TBK

All I can observe is this upcoming round will be very interesting.

Woohoo. That was fun.

Grats, Trimminghack!

These are beautiful. In both artisticyness and funnydom. Little more needs to be said.

That suspicious boss, tho

IC: TBK's Ghost - dead - [0/20]

A brilliant plan formed in his mind -- right before he died. Dangit. He died via shield behind a shield.

Oh well. His ghostly essence watched the final hours of the battle continue as his body lazily drifted upwards to who knows where.

IC: TBK [9/20]

As he was watching Zero through the hole, he nearly blacked out as a bullet grazed his skull [7/20] and another flew past the wall into his shoulder [6/20]. He had forgotten about Colette. Mata Nui, I need to pay more attention.

He needed to do something quickly, lest he simply hide and get shot to death. The problem was that he needed to get close to do any damage. He looked around the room, and his eye caught the ornate metal piece of furniture that he had hidden behind earlier. In spite of his dire circumstances, his face stretched into a wide grin.

Colette and Zero watched a table float out of the window. Behind the makeshift shield was TBK, pedaling the table with the aid of extreme heat below his feet.

"This is gonna turn out so badly," he mumbled as he lit his blades.

Current: [6/20]

If I see you getting one of those puppets to use a shovel successfully, none shall ever refrain from calling you multi-talented.

On a more serious note, I'm glad to see you bringing these back! Looking forward to more.

 

 

Bonklettes

 

-Tyler

Bonkles and Bonklettes. Guys and gals.

 

It's perfect.

how about just bonklettes

 

-Tyler

Ok, but if everyone else becomes the bonklettes, I'll become the Lone Bonkle. :>

IC: TBK [9/20]

 Satisfied that the shadow had been swiped away, TBK dove out of the view of the window before he could get hit by the energy blasts, swimming up against the opposite side of the wall facing Zero. This was a point where TBK wished that he had chosen that rifle instead -- his blades weren't exactly long-range weapons.

 He peered out of the hole made from Chro's laser and sighted Zero's location. He decided that he would base his attack on Zero's next action, and he waited to see whether Zero would move or continue firing.

That was a truly beautiful triple hang.

Except for Zakaro, who happened to be innocent. OH WELL =D

Bonklettes

 

-Tyler

Bonkles and Bonklettes. Guys and gals.

It's perfect.

Gearheads was the first thing that popped into my mind.

Ok, I'll assume that JiMing is watching us through the window then

IC: TBK [10/20]

He managed to punch a hole through the shadow clone, but it seemed rather unfazed; instead, it ducked and rolled past TBK's legs, taking a swipe at his feet. TBK lifted his feet, but the maneuver was just slightly inhibited by the water enough for the blade to smack his heels [9/10].

TBK spun around and faced his attacker's clone. Though the blade had little effect on the shadow, it seemed to show that the clone would not slow down until it was completely incapacitated. Focusing all the energy he could muster, he filled his blades and his own body with heat to the point of a bright glow in order to weaken the shadow, and he released a vicious barrage of swipes at the shadow in an attempt to dissipate its wispy form.

I would assume that the creator is controlling them, considering that their powers are limited to manipulation of shadow, for lack of a better word, and thus only able to control one at a time. I think creating new intelligent beings is a different ballpark... or at least, I hope so.

 

Look on the bright side: at this rate, you could form XOPE.

 

Ehks's Overly-Pictured Effigy.

But

EOPE is how it's spelled though

But that doesn't sound intimidating at all.

...

Actually, I'm not sure how to pronounce XOPE, either

Look on the bright side: at this rate, you could form XOPE.

Ehks's Overly-Pictured Effigy.

Okie dokie.

And I'm assuming no one's in the building yet?

IC: TBK [10/20]

TBK sat still in the corner of the room, watching every entrance for movement. A few moments later, a laser zapped a hole through the wall right next to him. Hm, I guess they could do that too, he thought.

He decided to abandon that post and seek another route of escape through the back of the building -- the building was weak enough for his plan to backfire completely. As he started to swim out from behind the table, he caught a glimpse of a shadow coming in through the window behind him. The weird part was that there was nothing casting the shadow. That can't be good, he thought.

Then the shadow lunged out of the floor, already swinging its dark blade.

"EGAD!" he shouted, raising his arm to block the attack. As the sword hit his shield, he thrust the blade on his other arm toward the abdomen of the shadowy figure.

OOC: It's actually kind of satisfying to come back and see myself getting attacked from three sides

IC: TBK [13/20]

Well, this was a problem. Fortunately, such problems could easily be fixed by crazy evasion dance maneuvers. Unfortunately, he somehow still got hit by a bullet and grazed by a laser. [10/20] He did manage to miss that hammer, though. He continued and finally closed the distance between himself and his dagger floating next to SV's foot. Or was that a foot?

Anyway, he latched the blade back on, and continued swimming away from the trio attacking him -- he wouldn't last a minute against them alone. However, his movement was beginning to become inhibited by the damage he was taking, so he decided to swim into another nearby building, still halfway intact among the debris, and hid in the nearest room's corner behind a conveniently flipped table.

He had sort of a plan, but it was a hope against hope.

IC: Kovant, in Lekar's dwelling

 Having become enamored with the shield, Lekar's comment made Kovant jump a bit.

"Oh, uh..." he stuttered for a moment. "Actually, it is a very beautiful piece of armor." He paused and thought for a moment, and continued, "It would be a honor to become its possessor. But that, of course, only if you are no longer using such a weapon yourself."

IC: TBK [13/20]

TBK began nearing his target when she fired off three quick shots. He was just about close enough to attack, but he instead had to use his arms for the purpose of shielding himself from the rounds, floating right past her. He brought himself to a stop, and focusing the energy already within his blade, he fired off a bolt of plasma at Colette. He was running low on elemental power again, so he would soon have to resort solely to his blade and shields.

Blade?

Dang it, he left the other one behind.

Still facing Colette, he began strafing back toward SV's body. Or rather, what was left of it.

IC: TBK [13/20]

As TBK was nearing SV's location, SV randomly exploded. He wasn't quite near enough to take any damage, but the shockwave still sent him reeling back at a decent speed. As a result, he barely missed the bullets flying past him, right before noticing his new attacker. He started toward her, then he remembered.

"Luroka!" He looked back behind him, but Luroka was gone. [Most of] his body floated there, singed from the explosion. And lifeless.

TBK didn't quite like seeings his friends die. Rage filled his veins. Slowly, he turned his head back toward Colette.

In a flash, he used another focused explosion of heat under his feet to propel himself toward her, his blade beginning to glow once again.

OOC: Oh, Luroka redirected the bullets, edited IC

C: TBK [14/20]

As TBK continued his advance, one of the slowed bullets still reached TBK despite Luroka's magnetic pull [13/20], but he had no intention of slowing down. In a desperate rush, he viciously slashed at SV, hoping to help Luroka finish him off before the new opponent behind him continued to lace his back with bullet holes.

IC: TBK [16/20]

 He knew that SV would try to dodge, but his timing was a bit off: he dove out of the way much earlier than expected. Instead, a card replaced TBK destination, and for a split second, he absolutely treasured all his facial features that would all be obliterated within moments.

Just as TBK reached the card, though, Luroka flung him away from the card just enough to keep from a major injury [14/20], rendering him eternally grateful to his ally. Unfortunately, that ally was on his last run, and TBK raced back as quickly as he could, and once within range of SV, he fired one blade and continued charging with the other.

IC: TBK [16/20]

And he was launched straight toward SV at a speed that even TBK was a bit uncomfortable with.

TBK braced for some damage to the face, but he didn't want to waste this moment. He thrust his blades foward as he reached SV, funneling his energy through his scorching daggers.

"Mafia XVIII: Pupwa's Thinkbox"

IC: TBK [16/20]

Seeing that the card detonated successfully, Luroka looked back at TBK, and by the look on both their faces... they both had the same idea.

He swung his arms foward and pointed both his glowing blades straight at SV.