowadays. There are half-breeds, evil dhampyrs and daywalkers, and all sorts of folk to deal with. So let's go in order. First: Most suckers are negative ki creatures, like most demons." Whistler grabs Blades' shoulder and glows gold. Excruciating pain erupts through Vincent.
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 1:10:20 GMT -5
"unnnghh....obvoiusly.....(Vincent begins to shape his body around the pins to release himself)....any other weakness i sould know about"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 1:45:55 GMT -5
"NOT obviously!" Wheeler then strikes Vincent with a Snake Style finger strike. Vincent feels himself being pumped with negative ki. "Some Kuei-Jin, for example, are vulnerable to negative ki! Some are even neutral."
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 1:52:30 GMT -5
"interesting, what else (by this time hack has dropped from his "perch" though still lacking the strength to stand) other than what I alredy know?"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 2:00:27 GMT -5
OOC: No, he hasn't. He's still impaled to the wall.
"You DON'T know! You haven't FELT it!" Whistler punches him in the face. "There are many weaknesses! And they change, vary! Some orders work, others don't! Blade thought he knew, too!" Garlic, wolfsbay, silver, wooden stakes, wooden railgun shots, true sunlight, mystic sunlight, artificial sunlight, TDE Programs attacks, regeneration enders, tricks from DF and Skarnikova's handbook, fire, demonic attacks, all are launched at Vincent in the course of the next minute.
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 20:13:41 GMT -5
" ahhhh.....different things affect different bloodsuckers, and the reason you've made me vunrable to them is to teach me which ones are more effective against different kinds, owww..."
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 20:19:10 GMT -5
"And?"
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 20:23:15 GMT -5
"that they evolve just as we do, what works on them one time may not the next, and that what the books say are bullshit"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 20:25:37 GMT -5
"There's one more lesson that you'll probably take a long time to learn."
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 20:30:27 GMT -5
"whats that...?"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 20:36:21 GMT -5
"No point in tellin' ya. Now, let's hit the books, shall we?"
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 20:38:39 GMT -5
"soon as i can get down from here"
OOC: has my body shapng even worked or do I not have it yet
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 20:50:33 GMT -5
OOC: In what respect? You can't use it to escape, those were F4-level abilities.
"Just pull yourself down. And move fast."
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 20:53:49 GMT -5
OOC; so i can shape change just not to get down
then I simply pull myself down moving each part as quickly as I possibly can, then remove the pins if any are left in me
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 21:07:20 GMT -5
OOG: Well, no, the silver and wood actually are preventing the shape change.
Vincent moves each part independently and finds himself still stuck.
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 21:12:38 GMT -5
"oaky this is getting annoying" kicks in unholy strength and tries again
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 22:20:25 GMT -5
Again, the individual components moving do not have the strength. Worse, the unholy nature of his new strength makes the wood and silver kick up even worse.
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 22:44:12 GMT -5
"ahh....okay that hurt" at this point Hack begins channelling a ki strike, more accurately two a combined shatter and shock wave to free himself, he also begins using all muscles simultaneously to attempt to force my way down all at once
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 23:00:05 GMT -5
Hack makes one, two, three such pushes, finally channeling enough righteous energy to throw his body forward. The pins tear apart his body and blood drips, but he is moving. Whistler is doing some research beyond Hack's comprehension when Hack comes in, bleeding. He points to a potion complete with stopper near the books.
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Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 9, 2006 23:02:49 GMT -5
Hack picks up the potion sniffs it and if it smells healthy chugs it
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 9, 2006 23:20:19 GMT -5
Hack is an experienced alchemist at this point, so he thinks the potion isn't harmful. But it does smell truly foul. Hack kicks it back and nearly vomits from the flavor, but chokes it down. Suddenly all his wounds burn. Whistler says, "One of the few potions that'll cure that kind o' damage. Here's your books." The technicality of the books are almost beyond Hacks' skill. "Humies like us almost always don't have the edge in strength, speed, etcetera. So what we do is take the advantages we can get. Equipment. Cash. Timing. Knowledge. Using our limited physical resources to their fullest. It's how we did things before I found Blade."
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