Strange. The boy had quieted, some. Was The Consumer overtaking? His chi seemed to be unchanged, so perhaps not yet. Maybe the strikes Erebos landed were leaving their mark. Whatever the truth was, he’d have to keep the fight going. If it ended in defeat for the lad, then he’d have to find him again some other day and goad the thing yet more.
A blade came from the boy’s innards, and Erebos made sure his own blade was at the ready. A flick of the wrist, and his sword reappeared. Their blades hissed, loosing sparks as weapon met weapon in the frosty air.
”Ooh~! Didn’t take you for a swordsman. Did you eat the last owner?”
Erebos winked, and from that simple motion another spell was conjured. From Kabe’s shadow, a stage play hook snaked free of the darkness, its goal to grab the boy by the center and fling him into a puddle of chocolate milk. Or was it iced coffee? From this distance it was hard to tell.
”I can teach you some tricks if you live. You seem a bit brutish for such a fancy weapon. I could trade you for a hammer; that seems more your speed.”
PL: 130,000
KP: 4/6 MP: 1/6 HP: 18/250
Resources: Sparking, Dark Bargain, Otherworld Training, Curseweaver, Tactician, Mimicry, Dyno Capsule, Destron Flask, Energy Drink USED Resources: Dark Bargain (1/2), Blood Ruby, Battle Armor, Curseweaver (1/2)
Post by Captain Kabe on Sept 12, 2024 3:14:46 GMT -5
"Do those pretty lips ever shut up?" Kabe asked, a groan in his voice from the fact that parts of his lung were being filled with blood by the deep chest wound he was attempting to ferry around. He was snark. Teasing and little remarks in battle were kind of foreplay to him, but with a wound this big and that awful feeling starting to really grip his brain he was no longer in the mood.
His sword had been deflected, and he guessed as much would happen. Wildefang rarely yielded a result against someone strong enough to avoid behing delimbed or beheaded by it. Kabe had no idea his shadow was being toyed around with until he was already reeling through the air, and with a frustrated huff he managed to at least flip and get grounded before getting caked in milk and embarassing himself.
"If you're... offering private lessons..." he started, trying to keep up the mood, the facade from before he'd snapped just a little at Erebos's remarks. To make some sort of double entendre out of the idea the demon wanted to teach him a few tricks, or something about being offered a hammer, but with blood still gushing out of him and his instincts starting to really loosen his ability to hold back Hoshikui, he couldn't manage. it.
"Augh, whatever! Quit moving that tight ass all over the place and just let me fuckin' hit you!" As he shouted, Kabe flipped the sword to his backhand despite the weight of unbreakable katchin, jabbed the tip of the ebony blade toward Erebos' chest.
/KABE [110,000 | DMG 158/270 | KP 2 MP 6]
KABE uses a Zenkai Charge! +15% PL! Temporary PL is 126,500!
KABE uses [Light] NUCLEAR KNOCKOUT for 1 KP! 20% + 10% = 37,950 headed for Erebos!
Erebos couldn’t help but giggle. The boy had an air about him, but it was fizzling out quickly. All that oozing blood can make a guy lose his temper quick, doubly so for a Saiyan! He threw his head back for a cackle, all dramatic and overacted, placing a hand on his hip as he quipped.
”Muahaha! You poor thing! Hard to think up something clever when you’re— OOF!”
The blade hit him flush in the chest, sending Erebos flying back. He tumbled end over end from the sheer force of the handheld guillotine, smashing into a hard cracker material and shattering the boulder to bits. It crumbled atop him, and he groaned in frustration.
Shaking himself free from the debris, he hopped to his feet, and flicked his blade like a throwing dart back at Kabe. The blade sang through the air, aiming to leave a fresh cut in the same spot on his chest from the opposite angle, making the diagonal slice into a cross-patterned gash.
”Hmph. You can lie down and die now if you’ve finish losing blood. I count about six gallons in that river back there.”
Erebos cracked his neck. Was he getting serious? A rare sight indeed.
Erebos takes full damage! (29%)
Erebos uses [Light] Lazy Slice! 20% Power = 26,000 Damage headed for Kabe!
PL: 130,000
KP: 3/6 MP: 3/6 HP:47/250
Resources: Sparking, Dark Bargain, Otherworld Training, Curseweaver, Tactician, Mimicry, Dyno Capsule, Destron Flask, Energy Drink USED Resources: Dark Bargain (1/2), Blood Ruby, Battle Armor, Curseweaver (1/2)
Post by Captain Kabe on Sept 13, 2024 0:38:49 GMT -5
"Oh I'd love to lie down with you pretty boy, show you all my little tricks," Kabe spat as he told Kabe to lie down and die. "but dying isn't exactly in my toolkit." He gave the prince a dirty look, both grimey from frustration and the pain in his chest, and drawn in by the fact this asshole still had sass in him after getting clipped in such an embarassing way.
The hurtling blade came close but Kabe snatched it straight out of the air. He brought it up to his mouth and shattered the shadow of steel with his canines, and swallowed the shards as they melted back into darkness itself. It wasn't flavorless, no- more like the memory of a flavor, or something that almost tasted like something. He grinned again.
"We can kick this up a notch if you like. See if you can handle the heat or if you're all talk?" Kabe asked, huffing as he felt the wound in his chest started to close up just enough that it was no longer going to cause him such immediate grief. He wasn't sure he could keep the Devourer locked in when he was already run ragged like this, in his Wrathful Form. But fuck it- this was fun.
/KABE [110,000 | DMG 173/270 | KP 1 MP 6]
Kabe uses [Light] Midnight snack for 1 KP! 20% + 10% = 33,000! Blocks full 26,000.
"Oh? Never died before? I've killed plenty of folks, so I've gotten a good glimpse of how it looks when the light leaves. Want me to help you practice?"
Erebos smirked, and let his mind play out stratagem. Kabe was wild, aggressive, and brash. His fury would grow as the battle played out, and most assuredly it would bring about that putrid pocket dimension. Whatever its true form was, Erebos needed to see it. To test its efficacy. Playing along was the only way. Teasing and taunting and acting the villain.
"Kick it up a notch? If you think you can handle it, then by all means, let's light the candle and play."
Kabe was fierce, this much was true. Erebos, however, may well have been fiercer. Shadows encircled the Oni, trailing up his body and focusing on his arm. His limb expanded in size, grew monstrous! And suddenly it was normal again. A sword, perfectly replicating the one that was just eaten, formed in his hand. With a few practice swipes, he nodded, and beckoned Kabe to approach.
"That wasn't me powering up. I just felt like doing that. You can show me what your full strength is like, if you can muster it under all that sanguine expulsion you've been doing."
Another sword came at Kabe, though this time it came packaged with the wielder not far behind. Erebos swiped, a long and lazy blow, aimed for that same wound. It was an obvious target now. One Kabe would need to take serious care to protect.
Erebos powers up to Base Form (x5!)
Erebos uses Lazy Slice [Light] 20% Power = 130,000 damage headed for Kabe!
PL: 650,000 (Base: 130,000)
KP: 2/6 MP: 2/6 HP:47/250
Resources: Sparking, Dark Bargain, Otherworld Training, Curseweaver, Tactician, Mimicry, Dyno Capsule, Destron Flask, Energy Drink USED Resources: Dark Bargain (1/2), Blood Ruby, Battle Armor, Curseweaver (1/2)
Post by Captain Kabe on Sept 18, 2024 19:18:44 GMT -5
Kabe kept the the dirty comments he could make to himself. He wanted to tease the boy about wax play, he could surely make some remark about the fact he could grown and shift in size, but no. He needed to focus. He needed to make sure he didn't get ahead of himself, let too much of that golden light through the oculus in his heart, and splatter the brains of this cute snarky bitch all over the candied terrain beneath them.
He didn't scream, or groan or shout. That was such an ugly saiyan habit when powering up; one he hated. His eyes simply lost color, turned white as though he'd rulled them into his skull, and flickers of gold started to burn up in the air around him.
And his heart was pounding in his chest like he was made of adrenaline.
It made it hard to think with any clarity, to make crafty little quips or flirt. He was a man of action right now, and so when the prince attacked, he grabbed Erebos's sword again without thinking and yanked it close. Face to face with the demon, he flashed him a cheeky, wordless grin and moved to stick his teeth into Erebos' neck again, to take him up on that sweet invitation from earlier.
/KABE [550,000 | DMG 173/270 | KP 0 MP 0]
KABE uses MP Transformation boost for 4 MP! +15% PL! KABE transforms into x5 Wrathful! 550,000 PL!
Erebos took the bite head-on, gasping in pain as flesh met teeth. A rowdy boy indeed, and one that kept his cool despite the dire straits. Most would pull away now. Reel back from Kabe and clutch the wound. But Erebos pulled in closer, wrapping his arms around the Saiyan and gripping him tightly in a bear hug. A sadistic grin flashed on his face, and his eyes blared a blinding red glow yet more.
"You're so quiet. What's wrong? Taste not to your liking?"
He giggled capriciously, and pulled tighter.
"Or maybe you're trying to hide something. Someone's knocking at the door to your soul... Someone who's very hungry. Am I right?" Erebos let his grip loosen ever-so slightly, waiting to see if the pirate would kick away, or if his shock would hold him in place. Either way, he'd keep up the villainous act as much as he could.
"His tastebuds must be all muted when he's behind you like that. Shouldn't he be allowed out, too? Let him come and play, why don't you? I won't mind."
Erebos' shadow drooled outward, turning into a puddle beneath him. If Kabe were to step in it, he'd feel the wet and sticky sensation of stepping in a glue trap mixed with quicksand, mud, and molasses, and begin to sink into the slime-like concotion.
"The Consumer beckons. And you deny him?"
Erebos takes FULL damage (15%)
PL: 650,000 (Base: 130,000)
KP: 4/6 MP: 3/6 HP:62/250
Resources: Sparking, Dark Bargain, Otherworld Training, Curseweaver, Tactician, Mimicry, Dyno Capsule, Destron Flask, Energy Drink USED Resources: Dark Bargain (1/2), Blood Ruby, Battle Armor, Curseweaver (1/2)