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 Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:47 pm
You could've run. You're off the hook for now, the sentient gauntlets replied.
The vampiress discarded the body of the man and lept back. No blood emerged from his wound.
"I'm feeling much better now," she said with a wicked grin, unfazed by the presence of the Titan's Fists.
Is there, by any chance, a woman with black hair and... one moment, I'm going to access your senses, the Titan's Fists informed Joe. Oh... Gertrude. We're gonna have our work cut out here. And remember... whatever you expect her to do, she's fast enough and insane enough to do something totally different.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:51 pm
Fyrin, meanwhile, was attempting another method. Water droplets began to form in a distinctly convex formation up in the air, high enough that the vampirism alone hopefully couldn't get her up there. He wasn't particularly focused on his work; it seemed natural, another science he had perfected.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:59 pm
Joe couldn't help smiling like a dork. Thank you.
He sobered a little and rubbed the Fists together lightly as he thought. "We need a plan," he said to Fyrin and Marco.
"No s**t?" Marco shot back. "I think I'm realizing just who this is. And my question is, who the hell let her out?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:17 pm
Typically, Duke Yang keeps her locked up, the Fists informed Joe. He and the Duchess are the only ones who edge out Gertrude in resistance to sunlight, as well as raw power, blood-use efficiency, and fighting skill. Oh, and she's old. She's seen most attacks before.
Gertrude saw the rippling light and hissed. "A lens?" She sprinted at Fyrin.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:31 pm
Well, she can't be as dangerous as Helmsborough, right? We just need to figure out her weaknesses...
Joe caught Marco's eye and nodded. He flitted forward to just ahead and to the side of her, shooting a blinding punch at her head.
Marco did his part by sliding in on the other side and pushing both his palms forward, one above the punch and the other below, at such angles that they wouldn't hit Joe.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:35 pm
((Off for the night...))
Gertrude twisted away and did a handstand, kicking at both Joe and Marco before flipping back onto her feet.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:37 pm
((*SAD!*))
Joe blocked it before responding with a double punch, and for some reason the kick never reached Marco, but instead bounced off of seemingly empty air. He shot a powerful blast at her arms as they supported her, widening the blast radius so that she couldn't easily dodge it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:00 pm
Gertrude's arms dropped and threw her over the force wave. She hung from a lamppost by her legs, curling around the light at the knees. She flipped and landed on the ground as the blast wave leveled the post.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:05 pm
Joe threw both hands up and twin fireballs flew into the air. At their apex, they exploded into a hail of fiery, explosive minibombs.
Marco did the same attack horizontally.
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:22 pm
Gertrude rushed forward at Marco, ducking, weaving, and jumping as she went, eyes closed; she seemed able to track the firebomblets by their Unreality "noise."
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:47 pm
Fyrin smiled at Gertrude. Or exuded a smile. Whatever. The lens focused very powerfully, like, I don't know, ants being fried under a magnifying glass. Fyrin calmly guided the lens to follow Gertrude precisely; he wasn't quite as fast as her, but he could predict her movements a little, enough to get a good bearing on where she was going next.
((MORE ALABAMA-INCEST RELATED REFERENCES))
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:55 pm
((Well. I may just be retarded. What reference was there?))
Marco grunted as he did a pulse-based attack, sending it in a rippling wave that should theoretically leave no place for her to dodge.
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:08 pm
((I didn't see it either.))
Gertrude leapt forward off her right foot against the wave, ending in place, and continuing her charge.
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:32 pm
"What the f-" Marco tried to say as Gertrude tackled him down.
Joe darted forward as Marco grabbed her by the shoulders. Joe's fist went straight for her temple as he held her in place.
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:06 pm
Gertrude swung her hand up and parried the punch along the gauntlet, hissing as her hand was burned. She twisted out from between Joe and Marco, snakelike, and backed away, looking for a weapon to use on Joe.
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