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 Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:43 pm
Jacob scanned the area for whoever had spoken.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:52 pm
Jacob concluded whoever had spoken was through the door.
BAM.
And paranoid, judging by the shotgun blast at the door. "Who's there!?"
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"Well, we aren't quite used to the idea of being one being yet," Jessica/Thuriel replied, jumping up and hopping off of Joe's head as he moved towards her. "But a portmanteau name like Juriel just sounds plain tacky, right?" She thrust her hands at him and a kinetic strike knocked him against the balcony railing.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:55 pm
Seeing as Jacob had already passed the threshold of the door, he cautiously maneuvered around the door.
"Hello?" he said quietly, ready to dive out of the way in case the person fired again.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:58 pm
"Tacky indeed," Joe said as he stepped back from the railing. He needed to probe for weaknesses.
She said they weren't used to being one yet; could that be exploited? Perhaps a demon would have battle experience that a mundane woman wouldn't have. Joe would put that to the test.
He fired a Fire Arrow straight at her, then one to her right. He flitted to her left and slashed at her stomach. An experienced fighter would take the weaker, but still damaging, Fire Arrow in order to avoid a likely mortal hit. An amateur would freeze up.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:02 pm
Joe discovered that there was always a third option.
That third option was an abomination would turn her hand into an enormous, chitinous claw and deflect the Saint's Saber, and blast him with kinetics while letting the fire wash harmlessly off the right claw.
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Jacob saw the shotgun, peeking out over a barricade, swivel towards him and fire.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:05 pm
"Dammit!" Jacob swore, rolling to the side.
He rolled to his feet and ran for the barrel, seeking to hop over the barricade and restrain the shotgunner.
"I won't hurt you unless you make me." Jacob informed him.
((I won't be on until Monday, starting tomorrow.
I'm going up to White Pass.
Try not to move too much without me, please?))
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:05 pm
((Post in BD, you ungrateful b*****d. The speed at which Joe wins this fight determines just how fast you get your thing.))
"Holy s**t!" Joe shouted, as a thin stone spike shot up from the ground. It by no means stopped the strike, but it slowed it enough to buy Joe the necessary second he needed to duck out of the way.
The claw brushed through his hair as he brought the Saint's Saber back in for another strike.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:11 pm
((Dude, I can't let you just go and win. It's a ******** BOSS FIGHT.
And Anatoly's moving, he's slept long enough.))
"OH s**t," the voice yelled, firing where Jacob had been after a moment of indecision. Some of the buckshot still clipped Jacob's foot. "WE'RE UNDER- AUGUHHHH"
Loud squishy stabby noises came from behind the barricade as Jacob fell.
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Jessica deflected the blade kinetically and swung wide with a claw.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:13 pm
((Dude, the Sage/Acolyte team was a bossfight. This is...a minor skirmish!))
((And...advance me?))
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:15 pm
((I did.
And if you think you're getting only one or two boss fights in this part, you're sadly mistaken.))
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:19 pm
((Oh, now you did.
Well s**t, you can't throw me into multiple bossfights if I'm still operating at amateur levels! Joe has some skill that would at least be indicative of his skill later on.))
Joe skipped back and launched several explosive fireballs at the area around her.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:26 pm
Jessica rushed him, converting her arms and sides into Thuriel's chitin-covered, muscular form up to the shoulders. In moments, she cleared the ring of fire and threw a fist at his torso.
((You're not an amateur. Explosive growth rate for Resurrected, remember?))
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:30 pm
((In my defense, I want to say that if we left the Acolyte alive, she would have created troubles later.
You can't honestly tell me that this is not true. Even PAUL knows that.
Also it's worth noting that Steven was active well after the skeleton who was revived was blown up. So it's not Steven.))
Paul stared at the body. This was not... not the first time, nor was it the worst situation, nor was it the most heartless action he'd ever performed. But this time... it affected him. She was his enemy - she had tried to kill his wife, she had tried to... and yet he felt sorry for it. Very sorry.
Until he was too busy taking potshots at Jessica/Thuriel. Accurate potshots. His Chameleonic went inactive - he'd used enough of it. He'd just fight with it for a while. Steven was prepared to assist but Thuriel was too close to Joe; Steven wasn't as precise as Paul, despite his military history. WWII was not the same story as modern HRT.
Fyrin floated upwards, his shield reactivating as he leveled with the second floor and prepared to wipe anything there out.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:30 pm
((Yeah, but still. Indicative powers.))
Joe crossed his arms in front of him and a wall of strangely flowing stone came up. Once her fist contacted it, it instantly flowed up her arm, in an attempt to pin it in place.
Another one of the pillars of flowstone was coming up silently behind her. Joe kept her focus by stabbing at the pinned arm.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:32 pm
((Also, he wasn't complaining about kill stealing, he was parroting Joe subconciously.))
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