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auroraexpress2020-03-15 08:21 pm
trainmasters) wrote in auroraexpress2020-03-15 08:21 pm
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INTROS + MONTHLIES
Who: Everyone
When: Day 60, evening
Where: the Aurora
[The Candy Hearts are gone-- or at least, they're no longer all over the place. If you kept a few for your own purposes then well, feel free to enjoy yourself. Live your best life!
Though you may have just got out of a Trial recently, there is the sound of an announcement on your Chain: ]
[And indeed, there is another round of newbies waking up in their rooms, in the usual nondescript undies or team pyjamas. They'll get their basic welcome message and a prompt to view the IC Guide.
"Someone" has seen to bring refreshments to greet the newbies. It's sparkling water, refreshingly cool and surprisngly sugar-free considering the surroundings. If you choose to drink it, you will find yourself instantly refreshed, almost as if you'd gotten a full day's rest. You will also find that the very next thing you say to someone is a mildly inconvenient truth. It cannot and will not compel you to tell someone your deep, dark secrets but it MIGHT compel you to admit you forgot to brush your teeth this morning....
Have fun and enjoy meeting your new people! ]
[[OOC NOTES: As the monthly prompt, the sparkling water will continue until next month's placements. If you have any questions, please ping the mods via the q&a. Thank you!]]
When: Day 60, evening
Where: the Aurora
[The Candy Hearts are gone-- or at least, they're no longer all over the place. If you kept a few for your own purposes then well, feel free to enjoy yourself. Live your best life!
Though you may have just got out of a Trial recently, there is the sound of an announcement on your Chain: ]
WELCOME NEW HEROES
[And indeed, there is another round of newbies waking up in their rooms, in the usual nondescript undies or team pyjamas. They'll get their basic welcome message and a prompt to view the IC Guide.
"Someone" has seen to bring refreshments to greet the newbies. It's sparkling water, refreshingly cool and surprisngly sugar-free considering the surroundings. If you choose to drink it, you will find yourself instantly refreshed, almost as if you'd gotten a full day's rest. You will also find that the very next thing you say to someone is a mildly inconvenient truth. It cannot and will not compel you to tell someone your deep, dark secrets but it MIGHT compel you to admit you forgot to brush your teeth this morning....
Have fun and enjoy meeting your new people! ]
[[OOC NOTES: As the monthly prompt, the sparkling water will continue until next month's placements. If you have any questions, please ping the mods via the q&a. Thank you!]]
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a brilliant eight-rayed star kindles on his brow, and a flame of white light surrounds him, a massive spiritual pressure radiating outward, so thick as to be nearly solid. power crystallizes into a platform beneath his feet, lifting him into the air as his eyes burn white as stars.]
I am.
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Of course he could sense the other's abilities and strength, but it was always good not to assume the other was going to essentially go all out in the beginning.
Let's see how the other would do when McBurn let's off three fireballs his way. They're certainly larger than your average magic fireball, but this time there weren't any black flames, and they're not exactly as explosive as they could be. Though there's no doubt that they're strong nonetheless even without the tinge of black and purple to them.
He'll see how he handled this. ]
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he turns back as the blast detonates distantly behind him. very well. if McBurn wants to play the testing game, they can play.
his counterstroke is a flurry of those same unseen edges, singing a chorus of crystalline notes as they coalesce at the speed of thought. a mortal wouldn't have a chance of defending before they strike -- but McBurn is far from mortal.]
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The counterstrike which manifested in such a way that'd be hidden to the eyes of most, was all by visible to someone like him. A smirk touched his lips briefly as he moved his right arm up, which seemed to be all that he needed to 'defend' (McBurn didn't really get into the practice of 'defending', it was more or less just tanking what was thrown at him if he decided not to dodge.)
The clothing definitely tore around his arm, and there's definitely a sting, but obviously as he lowered it down, there's no signs it's done an immense amount of damage. Definitely not bad at all, as far as he was concerned.
With the same hand he pulls back and then in one fluid motion swing, two to three flame dogs leap out towards his opponent, flames billowing all around and behind them as they move to close in on their current target:
Tide. ]
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a diagram of shimmering light draws itself in the air before him, tracing out harsh, angular glyphs in an instant. the Essence surrounding him takes form and shape as he raises a palm in command, the white flame of his anima seething and billowing with countless palm-sized shapes that erupt forth as butterflies of sharp-edged obsidian.
the torrent of insects pours forth with the susurrant chime of thousands of wings to envelop the flame-hounds before they can strike, shredding them until they erupt in torrents of flame. obsidian cracks and shatters at their touch, sending shards in every direction, but the swarm seems unending as it bears down on McBurn.]
1/2
That being said, the fight's basically only just begun, but McBurn's impatience rose significantly as each moment passed, which was a sign to him that the testing was producing some actual results. He'll just raise his hand and let out a wide stream of flame that collided with the swarm of obsidian, tearing right through them. Then, he'll draw it back, both arms crisscrossed in front of him, before he'll let make a motion forward with them that'll draw his arms down to his side—quickly. And violently, as it generated an explosion of flame that surged forward all around him, towards the creatures as well as the one who commanded them.
Though, judging by the black and red flames wafting around him now in a constant manner, it's doubtless something that's bound to repeat itself.
To be honest, usually he'd have waited, and fucked around some more. But he's had some...mild changes lately, including a loss of patience, and he decided that he's done enough testing anyway. He could tell that sense of power wasn't some fluke, especially since Tide seemed to know how to control it. But while the other had been dealing with what he sent towards him, he'll speak up suddenly. ]
I'm not really interested in a stalemate, so let's stop messin' around, and heat things up!
2/2
And just like that, in a flash of light and blink of an eye, the change had been made.
The surge of power was incredible, familiar, and well-missed. RIP to any plants nearby or metals, because he's hardly caring to hold back the flare of black and purple flames emanating from him now. It's enough to make someone work up one hell of a sweat, to put it very, very lightly. ]
Re: 2/2
I'm glad you grow as weary as I of children's games. Very well; let us truly begin!
[his eyes flare bright and to each side of McBurn, a new star is born, pinpricks of radiance swelling in an instant to erupt in miniature novas. they carry with them a killing light that spreads in an instant through any wound, devouring matter with imperious hunger]
BOND
Even if, to the casual fighter, this battle had already jumped to incredulous levels of insanity once he had assumed this form...knowing that potential, was enough to get McBurn immensely excited. The twisted, immense joy showed itself in not only his expression, but the jerky swirling of black, purple, and rare red rolling off in waves from his body—even before the attack had been unleashed.
McBurn had little care for the worries of being injured. But at the same time, he wanted to be able to push the other to unleashing more, and an instant to someone like him? Well...it's not exactly nothing, but evasion wasn't impossible in this form of his—so when the attack unleashed, he had already propelled himself high up into the air.
Following that, he pulled back his right hand, a fireball already ready for him to just unleash, and let go as he let it fly towards his intended target. Regardless of whether or not the fireball would stick it's landing exactly, the result of it landing would generate into an explosion of fire that'll cover a very wide area, the ultimate result producing a tower of black and purple flame that'll look more like a small tornado. ]
Heheheh...Hahaha! That's right, show me more, Tide! If you think you can take me like this and my heat, you'll have to stop from holding back!
[ If his voice sounded a little manic before he even landed back on his feet, that's fine. It's really been so long since he's been able to let loose like this, the surge of power and battle almost euphoric. ]
Re: BOND
Very well.
[McBurn's black flames envelop him like the tide he's named for, force their way inwards through his barriers, lick hungrily at his skin. but a terrible glory radiates from him and they cannot, in that moment, touch him. the flames draw back from him in unthinking obeisance, subjects before their sovereign, and in the empty space they leave on the blazing battlefield Tide rises into the air and comes apart into hundreds of crystalline shards.
the shards hover in the air and do not fall. they align themselves and form a ring, slowly rotating in empty air. another forms around it, and another, five in all, each at a different speed and angle. in their center a transparent sphere forms, filled with blinding white flame, and in the center of that flame, Tide's familiar form rematerializes. he is the form and the flame and the sphere and the rings and all of them are him, flooded with his Essence and will.]
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So it looks like I don't have to do this the hard way. Wonder how much hurt you can actually manage now.
[ Now then, he was sure that Tide had essentially properly adjusted his current power level so to speak in order to face him properly.
As he so desired. And of course, that brought on more excitement for his own part, as he was able to sense the sheer strength and energy radiating off of the man now. But, surely, it wasn't all for show? He wasn't about to do any sort of testing with that, however.
The time for that was way past.
Even from where he was standing, he could easily set off another attack, swinging a hand back as he let the 'spell' go.
Beneath the other man, glyphs appeared, and from it he would attempt to engulf the man into a literal, wide tower of purple, black, and hint of dark red flames which would spill forth that very spot. ]
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[his voice is felt more than heard, now, bypassing the ears to arrive directly in the brain, and as the column of dark fire envelops him it crystallizes, the elements that make it up hardening until it collapses under its own weight. some makes it through, enough to make the outer ring chime a protesting dissonance, enough to cause the white flame to dim for an instant.
but only an instant, and within the flame the shape that once was Tide raises his hand.
space buckles around McBurn, twisting, collapsing inward under the raw force of his will, vastly greater than it had been a moment ago. a great wind howls into existence, carrying the stink of burned sugar and scorched chocolate, as the singularity forms, and at its heart is a blinding spark of the same killing light that the stars carried moments ago.]