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Weird. He's several hundred feet away, and yet still charges at me head on. Meh, whatever. CopyMettauru pulled out his buster and started rapid-firing at his foe.

((Yep, I got it. You dodged by jumping. And are you firing at me? Or are you just taking aim?))

CopyMettauru quickly dodged out of the way and, while he was moving, estimated Mettauru's trajectory, aimed, and fired a few shots such that their path would cross Mettauru's and hit him as he reached the point they had been fired at.

((I'm not sure if that was entirely clear. I'm anticipating where your momentum is going to take you (it is very difficult to maneuver in mid-air) and firing at a point in your path that you haven't reached yet such that you and the buster shots reach it at the same time.))

((Nice, I didn't think of the shield.))

CopyMettauru was hit by the shockwave and then by Mettauru. He went flying quite a ways, hit the ground hard, and didn't move. His form started to waver a bit, like a bad TV signal, until finally the copy of Mettauru disappeared and was replaced by a doppleganger. He still did not move, save for the barely perceptible rise and fall of his chest as he breathed.

At the sound of Mettauru's voice, CopyMan's octopoid eyes opened slightly and he looked blearily up at his foe.

"D-Damn you... slave..."

Suddenly, he opened his eyes completely, fully aware and blazing with anger and rage.

"I WILL NOT LOSE TO YOU!"

He lunged at Mettauru — and fell back, howling in agony, his wounds too severe for him to move. The computer's anti-deletion protocols kicked in.



CopyMan disappeared in a column of bright, multi-hued light.

~COPYMAN LOGGING OUT~