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 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:13 pm
M grabbed Schraeder's leg and immediately threw him into Adela as he hopped away.
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:26 pm
Even though such an action would have to require absurd levels of speed and strength, Schraeder expected no less of the Host-Agent. He had barely left the man's grip when he blinked in the reverse direction, maintaining all the force of the throw as he came back at M.
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:52 pm
Agent M dodged and caught Schraeder's torso.
With his face.
Which wasn't catching it at all really, to be honest.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:05 am
Harry disengaged again, regaining control of his flight path and throwing himself into a portal quick summoned on the wall. He did not reappear immediately, and the portal closed.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:49 pm
The kick by Schraeder sent Xu into a state of dizziness. Such a kick would've knocked a regular person out cold, but with the Sigil enhancing his vitality, it only gave him a serious headache. But that does not mean it didn't hurt like hell.
Xu immediately got himself out of the thickest of the fray, finding a spot to regain his senses. The kick had come as a surprise to Xu; He wasn't able to apprehend it quickly enough. If he were to go into an encounter again, he would have to concentrate; Not just on his opponent but also on the environment.
Seeing the man with the peculiar accent unsuccessfully try to goad the British one to battle, Xu decided to obliged to the man.
Guess I'll play the aggressor in this conflict...
Mentally, he direct his vine to a position under the ground in which the man stood. Then he directed the Vine to split into three, and to come shooting up to the surface.
It did. The three green whips shot up a few meters from the ground, and then came crashing down, attempting to crush Fin.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:53 pm
Finnegan felt vibrations beneath his feet. Curious. Then vines were shooting up from the ground. Interesting. The vines didn't seem to be particularly thick, and they weren't moving fast (at least to Finnegan's perspective), so they didn't seem like too much of a threat.
But you could never be too careful. They might pack a punch... Fin thought, And they could have thorns...Ugh, thorns, bad times.
Fin briefly recalled a time much earlier in his life involving a nasty fall into an abundance of blackberry bushes.
They're moving kinda slow, that's probably just me. Aye, it's me.
He hopped out from the middle of the vine trio almost casually, they had only just began to crash down by the time he was clear.
"Aye, laddie, guess I'll be fighting you, I will. Nice trick there, does that vine have any thorns?"
He assumed a fighting stance, awaiting Xu's next move while still maintaining conversation.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:31 pm
Adela got out of the battle with M and Schraeder; it seemed like she'd just get in the way of that. However, Fin and Xu were about to start fighting. Hm. I COULD try that contact trick again. She jogged over to the two so that she was now forming a triangle with the two other men. "I don't suppose you'd mind me fighting with you guys right? There are a couple of things I wanna test out, and I promise to fix everything when done," she grinned. She waited for either of the males to start their attacks.
She was also wary of any attacks that might have come from some other places - she didn't want what happened to Xu (thanks to the teleporting kick) to happen to her.
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:35 pm
Schraeder grabbed onto M and blinked them straight up to the ceiling, then kicked M away and blinked to the ground.
Deciding not to waste his momentum, he used it to aim a kick at Johann, who had just landed and was looking for Harry. But, because he was ready for Harry, Johann reacted in time to Schraeder's move, blocking him and throwing him to the ground.
Schraeder rolled away and Johann fired on the falling M.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:58 pm
Xu observed Fin as he casually stepped out of the attack. At least to Finnegan it seemed casual. Xu saw him move with uncanny agility and speed.
So this one has enhanced speed too....thought slightly different from the other one. I won't be able to hit him with conventional means.
Just then, Adela seemed to have decided to disengage from Schrader and the Agent. He shot her a acknowledged nod. He couldn't afford to lose his concentration, especially when he was going to go against two other people; One of them being incredibly fast and thus, hard to hit. I don't want to get hit by another surprise attack.
By now, the assaulting vines had crawled back under the ground, three holes left in their wake. The vine had returned underground, waiting for its next chance to strike.
"Yes they do," he shouted back to Fin. "And they're loaded with a potent nerve toxin."
He then directed two of the heads to strike, this time from different sides of Fin. Two heads (of the vine, not actual heads) popped up, then sped their way to Fin from two different directions, intent on grappling him. Xu positioned the third under Finnegan as soon as the other two began their attack, just in case Fin dodged.
Which he most likely will.... When/If that happens, Xu intended to make the third head to come rising up, grabbing Fin while he was preoccupied with the other two.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:53 pm
"Lovely." Fin sighed, simply thrilled at the thought of toxic thorns. Rather focus on Xu, who seemed unlikely to attack conventionally at this point, Fin kept an eye on the ground around him. Can't touch them... he thought, Wouldn't want to even if they were just normal thorns...I don't have to touch them, I could just go for Xu, but the vines would be on me a** in a minute.
As the vines moved underground, Finnegan removed his jacket and held a sleeve in each hand by the cuff.
He waited for the vines to reemerge. Two shot up. There were three Fin realized as ducked and dove forward. He rolled to his feet just as the third flew from the ground.
Fin spun, swinging his jacket as he did so to knock it away from himself.
He turned his attention to the other two, probably still pursuing him, before doing a quick 180, rather running from the vines than trying to do anything with them.
He ran, full sprint (and Finnegan's sprint was fast as ********>) towards Xu.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:16 pm
While Fin dodged the vines, he did not take Adela into account. She watched him run straight towards Xu, completely ignoring her. Which is fine. Just means I can come from behind. As soon as Xu counterattacked (if he could), then she'd just death grip Fin while he was distracted. Or it could be that she'd death grip Xu. Which ever was there first.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:40 pm
As Fin dodged all three of the attacks, Xu already started to prepare a defense for the upcoming onslaught. Seeing Fin sprint in his direction, Xu knew he had to react; And FAST.
Three vines were busy in pursuit of the man, though Xu knew that at the rate Fin was running, it was unlikely that the vines would get him in time. As there was still a sizable distance between them, it would still take a moment for Fin to come within striking distance of Xu; A moment being about a second.
Hastily, Xu willed another vine to shot up; this one right in front of him. It shot directly for the charging Fin, attempting to wrap itself around him.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:02 pm
Fin grunted, "Aw, damn."
Too much momentum to dodge to either side... how about...
Fin took the jacket in his hand and slid to his knees, his momentum carrying him at a still respectable speed. Fin slung the jacket around the base of the vine and grabbed the returning sleeve with his free hand and placed it in his other hand.
This accomplished, Fin pushed off the ground with his feet, using his free hand to assist with balance. He swung, using the vine as an anchor, sideways, his feet aiming to deliver a fast and vicious kick to Xu. Preferably his face, but the kick would like land on his ribcage if anything.
After his kick, succeed or fail, Fin let go of one sleeve to release himself from the vine and flipped to his feet, ready to face Xu and his vines again if needed.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:28 pm
Perfect timing! With Fin focused on Xu, she now came from behind. She could be mean and kick him in the back, but she felt like being nice. She was going to give him a hug. A really really big hug.
She was always known for giving really tight hugs, but now with the added Sigil boost...well, this hug was now aptly named "Hug of Doom." "Gotcha!" she cried as she started to bear hug him from behind. With his arms caught and her arms going around his rib cage, her power was surely messing with his muscles.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:31 pm
Seeing Fin wrapped the jacket around the vine, Xu recieved a notion on what he intended to do next. To help off-balance Fin, Xu made the vine move itself slightly higher, causing Fin's kick to be slightly off.
As Fin came flying at him, Xu did the only thing he could in such a position; He crouched down, causing the kick to (hopefully) go clean over his head.
As he flipped off, the three vines that were behind Fin were already upon him, each attempting to grab a different limb; Both legs and an arm.
Or that was what he thought....
Adela came from behind and took the liberty of doing that for him. Seeing his chance, Xu recalled the three vines underground and sent the one in front towards Fin, its thorns now clearly shown as it moved in to inject its toxin.
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