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Post by Lirimana on Feb 3, 2009 19:01:59 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood 3,
*Lirimana smiled to herself as the squid struggled at the shackles Arachnia had placed on it and climbed a little higher as it went so far as to launch its cannons at the confining silver strands. That sure was a useful something Arachnia's Warstrider had. She looked to Ratch and was about to comment when she received the request from Dal*
No problem, Dal
*now she looked at Ratch again and nodded once*
Hey, could you change the scouter so that I can get a look at the essence statistics on that squid? Please and thank you
*her eyes roved over the information and she nodded as she noticed the movements of the squid. Using the channel that Bine opened up, she broadcasted to all of her companion Warstriders*
Hey all, it looks as though the squid has three hundred motes of Essence remaining with a potential bank of two thousand motes. The squid also has no permanent Essence of its own and thus uses motes every time it moves. Perhaps we should simply allow it to run out of energy on its own, what do you say?
*as she spoke, Lirimana climbed a little higher once more before spinning her spear, much like a baton-twirler might, in one hand with the light of the sun she was using as a background to obscure her movements glinting off the steel of her weapon. The Twilight stopped abruptly and took off through the air, her Warstrider angled downwards at the squid. In but moments she collided with the water and angry ripples frothed out of her impact point as she made a curve from underneath the squid and passed Arachnia before exploding up on the other side of the machine within the second she had gone under it and slammed the head of her spear into the squid with the titanic thrust of her forward charge on their foe. Putting both feet on the squid's frame she pushed off and swung her straight legs over her head in a back flip through the air where she hovered a mere foot from their quarry before keeping her two-handed hold and bringing it over her head in a single smooth motion. A burst of speed brought the gleaming weapon straight down to the hull where it ricocheted off with the force of her blow and knocked her arms back into the air. Following the motion, Lirimana pushed off the squid at an angle with one foot and twisted herself midair so that she avoided a lurching backwards maneuver and righted herself where she maintained her "ground" in the air above the squid, considering her next move and the addition of their decision*(15 attack suxx- squid's dodge dv[2] +66L - squid's soak [27L]= total damage 27L)
(8 attack suxx- squid's dodge dv[1] +15L- squid's soak [27L]= total damage 2L)
(used Charm: Hungry Tiger Technique [-1 mote])(2 dice stunt){(Ticks) Name: Damage taken } (0) Dal'Lumen:- (3)Mecha Squid: 27B,112L (4) Arachnia:- (5)Lirimana:- (8)?:- (18)?:-
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Post by Dal'Lumen on Feb 5, 2009 17:29:26 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood, 3 A hard look crossed his face; he was still a good distance away. Sliding the edges of his swords together with meditative slowness. What was going on in the rest of the Empire, had something already happened somewhere else? He wanted this fight over, to be finished sooner rather than later, and most of all, he wanted to know where that black warstrider had gone. It cirtainly wasn't here as he had first suspected... "That's good to know, thank you Lirimana." *Dal hurtled toward the squid for another quick blow hoping to get it's attention.* " Just keep it up, it looks like we're waring this thing down pretty quickly as it is. Keep your guard up for any unexpected weapons this thing might have, I've got a plan if things get dangerous." Some distance away, the entire city seemed to be watching them from the windows of houses, and rivers of faces turned to them in the streets. Torrential waves crashed against the docs and river banks of West Beziar in testament to the furry of the fight out on the water. Many of Dal'Lumens faithful followers, were amongst them. Better dressed then your average Beziarian. They seemed to be tending to the incoming ships, and any wounded were quickly gathered in a safe place where they were tended to. A sound like crashing thunder echoed across from the fight in the water.
Dal'Lumen had once again struck the armored hull of the Mecha Squid and was now skating away. Moments before he had been airborn once again, and had come clashing down, swinging each enormous hook sword down with all of his warstriders strength. ( 1 dice stunt +2m!)
(11 Sxs Attack - 2 + 22L - [26L] = 5(2) [3L] (6 Sxs Attack - 1 + 22L - [26L] = 3) (1)[3L]"Here it comes... get ready! Lirimana..." *Bines Arm shot up in the air, glistening with sheets of water rolling from it's orichalcum surface.* "Give us a boost! Arachnia, meet me there! *He pointed off to a point in the water that would bring them closer to Lirimana* Everyone at once now, we're almost done here!" * Water rained down in the wake of Dal'Lumen as he rocketed just below the surface to the meeting point, every muscle in his body burned with the effort and the signature Zenith disk blazed on his brow.* "Grab our hands and throw Lirimana!" (Coordinated Dodge 3 SxS ALL EXALTS + 3DV) (+4DV Turbine Used) [-5m] 6/7WP 34/56M {(Ticks) Name: Damage taken } (5) Dal'Lumen:- (0)Mecha Squid: 27B,118L (1) Arachnia:- (2)Lirimana:- (5)?:- (15)?:-
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Post by Ress on Feb 6, 2009 3:27:26 GMT -5
Resplendent wood, 3 * The Squid floundered a bit, all tentacles bound and corked, unable to fire and almost useless... that familiar hum became apparent all through the battlefield as the squid shook... then, just as before, the enormous waves of lightning like essence shot from its bulbous form, jetting out tendriled in all directions and threatening to take all the Exalts down in one swoop* (Dal)14 attack suxx - 14DV= fail
(Lirimana)14 attack suxx - 15DV= fail
(Arachnia)14 attack suxx - 14DV= fail
{(Ticks) Name: Damage taken } (4) Dal'Lumen:- (5)Mecha Squid: 27B,121L (0) Arachnia:- (1)Lirimana:- (4)?:- (14)?:-
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Post by Arachnia of the Hour on Feb 7, 2009 0:46:13 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood 3,
*Arachnia climbed up to begin her getaway when her Warstrider's silver hand was enveloped in the Orichalcum glow of Lirimana's Warstrider's hand. Or Ratch, as he was named. When she was in the air and realized that the momentum of Lirimana's quick-jump had lost much of its power, the Empress nodded to Trell*
Trell, engage the flight system, please
*as the three Warstriders found their peak, Arachnia and Trell powered up and shot them higher into the air with the Empress propelling forward with a sling-like motion. If there was a chance to get each of them out of the way of the blast then she was going to do the best that she could*
Copy me, Lirimana <Full Defense> (1 dice stunt)
{(Ticks) Name: Damage taken } (3) Dal'Lumen:- (4)Mecha Squid: 27B,121L (3) Arachnia:- (0)Lirimana:- (3)?:- (13)?:-
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Post by Lirimana on Feb 9, 2009 0:42:09 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood 3,
Hold on, you two
*grabbing the two Warstriders by their arms, Lirimana put on as much speed as she could for their emergency ascent and was readying to throw the two of them and take the blast herself when Arachnia started the flight system that she didn't know Trell had and pushed them through the air herself*
Right!
*Lirimana found the peak in Arachnia's ascent and put on more speed so that the three of them swayed and pulsed through the air as silver and gold blurs as they tried to get out of the way of the growing dome of lethal essence. She could almost smell the destruction it threatened to wreak on them*
<Full Defense>{(Ticks) Name: Damage taken } (2) Dal'Lumen:- (3)Mecha Squid: 27B,121L (2) Arachnia:- (3)Lirimana:- (2)?:- (12)?:-
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Post by Ress on Feb 9, 2009 3:44:36 GMT -5
Resplendent wood, 3 * The squid continued to flounder, bound but not down or out.. When all at once, the waves parted for a split second beneath it, before barreling from the crashing brine like a child's ball, spinning end over end as its bound tentacles squirmed in vein in their new aerial surroundings.
And from the dark depths, leapt from the waves, a massive Noble Warstrider made from solid jade, the glistening grey river water holding thick to places on the ageless jade hull of the first age behemoth, perhaps remnants of rebellious deep sea beasties.
As the squid reached the height of its arc, its spinning slowed down, until plummeting back down to the still rough and choppy water. It was only a matter of moments until the squid and the Warstrider met in the air.
When the two aerial combatants met, the Warstrider grabbed the 'bulb' of the squid and with a flip of its waist, brought its legs upwards and added to the momentum of falling.
The Warstrider's anima flared out completely into a churning mass of blue, black and whites, looking like waves crashing against each other in a raging storm.
When the squid hit the water, it contracted like an accordion against the grey river's salty water, coming in contact with it as if the water were solid as stone.
Not content with simply crushing the squid, the warstrider used the inertia of the crash to spring shot itself into the air, where it hot a glistening essence lit hand out, grabbed a tentacle, and swung, taking the squid with it and smashing the thing down hard upon the still solid waves below. Still holding the tentacle, the brine covered black jade warstrider pulled the tentacle hard once more, shooting itself down into the squids body, where it sank a solid jade fist down into the hull of this unfinished first age sea titan.
Time seemed to stop in one instant as the Warstrider's fist pressed continuously against the ancient sea-ship, until in a single motion, it sprang backwards end over end and finishing by landing on its feet a few yards from the now sinking squid.
The squid was obviously still operational... but the fine cracks along its battered hull were now bending and deepening, exposing its internal circuitry. Sparks of essence shot from the openings, showing that this unfinished menace was now about to be Finished*
[15-2dv+14L-16L=11 (7)]
[14-1dv+14L-15L=11 (7)]
[16-0dv+14L-14L=14 (13)]
{(Ticks) Name: Damage taken } (?) Dal'Lumen:- (2)Mecha Squid: 27B,148L (?) Arachnia:- (2)Lirimana:- (4)Black Jade Warstrider:- 5L (10)?:-
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Post by Dal'Lumen on Feb 9, 2009 6:03:17 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood, 3 When the overwhelming light of essence had dissipated, and the three Exalted were gathered at the the edge of the destruction. The sea Boiled from the raging essence that would have consumed them, Dal'Lumen turned his eyes up to witness the massive squid taking flight. By the time the black Warstrider had jumped away, Dal' had already acted, once again directing the other two to move with him in unison. "Looks like our mystery man has arrived - quickly now, lets finish, I'm going to open that hole you made a bit wider, and if you both hit the delicate bits inside once ive exposed them, I think we will be finished here. Keep an eye on the other warstrider once we're done. - O.K. Go!" the churning waves on the other side of the squid exploded - making way for Dal'Lumen and his accomplice Bine in this long needed decommissioning. He was flanked by Lirimana and Arachnia, as they all moved in for the kill. Bines massive feet clanked, and thundered on the hull of the floundering War Machine. Two Swords reached for the sky as if threatening to bring the sky's of creation down upon their quarry. *Scree~Clank... Klack!* *The Hooked ends of the swords clawed hungrily at the surface and found the edge of the open wound Lirimana had graced it earlier. With a Lions roar of effort Dal'Lumen turned his eyes to the clouds and pryed with each murderous hook with all of his might. As if replying to the black warstriders display of it's banner, two fists and their mighty arms of pure golden light exploded from under the feet of Dal's Warstrider and were punched skyward, where they opened to embrace the heavens.* *The sound of metal howling as it warped, the crystalline crackle of jade shattering, and circuitry fizzling in the dark water was very welcome.* "Finish It!" (5 SxS Coordinated Attack) (11 Sxs Attack - 0dv + 22L - {26L Soak ?} = 7 [4]) (15 SxS Attack - 0dv + 22L - {26L Soak ?} = 11 [9]) {- 18m = 16/56m } (2 dice stunt)
{(Ticks) Name: Damage taken } (5) Dal'Lumen:- (2)Mecha Squid: 31B,161L (3) Arachnia:- (5)Lirimana:- (4)Black Jade Warstrider:- 5L (10)?:-
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Post by Arachnia of the Hour on Feb 11, 2009 20:30:27 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood 3,
*her blood pumping a rhythm through her body powerful enough to invade her mind with its pulsing, Arachnia swooping downwards with Lirimana as they each took hold of half of Bine and thrust forward with the mighty power of their Warstrider bodies, launching their flightless compatriot at his prey. The moment after she let go of Bine, the Empress kicked her path into motion, skimming along the surface of the angry churning element and leaving a spray of water behind as a testament to the strength of Trell's thrusters. As Dal'Lumen pulled open the wound, Arachnia turned her head and nodded once at Lirimana as a signal to their moment of attack. A single silver thread shot from the abdomen of Arachnia's Warstrider and attached itself around Ratch's waist, nearly invisible under the torrent of frothing liquid that surrounded and obscured it. Now skating along the water just behind Lirimana she fired up her cannons, the tips of each of her eight legs glowing with the building essence*
As many as is safe, please, Trell
*The very point when Lirimana's attack connected Arachnia let free the essence strand and landed lightly on the squid's gaping spark-filled lesion and let loose every blast that Trell could afford, the spear that Lirimana wielded slipping through the space between her legs as she did so. As soon as her legs unlocked after shifting back from their previous mode she was crouched and then sprang smoothly into the air, a graceful spider that glittered and glistened in the residual essence of her attack* *Trell not only fired two of the eight medium essence cannons, but began the shift from spider, back to Warstrider*
(2 dice stunt)
(5) Dal'Lumen:- (2)Mecha Squid: 31B,161L (3) Arachnia:- (5)Lirimana:- (4)Black Jade Warstrider:- 5L (10)?:-
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Post by Lirimana on Feb 11, 2009 20:48:24 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood 3,
Ha!
*following the others' lead, Lirimana threw Dal'Lumen forward as they sped forward to their quarry. A burst of speed brought her into the charge she was aiming for, her arms pulling in just enough to ground her spear for the connection*
The doctor is in!
*In less than a moment the squid was open and the tip of the Twilight's spear dipped into the squid's exposed wiring followed by the impact that exploded with even more essence, a golden mist erupting from the injury that roiled with power before floating harmlessly through the air, the damage of that one compounded shot yet to be visible as she pulled a sparkling steel spearhead up and through the hard legs with the practiced ease of a surgeon*(21 attack suxx- squid's dodge dv [0] +80L - squid's soak [26L]= total damage 50L)
(Activates Conviction [-1 Willpower])
(used Charm: Hungry Tiger Technique [-1 mote]) (1 dice stunt)
(5) Dal'Lumen:- (2)Mecha Squid: 31B,211L (3) Arachnia:- (5)Lirimana:- (4)Black Jade Warstrider:- 5L (10)?:-
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Post by Ress on Feb 12, 2009 3:16:32 GMT -5
Resplendent wood, 3 * As Lirimana's spear slammed into the head of the jade squid, she would feel its hull give, then burst through, allowing her to come out the other side, leaving a gaping hole in her wake from the relentless beating the solars and their dragon-blooded friend laid down upon it. More sparks shot from the hole in the mobile artifact as it tremmered and shook, its tentacles losing their fine manipulation and coordination. The two masses of tentacles flailed wildly, unable to target any longer... simply hoping it could land a hit* 2 suxx attack- (5-6)DV= fail 4 suxx attack- (4-5)DV= fail (2) Dal'Lumen:- (5)Mecha Squid: 31B,211L (0) Arachnia:- (2)Lirimana:- (1)Black Jade Warstrider:- 5L (7)?:-
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Post by Arachnia of the Hour on Feb 13, 2009 15:42:45 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood 3,
*Her transformation finally complete, the now-humanoid Warstrider stood and Arachnia slipped the twin steel sais from their holsters at the sides of her legs. Performing a single-spin back flip, her landing brought her just into the range of one of the flailing tentacles. Both sais came up, gleaming white in the sunlight, blocking any damage the "weapon" could do. With the limb now ensnared in the lower hooks of her blades, the No Moon locked them into place and pushed off the bulbous mass that held the cannons captive and with a high-pitched grating screech slid down the Jade arm until her feet slammed into the hull in a powerful double-footed kick at the broad side of the hull perpendicular to the hole Lirimana created, intending to make a pair out of them. As her feet left the new dent in the squid, her torso bent sideways as her lower half twisted around in a modified round-off where the six points of steel in her hands drove themselves into the weaker center of the mark her feet had made, a burst of thrust-power from her flight system sank them in as Arachnia tried to force herself through the wounded foe*(2 dice stunt){{9 attack suxx - squid's dv of 0 +27L- squid's soak of 26L= total damage of 3L}}
{{5 attack suxx - squid's dv of 0 +27L - squid's soak of 26L (roll essence) = total damage of 3L}}
{{3 attack suxx - squid's dv of 0 +27L - squid's soak of 26L (roll essence) = total damage of 2L}}
{{4 attack suxx - squid's dv of 0 +27L - squid's soak of 26L (roll essence) = total damage of 2L}}
{{2 attack suxx - squid's dv of 0 +27L - squid's soak of 26L (roll essence) = total damage of 3L}}
{{3 attack suxx - squid's dv of 0 +27L - squid's soak of 26L (roll essence) = total damage of 3L}}
{{used Charm: 2nd Dexterity Excellency. -4 motes}} (1) Dal'Lumen:- (4)Mecha Squid: 31B,227 (Dead)L (4) Arachnia:- (1)Lirimana:- (0)Black Jade Warstrider:- 5L (7)?:-
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Post by Ress on Feb 14, 2009 4:14:30 GMT -5
Resplendent wood, 3
* The squid soon puttered to a halt, its wires and circuits now bounded and cut until inoperable. The squid began going through the motions of sinking.. though slowly, as the enchantments keeping it buoyant still clung to the mass even in death. it hunkered to one side like a sinking ship with a cracked hull might.
The Black jade warstrider skated along the surface of the water and to the flank of the squid, grabbing onto two of its tentacles in what seemed like hopes of taking it back to shore...
But off in the distance, a glimmer of red light could be seen. Within fractions of a second, the blip in the distance closed the gap between and could now be seen as a huge bird of prey made from diamond and ruby colored flames, and in the time it takes to say "get a haircut", the bird went from its starting point... to the hollowed out opening of the squid, where it erupted into a rolling inferno and smoldered, causing massive internal damage and melting the inner complexities into black jade slag... throwing out any chance of repair, or reverse engineering out the window.
The black jade warstrider did not stop trying to tote the hunk of jade away, despite its sudden drop in value... but still... jade is jade*
" Can I get a hand please? This thing weighs a ton and I still have injuries from it... who knows what we can get from this? More than simply mere wealth"
* The squids body bobbed and floated, having sank as much as it could, and still its enchantments keeping it afloat*
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Post by Dal'Lumen on Feb 14, 2009 5:00:43 GMT -5
Resplendent Wood, 3
Having long since jumped from the squids hull and back to the waters surface Dal'Lumen now turned to the Black Jade warstrider and watched him curiously. When suddenly from the corner of his eye the red flash of light in the distance and the explosive impact startled him back into a full defensive stance. When he realized what had happened he groaned and looked off in the direction the bird had come from.
"Now what in the wyld was that!"
*He shook his head heavily and looked back at The Black Warstrider, then down at a nearby clump of tentacles, and again up to the warstrider. He reached down and started tugging it to the shore along side the other Warstrider.*
"So... A dragon blooded Huh? Why didn't you mention you're working with the Emperor. Roaring Wave...
*He paused, but did not look over as he continued to Tug onward.*
"You've got some explaining to do my friend.
And... I wonder if you know where your wife is right now."
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Post by Dargo on Feb 15, 2009 5:59:49 GMT -5
Resplendent wood, 3
*Cold water surrounded the fishes. Bubbles swirled around the trails they left behind. Shadows of mountains moved over the water's surface. Disillusioned by the sea's pressure, a rebirth of the mind groggily awoke the sea fairer. Blurry salt water. Then the grainy sea came to full focus. The titans shadows, blocking out the light, made the sea fairer cautious. To lay low, gather more knowledge, would be the best route to undertake.*
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Post by Ress on Feb 15, 2009 15:48:50 GMT -5
Resplendent wood, 3
" I didn't know I was working for him til' the other day... and I know exactly where Tari is... she is at home... and yes, I am a Dragon-Blooded... and I am Roaring Wave"
* Roaring Wave grunted a little as he helped hoist the hunk of black jade off to shore, his noble warstrider being much smaller than the larger noble ones... not to mention his sustained injuries*
" Don't worry... I don't wok for The Realm. and I am not on a wyld hunt."
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