((The next move is Nether's. Aoleleb's not gonna move until she gives herself away somehow.))
"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne
Garret leaned on the edge of the building. looking south to the giant statue trying to formulate a plan. He looked over to Alex. "Can't exactly leave you here, can I?" * Hey Veru, how important is this mystery package? * * I dunno man. They seemed pretty desperate to get it back. * * What about the girl? Who's she? She's got a start tattoo on her eye, wears a lot of black, looks kinda gothy. * * Gimme a sec...Uhh...she got short hair? * * Yeah. She's got some roller blades too. * * Oh, blades? Shoulda said that...it's probably Dusk Shredder, AKA Alex. Hehe, always wanted to say "AKA." * * Yeah...whatever. What should I do with her? * * They were wantin' the package back pretty bad, so I'd say just leave 'er there. I'm pretty sure she'll be cool. *
Garret shrugged, and leaped over the side of the building. He climbed down at an impressive speed, using window ledges and fire escapes to slow his descent. Garret landed on solid ground soon after, and took off running to the statue. Reaching the rocky beach, he jumped over the water, mentally grabbing a sizable rock and drug it under his feet in time for him land on it, avoiding getting soaked. Garret floated to the small island, looking around for a sign of anything. He waved to Crimson, who merely grunted a reply. Well...he did say high up. Garret floated up to the top of the statue and jumped off on the head as he saw no one near. "Well...crap. Helllllooooo?"
Lord H'taed raised an eyebrow as he watched Garret appear.
"So that schmuck survived my little mini-apocalypse bomb...Peachy. My day is complete."
H'taed thought for a second.
"Hmmm...Those two stealthed fools arn't going to do anything unless someone else acts first...and seeing as he is probably not going to provoke either of them...Noitpeced."
"Yes Lord H'taed?" Said a voice in his ear.
"I know Diov said I wouldn't be recieiving support...but could you help me out a little?" H'taed asked.
"But of course. What do you need?" Replied Noitpeced.
"Project an illusion through the portal and onto that guy on the statue. Make him look like that dark heroine." H'taed said.
"Done." Said a smug Noitpeced.
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Outside the portal on the statue, anyone looking at Garret would notice that he had suddenly transformed into Nether Mistress for no apparent reason.
Aoleleb stared in amazement as Garret suddenly changed into Nether. But wait, that couldn't be Nether. She could gather shadows around her and turn invisible, but she couldn't change her shape. This one must be after the device as well. Aoleleb smirked. Someone else to take out his anger on.
Aoleleb reached for his power over the Earth and forced the rock of the statue up and around Garret, holding him in place.
((Much like the first time he used this attack, Aoleleb is still cloaked behind his wall of bent air.))
"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne
Garret sighed, and was about to begin his climb down the statue when he noticed his feet were held firmly to the statue. He looked down and saw the stonework working its way up his legs, and before he knew it he was held firmly in place, barely able to move. Wow...awesome. Garret struggled for a moment against the hard rock before realizing it was fruitless.
He pulled his thoughts together, forming a tightly bound force around his body and released in a wave, cracking the stone around his body, loosening it enough to break free. He quickly pulled out his staff and shouted "What the hell!? Who are you! Too much of a wuss to show yourself?"
Aoleleb smirked, this fool obviously had no idea what he was up against.
"Fine. Just remember, it's your funeral."
Aoleleb gathered the bent air and began spinning. The air started to spin as well, gathering speed until Aoleleb had become a living tornado!
"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne
Garret turned in time to see the tornado whirling its way to him. He closed his eyes for a split second, charging his attack and threw his hand forward, sending a whirlwind of psychic energy before diving off onto the arm of the statue.
((Alrighty, I'm just going to leave Alex up on the building for a bit, and introduce something I've been mulling over. I thought that maybe toning H'taed down wasn't exactly fair, and with his level of problem solving to get out of just about anything, I was thinking hey, why not make something unfair? :P Of course she will be scaled to everyone's abilities, not just his, so I'll try to keep it in line so everyone has a chance. Keep in mind that this character is designed as a pain-in-the-butt to fight, and I'll take full advantage of that, to a point of course. Of course this means that, at least around her, H'Taed can step it up a notch again :P I figure this will add some neat twists, I'd love to see him get out of time anomalies created during fights with her ^_^ Expect to see things change that shouldn't otherwise have done so.
Of course, both because she's my character and because she's a time anomaly all of her own, she knows what the "package" is, and intends on stepping in to remove it. :P))
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Name: Syne Thread
Gender: Female
Age: Undetermined (looks 21)
Race: looks Human
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 105 lbs
Eye Color: Emerald green
Skin Color: Extremely pale, no makeup
Hair: Long and flowing, Silver
Description:
Her white latex-like costume seems to shimmer in the light, making her almost difficult to look at. This is not just an illusion, it has to do with the way she moves. While most move forwards and backwards, she moves sideways, up, down, any direction she wants, as dictated by her powers.
Fighting style: Capoeira
She learned this style while travelling the world some time ago, being taught completely in every move. It is her favorite of humanity's fighting styles.
Powers: Flight, Time Warping (described below), Telepsionic control (telekinesis, teleportation of objects), etc
You could call the way she uses this power a "token based" style of fighting. During a fight she will often shimmer just for a moment while executing an attack, or disappear completely to another location, confusing her opponent. What she is really doing is buying time as well as "tokens" for later in the fight, when she will suddenly appear en masse to destroy her opponent in a series of attacks. Her favorite way to do this she has named the "X-Bomb," where she will rapidly appear at all sides creating an X of attacks, poofing in and out of existance while layering on extremely heavy and powerful blows. These "tokens" as they were are really from the shimmers from earlier, her teleporting back in time to deliver these strikes all the while reappearing just after the future attack to finish what she was doing in the past. She is very strict about the rules of time, being extremely careful not to create a paradox, and is extremely careful on how she folds the layers of time.
History:
Due to her existance her history is impossible to describe, as it would cause extreme confusion in a timeline sort of sense. She is simply, for purpose of completion, "here."
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A small flicker and a figure appeared hovering with her back to the sun, her white costume and silver hair causing her to blend right into the light of the sphere behind her. With arms crossed Syne began to watch this new battle unfold, all the while dropping herself into view of whoever may look her way. This needed to end, now. Her feet touched earth and she gently lowered herself, brushing hair out of her face with one hand, then began to calmly walk towards the group, aware of H'taed watching the show from a small distance away, and counting on that he noticed her. He was the main reason for her interfering in these matters after all. She almost seemed to leave afterimages behind her as she walked, shimmering as she went.
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((Now, to sum everything up for anyone who's confused:
She's there not just because anyone can't have the package, its because -H'taed- cannot. I assume "terrible" things could happen if he opened it, and this cannot be allowed.
She is not meant to be fair. Of course, I don't want to stoop to godmoding so anyone will be able to fight her, and hit her, but do not expect victory to be easy :P Think H'taed's style of fighting, there's a way out of everything.
I will be keeping track of her "tokens" during any fights, so everything should fit in neatly. I would suggest anyone who's fighting her to keep a note of them as well, because the more there are, the harder her "specials" are going to hit, and those could get ugly if the fight goes on too long :P
Keep in mind that she is a sort of "greater being," who wouldn't regularly get involved in this sort of thing. This means that she might act a little high-class, possibly looking down on people, but isn't above taking cheap shots should they serve their purpose for her.
Again, I really don't want to get into godmoding, and I will be trying my hardest to keep her well under that line. I want this to be fun, not just a one-sided smash fest :P
If anyone wants any more info on her, feel free to PM me or leave a note OOC here, I'll add anything you'd like to know.))
Server: Virtue
Felis Noctu (50MM Necro/Miasma)
Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
OOC
*Bows*
To those who see the truth...
I salute you!
. . . . .
You stole the token thing from me didn't you? H'taed's after-image superspeeding. Whatever goes around comes around I guess. 
Good work. I can't wait.
((Nah, I just made her shimmery because she is a crossdimensional being :P The after images I thought was just a cool looking idea :P And the tokens I just figured would make it easier to keep track of how many times she has layered time ^_^
Nothing came from you, but yeah, you're gonna get it back... mwahahaha!
And you could add in an advance from H'tead if you want, seeing as I'm sure he wasn't planning on another person joining in :P))
Server: Virtue
Felis Noctu (50MM Necro/Miasma)
Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
Nether stopped when she noticed Garret shimmer and end up looking like her.
"What the.. Maybe I should sit this one out till it clears out a little bit."
Climbing up to the roof of a nearby warehouse to get a better view of the action, she got to the top in time to see Aoleleb send a concentrated tornato at Garret, and Garret diving off the statue.
Looks like I missed the action she thought. Time to go back in.
Not yet. Look.
She could sense Loc'ataro pointing. Looking in the direction, she saw Syne drop to the ground. It almost looked like there was a trail of Synes behind her. Shaking her head, she looked again. This time there was just one. Lets see what you can do.
That one is dangerous. The others are mere pawns in this game.
((Even though Loc'ataro is contained inside Nether's head, he isn't helpless. Think of him like an omni-sense that can see in all directions, like a spider sense of sorts, but much more powerful. He's also a demon of no small power, so yeah... And with the inclusion of Syne I may need to start using him more XD))
((Oh, and Nether's still cloaked.))
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((Well, while I don't want to push it, the level I'll be playing at her means you'll probably need him :P
Will edit with a useful post once I get a second to breathe <.<
)
Server: Virtue
Felis Noctu (50MM Necro/Miasma)
Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
H'taed suddenly caught sight of Syne through the portal.
"............Noitpeced. Get Lord Diov on the link NOW."
A few moments later.
Lord Diov didn't bother speaking to H'taed through the link. He showed up in person. Materializing by the portal.
Lord H'taed glared at him.
"Diov. You have some explaining to do."
"Indeed." Said Lord Diov.
"DON'T GIVE ME THAT [censored]." H'taed yelled. "YOU KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!"
"Yes. I did." Diov said calmly.
H'taed glared at Diov.
"That box...You don't even care about what's in it do you?" He said slowly.
Lord Diov continued to look through the portal.
"Correct. This is all about you. Remember the temple? It is your time, H'taed."
"You mean...What the machine says is true?" He asked.
Diov nodded.
"Yes, H'taed. What is in that box is meant for you. Not me. No more hiding. Go. Take what the Xiltru were supposed to grant you as your inheritance."
H'taed nodded.
He stepped through the portal.
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H'taed suddenly faded into view in front of Syne.
"Hello Syne. I've been waiting for you my entire life. I am here to take back what you stole from me. Let us fight!"
H'taed conjured a blade of electricity in one hand, and a mud bomb in the other.
His red inhuman eyes latched onto Synes.
Syne flickered once, twice, three times as she walked, the after images reappearing for a few moments after every time she did so. She stopped suddenly when H'taed appeared in front of her, keeping her arms crossed across her chest. As he spoke she just smiled, almost as if she was pitying him, then began to walk to and past him on her way to the center of the fray, as if he didn't even exist.
Server: Virtue
Felis Noctu (50MM Necro/Miasma)
Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
H'taed would have been grinning if he had a mouth.
'Just like the machine said...Is it possible? Maybe it can happen.' He thought.
Bringing up the memory of his superspeed afterimage attack he had used on Alex...
H'taed saw four Syne's in total, including her flickering distortions. He ran around all of them.
They formed seemingly soild walls around them. H'taed's after-images slowly turning towards the Syne's they surrounded.
They all swung thier electrical swords.
((Sorry about the wait, spaced.))
Syne just smiled, as did the sudden occurance of her outside the circle, which spun a kick about waist height at the circle of spinning people, a kick that moved much faster than sound. The crack was heard across the area from the sudden movement through the air, blowing the glass flat out from where the origin of the boom was. Even if the kick didn't connect solidly enough to stop H'taed, the sheer volume of the sonic boom would deafen him. The Syne inside the circle was already prepared in case the kick failed, a thin golden glowing fiber weaving between her hands.
((She's weaving threads from the "fabric" of time :P You'll see more of that, and what they do, I'm sure a bit later.))
Server: Virtue
Felis Noctu (50MM Necro/Miasma)
Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
H'taed had seen the kick coming from a mile away. Nifty thing about being an afterimage, means that you move so fast you can go somewhere and yet not be there at the same time. H'taed had noticed the kick heading for the wall after about 200 passes by it, and promptly moved out of the way. The sonic boom got to him, but the electrical energies grounding him let him shake most of it off.
Long Story short. H'taed had jumped high into the air and was now above the original Syne, Electrical Sword descending.
Syne shimmered during his ascension, the weaving getting more intricate. Up in the air there was a flicker above him, a copy of her above and axe kicking down, aiming for the shoulder of the arm holding the blade. Another Syne appeared beside and slightly below and in front of him, swinging a kick up to his chin. A third popped in behind and below, and directed a kick for the back of his knees.
The triple attack was designed to stun, disarm, or cripple, or with luck more than one at the same time. In the mean time the weaving was almost complete, the air around the Syne on the ground shimmering like pavement on a hot day, beginning to blur her from the amount of raw energy she was outputting.
Server: Virtue
Felis Noctu (50MM Necro/Miasma)
Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
H'taed suddenly despelled his sword, and twisted midair, dodging the strike for his chin and knees. Then he reached up and grabbed Syne's foot as it came down in an axe kick. He used the momentum from the kick to flip back and behind the Syne, and throw himself into the air, even higher then before now.
Then he started rapidly conjuring and throwing mud bombs down at all the Synes. So many were flung, it seemed like there was hail made of electrical death descending.
The Synes near him rippled out as if they had never existed, and the energy she was weaving crackled, twisted, turned...and vanished, along with her inside. There wasn't so much as a footprint in the grass, no sign of her in the air, she was just gone from sight.
She was in fact in front of the sun again, weaving faster than before, a rift opening. This rift looked very odd, not like the portals from before per se, more of a spacial anomaly. She was creating space where it shouldn't be, forming shapes of all different sizes. These shapes poured out of the anomaly and while nearly transparent, blocked out the sun like solid objects. Some attached to her feet, some to her legs, some to her chest, to her arms, to her hands, and one to her head. Two also swerved around to her back and attached, expanding and growing. A moment later the sun was blocked momentarily as wing shapes burst from the figure. She dropped to the ground covered in light armor, brighter than white, and large wings of solid temporal energy, a slight faded yellow, on her back. Her boots were pointed and sharp, and all of her armor was light, yet strong. Perfect for keeping mobility while giving strong protection.
The helm shrunk to a headband of sorts, shimmering along with the rest of her armor and in a position to keep her long hair out of her face as she fought. She seemed to shine with light that came from within the armor.
"Of course, I should have expected this from you. Of course, I was prepared. If your sword can pierce this armor, I would be very impressed." Her voice was shimmery like her armor, not the solid voice you hear every day on this planet, it seemed to have a slight echo to it.
She reached pure white armored gloves up to pull her hair back, tying it security with a golden glowing thread she seemed to conjure out the air. With that she shook herself out like a seasoned fighter and visably relaxed her body.
She called up to him. "Are you ready?"
Server: Virtue
Felis Noctu (50MM Necro/Miasma)
Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
*whistle* "I've gotta learn how to do that"
From her vantage point on the building, Nether had seen the whole thing.
She folds time. Each fold allows her to move backwards or forwards through time.
She momentarily thought about joining the fray, see how Syne could handle two assailants at the same time. That is, until she saw that it was raining electrical mud bombs.
"This isn't going to be pretty..."
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((Don't worry, I didn't forget those :P I'm just waiting for his reaction before I do...er...something special <.<)
Server: Virtue
Felis Noctu (50MM Necro/Miasma)
Night Widow Noctu (23SoA)
Toxica Mentis (50Troller Ill/Kin)
Thunder Kiandra (2*Tank WP/SS)
H'taed landed on the ground, his mudbombs around them. They denoted, leaving him unharmed, but a smoldering crater extended for a few feet in every direction.
"Well. It looks like someone knows how to actually fight. I also doubt my blade here can pierce your armor...But can it hold up against something more...brutish?"
The electrical sword morphed and changed.
A solid rod of electrical energy formed. At the tip, a large crackling orb appeared.
It was a mace.
H'taed charged Syne.
He wasn't sure even the mace could get through the armor. But the mud bombs that it automaticly generated upon contact with an opponent probably could in combination with the blow.
"Interesting, he's saved all his good tricks. And she apparently has a bag full of them left."
She stood on the roof, on foot on the rooftop, one on the raised edge. She wove an intricate pattern in the air, leaving behind a symbol etched in inky black lines. The symbol faded from view moments later.
"Now it's down to timing..."
((Looks like it's time Nether stepped it up a notch, if she's going to play with the big dogs.))
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra
((Don't worry this thread isn't dead yet, I've had a lot of things happen all at once and haven't had time to sit down and work on this))
@Kedeawyth
Co-leader of Vae Victus Sinistus (Freedom/Infinity)
Virtue
Exorii: Lvl 50 Kat/Elec Stalker, fully IO'd, T4 Incarnate
SG: Hands of Ashra