Ash to Dust: Counterattack! [Job/Lagi and Azix]

Zordon smiled at Lagi's request. "Do you think I could trust you so easily? If we simply gave you your father, all we would have is your word that you would not tell everyone that those who hold the documents you are about to write are all criminals." The man pulled out a small glass vial. Within the vial was an extremely rare beetle, one which Lagi would recognize after a short time. It was the Eijel Beetle. The creature had the ability to dig into the body of a host and live near the brain. Within 30 days of activity, the creature lays eggs and hatches them. When they hatch, they eat their way out of the skull before searching for new hosts. Needless to say, the original host dies as a result. "Your father has already been subjected to this creature. Knowing your background, surely you are already aware of what it is..?" The species was a rare one, known to primarily be found within the wilds of The Plains. As the man placed the bottle back into his sleeve, he returned with the same hand holding a small pouch.

"With the pills, made from the powder of the Green Garloen, the creature has been forced into a state of dormancy. Without regular doses, the creature will once more become active. Then, it will only be a matter of time. In this way, we guarantee your cooperation. There's enough here for two months. We will supply the rest over the course of time that you honor the agreement." Zordon nodded towards his ally. "Ra'Zul, open the cage and wake up our... Guest."

The man who looked to be from Heliohapt approached Lagi's father, taking a bucket of water and splashing the man's face with it. Ra'Zul uncuffed the prisoner's binding chains. In a gruff and grizzled voice, Ra'Zul gave the prisoner a command. "Roark, stand and walk towards your son's ally."

Groggily, Roark approached Azix without any impediment.

OOC:

Lagi would know that there was something more to the dormancy drug. Not that it was harmful, but that there may be something else as well. He wouldn't know exactly what it was, however.

Maybe it was a combination that was too good to be true, but Lagi’s knowledge of the beast and the herb used to make the drug was apparent up to a certain degree. He knew what this was, they were going to continue to use his father as leverage by supplying the drug and keeping the King of Reim neutered. Lagi kept calm throughout the entire ordeal and explanation. “You thought this through, you torture my father and planted that infernal creature inside of his brain? Lagi didn’t move an inch as he took a deep breath   his father was probably about a meter away from him as he walked passed Lagi, not saying anything. It disturbed the young king, his father didn’t say a word since his arrival.  “Docile? Drugged?” Lagi would say  briefly as he looked  at his father and looked back at the man called Zordon. Lagi glared at him as he proceeded to head off to the table to investigate the documents. however, during the passing  between Lagi and Roark,  a is 100 cm tall, and 20 cm wide creature would be exiting lagi’s body and inconspicuously  moving down his clothes at 10 m/s,  making  its way over to an open layer of showing skin as Roark  continued to move.

Orie would of laid still as if it was a minuscule trickle of water when Roark  stepped on her with his bare feet, but that was all Orie needed to enter the body, using Host body to connect with Roark and  travel inside of his body in sear  of the main danger threatening the host body.

-Inside Roark-
Orie made her way towards the brain in order to confront the  Eijel Beetle, basically attacking and attempting to smother it like an antibody, potentially doing b rank damage with its acidic traits.

Outside-
Lagi would make his way to the seat and start to examine the documents in order to get any more information out of them. He was aware I his risky gamble, but he hoped orie would succeed and save his father, and he hoped that Zordon and his minion wouldn’t notice. “Is heliohapt involved in this? What did you do to Decimus? You used him too?“ Lagi would say as he looked over the documents, making small talk. Right now he needed to memorize the names of these individuals, or anything all. Any indication of the processing firm that granted these crooks access to these waivers, basically any lead.


OOC: Sending orie in to combat the  beetle. Studying the documents for any more clues.

Abilities used

Spoiler:

Orie and Lagi were clever. Orie's volume never changed, but the shape was what was important; like that of trickling water, moving on the side of Lagi's legs that were opposing to the range of view of Zordon and Ra'Zul. Furthermore, the lighting within the room was not the best either. Although Lagi and Roark never passed that closely to one another due to moving at an equal speed as part of Lagi's suggestion, the amoeba was thin enough on the ground to freely move at a slow rate without being noticed. In a matter of seconds, Orie was in. She would find herself traveling through Roark without any true difficulty. Navigating the body of Lagi's father was like the difference of two paths in the same forest. At last her path would bring her to a place by the spine, at the nape of the neck and before the brain. The creature it was searching for was within hibernation, unaware of Orie's presence and thus an easy target...

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Zordon rose an eyebrow at Lagi's words, thinking on them as the Emperor approached the table. "In the grand scheme of things, Dragon Emperor, everyone is involved... As for Decimus, we merely... Provided him aide. Unfortunately it seems he did not live long enough to return much on our investment." The lack of concern for Decimus' well-being was evident. The words Zordon spoke seemed oily, as if he were not only uncaring for Decimus' life but also somewhat amused by the situation.

Looking at the papers, Lagi wouldn't find them to be processed and written by anyone he knew offhand, even though the documents seemed to follow a normal syntax that the Reim government would use. Just as Lagi was looking over this, Roark crumpled to the ground. Zordon's eyes grew wide and an intake of breath filled his lungs.

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Orie had isolated the creature and began to smother it with its acidic traits. The creature was embedded so closely to Roark's spine, however, that there seemed to have been some sort of collateral damage. The body seemed to crumple to the ground; something of an experience that would seem to be a bumpy ride for those who were not used to existing within the body of another.

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"What the hell was that?!" Zordon seemed furious, and looked towards Azix while narrowing his eyes. "What did you do? Did you kill him?" Both Zordon and Ra'Zul readied themselves for combat, unsure of what would happen at this point. It was entirely possible that Lagi would take this moment to attack the two, losing himself in a blind rage. Zordon attempted to get the message out that they were not involved, but he already knew that the likelihood of Lagi believing him was small. If this were a ploy by the Kou ambassador to ensure their criminal element was suppressed in this country, it was a cunning move indeed.

In his heart, Zordon swore for not paying more attention to Roark's safety, not for a moment believing that he would come to harm after they released him.

OOC:

If his pulse and breathing are checked, the person checking will find it is still there. It only seems that he is passed out. Orie will not be able to diagnose any real damage beyond the fact that a jolt of pain seemed to have overloaded Roark's mind and caused him to pass out.

Lagi was actually going to begin signing the signatures, cursing under his breath and wondering just how untouchables that these group of individuals would be for a while. However, they had the cards right now and if orie fails, Lagi would need those pills Either way, he needed the pills for some extra insurance to his father’s safety. However, Lagi’s father falling down made lagi turn his gaze away from the papers as he maintained a look of desperation and sadness. That was it, they attacked his family, they gave him his father that turned out too be less than half of the man he appeared to be. “You conned me…. ….” El drago knew where this was going, but this was a pretty serious matter indeed. Lagi was getting angry, he felt as if he was too late to save his father. “ I knew I couldn’t trust you… and now you’ve taken my father from me… unforgiveable……..” Lagi would say as his eyes glowed with rage, a trickle of black butterflies could be seen with white, the constant teetering that lagi has faced all his life. He was always a ticking time bomb that can shift in either direction, but this felt like too much to him.

Lagi attacked, it should have been obvious to them that this was going to end in violence if they couldn’t even keep his father standing up in Lagi’s presence. They didn’t know a damn thing about the nature of the animals they controlled, it might of worked even sooner than they expected. Complications of the body. Lagi used vanishing drive in a blinding speed, heading towards Zordon at 30 m/s and using a combination of Molten fist with his eligan gauntlet and deadly strike . Even if this simply broke the borg, lagi was serious and closing the gap against a magician was what he needed to do.

Spell casting took time to do and involved the unison of the staff and saying the words. However, the reaction time of the human being came into play, moving at such an extreme speed from rest and instantly vanishing near him would be something that Zordon would have to take a second look at.

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Orie is on standby as she started using cell repair, blindly healing Roark of up to b rank damage over time, slowly but surely.

ability used

Spoiler:

70/350

The magician swore he had noticed a dark substance at Roark’s feet a few moments before he collapsed. With a gasp, Azix rushed to the man’s side and called out to him. Receiving no response from Roark, Azix checked the man’s vitals. Unknowledgeable in anatomy and with only a vague recollection of any first-aid training from his school days, Azix just barely managed to stumble across a pulse. It was faint, but it made the magician somewhat confident that Roark would survive this ordeal. So long nothing else happened to him.

While still acting as if he were fussing over Roark, Azix’s used his peripheral vision to keep an eye on Lagi’s outburst and the position of their enemies. At the same time, Azix flicked his wrist, keeping the motion hidden behind Roark’s body. Wrapped around the magician’s forearm was a long chain, with a twin-dragon pendant tucked securely against his skin. The motion jolted it loose enough to slide down to his wrist, causing the pendant to fall into the palm of Azix’s hand. ”No! Roark! Don’t die on me!” The outburst was partially to further distress Lagi and partially to make Azix seem less of a threat to Zordon and Ra’Zul.

Gripping the twin-dragon pendant that was bestowed with Cimeies’ power, Azix started to mutter under his breath. Barely raising his voice above a whisper, someone would have to listen very closely to hear his words. ” "O' Djinn of Plague and Pestilence, create a catalyst of change that infects corruption. Lend me the power to purify the world anew. Spread, Cimeies!" As the Djinn’s name left his lips, a sickly green mist consumed the magician. Passing over his body, the mist transformed Azix’s appearance, replacing his clothes with bits of green tinged cloth and armor. There was also no longer a pendant in his hand, instead he held the hilt of a silver blade in his grasp.

Throwing Roark over one shoulder, Azix flew towards Lagi and wrapped his arm around the Emperor, while prepared to block any strikes with his sword.”Infect Everything!” Azix roared at the top of his lungs. Suddenly, a thick green cloud began rotating around the room, with Azix at its center, protected inside a small safe zone, which was only big enough to fit himself, Lagi, and Roark. Everyone else outside of the cloud would be forced to deal with a plague so sick, so nasty it would cause rapid necrosis.

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[90/380]
[2000+/2000]
[CD: Il Ilah’s Wrath (3 Post), Gravity Crush (5 Post), Plague Vine (6 Post), Fire Whip (6 Post)]

Spoiler:

Lagi's approach was prepared for, but even then Zordon's preparations were not enough for the speed at which Lagi moved. Zordon had only just raised his staff as Lagi's fist slammed into the Borg. The magical protection of the Rukh was incredible, but so too was the force of the Dragon Emperor's punch. With technique and magic behind it, the older looking man's feet began to slide across the floor as he did his damnest to struggle against the force of the blow. A grunt escaped his lips; the force of the Borg was only just enough to negate the momentum of Lagi, leaving the Dragon Emperor's attack motionless. Zordon simultaneously cast Gravity Lift, Stage Three as well as Grand Flame. The opposing Magician was cloaked in flames, though they never came close enough to his body to harm him they formed a ring 3 meters in diameter around him. Flying backwards, away from Lagi and to the left, the spell would cause some harm to the Dragon Emperor if he wasn't careful...

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Ra'Zul was not simply standing still during the entire exchange. He, too, was ready for Lagi's outburst. Assuming that the Kou ambassador was the one propelling the battle, by the hint given by Zordon, Ra'Zul immediately approached Azix. His attempt at subterfuge was even more alerting than had he simply stood there; Azix would be able to tell, with his Diplomat's Eyes, that Ra'Zul was gunning directly for not just himself but Roark as well. This all happened within the blink of an eye; his furious step was only slightly slower than Lagi's technique, and brought him towards Azix's front within a fraction of a second just as the Magician slid the amulet down his wrist and began speaking. Azix would only have a moment of time to act as twin sickles came down. Both Great Disembowelment, which came horizontally towards Azix's gut, and Imprisonment upon Roark's lifeless body. A second step from Furious step would be executed if the Imprisonment was successful.


OOC:

At this point, Ra'Zul is between Azix and Lagi and intends to keep them separated. If Azix still wishes to use his spell, he will only be able to spare Roark and himself from the effects. Even then, there is a chance that Ra'Zul would not be fully engulfed in the extreme magic.

El Drago, Lagi and Zordon would be killed by it.


Zordon: 170/250

Abilities Used:

Ra'Zul: 190/300

Abilities Used:

A blur of motion out of the corner of his eye, was all the warning Azix had to Ra’Zul’s sudden approach. His chant faltered, the words tumbling around in the King Candidate’s mouth for a moment before he composed himself and resumed chanting. At the same time, Azix’s hair shot out towards the scythe heading his way, acting as a shield against the oncoming attack. Once the attack was stopped, the magician’s hair would continue growing, aiming to pierce into the Heliohaptan’s chest like a Crazy Horse. The hair would be undeterred if Ra’Zul attempted to change positions, following him like a predator chasing its prey. Of course, Azix’s strange manipulation techniques would do nothing for the attack that was aimed at Roark, but that was of minor concern to the magician at the moment.

Assuming nothing further was done to interrupt Azix’s chant, the King Candidate would shortly be Djinn Equipped, his appearance transformed and brimming with a regal aura that commanded respect and admiration. Hesitation did not exist for Azix, who would fly after Ra’Zul, hovering only a few feet off the ground, if he still lived. When he was close enough to use his sword, Azix would deliver two quick blows, one horizontal, aimed at the man’s waist, and one upward vertical slash, which was meant to bisect the man. Of course, if Ra’Zul had met his untimely end to the hair assault, then Azix would have focused on Zordon instead.

If his sword was successful in contacting either opponent, a green mist would ooze down the blade and travel up their affected limb. The mist contained a plague that would greatly slow down their movements, while causing boils to form with its Pestilent Touch.

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[120/380]
[2000+/2000]
[CD: Il Ilah’s Wrath (2 Post), Gravity Crush (4 Post), Plague Vine (5 Post), Fire Whip (5 Post)]

Spoiler:

-Lagi-

Lagi would use eligan rage in order to clash with the attack, sending a lava stream towards Zordon's flames. Since it only took the use of one of his hands. All lagi had to do was point and used his other free hand to quickly chug down a potion of rejuvenation to regain his stamina. Lagi then cycled sound attacks and used vertigo inducement towards zordon, sending another soundwave to afflict the man and cause a powerful status inducement.


When Ra'zul tried to use imprisonment, Orie would use use goo trap in order to clash with it. She was sensing alot of danger and harm to the host body, and it would take one more turn after this in order to fully heal roark of his b rank injuries.


Abilities

Spoiler:

155/350 stamina

ooc: sorry for the crap post ive been kinda depressed lately

Ra'Zul's attack was first defended against by a strange and unorthodox shield; a shield of hair. As his ability cut through the hair he still had the opportunity to grab Roark. The room shook as the battle between Zordon and Lagi continued. Ra'Zul's second sickle approached the unconscious man before a strange goo shot out of the body. "What the hell was that?!" Ra'Zul turned his head to Zordon, continuing. There's some-" Huek. A piercing pain filled his thoughts. Looking down to his gut, Ra'Zul saw the hair he had cut off had grown and somehow managed to pierce his chest.

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Zordon was in a position to see everything taking place around the room. Lagi's choice of defense was heat against heat. The resulting magic mixed and negated each other, resulting in an explosion of power. The room shook. Shortly after, Ra'Zul yelled out; there was no need, as Zordon had seen the suspicious activity from the body. More important was the fact that another spell was coming at Zordon even as Ra'Zul's mistake brought him death. Zordon sustained his Grand Flame, Gravity Lift, Stage 3 and simultaneously cast Magma Walk, Stage 3. "I won't forget this, Lagi. And don't think I'll forget about you, either, Niraj." The Grand Flame changed the medium the Veritgo Inducement was passing through, altering its frequency and negating its effects.

With Magma Walk, Zordon sunk into the ceiling by pushing himself with his Gravity lift. The stone turned into magma, flowed away from him and then turned back into stone during his first meter of movement. From then, he changed his mode of movement, making sure to set up traps for the two below if they chose to attempt to follow him in some way.


If they did not, Lagi and Azix would find themselves alone in the room with Roark. The Emperor's father would not awake at first, and would only awaken after an hour or two had passed; there did not seem to be any lasting damage to the man.

OOC:

It's fine, dude. I understand that sometimes it is difficult to write stuff.

Zordon: 90/250

Abilities Used:

Ra'Zul: Dead


You may attempt to follow Zordon through the ceiling if you have abilities able to do so, but be forewarned that this could be dangerous. Roark seems okay; he isn't dead or anything. You may now exit the underground area - though you've got some random peeps from the jail cells still loitering around. The rest is up to you guys ^_^ The job is technically completed.

Lagi sucked his teeth and shook his head. “Don’t bother going after him Azix, there's no point in changing him right now. We got my dad, that was the most important thing here, due to the fact that it’s a rescue mission overall. That and we have about two bodies. Decimus the Immortal, and this man that you killed with your hair. You really need to do something about your splitting ends by the way. “It was a witty remark, but Lagi kept the seriousness within the room. I’ll have to rely on your clairvoyance magic, I think it would do us some both good. I’m upset that I wasn’t able to make the bastard bleed, we would have had two sources of information. But you have your work cut out for you if you want to do it. The conspiracy behind the coliseum and the plans of the group. Which one are you going for first?” Lagi would lead the decision up to Azix as he went over to Roark and bent over him. “ Orie….” Orie came out and wiggled around in delight as she made her way over to her master. She slithered around his insides, seemingly a sign of affection, but Lagi was so used to her moving around that it didn’t bother him too much. Before, Lagi would actually let out a marathon of cringing when Orie got too excited. “ Did you take care of my dad for me?” Lagi held out his hand and Orie popped out from his hand, making some sort of noise for confirmation. “Good, I knew you could kill the bug. “

Lagi proceeded to pick up roark and place him on El Drago’s extracted hand. “ Watch him for me, we need to help the trapped civilians after this is over. “ Lagi would say simply as he went back to azix, hoping the man readied himself to do the clairvoyance.