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Post by blobfish on Jan 28, 2006 14:02:58 GMT -5
(Oh, I din't know it wasn't censored. But it's still not good to swear )
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Post by pomfret on Jan 28, 2006 19:35:17 GMT -5
Nexus's eyes narrowed, and she retracted her blade with a disdainful curl of her lip. The coiled muscles of her chest and neck stood out as she sucked in a deep breath. The breath came out in a horrific roar, deeper and much less lupine than Dexad's magic-voiding one had been. This roar of Nexus's was meant as an offensive ability, not a defensive one.
Nevertheless, the force of it deflected the fire, spread it in several directions except at its origin and target. As Nexus wrenched her mouth shut, she gave a satisfied smirk when she saw the blood trailing from Sam's ears. She beat her wings more strongly, flipped out her sails to adjust her position.
"Keep your advice to yourself," she said idly, "and your eyes on me, brat. You may learn something." She extended her blade again, and adjusted her wingbeats, saving air for more spell deflection. "Complacency-" she licked the cutting edge of her blade "-will only succeed in getting you killed."
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Post by blobfish on Jan 29, 2006 16:44:10 GMT -5
"Oh dear, look at this mess. And I'd just cleaned this top, too." Sam waved her hand, and the blood puffed into a coil of thick, arid steam. "And I don't thinkyou could kill me. Even the Apocolypse coudn't kill me, b***. And you are nothing more than a bug." She grinned, and set lightly down onto the ground. Her wings, however, stayed unfurled. She drew her sword (Which she had sheathed earlier, while she was bored). She mutteres something, and the blade burst into flame. "You can fly pretty well, but does how does you fare on the ground, eh?"
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Post by pomfret on Jan 30, 2006 19:18:56 GMT -5
"Hm, too afraid to face me in our shared element, are you?" Nexus queried pointedly, and circled a couple times before perching on a tall spire. "You think awfully highly of yourself, for a child with a limited grasp of magic. Hubris is a sin, the deadliest of the Seven, as you should know full well, you angel wanna-be."
She smoothed back the frill on her head, fanned her sails slightly to keep the audience going. "You are dealing with creatures far beyond your ability, girl," she said seriously. "Each time you step into this arena, you put your neck on the line. Each time, you run the risk of coming across something you can't handle. And each time you come away victorious, you gather your former opponent's pride to your soul and add it to your own, increasing it tenfold."
Nexus spread her arms and wings theatrically. "Dexad was a grandstander, I don't fear to deny it. But she would have gotten herself killed out there, were it not for the rest of us." She extended her second blade, a cruel grin twisting her snout. "If only to cure you of your wretched illness, one of us will be the one to make your end in the arena. Prepare yourself. You've opened the gates, now face the stampede!"
With that, she swooped down, slapped her sails shut, and half-ran, half-flew toward her opponent, readying her twin blades to scissor across Sam's chest....
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Post by blobfish on Jan 31, 2006 11:52:38 GMT -5
Sam stood stock still, glaring ahead. The blades whirled towards her, almost hitting her, when she raised her sword, stopping both blades. "Arogance will get you nowhere, either". Her oppenent growled, and brought one blade back, then stabbed it out towards herchest .sam ws too slow to react, and looked down. Her armou had been scrathed quite badly, but as she wathed, it began to refore. "It's a good thing this is magical, or that wouldn't left a mork." she said, somewhat annoyed. "And if you knew what I really was, you'd know that I have more than a basic grasp of magic. It's in my nature. Twice." she smiled, and jumped backwards before Nexus could attack again. "Here, let me show you a small trick.". She waved her hand nonchlontly, and said a couple of words. Several swords materialised and fell out of the sky, forming a ring around Nexus. Sam snapped her fingers, and at once glowing humanoid forms appeared, one behind each sword. They grabbed the blades from the soil, and started advancing towards Nexus. "And I'd be extremly dissapointed if they managed to kill you. They are, after all, only incredibally weak. Still, horses for corses, eh?" She grinned, and watched.
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Post by pomfret on Jan 31, 2006 19:52:24 GMT -5
"Simple tricks for simple minds," Nexus sighed, shrugging, and crouched, whipping her body around to trip up each of the warriors with her tail. Then she flicked out her sails, pumping her wings to take flight again. "A simple turning spell should suffice."
She swooped down into the midst of the warriors, hacking a furrow into the ground. Rising up, she came down again at an angle, and repeated the process, until she'd hacked a perfect pentagram into the ground. Then she furled her wings and sails, landing with one foot outside her focus and the other planted in the center, revealing a perfect cast of her hind foot when she lifted it.
"Power of wind and of water, take them," she muttered, making the proper signs, and her pentagram shone with a fierce light. When it faded, the warriors were gone. "Whoops. I should've known; my weakest turning spell is more than enough to rebuke such weak summons...." Undaunted, she expanded her magic circle with her wrist blades; when it was finished, she stood in the center, retracting her blade with a final snikt.
"So," she asked, bored, "what's next? A card trick?"
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Post by blobfish on Feb 1, 2006 12:14:53 GMT -5
Sam was leaning against a tree, eting some cheese. She looked up, diinterested. "Oh good, so you're finally finished. It's about time." She ate the last bit of cheese, and drew her sword. She walked casually towards her opponent, stopping just out of swords reach. She started rummaging around in her bag. She whipped something out and held it towards Nexus, who was looknig confused. "You want some cheese? It's really nice. No?" Nexus snarled at her. Se shruged, and put the packet of cheese away. "Fine then. I guess we do have to actually fight. It's not like we've got anything better to do."
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Post by pomfret on Feb 1, 2006 18:49:43 GMT -5
"You are a curious one," Nexus muttered. "Eating in the middle of your match, and offering it to your opponent? Not many fighters would have that kind of gall...." She shrugged, fluttered her wings. "Unfortunately, I...." She trailed off, zoned out completely.
You are taking too long! Stop toying with her and finish the job, Nexus!
I didn't pass the buck so you could play with your food! Finish her!
Nexus shook her head. They were right. Dexad hadn't given the baton for that purpose. Grimacing, Nexus extended her blade, fanning her frill upward. "Well?" she demanded, failing to completely stifle the shakiness in her voice. "What are you waiting for?"
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Post by blobfish on Feb 3, 2006 14:13:46 GMT -5
"Oh please, that's just manners. And what's wrong with cheese? Everyone loves cheese. Well, I do at least. Although, I will admit it. I don't like fighting. All that Hero c*** gets annoying. I mean, it's not my fault I'm amazing at fighting. Still, we could always give up, but where's the fun in that? It's much easier for me, seeing as I can't die. Oh, didn't you hear? You'll never truly kill me...well, you could, but it's hard. It's kinda like werewolves, but different. And the whole lightning thing... Anyway, I've rambled on. Here, it's your turn to attack." She smlied, and lowered her sword.
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Post by pomfret on Feb 3, 2006 19:44:27 GMT -5
<I>Gods, Nexus, give it up!</I>
<B>She's right, Nexus. It's your turn to pass the baton.</B>
Nexus swore under her breath, collapsed to one knee. "Immortality... isn't worth a rat's tail feather," she said softly, "if you can be kept down for the count." She managed one last supercilious smirk before her body transmuted into metal. "You've baited the bull, girl, now here come the horns!"
Her wings and sails were the first to go, melting back into her body as easily as they had sprouted; her frill followed suit, and all were replaced by quills running from her head down the length of her back and tail, with the ridge being wider along the shoulders and hips. Her scales were replaced by coarse fur, whose color had yet to be determined due to the metal still making it up. A bladed ball formed a natural flail at the end of her tail, and spikes sprouted from her elbows. Her mouth remained shut, so there was no way to tell if anything had changed inside.
The metal slid from her body, leaving behind black and rust striped fur, with blue quills. Her eyes had shifted to an even more feral yellow than Dexad's had been, and her body was leaner than it had been through the previous two forms. Even so, her arms and legs bore muscles like steel coils. A long, forked tongue flicked out of her mouth occasionally.
"At lassst we meet, girl," she said in a sibilant voice, her mouth barely moving. "I am Toksssin, Deksssad's third persssonality." Toxin lashed her tail against the ground, and the plants instantly died as her powerful poison took effect. "I should hope you are indeed ssstrong, to be able to sssurpasss Neksssuss's abilitiess." She gave a cold laugh that sounded rather like a rattlesnake shaking its tail, opening her mouth wide for the first time.
Her lower jaw bore a series of short, backward-curving gripping teeth, with those in the front corners slightly longer and thinner than the rest. Three similar fangs sprouted on each side in the rear corners of her upper jaw. And--most disturbingly--the upper jaw was bare elsewhere, except for two needlelike fangs in the front corners. These spread forward as she opened her mouth, curled back into place as she closed it.
"I believe," she finished, "it was your move, girl...."
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Post by Inferno05 on Feb 3, 2006 21:16:20 GMT -5
Has anyone won this yet?
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Post by pomfret on Feb 3, 2006 21:19:05 GMT -5
[Nope. We're up to the third act, Sam vs Toxin!]
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Post by Inferno05 on Feb 3, 2006 22:01:26 GMT -5
You haven't posted in ur duel in quite some time.
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fierydeath
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Heh. 3 days with no sleep. Darned Xbox.
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Post by fierydeath on Feb 3, 2006 22:41:22 GMT -5
can i make a surprise entrance?
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Post by blobfish on Feb 4, 2006 8:01:18 GMT -5
(well....it'd be entirly unfair.....but I'm OK with it, as long as Mr. Salad is.)
(And no, this duel probably won't be over for some time yet.)
"Heh. QUit stalling, kid. You're only here 'cos the other two couldn't even hurt me. ... I don't suppose you'd like some cheese?" She offered the packet of cheese once again, but to no avail. Her opponent still didn't want cheese. She sighed, and redrew her sword. "Oh, and Nexus, if you're still in there, immortality sucks. I'm not immortal. I live with the storm, I change as it does, and eventually, will die. It'll just take a verrrry long time. It's because of my father...but you'll find out about that later. Anyway, here's my move." She threw her sword into the ground, where it stuck, point first. "I'm unarmed. Come on, attack me."
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