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Post by demonfire on Dec 4, 2007 15:13:35 GMT -5
The blast of air caught the little schizo by surprise, considering he had made the mistake of thinking it was Damon. He sure as hell wasn't going to make that mistake again. Estrik was blasted back as his sword solidified and was shoved into the ground, even though the sword cut through the earth. He finally stopped, grateful that he didn't have to waste any psychic energy. "Well then, let the games begin," Estrik said with a maniacal smile gleaming upon his countenance.
A psychic ball of energy wrapped itself around Uindo's ball of wind. The ball whipped itself around, trying to cut off Damon from one side. A small, white string like object appeared on the sword's handle and then seemingly snaked into Estrik's skin. Leaves blew up, passing through the soul string but with no change to it at all. The sword went opposite of Uindo, seemingly controlled by nothing at all, although, the souls in the sword had already accommodated themselves to Estrik, connecting him and Kensei. The sword had become transparant once again, and Estrik guessed that that was the way it was going to stay most of the battle, Damon had a certain fancy for turning into gas among other things.
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Post by Creator on Dec 4, 2007 17:21:41 GMT -5
Damon heard rustling in the trees around him, and didn't quite have time to duck before a psychic ball came at him and gave him a good impact in the stomach. He could feel the pressure of wind, but couldn't make out the blade within the psychic ball. A cloud of smoke shot up around him, similar to the death of a shadow clone, but unlike a shadow clone, he was still there when it faded, good as new. The ball had since passed him, but he didn't stick around in case it came back. The ground below him faded into purple goo, as did he, and he splashed down into the ground before it hardened once more. 'Now why did I never think of this before?' he asked himself, moving about underground. He started forming a quick strategy in his head, then sent Berstunic a mental message.
The little amphiptere agreed and flew overhead, circling high above the battlefield as if waiting for something.
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Post by [red].Raven on Dec 4, 2007 17:34:13 GMT -5
Reaching out one hand, Rei caught the 'ball', which immediately stopped spinning so Uindo was in her hand. Her eyes widened slightly when she saw Damon seemingly sink into the ground. 'Wonderful...' With her thermal vision, she could still make out the liquid's basic form, but it was very distorted. Without really much of a warning, Rei spun, grabbed Estrik by the forearm, and pushed from the ground. A weak wind funnel- compliments of Uindo- made Estrik's weight seem to decrease slightly, lessening the strain for them both.
The girl's eyes narrowed onto the circling Berstunic and made sure to circle so she was always opposite of the small creature. 'Sorry, it didn't seem safe down there... just tell me what to do' This time, Rei would listen.
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Post by demonfire on Dec 4, 2007 17:42:17 GMT -5
"I think I know what he's going to do. He did it before, he's trying to lure us up here so that he can do some sort of substitution with his little pet," Estrik said. The sword came back to him like a yo-yo while he was pulled up, and he was grabbing it like a large knife, with the blade the opposite way of traditional uses. Well now. Getting your ass saved by a student, eh? I really thought that you would do better, oh great swordsman, Croatoan said in his head sarcastically as ever.
A blue ball of energy seemed to form in Estrik's free hand, becoming the size of a tennis ball, although it was concentrated. It shot out towards Berstunic with amazing speed as Estrik mentally propelled it along. "Just cover me," he said to Rei.
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Post by Creator on Dec 4, 2007 17:49:54 GMT -5
Berstunic had been watching, and began to dive, but he was hit. The little creature fell to the ground, taking a moment to rest before getting up again. "Oh relax, you can't die." "That doesn't mean it felt like prancing through a field of posies." "Just keep following the plan, otherwise it's all useless. And if he does it again, do your thing and get out of the way." "I know, I know, he just surprised me." Berstunic flapped back up into the air, watching the two just as carefully as before. Then, a nearby tree began to fall, angled so that it was headed toward Rei hovering in the air. "Timber," Damon's voice said from behind.
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Post by [red].Raven on Dec 4, 2007 18:18:15 GMT -5
'Got it' Alright, now all she had to worry about was watching everything as much as possible, and only doing something when necessary; she could save her already high level of energy for when it really counted. Rei heard the tree crack immediately, and at the sound of Damon's voice, knew exactly what was going on. The extra weight took away most of her speed, so the evasion was close, but successful. Her wings beat powerfully a few times and managed to pulled the two out of the way of the tree's fall. From her position, Rei spotted her Shadow Orb lying on the ground. Without much thought, Uindo streaked toward it, hit it once, and then returned to the girl's possession. Another lesser shadow dweller appeared, but instead of attacking... it just stood there and watched the ongoing scene as if it knew what was going on... 'Not sure that's how it's supposed to work...'
Somewhere, still very far off, though not so far that Estrik couldn't sense it if he concentrated, the white mouth-less figure was perched on a branch. He was crouched, with his hands on the bark and white eyes staring into nothing. Actually, he was watching everything. Watching through the eyes of the dweller Rei had just summoned. No, he wasn't afraid to approach and 'see for himself', but he wanted to know if it was worthy of his time to go personally.
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Post by demonfire on Dec 4, 2007 18:42:42 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think that I should have brought Ryu along...Oh well, better late than never as they say, Estrik thought to himself. The remaining energy in the psychic ball was reverted back into a telepathic signal to Ryumizu. If the little thing couldn't talk telepathically with him, then he wouldn't have been able to reach it. The sword glowed a red color as energy stockpiled inside was being supplied to him, as he was being careful to not use up the energy inside himself too much. The signal took more energy than usual, and as a result he needed a couple seconds to recuperate from it. I'll be there as soon as possible, came the response from the dragon. Of course, the thing was far away, so it might be a while before it arrived. It could only fly so fast.
"Rei, focus on that little bird-lizard deformed thing. That's going to be his cornerstone. If it disappears in a smoke or simply disappears altogether, you'll know Damon stopped playing hide-and-seek," Estrik said, finding Damon's strategies getting very old very fast. Estrik recovered in the air, not attacking, but instead building upon his own defenses. Damon was going to attack, it was as sure as Texas Toast. But then again, he wasn't very stealthy, either. At least, not to Estrik. Damon was just a big puddle in the earth for him, with a figurative spotlight lighting Damon up.
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Post by Creator on Dec 4, 2007 18:57:20 GMT -5
Sounds began to become audible in the trees, the sounds of at least a dozen feet moving from treetop to treetop. They moved constantly, not staying still for more than an instant. Then, several things happened at once. Thirty-something kunai knives burst from the trees, forming a ring that rushed in toward the pair in the sky horizontally. Then, Damon appeared overhead, coming down with a punch prepared for Rei. The plan was to scare her with the knives, of course sending her upward as she couldn't very well land without putting a risk into the equasion. If she did go up as he expected, she would add force to his punch, which would in turn send her down. He didn't have the exact timing planned out, but if it didn't send her right back into the center of the ring of knives, it would send her down toward the basketball-sized purple rock that had just shot up from the ground. Or, perhaps she wouldn't react in time and be hit by all three. But Damon was never that lucky.
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Post by [red].Raven on Dec 5, 2007 15:29:42 GMT -5
'The little bird-lizard deformed thing... alright' Rei's crimson eyes locked onto Berstunic and watched the little amphiptere carefully. She wished her shadow dweller had done something, but the creature was still just standing and watching. Unprepared for the triple-assault, Rei gasped and did the only thing she could think of in what little time she had. 'Sorry, Estrik!' the girl thought hurriedly. Swinging her arm alight,y Rei released her hold on the Seer and made sure both rock and kunai would miss him as he headed toward the ground. Now she had herself to worry about. Uindo was thrown away from her and the wind propelled blade went around the ring and knocked the kunai off course. Maneuvering as fast as she could, the girl spun to dive toward the ground and away from Damon. She tried to pivot and avoid the rock, but the hunk of stone collided with her side. Rei fell to the ground and landed on her side, gritting her teeth. 'Ignore... it...' The pain lessened, but didn't disappear entirely; oh how she hoped she hadn't broken her ribs again.
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Post by demonfire on Dec 5, 2007 15:46:46 GMT -5
Estrik smiled, now Rei was doing, not just thinking. A small blue orb popped up on Estrik's feet. It absorbed most of the impact of the fall, leaving Estrik only to bend his knees to absorb the rest of the energy. "Now, now, now," Estrik said, with the now-solid blade of Kensei tapping against his shoulder in an arrogant manner. The blade lit up red as Estrik concentrated some energy into it. A horizontal slash to the air followed the sword's palette swap, releasing a psychic slice of energy. "I'm going to take it that the training in the cave helped?" Estrik asked Rei, just trying to start up some small talk in the heat of battle. Y'know, stuff like that really helps you concentrate on not hurting.
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Post by Creator on Dec 5, 2007 17:57:21 GMT -5
The knives fell to the ground, each disappearing into purple smoke and retreating quickly into the trees. The Damon above faded as well, zipping into several different clouds in several different directions. Then the ball exploded, letting out a blast similar to the one before, though it wasn't close enough to do any real damage. (Unless you count messy hair.) All went quiet again as the movement halted. Then the ground faded around them, a circle of earth fading into a quicksand-y like substance. This was one of Damon's favorite tricks, one he had already used on Rei once before.
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Post by [red].Raven on Dec 5, 2007 18:16:31 GMT -5
Releasing a pain-induced-held-breath, Rei managed to roll into a crouch form her side. 'Yeah, it did... the impact of that ball caught me by surprise though...' Simply dealing with the remainder of the noticeable pain, the girl reached around with her arm and placed a hand on her ribs. Her eyes struggled to keep up with the 'Clouds of Doom'. Again there was a speed issue for her here. When the ground she was crouched on suddenly wasn't solid anymore, memories immediately ran through her mind of the time this had almost killed her. 'No' Slightly panic stricken at the renewed memories, Rei's wings flapped vigorously to pull herself off the ground before she could dink into it. That was a little too close. 'Thank god I manag- Estrik!' Duh! Estrik couldn't fly, dummy. Very quickly, Rei located the Seer and flew to him grabbing his arm once more.
((Don, if you want him stuck Rei will just hold onto him so he doesn't sink too far, or if you want him not stuck, then he can be lifted from the ground =D))
The onlooking shadow dweller blinked once before simply bursting into its original element and dissipating. The figure that had been borrowing the creatures sight stood on his branch and decided it might actually be worth going to the scene personally.
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Post by demonfire on Dec 5, 2007 18:45:53 GMT -5
Fly to live, as Iron Maiden sang, Estrik thought to himself as he was lifted out of the quicksand. I'm disappointed. I would have thought that this boy would have been more original than just trying to drown you in quicksand. How cliched, Croatoan said as he monologued through Estrik's mind. A mental image of Croatoan simply pacing through some metaphorical corridor sickened him, as if he were a scavenger waiting to pick off the leftovers of someone else's kill. Oh well, we've got a new moon tonight. Just keep fighting on until that glorious sun sets beyond the horizon, and we'll be fine, Croatoan snickered. Parts of Estrik utterly hated Croatoan, but with Damon attacking Rei in a fit of pride-driven rage, more of him longed for his contempt.
"Now if I were a floating gas of stupidity, where would I be hiding?" Estrik said loud and clear.
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Post by Creator on Dec 5, 2007 21:27:08 GMT -5
Contrary to what Estrik believed, Damon was merely fighting because they had attacked first, it had nothing to do with any pride or rage. He was having a grand old time, having a contest with himself to see how long he could keep them moving from one place to another. "Dance, partner," his voice said from the air in a mock-western tone, a blanket of the quicksand-like goop forming in the air above them. "Besides, I'm not a gas at the moment, nor am I in that pool of gunk. Actually, I've been sitting around for some time now, just waiting for you to find me." His voice shifted to the trees. "But maybe your abilities aren't quite what I'd hoped."
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Post by [red].Raven on Dec 5, 2007 22:02:00 GMT -5
Rei struggled to find the source- the actual source- of Damon's chilling voice. 'Where is he? Can't you sense him?' Of course, that was a silly question because Estrik could simply retort in much the same way with something like 'Well, can't you see him, Miss I-can-see-body-heat?' Her crimson eyes darted everywhere, and then very quickly locked onto the 'blanket' above them. 'Uh-oh...' She knew she wouldn't be able to move fast enough to dodge it. Calling Uindo back to her hand (she hadn't retrieved it since its last little voyage), Rei threw the blade straight into the air. It froze in place just before hitting the ooze and began to spin rapidly like an upside down top. Wind form like an inverted whirlpool, first pulling the blanket's center into a bunch and then sifting it apart to make an opening.
Beating her wings, Rei sped upward and went through the space. 'That could have been bad-' The hovering girl gasped and her thoughts were cut off when a curving pillar of earth shot up from under Damon's goop and wrapped itself entirely around one of Rei's legs. 'I didn't know he could do this!' Rei clawed at the earth, but any scratches simply filled in and reformed. She was stuck, and couldn't drop Estrik because of the quicksand beneath them.
But, that wasn't Damon's doing. Where ever Damon may have been hiding- ahem, concealing himself, a voice was carried to him. It was sinister and cold with a very commanding ring to it. "Kill her."
((DUN DUN DUN))
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