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Post by Kan on Feb 13, 2009 23:42:15 GMT
OOC: so..........
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Post by The Spy on Feb 14, 2009 0:15:13 GMT
"Outrageous!" I scream at the Chief Editor of the news station.
"I'm sorry sir, but it is the right of the media to report things like this in whatever way they wish." He says to me, trying to create space between us.
"Yes, and you think that devaluing my reputation is going to make things better for my stock?!" I exclaim using my powers to push and press him into a chair.
"I want all the Chief Editorial rights to this station and all the stations in other countries NOW!" I yell.
"I'm sorry sir, we just can't do that it-" He get's cut off by me grabbing him by the throat and raising him high into the air and walking to a window.
"Unlike me, you can't fly." I say, smashing the window behind him with his body.
"Last chance." I say as I let my pinky finger extends, lowering my grip.
"Okay sir, alright!" He says.
I let go and he lands on the carpet.
"Good, I expect all the station deeds on my desk tomorrow morning and if any word leaks out about this, I'll kill each and every one of you and your employees and family members and their family members." I say, walking towards the door and I close it with my powers as I exit.
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Post by Ty on Feb 14, 2009 0:45:51 GMT
Aurum and Marks spent another hour or so searching, but there didn't seem to be anyone left.
"I guess they all must've skipped town," he said. "I guess I can't blame them, after all that's happened..."
Aurum shook his head in disbelief. San Pedro and its people had been around for as long as he could remember, and in one day it had been turned into a ghost town. He turned to Marks.
"Ah... Listen, do me a favor. There's a city a couple miles east of here. Alvarez, I think. Fly the kid out that way, go to the police and see if they know where his parents are. I, uh... I need a little time to think."
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That night, Cain and his men boarded their plane. The next morning, they'd be in Alvarez. In their luggage, they had three Tecturium knives, two pistols, and a crossbow with Tecturium-laced ammunition. Their main target was Aurum, but any Architect that got in their way would live to regret it, if they lived at all.
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Post by Kan on Feb 14, 2009 1:26:24 GMT
I pick up the kid and look at Aurum, "Uh....heh heh, I don't exactly know how to fly, I don't even think I can, I'll just walk to kid to the town, I think I saw a Oasis on a map of this area a while back to the east, we will stop there if he needs to rest" I say before walking out of town and East.
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Post by The Spy on Feb 14, 2009 11:48:06 GMT
My secretary brings in the papers and deeds to the news stations responsible for the slanderous reports about me and other Architects.
I quickly flip through it and hand it back to her.
"Liquidate all assets within that company and absorb them into our own stock, sell all equipment and use the funds from that to fund our R&D department." I say, nodding to her.
"Understood sir, will there be anything else?" she asks me.
"Yes, Find Cain, bring him here, Security foam guns will do fine." I say.
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Post by Kan on Feb 17, 2009 1:45:18 GMT
OOC: SOMEONE POST!
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Post by Ty on Feb 17, 2009 2:22:31 GMT
Early the next morning, Cain and his men arrived at the airport in Alvarez. Yamino's men were there waiting for him as soon as they got off the plane.
"Oh, not now..." he said with an exasperated sigh.
"Mr. Cain," one of the men in suits said as Cain approached. "Our employer needs to see you right away."
"What the hell is all this about?" Cain's aide John demanded.
"It's alright, John. Just some old business I need to take care of." He turned to face him and lowered his voice. "Take the others and go to the hotel. If you don't hear from me for 24 hours, then proceed without me."
"Sir? You can't-"
"I told you, I am more than capable of taking care of myself. Now go."
Cain turned and walked back toward the group of Yamino's suits. Several of the men had their weapons ready.
"No, put those away." Cain said. "We can be civil about this. I'll go along quietly."
The men escorted him out of the airport and into the car waiting out front.
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Aurum sat in the middle of a deserted street, drawing swirls in the sand. What was left of town was now halfway buried, as if the desert had suddenly become quicksand and swallowed up the debris, leaving only a few buildings sticking up out of the ground. With no one around to hear, he'd started singing a melancholy tune.
"Don't hang on... Nothing lasts forever but the Earth and Sky... Slips away... all your money won't another minute buy...
Dust in the wind... All we are is dust in the wind... All we are is dust in the wind..."
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Post by Kan on Feb 17, 2009 3:15:36 GMT
Both Marks and the young child had been walking across the desert, heading east.
"Lets rest ok?" he says to the child as they head towards a Oasis, for some much needed rest for the boy.
OOC: Oct......
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Post by The Spy on Feb 17, 2009 5:53:28 GMT
I see the Armored Limousine pull up infront of my building and then I turn away from the window and I sit in my chair.
"Sherry, bring two glasses of Oolong tea up please, and have Cain escorted to my office, extreme caution warranted." I say to my secretary.
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Post by Ty on Feb 17, 2009 6:15:33 GMT
Cain absently scratched his beard as he was led upstairs by Yamino's men. "I hope I'm not too underdressed for this affair," he said, indicating his khaki pants and white shirt.
Soon, they were standing outside the office. Cain took a pair of white gloves from his pants pocket and put them on. These were a protective measure, to prevent his power (which he'd been storing up since the car ride started) from being dispersed too early. Had anyone grabbed his bare hands earlier, they would've collapsed dead on the spot.
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Post by The Spy on Feb 17, 2009 6:28:34 GMT
I hear a knock on my door and I get up and open it.
"Ah, Mr. Cain, Welcome to Nostrovia Industries." I say, extending a hand to shake his gloved one.
I lean in and I whisper into his ear.
"I know all about your powers, we fought once over 200 years ago." I say, putting a small bit of distance between us.
"Charles, Will, Leave us." I order my men.
"And close the doors." I ask them.
They follow my orders and they close the doors leaving only me and Cain in the room.
"Now, I don't think you know why I even dragged you here away from those pawns you call 'supporters' do you?" I ask him, sitting on my desk and using my powers to pull a glass of Oolong tea into my hand.
"It was a rhetorical question, of course you don't..." I say, putting the glass down.
"Listen, Architects are not ment to die, I've done the research, An Architecht is a....conduit of the related element or pertinent elemental anomaly." I say, walking around my desk and sitting down.
"Please sit, so I may continue." I say.
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Post by Ty on Feb 17, 2009 6:38:17 GMT
Cain shook his hand and listened patiently. He obediently sat in a chair facing the desk.
"Actually, I remember you well, Yamino. Considering how history has been altered by you, I wish I'd finished you off when I had the chance. Now, as punishment for my merciful ways, I've been forced to watch you and the rest of your kind slowly destroy this world.
"Oh, but I'm sorry, I'm interrupting you. Please, go on," he said with a dismissive wave of his hand.
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Post by The Spy on Feb 17, 2009 10:28:42 GMT
"You're not listening, you kill an Architect of the related element, that element becomes weaker with the killed Architect." I say, offering him a glass of tea.
"We did tests, you killed Leira and the water surrounding her home slowly started to lose molecular cohesion then suddenly dissipated." I say, slamming a large folder onto the table.
"I'm prepared to sue your organization and condemn you and each and every one associated with you to imprisonment." I say, opening the folder and onto a page detailing a page on the photos.
"You continue down this course of action, you'll destroy the world." I say, as two of my men enter.
"I honestly hope you rethink your course of actions, I do not want to be forced to put you in a isolation chamber." I say.
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Post by Oct-taku on Feb 17, 2009 10:53:09 GMT
"Well, f**k." Shakes said, absent-mindedly to himself. He was sitting next to the oasis he'd re-formed from. He reached into his pocket to pull out a smoke, but, alas, the smokes were soaked.
"Double f**k."
Shakes glanced at his watch. Almost time for his shift to be over. Shivering at the thought, he stepped back into the water of the oasis, and into the freezer back home.
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Post by Kan on Feb 17, 2009 12:08:42 GMT
OOC: Awww.........
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Post by Ty on Feb 17, 2009 23:46:00 GMT
OOC: Aw, nobody wants to play with Kan no more. Don't worry, we'll find something for you. IC: Cain shook his head. "You've got it all wrong. Architects rely on the elements of nature to give them strength, not the other way around. Whatever changes occurred in Leira's absence will pass soon." As the men entered, Cain slowly pulled off one of his gloves. "Do you know what my power is? I can control life and death. My touch can drain life from any living thing, or restore life to the dead. But unlike you, I have no illusions of being a deity. Whether I use my power or not, life goes on all around me. People lived and died before I ever arrived on Evemada. They will continue to do so long after you and I are gone. "Listen, I can understand your hostility. This does not have to be a violent transition. There is another way: there are other planets in this galaxy that can sustain life. Maybe not human life, but Architects would have no trouble surviving on harsher worlds." As a show of good will, Cain started to put his glove back on. "So, it's a simple proposition. All you need to do is leave this planet and start over somewhere else; somewhere you won't have human beings to corrupt. You'll still get to live your immortal life, and the people of Evemada will be able to live in peace. It's a win-win scenario, really, and it's the best offer you're going to get from me. One way or another, the Architects must leave this world..."
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Post by Oct-taku on Feb 18, 2009 1:59:20 GMT
Meanwhile, Shakes had gone back to work, clocked out, and was now sitting at "home", on a sofa made of ice. And Shakes thought, and thought.
Maybe he'd quit work tomorrow. What did he really do, other than do nothing and get paid. Granted, he dropped the cash everywhere he went, ensuring that someone would find it (ever wonder where that occasional $20 on the sidewalk comes from?). Still, he didn't do a whole lot.
And there was that whole new report thing he saw. He'd felt Leira's death, same as most Architects (and a little more than most, seeing as how ice and water are somewhat connected). He'd also felt something...else, something he probably hadn't been around to see.
Point was, he was an Architect, and porbably a target to the HLF. Would they make an exception for an ice Architect who hated to be cold, to one who (allegedly) worked a cash register at the Food Lion in Mercer?
Probably not.
Shakes sighed. He supposed it was time to get to the bottom of things. The opened the front door of his floating home, and stepped into the water. There was another Archtect from before, one that ran that one company. Shakes decided a visit would be good.
Even if the jerk had "killed" him.
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Post by Kan on Feb 18, 2009 4:00:54 GMT
By now Marks had left the child in the custody of the police at the nearby town, and took great care to avoid being seen. As he was now alone and unburdened he starts running at an inhuman pace and is back at San Pedro within 10 minutes.
He is surprised to say the least when he find the town almost gone under the sands. He finds Aurum and runs up beside him, putting his hand on his shoulder, "Come on, lets go" he says.
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Post by Ty on Feb 18, 2009 4:18:59 GMT
"Go? Go where?" Aurum asked whimsically. "Go where and do what?"
As he spoke, the remains of San Pedro continued sinking slowly into the desert sand. Aurum stood up slowly and turned to Marks.
"Before now, I never needed validation for what I was doing. There were always people there to stand in awe and thank me. Now, suddenly every adoring follower, every person I've ever known is just... gone.
"But that's not even the worst of it. The worst is realizing it happened on my watch. All this time, they treated me like a god, and yet when they needed me most, I wasn't there."
Aurum sighed and sat back down. "Now, all I've got left in the world is the sand underneath me, and the sun overhead. What am I supposed to do now?"
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Post by The Spy on Feb 18, 2009 8:45:22 GMT
OOC: Man, even I hardly make mistakes like that.
I open my drawer and hold up a tape recorder.
"Three witnesses and both audio and visual confirmation." I say, pointing at the camera in the corner of the ceiling.
"I'll be happy to send this to all the news station that are not under my control, they'll be quite pleased with this turn of events." I say.
"Boys, escort him out of here." I say as they grab him by the shoulders and drag him out of my office.
"I doubt you'll hurt humans." I say, sneering at him.
OOC: Many apologies for the double post but in the way of my "Neo Tokyo" habits I had to add in a personal army of robots.
Character(s): W-G13(Codnamed: Liana) Age: Manufactured 2 years ago and activated recently. Powers: Multiple forms of hand to hand combat and the power of numbers. Weaknesses: Large Electro magnetic pulses. Gender: None.(Appears female) Weapons: Fists, Blade Cape, Orbital Molecular Transport System (OMTS) Bio:
Created two years ago in secret by Yamilka Nostrovia R&D section, W-G13 is a marvel of technology, the ability to both handle administrative duties and to eliminate a large force alone or if needed, more can be deployed and they will act as a collective.
They can only be deployed by two people only Yamilka Nostrovia of Nostrovia industries and the Deledia A.I. housed in Nostrovia industries.
It is capable of autonomous thought, able to logically carry out an order issued by Yamilka's orders or, if needed Deledia can carry out extremely precise military strategies and co ordinate all of the Liana units.
The more combat ready models employ the "Blade Cape" which is an extremely weapon as is a fashion statement, it's a revolutionary weapon too, It's not attached to Liana's person but it is kept suspended in air by micro EMP generators on her back to levitate the blades, the blades themselves are made of Duratainium Alloy blends.
The true marvel of Liana is her OMTS which enables her to reaarage large items molecular structure into very simple shapes.("Bullshit sized" pointy objects. >.>).
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Post by Ty on Feb 18, 2009 11:06:57 GMT
OOC: He's overly trusting, I guess.
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Cain sighed. "Always the path of the warrior. If that is your choice, so be it."
He quickly kicked the desk, knocking Yamino down with it. His sudden speed made it obvious his old man appearance was just for show. In a split second, he jumped to his feet, spun around and grabbed both of the men by their throats. Even with his gloves on, he could use his power on them if he concentrated. The two men had matching expressions of terror. Their eyes rolled back in their heads, and they quickly collapsed. They weren't dead yet, but were fading quickly.
Cain focused, and a phantom pistol formed in his hand. He fired three times at the camera, destroying it, then aimed in Yamino's direction.
"Do you even know who you're dealing with? I was trying to show you mercy, but you're too stubborn to accept your own fate. It's true, I love and respect the human race, but I have no qualms about killing one or two corrupted men if it means saving the masses from the likes of you.
"This gun fires bullets made of pure energy. Once I shoot you, you'll be dead in a matter of seconds. And this time, you won't be coming back."
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Post by The Spy on Feb 18, 2009 11:19:01 GMT
I sigh extremely heavily. I use my powers to push the desk off of me. "More evidence for me, I'll just be defending myself now." I say, bringing out Sunslinger and Moonswallow. "If I hit you, you'll be trapped inside a gravametric parabola. " I say, taking a Double bladed fencing stance. I dive back towards the window, shattering it and I fire towards Cain. "I've become much stronger than the last time we have fought Old one." I yell at him from outside the window. As I say that Liana units come from behind Cain and one places a hand on his shoulder. "Mr. Nostrovia is in danger, you are the source of it, please leave or we will be forced to eliminate you." All 50 of them say in unison. OOC: They all would fight like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaazU3yM6eY&feature=relatedFemale one.
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Post by Ty on Feb 19, 2009 1:14:44 GMT
Cain looked around uneasily. The gun in his hand disappeared and he reabsorbed the energy. He could tell he was at a serious disadvantage.
"Well played, son," he said to Yamino. "I underestimated your ambition for destruction." He glanced at the droid that had spoken. "Well, dear, since you asked so nicely, I'll take my leave. You've won the chance to live another day, dark one. Cherish it. Cherish it while you can."
Clenching his teeth, Cain dropped to one knee and punched downward into the floor. The steel and concrete beneath them was crushed by the force, and the whole floor collapsed. The androids moved to stop him, but couldn't reach him through the cloud of debris. Dropping into the floor below them, Cain drew back his fist and punched again, smashing through the next floor, and then again through the next. Continuing like this, he progressed down about ten floors.
Once he felt he was safely out of range of the androids, Cain landed with a heavy thud. Ignoring the bewildered looks from nearby employees, he turned and ran to the opposite wall, accelerating to the point that looked like just a blur of motion to bystanders. He smashed right through the wall and leapt into the air, crushing the floor at his takeoff point and propelling himself clear across the city.
As soon as he touched down, Cain kicked off from the ground again, hurtling clear out of view in moments.
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Post by Oct-taku on Feb 19, 2009 1:24:18 GMT
And Shakes, standing in the lobby, still dripping from the sewer access point he'd come up from, stared on.
"Looks like I'm late for something."
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Post by Kan on Feb 19, 2009 3:46:12 GMT
"Go? Go where?" Aurum asked whimsically. "Go where and do what?" As he spoke, the remains of San Pedro continued sinking slowly into the desert sand. Aurum stood up slowly and turned to Marks. "Before now, I never needed validation for what I was doing. There were always people there to stand in awe and thank me. Now, suddenly every adoring follower, every person I've ever known is just... gone. "But that's not even the worst of it. The worst is realizing it happened on my watch. All this time, they treated me like a god, and yet when they needed me most, I wasn't there." Aurum sighed and sat back down. "Now, all I've got left in the world is the sand underneath me, and the sun overhead. What am I supposed to do now?" Marks simply looks at Aurum before hitting him across the face with a electricity charged fist, "Get ahold of yourself! Stop acting so pitiful, even by human standards, this is what we're going to do, we're gonna go to that son of a bitch's place, and we are going to make his immortal life a living hell, we're make sure something like this does not happen again." I stand back just in case Aurum recoils at me, "Now stop yer whining, I'm going with or without you Aurum" I say before walking over to a still somewhat standing power pole.
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Post by Ty on Feb 19, 2009 4:16:16 GMT
"...Woah." Aurum blinked a few times. "That's a new one." Shaking his head, Aurum stood up again. "Alright... No, yeah, you're right. You're totally right, brother. I gotta steel myself here. If I back down now, freaks like him are never going to stop. I gotta take a stand here."
To make his point, Aurum started gathering sunlight. His entire body glowed brightly, and the sands started swirling around him in a wide vortex.
"You go ahead, alright? I'll catch up in a minute. I'm not sure yet what I'm gonna do, but whatever it is, no one's gonna forget it anytime soon."
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Post by Kan on Feb 19, 2009 4:29:16 GMT
"See you there, Brother" I say before grasping the power lines and turning into pure electricity, and am sucked into the lines.
My mind goes blank as my body, what I could call my body, travels through the power network, I can sense when I am going by information being transmitted through the lines, I reach out as I enter a Large building and I am sucked back out of the system.
I come booming out of the Air conditioning unit, just ten feet away from Yamino, electricity arching towards him in bolts, a result of my intended transport, more powerful than the time I zipped to San Pedro.
"THIS IS FOR SAN PEDRO!" I shout before sending massive lightning bolts at Yamino, all of them striking him, sending him off the building.
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Post by The Spy on Feb 19, 2009 7:05:54 GMT
OOC: Justin...you really should pay more attention in science class, I'm not touching the floor, your lightning bolts really have no effect if I'm floating in mid air, in other words: "You're f*cked.".
I look down at the hole.
"...I'm gonna have to pay for this too...right?" I ask myself.
Just then a lightning bolt strikes me in the back, more or less annoying me than actually hurting me.
"I'M NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND YOU IDIOT!" I scream at him as I turn towards another Architect.
I raise a hand and I point at Marks.
"DESTROY HIM!" I yell at the top of my lungs.
And at that moment, the Liana units from inside start pouring out of the hole and swarm Marks, grabbing him and sending him falling at terminal velocity towards the ground.
"Liana Unit active, Scanning...Unknown Hostile...Scanning...termination procedure initiated by Master Nostrovia...commencing." They all say in a monotonous tone.
They all bring Marks to the pavement, hard and they all jump off of him and surround him in a circle, each one having their blade capes primed and ready.
"Time to make this interesting, Liana, Use Thermal vision." I command as I raise my hands up into the night sky and the entire area above my building becomes enshrouded in a inky black darkness and the only thing you see are my iridescent irises and the Liana units eerie red eyes.
"Commence submission and capture protocols, Initiate." I command, as I jump into the fray as well.
"Procedure acknowledged, initiating." they all say.
"Today is a bad day to mess with the richest immortal on earth..." I say to Marks as I pull out sunslinger and moonswallow.
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Post by Oct-taku on Feb 19, 2009 11:04:24 GMT
Well, other than the general all-around freaky eyes, there was one other thing visible.
Shake's cigarette.
"You know, I do realize that he evidently tried to kill you, judging from those sparks up there." Shakes said, now leaning against the wall. "But you are kind of an evil, heartless b@$t@rd, and you did happen to blow up that town.
"Oh, and me, too. I was there. I had to reform in a f**king oasis, and my cigs got soaked."
Of course, with this small area completely blacked out, Shakes couldn't see. So if he was going to help out that other Architect from before (you know, the one that hadn't destroyed the town), this would have to be quick.
Though none could see it, Shakes extened his arm, the palm of his hand facing the robots and the Architect. The first razor-sharp shard of ice to come flying towards the robots was slow, and singular. Three seconds in, there was a veritable wall of fast-moving pointy bits of ice in the air.
Looks like Shakes just needed a warm-up with that first shot. Get it? Warm-up?
-_-
No respect. No respect, I tell you.
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Post by The Spy on Feb 19, 2009 11:39:15 GMT
A quarter of the Liana units look at the incoming shard of ice and they quickly react.
"Secondary target, Scanning....scanning....Scanning complete...Minimal body temperature....verifying....Secondary target acknowledged, Confirmed Logged Architect 'Shakes'; Designation: Hostile, Course of Action: Terminate with prejudice." The quarter of those that acknowledge shakes quickly their blade capes and quickly raise them and use it to defend themselves.
"Enemy weaponry density minimal, threat from weapons: low." They say as they slowly walk towards him.
If you could see me in the pitch black darkness I'm crossing my arms and I look pissed as hell.
"I am having a VERY bad day..." I say as I dash down towards Shakes and I use the power of gravity to push the majority of his shards down into the floor.
"Listen, you have two choices you walking popsicle, either leave or become an experiment." I say, flipping a catch on the swords and making them seperate into 8 smaller blades, equal length though.
"You know where these things learned how to fight? Me." I say, as I use my powers to make the blades levitate behind my back.
I levitate right above the ground and I use my powers over darkness to quickly ascertain where Shakes is and I send 4 of my blades at him.
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