"I hope for his sake the Kraken doesn't know enough to chew," Starfall wondered aloud.
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"I hope for his sake the Kraken doesn't know enough to chew," Starfall wondered aloud.
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Starfall's comment had little validity, as the kraken's jaw was the first thing to freeze.
Sufficiently recovered, After-Image remanifasted laying down a wide field of nether energy that slowed and weakend the Kraken as it tried to bring the beast into the afterlife. After-Image smiled slightly as she then directly focused her power into the Kraken, sapping it's strength and blinding it.
((Tar patch and Darkenst Night))
Her imediate work done, she sent bursts of sound at the monster, each one doing minimal harm, but the harmonics weakened it's structure for a moment.
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Heroes
When in danger, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout.
The sewers suddenly were crawling with a squad of 6 zombies. No not Vahzilok, these ones had on medieval armor. Grave Knights and two liches followed and then came the dark and brooding leader.
"The Hydra will not stop me, ATTACK!"
Darkvapor smiled. His black robes, two black beady red glowing eyes, and his hood covered his black form. The being of total darkness sent his men in and the zombies and Knights quickly cut down the remaining Hyda.
Meanwhile the trolls soon found a new playmate.
"Hi boys."
A very attractive red haired female in a red and black leather costume landed in front of them. Quickly she froze their feet and let them stand there.
"You two are really dense." She smiled as her hands glowed from the fire that was now there. "Now, are you gonna give up, or do I have to beat you senseless?"
((I doubt there would be just two trolls remaining from the gang that busted into the warehouse. 
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Hotaka smiled as the Kraken froze, slowly but surely, hos oins keeping the thing from regenerating for now.
He nodded to Katashi, who nodded back before charging in, taking Waziri's place.
The second Jounin's powerful blows of the martial arts shattered into the Kraken, doing much more damage then the masamune's slicing could have.
With all the effors pouring inot the Kreaken, it went down soon after, spluttering to the ground and shatterng into a million pieces.
"Well, that's that." Hotaka smiled, looking at the heroes, though he made sure to keep the rim of his coolie below his eyes.
He didn't want them to see he had no pupils quite yet...
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((Sigh...I guess MissDemeanor really did leave. 
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One of the detectives didn't go for cover, instead lurching for the grenade.
With a kick that would have made any proessional soccer player proud, he sent the thing sailing off into a dumpster, blowing the large trashcan to pieces spectacularly...
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The Tanker ekpt taunting Pain Killah as the Eagles took off, firing from the tech store's roof and from mid-air.
He may have been unable to tangle with the big boys himself, but with a ood support squad, the Warden was a force to be reckoned with.
Especially as he wound up a KO Blow...
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
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((I guess so. Misunderstanding between 'godmoding' and 'plot advancement'.))
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Heroes
When in danger, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout.
As the kraken turned into krakenpops, Ryuji and his group moved on.
Meanwhile, El Guapo Grande had dealt with his kraken in a very similar way. Except it involved fire, not ice, and stomach acid.
Needless to say the glorious El Guapo Grande was without clothes now...except his mask.
((Yeah, uh, there are like, fifteen Trolls. Prikker and Snikker are just the bosses.))
"Hawr." One grunted just before Prikker flung up a huge barrage of thorns to impale the woman.
Most of the Trolls easily broke their icy holds and bum-rushed her, pummeling her and firing their guns as quickly as they could.
She quickly took flight, trying to escape the trolls. Several thorns nicked her as she did so.
Quickly she fired a fireball into the center of the group of trolls, then swooped dwon, grabbing Snikker, and throwing him against a sewer wall.
She quickly followed up by trying to freeze him with an extra thick layer of ice...
((My apologies, Khel, I seem to keep forgetting you. 
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Spinning around, Wielder noticed the Pariah attempting to escape into the sewers. Charging forward and pointing his pipe at the villain, Wielder shouted, "HALT EVIL VILLAIN AND FACE JUSTICE!"
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'Pariah' had no intention of having his skull beaned in by a raving lunatic. tearing ope the sewer gate, he scrambled inside, hoping to escape before the madman got to him...
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"HMM?" Hotaka comented, a bit flustered as the group just moved on, "Well, how do you like that? Not even a thank you. Kids today..."
"We should be going anyway, Sensei." Katashi replied, "They do not seem welcoming at all."
"Nonsense. I'm still the boss here, and if you want e to teach you, you'll do what I say. And I say we find out why te damn Lost stole our cellphones in the first place."
"As you command." the Jounin sighed...
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The door to the abandones sewer network - indeed, ANY door that led there - revealed the way to something completely unexpected:
The sewer walls had been partially reinforced by exotic metals, sprayed on in a cold-working process few humans understood. Everywhere, strange machines hummed and pulsed.
Rikti machines.
And there was quite a bit of noise from up ahead...
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
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Dark tendrills began seeping through the ice even as it was made, and suddenly, a torrential wave of darkness blasted out of the ice.
"Hey troll boy, not half bad..."
Burning Icce as she liked to be called suddenly did a midair backflip. She swooped over the group of gun toting wackos and suddenly the air over them was very cold.
Too cold for a gun to funcion properly.
The joints of the guns froze.
And pretty soon so would the joints of the trolls.
Burning ignored it as she targeted Snikker and sent a massive fireball at him...
"Is not a good idea to be followink him alone comrade." Rad Spike said to Weilder as she moved next to him. "Am offerink my aid in tracking down theaving capitalist."
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After-Image looked at her allies and pointed ahead.
Odds are it is trap. Sensible thing would be to call red and white soldiers. But that is not going to occur, is it?
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Heroes
When in danger, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout.
"EXCELLENT!" Wielder shouted as he jumped in front of the sewer grate. "ONCE MORE SHALL THE FORCES OF GOOD TEAM UP AND TOPPLE THE RICKETY PILLARS THAT SUPPORT THE HOUSE OF EVIL!"
That being said, the tanker jumped through the grate and into the sewers, running after 'Pariah' as fast as he could shout.
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
Behind her faceplate, Svetlana Valyov blinked at the tanker before sighing.
"Americans." With a shake of her head, she followed him into the sewers.
Pinnacle
Heroes
When in danger, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout.
((Wait...Wouldn't the heat make the guns work again? And I'll have you know that many guns could work in such a cold. Think of the Russians.))
((True, think of the Russians lol.
But really, I don't think the Russians have flash freezing hitting them.
Also the heat was directed to the Troll I slammed against the wall earlier.))
El Guapo Grande was, once again, lost. He and the kraken had gotten into a very ugly battle, but the tentacled thing refused to move, even without its tentacles. Or brains.
So the large naked man began running around the sewers once more, until he heard the familiar grunt of trolls...
"We really should proceed with caution," Reginald said. "This is advanced technology. I do not understand it, but it appears comparable to that of my world."
"Oh, don't be such a worrywort," the Oracle fussed. "Cheer up! Maybe you'll meet someone nice."
". . .In a bizarre high-tech stronghold inside a sewer?!?" Reginald exclaimed. "Oracle! I really do NOT think this place is going to be beneficial to my love life!"
"Well, of course not," said the Oracle scoldingly. "Not with an attitude like THAT."
Darkvapor smiled.
His zombie horde suddenly marched through the sewer, taking point for the others.
"You will thank me when this is over."
With that he and his horde charged through the sewers, heading for the next Hydra man assault...
"Young man, you might want to look into your current relationships before you start thinking about your love life." Hotaka recommended to Reginald, walking on as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
Though he was quite surprised as Darkvapor's zombies turned and headed for another group of Hydra when they had been taking point just a second before.
"Kids these days." he sighed, Waziri and Katashi at his side, as he entered the door and started past the humming machines. He didn't care about their function - he cared about the purpose of the one running them...
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'Pariah' had no chance of getting away from Wielder and Svetlana. Not unless...
No, it was too early for that. He had to elude them somehow else.
Sleeeeeeeep...
The mental command was almost vocal, so overpowering it was as it burrowed into Wielder's mind. 'Pariah' only hoped it worked before the charging man slammed into him nevertheless. Sleeping or not, the lunatic looked like he had a lot of momentum going there...
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"FOR GREAT JUSTICE!" Wielder yelled and then slammed into the floor just in front of 'Pariah', the mental command to sleep affecting him just enough to trip up his feet.
"THE TIRELESS SEARCH FOR JUSTICE CANNOT BE STOPPED!" the man shouted, sounding oddly muffled, as he tried to get up.
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
Svetlana pulled back in her flight and stared at Weilder. Looking up at 'Pariah', her eyes seemed to be saying. 'See what I have to deal with?' With a shrug, she sent an electron haze at the figure, the wave intended to knock him back, hopfully in time for her intellectually questionible companion to get out of the sewage water.
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Heroes
When in danger, or in doubt; Run in circles, scream and shout.
"I don't WANT to think about my love life!" Reginald returned angrily as he followed. "The Oracle is helping me find my destiny, I can't help it if she's. . . well. . ."
"Willing to help in other respects also," the Oracle finished, causing Reginald to kick one of the humming machines as they passed.
The tension was broken by the beeping of Ryuji's watch.
"Okay guys, STAND BACK! Time to make some krakenpops!" he announced.
On both arms he manifested two large ice spikes, his 'delivery system'.
And then he leapt...
right into the kraken's 'mouth'.