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[Alastor]

Deadpool proceeded to shoot both Shane and Raito.
"Wanna borrow one of my guns?" He asked Ardent.

[Darth Pichu]

Shane and Ratio died promptly, leaving a nice splatter of blood across the new couch. A look of despair crossed Ratio's face as the gun was pulled on him. Not again he thought.

"W-.. wait... why'd I get shot?" Shane asked before he coughed blood and died.

[Alastor]

"Cause you keep trying to-" Deadpool said, before remembering that Shane died.
"...Right."

[samedi]

Ardent shook his head at Deadpool's offer and retrieved his weapon, sheathing it.

[Brandon Skyblade]

Brianna cracked up at both OHKO's...or OHK's, since they're dead, not knocked out. "DOUBLE KILL! +50 XP!" She shouted.
"Uh, sis. Too much Modern Warfare 2 recently. And go back to Terra already." Brandon said.
"Fine...you know what, *EFF* this, I'll save and do JUST THAT!" Brianna shouted, stealing Yami Marik's censor for a second. She then saved her game, going back to the title screen and opened a portal. "See you all later, I'm gonna hang out with the Masters for a bit." She promptly disappeared into the PSP, closing the portal.
"I thought only Aqua was named Master..." Twili pointed out.

[Darth Pichu]

Shane and Ratio floated above their bodies as ghosts and exchanged glances.

"Dammit!" Ratio cried, "Why am I always the one who gets killed?"

"I think it's your personality." Shane said.

"You know, Half-Mage..." Ratio sighed, "There's a reason why you don't live past the age of 14."

"I was having fun too." Shane said mournfully, "I thought I was being good... except for the lightning thing..."

[samedi]

"You lose Ratio!" Ardent laughed, gesturing rudely at the mage.

[Alastor]

Deadpool saw the two ghost, "HEY TELL CABLE TO GET BETTER SOON!"

[Darth Pichu]

"Yeah but you didn't do anything about it." Ratio huffed, "Stupid Ardent didn't get shot in the stupid head."

"It wasn't the head this time." Shane pointed out, "More like the chest."

Ratio shrugged, "It's not like I haven't gotten better from things like this. Just a flesh wound."

"That took about 100 pages of text to do." Shane pointed out.

"Didn't ask you." Ratio said again. He glared at Deadpool, "I'm not done here yet. Just because I'm dead doesn't mean anything!" he raised his arm triumphantly

"Technically it do-.." Shane began.

"Shut up Half-Mage."

[Brandon Skyblade]

We're on revive duty again?
Apparently so. Will Phoenix Downs work?
I got a couple here, let's try them.
Go for it, Twili.
And...there! *throws Phoenix Downs at Shane's and Ratio's bodies*
*Catches the one made for Ratio* Second thought, just Shane first.
BRANDON, put it back!
Alright, alright...*drops PD on Ratio's body and returns to couch*

[Darth Pichu]

Ratio and Shane blinked, starting back to life.

"Yay!" Shane chirped, jumping up, "I'm alive again!"

"Oh ye gods.." Ratio sighed, shaking the rigor mortis out of his limbs, "You'd think you'd get used to being dead after a while." he turned to Brandon, "You were honestly going to stop me from coming back to life because you don't like my personality?" he asked, "Ye gods, and they say I'm the morally bankrupt one."

"You were almost mortally bank-.." Shame began. A warning look from Ratio shut him up, "sorry."

[samedi]

"Yeah? Well I'm you're dead now so-...so..." Ardent stopped mid-gloat and stared.

[Darth Pichu]

Ratio grinned, standing up and staring down at Ardent, his back cracking a little bit as he did. He tapped the pommel of his sword.

"You were saying, Ardent?"

[Brandon Skyblade]

Yeah...that's why I hesitated with that. You won't go trying to..."respond" to their taunts.
I don't think it has to do with a lack of morals in a topic where we can freely revive one another...of course, he wouldn't do that normally.

[samedi]

Ardent decided to stand his ground. As long as that ground put Shane in between him and Ratio. A short strategic withdrawal later and, "What's it to you, Horatio."

[Darth Pichu]

"Oh, I'm not sure Ardent." Ratio challenged, taking a step forward, drawing his sword, "Why don't you tell me?"

Shane stared at Ratio like a deer in headlights.

"Wh-... why did you put me in the middle?" he asked.

"Because no one likes you Half-mage."

[samedi]

Ardent held his ground. "Because I don't have to. You have no power over me." He said boldly.

[Brandon Skyblade]

Uh oh...this doesn't look good.
Normally, Brianna would say this, but...you can hit me after I do.
Say what?
THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING! REBEL ONE! ACTION!
*hits him in the head* There you go.
Thank you, Twili.
*smile* No problem. Anytime.

[Darth Pichu]

A dark look crossed Ratio's face. Suddenly it was obvious that the mage meant business.

"You like to say that a lot don't you?" he asked, "No, perhaps I can't force you to do anything." he said raising his sword, "But sometimes it might be in your best interest to do so anyway."

[samedi]

Ardent shook his head at Ratio, but took a step back. "What d'you want?" There was a trace of trepidation in his voice.

[Brandon Skyblade]

You know, this more quiet nature is quite soothing for once.
Brandon, didn't you just comment on a tense situation?
You forget who's willingly absent. *points at PSP*
Oh, right. You know, story-wise for us, we hadn't really had that much alone time since Brianna was made.
According to the Net, said story doesn't exist yet. Hint hint.
...
Oh, enough badgering him. He can do that when he wants.
Wait, he's here!?
Just a disembodied commenter for now.
Right...

[Darth Pichu]

"Well, first of all I'd like you to stop trying to kill me." Ratio said, sheathing his sword, "I've had to guard against your attacks three times today."

"It was twice, Ratio." Shane pointed out.

"Same difference." Ratio shrugged, "anyway, that's beside the point. Stop trying to kill me."

[samedi]

"But everyone else does it." he muttered darkly, "And besides, I was only trying to hurt you."

[Darth Pichu]

"Oh, you were just trying to mortally injure me." Ratio crossed his arms, "You mean like this?"

He said a quick spell and set a little fire underneath Ardent's armor clad body.

[samedi]

"No I..-what? Ah!" Ardent gasped as fire slowly emerged from the crevices of his armour. Strangely, it didn't seem to be affecting him. "It's harmless?"

[Brandon Skyblade]

The Ignite spell has a USE!?
Wow...no one ever uses that in BBS, right?
Well, that is just game rules. Hey wait, isn't ANY kind of magic SUPER EFFECTIVE against him? Even healing magic?

[Darth Pichu]

"Harmless?" Ratio frowned, "No, it's fire. Fire usually isn't..." he blinked, "Harmless...?"

"Didn't you know?" Shane asked, "Magic doesn't work on Ardent."

"I knew he was resistant." Ratio murmured, "I didn't think he was THAT resistant."

"I burned him before." Shane shrugged, "Maybe my magic works on him." he smirked, "My father's worked on him too."

"Ohh good, Tellerman magic." Ratio snorted, "What a joy." he was a little put off about Ardent not burning right now.

[Brandon Skyblade]

Hold on just a second. If he's just resistant to it, why does healing magic hurt like crazy instead of simply doing nothing?
Brandon...it's not like Auto-Shell. His body simply can't handle how fast that magic speeds up its healing. Sometimes, it's painful enough as it is. Having an outside source hasten the process several times over could potentially cause more harm than good if you're not used to it.
Point well taken.

[samedi]

Ardent tried to look neutral. "Well, I think we've all learned a lesson here." He said, taking a few crisps from Shane's packet.

[Brandon Skyblade]

And Ardent's burnt to a crisp in 3...2...1...