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Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#76: Jan 23rd 2017 at 9:23:03 PM

"but who is that tho" was all that Ella said, flatly and with so little affect at this point that it denied punctuation or capital letters. "Like, for all we know that's just an illusion or something, which is just as much in a fey wheelhouse as kidnapping. So... you know, fuck this." She put her hands in her pockets and struck a sturgeon face. "I got no beef with you, Starman. That's a good-ass Bowie track. Rest in peace."

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#77: Jan 23rd 2017 at 9:34:20 PM

As the being appeared, Phoebe raised her hands and fired a blast of light into its visor, and continued doing so as the opening sequence went on. As she did so, she sent off a pulse of sonar-energy, trying to discern whether the hostage was real, an illusion, or a stick magically transformed into a human shape.

edited 23rd Jan '17 9:35:20 PM by KarrinBlue

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#78: Jan 23rd 2017 at 9:55:38 PM

Victor sighs loudly

"Great. Just as annoying as the stop signs, but this one talks. Shadow?"

Once again, Victor's shadow rises from the ground.

"Beat it up or something."

Shadow picks up a stop sign and bum rushes the Starman, swinging wildly.

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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#79: Jan 23rd 2017 at 11:16:01 PM

The fact that Starman's visor proved durable enough to continue through the veritable barrage that Phoebe put it through offered some evidence for why he should be taken seriously. On the other hand, he immediately responded to Ella, "Aye - may Ziggy Stardust rest in peace..." He tilted his head a little in acknowledgement.

However, when Victor's Shadow rushed forward to attack him, the Starman's visor tilted back up, and just as the bullrush approached, he twirled on his feet in a move as quick as it was flamboyant.

Grabbing on to the shadow's arm, he hoisted it up and threw it, sending the animated Shadow flying back at Victor.

"Make no mistake, however, humans, as I said in my intro, surrender...or prepare to fight!" He promptly raised his hands, into a stance resembling either karate or a Power Rangers fan's idea of karate.

He then rushed forward almost looking like he simply stepped and then blurred, and brought a single hand down in a crushing strike of the palm, the eye inside the visor following Drake's movements.

Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#80: Jan 23rd 2017 at 11:23:22 PM

"Yeah and what're we surrendering to then?" Ella took several steps back. Hands fumbling around, she started planning. With a few adept movements she had the point of a mechanical pencil in her pocket pointed up, and with a few more she was working the action, slowly levering a length of graphite out. She took deep breaths; with a power like hers, she had to resist the urge to fight recklessly.

"Like if you just wanna talk, or if you want to bring us in to talk to your guy, that's fine. Or is this more like we pick whether you kill us or you beat us to death?"

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#81: Jan 24th 2017 at 5:34:24 AM

Phoebe frowned slightly, and refocused her aim. Instead of aiming at the visor, she started shooting more focused, sharper attacks at the thing's joints and center of mass. If that didn't work, she'd start on plan B(last with the biggest light cannon as she could safely aim.) Even if he was fast, he wasn't as fast as the speed of light, assuming he was still actually moving and not just teleporting. Actually...

Phoebe sent out continuous bursts of sonar-energy. Either the monster guy was teleporting, he was turning invisible, or he was breaking the sound barrier and none of them had heard it. One way or another she'd figure it out.

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#82: Jan 24th 2017 at 6:18:06 AM

Having watched the Starman's performance in silent astonishment, Will now attempted to calm his thoughts and focus only on the options before him. The Starman's speed was worrying, but if his moves were all up close and physical (and that was a big "if") then Will might be able to turn that against him- even if his possible method of doing so made him balk.

For now, though, he ignored the man in favour of the student trussed up behind him. The sooner they were safe, or determined to not be real, the better. First he searched out the nerves in his body, stimulating them in a way he still didn't understand but would allow him to react quicker if Starman attacked. Then he waited for Phoebe's light blasts and made a break for it, towards the tree and the person tied to it.

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#83: Jan 24th 2017 at 6:19:34 AM

The shadow flying toward Victor sent him diving to the ground to avoid being hit.

"Shit!"

The shadow, being a mindless construct, gets up because Victor commanded it to. But this time, Victor also grabs a stop sign and tries to flank the Starman.

edited 24th Jan '17 8:31:03 AM by ctrl_alt_deliiiight

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#84: Jan 24th 2017 at 10:28:50 AM

"Oh fuck me..." groaned Drake as he saw the Starman rush the way he did. His eyes shot around for more water to use, as the puddle that had aided him before had been absorbed into the grass by now. And it wasn't as though he just constantly carried bottles of water with him, but he'd have to do something or he'll be dead for sure!

edited 24th Jan '17 10:29:09 AM by HydraGem

GuardianLost Since: Jan, 2017
#85: Jan 24th 2017 at 8:36:13 PM

Gabe grinned wolfishly at the Starman as he settled into a mockery of a fighting stance. If this guy wanted a fight, he would get one. Gabe started running towards this new opponent, swiftly changing direction when Starman rushed forwards. He couldn't really use his power when so many of his allies were in the middle of the fighting like that, but that was fine. He didn't need his power to beat this chump!

Upon reaching his opponent he let out a series of punches, instinct taking over as he focused on the opponent in front of him. So focused was he that he was barely aware of what his allies were doing around him, his lone-wolf tendencies getting the better of his battle-field awareness. He was in the thick of it, for better or worse now.

edited 24th Jan '17 8:39:58 PM by GuardianLost

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#86: Jan 25th 2017 at 3:19:01 PM

"True, admittedly - for all my preferences, Manu Statue wants you dead for the threat you pose to the reincarnation of the leader." He replied to Ella, flatly but in a way that told a few things.

Starman was hit by the quick shots from Phoebe, seeming to take some bruising damage to the areas where a joint should be, but did not seem to let that stop him. Phoebe would however see something of a hint - whenever Starman moved, to her eye, she would see he would disappear, reappear, and then repeat over and over, moving extremely fast.

As he went for Drake, Antho suddenly darted in, moving extremely fast himself and picking Drake up. The attack hit the ground and caused a sizable crater in it. There was a brief moment where Starman and Antho seemed to glare at one another before Antho put Drake back down on the ground.

The student was sweating and definitely real - looking utterly freaked out by all they'd seen. The unearthly behavior of stop signs and whatever Manu Statue had done. "P-Please...help..." It looked like the ropes were pretty tough, and made of a strange substance. It was incredibly tough and very abrasive to the touch, feeling like Will was handling barbed wire.

As Victor ran to flank Starman, the alien turned around and unleashed some power of his own, shooting what looked like a beam made of shifting colors right at the shadow.

He was then caught and punched square in the chest by Gabe several times, which actually sent the tall alien back a bit, resulting in the Starman turning his attention to Gabe for a time. He prepared one fist and sent it careening toward the young man in a crushing punch. "Starman Kick!"

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#87: Jan 25th 2017 at 3:43:16 PM

Fortunately, Starman elected to attack shadow. Victor moved up behind Starman and attenpted to hit him in the back of the head with the thin side of the stop sign's octagon. The shadow, however, was not so lucky. The rainbow beam struck it squarely in the chest, and the stop sign clattered on the ground as the shadow completely dissipated. If one bothered to look, they would see it slowly regenerating on the ground under Victor's feet.

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#88: Jan 26th 2017 at 9:11:11 AM

Yowch. Will recoiled at his first attempt at touching the rope- but the student's obvious terror quickly brought his attention back. No time to get fussy about it.

First, though, he reached over and put a hand on the other boy's shoulder. He felt a part of him shift, flow down to his fingers and through them into the other body. For a moment the boy's torment felt like his own, was his own, until he grabbed it by the reigns and commanded it to settle down. The fear he couldn't do anything about, but the pain would now be nothing more than a modest ache.

"Your friend's waiting for you, alright? We'll get you out of here." He broke contact and turned his attention back to the restraint. It seemed too tough to cut, so he'd have to unknot it. Bit of a daunting prospect with how much it stung, but he didn't have much of a choice. He picked up the reigns again, this time lulling his hands' nerves into a dull paresthesia. Once they were asleep he got to work at the rope, searching for the knot holding it together.

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Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#89: Jan 26th 2017 at 12:27:50 PM

"Damn, man. Maybe in another life we could've been friends." Ella snarled, and started stalking towards the Starman. In her pocket her hands touched the length of graphite lightly and started pumping it up again, arming herself another bomb. Kill or be killed, probably. Thing might just be some kinda robot though. Whatever, Ella hand a plan now. When her hand came out of her pocket, it was in an open palm, sliding the graphite length up and out as she did so, sending it tumbling through the air towards Starman. However, in an act of misdirection, her hand immediately balled into a fist which Ella threw into a huge punch with an impressively loud and inarticulate yell.

GuardianLost Since: Jan, 2017
#90: Jan 26th 2017 at 8:06:10 PM

When he heard the Starman call out his attack, he grinned. He'd fallen for that before, he wouldn't again! What he didn't expect however was one of his allies charging in once he drew his opponents attention. That froze him just long enough to prevent him from blocking fully, taking the hit almost cleanly to his chest.

The next thing he knew he was blinking up at the sky, having been hit back and to the ground several feet away. Once he came to that realization the pain hit. Taking a sharp breath at the suddenness of it only made it worse.

The Starman had crushed 3 of his right ribs, and maybe even punctured a lung, he couldn't really tell with all the blinding pain. What he could tell was that with an injury like this he was out of the fight, he could barely move.

He grit his teeth. How pathetic, one hit from this clown and he was down. He needed to get stronger. but right now the pain was too much, he couldn't really do anything. Except maybe...

Letting out a loud growl of pain, effort and frustration, he waited for a moment for a clear shot, and then slammed the ground with his fist, the last of his will surging forth as a shock-wave towards the Starman. He grinned, hopefully with this, maybe everyone else could get a clear shot, even if he was down and out, he wouldn't be useless!

And that's when the pain overwhelmed his will, He couldn't do much more than observe from this point on, it was all he could do to keep himself conscious. It was up to everyone else now.

edited 26th Jan '17 8:08:07 PM by GuardianLost

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#91: Jan 26th 2017 at 10:33:14 PM

"GAH!"

Drake gasped as he was lifted out of the way of his impeding death. How did Anthos carry him?!

On second thought, he didn't wanna know. As he landed, he did say, "Yo, dawg! You just saved my ass back there!" He 'thanked' in his own way. He looked back at the Starman as an odd...ticking noise clicked in his head. Something, some kind of force was telling him something was under the ground.

Water?

His instincts told him there was a pipe under the ground and it was carrying water. He remembered what he did with with the bottle of water before. So, he got closer to the ground and put his hand on the ground, "I really hope I ain't trippin' here..." he mumbled, concentrating on the water so it would erupt from the ground and under the Starman.

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#92: Jan 26th 2017 at 11:08:39 PM

Victor's sneak attack resulted in Starman turning to look at him after he just finished sending Gabe flying - the visor outright seeming to glow with a menacing light as he charged up another rainbow beam. He did however become distracted by the impact and was disoriented enough by the attack for what came next...

The cumulative effort of Ella's punch and Gabe's last ditch attack proved enough to send Starman flying backward, and for a time Starman seemed to try to get his bearings. This process was further interrupted by a jet of water blasting out of the ground and smashing him backward more still.

By the time he got back up again, it was clear he was a little dazed but still more than capable of continuing. It would be noticeable that his bruises and injuries were blue, and any resulting bleeding likewise - it seemed whatever he was, he bled a dark blue sort of liquid.

However even the injuries currently inflicted did not seem sufficient to keep Starman down. He tried to send his rainbow beam blasting at Ella and Victor.

Meanwhile, as Will got to work trying to untie the student he would notice the knot present was...oddly, a lot alike to what a boy scout would tie. The student was calm now, and not trying to force themselves free.

As Will worked, a hologram of Manu Statue appeared above the immediate location of Will and the student - making it apparent what he looked like. Namely, an easter island statue head about the size of a human upper body. He seemed flustered by the fact this was happening;

H-Human! Stop that! I may not be able to stop you myself due to other duties, but I can tell you in a very stern and forbidding tone that you should not rescue them before the battle is properly concluded!

Antho buzzed around for a moment in front of Drake, "Indeed - but right now I need to save more asses as you put it!"

He flew over to Gabe and promptly focused his powers into a healing spell, so to speak. Starman really did a number on this poor kid. As Gabe sat there, his ribs slowly righted themselves, blood and torn tissues reversing and even the punctured lung healed itself back up, any blood trapped in his lung or damages disappearing quickly.

"Whew, I was worried there for a second!" Everything is going well...well, I shouldn't jinx it. As long as that dork doesn't prepare THAT, it'll be okay.

edited 26th Jan '17 11:11:57 PM by NickTheSwing

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#93: Jan 27th 2017 at 12:40:50 AM

Meanwhile with Phineas...

The egoistic fat boy stalked out of the Vice Principal's office - they wanted him to just go about his business and not involve himself any more in the odd events going on. It reminded him of his father's attitude and how much he hated being treated like a baby when he was a prodigy. As he went outside for a moment to clear his head, he thought he saw one of Xander's cronies.

As he went to follow them, deciding to see if he could figure anything out about Xander for a change, there was a flash of bright light above him and the rest of the world seemed to go color inverted.

Phineas seemed to suddenly disappear, covering his face as he saw what looked like a chamber full of yet more bright light and strange colors.

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#94: Jan 27th 2017 at 10:11:00 PM

"OOF!"

Victor was struck full-force by the rainbow ray, and knocked flat on his back. He could already feel the impact area bruising and swelling.

Eh, just a flesh wound.

Victor had been hit once, and he had had enough of it.

"Now you've went AND GOT ME ANGRY!" raged Victor. He accidentally created a cloud of darkness, and this gave him an idea

Victor created a shadow cloud around Starman's head. Although Shadow wasn't fully regenerated, that didn't stop it from obeying Victor's command to restrain Starman. It emerged from the ground, or, at least half of it did. Either way, Shadow attempted to grab Starman's ankles.

edited 27th Jan '17 10:11:59 PM by ctrl_alt_deliiiight

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#95: Jan 28th 2017 at 8:25:35 AM

Will jumped at the sudden voice above him, his hands now bloody from where the rope had shredded his fingertips. His first urge was to obey and stop working, an ingrained instinct from his childhood. The next was to chastise himself for it, and get back to untying the scout knot. "S-Sorry, I can't do that."

An evil moai statue floating over his head was hard to ignore, though, and in the next moment Will found himself rambling. Trying to placate the statue in case Manu decided to screw it and fry them both. "You know, um, Mr. Manu, I don't think this 'hostage' thing really worked out? I mean, some of us don't even know who this student is, or think he's an illusion. The whole, uh, 'fight or die' idea is good enough incentive without getting outsiders involved, don't you think?"

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#96: Jan 28th 2017 at 9:50:09 AM

"Um!" Okay, Ella had this. She could make this another chance for experimentation seeing as she couldn't use the graphite sliver now. She simply threw herself out of the way of the rainbow beam with a leaping roll she'd done a dozen times in the theater, but as she hit the ground and tucked into the roll proper, Ella detonated the pencil lead. She focused on trying to determine 2 things: one, would this force deflect the laser attack, and two, was she immune to her own powers? Since she wasn't on top of the bomb it wouldn't hurt a ton, but she had to find this out now, against the jobbers, before it was a big deal.

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#97: Jan 30th 2017 at 1:50:19 PM

As the shadows gripped Starman's legs, he realized he was caught.

As Ella did her move, she would find that the force did indeed deflect the laser attack by and large, sending it careening and slashing through a set of objects behind her, and she would find she was bruised up and only slightly injured, indicating at this level she had some amount of resistance to her powers.

Starman however was far from finished just because he was bound by his legs, and he promptly put his arms in front of him, forming what looked like a sphere between his hands. "Very well! If this is how you want to fight, I'll answer with my mightiest attack! STARMAN! PREPARES! STARSTORM!!"

As he said this a stylized rainbow color star appeared between his hands and then bright blue energy started to gather in his hands, brighter blue strings of energy whipping through the dirt and ground around him as he gathered power, several times having to force his hands to stay close.

Antho promptly used his psychic abilities and announced to the students able to fight, Be aware! He takes a while to launch that move - I'm quite familiar with it. Hit the attack itself while he's charging and blast him straight off!

Meanwhile, Manu Statue just seemed to stare a little at Will, as if he was not used to that kind of response - both being refused and Will offering him advice. The statue looked as if it was examining something happening wherever it was sending this communication from. I'll...take that under recommendation...oh well, it looks like things are escalating. Manu out.

With that the hologram of the evil Moai statue disappeared.

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#98: Jan 31st 2017 at 7:11:50 PM

"Strike it while it's charging, huh?"

With a flick of his wrist, Victor fired a black beam from his fingertips, right in the center of Starman's attack.

Sorry for short post, trying to keep things moving

edited 31st Jan '17 7:34:05 PM by ctrl_alt_deliiiight

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Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#99: Jan 31st 2017 at 9:44:02 PM

"Yeah, buzzo, we aren't stupid." Ella grumbled, gingerly putting her hand on a suddenly bruised hip. "Quit treating us like we are or we'll find out just how allergic the fey are to iron." She bent down and grabbed another piece of stop sign to shove in her backpack as she eyed the Starman. "Bomb won't work on something that's just energy."

Ella shuffled through her backpack for something else. She had some other wicked ideas, but she also wasn't willing to bust out such an advanced tech just yet. For now she could stick to the basics. She quickly flipped through her bag, then tore out a sheet of paper. She'd done this before: folding it into a paper airplane, then arming it into a bomb, she sent the projectile gently coasting towards the charging Starman, ready to detonate it straight inside of the energy blast since she now knew that it would disrupt the thing's attacks. If it incinerated before then, she figured it would also let her find out what happened if she detonated something that was in several pieces.

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#100: Feb 1st 2017 at 5:24:24 AM

"Yeah, ya make it sound easy..." mumbled Drake, "The hell are we suppose to hit it with that'll knock it and keep it down?!" He looked over at the pool of water he splashed with the Starman before and decided to concentrate on it. He had the water rise up into shapeless blades and had the amorphous water all take swings at the Starman to, hopefully, cut him in. Or at least do some damage.


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