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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 20, 2009 23:07:01 GMT -5
Parallax attempts to deduce what Fred fears. It creates a large dolphin. Fred laughs and bats through it with his Thunderbird's Wings once more. "I was Aizen, the man who led the Hollows because I had no fear." Kevin deduces that Parallax was tricked by Kyoka Suigetsu. Next time might be more effective.
Unfortunately, there may not be a next time. Nine lashing cutting whips of light seem to explode from Fred's body, from that ill-defined area around which his zanpakuto has fused with his aura. They come from below, above, from all sides and all angles, whipping to be almost impossible to track. Kevin has barely any response.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 20, 2009 23:38:17 GMT -5
I'll twirl energy around myself to block/parry the swords.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 21, 2009 2:06:05 GMT -5
Kevin amazingly manages to block almost all of the slashes. One, however, whips unpredictably at the last moment and burns his back badly. The real point of the attack, though, is revealed: To leave Kevin open for an attack with a Quincy arrow. It rips into Kevin's leg. Kevin sees an ever-so-thin cord that reels him back into Fred, while three more arrows disable all his limbs.
He is pulled into the massive maw of Fred's giant white dog, Otto. As Otto mashes down on Kevin, Hellfire smashes into him. Even his enhanced Green Lantern resistances do not protect him from the type of hellflame Zarathos used to burn his enemies.
A biting head bites into Kevin's groin. The pain is excruciating, but Kevin also feels a horrible, black, pus-filled infection spreading. It is a zombie plague. He loses half of his next action.
Spikes rain from Fred's impaler, skewering Kevin.
Zibi rushes at Kevin's back, slashing it, making him even more paralyzed.
As Kevin just spun around, Fred makes handseals, primarily in the style of Mizakagure, to create a genjutsu. Kevin feels his equilibrium be destroyed, and he vomits from pain and dizziness.
Solfeather strikes Kevin with a lightning bolt. Kevin's whole body is going numb.
Fred bellows, "Show me your talent! Show me that shining spirit within you!" He is trying to bring out Kevin's Diamond in the Rough...
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 21, 2009 7:42:15 GMT -5
I'm going to expel all my fear and willpower in a whirlwind of Lantern energy, if it's backed by my Diamond in the Rough that's fantastic, if not, then I wont have any energy left anyway, I'm putting everything I have into this last blast.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 21, 2009 13:06:16 GMT -5
The expulsion manages to blast off the head and the dog. Fred simply replies, "The Dance of the Larch". Sharp, barb-like bones seem to grow off him, ending in a conical point. His barrier tightens in and wraps around his body. The tornado seems to smash into him, yet when the dust clears, Kevin is not sure why Fred seems unfazed. There may be an additional layer of protection, or perhaps he underestimated Fred's armor, but he doesn't think so. Parallax hisses, <It's that Lantern-damned Dance! You have to get rid of the bones to reduce his resistance!> Fred smiles, "Some call me... Betty." Kevin feels his perceptions focus. He does not become any less dizzy or injured, but he feels as if he and his ring have formed a new bond, as if he is momentarily at a higher level of courage and power. His barrier returns. Unfortunately, M'uru within Fred fires a barrier piercing ray. It uses Foundation-level barrier piercing, courtesy of Cassidy's knowledge, that then scatters upon impact and riddles the barrier with holes. Before Kevin's barrier can replenish, Kevin instantaneously hears a sound something like a combination of swishing feet and static. Kevin can barely see a simply massive form swinging... something at him. When he gets hit, smashing through his sieve-like barrier (though it does not destroy it). Kevin flies hundreds of feet, and sees what hit him. Seems Fred turned into a whale. A whale covered in bony spikes. Kevin, by virtue of his newly improved power, can attack now, as can Parallax.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 21, 2009 15:39:48 GMT -5
I'm going to make a titan and have it grab you by any of the bones it can get it's hands on then with make a buzz saw and try and fly around cutting the bones. Parallax is going to hold action for now.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 21, 2009 17:17:15 GMT -5
What is the rough shape of the Titan here (any pictures?) and are you the one flying with the buzzsaw?
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 21, 2009 22:34:46 GMT -5
and yeah buzz sawing done by me.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 21, 2009 23:02:38 GMT -5
All right. Generating a Hercules-like shape, Fred gets pinned. The shape is blasted suddenly by a burst of what looks like molten flame, some combination of metal and fire. The Banbar's Forging Flame sears the titan. The whale Fred seems to become intangible right when Kevin is about to do the buzzsawing, fully etherealized, and slips out of the Titan's grip behind Kevin. Automatically, it de-etherealizes and lets gravity take its course, slamming Kevin into the ground underneath a blue whale's weight.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 22, 2009 0:35:48 GMT -5
I'm going to blast GL energy up through my body in an attempt to first not be crushed to death, and second to do some good damage.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 22, 2009 1:20:51 GMT -5
You're out of actions, so that'd be your Parallax action. You blast up into Fred, shattering his White Sun finally.
The zanpakuto projection from Fred's body serves both to throw him up, letting him evade taking any additional damage from the beam, and then lash all over Kevin. Kevin is covered in cuts, even with his new skin-tight Lantern projection, and his eyes are seared shut.
Kevin begins to "hear" Fred coming from every direction, a thousand voices of him talking constantly.
Using Stronger than Gravity, Fred throws Kevin, disorienting him and preventing him from being sure where he is. Kevin smashes into an unknown object as he does so.
Eight Quincy arrows rip through Kevin, pinning him to the ground.
Kevin hears a variety of very soft noises, as if marbles or something were floating in the air. Parallax says, <They're mines! Even if we free ourselves, we can't stop the explosives!>
Kevin feels a bolt of sapping energy fly into his body. The Death Bolt slows him, makes him more sluggish, less aware.
Kevin feels himself being mangled, blood dripping everywhere. A cut is then applied, made worse by the Mangle.
Parallax indicates that Solfeather has healed what little damage Kevin has done.
Kevin's action again.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 22, 2009 1:50:48 GMT -5
I'm going to fly into the air and shoot off all kinds of energy in all directions. I'm fucking blind, I couldn't aim if I wanted to.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 22, 2009 3:49:52 GMT -5
Kevin's firing of energy trips the marble mines. Kevin is surrounded by an exploding wall and knocked down.
Fred says, "My Sixth, and penultimate, Path of Fear: Sometimes, discretion is the better part of valor. True courage can lie in recognizing when you are outmatched and leaving the field."
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 22, 2009 15:13:28 GMT -5
"Knowing when to run away is important, but a little difficult when you're trapped in total blackness and blind."
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 22, 2009 15:59:52 GMT -5
"You could have refused to fight, or attempted an alternative. This IS training. But I think the point was made. Finally, my Seventh Path of Fear..."
Kevin sees Redfox and Arexa look from side, suddenly in the training. "The Green Lantern's courage, willpower and leadership are especially potent with allies. Though some battles require the courage to take a different approach, with teammates the situation becomes different."
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 22, 2009 16:10:26 GMT -5
so I can see now? For the record, my last line was a bit of a joke.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 22, 2009 16:14:24 GMT -5
anticipating an attack, I'm going to quickly fly in front of Redfox and Arexa throw up a spherical barrier around all of us and say "Quickly, what can you do?" to both of them
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 23, 2009 1:11:47 GMT -5
You can see and are fully healed and restored. Kevin is beginning to realize that Fred used the Superhuman Drug Mayuri used on Szayel, diluted to safe levels of course, to allow Kevin to experience time incredibly slowly, then used hypnosis to make this slowdown in the senses useful by creating a hypnotic artificial world in Kevin's mind. This also means that everything Kevin is learning is being ingrained into muscle memory at an INCREDIBLY high level. Redfox says, "I-I-I'm a weapon master. I u-u-use weapons and b-b-bring out hidden powers and abilities from them. I've been trained e-e-extensively by H-Hidan and Barthola... Bartholomew Kuma." Arexa says, "Being born a Natural Genius, I'm able to use my intellect for various applications. Not to sound conceited. As a Psychohistorian, I'm able to anticipate enemy moves and exert mentalic pressure, which dovetails with my gun combat and enemy prediction from the Grammaton Cleric's Gun Kata. As a Ninja, I specialize in puppetry. I also have a variety of designs that enhance my and others' superpowers". The attack is apparently on its way. To his left, Kevin sees a large glacially-skinned humanoid in biker leathers with a massive hook. "I'm gonna frak you", he says gleefully.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 23, 2009 1:28:16 GMT -5
"It had to be Lobo... Ok, Redfox, can you do Hidan's blood ritual?"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 23, 2009 15:55:48 GMT -5
Redfox says, "Y-y-yeah, if I can get some of his blood. Somehow, I d-d-don't think that's going to be easy..." Redfox tries to be somewhere between sarcastic and simply humorous, accomplishing both and yet somehow neither.
Lobo says, "I'll be a farkin' generous walrus here and give y'all the chance to come at me first. Then I'll shove a grenade up your 'nasshole."
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 23, 2009 18:24:47 GMT -5
"Ok, I've got a plan. Redfox, just be ready to strike to get the blood when I tell you to. Arexia (whisper this part) you try and get Chakra threads on him when I say hold him still, even if only for a second, it'll only work once, so we'll have to make it count.(out load) Thanks for the generosity Lobo. Everybody ready?"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 23, 2009 19:17:48 GMT -5
Redfox whispers, "All right. I'll also use my Shark's Claws, to add onto my capacity to harm him." Arexa similarly nods. "I'll work out what else I can do to cover the plan", she adds. They seem ready.
Redfox pulls out a long, triple-bladed scythe and adds on two claws. She begins smiling viciously, biting his lip, the blood trickling down.
Arexa's puppets are conjured, pistols in her hands.
Who does Kevin want to take action first?
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 23, 2009 20:22:32 GMT -5
Before we go I'll say "Before I forget, don't bother avoiding lethal force, as far as I can tell there is no lethality in this realm. I've been head butted by a giant golem, belly flopped on by a whale, and bitten in the crotch by a Zombie, and I'm no worse for the ware." Redfox and I will attack so Arexa can get the Chakra threads on him.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 23, 2009 21:14:27 GMT -5
Arexa and Redfox nods with understanding.
So how will you attack? Redfox in this configuration is a little faster than you, but you may want to take point to get big hits in that'll force Lobo to defend so Redfox can get some hits in.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 23, 2009 21:36:09 GMT -5
I'll take point, for that reason and I want to take the hits so Redfox doesn't have to, I want to be the target if the plan doesn't go as I hope. I'll blast him with a Kilowog like beam and try and maneuver behind Lobo.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 24, 2009 19:05:04 GMT -5
Kevin emits the strongest beam he can. He feels his power with the ring has increased from each Path of Fear, but his strongest beam to Lobo's face scarcely fazes him. As Kevin manuevers behind Lobo, Lobo throws one of his chain hooks. It rips through his barrier in an instant. Kevin still has his Parallax Armor, but Lobo's intense strength is something impressive indeed. His ability to defensively attack almost instantly after everyone starts going is also impressive.
Kevin sees Redfox press two buttons on a Nintendo controller seemingly stuck to his utility belt. Suddenly, he begins hopping like a rabbit or a Street Fighter scrub. Something under Redfox's shoulders rise, and missiles and plasma rounds fill the air, blasting at Lobo constantly. A strange string of bone-like cartilege wraps around Lobo's blade. There is a burst of speed, and suddenly Redfox is by Lobo, slashing and slamming with everything he has, claws and the triple bladed scythe striking Lobo.
Unfortunately, after all of it, there is not a drop of blood. Redfox whispers, "Frak".
Arexa goes into overtime to try to do some damage to give Redfox an opening to back off and attempt another charge. Hakushi leaps into the air and rains down scalpel monofilaments, knowing that with the Shark Claws Redfox can get through it if he needs to escape by leaping. This also lets it transmit knowledge to Karasu, who fires the proper type of poison gas that is heavily toxic to Lobo's people but not to others. The toxic gas also allows Redfox to begin moving around in the gas, using it as cover and as a shield to do his movement techniques. Titan Sniper fires a perfectly aimed shot at Lobo's wrist, to slow down an inevitable counter-attack. She switches her Moebius Guns to fire white phosphorous rounds, forming an incredible field of heat that allows her to form a Great Fireball and push it off, leaving Lobo in a low-oxygen area, rapidly cooling, with Redfox above him. Metal Kali swings ten arms, all just to annoy Lobo, slashes bouncing off his skin. Tako extends eight tentacles, firing drilling lasers into Lobo. Sanshuo prepares its Iron Curtain to defend Redfox and Kevin from Lobo's inevitable counter-attack. The bugs swoop in after the flame, using the weakening effect of the heat to open up a weakness for Redfox.
Meanwhile, Arexa uses the Phoenix Force to project a powerful destabilizing message. Using Lobo's mindless aggression, she intends to goad him into a position where she can get the chakra strings on him.
Kevin's Parallax action remains, then Lobo will attack...
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 24, 2009 19:41:39 GMT -5
I'll sense fear on Lobo and make whatever I find.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 24, 2009 21:33:07 GMT -5
Lobo is insane enough to not have many fears. Insofar as he has a fear, it may be of someone smarter than him, truly tougher than him, a boring fight, a convincing transvestite/pre-or-post op transsexual, or maybe Vril Dox. None of which are that easy to manifest.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Mar 24, 2009 21:46:34 GMT -5
Alright then, I'll make GL clones and use them as a distraction to maneuver behind Lobo.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Mar 24, 2009 22:38:14 GMT -5
Green Lantern clones are projected and swarm around Lobo. Lobo cackles, not especially distracted. His incredible intelligence seems to be seeing through some of our gambits.
On his action, he tosses his trademark guttin' hook through the clones, destroying them. It then smashes into Kevin's armor, breaking through it, and shattering his ribcage. Kevin sees his intestines through the cut. "Man, I love guttin' me a frakkin Green Lantern." He brings it through Karasu, shattering it, and rips through Arexa's armor. Arexa turns into steel at the last moment to survive. Finally, it smashes through around Sanshuo towards Redfox...
And is repelled. Redfox slams into it with his pads, sending it back at Lobo with incredible velocity. The Shark's Claw allows him that, and the Scythe lets him grab onto Lobo's own hook again. The guttin' hook guts Lobo's own stomach, quite ironically.
Redfox slams the scythe into the wound and digs it deeper, while with his hands and teeth he makes a blisteringly fast barrage of cuts to keep up the damage output. Pulling back, he sets up the ritual, licking Lobo's blood, his skin turning black, his body becoming larger. He slams a scythe into his heart. Blood comes from Lobo's mouth.
What does Kevin do?
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