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Post by Little Death on Jan 18, 2011 8:10:13 GMT -8
LD returned from whatever she had gone off to do. "Why do I have a feeling I never should have left you lot alone," she muttered, glancing about the scene.
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Post by Alastor on Jan 18, 2011 15:38:19 GMT -8
"OH GOD DEATH WE NEEDED YOU." Alastor yelled, "BADSHIT WENT DOWN."
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Post by Little Death on Jan 18, 2011 16:40:24 GMT -8
LD sighed. "I told you guys to behave whilst I was gone! Clearly you did not listen!"
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Post by joseph on Jan 18, 2011 22:22:33 GMT -8
Harry gave Abe a jaunty kick in the nonexistent pants without even straining to balance his burden.
"You can watch the funny-looking people later, Abe."
"Up yours, buddy."
"Ah, temper, temper."
Abe was about to retort when Boa Hancock added her two cents: "MMMMRRRRH!"
"... Is Harry going to have to drop a bitch?"
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Post by Darth Pichu on Jan 19, 2011 16:09:36 GMT -8
"Hmm.. you know, that's fascinating." Ratio smiled a little bit, leaning over the one named Harry's shoulder, a strange smile on his face, "A pirate captain with magical powers you say? Well, I thank you for that lovely monologue you gave about the entire affair. It was all very informative, I assure you." He grinned beginning to chant a spell and at once the two imps had shrunk to about the size of a thimble.
"Hey Wyatt! Get over here!" Ratio looked up. His apprentice scuttled over momentarily, looking quite a bit shaken.
"Wh-... what did I do now?" Wyatt asked.
"Nothing, take this girl." Ratio said, dumping the girl's bound and gagged body and dumping it into Wyatt's arms. The boy staggered a bit, surprised by her weight, "I'd suggest being gentle and not letting her go. She's a mage you know."
He turned back to the now thimble sized imps, a satisfied smirk on his face, "And a word to the wise." he said, "You might want to keep information like that to yourselves next time. You never know if the leader of a mage organization possibly bent on world domination is going to overhear you." he clasped his hands behind his back and turned, "Good day sirs."
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 19, 2011 16:35:37 GMT -8
"So...uh...where the hell were we?" I asked the crowd. "Oh, right...BS'ing a starting point for the RPUpocolypse thing...and...bah, whatever. Might as well not have my trio up and running here yet...well, running AGAIN yet...okay, I'm confusing myself, you all continue what you were doing." I said, sitting down on a couch.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Jan 19, 2011 16:45:00 GMT -8
Pichu shrugged, "I dunno." she admitted, "I saw an opening and I took it. Can't resist a classic Ratio being Ratio moment. Haven't had a good one of those in a while." I grinned a little, "Besides, he needs a good break once and a while."
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 19, 2011 17:43:57 GMT -8
"I guess so. Oh well, guess I'm keeping my guys frozen for now-oh shit." I said, seeing Brianna sneak up to Shane. "Uh...might wanna run, Half-Mage! Oh...wait a minute..."
Heh, I'll do something better than a stab... "Ultimate Technique!" Brianna shouted, heavily raising her voice. "GESPENST KIIIIIIIIIIICK! CHESTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" She screamed, her voice practically cracking with the last word. She gave Shane her own Gespenst Kick to the shoulder, skidding to a stop in front of him. "Hiya, Shane!" She said, back to normal.
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Post by joseph on Jan 19, 2011 18:30:29 GMT -8
Abe and Harry stood there in silence for a few minutes. Then Harry spoke up.
"Well, there goes another brain fart."
"We lose more brain farts that way."
"How long till we get our normal sizes back?"
"Well, that guy used pretty strong stuff, so... three, maybe four weeks?"
"COOL! Let's go make someone think they've got crabs!"
And so they darted off to who knows where. Once they were far enough not to be heard, Abe asked, "When d'ya think that guy'll realize the shackles only open to our keys, which also shrank?"
Harry grinned. "Probably never. Poor babe."
Meanwhile, Boa Hancock was not making Wyatt's job any easier. The Pirate Empress thrashed in the young fellow's arms, trying to kick, claw, and headbutt him all at once.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 19, 2011 18:54:04 GMT -8
"Whoa, who the hell is that?" Brianna said before picking Boa up herself and put her down on the ground, getting the scarf off her and cutting the locks with her sword. She also ripped the duct tape right off, not exactly caring if the girl shrieked from the pain. "There you go. You alright?" "You sure that's a good idea?" I asked, with Brandon and Twili reverting to merely sleeping instead of being frozen. "Why not?" Brianna asked back.
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Post by joseph on Jan 19, 2011 18:59:28 GMT -8
Boa Hancock's first reaction to being untied was to automatically kick poor Wyatt twenty feet skyward. Once she'd composed herself, she stood elegantly before her rescuer. "I am unharmed, child, though I cannot say the same for a certain wretch of a manga fan who shall be stone dust within the hour," she replied airily, fingering her hair.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 19, 2011 19:15:33 GMT -8
Brianna simply stared into the ceiling as Wyatt slammed through it, looking like his head got caught while the rest of his body dangles below the hole his head just made. "How...did you...DUDE! THAT WAS AMAZING! Without a weapon, too! Holy cow! You GOTTA teach me how to do that!" She said, stars twinkling in her eyes. "Wait, what manga fan are you talking about?" I asked Boa.
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Post by joseph on Jan 19, 2011 19:31:45 GMT -8
The Pirate Empress tossed her head at Brianna's adoration. "That was merely a light kick. It would take someone of your caliber a lifetime just to be strong enough to do it." She turned to the other speaker. "I speak of someone on this board. His name escapes me. Josu, Iosef? Ah, little matter. As before, he will be dust when I find him." As she spoke these words, Boa Hancock pulled a strand of hair between her lips and sucked on it coyly.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 19, 2011 19:47:57 GMT -8
"Don't think I'd know someone like that. Weird guesses, though. Sounds like jo-oh shit." I said, realizing that she meant her own author (or puppeteer, not sure). "I mean...nah, that couldn't be. Too obvious." "If that was a LIGHT kick, I'd love to see a heavy one! ...Well, not on me of course, but I'd love to see that tested out on someone!" Brianna said, backing away a bit at the hair sucking. "Okay, that's just a little bit creepy."
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Post by joseph on Jan 19, 2011 20:03:50 GMT -8
The Snake Princess turned back to Brianna, her face expressing a type of innocence usually associated with little girls. "Whatever do you mean?" She pulled the hair strand away. "Oh, does this bother you? Please forgive me..." Her voice took on a childlike apologetic quality just then, like she'd been caught somewhere she wasn't supposed to be. Confident that she now had the other girl under her influence, she approached the concept of displaying a heavy kick by indicating a sturdy steel structure.
"Regard that mighty totem, eager warrior."
((By the way, I'm a puppeteer. I wish I was awesome enough to have created Boa Hancock.))
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Post by Darth Pichu on Jan 19, 2011 20:25:01 GMT -8
Wyatt didn't even get time to react. He was sent flying through the ceiling, one kick being enough to send him airborn. He barely even got a chance to scream.
"Brianna what in the five hells do you think you're doing?" Ratio demanded, rushing forwards, "The point was to re-kidnap her not... oh ye gods, does no one here have any common sense?"
He drew a charm at once, simultaneously preparing a spell. He held up a hand.
"Alright, I've had about enough of you." he said, pointing to the pirate mage, "It's one thing to threaten a man but now you owe me an apprentice." he scowled a little, "And personally I know quite a bit about petrification spells as well. Enough to have you encased just about up to your waist right now." he motioned to the steadily climbing rock that was slowly beginning to encase her lower torso.
"Not going to be doing much kicking, unless you like using legs made of rock." Ratio smirked, "Now I suggest you stand down unless you want the rest of you to look like that. And don't get your hopes up, killing me won't lift the curse if that's what you were thinking."
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Post by joseph on Jan 19, 2011 21:09:13 GMT -8
Boa Hancock didn't even flinch as the stone set in. "You silly little man. A mage? You have no idea who I am, do you?" Cracks spread through the rock in a flash before it shattered to shrapnel which flew in all directions. "Now then, where was I? Ah, yes... PERFUME FEMUR!"
Before anyone could register what she was doing, the Snake Princess leapt into a handstand and struck Ratio with a spinning kick. Almost instantly, the areas on his body where the blows had landed became petrified and slowly cracked.
Boa stood up and posed with one leg raised. "That is not simple encasement happening to you, proud man. Your very flesh itself is turning to stone. Such is the power of the Gorgon's Curse!"
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 20, 2011 6:14:39 GMT -8
"Alright! Ratio, you can screw off and be a target for all I care, she is AWESOME! By the way, my name's Brianna!" Brianna said to Boa, the sparkles in her eyes getting larger when Ratio became a human target. It was like she was a little kid in a candy store at this point.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Jan 20, 2011 6:53:17 GMT -8
Ratio scowled a little bit. Whoever this girl was she was good. Somehow she'd managed to start a petrification spell on him with a spinning kick. He shook his head, dazed for a second.
"Brianna, don't be foolish." Ratio looked over his shoulder at the girl, slowly raising himself. He touched one of his shoulders gingerly. Of course he felt nothing. It was hard to feel when your flesh was suddenly made of solid rock, difficult to move too, "Can't you see she's using you? Luring you in with a few little parlor tricks. She's trying to use you."
He lay the flat of his palm against the his petrified shoulder now, chanting a spell softly. A few bright red veins of magic rippled through the rock and at once the stone melted back into flesh once more. A little ripple of pain shot through his arm the second his shoulder became flesh again. Broken bones. he thought, I'll have to fix that later. He looked up at Boa.
"Going to have to do a little better than that." he said, drawing his sword. Things were starting to get serious now. His first intention had to be to defend himself. Getting turned to stone could be a rather messy affair. Ratio knew quite a bit about petrification, having practiced so much on Wyatt, so the spell for alleviating the symptoms came easily to him, almost naturally. Still, he knew he couldn't do much spell casting as a statue. That was a fate best avoided.
The edges of his blade began to glow now, the exact same shade of red that had shown through when he healed his arm. He smirked a little bit. Applying a razing spell to the edges of his sword had made the blade sharp enough to cut through diamond if he wanted to. It didn't quite matter how powerful the girl's kicks were.
"I'm sorry we have to be fighting like this." Ratio said, "It really wasn't my intent, but you see, I don't really appreciate being threatened with petrification. You have to understand, I'm not quite so much of a fan of the whole affair.
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Post by joseph on Jan 20, 2011 7:23:10 GMT -8
Boa snarled. "You are in no position to guess my intentions, 'man.'" Sensing Ratio's intent, she knew she had to end this fast. With or without her "Color of Armaments," that sword was sure to be trouble for her. Mentally she let go of her haughty facade and prepared to act on instinct.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Jan 20, 2011 9:24:47 GMT -8
"Man?" Ratio repeated, a look of mock confusion on his face, "Why, I'm terribly sorry. In my haste I'd forgotten to introduce myself." he raised his sword in mock salute, "Ratio Vartle" he gave his introduction, nodding briefly, "And I didn't guess. It's the only reason you'd choose to engage with someone like Brianna." he motioned to the girl.
He noticed a change in the woman's manners now. Now she didn't seem quite so high and mighty. Intimidated? Ratio wouldn't go that far. After all, she was most likely more powerful than he was. Still, he couldn't risk his position, especially against someone who's background and powers he couldn't even begin to know or understand. Rushing in now would be suicide. Instead...
A loud thud resounded through the room as Wyatt plummeted back to the ground. He bounced slightly once and then he was still.
"Good, you're back." Ratio glanced at Wyatt momentarily, "Do get up here. I might need your assistance."
Wyatt groaned, looking up at Ratio blearily, "What?"
"I said get up here." Ratio repeated, looking a little annoyed. Wyatt just lay his head back down. Ratio shook his head, "Lousy apprentice."
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 20, 2011 9:43:32 GMT -8
"The guy just had his ass royally flattened by that drop, and you expect him to get up after that? And you think I'M dumb! But whatever...Ratio will be Ratio, I suppose." Brianna said, shrugging at Ratio.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Jan 20, 2011 9:52:53 GMT -8
"He'll be fine." Ratio dismissed Brianna's worries, "I've done worse to him. I think. As long as he's still breathing he'll bounce back eventually."
"I think I broke something." Wyatt gasped, "A-.. a lot of something."
"Well we don't have all day." Ratio replied, "Heal it and be done with it already."
Wyatt sighed a little bit, chanting a spell. Slowly his breathing started to even out and in a second he was on his feet once again.
Ratio rolled his eyes, "You could move a little faster you know."
"I'm sorry sir." Wyatt lowered his head a little.
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Post by joseph on Jan 20, 2011 14:54:27 GMT -8
The Pirate Empress showed no emotion as she bluntly stated, "I am the Kuja Empress Boa Hancock." The time for gloating was over as far as she was concerned, though the boy's recovery might have changed things a bit. Still, she hadn't become a notorious criminal by letting the unexpected get the better of her. This Ratio fellow had his limits. It was just up to her to find and exploit them.
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 20, 2011 15:07:41 GMT -8
"'Kuja' Empress? I...think I'll refrain from an FF9 joke." Brianna said. "Good...please do." I replied.
"So, need any help with this, Boa? I'm up for a good tag-team fight about now!" Brianna said, bringing out her Silver Axe.
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Post by joseph on Jan 20, 2011 15:41:53 GMT -8
"You may fight alongside me if you must," replied Boa, "so long as you do not become a burden."
Somewhere else, a figure lurked in the shadows, moving from room to room like a ghost and snatching up any and all valuable trinkets within reach. This unknown party was barely within earshot of the action as it was going down. A faint mechanical whirring sound came from the shadows, imperceptible to all but the most godlike senses. "Interesting," muttered a calm, raspy male voice, "Maybe when they're done raising hell I can lighten their bodies a little."
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Post by Brandon Skyblade on Jan 20, 2011 15:59:56 GMT -8
Brianna nodded, not taking her eyes off Ratio. "You don't even have to protect me or anything, don't worry. Now then!" She said, dashing to Ratio in an instant. "Time for some BAZOIKA RAGE! PERISH, RATIO!" She shouted, tossing the axe up in the air and catching the hilt, then quickly bringing the weapon down on Ratio's head.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Jan 20, 2011 18:27:30 GMT -8
"Brianna! What do you think you're doing?" Wyatt cried, "Y... you're fighting against us? Didn't you see, that woman tried to kill us!"
Ratio opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when he saw Brianna throw her axe up into the air. Immediately Ratio raised his own blade to counter. The axe came down and was split in two by Ratio's razing spell. For a second the red glow around the blade flickered before returning back brighter than ever. Ratio pointed the tip at Brianna's throat.
"Wyatt." Ratio motioned the boy over, "Hold my position. Make sure she doesn't make any more bafflingly idiotic decisions. Might want to try a binding spell."
"Right!" Wyatt nodded reaching for one of the charms that usually hung from his belt. This time, however, his hand merely brushed air.
"What?" Wyatt exclaimed, "My charms are gone! M-m-master Ratio!"
"Then come up with something else!" Ratio shouted, looking exasperated, "Ye merciful gods, just cover me." he turned to Boa, brandishing his sword, "Hard to come across good help these days." he commented rather offhandedly, "I'm sure you know what I mean." he held his position. The woman still hadn't moved. Silently he began preparing a reaction raising spell. You never knew when you would need the extra reflexes to survive. If this continues much longer I'll have to add a shielding spell as well. No use in stalling if I'm not going to use it to some end.
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Post by joseph on Jan 20, 2011 18:52:30 GMT -8
Boa didn't roll her eyes as Brianna went down. She didn't cock her head to the side in curiosity as Ratio cast a spell on himself. She didn't even grace his comment with a response. Instead, she held up her hands, arms bent inward and level with her chest, and pushed forward suddenly. The wave of air she sent his way struck with the force of a heavy suit of armor launched at high velocity from a giant slingshot.
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Post by Darth Pichu on Jan 20, 2011 19:06:04 GMT -8
Ratio cocked an eyebrow as he saw the woman begin to make a strange sweeping motion at the air. He didn't have to think twice about what the outcome would be. He didn't exactly know what the spell was, but he did know that it would most likely be very unpleasant, whatever way it resolved. He braced himself for the blow, ready to dodge whatever the woman was ready to throw at him.
At last a burst of air buffetted him in the chest. Wind based magic. In a split second it had registered in his mind. Might be bad now, but the real problem comes with the landing. Would use a phasing spell but Brianna and Wyatt are in danger too.
A split second before Ratio would have struck the wall, the entire construct shattered and the three were thrown out onto the grass. Wyatt lay there, apparently too jostled to move. Ratio however sprung back up, planting his sword in the ground to support himself, his spell deactivated momentarily.
"Now that's the sort of fight I was looking for." he smirked, "Alright then, my turn."
The mage raised his hands and at once a spark of flame appeared over his head, growing exponentially until it was nearly three times the size of it's creator. Anyone looking could have sworn the flames had grown a snout and a gaping maw of teeth. Ratio just grinned as he hurled the inferno straight at Boa.
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