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Post by Timezone on May 11, 2016 12:25:07 GMT -7
Timezone smiled as his kick neared the girl, nothing could mess him up now! Except the ground exploding, there was always that. Dirt blasted upward completely blinding him, he rubbed frantically at his eyes, but his kick missed the girl. He begin a rewind but stopped when he stumbled, apparently the ground must have changed too much for a rewind.
"This isn't even fair!" He yelled in the direction the girl and the other Keeper still stood, still rubbing at his eyes, they didn't even try a physical attack to start! Finally he blinked and could see, but not before the battlefield changed. "Ok... where did everyone else come from?" Seriously, he didn't even know who were the villains! Maybe he shouldn't go after the blood guy or the white haired girl? They were trying to fight the faceless guy! Well, until the blood guy's weapons just fell apart but the white haired girl was doing well!
Wait, focus on your battle! He stood as tall as he could, he was still shorter than the silent Keeper, and his eyes really hurt thanks to what was probably the girl's attack but he wasn't going to back down! "Both of you better fight for real 'cause I'm really gonna fight from here on out!"
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Post by Unhallow on May 11, 2016 17:55:45 GMT -7
Unhallow continued to slowly back up, careful to move slowly and carefully as to not fall or exert themselves more than necessary. They still didn't want anyone to get to close for their own safety, so putting some distance between themselves and everyone else was important, even if they had to do it slowly. It was fortunate on some level that Unhallow was already backing up because the ground exploded. It was enough to make them jump a little just because of how unexpected it was. The blast was small enough and far enough away that they doubted any dirt would even get on their armor, but it was enough to make their pulse quicken momentarily. Deep breaths. Deep breaths were the solution to everything.
"Understood."
Unhallow responded to Arcanum, at least trying to sound strong. Their voice still came out a little uncertain and soft. Even if there was a reason for Acranum's presence here, Unhallow wasn't looking forward to finding out what it was. It was still a little disheartening. Unhallow also wasn't quite sure what she was shouting at Anonymous about. As much as she was happy to have a bit of help dealing with him, Unhallow never attempted to pursue or capture this super before. If anything, they were very happy to stay as far away from him as possible. Did something else happen? It just made Unhallow feel even more uneasy.
Focus on the battle. That's all Unhallow needed to do. Focus on the battle.
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Post by Bloodbath on May 11, 2016 20:22:21 GMT -7
Bloodbath blew a breath through his teeth as he missed the attack, twitching uncontrollably as he glanced wildly around, what were all these people here for!? He stared down and gasped as the bloody knives he made crumbled away, leaving his eyes to swim and his head to throb, just great.
He flinched as the dirt flew into his eyes, rubbing them frantically as he retreated slightly.
He was left with smears of red over his face, which only served to make him look more unhinged. He glanced around at the silver goop and the loud kid, we're they trying to help or hinder him?
He sighed, dragging his nails over his wounds, he had to keep the blood flowing...
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Post by Arcanum on May 11, 2016 21:07:58 GMT -7
Arcanum tilted her head unnaturally far to the side."Huh? Of course we never met." It made sense that the man with no face assumed she had some personal vendetta against him--it was exactly the effect she intended. Look over here. Don't worry about what the others are up to. Arcanum let her hand fall back to her side. "I just wanted you to know that Brutus sends his regards."
So far the Keepers had been ignored or unfazed by each attack. They had an early lead, which was a lot better than expected. It would be nice if their good luck continued, not that Arcanum expected this battle to stay so simple.
While parts of the plan didn't work out, the overall effect remain positive. She did not factor in Blood Lad turning around to fight the same target. Despite ruining her plan, she wasn't about to object. No need to stop the enemies from fighting among themselves. Would've been nice if he had more of an effect, although this sort of inadequacy should be expected from the average Pandaemonium member.
Hopefully that extra guy would not get in the way of phase two happening. Now that most of the element of surprise had gone away, this next part might be more dangerous. "Go get him, boy."
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Post by Azoth on May 11, 2016 22:44:35 GMT -7
Azoth had so much grace that, even though she was not actually hit by the super’s kick, the surprise of his attack sent her jumping back another step - over a rock strategically and spitefully placed by mother nature. She tripped, falling to the ground much like the dirt from her previous attack; suddenly, and with a solid thud.
It seemed a cloud of dirt to the face was not enough to keep the Bulwark from his quip. “I am fighting for real!” Azoth shouted back, pulling herself back onto her feet. What, did this guy not think she was flashy enough? Was gunpowder in the ground not explosive enough for him? Well then, she guessed she was only getting started. “No one messes with the Keepers without at least some bodily harm to show for their failed efforts.” She mumbled.
Azoth still didn’t even understand what he - or any of the others - were doing here. This was supposed to be a simple mission, in and out, tedious but not particularly dangerous. “I don’t understand why you’re even bothering us! How did you find out about our mission?” She asked with frustration, assuming that’d be the only reason for them to be out in the middle of who cares.
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Post by PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 on May 12, 2016 9:40:53 GMT -7
PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 analyzing combat data... --- Interference (Obfuscation) by Arcanum against An0nymou5 results in SUCCESS, +5% combat advantage Accumulation (Summoning) by Bloodbath against Maneuver (Field) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage Accumulation (Enhancement) by Unhallow against Accumulation (Summoning) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage Maneuver (Field) by Azoth against Timezone results in SUCCESS as Azoth can ignore the target's immunity granted by the Accumulation (Summoning) Bloodbath used due to the equal-or-greater Accumulation (Enhancement) Unhallow used, +25% combat advantage Aggression (Subdual) by An0nymou5 against Timezone results in FAILURE due to suppression by the Interference (Obfuscation) Arcanum used, +10% combat advantage Aggression (Subdual) by Timezone against Azoth results in FAILURE due to suppression by the Maneuver (Field) used by the target, +10% combat advantage --- Current conditions: An0nymou5 Azoth and Unhallow have immunity to Maneuver (Speed) granted by the Accumulation (Information) An0nymou5 used. An0nymou5 Azoth and Unhallow have immunity to Maneuver (Alteration) granted by the Accumulation (Enhancement) Unhallow used. An0nymou5 Azoth and Unhallow have immunity to Accumulation (Summoning) granted by the Accumulation (Enhancement) Unhallow used, which has been demonstrated to be equal-or-greater over the Accumulation (Summoning) Bloodbath used. Arcanum Bloodbath and Timezone have immunity to Maneuver (Field) granted by the Accumulation (Summoning) Bloodbath used which is currently being suppressed by the equal-or-greater Accumulation (Enhancement) Unhallow used. Combat advantage: An0nymou5 Azoth and Unhallow have 90% Arcanum Bloodbath and Timezone have 50% Current openings: Arcanum may RETREAT at a cost of 50% combat advantage, allowing her side to gracefully forfeit the battle and immediately move on to other fights. Azoth may REGROUP at a cost of 40% combat advantage, cutting the other team's combat advantage by 25%. (Admin note: Remember that the battle ends immediately when one side or the other hits 100% combat advantage, so actions which go earlier can make the difference! Click here to PM your commands to the staff. The next round begins in 48 hours.)
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Post by Timezone on May 13, 2016 6:58:31 GMT -7
Timezone let go of the girl and begin a rewind as a second explosion rang out. "Come on! Give me at least one hit i-" A shadow falling him made him stop yelling, look up, and hope that his rewind could get out of the way of a rapidly falling tree in time. It sort of could, apparently. He jumped to the side as he reached the exploding ground area, just as the tree hit the ground, with the loudest thud he ever heard. He stood up, trying his best to hide that he was just the smallest bit freaked out after almost getting crushed by a giant tree. He briefly checked himself over, the branches have still landed on him, but other than some cuts and some torn clothing he was fine. "Hey, you should have... wh...!"
The girl have been replaced by the creepy faceless guy. How? Maybe the faceless had a power to switch people around? Yeah, that had to be it! He turned to where the white haired girl and the faceless guy have originally stood, and only saw more of the faceless guy. " Ok... so just fight the one we were fighting before!" What if everyone was switched around? You might hit an ally or even a civilian? Timezone looked around confused, who said that? He shook his head, the faceless guy couldn't have a power like that, he knew- No you don't know. You didn't bother to even try to think about your enemy's powers and now you're going to harm a civilian.No I won't! I know what I'm doing! Still he stood frozen to the spot, heart pounding, every sound horribly loud, every person dangerous to attack. Suddenly, one of the people directed a knife towards another causing a silver liquid to cover what face he had. Everything flickered back to normal for a second and Timezone relaxed, everyone was where he remembered! His smile returned and he faced the where the black clothed girl was standing before. Are you sure this isn't just another- "Hey, quiet! I just thought of some new banter!"
He turned back towards to the real faceless guy, took an unnecessarily deep breath and yelled out with a laugh in his voice, "That power is not going to do anything to me!" Sure, everything looked darker, everything was too loud, and everyone still looked the same, but now he knew what was actually happening around him!
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Post by An0nymou5 on May 13, 2016 10:57:19 GMT -7
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkk!!!!!”
That’s all Anonymous could said at the moment while wiping off the goo off his eyes. Everything was so perfect; he was just going to stand here, influencing the fight around without getting himself involve. It was supposed to be a simple: he was only here to make Victor Holloway hallucinated, putting him on a guilt-trip for what he had done in order to see if the man is willing to atone for his crime. It was supposed to go without any incident; isolated from the city, no one was supposed to be here.
But no, there have to be some supers around to ruin everything. He was just going to leave the Keepers to deal with their own problem with a lone Pandaemonium and a nosy brat Timezone. Of course, they have to have thing their way; he didn’t even does anything that could resister as a threat to that white-haired Keeper, but she had to ruin his masterpiece just from a stupid goo hindering his sight. The play was so beautiful: Timezone was looking around confusingly, froze in the spot, and he can sense fear slowly creep up the back of his head with doubt. It was so glorious to see him actually shut up for once. But now because of that stupid goo, he got snap out of his hallucination, and have the gall to mock him.
“You pathetic excuse for existence! You think you’re so special just because you can move around and appear out of thin air?! You think that everything around you is always so clear, that the different between good and evil are so black and white?! You naïve, stupid, spoiled little brat!! You don’t even know why you are here, what you get yourself involve in, or even the slightest clue of who on your team. You Bulwark are pathetic, why don’t you do everyone else here a favor and shut that inferno mouth of your! Go jump off a building, implant that useless face of your to the disgusting pavement and get out of my misery!”
Anonymous unleashed his rage like he had never did before. Once he finally said his fill, he take in a deep breath and slowly exhale:
“Whoa, sorry about that; I don’t know what came over me. Usually I’m very composure and calm. It has been a long day, the stress must have gotten to me.” He laughed to himself before turned toward the white-hair Keeper.
“Tsk, tsk, that was very rude of you. You really should not interrupt an artist working on his masterpiece like that. But hey, I’m feeling gracious today, so all is forgiven…eventually.”
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Post by Unhallow on May 13, 2016 17:36:56 GMT -7
Unhallow was becoming increasingly confused as to what most people were even doing here. They knew Azoth was here for something and that they were supposed to help, but even then, it's not like Unhallow even knew what that thing was. They had no idea why Anonymous was here, but given his general demeanor and behavior, they doubted it was for anything good. Arcanum was apparently here for something important, but couldn't talk about what it was yet. Bloodbath and the unknown hero were both complete unknowns, and based on how they were acting, Unhallow wasn't even convinced that the two heroes themselves knew why they were here. The entire situation was making Unhallow's head hurt.
There was a moment of reprieve when Anonymous just started raving. Unhallow blinked a few times, not convinced that the vibrations they felt were real at first, but they got the feeling that if Anonymous was going to do something to them, it wouldn't be something like this. This just made him look absurd. An involuntary snort escaped their lips, though it sounded like a small buzz that could have just as easily been a cough or a sneeze thanks to the voice modulator. Sometimes it was easy to forget that everyone was human.
The feeling of the burning tree crashing down brought Unhallow back to their senses. Fortunately, they were still trying to move back, and that left them pretty far out of the way. This was a forest though, and that fire would likely spread if they weren't careful. Azoth probably knew what she was doing though, right?
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Post by Bloodbath on May 13, 2016 19:30:13 GMT -7
Bloodbath blinked uncertainly as the trees seemed to blend together, and effect of both Unhallow and his own increasing blood loss. Even the blood creatures were gone, disintegrated into dust.
He clutched at his head and supported himself on a tree, the sounds around him becoming low and laborious. He shrieked as a tree slammed into the ground, crackling heat snapping him back into the moment. That's right, he was fighting!
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Post by Azoth on May 13, 2016 22:23:51 GMT -7
Azoth had been expecting to be attacked, but yet again the super surprised her as he came out of nowhere and grabbed her arm. She was starting to think the best thing to do with him was just straight out expect the unexpected. It was a really good thing he didn’t hold onto her for very long; just that short amount of time was enough for her stomach to start considering evicting her lunch.
As soon as he let go of her, Azoth fled out of the forest and towards the lake. She had to find the guy, see if she couldn’t just end this as soon as possible… But where even was that guy now? Probably cowering in some corner or sprinting back down the mountain, or maybe he went and jumped in the lake. That seemed like the normal reaction to six supers suddenly showing up and deciding this is a good a place as any to have at it.
Which appeared to be going less than perfectly for the super referred to as Anonymous. The quiet air of the forest and his very loud, very angry voice made it so it was hard not to hear his little monologue - and Azoth couldn’t help but give a moment of pause. It was good. Threatening, insulting in more than one way, and attacking to the hero’s morals. Azoth was impressed.
But she had a mission she had to focus on. Still, she couldn’t help but keep a smile from her lips as she made for the campsite and last place she’d seen her target.
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Post by Arcanum on May 13, 2016 22:45:50 GMT -7
Well, there's something worth remembering for later. If there ever comes a time to seriously take care of Anonymous, make sure to bring Time Boy along for the ride. Sure, the kid hadn't really succeeded in doing much, but his mere presence would be enough to distract the psychic.
Planning out the reunion of Team White Hair could wait until later. Arcanum still needed to talk with Unhallow and Azoth, which required driving away all these other jerks beforehand. It was nice to think of this as Keepers versus the rest, because so far they were performing perfectly. Unfortunately, those two beginners are technically on the other side and needed to be stopped as well. Preventing this assassination wasn't worth even pretending to strike either of them, which made matters more difficult than they needed to be. Trying to work under a handicap usually didn't work out, but Arcanum still had to try.
Her plan would not get interrupted this easily.
At some point that Anonymous guy stopped screaming and addressed her once more. Arcanum waved him off and turned her head to stare at the burning tree. "Sorry, didn't notice you were painting over there, what, with the whole not moving thing."
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Post by PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 on May 14, 2016 2:14:59 GMT -7
PANOPTICON Ver. 3.023 analyzing combat data... --- Interference (Depowering) by Bloodbath against An0nymou5 results in SUCCESS, +5% combat advantage Interference (Obfuscation) by Azoth against Bloodbath results in SUCCESS, +5% combat advantage Accumulation (Enhancement) by Unhallow against Aggression (Subdual) results in SUCCESS, +10% combat advantage An0nymou5 Azoth and Unhallow have reached 100% combat advantage. The defenders are unable to prevent one or more of the attackers from reaching Holloway and doing what they will with him. All participants receive 10 Notoriety for their part in the battle! --- Analyzing possible outcomes... 1. Punish Holloway appropriately, and then depart to let the Keepers finish him off if they so desire. It gives their employer what they want, after a fashion. Effect: +9 Keepers Prestige Effect: Only An0nymou5 receives +30 Notoriety2. Let the Keepers to play their part in scaring Holloway, but ultimately save him from them. The story of being saved by a super will make certain organizations look more benevolent to the public eye, but at the same time the assassins will be villified in the news. Effect: +5 Bulwark, Unaligned Prestige Effect: Only Azoth and Unhallow receive +30 Notoriety3. Allow the Keepers to finish off Holloway - provided that they compensate you appropriately, of course. Given the nature of the Keepers, that compensation is likely to come in the form of information and connections. Effect: +9 Keepers Prestige, +3 Unaligned Prestige Effect: An0nymou5 Azoth and Unhallow also get a piece of information4. Turn Holloway into an insane wreck and ensure that the Keepers don't actually kill him. His punishment will definitely draw some attention once he returns to civilization. Effect: +30 additional Notoriety each for An0nymou5 Azoth and Unhallow As the one who started the scheme, An0nymou5 gets the final choice. (With this, both schemes that were running simultaneously have been concluded, so feel free to start some more!)
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Post by An0nymou5 on May 14, 2016 9:40:09 GMT -7
As soon as one of the Keeper started to make fog all over the place, Anonymous took this chance to sneak his way out of the dumb goo trap that he got himself in from before. As soon as he got out of the silver goo, Bloodbath jumped right on him and tackled his arms. Anonymous can feel his fingernail dug into his arm and what feel like someone tried to drain him. Anonymous quickly snatch his arm away from his grasp before he could do any further damage. If he was a normal person, draining him of his blood might have gotten him kill in no time.
Once he got away from all the supers, using the fog to hide his present, he began his search for Holloway. It didn't took him long to locate Holloway's hiding place in the forest away from their campsite. In a good day, Anonymous would just scare the man by using the wilderness as his setting for the play, having him in some terrible acid-trip dream or whatever. But as of right now, he isn’t in the mood for doing thing loosely. His work was undone when that Keeper interrupted him from directing Timezone’s mind, so he needs to complete his production from someone else. He make sure he can't be seen by Holloway as he begin his directing:
First, the setting is perfect: the man is lost and alone in the forest, afraid and hiding from the supers that just appeared in his camping trip.
Second, the actor needs to get ready: separated from his family, all Anonymous needs to do is to give him some encouraging thought that he need to save his family from these supers. Human are so easily manipulated when they’re afraid yet wanting to protect their love one.
Then, the props at hand: he managed to obtain a kitchen knife in the campsite and place it somewhere that the man see it. With the thought of wanting to protect his family, it would be very easy for him to pick up the knife and begin to search for his family.
Now for the play’s dramatic climax: it didn’t take him long to locate the man’s family in the forest. All he need is to lure them out of hiding and slowly making their way toward the man. As soon as the man got closer to his family, Anonymous begin to work his magic by nullifying his auditory senses, heighten his fight-or-flight response, building up his rage, and cause him to see his own family as the supers from before.
With enough encouraging whisper in his ears, Holloway would scream like a raging beast and rush toward the “supers” he see with a knife in his hand. By drowning out his wife’s screaming at her husband, Anonymous can be sure the man won’t stop his screaming rage. After the man finished stabbing his wife over and over, he turned toward his two daughters and does the same. Anonymous only need to drown out their scream in pain, screaming at their father to stop, and observe the man brutally murder his whole family in a blind rage.
After the man finished, panting heavily while covering in his family’s blood, Anonymous removed his control over his senses and watch the show’s resolution phase. He smiled when the man look at his now-bloody hand and the sight of his family’s bodies lying in a pool of blood, realizing what he had done to them. The man drop down on his knees and let out a horrible scream that can be heard from miles away, a cry of a grieving father and horror. Anonymous listened to this with a smile; the main actor had reached his ultimate tragedy ending of this wonderful play, and he was glad to see how perfect the performance was.
Nothing drove a man into madness like the realization of him murdering his whole family in cold-blood. With that, Anonymous leaved the man by himself as the forest rangers getting closer to where they are. Clearly the fire from before had alerted them of the situation as the fire-department arrived at the scene and saw the man cover in blood.
“And that conclude our lovely performance. I can hardly wait for the next show.” -- (taking the 4th option)
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Post by Timezone on May 15, 2016 17:12:30 GMT -7
"It's not fair! It's not fair! I didn't get one hit in!" Timezone may have been whining like a little kid but he didn't care, the superhero always gets at least one hit, but no! That girl sent some sort of fog everywhere and now the faceless guy was gone, the girl was gone and all the campers were gone! He watched the other supers continue in the clearing, at least the illusion disappeared. He ran into a fast forward, he'll just bring the campers back home safely, they couldn't have gone far anyway!
A horrifying scream stopped him in his tracks, what was going on? He stopped his fast forward and peeked through an opening, feeling scared for no reason he could think of. Unfortunately all he saw was the backs of some forest rangers. "Come on... move..." He motioned silently to the side, struggling to stay quiet, he really wanted to yell, but they might just think he's some super not a superhero. One finally moved towards a man on the ground who was apparently the source of the screams. Wait, didn't he recognize the man? Yeah, the camper guy, right? Timezone looked around, maybe the man was freaked out by the super fight he got stuck between. Then his eyes fell on the man's hands and found exactly why the man was screaming.
He had blood all over his hands. Timezone felt his stomach drop and closed his eyes tightly, where did the blood come from? He slowly opened his eyes and turned his head back to what the rangers were blocking. One still, bloody hand was to the side of the rangers feet and Timezone begin a rewind, he didn't want to see anymore, it was too horrible. He sped through the forest, stomach hurting, heart pounding, and breath coming in ragged gasps, those must have been the campers. He stopped when he was far enough to no longer hear the man screaming, trying to take deeper breaths. Did someone make the man do that? Was it one of the supers? The only super that could mess with you that much was the faceless guy, right? Why would he do that, they were just civilians! Timezone shut his eyes again as the scene replayed, he needed to be careful of the faceless man he was... merciless.
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