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 Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:25 pm
"Might just be worth it," Joe said. "Got a number or something I can use to call one?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:29 pm
"He answers," the man replied, pointing behind Joe. Joe looked, and some of the few remaining skyscrapers had lights spelling out "NO" in the windows.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:31 pm
Joe sagged a bit, sighing. "Fiiiiine. Now where were we?"
Fwoosh, remote fires of the hair, face, pants, arm, anything. Joe aimed to completely cover the man in the righteous fires of his justice. As much surface as could be covered was being lit.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:35 pm
The man was shrouded in shadows. When Joe's fire cleared, the man stood where he had, burned but largely unharmed. At those temperatures, his skin should've been peeling....
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:40 pm
"You're hiding something," Joe said. "Real men keep no secrets in a fight to the death! This battle is a clashing of our souls! Bare yours to me as I have bared mine to you!"
Joe spun. As he turned, he slid the Saber into its sheath, bringing his arms up as he came back around. Left arm straight out, right arm bent so that his hand was in front of his chest. Helmsborough would have recognized it; Joe quickly drew and launched a volley of Fire Arrows at the man.
"What's your name, soldier?" Joe called through the explosions.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:45 pm
The Cabal man stood tall. "I am-" He threw his arm into the arrows' paths, absorbing them into its darkness. "Lieutenant Gallagher, of the Cabal Coalition First Specialist Division!" He reached to his left arm with the Black Colossus and tore the skin back, revealing metal plating beneath it. "Blessed avatar of the Machine God Berridan the Colossus!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:48 pm
"Joe Simpson, Righteous Avatar of Justice and the Djinni Iblis!" Joe barked back. Thinking back to his fight with Helmsborough, Joe decided to repeat his tactics.
He fired a high-strength Fire Arrow straight at Gallagher, then launched into the air in an arc over him, firing another Arrow straight down at him. With a quick push of air, Joe landed lightly behind and to the right of Gallagher, then fired another Arrow.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:55 pm
Gallagher rushed forward, taking the arrow in the Colossus Arm, spun to block the overhead ones, and turned to Joe again. "Come now, you'll never see the Grim Colossus out at this rate!" he taunted.
He suddenly twitched and spun, blocking a hail of machine gun fire from a wing of cyNet3 hoverbots.
"Gallagher, Avatar of Berridan, prepare for elimination," one announced.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:03 pm
"Don't interfere!" Joe roared at the machines. "A robot like you couldn't understand the clashing of two men's souls!" Joe signaled to Gallagher that they should move elsewhere.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:08 pm
"Joe Simpson, subject Gallagher has attacked cyNet3 on several occasions. Unit TC-00 will be on-site to subdue him shortly," the bot replied.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:11 pm
"And I have assisted cyNet3 on other occasions! This fight is a duel between men and must be finished as such! You can't stop our souls now."
Joe darted forward and slashed at Gallagher's throat with a lightning-quick chop.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:16 pm
A figure in a black trench coat landed in front of Joe, deflecting his blade with a katana, then swinging at Gallagher himself. Gallagher ducked and punched at the figure, who jumped backwards. Joe saw the newcomer's face now. It was metal, with symmetrical plating along the face. There was some sort of synthetic black hair on top.
"Trench Coater," Gallagher growled.
"Gallagher!" the cyNet3 bot roared, drawing two guns from within his coat and firing at Gallagher.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:30 pm
Joe looked on. "TC-00?" he called.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:37 pm
"Aye, that'd be me!" the newcomer called back, deflecting a punch from Gallagher. "You need somethin'?" it asked, jumping into a spinning kick at Gallagher.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:44 pm
"Uh, yeah!" Joe called, dashing forward. "I need you to leave my opponent alone until we're finished! Real men don't stop fighting until the end! Gallagher is mine!"
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