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 Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:16 pm
He felt the hackles rise on the back of his neck and he fought the urge to growl. Sun's whole attitude and position shifted to one of letheal intent should the masked man come any closer.
Sunstrike hated masks of all kinds...especially when he couldn't see the body beneath, at least these ones had mouths....some shape and definition...the worst ones were the practically blank shapes...they set off all kind of warning sparks all down the complicated hallways of his mind.
He kept his head for now, let Vahn lead in the conversation, but his senses were on edge as he quickly scanned the surroundings for "surprises."
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:37 pm
" Now, now... let's not get hasty here." Vahn walked forward a bit, raising both arms up. His yellowed eyes gleamed in the morning sunlight, as beads of sweat ran down his bare chest.
"Hasty's bad. Real bad."
The fighter walked a bit forward as he spoke, not at all intimidated by whatever this guy was supposed to be pushing.
"Sunstrike." The masked figure spoke out, letting the name roll of his lips with a hint of gleaming admiration. "Your to come with me."
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:55 pm
Sunstrike's head snapped back and he moved a few paces away, grabbing Vahn by the belt and hauling him back a few steps as well. There was a soft feral rumbling at the back of his throat as he stared into the eyesockets, and he gripped the weapon strapped to his back, yanking it out of his harness.
"I don't think we wanna sit down and have a cup of coffee with this guy Vahn..." His voice was bitterly sarchastic. His eyes searched for an escape route. "And I'm not going anywhere with you....find some other sap to kidnap maskboy."
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:16 pm
"You don't quite seem to grasp the situation..." The cloak began to move, all at once, in several different places-- and there wasn't even so much as a bursh of wind. "...So allow me to clarify for you."
The cloak fluttered upwards all at once, like a twirling cape, as the man who called himself Winter's came sliding down the embankment of sand and rock.
Winters body was essentially made up of a freezing, malleable liquid. This liquid was the color of midnight black and has the consistency of a thick ichor. With this ichor he could harden his fluid body into edged weapons or change fluid pressures to release streams of the stuff or cause his body to explode. He could even make his body take on a gaseous form.
The only solid thing about his body was his head. A solid strike to the head will pain him, a deadly strike would likely kill him. His ichor could also consume heat or raw energy to temporally grow in mass.
However, this extra ichor evaporates in a few minutes, like-wise Winters can spend his energy growing more ichor or a new "body", however this consumes an insane amount of his strength and will used mainly to escape.
As it was, numerous malleable tendrils of ichor shot forth from various parts of body, aiming to spear into the duo, some embedding themselve sinto the ground, which would be used to fling himself on closer to the two much faster.
"What the hell?!" Vahn immediatly knocked Sun to the side, grasping tightly to him from behind as they would go rolling, barely avoiding the en masse shot. Hot, burnign sand was not something skin was likign toland in, as proven by the raw flesh on his elbows.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:51 am
The narrowed eyes turned wide with fright as the cloak revealed the strange mans black maeliable body. "Th...thats...."
~ We are the souless....the formless...we guard this place....come closer....we just....want to....be like you....~
"Impossible..." The voice was a hollow whisper, it didn't sound like Sunstrike, anymore. His mind exploded with emotion...It wasn't them...he had to keep telling himself that, they weren't here, this was a different place....this is just a man, it's just...
It was actually very good that Vahn grabbed and pulled him out of his daze. If the taller man hadn't, Sunstrike would have been instantly speared by at least three of the shots aimed at them both. As it was, one passed so close that he could see his breath puff out in it's passing frozen wake.
"s**t!" The earth and sky spun quickly as he and Vahn took a hasty tumble down the incline, and the air whooshed out of him as his friend landed heavily on his back.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:03 pm
What... What the hell is this guy... and why is Sun...
A few more dull thracks were heard, as the rocky ground was impacted with more spearing tentacles, each embedding into the earth, before oozing free. Even laying on his back, it was all Vahn could do to once more keep him and Sunstrike from harm, , clutching to the man and rolling to the side to avoid being skewered.
"Dammit! This guy's not playing around!"
Yellowed eyes stared furiously, at the mass of humanoid ichor, as an explosion of tentacles ushered, all grasping and flaying towards the both of them.
This guy...!
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:52 pm
Wake up...~
Sunstrike felt himself be dragged out of the way again...felt the vibrations and spray of sand as more of the strange thing's hit the sand. He felt numb...he wanted to crawl in a hole....
Wake up...NOW~
They bore down again, too fast, Vahn was behind him...think Sunstrike...there must be a pattern...he needs to....he needs to pull them back like a fishing line before having enough to chuck them forward again, that means theres only so far....he needed...he needed to...damn!
He shifted and crouched over his friend, back to the incomming ichor.
SNAP!! Bones and cartalidge crunched together as his wings snapped open and moved in a kind of curve, the best Sun could really do for a shield. He covered his head and dug in, waiting for the inevitable thunks into his back.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:17 pm
Sun!
The sound of flesh being torn was all that filled the air, as splotches of blood went up as well, staining the sands, a bright red. Yellowed eyes widened as he stared into Sun's face, his own body unmoving as both of his arms remained cross over his chest.
"I-Idiot... Why did you..."
The malleability of the ichor showed itself, as instead of just ripping free from Sun's wings, they softened and instead began to weight him down more, as they began coating the length of his wings, all the while Winters brought himself closer towards the two, like a sickening rubber band.
And he was laughing.
"a*****e!" Not wasting anymore time, Vahn leapt forward, actually using Sun as a springboard, with a quick hop towards the man's shoulder, and met Winter's in mid air, with a straight right hook to the face.
The result twisted Winters' head horribly all the way around, and sent his body flailing off to the side, tentacles following suit, and Sun freed.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:31 pm
Sunstrike shuddered violently as the things slammed into the wings and ground his teeth as he was driven forwards a bit. But it wasn't only the impact that had him stunned in ******** cold?!!!" The skin of the wings reacted to the cold by starting to crack, large rents that spiderwebed their way to his back, getting worse as the stuff spread to coat and bear down on him heavily. Then he felt Vahns feet plant themselves solidly on the arms that crossed over his head.
He collapsed in a coughing fit as he was suddenly freed by the mass of black stuff, his wings snapping shut with a few more drips of blood, and the cloth about his shoulders fluttering back into place.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:42 pm
Damn.. it's like hitting a tank! Landing oh so ungracefully onot the ground, more like a heap, he coughed and hacked out blood. Feeling the knuckles in his right hand going numb.
He'd gotten a gash under his chin for his move, and a few scrapes along his arms as well, but they weren't anything serious. "Sun... you alright?" Lifting himself up off the ground, he turned to face the red-head--- not noticing what was going on behind him.
"Quite a punch..." The sickening sounds of twisting bone and cracking flesh, caught Vahn's attention, causing him to lift his head, and slowly turn his gaze in the area behind him.
A...A monster!
Winters' entire body was converting completely to face the direction his head had been twisted into by Vahn's fist. The current speaking mask seemed to be the most dominant, his feet turning and his hands reseting themselves in his wrists, the sickenign sounds never ceasing. Winter's body was malleable, and easily could change form, as he was currently using this to provide himself with armaments, as he began drawing edged weapons from within himself.
"Now it's my turn..." Winter's drew out from his own body, a wicked looking sickle, black and pulsing with ichor, as well as a complete length of gooey chain to compliment it; swinging it 'round and 'round as he wasted no time in approaching the two.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:03 pm
Sunstrike's mind was a blur.
Distance fighter, continually brings up things that are meant to deal death from far away....things that make it look impossible to get too close to....but it looked like he couldnt' deal with two opponants at the same time..
it was one personality or the other, no comprimise no independant thought.
That meant the weakness...the weakness...
The obvious answer was those masks...the masks contained his personality, his essance, the rest was just backdrop...when one got knocked out the other replaced...
The sickle began to wave back and forth and then around in a complete circle as the creature started up to attack. It made a noise as it whistled through the air that mad Sun's ears twitch...nails on a chalkboard...
"Vahn...we have to...have to..." He couldn't get the words out, that cold...that....creature....his hand closed over his weapon and he got up. Facing the mask...
~We are th- SHUTUP!!
"Hit him again in the face, Vahn...the face!"
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:17 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:58 pm
"Vahn?!!" Sunstrike watched in horror as his friend was hurt. Something was wrong...something beyond just the cold...
Then he was dodging as grasping tendrils flew his way...he had to get to...
There was a thump as he collided full on with Vahn, a solid fist making contact with a jaw. There was another thunk as the blade whipped round the staff, causing sparks to fly. He shook his other fist as the blade gooped down the weapon, breath hissing as the cold etched over the skin of his other hand, causing it to crack and bleed, much like his wings did.
His glowing eyes didn't leave the yellow ones of his friends though...and when Vahn heard Sunstrike's voice it wasn't comming from his mouth....it smashed through the barriers of his mind...
WAKE UP!! And then they were closed again.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:09 pm
His eyes came back to life, as he was literally thrown back into thought, and the real world, a tooth or two chipping, not to mention the pain that came with a punch. Falling to the side, with Sunstrike in tow, it was a miraculous dumb luck manuever, as Sun narrowly avoided losing a chunk of his body from the overhead passing sickle.
"D-Dammit!" Back to his senses, he rolle dthe rest of the way, his upper body getting scratched and scraped like you wouldn't believe, his left arm hugging tight around Sunstrike's waist as he brought his companion in tow with him.
"Slice, slice, slice!!" Winter's exclaimed, laughing maniacly now, as he continued swinging the sickle at violent speeds, narrowly avoiding taking off Vahn's head, as the point cut a thin line across Vahn's cheek.
"Chih!" Sliding to a complete halt, with both feet dug in, Vahn started forward again, hefting Sunstrike's body up over his left shoulder as he charged forward.
"That's it! Accept your fate!" winter's yelled out, as he brought the ichor sickle and chain down, getting the vile chain wrapped around Vahn's right arm, and yanking him forward suddenly, causing the sickle to imbed itself into the back of Vahn's waist.
"GWARGH!" Yanked like a rag doll, he dropped Sun, as he was dragged forward, Scorpion style towards Winter's, who sent out a sharp jutting peice of the ichor, to impale Vahna s soon as he got near. You... do... not... know who you are ******** with! His teeth gritted, he managed to bring up his right foot, the greaved boot smashing into the ichor spike, and smashing it instantly as the heat of the greaves started to dent Winter's, who illicited a scream, as Vahn, twisted int he chain's grasp, causing the sickle to dig in even deeper, but allowing his left foot to slam in hard against that masked face, a distinct cracking noise heard-- and then an unearthly scream of agony.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:22 pm
"G-GAH!! Vahn!" Sunstrike yelled as he was picked up bodily to avoid the weapon. His face was more then a little comical as he thought lethal thoughts about his friend now...He didn't feel so sorry about hitting him now...especially if this was revenge for last nig-
"O.O!!" He flew off and landed on the ground with an oof as Vahn was snatched out from under him. No! He scrambled back up and ran towards the two, weapon in hand.
As Vahns foot smashed into the mans front mask, Sunstrike, taking a risk, held the staff like a baseball bat and rounded a full swing to the mask at the back. The solid crack echoed for miles.
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