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Post by Gaia on Aug 19, 2024 13:04:40 GMT -8
Silent Ten
Jumping over her own shockwave was easy enough with her Air Shoes battle chip. What she felt next was true fear, however - this place, whatever it was, was nowhere near what she heard Heartless tell Joker to do. Secondly, this place was on an echelon far and above that of the Meteor Server; that much was obvious. For him to be here, it was either to conquer it, meaning he had accomplished what Heartless asked him to do and then did more, or . . .
. . . something far more terrifying, considering why she failed King's expectations, and just what the ogre was capable of when at full power.
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Post by Zane on Aug 31, 2024 5:40:43 GMT -8
It was far from home and far from the intended destination. On both fronts that was correct, yet the why he was here could be any number of theories. One thing was certainly on the table regardless of which the ogre was here for. Accomplishing his task and then some, conquering this space, and tying up loose ends could all be done at the same time. And what approached was an already Finalized Joker, moving with far more ease than she could in this location. Hiding from him or escaping from him here both were off the table, so instead an encounter was inevitable. Her past results spoke to themselves if things became hostile as well.
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Post by Gaia on Aug 31, 2024 7:57:15 GMT -8
Silent Ten
She gulped as she stared down Dread Joker, barely standing on her own two feet. He seemed absolutely fine by comparison, and that meant that he was in his peak, exactly as she expected him to be. King accepted no weaknesses, and Joker had to accomplish that expectation, even above Arthur, to remain in commission.
She remembered the hyper-analytical side of Joker, and the personality he had unintentionally inherited to cope with the hand they had been dealt. He grew to love what he did, and rather than do it to survive, he did it because it made him feel alive. She never got to his level on many things, but she could never align herself with his hopes to eradicate weakness.
It was all she could do to stand up, and not bother trying to stealth; it was useless against his scanners, anyways. ". . . So, Jokey. We uh . . . we just walkin' around in Dread form for fun, these days?" she quipped, laughing awkwardly, hoping she could find a shred of the brother she knew under there, if all the growth he had made after being forced to leave by Heartless was lost to this one. "Or are my eyes just a little wonky from the gravity, and have you finalized deeply enough to be Grave Joker?"
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Post by Zane on Sept 1, 2024 17:48:53 GMT -8
For a moment it seemed as if her words fell on deaf ears and that she was right to assume that all the growth meant that she was already in dire straits the moment he had arrived. But almost as if it was toggled like an on and off switch, over time it seemed like he would process the words and be capable of responding accordingly.
"It would be inefficient to walk around at full battle power at all times. But something weak like you should have stopped existing a long time ago. You have no place in the world."
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Post by Gaia on Sept 2, 2024 13:49:16 GMT -8
Silent Ten
That . . . that was the Joker she remembered, then. The one from far before Heartless got him out.
She clicked her tongue, shuddering under the unfathomable weight. ". . . So, that's it? No, 'Hey, sis, done anything cool recently?' No, 'Hey, Ten, go ahead and finalize so that we can finally unleash our full potential?' It's all you could ever talk about before," she tried to push for a longer conversation, more of a chance to build up so that she could think of a way out of here, think of a way to avoid confrontation with the walking, talking nuke.
"You get Ace to finalize with you, yet? Go full out? Or are you still the only guy in the 'Can live Finalized because that's normal' Club?"
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Post by Zane on Sept 14, 2024 5:17:32 GMT -8
She was ever the chatterbox. It was part of what she did to try and get ahead while she prepared during battle, but he didn't care about that whatsoever. If she wanted to converse to learn what she was missing here, he could still do that too. The answers would surprise her after all, as he smirked rather smugly at the question itself. One that had a rather foreboding answer for her when she would hear what the giant had to say next.
"If you could accomplish that feat and chose not to do so in the face of a confrontation, then you would have chosen to remain weak and be exterminated with the rest. Just as he did when he Finalized."
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Post by Gaia on Sept 15, 2024 12:07:49 GMT -8
Silent Ten
The belief that his power was paramount would catapult him to the front of any given scenario. Not only was he assured that he could not fail, but in the face of failure, he would simply push himself farther. He got out by being more ruthless than the rest - he got out by ensuring that no one else could defeat him.
It was what King demanded of them. Ten was bested by him when they were still equals. He bested Ace, too. What followed made her eyes widen, though.
"You. . . you go him to Finalize? Willingly? Or was he out of control? That's not safe for Arthur, you big bully! What if he had died?" she threw at him, the metal of her suit rippling to show her frustration. If he could just kill her anyways, no need to hold back her feelings on the matter. "And . . . he still go exterminated? So, now, what? It's not enough to Finalize, you believe they have to accept that power all the time? Just doing it when they're on their last ropes isn't enough?"
Her voice was getting quiet, a metal lash forming on one of her arms. "And what about our shared fear, huh? Still quick to put your hands to your head to stop Mr. King's voice, or does his command code no longer work on you, Mr. High and Mighty?"
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