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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Jan 2, 2009 11:33:03 GMT -5
((Uhh, Nature? No offense, but it does seem that you're just on the border of godmodding, especially with Lireo and Dymien. Let Kat and Celestial act on what happens to their characters.))
Cat Assassin tried to stand up, but even that simple task was proven to be quite difficult for him. His body was not numb, but he found it quite hard to move his joints around. Whatever that girl sneaked into her potion was really dragging him down. "Still, it will take more than that to really make me fall off my knees."
His arms were heavy, but Cat Assassin kept them hanging in front of him. Albeit shakily, they eventually started to move around, though nothing dangerous would actually come from the simple swaying of the limbs. The cat looked closer at the Leader and noted on his fondness of talking. "So he wants to know more about Cylak and me, huh? At least he had the wits to do that, unlike the humans I saw awhile ago."
"I am Cat Assassin. And no, that's not my real name," Cat Assassin lowered his head a bit; something about his name was reminding him of a tragedy only he was able to survive from. "In fact, I don't have a real name. The organization coined that nickname. I hope you're actually wise enough to know why."
The organization. It had been long since he last served that shame of a rebel alliance.
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"You worthless cat!" exclaimed one of the seniors before giving the orange cat another swing from his steel bat. It landed neatly on the right side of his head, leaving a very wide bruise. "For a cat, you sure move quite slow. We gave you a simple task of pickpocketing, and you got yourself in jail for that?!"
The orange cat, who was only a ten-year old, tried to reason out. "B-but sir! He was taller than me-"
"SHUT UP!" the bat handler hissed and delivered another blow, this time towards the cat's mouth. His lower lip first swelled before exploding, red blood oozing from the wound.
The cat said nothing more. He learned about not talking back the hard way.
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"... Where I came from?" Cat Assassin thought for awhile if he should really expose the history of his place. "... I came from... the future."
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"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Char started taunting the people inside the Mage Manor. He was happy to see something whizzing fast towards him, but was disappointed to see only a kunai. Worse, Varoun blew it off before he could. "Varoun! Don't try to steal everything! I wanted to get that kunai-"
Another kunai was coming fast. This time, Char took advantage of Varoun's relative slowness and charged towards the kunai. In a split-second, he reached his hand out and, using only his index and middle finger, grabbed the kunai in mid-air.
Char then started to chant something inaudible to everyone else, and within a few moments the kunai was shining red. "EXPLOSIVES!" the pyromaniac shouted as he threw the kunai back towards the window where it came from.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2009 13:57:44 GMT -5
"Attention! Attention all Mages! Please meet me in the practice room!"
Was Omni insane? We were in the middle of a battle! Before Hunter could say anything he was being dragged along by Nature. "C'mon, Hunter, we have to go! All mages! All mages! Practice Room! NOW!"
"You do know I can walk on my own, right? You can let go of me at any time-" Nature was completely ignoring him. She finally let go of him when they got to the practice room door. Nature went in.
Hunter stayed outside for a moment, catching his breath from the fast run up the stairs. He wasn't in the best shape, and he was not prepared to be dragged up a flight of stairs by a Zafara. He also should have been helping Jakie infiltrate the Mageri headquarters. He decided to go in relatively quickly, lest he incur the wrath of the Freezemancer. "Omni! You're calling half our fighting force from downstairs! Oy, there's a war going on there!"
((Hey, if everybody else can make references, I can make a Harry Potter reference.))
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Post by PFA on Jan 3, 2009 14:15:19 GMT -5
((I should note that PFA did in fact go outside, so the kunai did not in fact go through the window, but rather from like the sidelines. :3 But it's a minor detail anyways.))
"EXPLOSIVES!" came the cry as PFA's kunai came flying back at her, now glowing a dangerous red.
Drat! PFA grimaced, quickly moving out of the way of the kunai. The kunai landed in a bush nearby, creating a spectacular explosion in its wake. Well, that worked. Looks like I'm going to need a new tactic...
Any more kunai would just be deflected... she could try the shuriken, she thought, but that might not have been such a good idea with Jakie nearby. It would likely start aiming at her at some point or another. The only other weapon she had was her katana.
Well, maybe she could distract them. Get them away from the Manor. With this thought, she drew her katana, taking a deep breath. Then, she leapt out, striking a stereotypical ninja pose.
"It wasn't such a good idea to attack this Manor," she called out, hoping to catch the attention of the cloaked figures. As soon as they started attacking her, she would lead them away from the Manor. Hold them off while the mages prepared their defenses.
Assuming her tactic worked, of course.
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Post by Omni on Jan 3, 2009 23:04:21 GMT -5
Omni was a bit surprised when PFA ran by her. …Why did she hurry off without me? Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter much as long as I give the announcement to as many Mages at once before the real battle starts.
It didn't occur to her that maybe there had been more than just the earthquake already.
She pressed the button again. "In case you were sleeping the first time; please meet in the practice room!"
Omni decided to look over the room quickly for anything that might be useful. Not finding anything notable, she decided to run off to her room, grab her dagger and a few other things. After all, she wanted all the mages to get there, and just sitting near the podium waiting wouldn't do her any good, so why not?
Once she was sure she had what she wanted, she ran off to the practice room, walking trough the door and heading for the podium to wait.
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Post by Kat on Jan 3, 2009 23:16:39 GMT -5
Kat watched Lireo aim for the floor, and saw the cracks. "Celestial!" she shouted, before summoning her flaming purple wings again. She hovered over the floor and took aim at the Mageri, summoning two purple fireballs. Because when in doubt, sometimes you gotta fight fire with fire.
"Brawl away, we haven't even started yet!" she taunted.
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"I see," said the Leader, calmly taking in everything Cat Assassin was telling him. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Assassin. This future from where you come...is it a bright future?"
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"On second thought, screw holding fire," said Varoun as he saw a ninja. Ninjas? In a manor of mages? Interesting. "I'll deal with this one. You two keep on watching for any of the illegals." He took out his bow and nocked two arrows, letting them go toward the ninja.
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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Jan 4, 2009 6:55:33 GMT -5
Cat Assassin chuckled, but even that kind of expression was a bit heavy for him to follow. It became more like a smirk rather than a hearty laugh. "Don't call me 'Mr. Assassin'. It screws up my image," he made a side comment about his name.
Dexter approached Cat Assassin from behind, being cautious that the others around him would not see his movements as alarming and dangerous. The squirrel tried to rest his shoulder on Cat Assassin's back, but realized that his ghostly state still lingered despite his visibility. The other three souls took notice of what Dexter had just discovered. "Are you sure about this, CA?" he whispered. "You can't just spill out what happened to our world. He might know too much."
Cat Assassin did not reply, and kept his back turned towards Dexter. "Ahh, but being someone from the future holds quite a lot of burden on me; that is, we can't just state what had happened on my world to someone from the past. That would be ruining the time-space continuum," he wisely used his words to resist possible threat.
"... But no. It was not a bright future. I'm just lucky that I've been exiled back in time to this place."
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"But Varoun! You're stealing my thunder again!"
Keeping himself restrained from just charging once more, Char simply watched as Varoun wielded his bow and started chasing the lone ninja from the manor. "So the mages have ninjas as backup? Pleaaaaaaaase!" he stressed out that last word and pointed at the manor. "Come out! That one ninja doesn't stand a heck of a chance against us!"
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Post by PFA on Jan 6, 2009 22:35:50 GMT -5
PFA smirked, trying to appear confident. She promptly sidestepped to dodge the arrows, and reached out to the side with her hand. And, well. You ever heard about how ninjas are supposed to be able to grab arrows right out of the air?
Yeah. PFA can't do that.
So after her amazing display of her lousy catching skillz, she attempted to regain her appearance and swung her katana through the air threateningly like you always see the ninjas do in the movies.
"Oh really?" PFA bluffed in response to the pyro's comment about one ninja not being able to take on all three of them. "We'll have to see about that!"
With this, she charged at the redhead, her katana slightly raised but still in front of her so she could (hopefully) block any surprise attacks. She doubted the archer would be able to pull out any more arrows before he was already met with the steel wrath of her katana.
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Post by Celestial on Jan 19, 2009 14:42:28 GMT -5
((At last. xD Sorry for delaying the whole RP))
The electrified floor hit Celestial for a split second before the dragon's natural instincts took over. Her wings flapped as she took off into the air, over the electicified floor. The dragons inside her did not care what the mage tried, they were having fun and they were greater in power than she could ever hope to be.
"That is really all you have? Pathetic. We could brawl like this all day and not get tried" they taunted and looked down at the flagstones. They ran criss crossing all the way down the hallway. Something formed in Celestial's mind, something...sadistic. Yet it was the only way they could get out of here.
Celestial flew up to the electric cage and finally worked away a hole large enough for her and Kat to fly though. Beyond the extent of the cage lay the corridor. Celestial diverted her focus to the gaps in the floors, thinking of all the dirt, wood, dust and Founders know what that must be in there, just waiting to catch fire. All it took was a single spark.
In a flick, she clenched her hand into a fist.
The floor beyond their cage suddenly exploded into flames, reaching up to the ceiling and spreading out across the stone. There was no time to lose.
"Kat, fly after us. Fly as fast as you can" Celestial said to the purple mage, creating a bubble of cold air around her that should last if she flew through the firey corridor at maximum speed. Celestial truly hoped she did so for to leave a friend behind...no, better not think about it.
Turning, the dragons and the mage flew out of the hole she had created and through the inferno, feeling the heat on her cheek but carrying on, knowing that if she stopped, either the fire or the mages might get her. Dragons were not immune to fire for long.
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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Jan 19, 2009 20:15:16 GMT -5
"I've just had enough of this waiting!" Char let out a wild stomp on the ground to express his lack of patience. After that brief tantrum, he pulled out a bottle for each hand, the contents glowing as his magical touch made contact with the glass. "I'm blowing this place up!"
Char dashed forward, hoping to get a good distance between him and the manor. "Bombs away!" he shouted before releasing both bottles from his hand.
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Post by Kat on Jan 23, 2009 6:54:59 GMT -5
Time travel. There was no doubt about it. Sivré yearned to capture this cat and find out more about the future - or at least, the future he came from. Sivré wanted to reach out and flow into the Leader's - Bob's - mind, but Bob wouldn't have any of it.
Yet.
Sivré hung on to that hope.
"So you think your exile was for the better?" the Leader asked curiously. "I have never known a good exile. But would that keep you from joining our cause for greater knowledge...Cat Assassin?"
Cause for greater knowledge, my foot!
Quiet.
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The ninja rushed forward. Varoun decided to just let his friends do whatever they want; he was ready for this one. He crouched down and touched the ground quickly before stepping back as fast as he could. Cracks began fanning out from underneath the ninja's feet, shaking her. But they never spread out any farther than a two-meter radius.
While she was distracted, he could shoot another arrow.
Which he did, homing on her aura.
"Fine, blow the place up, I really don't care anymore," Varoun grumbled, drawing a small golden knife from his belt.
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"Kat, fly after us. Fly as fast as you can"
The floor exploded into flames. Kat jumped, but instead of creating her purple wings, she glowed a steady amethyst that lifted her higher and into the hole in the electric cage. She felt a blast of cold air - Celestial's work.
Kat stretched out her arms, feeling very much like a superhero as she blazed through after Cele. At least a dragon wasn't too easy to lose.
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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Jan 23, 2009 9:17:50 GMT -5
Cat Assassin noticed that he could no longer maintain the small chitchat about him and the Animalia world where he came from. He knew the Leader was trying to dissect his mind, and though the approach was rather clever, the human was just being an amateur through the cat's eyes. If the conversation would keep up, he might spill out something that could cause trouble for his world and the NTWF.
Cat Assassin had the slight intuition of the Leader not caring for that.
"Sorry, but this can go no further," Cat Assassin stood up, albeit a bit slower to stop his joints from getting sprained. He began to shake his limbs around as if to warm them up. "We are not meant to converse like this, and so does Cylak. I'm afraid you will have to let us leave," he spoke out the last three words like the statement was more of an order than a request.
"But CA!" exclaimed Cylak, rather surprised by Cat Assassin's decision. "I promised big human that I'll help him!"
"Cylak, we're leaving. This man does not need any of your powers," Cat Assassin glanced briefly towards her before heading towards the door.
Now, cat... Remember that you'll always invoke actions when trying to exit a room full of hostiles...
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Post by PFA on Jan 23, 2009 11:30:44 GMT -5
The redhead created a small fissure, knocking PFA slightly off-balance. By the time she had regained her footing, the archer had already fired another arrow at her.
PFA, without much else to do on such short notice, acted on her quick ninja reflexes and put up a barrier, just long and strong enough to block the arrow, bouncing it back slightly and letting it fall to the ground.
The barrier swirled with magic power. A delicate balance of light and dark magic, opposites working in perfect harmony, at the will of this young ninja. It was the power of the Yin and the Yang combined.
Also highly illegal to the Mageri, if I'm not mistaken.
Once the barrier had gone down, PFA pulled out a kunai and threw it at the redhead. Maybe it will work this time, she thought.
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Post by Mundus on Jan 29, 2009 9:47:58 GMT -5
"... I'm afraid we can't allow you to do that, illegal."
The door Cat Assassin was about to use opened by itself, prompting a cold Mundus to enter. He glared at Cat Assassin with much prejudice before taking a quick bow to the Leader. "Your... 'friend'..." Mundus hissed at Cylak before continuing, "has powers that we direly need. I suggest you two cooperate, else nothing bad will happen to you."
The tone of Mundus suggested a note of threat; something that only he knew had made him very angry for some reason.
((Hunter, I've moved Mundus back to the Leader's room. It's a bit godmodding, but it's better than inactivity.))
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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Jan 30, 2009 5:26:34 GMT -5
Cat Assassin stepped back even before his hands could reach for the door. With his advanced sense of smell, he picked up the scent another being from the other side of the door. The door opened to reveal another human staring at him with much hatred; what it was with their discriminating glares was completely confusing Cat Assassin then.
Calling the cat "illegal", the human half-threatened Cat Assassin to stop from going out. The cat never liked that kind of tone around him; almost all the time that voice existed, doom was figuratively spelled right in front of him. He knew he needed to get Cylak away from those humans, but his weakened condition and the fact that they (excluding the souls) were outnumbered by the humans was preventing him to make a sudden move.
"Cylak's powers are those that the likes of you must never touch," Cat Assassin replied, his tone rather lower than usual. "Nothing from her powers will benefit you and your cause."
Cylak could only watch with as much confusion as a child can get.
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