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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Sept 7, 2015 21:14:34 GMT -5
Ray scowled up at Cat's suit as she rooted it in front of him, offended that this freak thought she needed to protect him. However, his frustration descended into mere annoyance as he watched Cat literally launch a fist at Jack. "Wow, really?"
THAT IS SO COOL!!! Patrick screamed internally.
Jack flew up out of the fist's path, circling back around and resuming his dizzying flight through the blood projectiles, both his and Beth's. As he darted about, he started playing Todd's viola again to accompany the dubstep blaring from Cat's suit's speakers.
(I know it's cello, but it's awesome, so take it.)
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Post by DMis on Sept 7, 2015 21:22:47 GMT -5
Beth watched Jack's movements. 'Ray gets the final shot,' she reminded herself mentally. "Hey, Darkus Dorkus! Catch me if you can!" she called out loud before darting off on one of the many star-shaped hedrons that floated in the area.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Sept 7, 2015 21:37:46 GMT -5
The robotic fist chased Jack as he flew about, following his flight pattern, controlled remotely by Cat. At one point, she turned around and glared down at Ray, the fist still moving to her whim even when she wasn't looking. "You're welcome, by the way!"
"Alright, playtime's over. Time to get serious..."
The voice seemed to project from shadows that surrounded them, which had finally taken the forms of the monsters that Ray once controlled. And that voice, as deep, cold, gravelly and blood-curdling as it was, was clearly Mickey's.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Sept 7, 2015 21:58:55 GMT -5
There was so much going on around him that Jack couldn't decide which issue to tackle first. Beth was provoking him, Cat's robot fist was still in hot pursuit, Ray was clearly not about to give up anytime soon, and Mickey was taking on some bizarre new form. These people just never ceased to amaze him.
Eventually, Jack shoved a long, sharp blood crystal into Cat's robot fist and threw it aside. Then he flew over Mickey's monstrous shadow projections and came to a halt, hovering just above the floor and waiting to see where all of this was going.
Ray, meanwhile, let out a furious growl, tore the blood knife out of his hip and charged after Jack without hesitation, shouting to Cat, "I don't need your help!"
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Post by DMis on Sept 7, 2015 22:11:34 GMT -5
Beth did a quick turn. 'Time to get juvenile,' she thought before making faces at the demon.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Sept 7, 2015 22:53:36 GMT -5
"Apparently you do!" Cat retorted as she commanded her suit's fist to return to her, snapping it back in place and ripping out the shard that Jack had stabbed it with. She then chased after Jack and Ray, frustrated by their stubbornness but somehow equally excited for what Mickey had planned.
Once everyone had escaped the crowd of shadowy monsters, Mickey finally revealed himself. His shirt and shoes were gone, and his jeans had been reduced to a mere flap of denim that just barely covered his parts, having been ripped to shreds by Mickey's substantial increase in size. Shadows still swirled around him like a cloak, misting around his muscled frame. His claws had lengthened into silver daggers. Rows upon rows of razor-sharp teeth filled his mouth, which seemed to have widened into a jagged Glasgow smile. Behind the massive horns that protruded from his forehead, his ears appeared to have taken on a more bat-like shape to match the enormous, leathery black wings that had sprouted from his back.
He flashed a toothy grin at Jack, his army of shadow familiars flanking him.
"Well, my vampiric friend... Let's see how you stand up to a REAL VAMPIRE!"
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Sept 7, 2015 23:07:30 GMT -5
Jack smiled up at Mickey, looking not the least bit perturbed by his latest transformation.
"A vampire lord... if that doesn't beat all.
Seems my back's to the proverbial wall."
Then, in one fell swoop, he tripped Ray as the latter approached him, knocking the mage back into Cat's metal suit, then flew after Beth.
"But who am I kidding? I'm still far from done!
My time spent with you all has been way too much fun!"
Ray growled and held his bleeding hip. Jack might not have been ready to end this fight, but he was certainly at wit's end.
Guys... Patrick murmured. Evan's gonna be breaking free soon. I-I think I should-
"Shove it, Pat," Ray whispered sharply and venomously. "We kill this twat, then we worry about Evan."
But...
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Post by DMis on Sept 8, 2015 21:25:41 GMT -5
She gulped before tearing off down the corridor with a few hedrons in tow.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Sept 9, 2015 11:07:05 GMT -5
Cat quickly pushed Ray off of her. "Too late to apologize, pally!" Then she chased after Jack. The guns on her suits shoulders open fired on him, channeling her Pandemonium energy into small but destructive bursts.
Mickey flew like a flash, his familiars blending into his shadow aura, and he quickly landed in front of Jack, the shadows immediately taking shape again and surrounding him from all sides. He pinned Jack down with one massive, clawed paw.
"Talk about rude! I invited you in and you just revoke me like that?"
He leaned in, fangs dangerously close to Jack's host's face.
"You, sir, just hurt my feelings. Now I gotta hurt something of YOURS!"
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Sept 9, 2015 12:32:11 GMT -5
"Oh, don't get me started!" Ray shouted to Cat as he stumbled back into step and followed after Mickey.
Ray, seriously, Patrick insisted. I've gotta look out for Evan. What happens if he breaks out and-?
"Forget about it! I'm killing this bastard and neither of you are stopping me! I don't care about Evan!"
.........WHAT.
Ray, you should NOT have said that... Van sighed in frustration.
Jack said nothing to Mickey. He merely responded to the vampire lord's scolding with a stream of fire to the face, tightly closing his eyes all the while. He then kicked Mickey off and fired a round of blood shards at Mickey's familiars. When this did nothing, considering they were only ethereal shadows, Jack took to the air again, aiming to fly above them.
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Post by DMis on Sept 9, 2015 22:56:37 GMT -5
Beth sent a few of the hedrons out after Jack.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Sept 10, 2015 13:01:21 GMT -5
"GRAH...!!" Mickey pulled back, the flames charring his face and causing a fair amount of pain but otherwise leaving him intact. He raised his paw again, signalling his familiars to leap after Jack.
Cat, however, was one step ahead of them. Having anticipated Jack's latest maneuver, she fired up the rockets in her suit's boots. It was a slow takeoff, but fortunately she was airborne by the time Jack took off, meeting him in between the second and third floors and slamming a fist into him to knock him back down to the first.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Sept 10, 2015 14:33:16 GMT -5
In the darkness projected on him by Mickey's shadow familiars, Jack easily saw Beth's hedrons coming. However, he wasn't anticipating Cat's latest move, and in his attempts to dodge her mechanical armor, he wound up flying right into a few hedrons, which threw him off course and allowed for Cat to knock him back to the floor. He then immediately got back on his feet and hastily fired another round of blood crystals, aimed at Mickey and Cat's suit's most vital areas.
Ray would've easily taken advantage of the tight spot Jack was in, but he was rooted where he stood, convulsing in maddening spasms, grabbing his head and groaning in painful effort. His eyes, when not closed tightly with strain, seemed to constantly change shade as Ray fought for control. And startlingly, it wasn't with Van.
"Ray, you jerk...!" Patrick snarled, scowling down at the floor. "How could you just abandon Evan like that?! My best friend! OUR best friend! He needs us now more than ever, and you'd just leave him at the mercy of-?!"
"We're not dealing with Evan, are we?!" Ray snapped back, casting a hard grimace to his left. "I'm focusing on the here and now!"
"That's no reason to treat him like he's NOTHING!" Patrick shouted. "Am I not allowed to worry about him?!"
"Worry about him after I kill this son of a b****, will ya?!"
"Ray, I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but HOW THE FRIG ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KILL JACK AT THIS RATE?!"
"You heard your bloody siren over there! We kill his host, then Jack himself will be ours for the picking!"
"Oh, so now you're not even taking Todd into consideration?! Is he nothing to you too?!"
"Hey, I've been given an opportunity and I'm running with it!"
"If we can't kill Jack, how is killing Todd going to solve anything?!"
"EXCUSE ME...!" With a fair amount of effort, Van finally seized control, glaring to the right in irritation. "You're both being irrational! The longer you two bicker, the longer it'll take to solve either of our problems!"
"Tell that to Mr. Soft-Serve over here!" Ray spat.
"I just don't want anyone else getting hurt!" Patrick pleaded.
"Then perhaps we can all agree on ending this fight!" Van reasoned.
"Yeah, and we end it by ending HIM!" Ray yelled.
"Ray, I think you've done enough!"
"I haven't even started yet, you insufferable prick!"
"Don't talk back at me, you juvenile degenerate!"
With the brief control he had, Ray swung a fist and punched his and his other two selves' face. Patrick took over for the subsequent massaging of their jaw. "Owww...! That hurt, ya douche-pants!"
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Post by DMis on Sept 10, 2015 21:16:58 GMT -5
Beth rolled her eyes before doubling back and landing near the arguing faceted mage.
"Van. Patrick. Ray. There is something I didn't tell you about Todd and I," she commented calmly.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Sept 10, 2015 21:48:58 GMT -5
Cat dropped back to the floor with a mighty bang, her armor landing perfectly on its feet. While Mickey loomed over Jack, his shadowy minions pinning the demon down, Cat raised her suit's left arm, palm facing outward, from which she fired a net to entangle Jack. Said net was clearly pulsating with God knows how many volts of electricity, sure to be a painful endeavor both physically and visually.
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