Stars of Cinder • RP Thread (ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

Adrian didn't falter even as she kicked his shoulder, her attack denting his armor hard, but not at all affecting Adrian as he began pressing her with sword slashes, charging forward to force her to constantly dodge and teleport as he kept their gazes locked, his movements slowly becoming more efficient and less sloppy, not because he was getting any better, but because he was slowly matching her ability to avoid him as he then tried to slam into her with the flat part of Dragon Slayer, increasing the width back to normal.

Charlotte quickly landed on the ground, stepping backward as she avoided his slash by mere inches. But she had learned from her fight with Kentoria, she wouldn't let Adrian catch her on the defensive. Using her strange footwork, she quickly slid on the ground, using her vector manipulation to instantly accelerate herself as she circled to Adrain's side, avoiding the last sword slash. Raising both hands, she began to unleash a barrage of strikes onto the man's body, using her vector manipulation to repeatedly alter and redirect the direction and speed of her strikes. The rapidly shifting directions made them nearly impossible to predict or guard against as they pummeled his head and torso.

 

[azontr]

Adrian altered his direction mid-swing with unnatural footwork, shifting around once again to use the flat part of the Dragon Slayer to block all of her strikes, taking some glancing blows as she didn't even dent the blade, using its durability to his advantage to try and hurt her fists as he let himself get put on the defensive for now.

 

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

Adrian altered his direction mid-swing with unnatural footwork, shifting around once again to use the flat part of the Dragon Slayer to block all of her strikes, taking some glancing blows as she didn't even dent the blade, using its durability to his advantage to try and hurt her fists as he let himself get put on the defensive for now.

Charlotte grimaced, feeling her fists creak slightly as she slammed against the ultra-durable material of the sword, but she was far from discouraged. Reaching into her pocket, she gripped her gun tightly, the weapon quickly morphing into a gauntlet as she revealed Pheobe's Fist. The durable weapon serving to protect her right fist from further damage. Using her footwork, she slid backward, aiming Phoebe's fist and launching several bullets on either side of Adrain, purposely missing the man as she continued to fire. As the bullets were flying, however, they instantly redirected themselves with a burst of air, now traveling toward's Adrian's back as the bullets rapidly altered their own direction.

Knowing Adrain would likely be skilled enough to block this attack, Charlotte would simultaneously rapidly close the distance between them, launching a vicious uppercut towards his chin while he was focused on the bullets, if successful.

 

[azontr]

Adrian, surprisingly, didn't try to dodge. Instead, with a violent burst of power, he charged into Charlotte once more as she uppercutted, tilting his head up just enough to narrowly avoid the strike as the strength from his dash slammed the flat part of Dragon Slayer into her, sending her flying back if it hit. Even if it didn't, Adrian's raw strength, which shattered the ground beneath him as he dashed towards her, created air pressure that threw the bullets way off course just as they were traveling towards him, Adrian figuring out they were using air to bounce.

"Clever weapon..." He thought to himself.

 

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

Adrian, surprisingly, didn't try to dodge. Instead, with a violent burst of power, he charged into Charlotte once more as she uppercutted, tilting his head up just enough to narrowly avoid the strike as the strength from his dash slammed the flat part of Dragon Slayer into her, sending her flying back if it hit. Even if it didn't, Adrian's raw strength, which shattered the ground beneath him as he dashed towards her, created air pressure that threw the bullets way off course just as they were traveling towards him, Adrian figuring out they were using air to bounce.

"Clever weapon..." He thought to himself.

Charlotte was caught off guard by the sudden burst of strength, surprised that he deflected her bullets. Immediately as he charged into her, Charlotte ducked, unleashing a vicious low kick towards the man's legs as she drastically increased the momentum of her strike, hoping to use the force of her kick combined with his own forward momentum to knock him off balance.

 

[azontr]

Adrian continued to charge forward, meeting her kick with a kick of his own that would serve to stun her both due to his armor and his strength and also due to their forward momentum colliding, Adrian making Dragon Slayer shorter and thinner, reducing its length to 7 ft and it's thickness by 3 inches once more as he brought the flat part down on her at increased speeds, using the flat part as he didn't wanna actually cut her in half or something, though not being able to go for killing blows in this spar made it so that he couldn't use his full strength or any of his items, so that annoyed him visibly.

 

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

At the last second, Charlotte teleported a foot behind Adrian, rolling on the ground before getting to her feet, her leg trembling slightly as the force briefly shook her balance. Not letting the blow slow her down, however, she stood upright, before beginning to rapidly punch the air, as if she was shadowboxing. However, these strange movements had a purpose, as Adrian could see a large volume of shockwaves vibrating through space towards him, each shockwave carrying all of the force of the blow itself as they flew towards his chest and head.

 

[azontr]

Adrian created some distance purposely as soon as he saw her teleport out of his vision, assuming she was behind him as he dashed forward to create some distance, swiftly turning around with blinding speed and slashing at the air with Dragon Slayer, sending a large and violent shockwave that would serve to block her own shockwaves, and then sending another one by swiftly spinning around and slashing at the air to create an Omni-directional shockwave that, increase Dragon Slayer's thickness back to normal and it's length up to the max, 10 ft, which tore at the ground and created a circular crater with merely the shockwave he sent out, the increased length and width serving to increase the shockwave's power.

 

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

The moment Adrain created the shockwave, Charlotte dashed towards it, immediately teleporting a foot forward as the shockwave flew behind her, working to both dodge the attack and help her close the distance. Continuing her forward charge, she suddenly shifted her direction, dashing to his side while fully maintaining her momentum. Raising one hand, she unleashed quick strike toward his arm. However, before it could hit, she redirected the strike, using her momentum manipulation to maintain its speed as she shifted it into a right hook aimed at his jaw.

 

[azontr]

Adrian raised Dragon Slayer up last-minute, their gazes still locked as he narrowly followed where she was going to go with her attack and used the flat part of Dragon Slayer to block the right hook, pushing forward as soon as her fist connected with Dragon Slayer to harm her fist in the process as he kicked off the ground once more to keep damaging her fist before she could dodge or teleport away.

 

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

Charlotte's fist would have certainly gotten injured, had she struck him bare-handed. However, her right hand was still wrapped within Phoebe Fist, The durable gauntlet managing to protect her fist from most of the damage. Swerving her body downward, she crouched, before rapidly jumping upward, unleashing a vicious upward punch toward his torso as she did so. She masterfully positioned her body so that her fist would strike deep into his liver if it hit, hoping to daze him with a liver shot.

 

[azontr]

Adrian violently twisted his body around in a burst of strength, the flat part of Dragon Slayer crashing against her fist and creating a shockwave that Adrian purposely used to reverberate through the gauntlet and damage her fist from the inside while also chipping away at the gauntlet's durability, keeping their gazes locked so he could predict her predictions while also using his superior strength to make explosive movements like that at the last moment.

 

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

Adrian violently twisted his body around in a burst of strength, the flat part of Dragon Slayer crashing against her fist and creating a shockwave that Adrian purposely used to reverberate through the gauntlet and damage her fist from the inside while also chipping away at the gauntlet's durability, keeping their gazes locked so he could predict her predictions while also using his superior strength to make explosive movements like that at the last moment.

The moment Adrain twisted his body, Charlotte used her vector manipulation for a quick burst of acceleration, quickly moving her fist backward as Dragon Slayer missed the weapon by mere inches, the shockwave passing over Charlotte's head. Immediately she rolled onto the ground, using her footwork to slide towards him again as she launched a punch aimed at his head. However, at the last moment, she seemingly disappeared, using her vector manipulation to boost her speed as she moved into his blindspot, delivering a vicious kick towards the back of his leg.

 

[azontr]

Adrian, as straight-forward as ever, simply lifted his leg and met her kick with a kick as well, immediately noticing where she had teleported and trying to crush her leg while twisting around once more in another burst of insane power, boosting himself forward with the shockwaves and allowing the sheer weight of the blade to carry him, further increasing his spam as he attempted to crash into her right fist as well to further damage her weapon and her fist.

 

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

Charlotte used her vector manipulation to quickly direct her foot away from the crushing blow, placing her hand onto the ground and grabbing at the dirt below her. She suddenly flipped backward, the sword falling short of reaching her fist as she quickly regained her footing. Instantly, she was on the offensive again, rushing towards Adrain and aiming another punch at the man's face. At the last moment however, she unclenched her fist, throwing dirt into Adrain's eyes in an attempt to blind him. Should this be successful, she would immediately launch a quick jab toward his hand, perfectly positioning the strike so that the force would travel into his body, breaking the bones in his hand if successful.

 

[azontr]

"Bastard..." Adrian thought to himself as she threw dirt into his eyes, not at all hindered by this, but annoyed by it as he met her offense with offense, rapidly changing the shape and geometry of Dragon Slayer once more and hitting her hand away with the flat part of the blade before she could hit his own hand, knocking her away as he dashed behind her, then to the side, then back in front of her again, focusing on shifting the length of the blade so he could pelt her with attacks from all directions within a range of 10 ft, knowing that a simple straight-forward approach wouldn't be nearly enough to take someone like her out.

 

[DaReaperMan]

(Fell asleep, sorry.)

Olorin opened the door, bowing to the masked man before finding a chair to sit down on

"What will the area be for handling Zodd?" She asked

 

[azontr]

(Fell asleep, sorry.)

Olorin opened the door, bowing to the masked man before finding a chair to sit down on

"What will the area be for handling Zodd?" She asked

(It's fine.)

"Somewhere with a decent amount of people so that it isn't too obvious we'll be using Elis as bait..." The Masked Man said, "If she's alone it'll be obvious we're trying to trap him."

 

[DaReaperMan]

(It's fine.)

"Somewhere with a decent amount of people so that it isn't too obvious we'll be using Elis as bait..." The Masked Man said, "If she's alone it'll be obvious we're trying to trap him."

Olorin nodded, stopping herself from trembling "then I'll try to set something up so we can keep the people safe..." Olorin murmured, not liking just throwing lives away at all

 

[azontr]

"Heh, I had an evacuation plan already, Ms. Light..."

The man merely snickered, his only revealed eye seemingly filled with joy and curiosity as he wrote in his book, curiosity most of all.

"Do you have anything else you'd wish to discuss, Ms. Light...?"

 

[DaReaperMan]

Olorin shuddered a bit "How hard to kill will Zodd be?" Olorin asked, beginning to stand up

 

[azontr]

Olorin shuddered a bit "How hard to kill will Zodd be?" Olorin asked, beginning to stand up

"Killing Zodd? Oh, with the right plan, that won't be an issue, so long as he doesn't expect our trap... Ms. Elis during our last fight could use her lightning to stun his transformation... If anything, using her as bait during this time will be the most crucial. If she can stun him once again, with you around, and with Timcanpy's enhanced plasma weapon, defeating Zodd should be a piece of cake... assuming everything goes according to plan." The Masked Man explained, leaning back in his chair.

 

[DaReaperMan]

"I'd need to figure something out, but it's just... anything I could use myself has a chance of backfiring on the team..." Olorin murmured, running a scan of the hotel so she could find elis and prep there

 

[azontr]

Elis was in her room, her own arms wrapped around herself as she slipped in a puddle of her own blood, Timcanpy supporting her. Various runes were laced across her skin and clones, each flashing with green energy as she sat back down, the runes disappearing.

"For now, go look after your future catch, Ms. Light. We can't have her injuring herself, now..." The Masked Man said.

 

[DaReaperMan]

"M-me???" Olorin murmured, teleporting to Elis's door and knocking, getting her own materials ready to begin prepping

 

[azontr]

"H-Huh? Who's there?" Elis asked, dropping the sound-proof material on her walls, immediately removing the blood from her face, her clothes, and the surrounding bed and floor.

 

[The_man_with_the_Midas_touch]

"Bastard..." Adrian thought to himself as she threw dirt into his eyes, not at all hindered by this, but annoyed by it as he met her offense with offense, rapidly changing the shape and geometry of Dragon Slayer once more and hitting her hand away with the flat part of the blade before she could hit his own hand, knocking her away as he dashed behind her, then to the side, then back in front of her again, focusing on shifting the length of the blade so he could pelt her with attacks from all directions within a range of 10 ft, knowing that a simple straight-forward approach wouldn't be nearly enough to take someone like her out.

Charlotte did something strange. While Dragon Slayer was hurtling towards her...she closed her eyes completely. Shutting off her sight to the world at large and focusing only on the world of geometric shapes, angles, and directions. She had realized that Adrain was only picking up on her predictions because he was picking up on the visual information she was giving off. Her positioning, her body language, and, most importantly, her own eye movements. Because of this, she minimized her movements. Standing extremely still, she suddenly lurched forward, her elbow slamming against the side of Dragonslayer as she knocked it off course. Immediately afterward, she stuck out her hand, teleportation a large piece of rubble from the tower into her hand as she viciously slammed it against his skull, using the improvised weapon to damage his head if successful.

 

[DaReaperMan]

"H-Huh? Who's there?" Elis asked, dropping the sound-proof material on her walls, immediately removing the blood from her face, her clothes, and the surrounding bed and floor.

"It's either here or my ship I prepare... it's me..." Olorin said, sensing something could be wrong

 

[azontr]

Charlotte did something strange. While Dragon Slayer was hurtling towards her...she closed her eyes completely. Shutting off her sight to the world at large and focusing only on the world of geometric shapes, angles, and directions. She had realized that Adrain was only picking up on her predictions because he was picking up on the visual information she was giving off. Her positioning, her body language, and, most importantly, her own eye movements. Because of this, she minimized her movements. Standing extremely still, she suddenly lurched forward, her elbow slamming against the side of Dragonslayer as she knocked it off course. Immediately afterward, she stuck out her hand, teleportation a large piece of rubble from the tower into her hand as she viciously slammed it against his skull, using the improvised weapon to damage his head if successful.

"Clever..." Despite her attempts to redirect Dragon Slayer, Adrian did not back down, and with narrow space to spare, he twisted the blade to its sharp end to avoid her hitting the side, then twisted it back around to the flat end to smack into her, which would prevent her from teleporting if successful. He immediately knew that she had figured him out, but, that was fine. He'd gotten all the information he needed from her. She relied on geometrical shapes, and her awareness of space to predict attacks, and it was obvious he couldn't predict that... But, after reading her movements for this long, he tried to minorly copy the technique, in a way. He sharpened his senses to the max, increased his awareness of his surroundings as best he could, all so he could mimic her predictions to the best of his ability, which, well, wasn't at all very good, but, if it allowed him to close the gap in their skills even for a second, it'd show that Adrian's next flurry of slashes had become much faster as he used the information he'd previously gotten on her spatial prediction to continue keeping up with her, even if mimicking the technique was impossible, he could improvise as best he could in the situation, continuing to hit her with a flurry of slashes that become far harder to properly avoid.

"It's either here or my ship I prepare... it's me..." Olorin said, sensing something could be wrong

Elis telekinetically opened the door, smiling at Olorin. "Come in, then... I was just in the process of... ha... preparing to."

 

[DaReaperMan]

"What were you doing that was causing you pain...?" Olorin asked, idly tinkering with the scraps to set up a chestplate

 

[azontr]

"What makes it seem like I was in pain...?" Elis asked, ceasing her enchantment layering as she watched Olorin prepare.

 

[DaReaperMan]

"Your breathing is a bit unstable, and you cleaned something up before I came in." Olorin said, finishing the chest plate and running a scan on it to check for any structural issues

 

[azontr]

"Uh... Well... I was just enchanting my body, specifically, my resistance enchantments were breaking down a bit from stress, so I was trying to fix and layer them." Elis said, simply watching Olorin prepare as she didn't wanna significantly hurt herself again in front of her.

 

[DaReaperMan]

Olorin put the chestplate to the side, making a different type of bot, which was small, compact, but had a green light to one side, which Olorin tossed into the air to float

"When you need it to heal, just say "heal", okay...?" Olorin said, turning away to tinker with the chestplate some more

 

[azontr]

"I mean, I can heal myself, Olorin..." Elis murmured, nodding in appreciation regardless as she continued to prepare, continuing to layer her enchantments which she seemed to be doing in a less reckless manner now, but she did occasionally cough up some blood here and there.

 

[DaReaperMan]

Olorin flinched each time Elis coughed blood, finishing up on the machine she was making and showing it off to Elis

"I call this a Dragoon...!"

 

[azontr]

"Ooooh...!" Elis was clearly impressed, "What does it do?"

 

[DaReaperMan]

"We'd have to enter the training area to test it safely." Olorin said, seeming happy, opening a holographic map and setting up a teleport for all of them there

 

[azontr]

"Alright!" Elis said with a smile, Timcanpy switching to golem form and plopping herself on top of Elis's head, who went over to grip Olorin's hand with a smile, partially distracted from the fact that she was going to be bait.

 

[DaReaperMan]

Olorin teleported them all in a flash of orange energy to the training room

"Can you have Timcanpy transform into human form?" Olorin said, speaking with some confidence now as Talandar teleported to them in a similar flash of orange light