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 Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:33 pm
Natron growled, and then he stepped ahead of the two of them and towards his clone, twirling his mace over his head. "Stay out of chain range," he said firmly. "Can you get it to hold still?" He asked, as he slammed the mace forward into the thing's gut. It yowled.
"Kill...the Captian..." It hissed angrily.
Tantalus looked over at Damocles. "Do you think your magic will work?" He asked. He couldn't be certain - it had done its job well enough on him. "If not, I might be able to give us a few seconds!" He ran over and swept out his leg, sending the thing sprawling onto its back.
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:58 pm
"It's possible. Though that mean I might have to get into your range anyway.." Damocles then set his sights on the shade, and once making sure Tantalus was clear of his magic, neither of then needed a repeat of last time, pointed at the shade. "Damocles Devoted Defense." Silver eyes flicked over to Gabriel. "You have 15 seconds, he might lash in an attempt to 'protect' me. But this is as 'still' as I can magically do for you."
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:11 pm
The shade's eyes seemed to glaze over, and it stood up, standing between Damocles and anyone else. "I need a lot less than fifteen seconds," Natron said, walking forward and sinking his hand into its chest, feeling for its starseed.
His face went from confusion, to revulsion, to pure horror, and he staggered back, empty-handed. There was nothing there, where he'd normally find a starseed. "It...it doesn't have a...what the hell are these things?"
Tantalus stepped out of the way, content to observe Natron's attempt at taking the shade out. His expression shifted to confusion when the officer stepped back in horror. "So whatever you were doing, it didn't work, and we're going to have to do this the traditional crack-its-skull way, hm?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:34 pm
"Its a clone... Of sorts. Equal to you in any way possible. So I suggest you get to 'cracking-its-skull' before it pulls out its Mace and get's to doing it on you." Damocles warned. If Natron could pull star seeds... did that mean this thing could too? "And be careful. We don't know if it can do your little seed trick.."
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:10 pm
"Good plan," Natron acknowledged, ad the fear was gone, replaced by cold professionalism. He spun the mace again, slamming it into the thig's ribs and sending it crumbling.
Tantalus walked over and without so much as a moment's hesitation stomped on the thing's throat. "Ether cave its skull in or I'll crush its windpipe," he said, his voice like ice. It seemed appropriate revenge, given his own double had tried to choke him to death. He was shaking, though not obviously, from a mix of fear and fury.
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:35 pm
Damocles glanced from the shade, to Natron and lastly to Tantalus. Surprisingly, Damocles reached out and actually pulled Tantalus away from the shade and forced the shorter man to break eye contact with it. "Enough. You will do no such thing. Natron can handle it will enough." Damocles said before ducking his head down to whisper in Tantalus' ear. "You're shaking. It's can't hurt you now. It's dead Tantalus. We made sure of it." Damocles glanced at the clone on the ground. It was well on it's way as well.
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:44 pm
Tantalus hissed quietly when Damocles pulled him away from the clone, hands clenching into fists. Damocles probably had his best interests in mind either way, but he really wanted to kill one of these damn things. "I know, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to kill every one of these freakish copies the same way it tried to kill me," he said, his voice low.
"I've got this, I promise," Natron said. It wasn't the first time he'd killed, though only the second time he'd killed messily. Without Tantalus's weight holding it down, the shade started to stand, but Natron swung his mace again, this time hitting it in the face and sending it crumpling to the ground, where it vanished away. "It's done, it's dead."
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:58 pm
"You'll get your chance.. I promise. Just not right now. You're still too shaken." Damocles slipped his hands under Tantalus' scarf and brushed his fingers against scratches and bruising, rubbing the skin ever so gently I need you to calm down, to control your emotion. You're better then that thing." He leaned his forehead against Tantalus' as best he could with their tiaras. "You're not a murderer..." Damocles glanced up and pulled a hand away from Tantalus' neck only to run it through the brunette's bangs. "Are you alright?" He asked Natron.
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:24 pm
Tantalus growled quietly, but between Damocles's words and his gentle touches he found himself almost unwillingly calming down. "Not yet, no, but sometime," he said, his tone firm. He was going to get to destroy one of those shade monstrosities. Or maybe more than one.
Natron walked back to them, rolling his shoulders. "Not the first time I've killed. Not even the first time I've killed one of these things. I hate having to do it the messy way, though." His tone was entirely nonchalant, in reference to something that would leave most people shaken and horrified. The first time he'd taken a life, it had upset him, but after....well. It got easier. A lot easier.
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:21 pm
"You'll get your shot." Damocles promised before finally dropping his hands and walking over to Natron. "You said you live alone correct?" It would probably be better to hold his little 'talk' there. Both Alistair and Lance had other people floating around the house and he didn't want to jeopardize anyone or anything. "We'll be talking about that too. But first..." Without warning Damocles drew back his fist and slammed it clean into Natron's jaw sending the man to the ground. "Your place. Now."
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:38 pm
Natron was not expecting the punch, and so it sent him staggering back. "What the hell?" He asked sharply, rubbing at his cheek. He growled quietly. "Yes, I live alone," he said, and then he turned around and started walking towards his apartment. "If you're coming, come."
Tantalus frowned and crossed his arms. While he wasn't particularly angry, it was easy to see why Lance was - after all, this was his best friend who, by all appearances, had been lying for quite some time. He glanced over at the blond, waiting for his decision.
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:47 pm
"Do you have any ******** clue how worried sick I was over you at Destiny Con and you couldn't even tell me you were ******** fine. Why? Because you were five feet ******** away from me!" The blonde growled as he stormed after the retreating brunette. "******** telling me who you were, you couldn't even bother a 'Oh no he's safe.' You just stood there." The blonde snarled. "I can not ******** believe you right now. Do you know how scared I was about you? Both of you for that matter! And I swear to god if you turn around and say Caitlyn's part of this too I swear to god I'm done with you both." The blonde threatened
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:00 pm
Natron stopped, turned around, and growled. "Someday, I'll introduce you to the people I answer to, and then you will never ask me again why when I'm told that I can't reveal my identity, I accept that and don't reveal my identity to anyone. In any way." The Captain took a breath. "And if you think for a second that I didn't want to tell you, that I wasn't already risking my a** just by trying to keep you two safe..." He shook his head. "I don't know about Cait. She might be one of us, and I don't know. She might be one of them. I hope she's not."
Tantalus reached over to grab Lance's hand, and then twined their fingers together. His other hand went to grab his boyfriend's sleeve, both small attempts to ground the taller man. Seeing him violently angry was actually a little frightening - he hadn't seen Lance like that, not at someone who was supposedly a friend.
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:18 pm
"You told me you couldn't! I didn't say you had to. I just wanted some indication you were safe damn it! Something! Hell! You could have said you knew Gabriel and I would have accepted it! Not leaning against the wall while I go from one thing-" For lack of a better term because he couldn't even begin to describe Destiny Con. "To the next." He yelled simmering to a quiet growl when Tantalus laced their fingers and grabbed his sleeve. "You better hope shes nothing or else you're both dead.." The blonde growled quietly
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:40 pm
Natron closed his eyes, running his fingers through his hair. "Maybe I should have." Lied, made something up, given Lance some assurance that he was okay. "I was more worried about keeping you two safe than I was about assuring you that I was okay, alright?" He spun around and kept walking, glad that they were almost to his apartment.
Tantalus squeezed Damocles's hand. "Hate to interrupt, but it seems to me like the three of us are something of a beacon of Chaos. Wouldn't powering down be a wise idea?" He asked, his tone a bit dry. He hated to cut in with practical concerns in the middle of a fight, but there it was.
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