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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 17, 2008 12:19:47 GMT -5
Myrr, who had come back to the hot springs to relax after previous events, was most unaware that her day was about to be interrupted. Just as she was about to slip into the springs, a large 'Thump!' sound came behind her, prompting the half dragon to look.
Cynder started chuckling as Myrr' eyes widened from surprise, "Looks like I've found you, you know, you could have at least tried to be a harder target to find."
"Kind of hard for me to do- YAH!" Myrr jumped as Cynder sent a wave of fire in her direction. The wave heated up the hot spring enough that is was evaporating away, and Cynder growled in annoyance.
"Hold still you pest!" Cynder shrieked, firing another wave, which Myrr again dodged.
"Like hell I will! You're trying to kill me!" the half dragon retorted, drawing her blaster. Myrr jumped as another stream of flame passed her. The fires, though, were burning the grass, sending smoke high into the air. The half dragon coughed, trying to avoid the smoke, despite it being all around her.
"What's wrong? Can't take the heat, even though you have dragon genetics?" Cynder asked, seemingly unaffected by the smoke, as she built up for another Inferno Breath. Choking on the smoke, Myrr couldn't see right, and therefore didn't know to dodge again.
'Shive, if your out there, I need help... hurry.' Myrr thought grimly.
(OOC: Talon, that's your cue)
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Post by Talon on Jan 17, 2008 12:25:25 GMT -5
A lightning bolt suddenly shot down from the sky and slammed into Cynder's back, making her collapse for a moment. Shive landed in front of Myrr, and proceeded to fire a stream of acid onto the flames, smothering them and putting them out, if not in a disgusting way. His eyes watered in the smoke as he reeled his wings back as far as they would go before flapping them forward and sending the smoke drifting away. He coughed as he unsheathed Ragnarok.
"Though I detest attacking a fellow draconic being, I can't let you get away with an attempted attack on my girlfriend." He stated calmly.
His muscles tightened as he focused at the black dragon, and his eyes narrowed.
"She's been around Armageddon, that's for sure." He muttered to Myrr, below Cynder's hearing range.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 17, 2008 12:42:14 GMT -5
"So... you must be Shive, the one my master warned me about. Oh, how you remind me so much of that detestable purple dragon," Cynder commented, standing up but not hearing that Shive knew she was near Armageddon.
"This, is why I was trying to get her in one shot, so I wouldn't have to deal with you. No matter, you don't have the strength needed to defeat me," the black dragoness continued. A few embers escaped her closed jaws as Myrr's eyes widened.
"Watch out for that flame breath of her's, it's much more powerful then most dragons'!" the half dragon warned Shive, before jumping away, just as Cynder unleashed her flame breath. However, her target wasn't Shive or Myrr this time, but the base of a tree, causing it to catch fire. The base was swfitly turned to ash, causing the burning tree to collaspe onto the dragonkin from behind, pinning him on his front to the ground.
Cynder slinked over to Shive's temporarily trapped form, and inhaled to breath more fire, seemingly unaffected by the new veil of smoke once more.
"Now, you meet your end, by my flames," Cynder hissed, only to shriek in pain and back away. Her left fore foot was bleeding as Myrr's blaster smoked from the shot. The half dragon drew her wings back, before launching them forward, releasing her wind bullets signature attack. Cutting through the smoke, the seemed to damage Cynder, yet the black dragoness was barely fazed.
"Girl, is that all you've got? I'm seriously dissappointed, my master wanted me to bring you to him, yet you seem to be of little use to him. Oh well, it is not my place to question him," Cynder shrugged carelessly, before sending a stream of fire her way. The half dragon rolled away from it and to the tree Shive was under, lifting it up and throwing it away.
"damn it, just who are you!?" Myrr growled back, firing three more shots from her blaster, all of which were deftly avoided by Cynder.
"You don't need to know," was Cynder's response as she breathed more flames.
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Post by Talon on Jan 17, 2008 12:57:17 GMT -5
Shive suddenly barreled forward and slammed his knee into Cynder's throat, then spun around and kicked her in the side of the head. As she skidded backwards, Shive aimed Hakaisha at her and stated, smirking,
"I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. Her name's Hakaisha."
He then aimed the point directly at her, a sadistic grin forming.
Oh great. Hakaisha muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Shinseki."
Cynder staggered as her energy began flowing out of her body, turning into reiatsu and flowing into Shive. The dragonkin's muscles tensed as the flow icontinued, and his reiatsu flared into life, blowing the smoke away from him. His eyes began to glow the same as he walked over to the weakened Cynder, scowling.
"Something tells me there's more to you than meets the eye." He stated.
He brought the blade up, then threw it to the side, impaling itself in a tree. He cracked his knuckles as he stated,
"I got what I wanted. How about a good ol' tooth and claw fight?"
Without a response, he punched Cynder square in the jaw, sending her skidding backwards, his reiatsu still churning about him.
Remember that time limit Shive! You may not have absorbed as much as you did while fighting Armageddon, but excess reiatsu is still excess! Hakaisha warned Shive.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 17, 2008 19:00:04 GMT -5
Cynder heaved, effected by the loss of energy, but was still able to stand up steadily. The dragoness did seem dazed, though.
"Tooth and claw? I always did perfer that over a breath battle," Cynder commented, brandishing her wing blades, fore claws, fangs, and tail blade.
"Besides, I out match you in that department, you were better off keeping your sword. So... Bring it." With that, Cynder lunged at Shive, clashing her fore claws with his fists. Meanwhile, her wings swung around, one carving a small gash in the back of Shive's neck and the other stabbing into his hip. Cynder reach down, sinking her fangs into Shive's muzzle as her tail came around, stabbing into his ankle. Cynder's fangs suddenly let go of Shive as the dragoness shrieked in pain.
Wheeling her long neck around, Cynder spied Myrr shoving her sword into the dragoness' hip. The half dragon yanked it out at a different angle, causing Cynder to howl in pain. Just as Myrr was about to make another stab, Cynder removed her tail and whipped it into the half dragon's side, sending her into one of the hot springs.
Turning her attention back to Shive, the dragoness batted him away, hissing angrily.
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Post by Talon on Jan 17, 2008 19:21:53 GMT -5
Shive's reiatsu flared as he stood back up, cracking his neck. He rushed forward and delivered a powerful kick to the area where Cynder's neck met her jawline, then brought both claws back and latched them into Cynder's muzzle. He shifted his weight, and with a grunting roar, brought Cynder up and over him, sending her crashing into the rock wall that stood at the other end of the springs. As she started to rise, she found one of her wings being tugged on.
"Evihs may have been a d*ck, but I did learn a thing or two from him..." Shive hised darkly.
His muscles tightened as Cynder's left wing suddenly popped out of its socket, followed by a tearing sound. Shive roared again as he tugged again, ripping the wing off. Shive threw the appendage to the side and grabbed Cynder by one of her cranial horns, then slammed his forehead into hers, doing more damage to the latter. Shive wobbled for a second, then shook it off.
"Did you know the brown dragon is one of the largest breeds? I should know! My father was a brown!" He yelled gleefully.
His face darkened.
"And with their great size, comes unnatual strength." He growled.
He punched the dragon in the eye as she rose, ripping out a few needed optic cords.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 17, 2008 19:35:52 GMT -5
Cynder snarled as her body was outlined with flames.
"Did you know that the dragons from the dimension I come from can burn or freeze entire forests like this one with a single attack? No? Too bad...
[glow=purple,2,300]Flame Fury!"[/glow]
With this call, a shockwave of fire blasted forth from the dragoness, turning Shive's armor white hot from the fire and charring his scales. The force behind the blast sent Shive flying back. True to Cynder's claim, most of the forest near the hot springs was now going up in a wild fire.
Cynder staggered to her feet, panting.
"Master... I have underestimated the dragonkin, please aid me with your healing magic, that i may escape to serve you again." Cynder pleaded mentally, waiting for a response.
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Post by Talon on Jan 17, 2008 19:45:16 GMT -5
Shive stood up shakily, lucky the armor saved him from the fire somewhat. He spat out another blast of acid, knocking out about a 4th of the flames. He then glared at Cynder as he aimed his index claw at Cynder.
"And where I come from, certain dragons can wipe out entire cities with a single utterance..."
A surge of lightning shot out and struck Cynder in her left foreleg, sending electricity coursing up her frame for a moment. He was about to slam his fist into her face when Hakaisha cried,
Shive! Wait! Don't attack anymore!
Shive paused, and glanced at the sword lodged in a tree.
What?! Why? He asked.
She's being used against her will. Armageddon's enslaved her mind! Find a way for her to break out of it! She responded.
Shive mentally slapped himself in the forehead for that.
Oh yeah. Ooops. He thought.
He walked over to Cynder casually, then stated,
"You know, you're not so different from your target. She was once controlled against Armageddon against her will, but she managed to break free. You could do the same. We can help."
His muscles tightened in anticipation, hoping he got through.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 17, 2008 19:54:38 GMT -5
Shive was tail whipped away, as Cynder's missing wing, thanks to Armageddon, reformed after a few minutes.
"I'll let you off easy this time. Master has a new target for me. Who it is, you'll have to guess." Cynder jumped, landing on the side of the rock wall, before kicking off and taking flight, soon becoming a speck in the distance.
"Just why does Armageddon keep coming after us? He knows Solranous will always resist, and his influence over me is almost gone, why does he keep trying." Myrr asked as she poked her head up over the water.
"Anyways, are you alright Shive?"
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Post by Talon on Jan 17, 2008 20:42:44 GMT -5
Shive groaned.
"Yeah... I'm fine."
He rose to his feet, and got a strange look on his face. He belched and doubled over, muttering,
"Oh man... ugh. Necromancy bad."
He shook it off and stood up at his full height, his neck-scales standing up. He glanced around, and saw nothing. However, someone saw him...
"Not today, little bro. But soon enough..." Daedalus muttered before vanishing.
Shive didn't hear the daemon-dragonkin, and merely glanced over at Myrr. He smirked and walked over, then crouched down and held his hand out. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the water, then grabbed her by the waist and pulled her close to him.
"Why hello there." He stated, grinning.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 17, 2008 21:03:21 GMT -5
"And a hello to you, too," Myrr returned, sharing the same grin. The half dragon kissed Shive on the lips, before turning it into a french kiss. A few minutes went before she pulled back.
"I guess we know how to make each other crazy. Thanks for saving me back there, I don't want to think of what she would have done." Myrr spoke, laying her head on Shive's chest.
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Post by Talon on Jan 17, 2008 21:19:10 GMT -5
Shive nodded, smirking.
"Bah. She's nothing compared to an actual black... dragon..." He stated before drifting off.
Shive suddenly went very cold as he nervously tilted his head towards what used to be the crater site. Sweat started running down his face as he struggled to remain standing. He finally collapsed backwards, clutching his head, peering through a gap in his fingers at the dormant volcano.
SO-MUCH-NEGATIVE-ENERGY... He thought, eyes going bloodshot.
As his vision started blurring, he thought he noticed something small flying out of the crater...
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 17, 2008 21:33:58 GMT -5
"W-What's wrong!?" Myrr asked, startled. The dragonkin looked as if he was having a seizer, and she panicked, not knowing what was causing it.
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Post by Talon on Jan 17, 2008 22:14:16 GMT -5
Shive gasped, the feeling passing. It was just like the wave of necromancy a month ago!
Shive's eyes widened instantly. The two felt exactly the same, they had to come from the same source. But what could produce THAT much necromantic energy? The only sources he knew of were Armageddon, who he knew couldn't possibly make that much. The other was...
Shive's heart skipped a beat after realization hit him. Whatever it was, it had to be a powerful undead, and the most powerful undead were deceased spellcasters, otherwise known as a-
"Lich." Shive gasped silently.
It was a goddamn lich! And it specialized in necromancy! That was a bad combination. Shive glanced over at the crater, his eyes almost nonexistant. His eyes became ringed in white, and his stomach clenched as he scooted backwards unintentionally. It was still there! There was a large black spot in the air that only Shive could see at the moment, and it was indeed humanoid. It seemed to move its head, and Shive felt two empty sockets staring at him from afar. His blood ran cold as the necromantic energy flared, then vanished altogether.
Shive sighed in relief. It left the area for now, and that was all that mattered. He glanced at Myrr, and mentally punched himself.
SH*T! I let Myrr see me freak out! Not good! He thought.
*****
Meanwhile, off in the distance, a dark entity stood in one of the darkest parts of the forest. Two small, red pupils stared out from the darkness, like dying coals. A voice colder than death itself stated,
"Now, all I need to do is find Artecaex and break him out..."
It then vanished, the trees around its previous location now withering away.
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Post by Azure_Ghidorah on Jan 17, 2008 22:29:44 GMT -5
Myrr's wings visibly shuddered, and she drew them around herself, glancing to where Shive stared off to. Something bad was going on... And it was going to be trouble for everybody...
(OOC: Just had to bring 'im back, didn't you? I like seeing that guy.)
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