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Post by raptorman on Mar 10, 2010 20:20:43 GMT -5
Aloraster's silvery head turned towards Master Zero and Karasawa. His face changed expression slightly, looking more interested in what he saw around Master Zero. The energy was something that even Aloraster had not seen in this form. Corrupted life, what caused that to occur this time he did not know. He did know he couldn't feed off of that. "SO WHAT MADE YOU PURIFIER OF EDEN, YOU HAVE SOMETHING I HAVE NOT SEEN IN THIS WAY BEFORE. FROM WHERE DID IT COME?
Aloraster stopped talking and a massive ball of energy began to form over his head. A ball of power forming for him to strike out at his enemies. "AND YOU CONSTRUCT, YOU REMIND ME OF ANOTHER, A MACHINE THAT FUNCTIONED AS A MACHINE. YOU WILL PERISH FOR GOOD DESPITE YOUR ABILITIES, YOU ALL WILL."
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Post by Ninmast on Mar 10, 2010 20:51:26 GMT -5
Karasawa smirked at the being's supposition. "I am no machine, not truly, Extradimensional. My body may perhaps be artificial, but you underestimate the Earth's most powerful kingpin at your own peril."
"Enough talk," Master Zero interjected as he held his clawed appendage before him threateningly. "Aloraster, let me give you a piece of advice. I don't expect you'll actually be able to beat me in this form, but it has a weakness. I am so confident in this that I will share it with you, so listen carefully." He stretched the claws out to show all five. "At most, I can only maintain this form for five minutes because I'm not actually built to use it. As I said, you won't be able to actually defeat me in that time. However, if you can survive that long, then you will have an opening when I am forced to resort or I will tear my chassis apart." His wings spread wide as he reared back. "THAT TIMER STARTS NOW!!!"
He dashed forward, moving so quickly that he actually seemed to disappear, only reappearing as he slowed while swooping around behind him as he sent his taloned foot at the back of Aloraster's skull.
Meanwhile, never one to waste an opportunity, nor to stay put while an enemy was charging an attack and/or potentially distracted, Karasawa raised the palm of his hand and fired a concussive blast at the ball of power forming above Aloraster in an attempt to detonate it prematurely, while Aloraster, himself, was still in its threat range.
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Post by raptorman on Mar 10, 2010 21:09:43 GMT -5
Master Zero had underestimated Aloraster though and apparently missed some of the features of Aloraster's form. As Master zero had attempted to kick Aloraster from behind the tendrils lashed out and lines of energy flew from them forming a net of energy that struck Master Zero dead on.
A glowing nimbus of energy formed and intercepted Karasawa's attack as well. Aloraster's face filled with a sort of haughty arrogant pride. The ball of energy above him continued to grow. "DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT COULD DO IT, YOU ARE STILL NEXT TO NOTHING TO ME" Of course it hadn't been effortless, but Aloraster wasn't going t0 reveal that he had any limits at all
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Post by Ninmast on Mar 10, 2010 21:16:14 GMT -5
"Hehehehehe ..." The dark laughter, so likely to be from someone like Karasawa, had instead come from Master Zero behind him. Then, with such sudden force as seemed impossible for a mere construct, he reached down, gripped the tendrils that attempted to fly out to strike him in his hands, and ripped them from the aura of energy like some sort of barbarian ripping the hair from the scalp of his foes. Then there was that impossible speed again as he sent a piercing claw thrust toward Aloraster's neck. It was reasonable to assume a similar attempt would not even meaningfully slow him down this time.
Karasawa used that opening while Aloraster was distracted with his showboating shield to dash forward, not so much running as being thrust along the floor by the boosters on his back. Right in front of Aloraster, he shot up in what almost appeared to be an uppercut for the Dreadlord's chin. Instead, the uppercut zoomed right by the entity's face as he aimed to strike the very orb, itself.
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Post by raptorman on Mar 10, 2010 21:30:57 GMT -5
Where the tendrils had been more erupted but Aloraster did not wait for Master zero to attempt to strike him again. His form flicked out suddenly as if a switch had been flipped. The Ball of energy that had hovered above him suddenly exploded just as a Karasawa and Master Zero were as close to it as possible. A massive concussive blast erupted first and the entire ship shook with it. Then racing behind the first wave came several waves of a dark energy, one that was not of this universe. The first wave was the strongest followed by weaker ones, but even the least powerful could shatter buildings.
After the hell of the explosion had ended Aloraster appeared on the opposite end of the room from the others again. A faint smirk on his face as he did so.
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Post by Ninmast on Mar 10, 2010 21:38:47 GMT -5
But the voice came from behind him as great bat wings blocked the light from the walls, casting the Dreadlord into shadow. Had the Edenite really moved so fast as to keep up with his retreat?
"What's so funny, Aloraster?" he asked, his arms crossed over his chest. "Come on, share it with the rest of us. I love a good laugh."
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Post by raptorman on Mar 10, 2010 21:44:12 GMT -5
Aloraster spun and the blades of the void hissed in anticipation as he struck out at master zero. The Tendrils on his back whipped out to either side as well to strike from all sides at once against the edenite. As he did so though, a bubble of energy appeared to protect his back.
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Post by Ninmast on Mar 10, 2010 21:52:26 GMT -5
But the wide, uncharacteristically feral grin on the Purifier's face only widened as the blades made their appearance and he brought one clawed paw around to parry it. "Is this IT?" he demanded to know as he sent a kick toward the Dreadlord's chest with enough power to shatter a building. "Is this the most challenge you can OFFER ME???" Again, with the emphasis came another blow, spinning around and sending the other taloned foot toward the side of his head. "The same tired, old tricks I saw from your CAPTAINS???"
In the bubble projected by Quicksilver, Star came to, her full-body burns nowhere to be found on her person. "Wow, that hurt ..." she muttered.
But Quicksilver's response was unusually terse. "You have other cards to play, Star. It is time to bring them out. The boys are holding him as long as they can, but this isn't something we'll be able to win on our own."
And by that, Star knew, she wasn't talking of the three of them needing her, of course. The pink-haired carbon nodded in understanding, but instead of trying to enter combat again, she did something that would no doubt seem bizarre. She got down on her knees and bowed her head.
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Post by raptorman on Mar 10, 2010 21:58:33 GMT -5
The First kick did connect and Aloraster seemed not to be disturbed by it. A heavy chuckling came from his throat. He spun the blades which Master Zero had trapped his hands upon in blocking. If Master zero let go he would get badly slashed by blades that could truly penetrate his armor. If he did not let go he would be sent flying into the wall behind him.
Aloraster tendrils reared up again and from them thousands of bursts of energy fired at Master zero.
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Post by Ninmast on Mar 10, 2010 22:02:12 GMT -5
If Master Zero felt anything from the blades, he gave no indication of it, only releasing it as he whipped the clawed hand around in a blatant attempt to rip the entity's face off.
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Post by raptorman on Mar 10, 2010 22:08:46 GMT -5
Aloraster teleported again this time appearing before quicksilver and Star in a flicker as thousands of the shards flew from him again. He began to flicker randomly throughout the room with the rain of flechettes firing off in all directions with great force each time.
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Post by Ninmast on Mar 10, 2010 22:13:57 GMT -5
Quicksilver flinched in surprise, but her barrier held without flickering. Star, however, didn't even raise her head. She no doubt knew of the attack, but she gave it no response, only continuing the mumblings under her breath.
"Are you running from me, Aloraster? That's not a very divine thing to do." Absolute Zero mocked as he leisurely floated across the room. "I don't even imagine we're hardly past the minute mark! Are you that worried you can't last a mere five minutes with me?"
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Post by raptorman on Mar 10, 2010 22:17:16 GMT -5
"NOT AT ALL FOOL, I SIMPLY KNOW HOW TO FIGHT, UNLIKE YOU" Aloraster flickered about a few more times releasing more clouds of flechettes before appearing behind master zero and thrusting forward with one of his swords as his tendrils shifted into a wall of blades that erupted towards master Zero.
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Post by Ninmast on Mar 10, 2010 22:22:05 GMT -5
The vampirish mouth of Absolute Zero curled up into a smirk as Aloraster attempted to come up behind him. "You sure could have fooled me." Suddenly, as Aloraster tried to to impale him from behind, Master Zero whirled around to kick the blade away, then brought his clawed hand around, wrapped in frigid dark energy, to clash against Aloraster's tentacles. It was a precision strike, not one for brute force as it may have seemed. One blow in the proper area would disrupt the wall, weaken it so that its overall effectiveness would be negligent.
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Post by raptorman on Mar 11, 2010 6:32:33 GMT -5
As Master Zero spun and brought his hand up to strike at the tendrils there was a brief moment during which he could not actively defend himself. Aloraster's silver hand shot out to punch him with a force that could shatter buildings as well. As his hand struck a blast of energy was also released into Master Zero.
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