The Gang Gets Gud, Wait ... Nope, They're a Hot Mess
Summer 2021, Week 2
Saturday evening
Garnet Park, Victoria Field
DeAndre Walker
A tremor of chills ran down Andre's spine as he came down for a landing in the middle of the Industrial Park. Looking around, he saw nothing had been moved since he was there a few days prior. Oh, look, you can see an outline from one of my many meet and greets with the ground....splendid. Even though he had mainly recovered from the bout, his body was still a little sore. Probably from lack of rest. He had been at the temporary meeting hub with the Chief every day going over what he hoped was going to be an exciting reveal on Monday. Today it was time to work. He stripped off his black hoodie and started to do some warmup exercises. Until they got actual uniforms or clothes, he was stuck with his black sweats and grey NVFD tank top for these training sessions. No point in wearing anything nice with Isaac around. He thought with a smile, and then a frown. Wait...what if he burns my clothes?Isaac Crysentine
The air below him was blazing hot as Isaac flew down to the training area carefully, although with some very slight and sudden balance issues which he correctly corrected. Like Andre, he came dressed in his comfort clothes, if you will. A pair of athletic shorts and a loose t-shirt, giving him enough room to properly move and be mobile enough for the training. As he touched down, Isaac lost a bit of his balance and came tumbling down. Although he managed to land with some control in the end, it took a dive and a small amount of turning before he corrected himself and managed to stand upright on the ground once more. "Ya know, next time I'll just take the train. I'll practice flying closer to the ground where I won't freak myself out." He gave out a nervous chuckle, looking at Andre who had also just touched down moments ago. "I think we should race sometime, a flying race."[x1 Normal, -3 EP]
Sloane Whittier
Just then the girls walked up. They'd met at the temporary headquarters and taken the train over, walking over from the main station in the area. Sloane had opted for dark jeans and a black t-shirt with some tennis shoes. She figured she would blend in with the night as best she could. Seeing the other two in their workout gear, she suddenly questioned her choice. 'Nah, I'm sure it'll be fine. They're the ones doing the heavy lifting. Not me...' "Hey, I'll be the ref and Luna can be the stopwatch. I'm sure she has some sort of time mechanism in her equipment."Luna | Mecha Loli
Luna is wearing an outfit somewhat similar to the one she normally wears, but the hood lacks the decorative ears and the camera eyes and the front and back lack the design, instead replaced with a solid black to match the gauntlets. Her previously red eyes now appear to be blue, and upon closer inspection what looks like a tiny circuit can be seen around each pupil. Somehow the getup is much less obvious without having changed all that much. "Yeah, I've got a pretty accurate timer on my computer. Maybe we can record it and make it a PR event!" she says excitedly. It's hard to tell if she's joking or not.DeAndre Walker
"So, it's Isaac and I up first?" Andre said, floating back to the ground after rising up to do some flying stretches. "What are the rules? We time it for a few minutes and just see what the other can do? Obviously, nothing that would wound the other or those around us. And I guess Sloane and Luna can give us feedback?" Looking at his friend, Andre barely concealed the smile on his face. A friendly little bout, huh? "How’s that sound to you, man?"Sloane Whittier
"Sounded to me like he wanted a tried-and-true race, you with your flying and him with his go-go gadget fire feet." She shits down on the ground and crosses her legs. "This oughta be good. I think you should go down the length of the warehouse and back. We'll see who makes it first."Isaac Crysentine
"Race first then spar, how about that? The course is the sky above the streets. We do one block and meet back here." He set up behind a makeshift line and prompted Andre to set up beside him. With a deep breath, he said loudly: "3, 2, 1, GO!" At the "G", Isaac let his Fire Feet behind him roar and he felt himself soar forward. He could see the ground beneath him and could see the first turn coming up. Oh shit, wait a minute, I have to actually turn. Isaac would attempt to flail his feet behind him to try turn, but it was to no avail. Before Isaac realized it, he crashed into a fence with a hard stop. That was awful.[x1 Normal, -3 EP]
DeAndre Walker
Stepping up to the line, Andre readied himself. "Yeah, that sounds goo--" Then Isaac shouted Go and took off with a burst of flame from his feet. It took Andre a fraction of a second to catch on and then he launched himself into the air minus the flair his friend put on when he flew. Pushing himself, he saw the flare from Isaac ahead of him and focused harder to catch up. Seeing the first turn, he started to turn as he approached. Turning was strange. To him it sort of felt like he could either turn the engine to curve slowly or pull a sharp stop and turn if that’s how he wanted to do it. This time he was going for a curve to keep up the speed. That's when he watched Isaac smash into a fence. Stopping abruptly, he couldn't help but look down and let out a laugh. "You--haha--you okay there my man?" Andre called out, floating a bit closer he examined his buddy. "Yeah, you look okay. Only problem is....you're going to lose." And with that, he took off with a rush of wind around his ears, curving around the rest of the track until he landed with a skid.Sloane Whittier
She winced and let out an "Ohhhhh!!!" as Isaac slammed into the fence. She didn't even have time to compose herself before Andre got back. She put a hand up to her face to cover her smile as best as she could. "I think you won that one."Isaac Crysentine
The fire user walked back, feeling like he was slowly recovering himself from the whole situation. "That was.... that was something." He got back to the rest of the team and felt like he was in safe hands once more. "So, I guess we're gonna spar now, right?" Isaac flexed his fingers and feet, ready to fight.DeAndre Walker
Still trying to hold back the smile, Andre tried desperately to keep his tone level. "If you're up for it. That was quite a hit you took." Even as he asked it, Andre spread his feet and got prepared. I can't take it easy on him since he's been training. The fight with Titan came to mind. He had been beaten twelve ways to Sunday, but he had learned quite a lot from it about how to use his strength and flight in combination. Time to put it to the test. "Whenever you're ready."Isaac Crysentine
As soon as Andre finished those words, Isaac launched a series of direct and sweeping attacks. Hot streams of fire from his fists, meant to cloud the main attack he would launch afterwards. As the streams flew towards Andre, Isaac flew up slightly into the air and kick-launched a vertical, slim wall of fire from the raised angle and a horizontal, slim wall of fire from the same angle. I have to keep my distance. If I let him get close, I'll be done for and I'll have to resort to my Fire Fists or Fire Feet. Power 1[x2 Basic, x2 Minor, x1 Normal, -5 EP]
DeAndre Walker
As the first blasts and sweeps of fire came at him, Andre had a flash of a moment where he contemplated dodging. Then Titan's words came back to him. We hit, and we get hit. In his fighting stance, he took the blasts on his forearms as he shifted his body to block them like they were an incoming punch. His skin tingled slightly, indicating some adverse reaction to the flames, but just like when he ran into burning buildings the fire didn't cause him the same pain as for normal people. It still hurts, but it seems like it’s a bit less so? As the sweeps came at him, he shot into the air, feeling he had tested his body enough for the moment and dodged out of its way. The walls of flame presented a problem, but then Andre watched Isaac. He's in the air...okay. Fighting wasn't natural to him, not yet, but the training with the police and ass kicking by Titan taught him a few things. Use what you're best at, use what they're not good at against them. And from Titan, keep hitting them until they quit. Flying fast, close to the ground, he punched through the vertical wall of flame and felt the heat redden his skin. Gritting his teeth, he came up from under and slightly off of Isaac who was hovering in the air and grabbed his ankle as he passed. With a force of speed and strength he pulled, tugging Isaac by his leg into a low swinging arc and threw him into the air as he released him. With Andre's strength and the fact Isaac was in fire flight mode--haha his friend went higher into the sky. Intent on following up on the move, Andre charged after him.[Enh. x2 Minor, x1 Normal, -5EP]
[Ind. x1 Minor, x1 Normal, -4EP]
Isaac Crysentine
Maybe I shouldn't have gone into the air. As he saw Andre literally take his fire streams with his arms and then shoot up into the air to meet him, Isaac couldn't help but think that this was going to be more difficult than he thought. Well, of course, it's Andre we're talking about here. When his friend was at the same height as him, Isaac's head was spinning with thoughts of what to do. Andre was charging him by this point, and his maneuverability in the air wasn't exactly up to par with him yet. What if I just charge him too? Andre wasn't far from him by this point, but Isaac got himself ready. You know what to do. You can do it. With a sudden burst of energy, Isaac propelled himself forward faster than before, straight towards Andre. Just as he was about to reach him, Isaac pointed his feet only marginally upwards so he would fly past just underneath Andre. He got his Fire Fist ready and attempting to time it right he jabbed upwards while also rapidly raising the temperature to add more firepower to the blow. I hope this works.[Manip. x1 Normal, x2 Minor, -5 EP]
DeAndre Walker
The blow took Andre in the gut as Isaac barely moved under him. The impact and the heat forced the wind out of Andre with an "Ooof" and the concussive blast sent him rocketing back a couple dozen feet into the air. Andre's first few thoughts were about how much he missed the sweet support of oxygen in his lungs. As he careened through the air and gravity started to take a hold of him, he finally was able to take in a breath. Seeing the ground coming at him, Andre oriented himself and landing on his feet with a thud of connection with the dirt. Smelling burning material, he looked down at his tank top and saw it had a growing burned path in its center. Looking up at Isaac in the sky, his features were composed. Intense focus flooded his mind as suddenly his own weakness smacked him in the face. Hit and get hit. Except he couldn't hit Isaac, not really. For all his fire his body was still the same as a normal human. A hit from Andre at anything near his max would likely break some bones. That's part of the deal isn't it though? I have to fight people that are weaker than me and still win. Grabbing the burned remains of his shirt, he tore it off. The slight red tint of his skin still present on his arms. Locking eyes with Isaac, he smirked, and then kicked off the ground with all of his strength straight up into the air past everyone. He pushed himself higher and higher at his max speed, the wind rushing past his face, until everyone was a small blur below him. Finding the sun, he oriented himself and came down from its direction at his max speed.[Ind. x1 Normal, -3EP]
Isaac Crysentine
The attack had thoroughly hurt Isaac's hand. He himself got thrown a few feet back but managed to somehow regain his composure while still in the air. By that time, though, he had lost sight of Andre. Frantically, Isaac looked around. He scanned the ground and the air around him, but all he found were the two girls looking on at the fight. Where did he go? He couldn't possibly have gone.... And then he panicked. Abruptly, Isaac looked up but by then it was too late. Andre was almost on top of him, and all Isaac could do was pivot to at least meet him head on. This is all I have time for. He charged up his Fire Fist, readying it behind him, but at that moment Andre made contact. So this is what it's like to be charged by a super-strength person. He felt himself literally bending around the attack, but with his Fire Fist Isaac tried the same move again on Andre once more, letting the momentum of falling down and the air resistance further propel his arm upward to strike the blow.[Manip. x1 Minor, -1 EP]
Sloane Whittier
Watching the fight was amusing, but not as amusing as it could be. Looking around, she found some random debris nearby. Chunks of concrete, wood beams, and the like. She leaned over to Luna and whispered, "Let's see what they do with some outside influences." She sat back up and found her center, took in some breaths, and mentally reached out. She lifted two chunks of concrete off the ground and "tested" their weight. Then she pictured them flying across the field, one towards each of her friends. For the best impact, she imagined both of them going through their intended targets. Mind-eye coordination, ya know? If you're not imagining a chunk of concrete going through a person, are you even doing it right? 'Nope.' With the trajectory in mind, she propelled both of the objects through the air with a decent amount of force and waited.[Manipulator x1 Normal, -3 EP, 22 EP Remaining]
Luna | Mecha Loli
Seeing what Sloane is doing after what she said Luna gets a mischievous look on her face. She pulls her arms out of her gauntlets, though she doesn't do anything else just yet. I should see how this goes, then find a good moment to bring some of my friends in. That could make things interesting! They are flying a lot, so maybe...DeAndre Walker
Andre caught Isaac's fist in his hand, the force of the punch sending a jolt up his arm and into his body with a shudder of explosive energy. "Fool me once." He says through teeth gritted in pain, clenching his hand around the fist ready to use it as a lever to, in a sense, spin him around like a shot putter on toss. That's when his eyes picked up movement and his body reacted in two ways. His mind proceeded to think she did fucking not. While his body pushed Isaac down using his free hand and turned to meet both flying pieces of rubble with open palms. The force of the smack--seriously I didn't think Titan meant that I would literally be hit consistently--pushed him back as the kinetic energy from Sloane--unless Luna can throw concrete--shoved him back a dozen or so feet before he used their own momentum in connection with his powers to do a sort of flying backflip until he was in a horizontal position. Like they always at practice, push the earth away from you. With a shove he sent both pieces of concrete towards the open ground. Shaking out his hands, he looked at Sloane standing on the ground near Luna. Someone just bought themselves a nice serving of payback coming up shortly. Then he looked around for Isaac. Damnit, where did he go.Isaac Crysentine
"Fool you twice." Isaac had barely managed to break his landing after Andre launched him to the ground. He saw that the girls, or Sloane at least, had launched concrete and rocks towards Andre, which had essentially saved Isaac from whatever wrath his friend might have brought down on him. He was breathing heavily at this point, and he felt like the spar had been going on for hours. Isaac decided it was best to keep his, but he was too riled up at this point to stand back and try to win by conventional means. I can stick to conventions in a normal fight. This is training, and I need to push myself to my limits. Right now, Isaac's limits were hand-to-hand and up-close combat, so that's exactly what he would be doing. Concentrate. Isaac put himself in a stance, his legs planted firmly on the ground and not too far apart. He lowered his center of gravity slightly, as if preparing to jump. In that instant, a voice crossed his thoughts, piercing his mind with a sole line: Become the unwavering flame of your fire, Young Isaac. He could feel his body heating up, as if embers were rising all over his skin and the inside of his heart was the Inferno he wanted to be known as. Isaac opened his eyes, and in a grand sweeping gesture he unleashed a series of firebolts, streams, and a large sprout of flames as the cherry on top. After burning for a few seconds, he launched himself into the air, propelling himself forward with his Fire Feet and gaining enough momentum to the point where he could then turn his legs around, using his right leg as the spear to which he would 'impale' Andre. The fire at his feet charged up, and he could feel the temperature rapidly increasing as he got close enough to Andre. "Shame on you."[Manip. x6 Minor, x1 Normal, - 9 EP]
Luna | Mecha Loli
The young girl smiled as she saw her opportunity, it was her turn to interfere with the flow of battle. As Isaac began his initial assault, Luna clasped her hands together with her fingers interlocking and began speaking in another language. At first, it's hard to even tell that it's Luna speaking as the voice sounds distorted slightly, like a messy audio file. "Ich rufe nach den schnellsten Schwingen der Lüfte! Beschwören: Carue, Inko, and Nero! With each word a faint glow coming from her hands grows brighter and brighter until suddenly she says the final words much louder than the others, and 3 glowing circles of light appear sequentially in the air above her in time with what sound like three names. A mechanical bird about the size of a small falcon flies out of each circle and the portals promptly close behind them. Two of the birds quickly hone in on Isaac, who by this point is in the air about to attack Andre, from different angles and attempt to do flyby attacks with their claws which surprisingly seem to be blunted. At the same time, the final bird flies straight at Andre.[Type 1: x3 Minor, -3 EP 12 Remaining]
Isaac Crysentine
Isaac barely saw the mechanical birds coming in, and he put up a small fire barrier with little to no actual firepower behind it. It’s the best I can do, and I’m too far committed by now. He could only hope the flames he launched earlier would reach the birds in time.[x1 Basic, -0 EP]
DeAndre Walker
Andre's eyes went wide as he saw Isaac coming at him from the ground, the flare behind his feet pushing Isaac like a fire missile towards him. This is going to hurt. And it did, the kick hitting his crossed forearms with enough force to shove his arms back into his chest and then send him flying backwards through the air. A lot of thoughts went through Andre's mind, he could have dodged, or tried to, countered. But something in him compelled him to take as many hits as he could to see how much he could handle. Out of all the attacks Isaac had thrown, this one hurt the worse. Andre could tell a bruise would be showing up soon. As the wind rushed past him his eyes picked out three metal contraptions flying through the air. Oh, look, more things aiming to hit me he thought as one chased after his still moving back body. Everyone is showing off today, it seems. Isaac came all out against him, as he should, but something was telling Andre his friend was already spent. Whereas he, bruised up yes, was still ready to go. I think I've taken enough hits. Let's try hitting. Flipping in the air, he poured on his power and zipped in a tight loop heading directly towards the flying--metal bird, that's a metal bird....that's sorta really cool--moving with tight rolls and curves, he reached out and grabbed the bird in his hand as they zipped close to each other. Crushing it, the metal biting into his skin but not piercing it, he then aimed and threw the crushed metal at one of the other birds nearer to Isaac with force enough to cause it to clear the distance and slam into it. Zipping through the air, he caught Isaac by the back of his shirt after he noticed his friend wasn't using his fire to control his descent, instead falling with the always helpful hand of gravity. "That was quite the attack." He shouted over the wind as he brought both of them to the ground. "But it that's all the juice you have in the tank we might need to look into longevity. We can talk more about it after, for now, I say we see what the girls can do." Landing on the ground, maybe dropping Isaac--look I could have thrown him but that would have hurt....hurt him, I would have found it funny--while he skidded to a stop in the dirt. "Well then, ladies. I think this just turned into a team bout. Let's see what you can dish out." Andre smiled, while internally he might have been thinking about how many more bruises he was going to get, but the prospect of further testing what he can go was too exciting to conceal. "What do you think, Isaac?"[Ind. x2 Normal, -6 (4/25)]
[Enh. x1 Normal, -3 (12/25)]
Luna | Mecha Loli
The two birds that attack Isaac go through the flames seemingly unharmed at first, but it was enough to throw them off their path, and one of them caught fire on their wings which had a few bits made from a strange fabric. The flaming bird quickly begins to drop until it hits the ground. "Inko!" she cries out as Andre crushes the bird that attacked him and throws it at the last remaining machine. She quickly puts her palms back together and called out similarly to the summoning chant, though she spoke only one word this time. "Rückgabe!" she cried out as the two birds collided and fell to the ground. Right after hitting the ground the circles of light reappear over the birds and shift downwards over each of them, causing them to seemingly vanish before the portals close up once more. Luna was visibly upset at what had just happened. She understood going in that this training wasn't likely to be tame, but even still she hadn't prepared herself properly for that sight. It might even be fair to say that there was nothing that could prepare her for it beyond seeing it happen for the first time, so part of her is thankful that it happened in training. Even still, she was upset at seeing her friend hurt like that and so she wasted no time preparing for the next round. As Andre landed with Isaac and the two of them regrouped Luna began chanting again, her hands still clasped together. "Mächtigster der Wölfe und listigster der Löwen, ich rufe dich in dieser Stunde der Not an meine Seite! Beschwören: Richie! Ranga!" Once again, her chant sounds distorted though the effect seems even greater than the last time, and the chant itself seems to be a bit longer as well. And again, a circle of light appeared for each name that was called as the name was spoken, this time two portals appearing with one on each side of her. Two mechanical beasts come running out of the portals stopping just as they fully exit, the portals closing behind them. They were somewhere in between the size of a lion and a wolf, with features that could be attributed to one animal or the other. Hearing what Andre was proposing to Isaac, she readied herself for whatever was to come next. Guess we're no longer just interfering... she thought as she glanced over to Sloane, slipping her arms back into her gauntlets.[Type 1: x1 Minor, x2 Normal, -7 EP 5 Remaining]
Isaac Crysentine
"I think that's a perfectly fine idea." Isaac was standing up by this point, but his arms were heavily bruised from the blunted claws of the mechanical birds that went after him. At least I burned some of the feathers off. The small confrontation against Andre had somewhat been successful, and if he hadn't been used his powers excessively in the hours leading up to the fight, he just might have been able to actually win in the given situation. Oh well, guess we're fighting the girls now. He readied himself, lighting his fists and his feet on fire. There would be no firepower behind them, as he was out of juice, but Isaac still had complete access to his 2nd power. "Ready when you are." He looked at Andre, hoping he would do something about the large beasts standing before them. And what are we going to do about Sloane?[x1 Basic, -0 EP]
Sloane Whittier
She looked and smiled at the girl. 'Nope, we're not, are we? Kickass animals though, kiddo. Shout if you need me.' Simultaneously she sent messages to Andre and Isaac: 'Listen to you over there, laughing at hurting your friend. So mean! Don't worry, I'll try to mind the bruises.' Her tone clearly joking. 'What are you going to do about Sloane?' She stood up and brushed herself off, smirking at the two of them. "Let's do this, gentlemen." 'Luna, I'm going to keep Andre busy. You work on Isaac.' Her eyes locked onto his as she focused. She worked best when she visualized her tasks, so she conjured up an imaginary rug. A really, really big one. It slid around her friend in a circle and tightened around him, locking his arms in place and holding him tight. Then she added weight to the rug, making it feel like gravity itself was holding him down. 'Let's see if I still got it.'[Path, x3 Basic 0 EP, 25 Remaining]
[Manip. x2 Normal 3 EP, 16 Remaining]
Luna | Mecha Loli
She grinned in response, then quickly ran up to the beast to her right and climbed onto it's back. She wanted to pay Andre back more than Isaac, but it was the smart move to make so it would have to do for now. Raising an arm up and forward she shouts "Chaaarge!" and the two beasts rush forward, seemingly headed straight towards Isaac. As they get closer, Luna leaps from the beast she is riding with her gauntlets clasped together in the air above her, ready to swing them both down at Isaac. He doesn't know what these gauntlets can do yet, so I guess I should start a bit more tame? she thinks as she determines the amount of force to use in the attack. Meanwhile the two beasts move to start circling around him.[Type 1: x1 Minor, -1 EP (4/15)]
[Type 2: x1 Minor, -1 EP (14/15)]
Isaac Crysentine
Isaac barely had time to respond before he saw the two beasts charging at him. As they got closer, he saw Luna jump off and prepare to slam into him. I... am not going to stand here. Frantically, he turned around and jogged over a few steps to where they had all left their belongings before they started sparring and racing. It has to be here somewhere, it's gotta be. As the beasts charged behind him and Luna started her descent from her jump in the air, Isaac found it. Without a moment's hesitation, Isaac swept the object in his left hand and rapidly placed his right on the ground. I still have fight in my yet. The sudden stream of energy Isaac felt as he imbued the ground in front of him with fire left him feeling even more tired than before, but now wasn't the time to stop moving. As the wall of flames finished sprouting from the ground, Isaac took his right hand once more and placed it on the hilt. Luna was quite literally in front of him as he drew the blade, imbuing it with fire and using the flat edge to thrust and parry against whatever attack Luna was about to throw at him. I have no idea how to use this, but it can't be that hard, right? And I hope the fire wall stops the charging things too.[Imbue, x2 Normal, -6 EP]
DeAndre Walker
She was in his head again....great. But it added another variable to the bout. Other pathers they might face could do that. So, he should probably take the opportunity to practice fighting without having his plans on the front of his mind. Not like you can really plan in a fight all the time anyways. Ready to take off the ground, Andre felt a weight wrap around him and tighten. His feet, barely off the ground, landed back with a thud. What the... Looking at Sloane he saw her eyes locked on him. Oh, so this is what it’s--never mind. Could he break it? Can you break mental things? Supposed he'd have to find out. The weight on him started to cause his legs to bend. It wasn't difficult, but it was enough to keep him on the ground unless he wanted to focus on that. He was tired from all the flying though if he was honest, but his legs and arms, those felt fine. Time to see what I--what Victory can do I guess. Then he started to push against the force. His arms by his side he first flexed to create some 'space' and started a low roar as his strained to force his arms up like he was tearing against a binding. His muscles bulged, pouring more strength into the action than anything he had tossed at Isaac. Fucking...break...damnit![Enh. Normal x1, -3EP (9/25)]
Sloane Whittier
'What, you won't even talk back? Rude.' The more force he put into breaking the shield, the more she struggled to hold it in place. 'Alright then, you got some fight in you. That's good!' She smiled as she had a thought. 'You remember when you're pushing on a door and your friend is on the other side pulling it tight and then they let go and you fly through the room?' At that moment pop! She unwrapped the "rug" and let him fly.Paige Nelson
'It's... actually been a good day. Fucking. Xander. Knight. I still can't believe it. And he bought me a damn guitar! I can't wait to show Abbey. I wonder how her day finished with the sugar pop star...' Outcry's music was blasting out of her headphones, shocker, and she had a smile on her face (now that was a first). She didn't even realize she'd made it over to Garnet Park, but it wasn't unusual. Her aimless walks lead her all over the damn city. She could hop the train and get home, easy. As the song faded out and transitioned to the next, she heard some weird fucking noises. She quickly hit pause on her phone and took a headphone out of one ear. The sounds got louder. 'What the hell dude...' She walked around to the front of the building and pushed on the gate. It opened. She carefully walked through and moved towards the door to the warehouse.Luna | Mecha Loli
She follows through with the attack despite his defensive stance and swings her arms downward at Isaac as she gets close, the force of the attack being as if it came from an average well-built adult fighter. Whether deflected or dodged, she lands after the attack and takes a fighting stance. Strangely enough the little kid seems to have good form, her stance reminiscent of an MMA fighter. With little hesitation she continues the assault, throwing two jabs at similar force to the first swing. She attempts to follow it up with another punch after that, basing the angle of attack on Isaac's reactions to the first two punches and putting more force into this attack than all the ones before it. The two beasts stay at a distance while this happens, continuously circling around the two fighters while keeping themselves on either side of them. They both seem to keep their eyes on Isaac, intent on keeping him in the fight with Luna.[Type 2: x3 Minor, x1 Normal, -6 EP (8/15)]
Isaac Crysentine
Seriously, what the hell is up with these things? And where did Luna learn all, these moves? The first attack pushed him back enough to the point where he was afraid, he almost lost his balance. He had no idea what he was doing with the sword, but he decided it was his best bet. As Luna got in close for the next attack, Isaac added even more flame to the sword and set his hands and feet ablaze as well. The first two jabs Isaac managed to block, but it was the second set that caught him square in the side. The pain he felt was unimaginable, and all he could think of was how much Advil he would have to take before he no longer felt any of it. Just as Luna as following through with the attack, however, Isaac managed to actually get into close contact with the girl. For a second, he considered imbuing her herself with fire, but that would have just outright killed her. Instead, as he was still reeling from the punch, he sent a flame through the ground and beneath the surface, right at Luna’s feet. This should give me some breathing room.[Imbue, x2 Normal, -3 EP]
DeAndre Walker (Victory)
The force of the sudden release of the invisible hold caused Andre's arms to fly upwards with a lot of energy put into them. This served to lift him off the ground, but thankfully having prepared for it to shatter--or rip?--at some point he turned the lift into flight and zipped into the sky before swooping down and low to the ground heading directly towards Sloane. "Close your mouth, I don't want you biting your tongue." He mentally communicated to his teammate, as he poured on speed and slid to the slight side of Sloane. He was adding small movements to dart around even though it was a short distance. He wasn't sure how Sloane's powers worked exactly--part of the whole purpose of training--but she had been staring at him the whole time she was holding him so his currently experiment was to shift out of her sight as best he could. As he came up alongside her, he reached out his arm and wrapped it around her waist, slowly down right as he reached her to make sure there wasn't an impact from his arm, he then rotated, twisting the both of them in a tight circle and then, releasing Sloane high and far into the air, a good 15 feet up and almost double as far away by his best guess. Low enough to not hurt her too bad if she can't stop herself. Given she could lift things up he had some belief she could. He also had the belief of payback's a bitch. As he slowed his rotation with his feet grinding into the dirt.Sloane Whittier
She watched him shoot free of her contraption and then... 'Oh shit!' She didn't have time to dodge, but she slammed her mouth shut when she heard his mental note. Next was the impact and... 'Whelp. Now I'm flying... aaaaaand now I'm not.' 'So this is what it feels like to free fall after being dropped by Black Superman' She didn't have time to make it graceful, but she was able to pump her imaginary breaks just enough so that she didn't bust her ass on the ground. She stumbled a few steps when she landed and then laughed. 'Thanks for the free roller coaster ride! Now it's really on.' Nearby was a telephone that wasn't connected to anything anymore, like they rewired the area and just forgot to remove the old ones. She reached out to it and "pulled" with everything she had. Slowly, it started coming out of the ground and then all of a sudden it was swinging in the air. She reached out a hand to keep her connection with the object and catch its balance before it tumbled out of control. She turned it on its side so it was parallel with the ground and then gave it a huge "push". All of a sudden it was flying towards the warehouse, making a beeline for Andre, except wait... no, NO, that's when she saw the girl. It was too late, there was too much force behind it, all she could do was pull back and try to swerve just enough... she was too tired for anything else.[Manip. x1 Normal 3 EP, x1 Strenuous 15 EP, 0 Remaining]
Paige Nelson
'Did that guy just... and then he dropped her! What the hell are those creatures over there? Why does that guy have a sword?' She was reeling as she tried to take in the scene before her. 'It's a den of freaks... Wait... what is that chick doing, what is she staring at behind me, why are her eyes so wide?' She looked behind her just in time to see a fucking telephone pole coming straight for her head. She crumbled down to the ground and threw a hand out in front of her. Then she felt as if there was a huge shock that went up her arm and into her body. She fell backwards and opened one eye... then the other... 'I'm not dead. Cool.' She pulled herself back up and saw that the pole was about 20 feet away from her and still rolling... 'Um... what?' And then she fainted.[Pather x1 Strenuous 15 EP, 0 EP Remaining (Exigent circumstances for her to bust out something like that as her first use of this power, not a normal thing.)]
Luna | Mecha Loli
"Hot!Hot!Hot!" she cried out as the flames started to spew from the ground under her, moving back just in time to not be engulfed. As she backed away from the flames, though, she backed into the wall of fire from earlier in her haste. "Hot!Hot!Hot!Hot!" she cried out even louder as she started bouncing up and down to cope with the heat. Afterwards she briefly checked herself for any bits of clothing that might have caught fire, but the material is slightly resistant to burning and so the flames only singe the fabric in a few places. Regardless, Isaac manages to buy himself some time as it would be several moments in total before she regains her composure and resumes her fighting stance. The minor burns she got from it didn't help either.Isaac Crysentine
When he saw Luna fly back from the flames, Isaac decided it would be time to get in close on his terms. As the young girl brushed off the embers, Isaac charged through his own flames with his fire sword, the crisp flickers of fire morphing around his clothes. He didn't know how to use the sword at all, but as long as Luna didn't know that all the better. To compensate for that, Isaac would use his legs and free hand to make small jabs of fire at the Mecha Loli. Be quick, don't give her time to recover, use your fire. Just as he was about to get close, though, Isaac noticed from the corner of his vision what appeared to be a young girl literally blocking a flying telephone pole. "EVERYONE STOP," he yelled, pointing at the girl.DeAndre Walker (Victory)
Andre had turned to watch the telephone pole fly past him and directly towards--Who, what, the fuck! Shit!--He started to fly in the direction of the random ass girl who had a telephone pole heading towards her in desperation, knowing deep down he was going to arrive too late. Then...the pole stopped, in midair, until the force knocked it back and onto the ground rolling. He skidded to a stop and looked at the girl cowering on the ground as she opened her eyes, and then passing out. He walked up to her quickly, putting his fingers on her neck and feeling a pulse. "She's okay!" He shouted out at the group, having heard Isaac shouting for them to stop and the noises of combat calming down. He didn't see any injuries on the girl, but she hadn't gotten up yet. "Luna, come here and help me. Isaac, you and Sloane probably need to make yourself scarce really quick before she wakes up. If she sees me and then you all she can put two and two together. Luna and I will make sure she's okay but you two go behind a wall or something." His tone was in his command voice he used during most emergencies, and he tried to give the girl space to see if she waked up naturally.Sloane Whittier
Sloane started running as soon as the pole bounced off whatever that was, though nowhere near as fast as Andre (obviously). She dropped to her knees when she got to the girl, hovering her hands over her, unsure of what to do with them. She spoke super-fast, her words stringing together. "Are-you-sure-she's-sokay? What-is-she-even-doing-here? If-I-had-known, I-would-have-NEVER. How-did-it-stop-like-that?" She made herself stop and breathe and resumed her normal cadence... "But seriously, is she okay?"Luna | Mecha Loli
Hearing Isaac running up to her she hurries to take a defensive stance, raising her gauntlets up to guard against the attacks. The sword swings glance off the metal but the jabs and kicks cannot manage to make contact as she has an easier time avoiding them entirely. Even still, the assault has her on her toes with little to no room to breathe. Then, just when she's about to force herself to make a counterattack of some kind, he lets up and yells as he points to an area behind her. She stops in turn and looks behind her to see the girl laying on the ground, Andre crouching over her. Luna quickly starts running over to see what she can do to help before Andre can even call for her. Glancing over the unconscious girl Luna's eyes seem to light up as she activates her heads-up display. "From what I can see at a glance, she should be okay. Just unconscious. What happened?" she says, extremely worried.Sloane Whittier
"We were sparring. I got carried away. I just wanted to push myself! I hadn't ever really practiced with anyone before. She came out of nowhere. Fuck!! Wait--how is she not more fucked up? How did she stop the pole? I have so many damn questions."DeAndre Walker (Victory)
"What I think is going to happen is nothing. But what could happen, who knows. Trying to be safe rather than sorry." Andre felt her forward and held open on of her eyes. Looks like she just passed out then. "She's fine. I think--well I think she just used her powers and maybe got exhausted." He moved her gently, so she was in a more comfortable position rather than having one leg bent weird. "She's going to wake up and be fine. So, if you want to risk it, that's your identity. But people know me, and they will know Luna. I was just trying to be safe." Looking around he found his bag he had dropped off. With a quick dash he flew over and picked it up before returning to the passed-out girl's side and taking out an unopen bottle of water. Looking at Isaac he smirked. "An edge lord dude? Do those even still exist?"Sloane Whittier
"Okay. Okay. If you guys think she's fine, I'll leave. You've got her, right? Please. I don't say that often. Just. Please. Make sure she's okay. I will never forgive myself if she's seriously hurt. She's so fucking young." She stands up and is shaking ever so slightly. "Someone get me out of here."Isaac Crysentine
”I think I’ll take that as my cue to leave as well.” Solemnly, Isaac sheathed the sword and grabbed his things. “Grab your things, Sloane, we’re all staying in the AERI Suites tonight I’m assuming?”DeAndre Walker (Victory)
"Yes, I got her. Luna and I will stay here until she wakes up and if she needs a hospital, I'll take her myself." Andre said calmly, knowing his friends were worried. It was the worry that reassured him. Only good people focus on others before their own safety. "Let's meet back up later and we can go over today. Both the bouts and this situation."Sloane Whittier
"I think I just need to go home, but I would really appreciate it if you could help me get to the station, Isaac. Text me or call me or show up at my front door if you have to but keep me updated. Okay, Andre? FUCK. I can't believe this happened."Isaac Crysentine
”I got you, don’t worry.” With one last worried look at the girl, he led the distraught Sloane away from the scene and back towards the station.DeAndre Walker (Victory)
Text Message
To: IsaacHey, make sure she gets home okay. She seemed a bit shaken. I'll shoot you a text when Edgelord wakes up. Pick us up some food though, I'm starved. I'll pay ya back.
Isaac Crysentine
Text Message
To: AndreYe I'll make sure she gets home. And that would be good, keep us updated on the edge. Also does some McDonalds sound good? Kind of want a McChicken.
Paige Nelson
'Fuuuuck me, it hurts. Why does everything hurt? Oh right. A fucking POLE came at my FACE.' She reaches up and touches her face without opening her eyes. 'Okay. My face is still there. Cool. Cool. Good start. Should I try to sit up? Maybe. Or maybe I'll stay here for a minute longer.'DeAndre Walker (Victory)
"Hey, Luna, I think she's waking up." Andre was nearby the girl but not getting in her face, letting her breath. "Excuse me, Miss, are you okay? Do you need anything?"Paige Nelson
'Uh. Who the fuck is that? I'm in the wrong part of town for this shit. Oh god. What if it's one of the freaks? Just peek out one eye. Just a little.' She carefully opened one eye. 'Yup! Yup. It is. That's him. He did the thing where he dropped the girl. I've seen him on the news. What the fuck do I do now?!'Luna | Mecha Loli
I should probably send Richie and Ranga home if we want to avoid making her panic... she thinks as the other two leave the area. "Rückgabe!" she cries out as she puts her hands together again, portals appearing above the two beasts and then moving down to consume them before disappearing again, just like when she returned the birds. Afterwards she pulls her backpack off and sets it in front of her, then starts to rummage through its contents. She only looks up when Andre calls for her, but then quickly returns to her task before pulling out a small bottle of water and rushing over. "I've got some spring water if you want it... and painkillers if you need them..." she says sheepishly, her voice betraying her nervousness clearly as she fails to maintain her cheery mask.[Type 1: x1 Minor, -1 EP (3/15)]
Paige Nelson
'Wait. She sounds young. Like. Younger than me young.' Paige sits up and rubs her arm. "No thanks. You seem adorable and all, but they taught us not to take candy from strangers. Stranger danger. Speaking of which Who The Fuck Are You?"DeAndre Walker (Victory)
Did she really... Andre kept on his firefighter face only via a concentration honed to help him avoid laughing in situations like this. "I'm An--Victory." He said, covering up his error with a friendly tone. "This is my teammate." Note to self, ask Luna her code name. Tiny Trouble? Fierce Fairy? Stop it, focus! Concern came over his face as he looked over her again. "I don't see any injuries, which should be evident if..." Well if a telephone pole smacked you in the face. "Our apologizes about that, we were practicing and no one saw you walk up. That must have been a shock. I'll say we were all shocked, and relieved, to watch you stop it. Quite the power you have."Luna | Mecha Loli
She paused and looked to Andre then back to Paige. "I have a phone you can use if you need to call someone, and there's a small hospital nearby if you feel hurt at all. We can walk you over to it or call an ambulance for you... Whatever you need..." she continued, her worried state not settling down in the slightest. For all the thoughts in her mind and the speed at which she processed them, she couldn't think of what to do or say in this situation and so defaulted to continuously offering help.Paige Nelson
"What're you talking about, power?" 'Uh, shit, did something happen with ghosts again? Maybe I'm dying. Maybe that's what this is. Hallucinations before death. Yup. That makes sense.' "I didn't do shit. You freaks were doing whatever you were doing, 'training' apparently." She did the air quotes but winced and rubbed her shoulder. "And somehow I got knocked the fuck out and now my arm hurts. So, if one of you randos want to fill in the blanks, that'd be great."DeAndre Walker (Victory)
“Freaks.” Andre unconsciously repeated the word with a tone of cold repetition from having heard it far too many times. Glad to see times haven’t really changed. Standing up, towering over her and Luna he was able to correct his tone back to the previous cadence. “I can assure you no one on my team stopped that pole. None of us has the ability to stop objects except for one who confirmed it wasn’t her. That leaves only one alternative, miss.” He saw the telephone pole was still close by. I'll have to put that back. “So it seems like you did, in fact, do shit as you so elegantly put it.”Luna | Mecha Loli
"Is your arm hurt?" she asks reflexively. She turns to Andre and gives him a look that cried out 'What do we do?' before turning back to the girl in front of them. "I... wasn't able to see what happened but if you were the one that stopped it and didn't know you had that power... it could explain why you passed out, I guess." she says with limited confidence, trying to contain her growing panic and force herself to think logically.Paige Nelson
"It's fine. I'm fine. Probably just bruised it when I fell or some shit. Look, I don't know what you guys are talking about. I didn't stop anything." She slowly stands up and starts brushing herself off. "Clearly one of you did it and just want to pin it on me so you don't get in trouble. I'm not gonna say shit. I don't need my foster parents knowing I was out here this late. No need to lie, dude."DeAndre Walker (Victory)
"Why would I lie? My people moved the pole, there's no way around that. But if one of them stopped it from hitting you, don't you think we'd want to take credit for that?" Andre turned to Luna. "And that makes sense. I passed out the first time I flew, but I didn't the time after. I think it happens to a lot of people their first time." Back to the darkly dressed--and shitty mannered--girl he tilted his head at her in a question, but her expression seemed adamant to push the blame--really props--onto them. Then he had a bout of realization. "Oh, I see. That makes sense." She doesn't want to be one of us. He thought. There weren't a lot of people around nowadays who called Evos freaks, not after seeing what they could do. The few he had run into were either incredibly stupid or trying to distance themselves. A frown settled on his face, one of pity rather than sadness. "Look, Miss, whether you want to believe me or not really isn't my concern. Your safety is. Thank god you seem fine, but it’s a bit silly to try and say it was us when we should be the ones trying to take credit. You have a gift. Congrats, very few do."Paige Nelson
'Great. It's happening again. RIP me.' "Whatever. Tell yourself whatever you gotta. It's not a gift. It's a damn curse. Fuckin bullshit curse. Just another thing to get me in trouble or laughed at. Bring it on, world! Let's see what else you fuckin got." She checked her pockets and made sure her phone was still there. "I need to get out of here. One of you gonna pop a vein if I do?"Luna | Mecha Loli
Luna's worry was quickly replaced with something else as the girl kept talking. She could pick up on some of the signs, the negativity, the self-doubt, and the suspicion... It was impossible to tell for sure without reaching into her mind like Sloane might, but she felt confident that this person was going through something similar to when Luna first came to this world. "Hey, it could be worse, you know. At least you can call this world your home... No matter how much people make you feel like an outcast you can always say that you were born in this world and therefore belong here, no matter what anyone else says... Unlike me." The last two words are spoken mostly under her breath and were easy to miss, but either of them could make the words out easy enough if they were paying attention. She doesn't pause long before continuing, though. "Our abilities are what we make of them, so it's only a curse if you treat it like one."Paige Nelson
"Another world? Dude, freak was right. Good luck with that, pixie stick. Shit's fucked as it is without hallucinating that you're from some other planet. Keep on huffin paint or whatever it is that you're doing. Maybe it'll work out for you."Luna | Mecha Loli
The little girl simply smiles in response to the reaction before holding out her arms in front of her, palms facing out. Just beyond her palms a ball of light appears and quickly begins to expand up, down, left, and right. It becomes a tiny flat disk of light before the center becomes hollow, forming a ring. Inside the ring was an image different from everything else around them, and as the ring continued to expand the world on the other side became easier to see without having to go up to the portal. Eventually the ring stops expanding at about the diameter of a basketball. The scene that was portrayed by the portal showed barren fields of dirt and stone and machines similar to the ones Paige had seen before. Luna says nothing as she does this, letting her power speak for itself.[Type 1: x1 Normal, -3 EP (0/15)]
Paige Nelson
Paige watched with impassive boredom at first and then reluctant curiosity. Seeing the portal appear really freaked her out. 'No fucking way. I hit my head harder than I thought. I gotta get the fuck out of here.' "I don't know what David Blaine shit you're pulling, but I'm not falling for it. Plenty of people out there on these streets know how to pull a fast one on someone. You may be one of the better ones I've seen, but that doesn't change the facts that this is just more of the same. So, be good. Thanks for making sure I wasn't dead. Keep on keepin on. See ya never." And with that she turned to leave.DeAndre Walker (Victory)
Setting a soft hand on Luna's shoulder to stem any attempt for the sweet girl to go after the complete fucktwit, Andre spoke loudly and with enough edge in his own voice to be heard. "This 'freak' has done more in her life than most people can dream of by embracing her gift and making something of herself, despite all the reason she had to curse the world she grew up in. I wonder what your excuse is." He reached down to grab his bag, slinging it over his shoulder. "Let's go, Luna, we've spent enough time here. I'll take you home, I need the practice anyways." Waiting as Luna gathered her things, he had a twitch in his face as he watched the girl walk away. No, fuck her. She gets to speak, so do I. I'm not going to be silent with this mantle. Rising an inch off the ground he zipped over until he was in front but off to the side of her. "Manners, kid. They're something you should learn. And I hope you understand that despite your apparent effort to pretend that reality doesn't exist, reality doesn't give two shits what you want. You think I wanted this? You're lucky enough to be in a city that allows it. Imagine living in one where people got vanished simply for being 'freaks.' You think they didn't try to hide. You think I didn't? Denying reality only works until reality decides to say 'sorry but no.'" He floated a bit past her, ready to go back to Luna, before he stopped alongside her and added. "And that kid, that freak as you so politely put it, is in a different world away from everyone she ever knows. Dropped in a place where she has no ties. And she volunteers to save people like you who label her abnormal simply because of how she was born." A slight shake of his head and that same pitying frown. "Thank god people like her exists. Get home safe, kid."[x1 Minor, -1EP]
Type
Record, Historical
Medium
Digital Recording, Text
Authoring Date
July 3, 2021
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