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Post by Keres on Dec 2, 2021 12:34:03 GMT -5
Samara Twyker was not Damaskian, or Shadowguard, but she had been given permission to use the Octagon training grounds. Captain Lee Adler felt like she could use the time to blow off a little steam. She was not allowed in the secretive VR rooms, or privy to the extreme training regimes the Shadowguard endured to become the super soldiers they were. Instead she got the same kind of showing they might give an outside ambassador or client requesting Damaskian aid. It was enough to show off but not actually reveal anything.
Well, it wasn’t a whole lot to show off for the Zaunite who blew through the lower droids of the Robotics Division fairly quickly. She was a very small woman, not even five feet tall and her physique was deceivingly slim. It would make sense if she was fast and lithe and overwhelmed her opponents that way, but she had her feet planted and was striking down droid after droid with sheer power alone, her stave moving like a bat to knock off heads and bash in chassis.
The first level droids were not especially strong of course. They were prototype grunts without much personality meant to succeed by numbers, but numbers weren’t quite enough for the blue haired woman, and she was still very irritated as the last one fell.
While she claimed to be from Gram on most occasions, and considered it her home, she was Laerysian in blood and had been born there. It would be wrong to say the entire race of people were hot blooded and violent but the people in power there were, and being raised in such an environment brought it out in you as well. When you saw violence as the successful solution time and time again it became hardwired in you, and very difficult to deprogram.
It also didn’t help the Avatar of Woe that her patron, the god living in her head, kept that original Laerysian mentality and craved blood.
Thus, when she was irritated she wanted to hit something, but it was more than that. She wanted a real fight, a challenge and the endorphins brought on by near death encounters. This wasn’t doing that for her.
She sighed, spinning the clear stave around in habit before she saw Rocket.
Now whether he had been called in to keep her from destroying more property or was simply there for his own training time she couldn’t have told you, nor thought much about it. He was already a strange creature simply in his raccoon form and the engineer and scientist in her sensed something greater. It was just a sense, a curiosity, especially since this was robotics, but one that would only be quenched in one of three ways. Endless conversation with him allowing her to pry into the private parts of his existence, actually taking him apart to see how each piece worked, or seeing him in action.
”Want to go a round?” she asked, flashing the android a grin. She was still suppressing out of habit, and to offer a little more challenge in the droids, but she knew Damaskian technology was beyond such things these days. He probably could tell her exact power level at a glance, which was convenient in a way. She remembered how much Yan hated it though, and it brought a small pang to her chest.
That was why she was here, and why a technically Paladin was allowed even this far in. She was trading information on the death of the robotics commander, even if that meant betraying Zaun’s would be saviors just a bit. Avalon wasn’t being secretive about some involvement however, but they were being purposefully vague in their reports that the terrorist who massacred an entire Protectorate city had been slain. There was a sense of credit to them, like they had been involved but none was officially given. This could be for a large number of reasons, but Samara was not sticking her neck out to find them unless Adler could give her more concrete reason to. After all, the Paladins were one in the large barrel of people who wanted Yan dead.
He had now, along with a few other details to spark her irritation. Even dead, no one could irritate her quite as well as her ex-husband.
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Post by Rocket (Bebi) on Dec 5, 2021 5:44:35 GMT -5
Notes for Monitor | [Battle Recorder+Technique Scanner]
Rocket watched the blue-haired beauty run the training course, acutely aware of the fact that she was a Paladin but also daydreaming about the calibre of woman that he had seen lately. First there was the witch whose body he had stolen and now there was this beauty. Was Captain Adler serving these wenches up to him, or was it just coincidence? After quite a long time in observation of her form, she noticed his presence. There was a curiosity about her gaze, though he suspected that it was engineering related rather than carnal. When she asked him to go a round with her, he would of course oblige. It had been suggested to him that she not be allowed to venture near any of the secret shit, but he didn't think that included him specifically. After all, it wouldn't make much sense to send him if she wasn't allowed near him. Rocket was also interested in testing out his were-raccoon form.
"Be rude not to," he said with with a sly smile as he shifted from his raccoon form to his Mona form, and then finally to the ninja stripper form.
Ninja stripper Rocket dashed forwards to throw a quick jab at Samara's face before throwing a smoke pellet at his feet with his off hand. He sprang backwards out of the erupting smoke cloud. He changed direction almost immediately, moving with agility through the nondescript platforms and blocks that formed the basic level VR arena whose access had been granted to Samara. At several points throughout this movement he flicked a ninja star directly at the centre of what he could see of Samara at that moment. Such was the speed with which he was travelling that the stars would appear to curve towards their target.
At Samara's feet, what was left of the smoke bomb erupted into a strange, creature that resembled what would happen if somebody microwaved a Namekian action figure. It sprang at Samara with claws glinting. They would crackle with electricity as they arced through the air to deliver two swipes at her stomach.
Rocket Actions
Free- Tiger Claw Stance
1- First Post
2- Perfect Form = [-0%]Ki
3- SA = [0%]Ki
CE- Smoke Bomb = [1 Action Blind] | [CE: Blind] | [0]Dr | [-0%]Ki
4- Shuriken = [578,946]Speed | [2]Dr | [-0%]Ki
HH- Shuriken = [578,946]Speed | [2]Dr | [-0%]Ki
S1- Shuriken = [578,946]Speed | [2]Dr | [-0%]Ki
S2- Mutant Namekian = [0%]Ki
Mutant Namekian Actions
Free- N/A
1- Namekian Nova = [1 Action Stun] | [6]Dr | [-10%]Ki
2- Namekian Nova = [1 Action Stun] || [6]Dr | [-10%]Ki
Rocket Remaining Ki | 100%
Mutant Namekian Remaining Ki | 80% Rocket | [Bonuses+Fatigued]
Power Level: 2,371,089 -> [1,778,316]Current
Ki: 889,158
Strength: 147,902 -> 294,409
Speed: 149,096 -> 289,473
Toughness: 157,255 -> 459,532
Stamina: 145,711 -> 263,666 - 0
Vitality: 147,341 -> 273,814
Determination: 10602 -> 11,238
Charisma: 2320 -> 2320
Intelligence: 4628 -> 4628
Notes
[20%] | Damage reduction
[5%] | Bonus Physical Damage
[XX] | Counters
Prepared Items | [12/12]
[Capsule Storage]Mutant Namekian
Potion
Potion
Energy Drink
Stasis Grenade
Stun Grenade
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
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Post by Keres on Dec 6, 2021 15:08:38 GMT -5
As the Raccoon shifted into a busty woman, Samara’s eyebrow rose, but Rocket wasn’t done. His form changed again causing her to look closer at the technology until he stabilized into the form of a small ninja child. This put the Zaunite a bit more on guard, pulling on her own power, because she knew Emi through Yan. A Shadowguard android child was not something to scoff at, though she had to admit Rocket’s form was a little more what she would have expected from the ninja-like Shadowguard. Well, maybe a bit more black, but it was closer than the bright red coat Emi usually wore. She spun her staff in a small circle before she watched as a transparent Rocket shot from his form and preformed the move before they did, dissipating once the jab was thrown. This made side stepping the attack much easier but she was surprised when they immediately fled afterwards. The shurikens moved faster than she expected, cutting through the smoke, and her peripheral vision caught something green and slimy at her feet. She managed to move enough that the blades stuck into the harder parts of her armored clothing so it wouldn’t pierce very deep, but her priority became creating distance from the potential bomb and she leapt back. It seemed to squirm a bit more as the last shuriken flew, sticking to her the cuff of her bracer, as she moved her staff. When the creature lunged she swiftly side stepped again using the distance between them. In the same flow of movement she slid into a pivot behind it so the second strike would also be slower and could more easily be blocked by her weapon. Its claws wiggled around it, but she didn’t wait, jumping up above the creature to shoot two blasts down upon it before she spun in the air to chuck four more at Rocket. She landed only to kick hard off the ground to close the distance Rocket created. Her stave reached first, swinging down to their shoulder, once more leaving behind a chunk of ice on their clothes and flesh. She swiftly stepped in under it, attempting to slam her heel on their tiny ankle before sending her elbow at their face. Spinning the stave behind her she gripped it to what would normally be and upward strike but would just manage to ram under the small ninja’s chin before jutting forward attempting to freeze up their windpipe before shifting her stance back to defense.
A1. Beast Form vs Perfect Form Free. Telepathy Dodge A3Free. Take Smoke Bomb & ALL THE DR2S!A2. Dodge vs N1 {Blind} A3. Deflect vs N2 A4. Mastered Energy Dan @both (4%) [DR4] Tact. WA + 2 QA {Immobilize/Freezing} @ Rocket Scouter. Traveler’s Strike {Immobilize/Freezing} @ Rocket [DR2.5] Free. Polearm Master StanceKi Used: 4% Chaotic Ki: 0% Ki Remaining: 96% Damage: N/A
PALADIN’S SET ACTIVE: -1DR on Advanced, -2 DR on Finishers DMG Reduction: 5% Physical DMG: +11.7% [Ice Staff DMG: +25.7% | Ithuril DMG: +11.7%] Ice Staff Immobilize Crit: 50% blocked, 65% taken [8/20] Freezing: 35% taken Attacks Taken
Shuriken [DR2] x3
Extra Shit
Weapon Techs: +1.5 DR, -1% ki
Vorox Wing
Armor Gem
Mk2 Scouter
Bio-Scanner 0/1 | 0/1
MAD: 0/1
Instant Transmission 0/1
Telepathy 0/4
Transmute Energy 0/1
Second Wave 0/2
Empowerment 0/1
Evasion 0/2
Lightning Strike
Composure 0/1
Pressure Points 0/1
Reflect Ring 0/2
Wizard Belt 0/2
Cap Shield: 0/1
Ice Temple: 50% reduced chance of immobilize Ranger Bodyskin: +10% to weapon crits
Immobilize: Ice Temple (10%) + Beast Form (10%) + Pefu Ownership (+10%)
Speed Teleports 0/11
Counters: 0/5
Equipment ulla Avatar of Woe |
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Post by Rocket (Bebi) on Dec 8, 2021 5:21:43 GMT -5
Notes for Monitor | [Battle Recorder+Technique Scanner]
The mutant did its job perfectly, drawing Samara's eye and causing her to wear the shurikens in her armour. Rocket would have been very surprised if they did any serious damage but every star was now a potential chink in what would was notoriously tough Paladin armour. Less than a fraction of a moment later, she returned the mutant back to its natural goopy state with a pair of face-melting energy blasts. Deep within his neural net, probability indices worked overtime to predict her next course of action, though it wouldn't take a genius to figure out what her next target would be. What those indices did permit was the acceleration down an alternate pathway from that which would see the remaining blasts slam into him. His form liquefied, parting like some sort of biblical sea to allow each blast to pass harmlessly through him. As she pressed her advantage in the wake of the blasts, Rocket once more became the ninja stripper and dove towards her to deliver a headbutt at her stomach that would interrupt the combination that she was trying to deliver. The next strike was much more successful, lifting Rocket into the air and punching him backwards like a cue ball. When he stood once more, a beard of icicles extended from his chin and throat. A single, razor-sharp claw flicked the icicles away as Rocket sprang into action. He clawed at her face with the same hand before projecting his energy straight down to shoot into the sky like his namesake.
Rocket stuck all fours out as he climbed, forming and firing energy blasts from them as he spun into the air. The movements sent the blasts towards Samara in a helix pattern that Rocket was hoping would make them harder to dodge. Each was aimed at her centre mass, which from his current vantage point would be her face and the top of her head. He allowed himself to stop climbing, Damaskia's enhanced gravity taking over now and drawing him back down to the ground at roughly twenty five times the speed that he would have been travelling on Earth. Beady little eyes glowed red as he shot as straight as an arrow towards the same target on the top of Samara's head. Halfway to the ground, they fired twin beams of angry, pulsing red energy at the centre of her head.
Rocket Actions
Free- Telepathy Dodge A4, Take
1- Tiger Claw Counter Tact with SA = [-0%]Ki
2- SA = [0%]Ki
3- Energy Dan = [3]Dr | [-0%]Ki
HH- Energy Dan = [3]Dr | [-0%]Ki
4- Bionic Punisher = [5]Dr | [-1%]Ki
Attacks Taken
1 DR2.5
Rocket Remaining Ki | 99%
Rocket | [Bonuses+Fatigued]
Power Level: 2,371,089 -> [1,778,316]Current
Ki: 889,158
Strength: 147,902 -> 294,409
Speed: 149,096 -> 289,473
Toughness: 157,255 -> 459,532
Stamina: 145,711 -> 263,666 - 0
Vitality: 147,341 -> 273,814
Determination: 10602 -> 11,238
Charisma: 2320 -> 2320
Intelligence: 4628 -> 4628
Notes
[20%] | Damage reduction
[5%] | Bonus Physical Damage
[XX] | Counters
Prepared Items | [12/12]
[Capsule Storage]Mutant Namekian
Potion
Potion
Energy Drink
Stasis Grenade
Stun Grenade
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
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Post by Keres on Dec 10, 2021 15:05:32 GMT -5
”Whoa,” Samara let out as Rocket turned to goo, not without sincere appreciation despite the potential monster she was fighting. It didn’t slow her assault but the move did make Rocket more than a bit wily as their form was able to shift in almost unnatural ways to become the little girl again and dive into her aggressive guard. She was not one to shy away from surprises however, and with a reformed target she quickly took action. It knocked them upward and she spun her stave again before using the momentum to send it up into their small body again before their swipe could reach her. This probably helped fuel their escape, something she’d have to be more careful in during these hit and run tactics. It wasn’t that she wasn’t used to fighting such opponents, it was just usually her doing it first. In this fight she was the aggressor, mostly because she didn’t see it as a real fight for her life, not yet. For now, she was experimenting, fighting to see what this Shadowguard android could do. She had no doubt he would turn it up a notch sooner than later and her experiments would have to go on hold, lest she be brutally killed, but for now he was still warming up. So she’d have to do all she could to keep him cold. The first blasts shot down and she didn’t move, her stave fixing to its appropriate defense to knock some of the blasts off point and push back to explosive power from hitting her with its full potential. The barrage didn’t stop however and she slowed her stave and shifted her body, taking on more damage as her dark eyes stayed fixed to the sky to see the creature begin to plummet. Ignoring the sharp pains from her shoulder and back where she managed to twist the blasts’ aim towards, she kicked hard off the ground so it would no longer be a straight forward shot with gravity working its hardest. She half expected another kamikaze type strike but wasn’t completely surprised when he spun early to point two beams as her. She ducked low, diving to the ground in a tumble to avoid the energy as they crashed into the firm ground, breaking through and creating a small bit of dust in its wake. Landing back into a crouched position she took aim with her stave as if it were a rifle and shot two beams at the still falling girl. They moved like real gunfire against a normal human, so fast the naked eye almost couldn’t see them before the streak appeared in the air where it had already passed. She aimed for their throat with deadly precision and gun work that was almost disappointing to see in a Paladin versus a fellow Shadowguard member. Another blast came from the stave but this was almost as if a chunk of dry ice had left the weapon. It exploded early, creating a fog of icy cold air that misted their surroundings thickly while also being cold enough to it became difficult to even keep their eye’s open in the brush of it.
A1. Polearm Master Counter vs A2 {Immobilize/Freezing} A2. Block A3 Free. Take A4A3. Dodge HH A4. Mastered Suiken [DR2] (1%) SW. Mastered Suiken [DR2] (1%) Tact. Smoke Bomb (1%) Ki Used: 3% Chaotic Ki: 0% Ki Remaining: 93% Damage: N/A
PALADIN’S SET ACTIVE: -1DR on Advanced, -2 DR on Finishers DMG Reduction: 5% Physical DMG: +11.7% [Ice Staff DMG: +25.7% | Ithuril DMG: +11.7%] Ice Staff Immobilize Crit: 50% blocked, 65% taken [8/20] Freezing: 35% taken [14/20] Attacks Taken
Shuriken [DR2] x3, Blocked Energy Dan [DR3], Energy Dan [DR3]
Extra Shit
Weapon Techs: +1.5 DR, -1% ki
Vorox Wing
Armor Gem
Mk2 Scouter
Bio-Scanner 0/1 | 0/1
MAD: 0/1
Instant Transmission 0/1
Telepathy 0/4
Transmute Energy 0/1
Second Wave 0/2
Empowerment 0/1
Evasion 0/2
Lightning Strike
Composure 0/1
Pressure Points 0/1
Reflect Ring 0/2
Wizard Belt 0/2
Cap Shield: 0/1
Ice Temple: 50% reduced chance of immobilize Ranger Bodyskin: +10% to weapon crits
Immobilize: Ice Temple (10%) + Beast Form (10%) + Pefu Ownership (+10%)
Speed Teleports 0/11
Counters: 0/5
Equipment ulla Avatar of Woe |
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Post by Rocket (Bebi) on Dec 13, 2021 2:49:35 GMT -5
Notes for Monitor | [Battle Recorder+Technique Scanner]
Like the world champion clay pigeon shooter on Earth, Samara fired two precise bolts of energy from her staff that penetrated the chaotic bio android directly in the throat. Were he properly biological it would have be an incredibly debilitating shot but as it was, he was an advanced artificial being. The two small holes closed over almost immediately. Were the Paladin to keep up this sort of barrage, she might notice that the holes would take longer and longer to close as the bonds between atoms worked harder and harder to retain Rocket's form. He landed shortly before a cloud of frigid air enveloped his head and caused the eyes to freeze solid. Enraged at the debilitating effects of the ice, Rocket transformed into a were-raccoon and dashed fowards at the Paladin. He swung a single, clawed hand at her before his entire body erupted in holy light. He could have used his grenade to blind her back, but there was something poetic about weaponising Angelic grace against an opponent such as a Paladin.
Rather than use his claws, Rocket displayed the level of mastery that he had achieved over his emotions in this form to switch stance into that of a kickboxer before delivering a roundhouse kick directly at the head of his hopefully blinded opponent. As he sunk back into a more conventional stance, Rocket's face split in the widest grin he could manage and he uttered a single word - "detonate".
At once an explosion would touch off near her head with the aim of confusing the Paladin more than the holy light that a demonic looking entity had exploded with.
Rocket Actions
Free- Take A4 - Tact, Recovery Node Immobilise Crit
1- Chaos Form = [-0%]Ki [BLIND]
2- Frozen = [0%]Ki
3- Solar Flare = [2 Action Blind] | [2 Action Stun] | [CE: Blind] | [-0.5%]Ki
4- Dynamite Kick = [1.5]Dr | [-0.5%]Ki
Attacks Taken
1 DR2.5, 2 x DR2
Rocket Remaining Ki | 98%
Rocket | [Bonuses+Fatigued]
Power Level: 2,385,053 -> [1,788,790]Current
Ki: 889,158
Strength: 147,902 -> 296,138
Speed: 149,096 -> 291,214
Toughness: 157,255 -> 461,354
Stamina: 145,711 -> 265,373 - 0
Vitality: 147,341 -> 275,537
Determination: 10602 -> 11,238
Charisma: 2320 -> 2320
Intelligence: 4628 -> 4628
Notes
[20%] | Damage reduction
[5%] | Bonus Physical Damage
[XX] | Counters
Prepared Items | [12/12]
[Capsule Storage]Mutant Namekian
Potion
Potion
Energy Drink
Stasis Grenade
Stun Grenade
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
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Post by Keres on Dec 17, 2021 12:03:49 GMT -5
From the mist came a monster instead of a girl, and Samara marveled at it for just a second. Her stave moved to block the swipe but she wouldn’t hesitate to admit her surprise at the Shadowguard sergeant’s next move. Despite being a Paladin she didn’t have much experience at all in holy or angelic matters. The closest was her relationship to the Zaun god, but said god was one of desolation, a devil with angel wings. She knew just enough to recognize the sense of it, and had it confirmed as Bytautus stirred inside her. Unlike her, the Patron of Woe had little interest in the mechanical, but magic was always enough to get at least one of her eyelids to rise open. One could argue angelic grace wasn’t magic, but it was not an argument that could have convinced the Zaun witch. Magic could be classified in many different ways, and while an angel might have wanted to separate itself from a witch or a demon, it was magic in her eyes. Still, Samara wished she could see better as the werewolf shifted his posture to that of a kickboxer. She would have been quite impressed but as it was, the attack crashed into head before she could raise a turtle’s guard. The stars in her eyes seemed to grow brighter as the explosion rocked her head, and she shook it roughly after as if to clear the birds flying about. Time to take the experiment a little farther. The Zaun god’s mouth slid into a cheshire grin. The air shifted as it often did with a transformation. Samara’s white aura flared up and darkened as it took a new form entirely. Horns grew from her head and her eyes shifted in color as Rocket would feel a sense of distress. It wasn’t from some power up, or the sense of danger the Avatar was now leaking. It was deeper than that. Her aura filled the training field like a poison, sending upon him a sense of loss, like all hope had been shattered and all that was left was now. It would feel similar to him as Emi’s chaos form, creating a rush of raw emotion, but Samara’s was different. Rather than chaotic mania, it was fearful and damning. A different type of chaos. Everyone reacted to woe differently. She stepped forward, closing any renewed distance and once more sent the ice staff jutting upwards, this time having a much larger target to hit with the aim of reaching his center.
Free. Take A3A1. Stun A2. Stun Free. Take A4A3. Morningstar Conversion: +3% chaotic ki (1%) {Blind} A4. Avatar State [Chaos Form] {Blind} Tact. Long Haft [DR2.5] {Immobilize/Freezing} Ki Used: 1% Chaotic Ki: 3% Ki Remaining: 92% Damage: N/A
PALADIN’S SET ACTIVE: -1DR on Advanced, -2 DR on Finishers DMG Reduction: 5% Physical DMG: +11.7% [Ice Staff DMG: +25.7% | Ithuril DMG: +11.7%] Ice Staff Immobilize Crit: 50% blocked, 65% taken [8/20] Freezing: 35% taken [14/20] Attacks Taken
Shuriken [DR2] x3, Blocked Energy Dan [DR3], Energy Dan [DR3], Dynamite Kick [DR1.5]
Extra Shit
Weapon Techs: +1.5 DR, -1% ki
Vorox Wing
Armor Gem
Mk2 Scouter
Bio-Scanner 0/1 | 0/1
MAD: 0/1
Instant Transmission 0/1
Telepathy 0/4
Transmute Energy 0/1
Second Wave 0/2
Empowerment 0/1
Evasion 0/2
Lightning Strike
Composure 0/1
Pressure Points 0/1
Reflect Ring 0/2
Wizard Belt 0/2
Cap Shield: 0/1
Ice Temple: 50% reduced chance of immobilize Ranger Bodyskin: +10% to weapon crits
Immobilize: Ice Temple (10%) + Beast Form (10%) + Pefu Ownership (+10%)
Speed Teleports 0/11
Counters: 0/5
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Post by Puar on Dec 17, 2021 16:59:15 GMT -5
Rp Award: Rocket Wins the RP Award. RP Breakdown: Both: I generally enjoyed reading both sides of this fight. The Score is actually pretty close between the two of you. I judged based off of just 2 things: Perfection (Error counts) and Entertainment Value. Samara: What got you was post 2. There was a lot of repetition with your noun usage. Having to mentally say she / her killed the entertainment value of that post. Your opening post and post 1 were great, but the grammar issues, like lack of commas in certain places and such, dropped your post around the same perfection score to Rockets. More written is excellent, but also gives you a higher chance to create mistakes! It literally was just post 2 that got you. It wasn't even lacking in entertainment value as a whole, when I replaced a few of the shes and hers in my head. Still drove the perfect score down though. Rocket: Brevity is key. It creates less errors and keeps the action straight to the point. That won you the battle, but can it win you the war? If it wasn't for Samara's second post dipping in perfection you could have still lost, so stay on your toes!!! Damage- Samara: 7.44% dmgDamage BreakDown Rocket: 1.76% dmgDamage BreakDown |
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Post by Rocket (Bebi) on Dec 23, 2021 16:54:43 GMT -5
Notes for Monitor | [Battle Recorder+Technique Scanner]
Wolf Rocket howled in response to what was happening in front of him. Surely not. Surely this paladin hadn't been exposed to the Chaos Seed. Yet the feeling was unmistakeable. The crushing weight of her chaos pressed down upon every fibre of his being as she exuded this overwhelming sense of cosmic dread. Were Rocket programmed to feel mourning or understand loss, he might had been able to classify it further but he was not. Cosmic dread was the closest he could get to describing the phenomenon. His own chaos flickered in response, threatening to be extinguished by the pressure from the Paladin.
When she hit him, he was unprepared for it and so reach his centre it did. As it was withdrawn, a slick coating of nanoparticles would slough from its surface and would perhaps convince her for the briefest fraction a moment that he had sustained a mortal wound. The hole disappeared quickly and glowing red eyes regarded Samara with feral intensity before he surged forwards under the weight of his own chaos. The were-raccoon opened its maw wide as it approached, energy glowing within it but there was no mouth blast to be had this time. Instead he attempted to simply bite Samara's head from her shoulders. As he did so, two brutal strikes took the express train straight towards her gut. He withdrew, knowing in the back of his mind that he wouldn't be able to actually decapitate her with that attack and so deciding to follow up with a nasty clawed swipe whose aim was to mar her skin more than it was to do serious damage.
Rocket Actions
Free- Take Tact, Recovery Node Post 1 of 4
1- SA = [-0%]Ki
2- SA = [0%]Ki
3- SA = [0%]Ki
4- SA = [0%]Ki
Attacks Taken
1 DR2.5, 2 x DR2,
1 x DR2.5
Rocket Remaining Ki | 98%
Rocket | [Bonuses+Fatigued]
Power Level: 2,504,699 -> [1,878,521]Current
Ki: 889,158
Strength: 147,902 -> 310,928
Speed: 149,096 -> 306,124
Toughness: 157,255 -> 477,080
Stamina: 145,711 -> 279,944 - 5510
Vitality: 147,341 -> 290,271
Determination: 10602 -> 11,238
Charisma: 2320 -> 2320
Intelligence: 4628 -> 4628
Notes
[20%] | Damage reduction
[5%] | Bonus Physical Damage
[XX] | Counters
Prepared Items | [12/12]
[Capsule Storage]Mutant Namekian
Potion
Potion
Energy Drink
Stasis Grenade
Stun Grenade
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken |
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Post by Keres on Dec 29, 2021 12:46:53 GMT -5
Fascinating. Getting an attack in so close and seeing the version of guts on her weapon just made her want to put it all under a microscope, but more than that she wanted to push this regeneration further. Her attacks so far were weak in nature meant to poke and prod even if she threw her physical might into it. There wasn’t much distance to close and she pivoted but not quite out of range so the mouth cut into her shoulder, so sturdy despite his ability to become almost liquid on any other contact. The first strike after landed, but she was ready for the next. She stepped in to meet it, attempting to hit the giant claw from below to push it upwards. The weapon shortened as it moved so she could easily reverse the strike, and in one fluid motion struck back towards his body. She pulled it back again and pushed forward to strike at his neck before he could recover. She then leapt back as Rocket attacked again, swinging the stave in a horizontal strike before he could reach her. As it cut through the air it released a freezing mist and ice shards directly onto his oncoming claw to turn it as well as his entire arm into a block of ice. ”You’re one of Yan’s subordinates right?” she asked as she used the moment she pulled on her energy and pushed her blue ki down her weapon before she swung it again. This time instead of mist a blue disk escaped from it with careful aim, spinning towards Rocket with deadly precision as if honing onto his energy signature. ”Can you even talk like that?” She was asking a lot, especially since she didn’t dumb down her own ability, pushing that distress down his throat. The Shadowguard were supposed to be used to such warfare though, weren’t they?
A1-2. Updraft vs A3 [Counter WA/WA] {Freezing/Immobilize} A3. Ice Blast vs A4 {Immobilize} (2%) A4. Charge (1%) Tact. Perrin’s Signature Kienzen [DR7] (5%) Ki Used: 8% Chaotic Ki: 3% Ki Remaining: 84% Damage: N/A
PALADIN’S SET ACTIVE: -1DR on Advanced, -2 DR on Finishers DMG Reduction: 5% Physical DMG: +11.7% [Ice Staff DMG: +25.7% | Ithuril DMG: +11.7%] Ice Staff Immobilize Crit: 50% blocked, 65% taken [8/20] Freezing: 35% taken [14/20] Attacks Taken
Shuriken [DR2] x3, Blocked Energy Dan [DR3], Energy Dan [DR3], Dynamite Kick [DR1.5], 2 SA
Extra Shit
Weapon Techs: +1.5 DR, -1% ki
Vorox Wing
Armor Gem
Mk2 Scouter
Bio-Scanner 0/1 | 0/1
MAD: 0/1
Instant Transmission 0/1
Telepathy 0/4
Transmute Energy 0/1
Second Wave 0/2
Empowerment 0/1
Evasion 0/2
Lightning Strike
Composure 0/1
Pressure Points 0/1
Reflect Ring 0/2
Wizard Belt 0/2
Cap Shield: 0/1
Ice Temple: 50% reduced chance of immobilize Ranger Bodyskin: +10% to weapon crits
Immobilize: Ice Temple (10%) + Beast Form (10%) + Pefu Ownership (+10%)
Speed Teleports 0/11
Counters: 0/5
Equipment ulla Avatar of Woe |
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Post by Rocket (Bebi) on Jan 5, 2022 5:41:36 GMT -5
Notes for Monitor | [Battle Recorder+Technique Scanner]
Were-Rocket became very quickly aware that this was no ordinary martial artist - she had used and continued to use her staff to great effect from both a defensive and offensive standpoint, blending the two together seamlessly in a manner that only fed his frustration. As the staff produced icy crystals that temporarily arrested Rocket's movement, he gave a snarl of frustration but managed to draw in some of the energy from the attack to shore up his own. The seed in his chest drank in even this meagre amount of energy and thirsted for more.
"Yes," Rocket replied, confirming that he was indeed one of Yan's. Samara sent an icy buzz-saw spinning towards Were-Rocket's centre mass, where the concentration of nigh-undetectable android energy was strongest. His mind set on appeasing the Chaos seed's desire for more power, Rocket thrust a single hand forward, red crystalline accents appearing around the edges of his hands like he was some sort of TRON disc jockey. With this outstretched hand, he swung his palm in an overhead arc whose aim was to exert his influence over the flight of the disc. The palm impacted with the less harmful top of the disc, allowing him to pivot out of the way and direct the disc itself in an orbit around his body until the red crystalline structure could finish drinking in the attack's energy.
The seed protested at this - the crystalline structure was not connected to the seed and so this absorption did nothing to slake its thirst. Angry at being denied, the seed exerted its influence over Were-Rocket and bade him swing those brutal claws once more. A whirling underarm came forth like a softball pitch to strike Samara at the apex of her thighs while the other came in an overhand motion towards her head. The effect would be akin to the jaws of a crocodile closing and if successful would result in Samara being unceremoniously dumped to the ground. At the culmination of this attack, Were-Rocket reverted to regular old raccoon Rocket.
Rocket Actions
Free- Take A1-2, A3(+1% Chaotic Ki), Recovery Node Post 2 of 4
1- Frozen = [-0%]Ki
2- Dr Gero's Gauntlet vs Tact = [+5%]Ki
3- SA = [0%]Ki
4- SA = [0%]Ki
Attacks Taken
1 DR2.5, 2 x DR2,
1 x DR2.5, 2 x WA(Ice Staff)
Rocket Remaining Ki | 100% (Chaotic Ki - 1%)
Rocket | [Bonuses+Fatigued]
Power Level: 2,504,699 -> [1,878,521]Current
Ki: 889,158
Strength: 147,902 -> 310,928
Speed: 149,096 -> 306,124
Toughness: 157,255 -> 477,080
Stamina: 145,711 -> 279,944 - 5510
Vitality: 147,341 -> 290,271
Determination: 10602 -> 11,238
Charisma: 2320 -> 2320
Intelligence: 4628 -> 4628
Notes
[20%] | Damage reduction
[5%] | Bonus Physical Damage
[XX] | Counters
Prepared Items | [12/12]
[Capsule Storage]Mutant Namekian
Potion
Potion
Energy Drink
Stasis Grenade
Stun Grenade
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
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Keres
Grizzled Veteran
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Post by Keres on Jan 5, 2022 15:23:43 GMT -5
It was always a sight to see when such a large beast moving in such fluid movements. It felt so unnatural as, like most, she was used to monsters who were usually more might than grace. The larger they were, the less likely they’d dodge but that wasn’t just because of their bulk but intelligence as well. Because they were so well built, they became cocky and expected to be able to survive the attack. A beast was a beast, and despite appearances, Rocket was a person under the terror inducing form. He could make use of all his power, grace, and mind, even under her influence, and knew better than to take that last attack to the face. The graceful spin and absorption’s impression was quickly overturned though as Were-Rocket lunged forward with reckless abandon. Good. Pushing energy back into the stave she stepped back and slammed the weapon towards his bulky wrist to push it further down and back before jerking it upwards in swift succession, aiming to have the growing weapon slam Rocket’s oversized body upwards before the falling claw could bite down. The creature began to shrink back into his original form and Samara took advantage, stepping into the perfect stance to push the ice staff in a circular spin towards Rocket’s center with enough force to make him go flying. She pulled the stave back, releasing it to grab its center in one fluid motion, then used her other hand to pull from the base of the weapon. It bent easily like a bow as the second hand pulled both a string of ice and energy projectile forward. Before Rocket could regroup, she released the string and a bolt of blue ki flew at him with increased speeds only to burst into a cone of smaller arrows meant to overwhelm him. If even a single one hit, it would sink in with toxic energy before exploding. ”It’s still difficult for me to imagine him as a commander. He usually runs from all responsibility.”She had met Yan when he came to her group with the idea for a job. Specifically he was trying to sell the idea to someone else who could lead it. He wanted involved but as a grunt. The idea of him stepping to the plate to purposefully lead multiple units was still a weird concept.
Free. Nature Staff (5%)A1. Cripple vs A3 [DR4.5] {Imm./Fre.} A2. Cripple vs A4 [DR4.5] {Imm./Fre.} A3. Final Smash [DR5.5] {Crush/Imm./Fre.} A4. Negative Arrows [DR5] (7%) {Poison} Tact. Stunned Ki Used: 12% Chaotic Ki: 3% Ki Remaining: 72% Damage: 7.44%
PALADIN’S SET ACTIVE: -1DR on Advanced, -2 DR on Finishers DMG Reduction: 5% Physical DMG: +11.7% [Ice Staff DMG: +25.7% | Ithuril DMG: +11.7%] Ice Staff Immobilize Crit: 50% blocked, 65% taken [8/20] Freezing: 35% taken [14/20] Attacks Taken
Shuriken [DR2] x3, Blocked Energy Dan [DR3], Energy Dan [DR3], Dynamite Kick [DR1.5], 2 SA
Extra Shit
Weapon Techs: +1.5 DR, -1% ki
Vorox Wing
Armor Gem
Mk2 Scouter
Bio-Scanner 0/1 | 0/1
MAD: 0/1
Instant Transmission 0/1
Telepathy 0/4
Transmute Energy 0/1
Second Wave 0/2
Empowerment 0/1
Evasion 0/2
Lightning Strike
Composure 0/1
Pressure Points 0/1
Reflect Ring 0/2
Wizard Belt 0/2
Cap Shield: 0/1
Ice Temple: 50% reduced chance of immobilize Ranger Bodyskin: +10% to weapon crits
Immobilize: Ice Temple (10%) + Beast Form (10%) + Pefu Ownership (+10%)
Speed Teleports 0/11
Counters: 0/5
Equipment ulla Avatar of Woe |
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Post by Rocket (Bebi) on Jan 5, 2022 18:39:50 GMT -5
Notes for Monitor | [Battle Recorder+Technique Scanner]
Rather than seize the witch and dump her on the ground, Rocket only succeeded in getting a badly broken wrist and another scar along his chest. Rather than dumping her on the ground, he found himself sat on his backside with a roar. The change from Chaos Form had happened during this flight, only serving to be more humiliating for the chaotic android. The staff was once against thrust through his form, leaving another hole that would rapidly repair itself even as the gouge across his chest was knitting back together. Had Rocket not just had an experiment with weapons go horribly wrong, he might have been inclined to try it again after seeing how good she was with that staff. He knew after the debacle against Syric that it was not the weapon but the user that made the thing powerful. So when she turned the thing into a bow and fired off several energy arrows, he knew that it wasn't the staff's power that was impacting against his much-smaller chest. The subsequent explosions blew him off his feet once more and Rocket felt icy poison rip through his body. He wasn't sure what had done it this time - she had been giving him such a pummelling that he couldn't be sure what the extra effects were being caused by.
"As do we all," Rocket responded, "it is through this chaos that we succeed. I would have thought one with your history would understand that." Even as Rocket was speaking, he was straining against his form, willing it to cooperate even though the poison was still coursing through bio-artifice that formed his body. Finally, several extra arms sprouted, bringing with them an increase in height as well. Rocket was now approximately the same height as his opponent and used this new stature to move with all of the grace that he could manage. Brutal fists would rain down upon Samara, their aggressive brutality seemingly anathema to the fluidity with which Rocket moved around his opponent. Slipping this way and that, he would rain another blow before retreating once more into the graceful dance beyond what he hoped was the maximum reach of her weapon. Six such blows would seek to find their home against her flesh - two at the head, and four at the chest or stomach. If he couldn't overcome her weapon, perhaps he could slow her down with these body shots.
Rocket Actions
Free- Take A1, A2, A3, Recovery Node Post 3 of 4, Immobilise 1 Technique Used
1- Frozen = [0%]Ki
2- Hassuken = [0%]Ki
3- SA x 3 = [0%]Ki
4- SA x 3 = [0%]Ki
Attacks Taken
1 DR2.5, 2 x DR2,
1 x DR2.5, 2 x WA(Ice Staff), 2 x DR4.5, 1DR5.5, 1DR5
Rocket Remaining Ki | 100% (Chaotic Ki: 1%)
Rocket | [Bonuses+Fatigued]
Power Level: 2,504,699 -> [1,878,521]Current
Ki: 889,158
Strength: 147,902 -> 310,928
Speed: 149,096 -> 306,124
Toughness: 157,255 -> 477,080
Stamina: 145,711 -> 279,944 - 5510
Vitality: 147,341 -> 290,271
Determination: 10602 -> 11,238
Charisma: 2320 -> 2320
Intelligence: 4628 -> 4628
Notes
[20%] | Damage reduction
[5%] | Bonus Physical Damage
[XX] | Counters
Prepared Items | [12/12]
[Capsule Storage]Mutant Namekian
Potion
Potion
Energy Drink
Stasis Grenade
Stun Grenade
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken
Shuriken |
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Keres
Grizzled Veteran
Posts: 545
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Post by Keres on Jan 8, 2022 13:16:40 GMT -5
“Not at all,” she replied with a smile, bracing herself as the many armed creature came pummeling forward. This time she didn’t man a counter defense and instead began to gather energy. She attempted to move with the strikes. Even as she followed Rocket’s flow pushing her further and further backwards, keeping as light as possible on her feet, she could feel the pain of each punch. Six strikes felt like they went on forever and yet passed in an instant. Pain engulfed her and grabbed at her legs like shadows pulling her down. With each strike however, the kinetic force seemed to linger, as if absorbed and created sharp sparks that danced around them both, harmless—for now. He retreated again, and her stave brightened to the Damaskian sun. ”It’s true that woe breeds chaos more often than I’d like,” she continued, ”but that just means I’ve learned to tear apart the chaotic, not participate in it.”If anything about the Paladins suited Samara it was Ganr’s sense of order. The Avatar of Woe was not an emotional person, nor was she one to get lost in her motivations. Everything in her mind was neatly ordered and presented, weighing the pros and cons and choosing her path with concrete resolution. Her power bordered on empathy, and the distress Rocket felt pooled into her as well. If she did not have order she would fall victim to it. She refused, and instead of falling into Bytautus’ madness like the Shadowguard did in the chaos seed, she merely watched the chaos unfold, and found the order to pick it apart. She planned to do that now. The bolts dancing brightened as well, before she lifted her stave and gathered them all into the weapon, turning it into a literal lightning rod. She would not take it into herself however, and instead swung the weapon like a bat to send it out at the soldier. Rather than an electric shock the air shifted under a shock wave that crashed towards him with the speed of an explosion. The pressure would engulf anything it caught and crush any victim right down to their bones. The path it followed did as such to loosened parts of the ground, cracking it as it tried to crumble deeper into the earth. She wanted to see if Rocket’s chaos could survive it or even power against it. By all means it could have looked chaotic itself but instead it was as if a singular weight had been dropped on the battle field, cutting it cleanly. Her power level heightened and she continued into a second spin. The stave’s glow seemed to grow until it looked more like a lightsaber than a stave of ice. It was too thick for even a Jedi to wield easily, so she didn’t try, carrying it instead through that one spin before unleashing it from the weapon. It became a disk of deadly speed and size that ripped through the air and meant to slice Rocket in two. ”Though associating with Yan often challenged that…”
Free. Take A3, A4A1. Sunstone Shard A2. Double Charged Empowered Ki Shockwave [DR11] {Crush} (16%) A3. Charge (2%) A4-Tact. Destructo Disk [DR10.5] (12%) {Slice} Ki Used: 25% Chaotic Ki: 3% Ki Remaining: 47% Damage: 7.44%
PALADIN’S SET ACTIVE: -1DR on Advanced, -2 DR on Finishers DMG Reduction: 5% Physical DMG: +11.7% [Ice Staff DMG: +25.7% | Ithuril DMG: +11.7%] Ice Staff Immobilize Crit: 50% blocked, 65% taken [8/20] Freezing: 35% taken [14/20] Attacks Taken
Shuriken [DR2] x3, Blocked Energy Dan [DR3], Energy Dan [DR3], Dynamite Kick [DR1.5], 2 SA, 6 SA
Extra Shit
Weapon Techs: +1.5 DR, -1% ki
Vorox Wing
Armor Gem
Mk2 Scouter
Bio-Scanner 0/1 | 0/1
MAD: 0/1
Instant Transmission 0/1
Telepathy 0/4
Transmute Energy 0/1
Second Wave 0/2
Empowerment 0/1
Evasion 0/2
Lightning Strike
Composure 0/1
Pressure Points 0/1
Reflect Ring 0/2
Wizard Belt 0/2
Cap Shield: 0/1
Ice Temple: 50% reduced chance of immobilize Ranger Bodyskin: +10% to weapon crits
Immobilize: Ice Temple (10%) + Beast Form (10%) + Pefu Ownership (+10%)
Speed Teleports 0/11
Counters: 0/5
Equipment ulla Avatar of Woe |
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Puar
Fabled Member
Posts: 756
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Post by Puar on Jan 9, 2022 17:00:19 GMT -5
RP Award: Samara
Damage
Samara:10.5% {+3.06%}
Rocket: 19.84% {+18.08%}
Samara took control of the battle flow this round and not just with aggression but also with how she took the attacks. It could be the pressure that she is presenting to Rocket with the freezing and immobilization bearing down on him, but not just that – how it is being written as well. It is very common for someone to gain abilities and forget to write them out. I could see a very inexperienced person having this kind of lockdown style and forgetting to even give the style an entertaining read.
Samara did not forget that. Samara also put the phrase “More effort presents more opportunity” to work. Having generally longer posts gives more opportunity to impress the reader and more words versus less errors = nice! Lol I dunno what else to say here.
Weapon Techniques are difficult to RP differently and more powerful than just weapon attacks, if you understand what I mean – I am sure you do. Samara is doing an excellent job at writing stave play, but the techniques lack the IMPACT I want to read out of them versus attacks. I dunno stronger adjective usage? The Cripples and Final Smash felt too normal to be Rated at higher than 4 DR.
Rocket’s form switches are visually awesome. He seems terrifying to me, and it is written very well with very few mistakes. I forget that you are “bebi”. Seeing how you utilize that liquid ethereality while still taking damage is refreshing to see. You are definitely lacking in how you write taking attacks when you take them, however. It's more of a gloss over than putting stock in the damage that Samara is causing. It's costing you some entertainment points on my end. Try to put more stock in conveying the damage that Samara is putting on you.
(Though that RP for tanking that Long Draft was pretty neat!)
Carry on you crazy kids!
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