Ezekiel
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Post by Ezekiel on Jun 28, 2021 15:10:18 GMT
History has depicted civilisations dwindling into chaos due to the ignorance of their leaders too many times to recall, countless empires fall in one night and governments ruined by their own choices, yet in this day and age, nations have expanded far across that the idea of destruction seems far too foolish to even think about. No matter what act they committed or what atrocity they made their people live through, who was there to stop them from doing so? This realm was the definition of what was previously mentioned, corrupt leaders who’se domination extends far and wide across the expanse of the Nibiru Space. Neither known nor respected by most, this grants them with ridiculous freedom over what they do. Their technological prowess is nothing to scoff at, yet it all stems from the foundation of their nation, for they do not see their entire population as equals, they use the less fortunate individuals as inferiors, effectively creating a sort of slave underclass. Even if the country’s core is rotten and horrid, their capital city would be considered nothing less than an architectural prowess by those who haven’t visited enough of the world. Skyscrapers scattered across the horizon, a great tower stood in the middle of it all, drones flying in the sky instead of birds and greenery is almost non-existant, a usual decor for these kinds of futuristic cities. Polution is also a great factor to why space travelers would not be impressed by this world, thick grey clouds covering most of the airspace, yet no rain ever comes. It was all a pit of the most vile things this age of mechanical wonder produced, from the machines invading the heavens to people who think they’re above the natural law that all must one day be destroyed, yet that cannot be further from the truth. Many will try to and have tried to overthrow their oppressive rule, yet few individuals have the physical, mental and magical strength to even attempt the hazardous task of turning a fake democracy into anarchy. Tyrants never last long enough to be declared kings, flaws are always present within a system such as this. This isn’t even half of the story, yet the rest isn’t even worth mentioning, it’s not like it’ll better the image of this country destined to fall.Space travel was always either terribly boring or excruciatingly painful, in the unfortunate situation that someone else boarded the ship alongside him, yet this time, he was in a particularly abrasive mood mixed with a tad bit of happiness from what he would be doing in a few minutes from now. Ezekiel sat within the cockpit of his ship, he had just woken up and he felt like if there was a god to take down, he would gladly do it. A cup of coffee sat there on a small table besides him as his guitar sat in his gloved hands, The Musician was playing nothing more than a simple tune trying to lessen the sourness of his mood, after all, who could have a nice morning without a bit of music and some coffee? He didn’t know if he had a day off or not, yet the Interceptors were mightily peaceful these days, besides, it’s not like there wasn’t people that were there to protect the ship, hell, he had programmed an entire system that allowed for mechanical soldiers to be deployed at the slightest sign of threat. The Interceptors’ Captain thus had nothing to worry about, paperwork wasn’t even necessary half the time! He awaited the arrival to solid ground like a child awaited the gifts at Christmas, the anticipation was intense. His amethyst hues wandered across the planet through the clear glass, clouds made of grey and black plagued the artificial skies like a tumor protruding from a humanoid body, although instead of a disease infecting a human, it was humans infecting the very planet they lived on, extracting the last of its resources before throwing it away like a broken toy, Greed truly was Humanity’s defining trait, wasn’t it? If he felt bad for what he was about to do earlier, he clearly didn’t feel anything other than hatred for the Government in charge of this realm, apparently anarchism really was the only way for people to live without ruining everything.
“The world really has gone down the wrong path, so I’m here to throw them back on track!”
That was Ezekiel’s main philosophy, he was nothing else than a kid who was forced to grow up too fast within an indifferent universe which ruined itself, so he’d make sure no one lives what he lived through, although the lad did think that anarchism was the way to go, since apparently governments don’t know how to stay in their own lane in regards to what they can and can’t do to both the people and the planet. His ship descended further down into regulated airspace, yet he managed to disguise his ship as a regular ship owned by some fancy aristocrat flawlessly, He left the spacecraft to pilot itself as he left to find the kitchen with his trusty cup of coffee in a mug resembling a cat, making a simple peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwich and placing it in a plastic container for later consumption. He took a simple sip out of the half-full mug and decided to refill it, energy was what he lacked at the moment and that was liquid nuclear energy for him.
“Well then, it’s time to see if those government officials know what anarchy is!” The Mastermind felt a deep sense of disgust when he looked around him after returning to the head of the vessel, along with a particular hatred. He had landed upon the highest spot of the entire megalopolis, the top of the middle tower of the building which constituted the head of the country, a circular platform that was around 250 meters large, allowing for ample space to set up what he wanted. Even through the filtration systems of his ship, his nostrils were still filled with the absurdly powerful smell of the fumes produced by whatever factory ran constantly nearby. This was atrocious, never had he imagined that this place was so putrid, it was almost like artificial death, except you never did die, the civilians only had one reason to even be a part of this world and that was to work to produce what they had to breathe all day. He exited the comfort of his little metallic habitat through a sliding door within the hull of the craft, releasing a concealed stairway to allow for an easy exit. Ezekiel stood atop this disgusting place, ready to change it whether they liked it or not. The drones of Arma Nirvana flew behind him, the ARM that hadn’t left him since the start of his journey wasn’t about to leave him now. His sword was kept sheathed at his left side, yet he had other things to take out of the transportation method which brought him there, as he also carried with him a whole set of powerful speakers that would allow him to communicate his intentions to the entire realm. He placed the speakers on the edge of the platform and pressed the power sign on his left glove, initializing a holographic display powered by his own ether that allowed him to do whatever he wanted in regards to technology thanks to his innate Technomancy. In a few presses of artificial buttons, he had successfully reached, infiltrated and taken over the entire communication system of this place. He took a microphone which sat upon one of the speakers, inhaling a deep breath of the foul air before declaring something to the entire globe.
“Hello, sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled program, this is to inform the entirety of the population that as of today, this site is under hostile takeover, so stay calm or there will be collateral damage the likes of which you’ve never seen before. This message is from The Celestial Musician.”
This message would induce panic within the mind of the people, while also making Ezekiel laugh out of pity for the poor leaders of this nation sitting in their leather chairs and slowly losing control of the entire area they once ruled with an iron fist. The holographic displays on buildings slowly turned red under the dusk sky, warning the populace to stay home, he was shutting down the entire system with nothing more than a message. The Celestial Musician was now a name wanted by everyone living on this celestial body, which served as an amazing decoy due to no one knowing about that title across the expanse of the multiverse. Wanted posters were located everywhere and he quickly set the speakers back within his ship and sent the autopilot back to the left platform, all according to plan. The pollution was even helping him hide from whatever camera and the likes. With his PB&J and coffee in hand, he thought out loud.
“Such slow chaos, simply marvelous, I wonder when they’ll try to stop me?”
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Post by biocide on Jun 29, 2021 3:00:51 GMT
BGM: Left to ruin“Hello, sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled….” What should be a continued declaration on anarchistic intent was muffled to indefinite silence as speaker and hologram alike were distorted into sharp feedback and then silence. Large holographic and LED attempted to shift red would halt in frozen flickered space before flickering to a vibrant image unseen by many and known only by a few – CIDE VII. A child’s attempt at playing in an adult this attempt at anarchy had not gone unnoticed, rather it played right into the hands of CIDE VII. The figures of myth at the helm of Babel that ruled with an iron fist. It was easy for those members to manipulate and control the universe like puppets on a string. This planet was insignificant, a dying vessel of mineral and convict life. The cityscape was built to house convicts, each a destitute and despicable human being. Those of wealth here were insignificant in the eyes of the corporations that used them as cattle. Give them finances and a fancy house and they will work with newfound ferocity. Such a city, such a planet is replicable with hundreds of their mirror image spread across the universe. Tiny. Insignificant. Lives. In the grand scheme the minerals and materials founded on these planets was the export but to lose it was not crippling. These planets presented one other purpose, honey pots to catch anarchistic terrorists. Presented in file and database as key locations, CIDE VII used these worlds to lure and destroy their opposition with swift death. Today was not Ezekiel’s lucky day. Normally it would be true that a certain bracer would take point on this planet, it was unfortunate for this technomancer that someone else would be upon the planet’s surface waiting for the jaws of the trap to slam shut and slam shut they did. The intergalactic network for the U.M.N and all defence system protocols were now under the ironclad handle of the CIDE VII’s leader in technology and biomedical sciences. “…”Heterochromatic eyes of silver and sage rest upon Ezekiel with a dissatisfied and repugnant gaze as Eden came to rest silently upon the male’s airship. Pink hair Ombre’d silver shifting slightly upon the wind as aethereal Sakura petals dance elegantly throughout the city. Hundreds, no thousands of them being awoken throughout the city as they danced to the will of EDEN. Dressed in an attire of black heeled boots beneath black business slacks, sinched tight at her waist by a white belt. A white blouse covered her upper half, pressed tight with a black and pink tie perfectly placed about her neck. Over her shoulders and buttoned up was her double-breasted pea-coat of ashen grey color. Adorning the coat were two symbols of importance. One was that of CIDE VII and the other was of her current position as leader of ECLIPSE. What is not shown however was Eden’s LEA – DREAMWEAVE which covered her entire body from the jaw down in a matching skin-tone skin suit creating a unique nanoweave armour for now. All ambient effects of her LEA active, as necessary. Eden’s intense will bore down upon the youth who took to anarchy with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich paired with a coffee. Her aethereal presence cracking glass and crushing compartments of Ezekiel’s ship as Eden’s right hand extended outward as instantaneously her fingers grasped the cracked and ruined haft of her divine weapon OMENERVER. To gaze upon Eden was to gaze upon divine retribution manifest as she stood upon the now crumpled aircraft of her opponent. “I’d call you an idiot but that’d be a compliment.”Eden’s words passed her lips with such indifference as her Heads-Up Display read out everything as necessary. Eden’s war honed; combat intuition paired harmoniously with her savant intelligence combined with the access of her quantum processing cores meant that Eden moved in real time with accurate understanding of all data presented. She was Babel’s apocalypse of war perfected. The pink HUD revealed everything the woman cared to know. AETHER CURRENT//: 100% AVAILABLE, ZERO RESTRICTIONS ARCUS SYSTEM//: ACTIVE, FULL LOAD OUT MASTER VOLTIA//: AVAILABLE VOLTIA//: LOADOUT #1 AVAILABLE EMPRESS VAULT//: ACCESSED FORCE//: AVAILABLE IMPERIAL ARMS//: AVAILABLE CAPTURE OR DESTROY//: DECLARATION – DESTROY. The woman in seconds had wrenched control from the technomancer, infinitely capable of outsmarting the knock-off savant. His very appearance upon this planet was a trap to begin with, he’d fallen so effortlessly into her hands. Turning her right hand ninety degrees the weapon OMENERVER would be launched towards the heavens with sudden and violent force causing the air to billow about them violently throwing speaker to its demise hundreds of feet below them where it would inevitably crash into the ground and shatter. Returning to Eden, though her magenta divine weapon OMENERVER had taken to the skies, within her right hand was a weapon that radiated nether. Of onyxian pigment the one-to-one replica of OMENERVER resided within her hand forged from the manifestation of her LEA – DREAMWEAVE. Stepping free from the now crumpled tin-can that was his ship; Eden’s feet would finally touch platform in one graceful step with left foot slid back and shoulder length apart from her right. Hips pivoted and loose, Eden’s attention focused entirely upon the child. “You have to die today.”
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Ezekiel
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Post by Ezekiel on Jul 2, 2021 20:05:59 GMT
Ezekiel was sure of his preparations, hostile takeovers rarely go wrong unless some higher power gets involved, which, as mentioned above, was rarely an occurrence, so rare in fact that it never even once crossed his mind, a critical mistake to say the least. Most of the preparatives had been precisely set up to bypass any firewall and counter any attempts to overwrite the permissions he had granted himself over the entire sector. The young technomancy might be bright, yet there was still mathematically impossible scenarios he could not account for, every nooks and cranies of his plans were almost completely failproof, if it wasn’t for one simple detail. The HUD projection surrounding his forearm seemed to lighten up for each small object he could now communicate to, a delight to say the least. The Mastermind cleared his throat for a brief instant, contemplating waiting a bit longer until the sun truly went down, electing against such a thing for the simple fact that he was in a particularly abrasive mood and that any more waiting time would cause him to commit a war crime according to the ancient texts known as the Geneva Suggestion. Perhaps they were known as something else before, but that was all they were to Ezekiel’s chaotic behavior. As he readied to give his incredibly motivational speech for everyone to get the hell out of his way, a mysteriously still atmosphere seemed to install itself in the area surrounding the childish Salvator. The first monotonous words of his sentence emerged from his pale lips, unknowingly engaging the unstoppable gears of fate for a clock ticking down for his eventual demise, a timer which would be accelerated by the very nature of the world upon which he stood upon, like a fragile shell hiding a much darker secret than what he originally thought of as the truth. For this was all a masquerade orchestrated by the greatest puppeteers in the entirety of the universe as we know it, those which control everything with but a sway of their finger: The Babel Corporation.
“Hello, sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled..”
The Celestial Musician soon understood the gravity of the situation in a brief instant, the screens flashed red for an instant as all connections towards the communication systems had been disengaged by some sort of firewall the likes of which he had not seen in a long time, if ever. The entire operation had spiraled out of control so quickly, he thought it was all just a product of his hyperactive imagination showing him the worst case scenario event. Had he been a regular individual trying to simply engage a Coup D’État towards a tyrannical government, the amount of pressure he felt would certainly overwhelm him instantly, yet Ezekiel kept the calculated attitude he preferred, forcing an entire restart of the system he had conceived to render most cybernetic protections useless and obsolete, yet everything was quickly being taken over by a superior authority with direct access to the U.M.N. The anarchist would soon witness true horror, a symbol remenescent of his past would shine brightly on every holoaetheric display this city possessed, the ones which ran everything behind the scenes with an iron fist: CIDE_VII
“To whom do I have the honor on this merry day?”
Of course it had to be the worst possible scenario in all of monkind’s history. The individual which had probably more knowledge about most fields of study than he could ever assimilate within his memory, the perfected artificial weapon created from the minds of the brightest Savants in History, a creation far surpassing the limits of bioengineering as Mankind knows it currently, Eden. He had expected to fight a bracer or two, not to face the incarnation of what he would never become. Panic was soon installed within his mind, what else could he feel at this particular instant? Whether or not he could contest the perfect creation was not even questionable, the powers Ezekiel might possess were in no way, shape or form bad or obsolete, but they were no match for the battlefield experience of a CIDE member, from the few encounters he had with the leaders of Babel over the few years he had existed for, there was absolutely no way for him to rival one of the more influent beings within this indifferent universe, yet there was no way for him to simply kneel before his previous superior, he had deserted long ago, so this meant he had one choice, and that would be direct opposition, which, he didn’t knew the entirety of the legal extents that this could bring to the table, would it be actively declaring war upon Babel as a whole if he was to engage in armed conflict with one of the Megacorportation’s leaders, would he be considered a terrorist of some kind? Well, it’s not like BLADE didn’t have its fair share of war criminals and conflicts towards other big federations like the entirety of Nibiru, it’s almost like everyone enjoyed collecting those things like medals and trophies showing off how ridiculously weird politics worked within the airspace possessed by whatever giant alliance ran the place as if everything wasn’t one big theater act but instead of being paid in real money they were paid in warcrimes per hour. Good thing the Geneva Suggestion is not a thing anymore, otherwise they’d probably be stuck in the middle of running from the police.
His bejeweled amethyst gaze met the heterochromatic irises possessed by the one which most likely designed the blueprints for his very being, being the one who oversees bioengineering, who knows, this was all somewhat vague within his panicked spirit, the sword at his side could’ve very likely been a product of the infinite possibilities birthed each second within a savant’s mind. Everything he seemed to possess was a byproduct of this cursed, all englobing abyss which composed the company which establishes the structure of every major event in recent History, masters of puppeteering, steering and swaying the very flow of human behavior at will. He wished he could say he was glad to see the entity that seemed to be the main reason he even existed in the first place, not that there was any chance in one gajillion years that he would have a heartwarming reunion with any member of Babel, except maybe, theoretically Desiderius, but even that’s pushing the very definition of heartwarming a bit far. Maybe it was a simple fact of karmic justice for bringing breakfast to a gunfight, but he didn’t understand why he had to be punished so severely for a crime he didn’t even commit yet. He stood there, his long captain’s coat draped his shoulders, the Mastermind’s usual attire seemed quite different from The Avernian Empress in terms of overall colouration, a clean white dress suit with mainly purple and golden detailing on the sleeves, pockets and other unimportant details, a long silky orchid scarf placed under the collar of the coat covering his shoulders. There was no sign of the BLADE emblem or any other sign of appartenance to a particular group, it wasn’t within the dress code that they had to wear the logo anywhere on their person, so he took the liberty to simply not show off in case he got stuck in a situation where it was particularly important for the opposing side not to know of his status as a Division Leader. His silvery white hair was tied in a low ponytail which reached just beneath his shoulder blades while a few locks of hair covered the majority of his nose and diverted to the side to reach down to his left cheek, also covering a part of the scar inflicted to him by Landius over his left eye. Others flew on the sides of his pure white visage.
“I’d call you an idiot but that’d be a compliment.”
“I wish I could say I was glad to see you, unfortunately I don’t lie to those I respect.”
Ezekiel had little reactions in regards to his ship being destroyed like a vulgar soda can, there was no need for him to act surprised when he clearly felt very little feelings for this entire situation except semblances of fear that slowly left his body. However, he had to admit his respect for the Realian, there was no doubt that she was much more powerful than Ezekiel in his current state, even at his full, unrestricted power he could not reach Eden’s ankle in terms of magical, physical and mental strength and fortitude, he had to give that to the opponents which were worth his respect. The shattered hilt of the mysterious weapon the leader of ECLIPSE was carrying had been taken out of its confinement at Eden’s side, being sent to pierce the skies with massive air currents sent down to doss the now defective sound system towards their immediate return to scrap metal which could then be recycled to craft something later on in Time’s midst. The armament which she had thrown into the heavens had seemingly reformed as a magnificent work of craftsmanship, radiating with destructive energy of unimaginable power. One of the most influential individuals in this futuristic day and age now lowered themselves to the level of a mere mortal swine such as himself, it seemed that a fight was inevitable now, his fate seemed to be sealed after the shortest sentence he had heard all day.
“You have to die today.”
“I hear that too much for my own good…”
Ezekiel’s first priority was defense, for he knew that taking on the Symbol of Destruction in a contest of offense would only result in his inevitable demise being accelerated to a point where a fight would not even be enjoyable, even if it would probably be boring either way for the Realian without any worthwhile challenge. Still, he had to carry on with his plan to stay alive to live one more day, even if it meant doing whatever it took. Firstly, he activated one of the many Voltia orbs within the sword at his side to cast “Adamantine Shield” on himself, a necessary precaution before undertaking any sort of dangerous endeavor in a situation such as this one. The cold expression he managed to maintain up to this point was still intact, apparently Eden had allowed him to take a first move, which was neither offensive nor dangerous for his opponent, for he simply vanished from the very fabric of reality, no perceptive ability had the capabilities to sense him within the confines of wherever he departed to, was this him chickening out? Did he get too scared of that which he could not defeat? Nay, it was a simple way to easily protect himself while he concocted a plan to take down this immensely powerful foe with limited damage to his equipment or corporeal vessel. First and foremost, where did he depart to? Well, he stood on top of a clear cristalline tower situated within a demiplane birthed from Savand’s power, a prison for a fragment of his personality as he aimed to detach himself slowly but surely from whatever made him more human-like, this particular fragment representing everything which clouded his judgement and train of thoughts, a complex subject to say the least. The tower itself was mostly the incarnation of The Herrscher of Perfection’s will to keep the piece of himself named Arcadia to escape or interact with any living being outside of its warden. Ezekiel had an idea to use this to his advantage which he had just created less than a minute ago, but first, he had to do something he usually never did, which was to remove his right glove. Following the removal of the piece of cloth which had surrounded his hand forever now, he made direct contact with the monument, meddling his very presence with that of the plane. He would soon return to where he was positioned originally to meet the Avernian Empress eye to eye, his energy surrounding him in a brasier of malevolent flames of a similar tint to his vibrant irises. All six primary diamond-shaped drones of his Armament Recombination Material, or “ARM” for short surrounded his right arm, creating a circle while collecting energy for some sort of assault on the being in front of him. Was it excitement or instincts that made him feel so motivated to fight someone stronger than him by a quasi infinite amount. There was one particular trait about his appearance now that the glove had been removed, a soft cerulean hue peeked from the end of his sleeve, covering the inner part of his wrist. This truly was going to be one unusual Monday morning.
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Post by biocide on Jul 8, 2021 2:53:04 GMT
VOLTIA DETECTED//: ADAMANTINE SHIELD The words flashed within Eden’s right iris as her HUD followed in real time the actions of her opponent. Eden watched Ezekiel and could see everything he had chosen to do and more importantly what he did not choose to do with unfathomable understanding. Eden knew of voltia, their actions and their physical manifestations. Holding a library of knowledge about them, however small it may be in contrast to the crimson scholar himself, Eden was able to deduce what Ezekiel had used. Trained in the artform of war with all its nuances and intricacies, developed and mastered in operations near suicidal and paired with her intelligence and quantum processing cores, Eden possessed a near unparalleled power of observation that equally matched the thousands if not tens of thousands simultaneous hypothetical battles of the pair ran through her mind. Eden was prepared but even her opponents’ actions to simply up and disappear brought a questioning look to her visage. Not one to let time idle by Eden’s hues shift towards the sky to where a darkened penumbra illuminated by what looked to be pink stars of idle luminescence. Attention held to those stars as they would, if it were possible to notice doubled in number. Shifting her hues from the magenta spotted penumbra to the weapon in her hands. With a shift of her fingertips it would disperse, nether crackling against stone and steel alike charring the surface before fading away, replaced instead by two unique weapons not her own. These unique weapons were of sword and revolver combined, the length of each weapon crafted perfectly for their owner’s traits of agility and stealth. “Thanks Virginia.”Eden mouthed to herself as the weapons manifested between her manicured nails, a soft click permeating as twelve materia coated rounds – six in each revolver – were loaded. The unique green luminescence of each revolver cartridge paired well with the green grips of these dangerous weapons. Shaped to a size of a set of daggers. Simultaneous to their arrival came another piece of artillery – U.W.N.K BLITZKRIEG. The armored drone manifested from Eden’s vault transforming to anchor itself and combine with Eden’s physique. Carrying with it a unique armament only one other had seen before. Wings of vibrant aqua and magenta aether fan out four large wings upon her spine. Mounted over her shoulders resides two shoulder mounted rail cannons. Compartmentalized against Eden’s side yet unused were two plasma cannons. The technology used to create the BLITZKRIEG taken from working along side the GEARDAM manufacturing and the formation of her own FERAL BARBATOS. Hovering in place, Eden’s mobility was not hampered but rather enhanced with the BLITZKREIG’s synchronization. To Eden it was but an extension of herself, as simple to use as OMENERVER. It was at this point that her opponent had decided to suddenly manifest back into the plane of existence. Their sudden arrival would be met not with a stalwart sentinel of an opponent but the sudden appearance of Eden’s burst of ferocious velocity. She had at this point capitalized upon his leeway of time. No sooner had feet touched the floor and his vision focused upon her, she was not in her original position but rather inches from his face. His gloveless hand and ARM had barely even begun their gathering when all Ezekiel could see was a resplendent rainbow of aqua, Byzantium and magenta in the form of aethereal wings. Eden’s intention was laid clear for as quick as she moved, Eden brought forth her knee to aim directly at Ezekiel’s solar plexus with enough force to shatter bone and send Ezekiel catapulting into the next building. The timing of Eden’s strike was to serve as an interruption to the maestro’s flow. Having traversed the distance, the moment his aethereal signature was noticed as he was returning to this plane and the gap now completely closed upon his solidification of arrival and movement, there was time for Ezekiel to block or perhaps move but Eden was banking on one thing – Ezekiel’s Voltia. She knew that if she struck his solar plexus with the force and velocity, she carried forward into kinetic momentum it would shatter bone and send the male catapulting into and likely through the next building except for the fact he had elected to use Adamantine shield first. Regardless of potency the first strike would be effectively null and voice. Absorbed to the point of being harmless. To many others understanding that their first strike was completely null, and void of damage would be heartbreaking, but to Eden it was opportunity. Eden knew the limitations of the voltia used, she understood to its core that it would survive only that one strike so what came next would be of greater destructive properties than the knee strike. If the adamantine shield would shatter underneath the force of the knee, absorbing her physical strike Ezekiel would be left open to the secondary of her actions. The simultaneous firing of both rail cannons at close proximity to Ezekiel’s frame. The sudden force of their firing sending Eden backwards into the air diagonally upward carrying her a total distance of fifty feet away. The positioning of these rail cannons was fixed, which would mean that only one of two were a danger to Ezekiel physically. The second would collide with the roof he stood upon and blow through six consecutive floors before rupturing out the side of the skyscraper in a hailstorm of glass, steel, stone, dust and office equipment. The one that was fixed upon Ezekiel was aimed for the male’s upper right torso aiming for his shoulder. Now out of range and dust billowing between them Eden was sure that her strikes would hit, however she knew snakes were smooth and slippery, capable of contorting themselves out of danger easily enough. So she would wait to see before accepting her victory.
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Ezekiel
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Post by Ezekiel on Jul 20, 2021 8:32:28 GMT
What did he think when he saw Eden, that he could approach this like a simple encounter against everyday individuals? He was foolish to think this would be a normal bout, but it appears as if he could not escape from his fate. Ezekiel had simply did what came to his head first, which was defense without offense, preferring to not engage first as to not leave any exploitable openings, but the factor that changed everything in those types of situations were the opponents he faced, whether it was a towering behemoth like the Decay Demon or else, he had to adapt, something that he did not do in this case. Eden was basically a perfected version of himself, meaning that all his little tricks could easily be outmatched, countered and dismantled in a second, as proven by the disturbance of his hostile takeover. In any case, he had to react fast, for reality was crashing down on him.
Ezekiel had to learn the hard way that life never forgave those only seeing it through a keyhole, the keyhole that was their apprehension of the situation, and it had never been as clear as in this particular moment, as he realized the magnitude of the entire situation. He knew firsthand the unfathomable power they held within their palm, as if everyone else were mere ants, even he felt intimidated by the mere presence of one of them, but he had to acknowledge that running was never an option, nor was peace or anything of the sort, he had to face that which held his past hostage, whether it was what he wanted or not did not matter, at least not in this peculiar instance. The Mastermind was David and the Savant was Goliath, there was no way they could be compared, one surpassed the other by a clear margin. At this point, there wasn’t much left for him to change, now was the time to fight. His visit to the Horizon was pointless to say the least, as Ezekiel realized the mistake of leaving Eden unattended for even the smallest amount of time, but it was truly the least of his concerns, he had to go through with his plans, even if it was more 12% of a plan than anything. He returned to the conventional plan with one less glove, some energy and a dream, no one knew where the sandwich or the coffee went. However, the single ability which saved him from death was the extrasensory perception he had, allowing him to detect Eden’s movements and react to them at lightning fast speeds.
A combination of adrenaline, abilities and some dumb childish luck seemed to save him from death once again, for he detected Eden’s rapid approach, and reacted accordingly. She mustve known of his usage of Voltia to protect himself, however, it was not the last ace he had up his sleeve, for right as Eden aimed her knee at Ezekiel’s solar plexus, a bright platform which blocked his entire body for a split second emerged from what was seemingly thin air and protected him. What could’ve been a very dangerous blow had been rendered mainly null, even contributing to The Knockoff Savant’s plans, which had seemingly been thwarted the second he reappeared, the strength of the blow being stopped dead in its tracks could’ve even damaged the Realian for all he knew, although he doubted that was the case. The Grasshopper trigger was Zeke’s most ridiculous defense, an instantaneous wall which tanked a single hit, but didn’t negate any of its effects, it was simply a one time use immovable object, meaning that the only thing remaining from that altercation were vibrations from both colliding entities, which, within less than a second, promptly converged in front of Eden’s abdomen. The greatest thing about this entire situation was that Ezekiel’s Adamantine Shield was untouched, meaning that it was time for a counter-attack of his own. How nice do you have to be to give your opponent a solution adapted to their abilities.
“The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”
This quote flashed through his brain at this very moment, how ironic that this seemed to be a few thousand years late to use this tactic. As soon as the vibrations had all been collected in a single point, Ezekiel released them in the form of a shockwave at point blank range while taking a step backwards to give himself some room to breathe, the full, unmitigated strength of The Avernian Empress’ blow had been immediately redirected, which would cause some internal damage to everyone but the most powerful beings alive in this universe currently, while pushing her back two feet away from his original position, which left him plenty of room for him to set in motion his new improvised plan.
Regardless of what anyone could say, his Voltia had been of great use to him but was not out, although that would not be his last use of such technology, for he casted the Fire Voltia Art “Forte” on himself, allowing him to briefly compete with Eden, and regardless of whether or not the redirected attack did anything to harm the CIDE member, it would more than likely be a brief distraction, but if only he was done, as he had one last trick up his sleeve, Mirage Master Voltia Magius. This gifted him with additional speed and defense, which was much needed at the moment. However, the benefit of having a weapon as your ARCUS system along with having Technomancy is that all of this was during a single movement. He had unsheathed the sword laying at his side with the speed of a master swordsman, Enhancer: Omega was unleashed for one of the first times. A blade measuring approximately three feet adorned with a cross-shaped guard, the symbol of a brass cross embedded within the silvery metal. As it was a hand and a half sword, he decided to wield it with both hands, positioning his left hand lower on the hand while his right hand pressed against the guard. He seemed to let his left side slightly exposed, but that would be cleared further down the line. He held the weapon high, around the level of his temple, aiming for a position where he could protect himself well and have a multitude of possible offenses ready, whether it be a direct thrust or a downwards slash.
However, Ezekiel attempted something completely ridiculous in this situation. All the excess energy accumulating around his being, the blazing aura he had, was transferred to Arma Nirvana, and with the help of the First Install, Drone Activator, he created six etherical short swords measuring a foot and a half surrounding him, two drones covering for his left side while also allowing for multiple attacks at once from the remaining four drones. Normally, he would not initiate an attack at this moment, yet leaving Eden alone for too long, especially with the equipment she now adorned, seemed too riskful to let happen, so while he himself would not move, he sent all four offensive drones to attack, two to her left and two to her right, each separating to slash high and low simultaneously. They all aimed to meet at a singular point, each positioning themselves for precise and decisive strikes, creating a deadly X that could make or break Ezekiel’s makeshift “Plan”. However, he was still on high alert, he would not let himself fall due to some unlucky accident or mistake on his part, he was ready to correct himself on the spot. A faint glow of Gold shone in Ezekiel’s purple eyes, a flame had been ignited and would not be easy to kill off.
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Post by biocide on Aug 12, 2021 10:46:48 GMT
I am the Empress, and this is my domain.
The child was an idiot, but survival mechanisms outweighed any intellect every being had. When their backs were against the wall there was only one option that overrode their mental prowess – survive. Sure, enough events planned out momentarily in his favour to protect him from death but not as conventionally as he believed. As Eden’s knee collided with the luminescent green aethereal platform two things would happen in simultaneous actions. To the savant he would see the opportunity to strike Eden’s abdomen with condensed shockwaves condensed to a singular point and fired off as if it were destined to strike Eden’s flesh. This action on its own would provide its own series of consequences but to the current simultaneous action Eden’s rail-cannons would relinquish their ammunition at proximity.
Due to the shift in positions, both rail-cannons would no longer be placed off axis diagonally to Ezekiel’s physique but rather pointed downward and directly aimed towards his physical form. With both payloads would relinquish their loads at intense and sudden propulsion as slugs of tungsten alloy crackle with supercharged electrical discharge. To the child’s luck their voltia was still in effect which would mean that even if struck dead center - and it was likely they should give their proximity and explosive velocity each round moved through the distance – that their assault would be absorbed rendered null. Which is exactly what the Empress intended to happen.
Returning to Ezekiel’s assault it was to Eden as slow as a snail making their way across a garden path. Not only was Eden a savant she was battle tested against the omniverse’s strongest combatants. She had thrown fists with gods of dimensions and destroyed kingdoms in the name of Babel in universes outside of this child’s understanding. Her intuition and battle prowess were second to none and she was aware of such an assault. Nothing was left outside of her natural instinctual understanding. The same could not be said for the child. Eden’s companion was the mistress of resonance, the worlds vibrational harmony was her weapon and as such Eden was aware of and capable of defending against such simple efforts without much thought. As that strike intended for stomach was unleashed a shield manifested in perfect harmonization to take the assault with little repercussion or effort.
The material summoned forth in real time meant that the strike was voided entirely by the width of her simple weapons called from her vault. Eden’s battle prowess supplemented by the extrasensory information digested and understood by her quantum processor enhanced savant brain meant she was able to effortlessly create a defense necessary to stop his weak attempt. One thing she did feint was the distance in which it would shove her back effortlessly the more than two feet but rather twenty. As it did her attention was drawn to the sky now littered with a plethora of ghostly magenta-coloured stars.
“You’re too slow.”
As the Male Ezekiel activated the fire voltia ‘forte’ Eden would raise her hand to the sky as if to drag the male’s attention to the sky, a soft smirk spread across her lips as the heavens rained divine destruction upon the city. To cast their minds back Eden had vanquished OMENERVER to the heavens where it had sat entirely by her as a beacon for her destruction. Over the time the youth had bickered and waited Eden had focused her efforts in synchronicity with her LEA and OMENEVER’s own long dormant powers to replicate OMENERVER over and over to the state of hundreds. Due to the protective dome in the sky they remained in relative stasis, awaiting her silent command. Tonight, the sky would reign tears of malevolence and blood will stain these streets.
Each assault had been a ploy, a plan set in motion for this effective execution. At speeds excessive to that of lightning painting the sky with streaks of black and magenta each replicant of her divine weapon would in and of itself be considered meteoric in destructive force, however that would not be entirely the case. OMENERVER was a vessel to which Eden could channel arts and aethereal spells. Due to this effect and the effect of her LEA DREAMWEAVE creating perfected replicas, each replication was also capable of this effect meaning that each of these spears of OMENERVER carried with it a package of spells. TWINCAST and METEOR.
TWINCAST as its namesake would duplicate the spell that directly follows from the casting of this spell. Meteor was a divine spell capable of large area of effect spells that would, in entirely remove cities from planetary surfaces in a single double casted manner. In effect there were now two hundred copies of METEOR being cast and aimed for ground zero – Ezekiel. It would look bleak for Ezekiel on this premise. To be outsmarted and out trapped.
The timeline was perfected and in the hands of the woman, from the very beginning she had planned for this grand crescendo to turn this city and Ezekiel with it into space dust, completely vaporized from the realm of the living. To Ezekiel the torment of hellfire that was OMENERVER reigning meteor down upon him the moment the activation of his precious voltia was called but before anything else progressed from the male. Each spear catapulted towards him with the velocity of the lightning intentionally aimed to permeate him and his area in such density that the whole building would be covered in Eden’s destructive divinity. Their simultaneous arrival and subsequent spells erupting to the tune of at minimum two hundred casts of Meteor.
Each replicant of OMENERVER carrying with and in of itself enough destructive force to blow out and rip debris from the building violently in explosive force, followed by the casts of Meteor. The city would become encapsulated in vibrant flames of magnesium white and expanding outward as building, people and machinery like met their vanquishing. What wasn’t turned to ash and dust with instant vaporization was turned to rubble and charred bones.
Capable of withstanding such an onslaught, to ensure of herself BLITZKRIEG would enact its Defensive mechanism by encasing herself in the aethereal wings of BLITZKRIEG like a cocoon, layered with interlocking platelets of her shield in a semi spherical shape about her facing the destruction since all origins were localized upon Ezekiel.
Eden as the brilliance of her heavenly destruction began to relinquish the whitewash and complete levelling of the cityscape, Eden turned her back from it all and looked towards the heavens. She need not to fear the repercussions of a vaporized being with ideals of a child.
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