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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:50 pm
((much as I loath the double post...))
After making his way through town on his Construct driven cart, Sage began to worry. Where would they put a church in a town such as this? It's like looking for a needle in a stack of needles....maybe a needle that has a tiny, nearly microscopic difference between it and all the other needles...what a pain in the a**. Perhaps I should meditate and allow the universe to guide me to where I need to go? bah...last time I did that it sent me to rescue a kitten from a tree...I mean, it's not a bad thing, but if I take too long in finding the damned holy place it's only going to result in another B and M demon materializing from the aether and attacking.
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Sagetim rolled 1 100-sided dice:
22
Total: 22 (1-100)
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:16 pm
(( ninja ))
And so the search continued. Sage searched high, Sage searched low, but he did not find what he was looking for. After an hour of searching, he was interrupted by a large, creeeeeepy moaning. It echoed throughout the city, and yet only 1/3 of the people seemed to hear it. The other 2/3rds looked to that 1/3 as if they were insane. Still, the street did clear as buildings and parts of the road got busted up by the galloping Hollow. Sage quickly hopped off of his cart and directed Emy to engage the hollow.
In the first few seconds, Emy charged up and smashed it's fist against the hollows mask. The fist deflected off a bit, but the force of the blow was still sound. The Hollow responded by biting the arm that hit it. It's fierce jaws ripped through Emy's ectoplasmic arm like a knife through butter. The hollow of course, swallowed the arm.
In the next few seconds of combat, Emy's spinal arm migrated to replace the one that was bitten off, and it moved around to bash it's fist into the hollows leg. The hollow responds by swiping it's claws across emy's chest, and ripping chunks out of the poor golem.
As seconds tick by, Emy manages to eek out one last punch into the hollows mask. This time, the blow lands full force, and leaves a small crack in the mask. However, it is the last blow Emy will land, for it is in these seconds that the hollow rips the construct apart with it's jaws.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:09 pm
((and so the battle ends in this post...))
As Emy was eaten/dissipating back into the Aether, Sage quickly brought a mass of ectoplasm around his hand. As he did this, the hollow charge him. It howled out at him, and as it approached point blank range, Sage unleashed a hailstorm of crystals from his palm. The crystals lacerated the black 'flesh' of the hollow, some dug into it's mask, others managed to even puncture through the body of the hollow and leave a few holes. However, it didn't stop the fury of the Undead monstrosity.
The hollow grabbed sage within it's claw and began to crush him a bit. Then it reconsidered, and reached up to bite off Sage's head to get to the gooey filling. As Sage stared into the open mouth of the hollow, many things flashed through his mind...chief among these were. Why didn't I make sure to get laid before I died...shut up libido...point taken though...I should have made sure to have left a legacy or something before getting my head bitten off....wait. it will get the crystal if it kills me....then it will go on a rampage...it will go stronger. I cannot allow that. Guardian...lend me your wisdom...show me what I must do. You're not going to like it... I'll be the judge of that. Just...the Master left knowledge of powers I should learn with you...right? well give me the knowledge of one of them already...It will leave you drained...and it may not kill the demon beast before us. We're about to die anyway....just..take over for a few moments and let us watch...Fine, but Trust has to guard the door. Fine...fine...
In that moment, Sage's third eye opened...but not only did it open, it manifested in a visible form. As it opened, it drew in light from the surrounding area, and a voice came out from Sage's mouth...the voice of the guardian. "To you who are about to die. Find peace within death, and you did not know in this hollow existance."
With that, a beam of energy erupted from Sage's Third eye. The beam itself flew into the hollow's bigger mouth, and engulfed the inner mouth. It began to shine out of the cracks in the hollow's mask, as well as the eye sockets of the mask. After a few moments, the head, mask, and part of the upper body of the hollow exploded in a burst of light.
After this happened, the Guardian went back to his place within Sage's mind. I will be unable to do that again for quite some time. you will have to do without calling upon me again. I can teach you in here...but that is as far as I will be able to move from this post henceforth. I...see. I'm sorry that you had to expend yourself so much. It doesnt look like we can find a church here...I'm going to find a place to park the cart and walk back.
After laying on the ground for a bit, the remains of the hollow absorbed into the crystal strapped to sage's back. He got up, found a place to park his cart safely, and began to stagger back to the academy.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:23 am
Ripppuku was laying waste to the city. The one man who had come to interfere had been dealt with in a matter of seconds. His super heroic corpse was now laying in the nearby bank. Most people ran. Some tried to bribe him. Others tried to plead for mercy. All were aimed at and fired upon with beams of light like substance that was fired from his fingers. The police who tried to interfere had their cars blown away before they could even exit them. The only one's who would manage to escape this were the hobo's of the town. Their hobo senses had tingled, and they had left days ago.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:45 am
Iri looks around the little alley Fen had sent them to. She used to roam these streets a lot. Now it's looking quite different. In a shambles, maybe? And lots of terrified screaming.
She immediately unstraps her naginata. "Should I fly overhead? Or would that just make me a better target?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:46 am
Reeve frowns.
"Bragh- that was cold. At least hell's warmer. Iri, I think we should stay close and quiet till we're near him. Then split up, and encircle."
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:48 am
Fenris and the two would arrive in an ally in Durem. "Here we are." She said before running out into the streets to see the evil Sage. He was firing at innocents...
As he shot at a child, a pitch black wall shot up from the ground and took the hit. It had weakened quite a bit though, to the blast... but it was not pure condensed light magic. It only radiated light.
"Oi, monkey boy! Shoot at something that can hold up a fight."
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:53 am
Iri nods in acquiescence. She grips her naginata firmly and lowers it into a battle-ready angle. Then she notices Fen take off. Iri looks to Reeve and mutters, "So much for sneaking up on him." With a wing shrug, she starts to try to maneuver herself behind Sage. At the same time, chakra begins to bubble up from within her and the air around her shimmers.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:56 am
Reeve draws his sword, for some reason entirely low on patience.
" Yo! Diddy-Kong. Let's play!"
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:56 am
Ripppuku turned to face fenris. He then opened his mouth. Instead of words, a large ball of energy was fired out at her. Upon impact it would explode in a 30ft explosion.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:01 pm
She held a hand, palm first up at the ball of energy. It was huge, so much that is scared her a bit.
Holding her nerves, shadows erupted from her hand and covered the orb in a sphere. This was a way to kill flames and light. The orb them quickly became smaller and smaller into a marble size as she caught it, sending it to another dimension.
Of course, at Reeve's comment, she chuckled softly. Everyone in town now had a chance to step back and/or run off.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:05 pm
Rippuku chuckled. He then said, " oh ho? finally we have a challenge. Maybe you can pose a better battle than the last one who tried..."
As he spoke, Rippuku pointed over to the bank. It was in ruins, of course, and there were a few men with black and white striped shirts and black masks on stealing as much as they could before they ran off. In the middle of the commotion was the vault door. And from under the door was someone's foot. That's all that could be seen of the 'super hero' of durem.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:05 pm
Iri flaps her way into the air. This gives her a better view of the happenings and much more room to maneuver around potential attacks. And if she has to make a rescue, all it requires is a swift swoop and to flap back into the air.
For now, Iri concentrates on an attack. She projects a small amount of chakra into the air around Sage. The very molecules condense and then start to create a tube of pressure around him in a form of constriction. If it works, it might pin his limbs and make it harder for him to breathe, making him disorientated.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:10 pm
Reeve's sword glows for a split-second then grows to easily 5 times its ealier length, widening, too, into a zwiehander of epic porportions. He whirls it over head a few times before bringing it down into a ready stance.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:11 pm
"Mmh... don't worry. We'll keep you busy.. that is until the real Sage comes back." She shrugged, then jumped up onto the roof of a building, staring at the evil Sage. "That is, unless you run off."
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