+Ark1002 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Darth Woodrack said: Walker jump backwards, avoiding the stab. He realized that either he was using atium, or that cube had pewter, either way he should keep his distance. He jumped backwards, away from Lusk. @Ark1002 Quote He already did it.
I think I am here. he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Quote Oh, ok. I finally get to duel now. Lusk staggered forward as the enemy jumped back. He took a deep breath, and looked up. Walker. The enemy. The Drown kid. Mr. Drown. So many names, from so many different perspectives. But one person. One enemy. One man. One kid. One opponent. One being. And Lusk. He’d been called many things too. He’d been called both good and bad names. Mostly bad. He’d been rejected by his parents, rejected in school, all up until he’d made something of himself. Then he became Mr. Uwik. Councilman Lusk. He became respected. “You know, I used to be like you,” he said, calling to Walker, stepping forward just as the atium shadows faded to nothing. But his walk kept confident, not showing weakness. “I used to be brash, thought I was the king of the world. I used to be in love.” That was a part of Lusk he hadn’t touched in a long, long time. “In a way, I know that age better than you ever do.” Another step forward. “And you know one thing that I’ve found out about kids like you? One sole thing I’ve realised?” Another step forward. He brought his hands up in a boxer’s position and activated his final two cubes. Gold and Nicrosil Allomancy. Enhanced gold shadows flooded his vision. He saw who he was. Who he could’ve been. He saw every possibility of his existence, he saw every man he could’ve been, he saw every choice he made and how it shaped him. He saw how this action or that action affected him. He saw lived where he was better. He saw lives where he was worse. He saw who he was and how he got there. And when the shadows faded, and all that was left was him and Walker in the harsh glow of the Arena Spotlights, Lusk smiled. “You always overestimate yourself.” And he lunged forward suddenly and unexpectedly, one fist going for the stomach and another for the neck.
Darth Woodrack he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Author Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Quote This is pre Melody, so this ones not in love. Just telling you. Walker, who had made speeches like that dozens of times, in fact it was one of his signature moves, easily dodged to the side, took out his flame thrower and swung it at Lusk’s back. @I think I am here. Edited January 17, 2019 by Darth Woodrack
I think I am here. he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Darth Woodrack said: Walker, who had made speeches like that dozens of times, in fact it was one of his signature moves, Quote Oh, but I bet none have been so dramatic maybe they can have a speech contest later. Lusk saw Walker move to the side. Bringing out some sort of weapon. You know, one of these days I should just let him hit me. He considered. Maybe the world would really be better off if he just died in a duel, no questions asked, like that coinshot lady. He doubted anyone would even come to his funeral. But now he knew. He’d seen everything he could’ve become. He saw every Lusk, every lifetime. He saw every mistake he’d made, and he’d been able to understand it all. He was the master of himself. And yet, he was still him. And yet, he was still hated, the energy of his youth spent on all the wrong things, and now his laziness of old age unable to do anything about it. What was he doing? Fighting some kid? Even if he won, it would be “Lusk, you beat up that poor kid”. Curling an arm behind him, Lusk felt the impact of the metallic weapon hit his forearm and wrist before he grabbed ahold of it and gripped it tight. Turning around, he used his other hand to try and grapple the gun, trying to point in Walker’s direction. He pulled the trigger.
+Ark1002 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Quote Umm... Every contestant was warned pre-fight that they can't die.
Darth Woodrack he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Author Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Quote Small flaw there. Also, if Ark is forcing me to say that I slit both Walker's wrists and got both steel vials out, then I can do this. Which of course did nothing, as it was an investiture power flame thrower, and it had been hit by the leecher blast. Walker summoned his sentinel helmet, and drove forwards in an attempt to head but Lusk with his metal covered helmet. He then slowed down his legs to not move, storing it all in the metal reserves he hadn't used. @I think I am here. Edited January 24, 2019 by Darth Woodrack
+Ark1002 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Quote That would kill him by ripping off his head.
Darth Woodrack he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Author Posted January 17, 2019 Quote Good point. I'll edit it to 'arms and legs'.
+Ark1002 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Quote Then his arms and legs would rip off... that isn't safe as long as you are moving...
Darth Woodrack he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Author Posted January 17, 2019 Quote He's headbutting him. His arms and legs aren't moving.
+Ark1002 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Quote To headbutt you have to move forward, using your body. Any movement when the rest is going that slow would rip them off. Steel is really dangerous if you only store with part of the body.
Darth Woodrack he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Author Posted January 17, 2019 Quote As long as he's storing much less at the joints, he should be fine. Like, his foreams and biceps are moving really slowing, beut his shoulders are moving much faster. That good?
Sherlock Holmes he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Quote Can you guys just argue about this IRL? It would be faster, I’m sure.
Darth Woodrack he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Author Posted January 17, 2019 Quote Our teacher is irrationally strict. Stupid high school.
Sherlock Holmes he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Quote Okay, though I think you meant middle/junior high. Might be wrong, though.
Darth Woodrack he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Author Posted January 17, 2019 Quote You are wrong. Just letting you know.
I think I am here. he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Darth Woodrack said: Which of course did nothing, as it was an investiture power flame thrower, and it had been hit by the leecher blast. Walker summoned his sentinel helmet, and drove forwards in an attempt to head but Lusk with his metal covered helmet. He then slowed down his arms and legs to not move, storing it all in the metal reserves he hadn't used. @I think I am here. Look at him, Lusk thought, using his legs to kick at the knees of the kid hard to trip them. If he killed me, there’d be no uproar. As Walker moved forward with a helmeted headbut, Lusk firmed his grip on the horizontal flamethrower in this hands and sharply pulled it up, attempting to smash it into the unarmoured chin of the kid and to knock the headbut off course.
Sherlock Holmes he/him Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Quote Heh, well Ark certainly doesn't look like a high schooler. I've never seen a picture of you, though, {redacted}, so... *insert shrug emoji* Frankly, the picture was a year old, though.
+Ark1002 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, AxeliustheGreat said: Quote WTH? Did you see a picture of me?
Darth Woodrack he/him Posted January 24, 2019 Author Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) Quote Oh, sorry Itiah. I'm still waiting on whether or now I can do the slow thing. Actually I'll just do it so that he onyl does the legs, since Ark is sick so I can't ask him in person. Walker saw this movement and responded by stopping his storing, and throwing himself to the side, missing Lusk, but the flame thrower missed as well, and landing to the side. For about 3 seconds afterwards he curled up into a ball, his arm protecting his head, and his legs protecting his, umm..., other vital area, and he stored all of his speed of three seconds. @I think I am here. Edited January 24, 2019 by Darth Woodrack
I think I am here. he/him Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 On 25/01/2019 at 1:41 AM, Darth Woodrack said: aWalker saw this movement and responded by stopping his storing, and throwing himself to the side, missing Lusk, but the flame thrower missed as well, and landing to the side. For about 3 seconds afterwards he curled up into a ball, his arm protecting his head, and his legs protecting his, umm..., other vital area, and he stored all of his speed of three seconds. @I think I am here. Walker threw himself to the side and Lusk turned quickly to the ball the kid had curled himself into a ball, covering his head. He’s scared, Lusk thought sharply. Because at the end of the day, the kid was still a kid, and Lusk had been beating him up. Slowly, Lusk began walking towards the ball. One step after another. Shadows, was he walking with a limp? He felt a displeasure in his stomach, but he continued walking. As the kid was in a ball, curled up, Lusk walked over, knife in hand, and... Patted the kid on the shoulder. The spectators in the stands gasped. No attack? How odd. Lusk kneeled next to Walker. “You seem scared,” he whispered. “Trust me, I don’t want to kill you either. So, I’ll give you a chance to call quits. Maybe we can buy a drink afterwards for a duel well done, hm?” As much as he hated kids, he hated crying kids more. Though Lusk couldn’t see whether Walker was actually crying or not, Lusk thought he was. He turned to the spectators, stopped tapping or storing atium, changing back to 45 years old. “Is this what you wanted?!” He shouted. “A grown man beating up a kid?! Disgusting. Barbaric.” He turned around, to the other side of spectators, to the commentators booth, to the spotlight operators. “All of you, barbaric. You all think, what, that just because we’re healed afterwards, it’s ok to beat each other senseless?!” He was angry. His doctor had warned him against high emotional activity. “You think the emotional damage gets healed? You think people ever really recover from the pain? Look at you. Customers, buying second grade tickets to people beating each other up. I had to beat up a kid! A kid! And what are you doing, eating popcorn and cheering? Who the he-” Lusk collapsed, a sudden pain in his gut blossoming and not ceasing. It was ten minutes before someone had bothered to send a doctor, and Lusk was carried away on a stretcher. Cause of injury: liver failure. Quote Nice duel! You can count this as a tie or as a win towards Walker, if you want. I’m preparing Lusk for Era 3
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