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Post by Trunks on Oct 18, 2007 22:08:05 GMT -5
Rio caught Unaliari with ease. From behind him Rio quickly pulled a throwing star and cut her binds. They placed her softly on the ground. He then stood up and looked at the man who had thrown the vial.
In Rio's hand appeared five more throwing stars.
"What is going on here?"
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Post by Dota on Oct 18, 2007 22:29:48 GMT -5
The leader was the first to stand between Blu and Silenus.
“Now now. I dun see why we’d be passin’ ‘er on over to you.”
He now wielded his axe and, with a step towards Blu, sliced it through the air. The man with the sack didn’t seem to be as prone to head-on combat and instead dug a new vial out of the sack. Though he didn’t know it, this time he had retrieved a fire flask. Perhaps he would have held it a bit more carefully, had he known. He waited for a better opening to hurl this new flask at Blu.
The man holding onto Silenus, in the meantime, made a slow and wary retreat back towards the portals, unwilling to give up his prize.
Unaliari opened her eyes the moment the bonds were severed. Her suddenly-alert behavior hinted that it was no normal sleep she’d been having. In fact, if any of the current attendees had a sense for enchanted items, they would have noted the release of magical energy with the cut of the bonds. Unaliari had been restrained both physically and mentally.
There was instant recognition of Rio. She looked from the stars, to him, and then around at the new setting.
“What is going on indeed...”
Then she remembered what had happened.
“Where’s Silenus?”
Unaliari jumped up to her feet.
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Post by Sakabatou on Oct 19, 2007 11:18:00 GMT -5
As the axe fell, Blu's lashknife was out in a flash. With an easy sidestep, Blu cleared the falling weapon's path, and wrapped the lashknife chain once around its wielder's wrist. One sharp pull on either end of the chain led to a loud cracking sound indicating that the man would be lucky to ever use that hand again.
Even as Blu broke the man's wrist, he was continuing to his next action. He quietly spoke the word "fade," as just as the loud crack emanated from the axeman's arm, Blu's form moved from transparent to altogether invisible. Seconds later, he reappeared, his voice speaking just before he faded back into view.
"You weren't trying to leave the party now, were you?"
He stood behind the man holding Silenus, this question spoken in a menacing whisper directly into the man's ear. His lashknife had been resheathed, and one hand held the back of the man's shirt while the other held what could either be called a tiny blade or a large needle. The point of this was held to the man's neck, the tip actually piercing into the skin and lightly poking into the soft flesh of his trachea.
"I'd say moving wouldn't be in your best interest at this point. Now why don't you just let the poor girl go over to her friend, and I'll let you walk out of here with your ability to breathe intact."
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Post by Trunks on Oct 19, 2007 23:11:37 GMT -5
As Blu did his thing Trunks faded away and reappeared in front of the man with the vial. He could tell he was ready to throw it. In the same second he appeared he sent a kick into the mans gut. It didn't look like much but he the man would go down and go down hard.
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Post by Trunks on Oct 19, 2007 23:15:54 GMT -5
Rio was glad to see that Unaliari was alright. They hadn't been friends for long, but he didn't like seeing bad things happen to good people.
Rio stood watching amazed. How is it that everyone could do things the he could only dream of? He watched as Blu faded from one spot to the other and Trunks doing the same. If Rio's jaw could drop any further than it did it would have.
"I'd say moving wouldn't be in your best interest at this point. Now why don't you just let the poor girl go over to her friend, and I'll let you walk out of here with your ability to breathe intact."
This finally caught Rio's attention. With his fistfull of throwing stars ready he looked over at the man in white robes.
"Listen, I understand that you don't want to see these girls hurt, but if you kill that man I'm going to have to do the same to you."
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Post by Dota on Oct 20, 2007 16:34:39 GMT -5
The axe tumbled to the ground with the snap of the man's wrist. There was a cry of pain as he dropped to his knees, clutching his disabled hand to his chest. Even if he would still eventually return to the battle, for the moment he was no threat.
The man retaining Silenus was the next target. Despite his desire for the rare find, he could not argue with the needle prodding his trachea. He released Silenus, putting both hands in the air.
Silenus looked back nervously at the man and then the same to Blu. She got to her feet with some effort (still bound at the wrists), then turned to face the two so that she could back away from them quickly.
"Listen, I understand that you don't want to see these girls hurt, but if you kill that man I'm going to have to do the same to you."
Unaliari turned her attention to the man Rio was concerened with. It was there she saw Silenus making her escape. She ran over to assist her, but...
Trunks' kick successfully sent the man with the sack tumbling. The vial of fire went flying from his hand as he fell backwards -- it headed in the general direction of Blu, Silenus and the third man. That vial would shatter upon the ground and instantly give birth to a raging vortex of fire (much like the one seen with Wander's fight). It was close enough to singe the face of Blu's latest target. Silenus stumbled and fell to the side, caught off guard by the sudden explosion. Unaliari had also halted to sheild her face from the sudden wave of heat. The only person who would probably enjoy this was Trunks.
Other flasks and vials had randomly shattered and cracked inside of the sack when thrown to the ground. On top of the usual effects, now potions were mingling. The leather bag began to disintigrate in a pool of slime that coated most of the vials. There was a faint blue mist that hovered just above the small pile. If they'd be safe to approach...only an alchemist would know...
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Post by Sakabatou on Oct 24, 2007 16:25:20 GMT -5
Blu watched as the vial careened from the kicked man's hand in his general direction, seemingly in slow motion. Only one thought went through his mind.
Why do I pay every time Trunks touches things?
The vial erupted into a flaming vortex, close enough to singe the face of the man Blu held, and the kanji mage's hands as well. Unfortunately for the former, he jerked instinctually and violently, sinking the needle into his own throat. Blu let the man go immediately and backed away, holding his hands up in a "totally not my fault" gesture, and hoping the black-haired boy hadn't seen exactly what happened. The body fell into the fire twister, burning quickly to charred bone and ash.
Blu looked at Rio, pointing his finger at Trunks. "Did you see what he did to that poor man? This is why I'm always telling him not to touch anything!"
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Post by Trunks on Oct 28, 2007 8:43:57 GMT -5
Trunks watched as the vial flew from the man's grip. The though of it exploding didn't cross his mind at all, and when it did he really wasn't too concerned. The vortex of fire was immense. At first, Trunks just stood and watched as it lifted into the air. Then he realized that he was the only one in this group that would be able to handle such heat.
With both his hands stretched out he tried to control the flames. It was a little more difficult because he hadn't created them. On top of that it was created from alchemy and not someone else. Which for some reason also added to the difficulty.
He wasn't really paying attention when Blu started pointing fingers at him for what he had done.
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Post by Trunks on Oct 28, 2007 8:50:34 GMT -5
Immediately, Rio's hand went up to shield his face from the intense flames. When his gaze returned to the man holding the other hostage he saw only the one who was doing the hostage holding. The hostage fell into the flames.
"Did you see what he did to that poor man? This is why I'm always telling him not to touch anything!"
The man didn't even get through his first sentence before Rio had thrown a handful of throwing stars at him. A man died needlessly and Rio wasn't having that today.
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Post by Dota on Oct 28, 2007 21:12:31 GMT -5
Unaliari managed to recover quickly from the initial shock of the heat. She continued her dash to the fallen Silenus and knelt down beside her to assess the damage. It didn’t seem the horse-girl had suffered much more than a few scrapes. Unaliari dug a dagger from the confines of her boot to sever the bonds holding Silenus. It was about this time that Trunks was containing the flames for the party. Unaliari looked up just in time to see Rio hurl a cluster of stars at the robed man. Clutching the dagger, she stood up to join the fight. Rio had previously been an ally and it seemed they’d be working together yet again. She could only hope this wouldn’t turn into a Wander situation. As she stood, Silenus grabbed the wrist of the hand that wielded the dagger and shook her head as if to say ‘don’t do this’. Unaliari hadn’t seen what Blu had done for her and Silenus, or she might have reconsidered. Instead, she took it to mean that Silenus feared for her safety. She patted Silenus’ hand reassuringly before gently pulling free.
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