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"Crap! Crap! Crap! This is baaaaad!"
Zachariah was fleeing from a desert crocodile. This beast was known for its ferocity and power, and well... Zachariah had not considered that the poison being any sort of delay could be a factor. Earlier he'd pissed it off by throwing a rock at it, and the first time it snapped at him he chucked a poison-coated frog down its throat. He only needed to last another minute or so before it was prime prey, but he couldn't possibly do anything more about it until then, in fact he could end up getting killed. He'd managed to cover the distance it was catching up by with his Spring Step, which allowed him to move in bounds, and as long as he kept moving forward at his full speed, the beast wouldn't catch up.
Soon though, it let out a solid cough, the first symptom that the poison was working. "Perfect," he'd say, having lead it closer to Heliohapt than it was before via a solid chasing. He'd finally pull out his Rapier, and he would get to work on it. He ran over and swung, but was batted away by a claw, he would grip his ribs for a moment as he would get up and look at this beast. That attack was sluggish and weak, it didn't even break a rib, though he'd definitely have a bruise. "Good, I'll get a reflex workout too," he would say to it.
He'd run back up to it now, and notice that it had finally finished slowing down, and was at the lowest possible speed it could have. He jumped up over a swipe of its might claws, and was instead almost munched between its teeth. "Shit!" he would complain. Without single unnecessary action he'd rolled away from it as he'd hit the ground and then run up a precarious dune and flipped off the peak. "Haaaaaaah, Smite~!" He would somersault and bring his blade to a stabbing motion at full power, landing heavily on its back and impaling it, dealing a very solid D-Rank damage. He would waste no time pulling the blade out and then repeatedly impaling the beast with a flurry of stabs, unleashing 5 stabs into its back in a flash, "Swarmstrike~!"
The beast would flail about and fling him off of its back, before it would snap its jaws at him again. He'd land a ways away from it and huff a bit. "Still nothing, huh?"
The beast would whip around and tail smash him, sending him into the dune that he'd used to initiate that combo, and he watched as sand would fall onto him while he was too stunned to do anything. It would be a second, but he would emerge from the sand in relatively okay shape. He would crank and whip his arms to the side to pick up momentum, and began to spin, then into a pirouette, and he slowly began to move towards his target, the Desert Crocodile. Soon the sand was pushed from him, as he reached his apex speed, and then he would finally plant his foot down, and swipe his blade, cutting into the beasts flesh, as the sandy area around him formed a crater of sand blowing away from him. "Swallowtail~!" he would call. The beast finally fell over and took a nap.
Zachariah would begin to drag it away towards the Black Temple, it was going to be a damn good sacrifice.
Word Count: 582
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Magoi/Stamina Remaining: 100
Zachariah was fleeing from a desert crocodile. This beast was known for its ferocity and power, and well... Zachariah had not considered that the poison being any sort of delay could be a factor. Earlier he'd pissed it off by throwing a rock at it, and the first time it snapped at him he chucked a poison-coated frog down its throat. He only needed to last another minute or so before it was prime prey, but he couldn't possibly do anything more about it until then, in fact he could end up getting killed. He'd managed to cover the distance it was catching up by with his Spring Step, which allowed him to move in bounds, and as long as he kept moving forward at his full speed, the beast wouldn't catch up.
Soon though, it let out a solid cough, the first symptom that the poison was working. "Perfect," he'd say, having lead it closer to Heliohapt than it was before via a solid chasing. He'd finally pull out his Rapier, and he would get to work on it. He ran over and swung, but was batted away by a claw, he would grip his ribs for a moment as he would get up and look at this beast. That attack was sluggish and weak, it didn't even break a rib, though he'd definitely have a bruise. "Good, I'll get a reflex workout too," he would say to it.
He'd run back up to it now, and notice that it had finally finished slowing down, and was at the lowest possible speed it could have. He jumped up over a swipe of its might claws, and was instead almost munched between its teeth. "Shit!" he would complain. Without single unnecessary action he'd rolled away from it as he'd hit the ground and then run up a precarious dune and flipped off the peak. "Haaaaaaah, Smite~!" He would somersault and bring his blade to a stabbing motion at full power, landing heavily on its back and impaling it, dealing a very solid D-Rank damage. He would waste no time pulling the blade out and then repeatedly impaling the beast with a flurry of stabs, unleashing 5 stabs into its back in a flash, "Swarmstrike~!"
The beast would flail about and fling him off of its back, before it would snap its jaws at him again. He'd land a ways away from it and huff a bit. "Still nothing, huh?"
The beast would whip around and tail smash him, sending him into the dune that he'd used to initiate that combo, and he watched as sand would fall onto him while he was too stunned to do anything. It would be a second, but he would emerge from the sand in relatively okay shape. He would crank and whip his arms to the side to pick up momentum, and began to spin, then into a pirouette, and he slowly began to move towards his target, the Desert Crocodile. Soon the sand was pushed from him, as he reached his apex speed, and then he would finally plant his foot down, and swipe his blade, cutting into the beasts flesh, as the sandy area around him formed a crater of sand blowing away from him. "Swallowtail~!" he would call. The beast finally fell over and took a nap.
Zachariah would begin to drag it away towards the Black Temple, it was going to be a damn good sacrifice.
Word Count: 582
Complete
- Techniques Used (Not in Order):
- Name: Swarmstrike
Tier: D
Cost: 10 Stamina
Weapon Type: Light Sword
Class: Offensive
Range: Close
Duration: Instant
Cool-Down: 2 Posts
Description: Zachariah is quick to the strike, and even quicker to the flurry. This is not referring to his temper. Stepping in, and even closing in with a few steps, this technique has him stabbing rather quickly at his foe, stabbing quickly enough to confuse the target. His blades is constantly in motion moving at a whopping 10 m/s, immediately unleashing 5 strikes in under a second. Whether or not they all hit, this deals D-Tier damage if even one hits, though multiple hits doesn't do more damage.
Name: Spring Step
Tier: D
Cost: 10 Stamina (5 Sustained)
Weapon Type: None
Class: Supplementary
Range: Self
Duration: 4 posts
Cool-Down: 5 posts
Description: Zachariah has developed a technique which allows him use the full force of his legs' strength to get short bounds of speed beyond that of a normal person. For a single second in each post this is active, he may take two long steps, allowing him to move in two 5 meter vectors, at 10 m/s. If he doesn't take this second every post, he temporarily forgets how, invoking cooldown.
Name: Smite
Tier: D
Cost: 10 Stamina
Weapon Type: Light Sword
Class: Offensive
Range: Close
Duration: Instant
Cool-Down: 2 Posts
Description: A simple technique in its basis, it's a falling technique. He uses it when attacking from a height, by dropping down on them, and impaling them with the full force of the attack. This ignores some (20+ ft) or all (<20 ft) of the damage he would take from falling, and deals D-tier damage from the stab.
Name: Swallowtail
Tier: C
Cost: 20 Stamina
Weapon Type: Light Sword
Class: Offensive
Range: Close
Duration: 1 posts
Cool-Down: 3 posts
Description: With a swooping of his arms, he will begin to spin in place before he is now in a pirouette. The grass and dust near him is repelled by the force as he slowly approaches his target. Once he has reached the apex of speed at he turns all of the built up torque into a slash, slicing into the opponent at 15 m/s with great force, repelling all loose debris and even D-tier or tierless projectiles, within a 5 meter radius of him. This amazing display of strength deals C-tier damage upon impact with the slash.
Magoi/Stamina Remaining: 100
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