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"I'M THE CONDUCTOR OF THE POOP TRAIN!" Krieg introduced himself.
"He has trouble with new people sometimes. I'm Maya, this is Krieg." Maya said, walking over to the giant psycho and putting her gloved hand on his arm. Close attention to Krieg's one visible eye would show he was smiling underneath his mask.
"He has trouble with new people sometimes. I'm Maya, this is Krieg." Maya said, walking over to the giant psycho and putting her gloved hand on his arm. Close attention to Krieg's one visible eye would show he was smiling underneath his mask.
Junkil breathed out in relief as the reinforced deck held up to the assault, but this did not last long. As the ship began to sink, he lamented, [color=000066]"What now?"[/color], before making his way over to the port side. He grasped the railing to steady himself as he closed his eyes and prepared his next move.
With a cloud of feathers, Nalyssa appeared inside an empty arena, before the feathers dissipated. She looked up from a feather that she held in her hands, only to see an unfamiliar place. "No, not again... Why is this happening? What have I done?" She said to herself, sounding louder and more distressed the longer she talked.
With a new arrival entering the arena, it was decided Au'kultz should be let out of its cage. It let out a sound that was akin to the call of a howler monkey, if it was run through a synthesiser and twisted, then was teleported from the stasis field, into the arena Nalyssa found herself in. Floating in place half a metre above the ground, the the abomination [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/540.401192.21770294] stared at Nalyssa, its seven - what would seem to be - eyes darting back and forth, up and down in her general direction. While Au'kultz couldn't see through Nalyssa's illusion, it did note she wasn't human, as it could see lifeforce, and hers didn't match that of Junkil's, or any of the other humans it had seen while in stasis.
Nalyssa stared with a tilted head at Au'kultz for a few seconds, confused that she could not sense a soul in this creature. Then, with a slight movement of her left arm, her left hand caught on fire, although she did not seem to be burned by it. "I do not know if you understand me, but please, leave me be. I do not wish to kill any more."
If Au'kultz understood Nalyssa, it didn't show it, remaining where it was and staying silent while looking Nalyssa over.
With both in place, and the steel bulkhead doors already being shut, the arena changed form; the ceiling and walls faded away, revealing clear blue skies. Then, the floor became a mixture of grassy soil and moss-covered rocks, followed by countless trees shot up from the ground, their roots spanning wide, and their branches interweaving, making a dense canopy that completely blocked out the sun in some places, while allowing for meagre rays to shine through in others. Where the ground wasn't covered in roots, ferns of various sizes now grew, leaving few spots of flat ground spread out over the area.
While the arena changed to become the rainforest, Au'kultz had become intangible, and sank through the ground.
With both in place, and the steel bulkhead doors already being shut, the arena changed form; the ceiling and walls faded away, revealing clear blue skies. Then, the floor became a mixture of grassy soil and moss-covered rocks, followed by countless trees shot up from the ground, their roots spanning wide, and their branches interweaving, making a dense canopy that completely blocked out the sun in some places, while allowing for meagre rays to shine through in others. Where the ground wasn't covered in roots, ferns of various sizes now grew, leaving few spots of flat ground spread out over the area.
While the arena changed to become the rainforest, Au'kultz had become intangible, and sank through the ground.
The demoness continued to dart around in the air freely, grinning a bit as the beam trailed behind her as she flit around. Seeing the fireball not burst, but be drained, she'd quirk an eyebrow once again. [color=bb0066] "You're quite the oddity, miss. I don't see much coherence with your abilities..." [/color] Carmen had stated, adopting a temporary look of actual inspection of the woman. She seemed not to have made a comment in regard to what Timea had said either. As she continued to simply look Timea over, she'd blink before giggling and applauding as the wings were brought out. As such, the flashes of light made Carmen cover her eyes in surprise.
Despite her vision being flooded with white, she didn't seem to notice, but Timea seemed to be developing a pattern of stun to attack. [color=bb0066] Seeing that to be the case... would it be physical or another one of those beams? [/color] The demon thought as she simply decided to expend a level of her circle to create a barrier in front of her, much stronger than one would expect from how it looked. Hopefully, it'd at least keep her safe.
Despite her vision being flooded with white, she didn't seem to notice, but Timea seemed to be developing a pattern of stun to attack. [color=bb0066] Seeing that to be the case... would it be physical or another one of those beams? [/color] The demon thought as she simply decided to expend a level of her circle to create a barrier in front of her, much stronger than one would expect from how it looked. Hopefully, it'd at least keep her safe.
Nalyssa began to panic as the arena changed, and seeing Au'kultz sink into the ground did not help. "No, stay away! STAY AWAY!" she yelled, unaware that she had dispelled her illusion, revealing her true form as a disfigured, somewhat human-shaped mass of bones and some black substance. Only her ivory crown seemed to be real.
She held her right hand out to the side, and swirls of darkness began to form a long scythe in her hand. "Don't make me do this..." she begged, though she assumed a combat stance with her pyromancy flame hand held forward.
She held her right hand out to the side, and swirls of darkness began to form a long scythe in her hand. "Don't make me do this..." she begged, though she assumed a combat stance with her pyromancy flame hand held forward.
Looking Timea over, Carmen would note she had an athletic build, with a moderate amount of fat. She had a focused look to her, that only mildly showed her irritation at the situation. Furthermore, before being blinded, Carmen might notice Timea's hair and dress seemed too still with how she flew into the air, and that the lack of a tearing noise when Timea's wings emerged, while her dress wasn't open back.
Timea didn't respond to Carmen's comment, lest her voice give away her location prematurely. For the same reason, she didn't flap her wings while moving towards Carmen, going into a glide.
Seeing Carmen raise the barrier, Timea pulled her left arm far back, deciding not to try and go around it, but rather straight through. When close to Carmen, Timea finally flapped her wings again for a burst of speed, while swept her arm forwards, aiming to slam into the barrier with her forearm, and clothesline Carmen in the stomach region if she managed to break through. The blow would carry enough force to put a sizeable dent in a block of iron.
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After sinking through the ground, Au'kultz would move to the ground behind Nalyssa, but stay underground for a minute longer, aiming to confuse Nalyssa whether or not it had decided to simply leave. After this minute, Au'kultz silently rose from the ground behind Nalyssa - moving with her if she had turned around - then turned physical again.
It thrust its tail at Nalyssa's lower back, the stinger glowing green as it turned quasi-physical. Unless evaded, the stinger would bypass whatever armour or other physical defences Nalyssa might have, and start to drain her life force. For every second this went on, Nalyssa would physically age ten years.
Timea didn't respond to Carmen's comment, lest her voice give away her location prematurely. For the same reason, she didn't flap her wings while moving towards Carmen, going into a glide.
Seeing Carmen raise the barrier, Timea pulled her left arm far back, deciding not to try and go around it, but rather straight through. When close to Carmen, Timea finally flapped her wings again for a burst of speed, while swept her arm forwards, aiming to slam into the barrier with her forearm, and clothesline Carmen in the stomach region if she managed to break through. The blow would carry enough force to put a sizeable dent in a block of iron.
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After sinking through the ground, Au'kultz would move to the ground behind Nalyssa, but stay underground for a minute longer, aiming to confuse Nalyssa whether or not it had decided to simply leave. After this minute, Au'kultz silently rose from the ground behind Nalyssa - moving with her if she had turned around - then turned physical again.
It thrust its tail at Nalyssa's lower back, the stinger glowing green as it turned quasi-physical. Unless evaded, the stinger would bypass whatever armour or other physical defences Nalyssa might have, and start to drain her life force. For every second this went on, Nalyssa would physically age ten years.
With her eyes covered up, Carmen had a bit more time to mull over what was seen. Odd was barely the word for what Timea had been exhibiting. [color=bb0066] It might be a botched illusion... or something to that end.... I'm surprised that she hadn't thought it over. I can't really think of anything else... But still, what's underneath the mask, I wonder. Those eyes of hers... didn't seem like the sort of thing that a faker would put the effort of showing though. ...Perhaps I'm simply wrong though. [/color]
With not having focused nearly as much as she should have, Timea's arm impacted onto the barrier. It resisted for a good moment before breaking through and impacting with the demoness' exposed midriff with an audible thud. Despite the impact, Carmen seemed to be holding that gaze of contemplation on her face, even after the impact send her into the sand like a meteor. As she slammed down, sand kicked up around her. Timea would notice a faint bit of black blood exit Carmen's mouth before she made contact with the ground. Regardless, she seemed to simply let herself lay on the warm sands afterward, still thinking as the magic circle underneath her began to reform the second level of the circle. [color=bb0066] Odd.... Oddoddoddoddodd.... [/color]
With not having focused nearly as much as she should have, Timea's arm impacted onto the barrier. It resisted for a good moment before breaking through and impacting with the demoness' exposed midriff with an audible thud. Despite the impact, Carmen seemed to be holding that gaze of contemplation on her face, even after the impact send her into the sand like a meteor. As she slammed down, sand kicked up around her. Timea would notice a faint bit of black blood exit Carmen's mouth before she made contact with the ground. Regardless, she seemed to simply let herself lay on the warm sands afterward, still thinking as the magic circle underneath her began to reform the second level of the circle. [color=bb0066] Odd.... Oddoddoddoddodd.... [/color]
Nalyssa did turn slowly before Au-kultz attacked, but it could easily stay behind her.
Nalyssa let out an ear-piercing shriek as the stinger impaled her, but besides any physical wound it might leave, it would not have much effect, as Nalyssa does not age, and has an incredibly powerful soul. If the stinger drained some of her soul, Al-kultz would find that it was dark, basically the opposite of any human life force, and thus toxic to anything with a normal soul.
In retaliation, she quickly turned around and swung the scythe horizontally towards the monster, holding it at an angle so that the blade would hit it from it's back right side. She was no faster than an average person, and would be left open if the attack did not connect.
Nalyssa let out an ear-piercing shriek as the stinger impaled her, but besides any physical wound it might leave, it would not have much effect, as Nalyssa does not age, and has an incredibly powerful soul. If the stinger drained some of her soul, Al-kultz would find that it was dark, basically the opposite of any human life force, and thus toxic to anything with a normal soul.
In retaliation, she quickly turned around and swung the scythe horizontally towards the monster, holding it at an angle so that the blade would hit it from it's back right side. She was no faster than an average person, and would be left open if the attack did not connect.
Breaking through the barrier and knocking Carmen out of the sky, Timea spun around in the air, her impacting with an object exercising an equal effect on her own stability. She was quick to help this, however, choosing to form bat-like wings as it allowed her to raise and lower individual fingers, changing the shape of the wing and catching the air differently, offering a great amount of control. Even if it didn't look very graceful.
Once she had steadied herself out, Timea looked down on Carmen, noting the black blood dripping from her mouth, which puzzled her for a variety of reasons. She didn't let the thoughts sidetrack her, however, noting Carmen wasn't looking like she was out for the count, indicated by her expression, and presumably, breathing.
Not wanting to give her opponent time to recover, Timea went into a dive towards Carmen, and as she did, opened her mouth and fired another entropy beam at her. While where the beam might hit a target wouldn't change how a target was affected, Timea aimed for Carmen's chest, as that was the part of her body that had the most... surface area to it, making it the least difficult to hit.
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Noting Nalyssa's life force pool didn't decrease as it drained her, Au'kultz began thinking if it could incapacitate her, while keeping her alive to serve as an all-you-can-eat buffet. While it thought this, Au'kultz didn't fully take its mind away from the battle, and with its large field of vision, saw Nalyssa position her arms and raise the scythe.
As the swung at Au'kultz, it "jumped" through space, appearing roughly two metres away from Nalyssa's right, while leaving an afterimage that would remain a second where it had been before. With its tail no longer inside Nalyssa, it would become apparent no wound was left, as a result of the stinger bypassing physical matter.
From its new position, Au'kultz made a gurgling noise, then sprayed 500 millilitres worth of brown liquid from the pores in its "ribcage", at Nalyssa's shoulders. The liquid would rot organic matter, and corrode inorganic matter at arate of 1 gramme, per 25 millilitres.
Once she had steadied herself out, Timea looked down on Carmen, noting the black blood dripping from her mouth, which puzzled her for a variety of reasons. She didn't let the thoughts sidetrack her, however, noting Carmen wasn't looking like she was out for the count, indicated by her expression, and presumably, breathing.
Not wanting to give her opponent time to recover, Timea went into a dive towards Carmen, and as she did, opened her mouth and fired another entropy beam at her. While where the beam might hit a target wouldn't change how a target was affected, Timea aimed for Carmen's chest, as that was the part of her body that had the most... surface area to it, making it the least difficult to hit.
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Noting Nalyssa's life force pool didn't decrease as it drained her, Au'kultz began thinking if it could incapacitate her, while keeping her alive to serve as an all-you-can-eat buffet. While it thought this, Au'kultz didn't fully take its mind away from the battle, and with its large field of vision, saw Nalyssa position her arms and raise the scythe.
As the swung at Au'kultz, it "jumped" through space, appearing roughly two metres away from Nalyssa's right, while leaving an afterimage that would remain a second where it had been before. With its tail no longer inside Nalyssa, it would become apparent no wound was left, as a result of the stinger bypassing physical matter.
From its new position, Au'kultz made a gurgling noise, then sprayed 500 millilitres worth of brown liquid from the pores in its "ribcage", at Nalyssa's shoulders. The liquid would rot organic matter, and corrode inorganic matter at arate of 1 gramme, per 25 millilitres.
The demoness continued to stare toward Timea as the woman's odd changing of form continued to intrigue her. She hadn't seen something like this before. What was this feeling she was beginning to have? ...Was this 'confusion'? It had been a while since the silver haired succubus had really been stumped by something. It was troubling her a bit more... All of her years, she'd never really noticed something like this. It puzzled her... no anger at not knowing what it was, just confusion.
Still, even with this confusion, she noticed the woman diving and opening her mouth once more. While Carmen should likely have expected the screech or the bright lights, she figured that Timea was simply going to try to swoop in and bite her to bits. Obviously, she wasn't going to be having any of that. The remaining circle underneath her glowed as she pointed her dagger straight toward the mouth and oncoming beam.
[color=bb0066] "Blood and pain brings all to light. 7th Circle: Violence!" [/color] From the tip of the dagger came a wild and notably large burst of demonic energy. While that ball of red and black energy would normally hurt like being hit by 3 shotguns up close, the beam would certainly take its toll on it before it made its way toward the diving... thing. [color=bb0066] "Oh dear, don't aim towards my chest. I understand why, but I'd certainly appreciate you not trying to bring harm to my assets." [/color] She'd say, oddly serious given how she had been earlier, as she began to stand up in the small crater the impact had created.
Still, even with this confusion, she noticed the woman diving and opening her mouth once more. While Carmen should likely have expected the screech or the bright lights, she figured that Timea was simply going to try to swoop in and bite her to bits. Obviously, she wasn't going to be having any of that. The remaining circle underneath her glowed as she pointed her dagger straight toward the mouth and oncoming beam.
[color=bb0066] "Blood and pain brings all to light. 7th Circle: Violence!" [/color] From the tip of the dagger came a wild and notably large burst of demonic energy. While that ball of red and black energy would normally hurt like being hit by 3 shotguns up close, the beam would certainly take its toll on it before it made its way toward the diving... thing. [color=bb0066] "Oh dear, don't aim towards my chest. I understand why, but I'd certainly appreciate you not trying to bring harm to my assets." [/color] She'd say, oddly serious given how she had been earlier, as she began to stand up in the small crater the impact had created.
While the beam could drain all forms of natural energy, purely magical energy, it couldn't sap. The Violence spell lost some kinetic energy in contact with Timea's beam, but kept going. Seeing this, Timea's eyes widened momentarily, then were squeezed shut. Knowing she wouldn't have a chance to evade the projectile at the distance, rather then try and evade the ball, Timea tilted her head forwards. Upon being struck, rather then have her head blown of like Carmen might expect, Timea let out an inhuman snarl as skin and some amount of muscle tissue was blasted away.
Dazed by the hit, Timea couldn't slow her descend, and continued falling, but did so towards Carmen. If she didn't get out of the way quick enough, the 8.8-tonne woman would land on top of her.
Dazed by the hit, Timea couldn't slow her descend, and continued falling, but did so towards Carmen. If she didn't get out of the way quick enough, the 8.8-tonne woman would land on top of her.
Nalyssa was left slightly confused at the copy, unsure if her attack had connected. She screamed again when the acid was sprayed on her, and it began to eat into her or whatever the term is. The Ivory Crown she wore slowly healed her wounds, but not nearly as fast as the acid burned.
In a sudden reaction to the pain, Nalyssa extended her burning hand towards Au-kultz, shooting a fireball that would make a small explosion with a radius of about half a meter on impact with whatever it hit.
In a sudden reaction to the pain, Nalyssa extended her burning hand towards Au-kultz, shooting a fireball that would make a small explosion with a radius of about half a meter on impact with whatever it hit.
Carmen would blink a bit, sighing a bit as this next exchange only served to deepen her confusion. The beam couldn't drain her spell? Well, file that away for later, she'd suppose. The noise of pain caused the succubus to brighten up a bit, just like a child just receiving a brand new toy to play with. Looking up, she noticed the woman falling down toward her... and rather quickly at that. Already on her feet now, the demoness hopped to the side and casually looked as Timea made impact much like she had. Only that standing so close to the impact of something so heavy would cause the impact to launch Carmen into the air. This time, there was a yelp of surprise coming from her as she kicked in the air before remembering that there were those wings on her back.
A couple of rushed and panicked flaps would be all that was needed to get Carmen right back up to normal position. As she hovered above, she looked downward. [color=bb0066] "...A quick question... What exactly are you, dear? I just can't wrap my head around it. I'd be willing to throw this match just to know... honestly." [/color] The silver haired woman asked, wondering if Timea would even hear after hitting the ground. Somehow, Carmen wasn't going to even question if the woman was alive or not... That spell surely couldn't have been enough.
A couple of rushed and panicked flaps would be all that was needed to get Carmen right back up to normal position. As she hovered above, she looked downward. [color=bb0066] "...A quick question... What exactly are you, dear? I just can't wrap my head around it. I'd be willing to throw this match just to know... honestly." [/color] The silver haired woman asked, wondering if Timea would even hear after hitting the ground. Somehow, Carmen wasn't going to even question if the woman was alive or not... That spell surely couldn't have been enough.
Seeing Nalyssa extend her burning hand towards it, Au'kultz made an educated guess as to what would be coming, and turned intangible again as the fireball was launched, turning into a semitransparent and featureless green version of itself. The fireball passed through Au'kultz and impacted against the tree behind, leaving a large scorch mark.
While it would normally sink through an obstruction to go for a surprise attack, Au'kultz noted Nalyssa began to heal her rotting flesh and/or corroding bone mass, and so decided to keep up the attack to prevent her from recovering completely. Becoming physical again, Au'kultz let out another gurgling noise - likely cluing Nalyssa in to what was coming - and sprayed another 500 millilitres at Nalyssa's shoulders, at roughly the same area its fluids had hit earlier.
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As Timea hit the ground, the crater became an even larger crater, a large cloud of sand being thrown into the air. Carmen would find that Timea was still alive, her powerful soul still burning strongly.
For a time, Timea laid still, indeed not registering Carmen's words as she recovered from being struck with large force, then belly flopping onto the ground, hard. Letting out a pained groan, Timea pushed herself off the ground, shaking her head. Noting the dust cloud surrounding her, Timea decided to make the best out of the situation and stay inside it for cover, not knowing about Carmen's second sight would negate that would-be advantage.
Sniffing the air, doing so lightly so to not inhale sand, Timea tracked Carmen's position via scent. Her sense of smell was extremely keen, and she could pick up and fresh and presumably unusual-smelling blood dripping from Carmen.
Once she had found her mark, Timea opened her mouth, and fired a bolt of electricity at Carmen with reasonable but not pinpoint accuracy. The bolt would carry about as much power as a strong taser.
While it would normally sink through an obstruction to go for a surprise attack, Au'kultz noted Nalyssa began to heal her rotting flesh and/or corroding bone mass, and so decided to keep up the attack to prevent her from recovering completely. Becoming physical again, Au'kultz let out another gurgling noise - likely cluing Nalyssa in to what was coming - and sprayed another 500 millilitres at Nalyssa's shoulders, at roughly the same area its fluids had hit earlier.
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As Timea hit the ground, the crater became an even larger crater, a large cloud of sand being thrown into the air. Carmen would find that Timea was still alive, her powerful soul still burning strongly.
For a time, Timea laid still, indeed not registering Carmen's words as she recovered from being struck with large force, then belly flopping onto the ground, hard. Letting out a pained groan, Timea pushed herself off the ground, shaking her head. Noting the dust cloud surrounding her, Timea decided to make the best out of the situation and stay inside it for cover, not knowing about Carmen's second sight would negate that would-be advantage.
Sniffing the air, doing so lightly so to not inhale sand, Timea tracked Carmen's position via scent. Her sense of smell was extremely keen, and she could pick up and fresh and presumably unusual-smelling blood dripping from Carmen.
Once she had found her mark, Timea opened her mouth, and fired a bolt of electricity at Carmen with reasonable but not pinpoint accuracy. The bolt would carry about as much power as a strong taser.