The Regal Rper
Mad Scientist
Puuka
Iron House Main Street
Ouch it was the only thing he could say in response to the way that kid shoved Zil like a rolled up, crumpled piece of paper. He had to give the girl props, she would be a tough one to handle unless his 'brother' got more serious.
Just as he was about to shift his attention over to the others, something caught his attention. A thunk. A loud, sharp thunk that slightly pushed his head to a small degree at his right as he turned his head. Since it had hit the cap protecting his head, he felt nothing, not even a tingle. But the fact that someone somewhere had shot at him, was enough to get his attention completely.
"The sniper", he muttered. It appears they were on the move. He looked up in the direction of the bullet, squinted as he saw something hurtling into the air but saw no thrower, then froze the second he realized what it was.
"Shit."
It was too late, by the time he was moving to cover his eyes and turn away light of the ludicrous degree had already graced them and with that flash bang came one hell of a burn. "SON OF A BITCH!" It stung like hell and he nearly fell off his own bike. The ringing in his ears and the feeling of dizziness that applied did nothing to help. "Damn it!" he swore, then swung his leg over the seat and left his bike to the side as he staggered forward.
Opening an eye he saw nothing but shapes and heard nothing but ringing. Shit He couldn't see three feet in front of him without everything being a blur. He blinked hard, stepped forward, then tried looking around again, only to stagger from the dizziness. It was starting to clear up but still wasn't good enough and he could still hear that buzz.
Grimacing, he moved his arms away from his eyes in exchange for two knew ones to come extending out of his shoulders as he focused on his hearing.
...Footsteps... He heard a clink of something on the ground not far from him and with only but a millisecond in he realized what it was. "Oh you ass", he snarled with a drawn back foot, then without any hesitation at all he punted that flash bang like a champ soccer player scored an amazing goal. It went skipping across the ground like a pebble did on a lake and less than a second after, it went boom. Far enough away from him that the damage was marginally minimized, still enough for him to know his ears were going to need a bit more time to recover....again.
Muscles shifted and his two extra arms, both over his natural ones, shifted and mutated. Fingers shifted, skin toughened then turned a pale blue, nails blackened, became longer then sharpened, all while Puuka grew. Altering his size till he felt the change was enough. As he shifted his clothes shifted with him and by the time he was done whoever was fleeing was long gone. But not lost.
The final few bones that popped as everything settled made him grimace at the twinge of pain and for about a minute he stood there. Letting the pain fade and wash over him till he felt nothing but a little sore all over his body.
"Okay then." He growled behind his mask. Moving one of now four arms, he lifted the pad in his hand, still as fine as before. Giving it a look over once, then tapping the screen as it turned on with a newly elongated very pale, slightly blue thumb, Puuka began looking through the list of names and faces for the information he desired.
"Who here can go invisible?...Ah" he already knew one, then scrolled down even further, "those two huh. And it looks like Bewoulf's already engaging one of them so that must mean", he looked in the blurred up direction he had heard her run off to then breathed in deeply.
"Found you."
Turning to his bike, a bike once owned by 5'10, 'normal' human male, now finished altering for a tall, four armed monster. One simple rev, one small adjustment, and he turned in the direction he could vaguely smell Prism from. "First thing I do when I see you?" he muttered to himself as his bike began growling forward at a steady, slow pace and he blinked away the last of the fuzz. "I'm gonna flick that giant forehead of yours. Then you're gonna answer some damn questions."
The bike roared, Puuka moved forward, and within just a few seconds, he was off after Prism. Heading for the northeast building she was moving towards.
Current Height:6'6
Interactions: Lappi (Prism)
Mentions: N/A
Desmond
North Cylinder
So much was happening all at once. So little he could really do. Once finding Paladin and informing him of new recruits, Desmond felt the aura of Zeus speed off in a direction that was just to his west, towards a group of armored, heavy metal soldiers coming in with only one intent at hand. To capture if they could, and kill if necessary.
It was a sad thing to feel but it was something he had no choice but to accept. In the distance he noticed Bewoulf, the aura informed him, the 5'11 bipedal, almost mythical werewolf like man, stood face-to-face with the swordswoman, Retsu. And as she moved in for her strike, Desmond felt the presence of two not too far away.
Baiyun and the one who's magical essence, proudly told him it's owner's name was 'Emikou'.
Heroes Desmond thought. If they were here, then the jig was up. There was no going back now, and he had to accept that. Even if he didn't want to, he had to. Desmond's spiritual copy, floating right above them all, sighed.
Till he felt a disturbance in the forces and his attention was drawn to the ground.
Two targets caught his attention the most. First was Rally, second was...Levith. But if anything had his attention more it was the fear that bubbled out of the giant sea creature instead.
Floating down Desmond landed near Rally, just about the same time she used her powers on both him and the one who's aura told him it's owner's name was Zil. Staring at Zil's aura as he went flying like a tennis ball got owned by a skilled and swift tennis racket, Desmond found a different desire that made him halt his idea to create something that could temporarily hold off the lizard man\. He saw a desire to protect.
Not himself. But them. Rally and him. And he...wasn't sure why. But soon enough those thoughts were short and fleeting. As soon enough he felt the pangs of fear in Levith rise to a crescendo as she thought the worst.
Torn between communicating to Rally that Zil was not what they might think and torn between comforting the strange murderous sea creature who he deep down felt thought was suffering from karma considering she whimpered when she herself had killed an innocent not too long ago, Desmond swallowed the dubious thoughts that told him he should leave Levith to reap what she sowed a bit longer while he tended to Rally....and instead decided to help them both.
After all, if he was going to have to stick with these people it wouldn't hurt to try and help some of the ones he felt or sensed might be more redeemable.
Touching Rally's shoulder and opening a link that made his presence known to her he pointed a open palm in Levith's direction and then with a grimace on his real body's face, Desmond split his spiritual self into two. One held to Rally, but flickered and faded as his body was pushed farther away. Another, knelt by Levith's twitching, paralyzed form staring down at her with nothing but sadness in his eyes.
While one Desmond began to convey a message to Rally. One appeared to Lily, though this time Desmond's presence flickered in and out of existence as it stood before the woman, immune to the toxins around her. "LILY!" the ghost shouted. "Miss Lily, please! Levith, the toxins!" He pointed in the sea creature's direction over in the distance not too far away, but before he could say anymore he was gone. Flickering out of existence as his convo with Rally continued.
Ra---llly! He-- not-- harmful! came the broken message. He's-- ing-- to take-- away. Trying to take us away from here! But that was all he could say, because not a minute after the Desmond that appeared to Lily faded, so did the one speaking with Rally fade also.
Forced together and fusing back into one spiritual mirror of a boy, Desmond landed on all fours, exhausted, tired. All while his body exhaled heavily and began to sweat. Turning back to Rally's explosive aura, to look where she stood and see if she got the message spiritual Desmond exhaled a long sigh.
It seemed he still wasn't ready to make more than one 'figment' yet. Perhaps it was best he not do that again. But still, he glanced in Lily's direction hoping she'd gotten the message. I hope that helped you Levith.
Interactions: Damafaud (Lily) BriiAngelic (Rally)
Mentions: Leovonis (Levith)
Zil
North Cylinder
Close. He was so close. Just a few more seconds and he could've grabbed her. But instead, she'd retaliated. And honestly? He couldn't blame her. Attacking directly like that had been intentional. It was a rookie move to attack right where your opponent could clearly see you and anyone else would say what he did was stupid when he clearly knew he didn't have the speed to just 'disappear'. Either way what he'd wanted had been achieved. That attack had been a test to see what she was capable of.
And now he knew.
When Rally threw her hands out, Zil didn't slow down, decrease in speed or anything of the like. He just sort of stopped. There was no warning, no pause, or even a sign. He just did, and it was at her command. It was kinda like when a driver hit the breaks real hard and then failed there so they grabbed the emergency brake to make things worse. Only in Zil's case he didn't lose momentum steadily or feel like he'd been hit with something to reduce his speed. His linear velocity didn't go down either, he just kinda felt like he hit a massive wall of nothing that kept him in place and made him pause for a few seconds just so he could only got as far as an inch forward.
Then less than a second after that, whatever it was she commanded, sent him flying back. And when it did, everything was made much worse. Dizziness hit him in the back of the head, nausea skyrocketed as he didn't even touch the ground but surfed right over it, and the force. The force alone felt like a massive wave was pushing up against him, forcing him to move back.
Going, going, going and he still kept going. By the time he had dug his silver claws into the street and through the ground, he was already three football fields away, so when he came to a halt Zil took the time to recover.
"..." scaly eyes blinked as he shook off the nausea then slowly he rose. "Well", he said with another blink and shake of his head to rid his mind of the slow spins of dizzy. "She's a tough one." Propping himself up with an arm in his crouched position he looked down the rather far distance and flared his nostrils for a second before blinking again.
"Well then kid", he grew in size, "looks like we're playing dodge ball." Scales grew thicker and denser as bones extended and muscles snapped and reformed. Teeth became tougher, eyes dilated and with a blink refocused to become sharper. "Hope you're as good at dodging as you look." Then with a new size, Zil didn't run, he sprinted.
When he ran he left the same light marks in the earth he left before but this time he wasn't as 'slow' as he'd been he was faster. He charged at Rally like a steam train mowed through the rails. Sure he was only a little faster, but that wasn't what mattered. It was the slight buff in size that did. Sure it may not mean that much but he wasn't about to let a rookie and some teen, show him up so easily.
And while he may have caught the brief look of someone there before they disappeared away from Rally and reappeared by the slumbering boy, Zil paid it no mind. He was going to give this kid a workout if she didn't want to come along quietly. As he got closer, he shifted his movement from bipedal to quadruped. Claws sank lightly into the ground. Not deep but just enough to slow his traction. Moving towards Rally and the strange essence beside the slumbering boy, like a bounding lion, Zil made nearly over 300 yards seem like they were nothing in the span of nine seconds as he closed back in with just a hundred feet of distance between them.
Current Height: 6'9
Interactions: BriiAngelic
Mentions: Desmond
Baiyun
North Cylinder
An ear perked, first it went up, then back down.
Standing there, cautious, watching, waiting, Baiyun ignored it all.
Panicked, fearful, or faking, he didn't care much for the fox's antics. When she started yipping, he ignored it completely. Instead of making a move and taking advantage of the situation, he just watched and as he did, three things became clear to him of the masked fiends intentions. a) He had confidence in this creature with it's chances of fighting him alone, b) He had confidence this would be fun to watch from wherever he was going, or c) and one Baiyun was familiar with in his line of work, the fox's partner didn't care at all and was simply saving his own hide. Either way it didn't matter.
He just made sure to keep the fox in his sights. Because fox or not, whether she was a hyper intelligent animal with powers, some sort of shapeshifter, or a magic user, he kept her in his sights. Because he had a feeling even from the brief glimpse he'd caught of their movement, losing track of her, even if he was confident in his speed, would be worse for him than it would be for her.
"You done?" He asked her cheekily when he noticed the shift in demeanor. He didn't get a reply because it was a fox but he didn't really care for one. "Good." He said with a shift in stance as her eyes locked on to him. "Glad you're done screwing around 'cause I'm missing a birthday for this."
Then she got up and started moving towards him, and his stance shifted to a more guarded one. Hand out, another in his blind spot range to block anything the fox could try. Maybe she could send duplicates of energy, maybe she could summon shadows, maybe she would be faster than he'd expect and so he'd need to be extra careful, because even if he didn't sense malice. He sensed interest. And that was probably more dangerous when you had no idea what your opponent could do at all.
Guess I'll get you to show me what you can do first. In half a blink, he was gone. One second he was in front of her, the next, he was right beside her. Moving his leg right at her in a blur of steady practiced motion; completely ready to punt a fox like a person punted a football. In most cases, when faced with an enemy he didn't fully understand he drew things out to study them. In this case, he was going to take the direct approach. It wasn't just a matter of ending this quickly, but also seeing how much of a threat this little fox, if it truly was one, posed.
Launching his foot forward, watching it near it's target's ribs, Baiyun prepped himself for almost anything. Especially if that included unique results.
Current Height: 5'10
Interactions: Xel (Emi)
Mentions: N/a
Bewoulf
North Cylinder
Motionless. He didn't take a step forward when she got closer, nor did he take a step back. Ears perked up and twitched slightly at the slightest sound and the moment she struck, Bewoulf's ears picked up another sound in the distance heading his way. Breathing, movement, the added scent of iron in the air. Must be the girl he reasoned as his eyes focused on Retsu and his muscles involuntarily tensed at her feint.
This one's good. He had to admit, as he watched her fluid movements bring that blade towards him. Real good.
One slash went by faster than a camera flash, from hip to right pectoral. The blade cut through with practiced ease and as soon as it had finished it's trail of cutting through skin and skin only, Bewoulf knew taking things lightly would be bad for him more than anything. It took an entire second, maybe it was more, maybe it was less, but it took less than five for her strike to cut him completely. No blood coated the strike a second later, no blood flew out, no major injury was made. It was like a paper cut to be precise, a minor one that drew no harm but just scratched the surface with little comfort and as soon as she began moving a step back, he began taking a step forward.
She's close. He could hear her. Apex was close. Very close. Her breathing wasn't as controlled at it'd been before.It wasn't bad, but it wasn't stable. He could sense it. The annoyance in every breath. The increased pace in every movement.
She was mad.
And he would use that.
Keeping his focus on Retsu, blue eyes never leaving her, Bewoulf moved forward in sync with her as she moved back and as he did, the small paper cut she had delivered closed and faded as skin regrew and covered the cut like it never happened at all. As they moved, Apex got closer. She was almost in position, one small shift, one quick glance and he found he couldn't see her. He'd forgotten in the heat of saving that soldier that this one could go invisible, but now that she'd unintentionally reminded him, he'd have to keep that in mind from now on.
By the time they both; Retsu and Bewoulf, had made their third step either back or forward, away or towards, Apex was already on him and he could hear the wind get cut as the tailed mutant did something Bewoulf had a strong feeling that if it landed would only just slow him down. But slow or not, he wasn't about to give two agile individuals a chance to gang up on him so easily. Oh no, if it was a contest of speed they wanted, it was a contest of speed they would have.
And he did that exactly as his next move had him lean forward on his leading foot and push towards Retsu just as he felt something sharp barely cut into the back of his trailing leg. When that cut was made it drew blood and a second he felt a tingling feeling tickle that same cut leg. Paralysis., he reasoned, regulating through his blood, but just as soon as the tingle had came it disappeared before he even touched the ground again. Half a second slower and it would've been several times worse. Bad enough to where using that leg would just slow him down and his max speed would just be cut in half or a quarter but now it was only just slight shaved off and he needed all he could get if he was going to make this next move work.
Moving towards Retsu in a headlong tackle, half way through the motion Bewoulf stopped on his right cut leg and with a sniff and a ear twitch launched himself in a direction to his left, right where he could smell the stench of iron and a steady heartbeat the most. One clawed hand shot out, grabbed hair, pulled it with no care for decency in the slightest, then grabbing a arm with supernatural speed and swinging the invisible girl towards Retsu's direction like a hammer swung sideways, Bewoulf hurled the female hunter towards her ally with his right arm and shifted his left up like a boxer to defend himself in case any stray attack was made his way given the brief opening he'd just left behind.
If the swordsman thought she could get away from him so easily then both of these two had another thing coming.
Current Height: 5'11
Interactions: Elenion Aura (Retsu) Lappi (Apex)
Mentions: N/A