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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 14, 2009 3:35:21 GMT -5
OOG: This isn't really the central kind of battle that would trigger Diamond in the Rough. Even though it is a powerful opponent, Diamond in the Rough characters like Gohan, Naruto, and others don't simply get it activated because of a strong enemy. Rather, it has to be a particular, STRONG trigger in your vein of DitR: In your case, unreasoning or self-righteous anger that simply grips the spirit, or an imminent and lethal or highly injurious threat to friends and family (rather than a more theoretical one or one that may occur). Marshall being endangered definitely pushed it closer to being triggered, as did the knowledge that Fred was in a dangerous position when he was shot, and the general snotty attitude of Szayel and the way the deck has been stacked for Szayel, but it has to build to a training point where frustration, fear, lack of confidence, lack of efficiency and control, self-doubt, etc. become eclipsed.
It's also not a "Perk", or Merit; it's a Trait. So it's an integral part of the character.
Now, if Szayel is about to kill Marshall, or if something about him UNIQUELY irritates your character, or if you spend a Fate Point and construct some reason as to why it'd trigger, then it can. But simply being annoyed, or even very angry, is not the same as the deep, grudge-inspiring type of anger. That takes more to build than a few seconds of fighting, and it usually doesn't show when the battle is already moving your direction.
You can see why I have to make it more limited than that. After all, if the DitR triggered every time you were angry or protecting your friends, then it'd practically always be on and there'd be no reason not to have everyone take it. In your case, EVERY fight can be construed as posing SOME sort of threat to your friends, and even fights where you're alone might make you angry or might threaten your friends if you fail.
Now, if Kevin actually starts seeing the deck be so stacked as to inspire irrational levels of anger, or actually starts seeing his friends in imminent and lethal danger, THEN it will definitely trigger.
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Post by lordgatz on Feb 14, 2009 15:23:56 GMT -5
"Uhwah!" Quickly after being struck in the lower body, Marshall forms the Tora hand symbol (generic first 2 fingers up, other fingers folded), and concentrates a large portion of his ki into dulling the pain and keeping his muscles in proper condition. He then uses his teleport ability to get behind Szayel after the others attack. He strikes with fire wheel, also bringing in his windmill shuriken, and hitting his opponent with hyabusa shuriken, all from unusal angles. (Not releasing invincible fire wheel yet)
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 14, 2009 18:41:52 GMT -5
Marshall's new-found, almost Zen-like serenity allows him to partially resist the pain, though impacts to the groin of this magnitude actually put the body into shock so there's only so much even the most determined will can do. The hand seal doesn't do so much as focus his ki to heal and concentrate and allow him to concentrate on something besides agonizing pain. Further, the minty burn of the Double Mint gum not only helps Marshall retain high spirits, but also produces two more Phantom Doubles! As he teleports and strikes Szayel, so too do his five clones follow his position, forming a roughly pentagonal shape around Szayel. The windmill shuriken patterns form an incredibly complex array of intersecting lines, though Marshall can't resist putting some order into the chaos, so it roughly forms the shape of the triquetra numerous times over: Meanwhile, fire wheels blast upwards at Szayel. Szayel did not prepare for these attacks, but snidely comments, "Hayabusa Jutsu? Ancient." His resistance is partial, but the sheer damage being done is incredible. The shuriken pass through Szayel instead of being stuck in his hierro and return. Szayel contemptously begins his counter-attack. He looks at all four doubles and deduces that the four of the five Marshalls have a very slight lag in response time and do not evince signs of independent action. Marshall realizes he is about to be struck with force sufficient to crush a building. He swiftly raises his arm and bellows, "SHELL BULLET!" His left arm seems to be engulfed by energy, being completely replaced by a red cybernetic arm. Further, a wheel of fire seems to rise from below and engulf him and his clones. Szayel punches him through the arm, metal pieces shattering. Marshall feels precisely honed force striking every muscle in his body, turning them into jello [not literally but as a sensation], blood filling his mouth, but his eyes burn with determination as he yells "SHOCKING FIRST BULLET!" The explosion of the five Shocking First Bullets (one generated by Marshall and four by his Phantom Doubles) fills the air. Marshall can be seen rocketing to the ground, the visible sign of spinning dust erupting from him as he slams into the earth, digging thirty feet down through dirt and clay. His back makes unpleasant sounds. Szayel is covered with burns, cuts, dust, burnt sewage, dirt, and bruises. Further, as he moves away, he is burnt by the Invincible Fire Wheel. Next, he sonidos in front of Cory. He kicks Cory in the chest. Cory feels his chest collapse partially. As Szayel moves towards front of Mario, Cory blocks him with his arm. Szayel grabs Cory and throws him into the ground, smashing him face first in. He is bleeding badly. Szayel starts to move to attack someone else, but he realizes he doesn't have enough time. He seems confused. Nonetheless, he still has more actions from other domains. He wraps his wings around Cory. Quickly moving on, he now has a doll shaped like Cory. "What an interesting biology. It will be extraordinarily hard to kill you with this. But I imagine it will be most edifying." Szayel turns on a device that seems to generate rising rings. Energy seems to be being plucked from everyone and drawn into the device. Fred's bankai suddenly seems to be losing shape rapidly, emitting particles at a high rate. "Your bankai is impressive enough for a non-shinigami, true. But it is based on maintaining a polarity and a rate of spiritual particle decay and drift. Unfortunately for you, you have no mastery over such retention. Most enemies have allowed you to get away with incomplete skill, but I will not. Normally, you let your friend absorb any particles that do drift, but this time I am making sure the particles bleed evenly." It is true. Mario's bankai absorbs some of the particles and sends it back to Fred, but not enough. Worse, Mario's Bankai's Doppelganger absorbs some too, sending it back to Szayel! He then pulls out a smallish tube. "I was inspired by your rocket launchers with this item." He fires a rocket at Mario and his bankai. The explosion is intense, incredibly damaging, both to him and to his bankai. "I know the material strengths and weaknesses of your elemencium. I don't imagine I destroyed you, your density is too high, but I do..." The dust clears and Mario and his golem are still charging, despite the entropy and the damage. "Irritating. What's your secret?" It seems Josie and Chocolate are. Healing both Mario and the bankai passively, they then leap to Cory and Marshall, respectively. Josie hides in Cory's body while Marshall feels the healing power of the Chocobo buttress him. Chocolate picks Marshall up and puts Marshall onto his saddle. Everyone is healed by Choco Heal. Josie and Cory then look at each other, a bestial understanding taking over. Josie takes on Cory's shape and part of his Arcana folio. They form a beastly tornado, similar to Kiba and Akamaru's attack but with five times the strength and size, and simply ram into Szayel at incredible velocities. Claws attacks strike over and over again, Szayel blocking each but taking a large part of his actions to do so. Worse, Cory's form on the spirit plane is also attacking, further making this essential for Szayel to block. One of the fraccion leap into the air. It punches the Bio-Titan badly, a titanic sound of fist on Tyranid armor filling the air. Szayel apparently did not notice the enhanced MDC of the Bio-Titan, so the Bio-Titan is less hurt than expected. Finally, Szayel fires a cero at Brian. He does not have the time to perform a gran rei cero, but even still, Brian is smashed fifty feet into the ground and knocked unconscious. Luckily, he is not dead, due to his humonculus resistance. Redfox looks from side to side and then makes his move. Suddenly, he appears behind each fraccion. Szayel cannot track his motions and thus is wondering what is happening. The fraccion are trapped in bubbles. He taps each, sending them at... Fred? Suddenly, the illusion of Fred's arrancar zanpakuto is released. His mouth grows like a witch doctor's mask, swallowing three of the four fraccion. Redfox himself swallows one. Fred smiles. "You're not the only person who's done research. So have we. Your fraccion are intended to be eaten. So we're just holding onto them for a bit." Fred finds himself with 200% his normal HP and energy, Redfox 150%. Redfox tops this off by firing a full clip discharge of the Platinum Guns into the elemencium golem's doppelganger. The discharge has an instant death effect which the doppelganger cannot resist against, so it is destroyed. Suddenly, mortar shells rain down from the sky. They seem to be heavy explosive, throwing fragmentation everywhere. Worse, plasma bombardment hits. Fred is struck, his bankai armor taking another blow. Redfox is hit, burned badly. Underneath the burnt skin, people can swear they see cybernetic flesh. Everyone's Armor of Ithan and Armors of Neptune are destroyed. Mario's elemencium golem passively does everything it can to absorb and control the plasma and heat. The Bio-Titan is struck with many shots and is badly wounded. The Choco Heal helps everyone survive, but this is still a bad turn of events. Szayel laughs. "You didn't think they only had three allies, did you? They had three more ready to act. And I've informed them of what you did to their friends." Mario through his elemencium golem transmits to the team the new enemies that have arrived. There is a Gundam with two massive Howitzers on its shoulders. It is striking from a great distance, indeed from a spot in the hills of Berkeley. A Dragon Borg of tremendous size coils through the air, adding to the bombardment. And a tarantula-shaped mech falls from the sky. Black, Fred's and Joe's action have priority. Fred suggests to Joe that a mentalic attack on the borg may be efficient. He also telepathically signals that he has a plan for the two mecha, so everyone still needs to focus on doppelgangers and Szayel.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Feb 14, 2009 19:30:21 GMT -5
Black will speed towards the borg, literally skating circles around it. All the while hailing it with copious amounts of paint. Strange glyphs appearing left and right in bright orange, green and blue colors that drastically contrast with the grim surroundings.
Defense-lowering glyphs, for the final assault.
At the very last instant Black skates straight up the center of its back and allows his feet to soar above his head. With a swooping motion of both his arms the demonic flames that inhabit the battleground are sent roaring over the borg, igniting the paint!
The rest comes crashing towards Szayel.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 14, 2009 19:42:57 GMT -5
The borg laughs as he sees something with paint coming at him. Laser fire strikes Black, an automatic defense network, but his training under Dudley provided him with the bravery and valor to continue through! (Not to mention a fighting game life bar so he can just ignore damage). The mechanical voice changes its tune somewhat when it realizes the paint damages mechanical opponents, shutting down parts of their systems. The borg emits a jet of fire, but that is simply absorbed by the sea of flame Black is manipulating, adding plasma to it. He's more intimidated when it's revealed that the glyphs can act to slow down the enemies and erode their defenses. Intimidation turns to outright mortal fear as the fire magnetizes to the glyphs, baking his body instantly. The darkness flame consumes another foe as the borg falls to the ground. Black is bleeding fairly badly, though - the lasers hit fairly hard.
The rest of the heat smashes into Szayel, who is occupied by fighting Cory. The wave of heat passes by, boiling many of the doppelgangers down to being much weaker and simply obliterating the Brian/Josie Doppelganger combo. One of Fred's ancestral forms adds Prismatic Flame to it, and Otto Hellfire. Szayel laughs. "It's futile, I have already accounted for these various flames..."
Then the sea washes over him, and he doesn't say anything until it burns down. His skin is actively sizzling when it is over, and he is badly injured. One of his "wings" has been incinerated, and another is burnt so badly as to be useless. A number of his blood drops are destroyed as well. And the doll that once held Cory has been disintegrated, not harming Cory one iota.
Fred laughs, adding onto Cassidy's Deadpool banter to get into Szayel's head. His training under Kurama, Doc Samson and L has taught him that psychology is an essential part of victory. "Oh, man, you're missing so much stuff. Wanna know why Mario didn't lose his charge? Aside from the fact that he is on his way to becoming the Prince of All Saiyans, he also spent one hundred years in agonizing torture. His training under Xenocratis has given him pride that you can't extinguish, because you can't calculate emotions, you can't calculate will, you can't calculate indomitable spirit.
You also can't calculate chaos factors. You hadn't accounted for the fact that Black has amazing mastery over flame. You knew his training under Roy, but not his two other forms of spirit flame. But there's still more. M'uru (you know, that thing you didn't know about?) calculated for me how to add Hellfire and Prismatic Flame to the sea to make it a five-part attack more than the sum of its parts. How could you possibly calculate that? How could you prepare for it? You can't. For a Hollow, you're mighty afraid to live in chaos. You're a disgrace to your species."
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Post by GM on Feb 14, 2009 20:25:51 GMT -5
The fool does not realize he has already lost he underestimated us too many times, they said my eyes can see the future and that's true in a way. I can see the flow of combat, its movementum and when moment is gained and lost were reaching the point of no return for you Arrancar.
Mario stares at Szayel constantly strait through the attack, as it recedes his right sharingan eye has gained a deep red color his storm tigers eye staring right into Szayels soul.
Ive endured a century of suffering yet have never found a pain like defeat. Szayel defeat and death come for us all, but when you die it will be without honor and that is a death I would wish on no one. I am so very sorry Arrancar.
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Post by Grubrot Zodd on Feb 14, 2009 21:16:18 GMT -5
"How dare you impersonnate members of my Hivefleet with inferior clones! you will perish!"
Joseph shouts as he hurls his lightsaber at the doppelganers,excluding Ivan and skittles', making it curve in it's course in order to take multiple enemies.
Assault team and support teams will concentrate on Szayel,engaging in ranged and melee combat except for the savior cleaning up any clones left if any, and the chest amalgamate will throw the lightsaber at Szayel, directly after which I'll fire a warp bolt at him.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 14, 2009 21:38:45 GMT -5
OOG: Award for a good post there. Szayel stares into the Storm Tiger Eye. Mario can detect the slightest sign of fear from Szayel. His facial expressions no longer have a contemptuous smile. The idea of pity, compassion for an adversary... that may be the most terrifying part for Szayel Aporro Grantz. Cory and Josie get a slash across his face, a chunk of his visor ripping off. He begins blocking again, but the fight has taken a whole new turn. Fred has to continue getting into his head, though. To save Szayel Aporro Grantz, we must break him. "Your doppelgangers need their creator, Szayel. Your contempt for your minions is costing you dearly. The bounty hunters' backup greatly harmed the doppelgangers." It's true, the AoE also hurt Szayel's side. "We are an actual team. United by bonds of friendship, of shared desire, of respect, of cooperation. At times it's hard, but the value of it is clear now. Your doppelgangers can't beat us." Joe's Saber Toss of a... red lightsaber? cleaves through the Broodlord and Ol' One Eye doppelgangers. The Savior blasts apart the Tigger Doppelganger. Joe then fires a bolt of warp energy erupts and engulfs Szayel, damaging him more. These seem to be quite new abilities. Ol' One Eye and the Broodlord charge in. Szayel bats them aside, but not without taking some damage from their claws and not without having to focus almost all of his effort on defense. The lightsaber cuts off another one of his wings. The hawks rain down acid firing and sharp blades. Igor's hooks fire off over and over, being blocked by Szayel's remaining wing appendages. The snake fires poison in his eye, which he ignores as it he adapted himself to it. Tigger's Holy Explosion and Mr. Skittles' Yin Wave similarly do very little, but they do obliterate Fred's remaining doppelgangers except for Otto. [All doppelgangers are done]. One of the many spiritual forms around Fred grabs the bankai arm and swings it down. "Oh, and by the way, your research failed you again. Mayuri anticipated this weakness of my bankai and upon my request added a reactor, energy mirrors and superconductor to retain, process and reproduce the spiritual particle loss. Not to mention that Cassidy's control of this terrain means that your entropy machine is operating at sharply reduced strength. Another contingency you didn't plan for, friends we didn't have. Sphere of Obliteration!" The particles from Fred's bankai rocket at Szayel, smashing into him and producing so much light as to blind the enemies. The explosive radius fires outwards, Stabbing Westward shots hitting some of the remaining doppelgangers. In that time period, the smell of burning powder fills the air. The heavenly forces of the kamikaze powder come into play, cutting divine winds slashing Szayel and keeping him pinned. All of the blades Fred wields are used to create a Double Santoryu Tatsumaki, Tidebringer bringing water into the fray, Neutral Excalibur sealing energy, his arrancar zanpakuto flashing illusory lights, his shinigami bankai burning hot energy... Combined with the twister force Cory and Josie were generating, an out-and-out tornado is being formed around Szayel to keep him pinned. Zibi rides in past the twister and bats Szayel to distract him long enough to deal with it. Solfeather casts Cure 2 [Cura] on everyone, including Szayel. While all of the team is healed, Szayel as a ghost is harmed. This is something else he hadn't anticipated, apparently. A burst of light strikes Cory and heals him. Injury is flushed from his body and into Szayel. The holy power harms Szayel again. Fred's Impaler leaps onto the enemy Otto Doppelganger, not quite finished off by Joe's attack, and absorbs it into it. It holds the rest of its action. The Saibamen rain ki blasts onto Szayel. His resistance to them is also high, but they still serve to pellet him. One of the ancestral images of Fred rockets away towards the Gundam's position. As a spirit, he seems to almost instantly arrive, let alone with Fred's Mach 12 flight speed. He then etherealizes into the tiny cockpit of the Longshot Gundam, the Gundam with the Howitzer shells. The pilot tries to punch him, but Fred replies with L's Headbutt Counter. The damage of a man with such iron skin and high strength headbutting someone through their arm causes the pilot's knuckles to break, and his nose follows. The ancestral image of Fred grabs the unconscious man's arms. Similarly, another one of the ancestral images flies into the tarantula mecha and uses an incredibly powerful neural mace / neuronic whip / tazer / stun mace weapon to knock the man out. Arexa channels her knowledge as well as Cory and Cassidy's Telemechanics with her psychohistorian transmission network so Fred can hijack both mechs. The Longstrike Gundam rains Howitzer shells into the twister, and the Tarantula Mecha fires precisely aimed railgun shots and medium missiles. Mario can feel Szayel's power waning as the Mega-Damage weaponry strikes with tens of thousands of tons of dynamite worth of explosive force. Szayel in rage and irritation bellows, "GRAN REI CERO!" The blue energy dispels the Tatsumaki. The explosion is massive, throwing Cory and Josie into a wall. Marshall and Chocolate are hurled upwards. Two of Fred's Ancestral Army elements are dispelled, his bankai armor is blasted down, and he is bleeding. The elemencium golem is dented. Black is hurled to the ground. Kevin must put everything he has into protecting everyone. His ring begins to lose its green luster, and soon dissipates. But Fred is still smiling. "Checkmate", he says. The terrain propels him forward as he comes right up to Szayel. "I neglected to mention something. Spreading out the spirit particles of my bankai just made it easier for me to sonido close to you. See, my Warzum Devil Fruit lets me move at the speed of a storm, and with all these particles seeding my path... I'm not a shinigami, that assertion is correct. I am a proud Hollow. An arrancar. And I have the pride of the Espada. GRAN. REI. CERO." A blue ball appears in Fred's hands. Blood drips down his fingers, his magic energy filling the attack. Coming from another source, paired from his finger, another appears. His Ancestral Army creates two more, and as he chews on Double Mint gum, four more appear. And as his sonido catches up, the static burst filling the air, a clone appears, resonating with sixteen. Fred's energy plummets to near negatives; only the energy from M'uru, Noitora and Szayel's fraccion keeps him afloat. Szayel whispers, "You bastard... You absorbed... Nnoi..." The gran rei ceros erupt and smash through Szayel. His body is damaged greatly, but not destroyed. He laughs. "Sixteen gran rei ceros, gemelos sonido, and you could not defeat me? What a weak arrancar!" Fred says, "No, you just got tricked. Again." But what is he speaking of?
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Post by GM on Feb 14, 2009 22:18:04 GMT -5
Mario and the golem open there mouths devouring the gran rei cero then after a moment there eyes glow an astral blue before they fire them back doubling the attack then doubling it AGAIN by using cero double creating sixty four gran rei cero!
Mario then speaks his last words to the Arrancar as an orb of yellow energy appears in each hand. "Times up Szayel."
Mario and the golem yell loudly "AAHHHHHHHHHHH!" as they bring there arms together there fingers spread and curled.
Marios voice is proud and amplified so that it could be heard all through the battlefield. "Final Flash!"
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Feb 14, 2009 23:07:54 GMT -5
I'm going to seek any kind of cover and say "Ring, power level check"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 14, 2009 23:40:47 GMT -5
The sixteen swallowed by Mario are repelled and multiplied. The elemencium golem mimics it. Sixty four gran rei cero form a cluster bomb. They hammer Szayel upwards. Fred explains as Szayel begins to be disintegrated, "The first sixteen shots were just to get it to Mario. The real strength starts now." Final Flash cuts into the sky above. Mario's 16 Archetype Points into Saiyan allow him to draw on a faint hint of golden energy. The tremendous source of ki, a cosmic source, from the elemencium golem makes the Final Flash especially potent, and indeed lethal. Szayel looks on with fear as his body is pushed into the air. The disk of the gran rei cero explodes outwards to about a thousand foot radius. The disk is being pushed into the air and goes into the atmosphere. As it passes, Fred grabs onto a part of it. "PRISM SHATTER!", he yells, using the last of his energy. Rays spray everywhere, striking everyone. Oddly enough, there is no damage. Fred breathes hard. "Dude, I hope to GOD that worked." Any remaining doppelgangers are dispelled. Suddenly, a good portion of the team feels a momentary stomacheache, Fred included. "Great, it did work. Kurama, goddamit! Show up!" Kurama leaps down into the middle of the area and moves from person to person. A seed seems to pull... something? Out of each person. The object is a small, misformed fetus-like shape of Szayel. Fred explains the fairly gross outcome. "Szayel has a power called Gabriel. We wanted to keep him alive, but we didn't want him to use it. He basically pops out of a person from the inside, regenerating by absorbing their organs and matter. So we split it up, knowing that the Final Flash would disintegrate the vast majority of his power. The remnants didn't have enough remaining lifeforce to eat: Being split up by Prism Shatter, none of them had the right components." Everyone has a flash in their mind, an insight gained from Szayel. Kevin's power level check reads, "3%". The ring is nearly exhausted. It needs to be replenished by the Lantern. Fred laughs. "Dude, we just took down Szayel Aporro Granz. That's five arrancar we've tricked, recruited or defeated. And one who... gave us food. Kevin! Marshall! Haven't seen you guys in awhile. Thanks for the aid, that Lantern barrier... man, without that, we'd be dead men." OOG: +5 Ki, +1 Intelligence, and some relevant ability from Szayel, such as any Hollow abilities, any research or knowledge you'd like from him, his ability to adapt to enemies' attacks, etc. From beating Szayel, everyone gets 1 Fate Point, 2 Rank Boosts, 2 Archetype Points, 2 Merits of choice, 3 abilities from any of their Archetypes, 5 Affinity Points, 40% Skill Points. In addition, Szayel's failed Gabriel rejuvenated everyone to 110% HP and energy. This will last until the next encounter.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Feb 15, 2009 2:25:39 GMT -5
After cringing at the rememberance of Gabriel..and what happened after it (Poor Nemu) Black will survey the scene with mixed interest and relief.
"Damn...for a smart guy he sure didn't think of a lot of things"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 15, 2009 3:49:13 GMT -5
Fred sighs. "We got lucky. A lot of us apparently had a lot of training we had been keeping hidden, he was too big for his britches, too arrogant, we knew his psychology and the function of his zanpakuto... Mario learned Final Flash fighting a copy of Vegeta and I learned gran rei cero from absorbing Noitora. But Noitora as much as told us that Aizen is replacing Espada, and intelligence says that a lot of Kin have joined Aizen's ranks, mostly fangirl types but there are some real threats there. Not to mention Aizen probably has a lot of people set with his shikai to do horrible things to us. If we get into a situation again where there's a few bounty hunters followed by two Espada, w- HORK!" Fred seems to start coughing. Coming from his mouth, covered in goo and exhausted but relatively unharmed, are three of Szayel's fraccion. Redfox emits his. The fraccion have almost no energy left, and look about in fear. Fred leans over and says, "Your master now works for us. Now, if he's your master and we're HIS master..." The fraccion point and gibber. "Good boys." Kurama adds, "It was an excellent fight. I only wish we could be faster to aid you. However, I have managed to draw the various Szayel growths from all of you. With the aid of Mario and Fred's cosmic healing, and utilizing my knowledge, we should be able to bring Szayel back to some manner of working condition. I have constructed a prison that can hold him if necessary." All of a sudden, from above a stentorian voice booms out, "Do not fear, the Black Knight is here!" The Avengers' Black Knight stands tall in the Berkeley campus. "Oh. Well. Never mind then. But now that I am here, I can take these captives off your hands." He is of course referring to the Gun Dragon Borg and the mecha pilots. "The Avengers will interrogate them, make sure they get a trial for assault and attempted murder not to mention breaking all sorts of regulations on bounty hunting... Unless you would prefer something else?" Kurama pulls out a laptop. The letter L is presented in a Gothic font. A computer-disguised voice declares, "We are commandeering their mecha." Indeed, helicopters arrive and take off the mecha.
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Feb 15, 2009 5:49:05 GMT -5
"Yeah, Black Knight, that'd be great." I'm also going to call my lantern to me and recharge. Then after reciting the oath I'm going to say. "So I'm not sure how up-to-date you guys are on the Green Lantern story line before all this, but I thought I should warn you about The Blackest Night, and the Ring Wars."
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 15, 2009 7:54:34 GMT -5
Fred says, "Well, at the moment, I think most of that stuff is happening away from us." He seems to indicate that he has more to say but can't speak with the Black Knight nearby. The Black Knight notices this and then leaves, respecting their privacy. Avengers come and take the prisoners, but the team will still have access if necessary. When they are out of earshot, Fred says, "The risk almost no one knows about is the Arcana. Basically, some douchebag wants to control Imagination and rule the world. He's empowered lackeys with the power of the Tarot. And they managed to capture Cory and Feickert and force them to join." Fred then recounts the information available here: cotgrpg.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=museaegiscampaign&action=display&thread=2086&page=3 . "Aside from that... There's a new Organization XIII, but this one is seeking to make more Heartless so there's more Nobodies so they won't be alone. And they're led by a man named Xingel who used to be Nigel Hartley, a English man of Jamaican descent who lost his wife and did research into the soul to bring her back to life. There's Aizen, as you could tell. We stole his Hogyoku so he has his knickers in a twist. There's a new Sith Lord who's manipulating Kin Sith and Jedi, controlling them all independently of each other. We took down some ass who was trying to use the Mammon Machine to make a world of greed where everything was for sale, and... Did we miss anything?"
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Post by zeebedee on Feb 15, 2009 14:21:40 GMT -5
Glenn just kind of walks up to them all. "Hey Fred, what's up guys?" He cocks a smile. "I missed all the action didn't I? I would have been here earlier but I had to visit someone first..." He said, his face turning downtrodden for a moment before bouncing back to a cocked smile. "Anyway! It's been a long time. Who the hell is this.....Black Knight?" He said with mild suprise. "I guess after seeing a final flare in the area I shouldn't be suprised, but wow, an honor really." He says, jetting out his hand.
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 15, 2009 14:48:08 GMT -5
As Glenn strides up, his appearance is fairly drastically changed. Though most of the people here have not seen him in person before, they nonetheless knew he was not a strong-jawed, diamond-cut, marble statue of a male specimen. His bearing shows incredible experience: Even with the great power held by many of the team here, there is a knowledge and expertise expressed in his body language that is fairly rare. It reminds some of Captain America.
The Black Knight shakes and says, "I return the honor, but it was Sir Lumina the Enlightened and Sir Aviles". The BK speaks of Fred and Mario. Fred corrects, "Final FLASH. And no love for sixty-four gran rei cero. None. Anyways, yeah, we just took down Szayel Aporro Granz, Octava Espada. But if you want to stick around, we have plenty more where that came from."
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Feb 15, 2009 15:34:22 GMT -5
"I can understand, you've got more immediate threats. Just keep it at the back of your mind, after all last time the Sinestro Corps tried to take earth. At any rate, what now?"
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Post by zeebedee on Feb 15, 2009 15:48:32 GMT -5
"Yeah, sure thing Fred." Glenn says, clapping him on the shoulder. "You know I always have your back."
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 15, 2009 18:18:29 GMT -5
Fred says, "Good question. I'm thinking we might want to split up the team. We have energy. I recommend one team deal with the Carnival of Slaughter, one team get a ritual to even the ground, one team do a proactive attack on one of our enemies, and one team try to beat an Arcana member. Sound good? Or do you guys want to have a team do something else?"
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Feb 15, 2009 21:00:18 GMT -5
"I'm sorry, what? I've been a little out of the loop, Carnival of Slaugther, Arcana? what's been going on?"
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 15, 2009 21:26:11 GMT -5
"The Carnival of Slaughter is an 'event' run by a group of supervillains called the Fun Bunch. The Fun Bunch basically have been advertising their arrival, then taking over entire towns, covering it with a black dimensional field they call a 'circus tent', and spreading terror and their twisted debauchery onto the town. Films are available online. The Arcana is the group I just told you about." OOG: Again: cotgrpg.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=museaegiscampaign&action=display&thread=2086&page=3
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Feb 15, 2009 21:55:37 GMT -5
"Hmm... I wanted to take the Lantern's Pilgrimage to Mogo, but this sounds more urgent. I'll help out the group that needs me the most."
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 15, 2009 22:27:52 GMT -5
"We broke into the Carnival with Mario's Keyblade, so we need him. Ray's busy, unfortunately, since he has master Dig Dug abilities. Your Green Lantern's light could be especially useful in such a dark space, and I have plans there. So why not Mario, myself, Kevin and another volunteer or two for that mission?"
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Post by Scott Pilgrim on Feb 15, 2009 22:44:13 GMT -5
"works for me."
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lordgatz
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Post by lordgatz on Feb 16, 2009 0:02:19 GMT -5
"Sorry," Marshall cuts in, "but I have... plans I need to attend to. Remember, I'm a ninja with teleport, so send me a signal if anyone needs help."
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 16, 2009 0:54:34 GMT -5
OOG: Bear in mind that you can do your "plans" in a separate thread or on MSN instead of here, concurrently. This is meant to be main storyline stuff.
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Post by zeebedee on Feb 16, 2009 1:30:54 GMT -5
"Wherever you need me Fred is where I'll be. I'm not sure what's going on, but I'll be damned if I'm not a part of the good fight."
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Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 16, 2009 1:33:44 GMT -5
"Well, it's your type of enemy: Super-villains. I think one more will do the trick. David? Joe, maybe, for psychic and for numbers?"
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Post by poisonuskeifer on Feb 16, 2009 19:12:35 GMT -5
The area behind Fred bends and warps for a split second, before Cassidy jumps out of the air and onto the ground. His face is still covered in the Turtle like mask. As his feet touch the ground, the rocks and bits of rubble move out of his way to clear a path.
With a deep breath, the Turtle mask starts dissipating into small chunks that drift into the sky, and the ground stops moving and returns to its natural form.
A slightly manic grin splits Cassidy’s face. “So, what have I missed guys? It has been a while. Like as long as it takes to eat one of those twelve-foot subs from Subway. But no onions. Oh and extra pepperonchini on half the sandwich please. The other half is for Fred so he can tell me the best course of action for me to ‘find my motivation.’”
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