Chaos hit him with his tail, and attempted to swing at him with his other arms, but Xardius spun and snap-kicked both of Chaos' arms, breaking both of them. Chaos hissed and squeezed... Xardius grunted under the pressure.
"Fine," Xardius said. "Kill him then." And he stepped forward, dodging miraculously around Chaos' blows and slamming the Masamune deep into the solar plexus of the massive being. Chaos howled in rage and grabbed Xardius, driving chaos deep inside of the giant man. Xardius' knees nearly buckled, but he released the Masamune to grab Chaos' wrists, keeping them on in. "That's right!" he roared. "Fill me with your sin...!"
OOC: Two posts in two days...LAAAAAAAAAME... BIC: Xardius grabbed Wing as pure chaos whistled in a blade that blurred back into Chaos' hands as Chaos guffawed at Wing. "Careful," Xardius said. "Best we take him together..."
OOC: Allow me to explain. Xardius' can't remember a lot of things from his way, way, way back past, which is where he and Scourge have history. He remembers a bit, and it's coming back more and more as he fights the Brotherhood. However, it's really painful, so Xardius was a little bit crazy from the pain. That's why he pulled out the Masamune and attacked Sephiroth with the finishing move he did, which would be classified in an RPG game as something that sacrifices a ton of HP to completely destroy the opponent. And the questions he asked you had to do with what he'd just remembered. Make sense? BIC: Xardius shook his head. "Hmph. Not a chance you're getting out of this. Just be careful he doesn't hit you with those chaos spheres."
Chaos laughed as the air hissed around him, coalescing into its particular elements and recombining around him in chaotic pools. "I admire your bravado," he said, "but it's not happening." Xardius stood up. "You're right. It's not." Throwing Shurunrai and Chomper to the side (gently), he flipped a crystal from its sheath. In his hands appeared a massive katana, the length of his body. "The Masamune," Chaos said in wonder. "Incredible." "Ever wonder how it feels to be ripped apart?" Xardius asked. "Quite so," Chaos said. "Let's create havoc." Spheres of pure chaos appeared in his hands. "A sword of unending order and justice versus the sheerness of chaos? Don't make me laugh..." OOC: UGRAH! I MUST GO!
Garland's eyes snapped open as the Death Machine exploded, Wing leaping out of the way and Xardius panting on the ground. Grabbing Xane, he lifted Xane off the ground and sneered in his face. "Welcome to Chaos..." Odin sat forward, his one eye intense... Darkness swept forward, creeping across the ground. Garland threw Xane back as the darkness slowly began creeping up him...Suddenly, all four fiends were there at once, Lich's body becoming the skeleton as Garland's form began to change...Marilith's arms merging with Garland's body and splitting out of his sides as his head merged with Lich's...Kraken and Tiamat meshing together and merging to form the massive flesh of the entirely new being... Chaos stepped forth, the very fabric of existence unraveling around him...
OOC: Agh, sorry...I know I'm taking forever. BIC: Garland banged his head as the Death Machine toppled, crippled from Xane's blows. "Good, now get Garland out," Xardius said, as he fell to his knees, attempting to block the restoration energy from reaching the damage areas. It felt like his head was going to explode. "Break him out...now..."
Xardius gave him a "Why do I put up with your stupidity" look and nodded.
OOC: Why has no one posted!? Has there been a holocaust of UO members that I wasn't aware of!? Should I be worried!? Ah! Just a shadow... XD, my attempt at humor underlying a bit of confusion over certain members' absences and the reluctance of other members to post... BIC: Xardius, meanwhile, was concentrating heavily on ripping through the electric guard of the Death Machine, while simultaneously seizing up its connections and stopping it from attacking. Last time, he'd gone full out, but he refused at the moment to do so, causing sweat to drip from him and his muscles to shake in spasms, denying the amount of power Xardius was attempting to run into them without releasing his seal. It was amazing, Xardius thought, as Garland punched the console in front of him in frustration, how he could feel himself expanding in power...Either he was really growing stronger, or his seal was weakening... Finally, he found himself able to loosen the energy around the armor where Wing was cutting. Garland looked up as Wing's next slice dove into the metal, burning through easily. "Hurry," Xardius muttered, clenching his fists tightly and swaying slightly...
OOC: ???? BIC: Xardius spun forward, Chomper slashing forward as Wing danced in from the side. They hit dead center, Wing ducking under Xardius' massive swing to slice at the same instant. Electricity sprayed outwards, hitting Wing and Xardius and slamming them back. Xardius helped Wing to his feet, and stared. Before their very eyes, the huge power chords they'd just cut began to knit themselves back together. "The way I see it," Xardius said, as the Death Machine finished its regeneration and began stomping towards them, the gatling gun whining, "is that we're going to have to work fast. And Xane, you're definitely right. This is Brotherhood. I've seen this guy before...on Larenska. Long story." "Last time," he said, slamming Chomper into the ground, "it took a severe beating, limps ripped off, cpu smashed...and it still was regenerating, so smashing it to bits isn't going to help. The only way to stop it is to disconnect the pilot from the machine forcibly, thereby inducing the self-destruct sequence. This is to stop random people from climbing in and utilizing the technology, or taking it apart and finding out about it. However, getting to the pilot is the hard part...It's the most heavily armored." "I can get us past the electricity, but you'll have to do the cutting and smashing things," he said to Xane and Wing. "Get Garland out, then just throw him back into the explosion."
OOC: I'll PRM you Nulix. A tree...sounds definitely interesting. If you, *cough* take long enough, you'll be able to skip Round 2 completely. But try to keep it short, Round 2 will be waning very soon... BIC: "Yeah," Xardius said, pulling out Chomper. "But something telling me this one'll be different..." The Death Machine, as it was called, stood to its full height of nearly four meters, extending its massive arms. One was equipped with a massive blade running the length of the arm, and claws extended from mechanical fingers. The other arm was equipped with what Xardius decided was a missile launcher and gatling gun. In the middle of its body stood a massive head, bristling with automatic weaponry, and several grenade launchers, as well as several missile tubes to either side. Inside sat Garland, back in his helmet, laughing maniacally. The Death Machine took a step forward, and Odin clenched his fist in the air. A shield of impenetrable material coated the entire arena, shimmering once before disappearing into invisibility. "There's no getting out of this then," Xardius said. "Smart, to disguise it as a shield for the crowd. This is like a steel cage in a wrestling match." Pointing Chomper at the Death Machine, Xardius growled. "Of course, this just means I won't hold back..." Garland scoffed and his garbled voice came out of a speaker on the Death Machine. "We'll see who's the better now, macho boy!" Spinning rapidly, the gatling gun opened fire and ripped bullets towards Xardius' position, but he was already moving, signaling for Wing to get in position for the two-person X-Slash maneuver he'd taught him when he was still a Guardian...
OOC: I write long posts because I write long posts...It's in my nature. I can't help it. Sorry, I had to convince my sister to leave me alone. BIC: Xardius smirked. "You got it!" Odin frowned as Tiamat began just coming to pieces as Xardius swung both Chomper and Shurunrai through blazing patterns. Tiamat roared once, then...quite simply, keeled over and died. "That was easy," Xardius said, sheathing Shurunrai after wiping it clean. "Send in the Death Machine!" Odin snapped. "I'm sick of this." Xardius turned to see a massive machine step out of the gate. Gears clinked, and Xardius frowned. "This doesn't look good," Xardius said, spinning Chomper in front of him. "Be prepared to...move."
OOC: Xegreny, you write as well as anyone else on here (except for me, but I'm exceptionally talented at spelling and grammar and ideas and mashing them all into a wonderful story...OK, I'm kidding, XD.) All right, NEXT UP! BIC: "TIAMAT!" the announcer roared. Xardius flicked his wrist as Tiamat slammed downwards into the ashes of Kraken, its heads roaring with great abandon. "A dragon, you were right, Xane," Xardius said. "Wing! Get it from behind!"
OOC: Hey, Pirate. Let's finish this OK? BIC: Xardius finally smiled. "Fine, fish, let's dance." Slamming Chomper down into a tentacle, and impaling it, he swung up onto Chomper's handle, then leaped over a swinging tentacle as the Kraken roared in pain and swung at him. Leaping forward, his maniacal grin caused some of the crowd to shrink back as he drove straight into Kraken's maw, Shurunrai slowly coming out of its sheath. With a blur, he ripped into Kraken's mouth, slashing through its guts, before ripping out of the back of its head, shredding its brain to bits. Landing, Xardius swirled Chomper as the Kraken slowly disgorged its guts on the ground and fell on them. "Monsters and their gore," Xardius said, snapping his fingers and incinerating the remains. "Sorry Xane. My turn for the ending blow. And the starting one." OOC: Meh, never mind. I gotta go in a minute, so I finished it early. I'll be back soon, however. (Soon, meaning about 30 minutes). Then I'll be here for a bit before I have to go to Scouts for a while (probably about an hour), and then I'll be back for the rest of the night.
"Don't you trust me?" Xardius asked innocently, swatting away another tentacle irritably at the same time. The Kraken was facing Xardius, drooling. OOC: I've gotta go. I'll see you both tomorrow.
OOC: Yep, I really like it. BIC: Xardius sliced an approaching tentacle, making the Kraken frown. "You're not doing a terribly good job. Try getting...wrapped up in your work."
The fiend responded by having her guts explode all over Xardius, who wiped blood and gore out of his face and preceded to grab a water bottle and wash his face off. Marilith keeled over. "Next," Xardius wheezed. "KRAKEN, the Fiend of Water!" the announcer roared. A many-tentacled octopus thing hovered in. "This time you distract it," Xardius said.
"Whatever," Xardius said as he dove straight in with Chomper, using Shurunrai to help block him against Marilith's blows. "Any time you'd like to drive your fist into the point where her body becomes human with all the power you can muster, but hopefully not enough you'll be wasted, is fine with me." *grunt* "She has four arms to my two. This isn't exactly easy not getting cut."
Xardius nodded. "The enemies are getting more dangerous..." "Contestants, please step up," the announcer said. "Next opponent, the infamous Fiend of Fire, the giant Lamia Queen Marilith!" Marilith exploded with fiery fury (literally) out of one of the gates, her four arms shining with cutlasses. She smiled at Xardius and Xane. Wing stood up from by Crissilia, but Xardius waved him back. "Take care of her." Wing nodded and sat back down, continuing to tie a bandage over one of Crissilia's shins, where she'd been bruised. Xardius stepped forward with Xane. "Get behind her, but watch the tail," he said. "I'll take the brunt of her attacks."
OOC: It took me an hour to write the response, and it is forthcoming, but beware Pirate...it'll take you a while to read it...So you might want to save it for another time... BIC: "Pit Stop!" the announcer called, and Xardius grabbed a case from his bench, passing out water bottles. "Take a breather," he said. "Nice job everyone."
