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Post by Shast on Sept 5, 2009 20:49:12 GMT -8
Combatants: Jax and Spark
Length: 7 turns, not including intro.
Story version(s): In-active.
Style: Free-style
Judge: Ourselves. -----
A sand beaten town that lay in the middle of a sun drenched desert, it's residents tanned from the constant rays and it's houses made of what appeared to be clay. The town was a buzz with trade, commerce, and countless festivities ranging from simple street performances to fire breathing.
Jax drifted into town being carried only by determination and a dust faded cloak; his hood masking his face as it usually did. Shooting a glance at several of the attractions the town had to offer as he walked along the sandy streets; none of which drew his attention for more than a few seconds. Finally, Jax's eyes rested upon a building that had the words "library" scrawled above the door on a wood carved sign. "Maybe this place has some information of use to me." he thought to himself as he pushed open the door, out of the beating rays of the sun, and into the dimly lit dusty book filled library.
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Post by Spark on Sept 5, 2009 21:06:09 GMT -8
As sparked raced through the net, on one of his many speed runs, he notices that the ground has turned to sand, and the temperature had begun to get warmer. While begining to slow down from the lag the heat was begining to cause, and his increased interest in the area, Spark noticed the small town off in the distance and turned his course for the center of town. Spark picks up a communication from his operator. Due to being in the middle of nowhere, and the heat, the communication was quite garbled. "Spark---- lost signal on map, can ----- give ---- info---- location?" Spark looked around and saw a saloon, a shop, and a library, among the clay buildings. "I don't have the slightest idea of where I am... Give me a few minutes to look around. Spark out." Spark walked into the Library to see if he could find some useful info on the town, knocking the loose dust off his boots as he went inside.
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Post by Shast on Sept 5, 2009 22:26:03 GMT -8
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With the second ringing of the bell signaling the clerks head popped up from it's old looking book. Noticing it was a rash looking youth his head returned to the book without a thought. Jax's head however, did not rise one bit, still searching through books but seeing nothing of value or use to him. Row after row, section by section, no book appealed to him or even offered any kind of information related to his needs.
Rather than do his usual routine is nothing was found passively and then resorting to just deleting and absorbing their data Jax figured it would be best to not disrupt the locals. While he was walking out however he finally noticed a small youth standing by the doorway. The child's panting and exhausted pose told Jax he must have just been running or was just very lazy.
"So, what brings a youth like yourself to this library?" Jax asked in a murmur as he and this young one stood in the doorway; the librarian still nose deep in his book.
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Post by Spark on Sept 6, 2009 8:27:50 GMT -8
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Spark looks around the dimly lit room, noticing a reference section and heads over, while replying " You wouldn't happen to have any idea where we are would you?" He picks up a heavy Travel Guide to the Network, obviously very old and begins to paw through it. "I seem to have gotten myself lost, and my operator cant locate me to log me out..."
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Post by Shast on Sept 6, 2009 10:50:46 GMT -8
"I was attempting to figure that out myself this town just seemed to appear from no where in the distance as I was traveling earlier... To my knowledge there isn't even supposed to be a town here... Jax continued to murmur as he strolled over to Spark. "Though, this library doesn't seem to have any books with the pages filled, this librarian isn't remotely helpful either."
Just as Jax finished his statement the librarian wearily picked his head up from the book and with a vindictive gaze threw his book at back of Jax's head. Mid-flight the book exploded sending dozens of spikes in every direction. Jax, unknowing of the flying book could only get pelted by several of the thin spikes. Luckily Jax's cloak is rather thick and none of the needles caused any real damage; but it did get Jax's attention. As he turned to face the librarian what he was met with was an empty chair and a desk lined with blank papers.
"Let's split up and find this old timer. I'm not about to let him get away with this.." and with that Jax began to search the library one isle and room at a time.
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Post by Spark on Sept 6, 2009 12:44:53 GMT -8
Spark managed to avoid most of the spikes, his scarf taking one, and ripping slightly on the end. Angrily Spark replies by zipping through the aisles and into the back room, charged and ready to get revenge, unaware that the old man was waiting with a rope stretched across the doorway. Spark ran right into the rope, tripped and landed face first on the floor. "What the!?!" before Spark could finish an old metal cage fell on top of him. As the old man set the rap again, Spark yells out to the mysterious navi still in the front of the store. "BE CAREFUL! ITS A TRAP!"
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Post by Shast on Sept 6, 2009 17:11:11 GMT -8
As Jax continued about the store he slowly brushed the needles that dotted his back off of him. They tinged off the wooden floor making a barely audible tink. Hearing the small ones shriek from the back of the store Jax continued about his search twiddling his left hands fingers before finally clenching his fist altogether.
Suddenly the store shook slightly and dust twiddled from the ceiling to the floor. and in a matter of seconds small rock-like creatures trudged into the library. They had no facial expression, or a face at all, their arms dragged along the ground as they stood maybe 3ft tall. Without an order from Jax they shambled their way throughout the building and one by one into the back. *CRASH!* The trap gate fell on one of them while crushing another shattering it completely, leaving only the one to continue it's march to the wily old man.
Meanwhile Jax had moved into the room and summoned his axe to his side and made his way to Sparks cage. "Stand back and duck, this may hurt." and with that Jax slashed horizontally acrossed the youths cage cutting through the first few rows of bars but stopping at the halfway point. "That should be good. Help yourself out now. I'm going for the old man." As Jax followed his shambling knuckle dragging golem further into the library and up the stairs in a barely lit very dark room.
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Post by Spark on Sept 7, 2009 14:54:46 GMT -8
Spark karate kicked the bars open and jumped out, running after the mysterious navi and the old man. "I could've done that myself...." Spark reached the top of the stairs. "Elec Pulsar!" Spark fired his pulsar orbs into the room in order to try and catch the old timer off guard and spring any traps that may have been set. "There you go, you go first." Spark said to the cloaked navi, gesturing him to go ahead of himself.
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Post by Shast on Sept 7, 2009 18:33:00 GMT -8
The youth's electric flash illuminated the room revealing no trap, and no old man, just a small bookshelf with only one book on it's shelves leaning to the side. Seeing no obvious trap Jax walked into the room leaving his young companion behind and briskly walked over to the shelf and picked up the book. As Jax picked up the book his companions electric blasts light dimmed and slowly faded out completely. Leaving him attempting to looking into a book in pitch black.
Shortly after the light faded red eyes began to pierce the darkness of the room and Jaxs shrouded figure vanished leaving the book to fall on the floor with the loud dust spreading thump. Leaving Spark to his alone with Jax's still slowly crumbling minion; which remained motionless with it's master gone.
Shortly after Jaxs disappearance however the rock creature started to stir with motion and shambled its way into the dark room and over to the book, beckoning Spark to follow with small hops.
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Post by Spark on Sept 9, 2009 16:15:51 GMT -8
Spark looked at the rock creature, and folowed it to the book. "Whats this now?" Spark scratched his head causing small jolts of electricity to crackle and jump around his head, thus lighting the room around him. He picked up the book and tried to make out the name, but it was written in some old forgotten language he didnt understand. Spark opened the book and began flipping through it looking for pictures of some sort to help figure out what the book was. Out of the corner of his eye Spark noticed red eyes glaring at him. Without second thought and on impulse spark chunked the book at the strange creature, hitting it square between the eyes. The creature obviously angred turns to spark and in a flash of light Spark is gone too.
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Post by Shast on Sept 9, 2009 19:18:09 GMT -8
The barely able to move shambling golem meandered around the room mindlessly as if it's master had removed the leash it had on him until it finally crumbled its final time; and stopped moving..
Meanwhile Jax had been teleported from the room to the roof of some building that overlooked the main road of the town. Upon his arrival he walked over the edge and attempted to jump off but was blocked by an invisible wall of some kind. So rather than make a fuss Jax simply watched the simple minded navi's of the town go about their business. Not one of them seemed to notice he was there, not even when they looked. It was as if he himself were invisible!
With Spark *THUMP* as he appeared Jax turned to greet him. "I don't think we're going to figure out where we are anytime soon..." After what seemed like hours of waiting a third figure appeared; it was the librarian. He walked as if he a bad back and a cane was included. He sneezed and with a short cackle afterwords he pointed his cane at Jax and made a recoil motion as if he had shot something. Just then Jax was shot backwards; shattering through the invisible wall that prevented their escape and was sent crashing down onto the dirt 'road' below them glass following his descent in a parade of patterns. Some nearly hitting him in the face.
The librarian then pointed his cane at Spark...
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Post by Spark on Sept 10, 2009 1:11:02 GMT -8
Spark watched as the man turned his cane at him and without a second thought held his arms defencively across his head and yelled [glow=Gold,2,300]"PLASMA SCREEN!" [/glow]A strong barrier formed around Spark as the weapon fired, and to great sucess bounced off the aura and full force back at the man knocking him backwards through the glass and to the ground below, leaving his cane behind on the roof. Spark looked up from behind his arms, looked at the gaping hole the old man fell through and grinned. He walke over to where the cane lay and picked it up. But the cane caused a surge of dark energy to surge through Spark's arm and completely consume him. He grinned maliciously, walking slowly to the edge, looked down at the man and fired the weapon at him at him.
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Post by Shast on Sept 10, 2009 13:23:57 GMT -8
The pulse went directly at the librarian as he lay flat on his back but suddenly a villager jumped in the way; taking the full force of the attack leaving the librarian unharmed. The librarian chuckle as one by one more villagers came to his side and helped him to his feet. Without a word of defense for the librarian the villagers gave Spark the most vindictive gaze you ever imagine. His chuckle grew into a maniacal laughter as the villagers charged Spark in several waves of at least 12 villagers each.
Meanwhile on the other side of building Jax still lay motionless on the ground shattered glass scattered about the ground. Hearing several crunching sounds Jaxs eyes shot open expecting to see Spark. What his eyes were met with were dozens of villagers with the same gaze the other villagers were giving Spark. they lunged at Jax with the same force the other group had at Spark. Jax unable to regain control of himself fast enough was overwhelmed and covered in a pile of zombie-like navis who seemed hellbent on his demise.
After what seemed like an eternity the ground started to rumble and a dozen sharp spires of stone erupted in a circle around Jax; impaling most of the navi's and leaving only a handful remaining on top of him. After the spires reached their peak they started to crumble and dissipate to a small enough state they were swept away with the wind like sand.
With only a handful of navis left on him and his limbs free Jax grabbed a couple of them and threw them off of him, he continued this process unless there were only two kicking and scratching navis left and rather than throw them he used them as weapons against the navis he threw off. Slamming the newly acquired weapons against the pack of harassing navis like maces. Sending some flying over the building to where Spark and the librarian were.
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Post by Spark on Sept 11, 2009 18:57:10 GMT -8
Spark threw out an incredibly powerful dark plasma screen blocking all the villagers from attacking, they all formed a cirlcle around spark waiting for his aura to die down. Spark closed his eyes and smirked. "You pathetic fools think you can take on ME? You're only as bothersome as a bunch of flies, and what do you do with flies? Spark opened his eyes, dissipated his aura, held up the cane and set off a shock wave deleting all the villagers in an instance. Spark stopped moving, closed his eyes and smirked again. "You swat them." Spark noticed two more flying overhead and flicked the cane at them. Spark turned to the old man. The librarian's data began to break up as he teleported away, the cane going with him. A shadow emerged from spark's crest, it looked at spark and told him, "You have done well, perhaps i'll come visit again sometime", and disappeared. Spark fell backward unconscious.
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Post by Shast on Sept 12, 2009 17:32:18 GMT -8
As the librarian made his exit, the villagers started to disappear as well, not leave, mind you; but all out vanish into thin air! As if they had never existed. The batch of villagers that Jax was fighting as well, even the two he still gripped and used as hammers. Along with the villagers the towns buildings started to vanish as well, building by building vanishing into thin air leaving nothing behind, no trace of their existence reminded except the memory that Jax and Spark had of it.
Jax sighed and glanced over the Spark who lay unconscious a couple dozen feet away him. He walked over to him and threw him over his shoulder and began his walk into the desert. Having only taken 20 or so steps Jax notices a book and stops to pick it up. It seemed to be the only REAL thing that was in the town. Jax noticed it was the same book as before, in the library, that sucked them up.
Continuing his walk he flipped open the pages and noticed they weren't blank anymore; they were filled to the brim with dusty, seemingly ancient pages that depicted two travelers who came into town and fought back against a corrupt man and his followers. Jax noted that each paragraph and each page sounded eerily familiar to his and Sparks journey to the town even down to the clothing and actions! He chuckled and tossed the book behind him. The booked landed pages up as if someone were just sitting there reading it on the pages that even told of them leaving, the next dozen pages however, were blank.
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