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Post by Div/ Bane on May 16, 2010 20:19:35 GMT -8
A bright orb hung over the shattered battle-ground, grinning with lunacy at the dance of the one inside it.
The figure moved with precision, grace, power, and chaotic speed. It's arms and legs moved with the fluidity of a raging hurricane tide, each motion of the arm unleashing a pulse of air, each kick and foot-fall letting loose a shockwave of bone-crushing proportions.
From within the arena, embedded in the sand, a sword observed the ebb and flow of the warrior, watching intently as a stone watches the wave that smashes it.
Bane traned with a gusto, ripping through the air with rock-smashing force. With his enhanced body, if he didn't apply himself this much, he would gain nothing.
A sort of calm enveloped him, like the eye of a hurricane, with his hands and feet forming the outside of it. Strange that such clarity could only occur when he struggled his mightiest...
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 16, 2010 20:28:20 GMT -8
Talon flickered into existence on the side of the arena's area, He watched for a few minutes his eyes taking into memory every movement the other man made, studying how he moved so that it would be all that much harder for the man to fight him should it ever come down to that. After Bane seemed to be stopping or taking a break talon began to clap, " Quite a show there my friend". He then said with a smile.
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 19, 2010 17:37:30 GMT -8
Bane turned around, slightly surprised to see Talon watching him. With a laugh and a wave, he called back, "Greetings my comrade in chrome, how have you been?"
In spite of the power he had put into that exercise, not a drop of sweat could be seen on his forehead. A testament to his monstrous combat abilities. He had no idea where they came from... those memories were seeled to him. What kind of person had he been with such tremendous strength? Had he been a tyrant, who died for his evil deeds, or had he been the good attempting to overthrow an insurmountable evil? Could such an evil that had killed him be stopped?
All of these plagued the exorcist's mind day in and day out, and now, with a smile on his face and a laugh in his lungs, was no exception.
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 19, 2010 19:03:13 GMT -8
" I've been quit good lately , which is quite surprising given how many people have made attempts on my life as of late", talon replied smiling back and walking into a more conversational distance. " What of you? any progress finding whatever it was you where searching for?", Talon then added, his tone was somewhat jovial
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 19, 2010 19:29:32 GMT -8
"Not as such." Bane frowned. It seemed almost impossible to find any information on himself in his past life, and it seemed like the only way to find it would be to talk to the older (as in, by a few thousand years) people on campus to find out. regrettably, few such people were left.
"I've run into a snag, and am not getting any closer." He sighed, "But hey, I've still got my health. Can't complain about that."
"Now who would make attempts on the life of such a nice indivi- oh wait," He chuckled to himself, "I'm the same way, aren't I?"
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 19, 2010 19:33:39 GMT -8
" what do you mean by that?", Talon asked, he wasn't quite sure what quality they shared that left them in equally life threatening danger.
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 19, 2010 19:35:37 GMT -8
"Well, we're both nice guys who end up getting attacked a lot, that's all." He said, slightly ammused at the other's confusion, "just one of the occupational hazards for me, I forgot that it might be for you too."
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 19, 2010 19:47:54 GMT -8
" actually in my case its people wanting to get at my family and I save them from Amy by fighting them myself", Talon was laughing a little, but Bane wouldn't have known how much of a favor talon was doing those against him by keeping Amy's sadistic side away from them.
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 19, 2010 20:00:48 GMT -8
Racking his brain to try and remember their previous conversation, the exorcist finally gave up trying and asked the question he was asking himself, "Who is Amy? I don't remember hearing about her, but then, we didn't talk very much last time, did we."
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 19, 2010 20:03:51 GMT -8
" Oh, sorry I forgot you've never met her, Amy Or Amythalica , Its your choice as to which name ya like better, Is well, hmm I suppose the best descriptor would be my bride-to-be ", Talon seemed sort of out of it as soon as he had begun talking about her, it even seemed as though his eyes went hazy, although in reality this was just a replay of some of the memories of her he had playing in an overlay across his vision.
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 19, 2010 20:22:46 GMT -8
"Oh, I see." He said with a smile, "Better an overly protective bride than one who doesn't care, right?"
He walked over to his sword a few meters away, putting the glinting blade back on his back, "So what brings you here, or did you just appear out of nowhere to see me train?"
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 19, 2010 20:28:02 GMT -8
" True, as for the reason I am here, I just thought i'd visit and see how you where doing", Talon then replied his smile returning.
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 20, 2010 19:05:30 GMT -8
Bane genuinely smiled at this, "Thank you for your thoughts, Talon. It's good to see a friendly face every so often."
The exorcist spread his arms out and gestured in a circle around him at the arena, "And as for what I'm doing, training, just as I do every day. I train and research, train and research, train and research. Yes, the change that your appearing here has offered my day is a good thing."
Bane lowered his arms again, "Alas, my life as of now is pretty dull. All work and no play."
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 20, 2010 19:18:49 GMT -8
"Its a good thing your name isn't Jack then, otherwise you might be dull", Talon laughed a little and stretched.
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 23, 2010 18:00:49 GMT -8
"True," The exorcist chuckled back, "But then, Jack's a pretty dull name to begin with."
As the two spoke, Bane began to wonder things. Of course, light and darkness were two sides of the same coin, so of course there were good and bad attributes of necromancy. The question then followed, since Bane had never herd of any such attributes, what were they?
As the laughter died down, Bane decided to ask the burning question, "On a more serious note, I've never met a friendly necromancer before, and, well, I'm curious. Tell me, what do you do with your necromancy?"
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 23, 2010 20:34:42 GMT -8
Talon look changed from one of a jovial nature to a more serious one, " Well i have done a great many things with it, The largest or at least most notable would be the city i have created where both those living and those that are dead but walking about live in what can be considered harmony, the least would be the 17 years i spent wandering the nether realms ", Talon then responded his tone now informative and his demeanor serious.
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 24, 2010 14:34:18 GMT -8
((as you've probably worked out by now, the title has very little to do with anything))
"Good." Bane sighed. Then he smiled up at the necromancer, clearly pleased with both the man's answer and what he was about to say, "Now I know I won't have to kill you. For a while I was wondering how I was going to bring myself to end the life of such a nice guy." The hand fell from his hair as that pure smile widened a little, "But now I don't have to worry about that."
Seeking to alleviate any doubt before it occurred, Bane began to explain, "You see, although it is an exorcist's duty to annihilate all heretical threats to order, as a master-class It is within my limits to assess whether something 'heretical', if you will, is actually a threat."
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 25, 2010 19:13:12 GMT -8
" So Necromancy has gone from myth to heretical, didn't quite expect that but i think you might have had a problem hurting me in any sense my friend, because besides necromancy I've also the innate ability of a Techno-path, any technological being can easily be bent to my will", Talon then replied with another smile, " Although honestly i would pity you if you woulda had to have dealt with Amy after me ". Talons tone was somewhat happy but strange.
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Post by Div/ Bane on May 28, 2010 0:38:22 GMT -8
"Well, you know," Bane chuckled, "reanimating corpses is kind of frowned on by the guys in red. I don't listen to them too much though... they just worry about the politics so I can do my job."
The laugh was followed by a light-hearted smile, "That technopath thing DOES sound like it could be a problem... if I were weeker than a machine."
The cyborg gestured over his shoulder back into the center of the arena, "Earlier I was at my my machine components' limits. I have a problem with outperforming my systems. The only times it's really serious though are when I break my own life-support and have to jump-start it every couple of seconds with my own power."
Had he just told Talon his weekness? not really. What Bane wasn't letting on was just how much power the man behind the machine could put out. He had told the scientist/necromancer/android a design flaw and nothing more.
Then the smile came back, "And I think you're right about Amy after fighting you. You know that saying about women scorned and all that."
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Post by Talon and Alila on May 28, 2010 11:36:08 GMT -8
"hmmm, that is a rather important system why haven't they updated it to accommodate for your own levels of energy?", Talon seemed to be analyzing everything Bane had said.
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Post by Div/ Bane on Jun 14, 2010 8:19:30 GMT -8
Never allow anyone to know the full extent of one's power, be he friend or foe, lover or nemesis. Exorcisim in this odd little world was effectively the same thing as assassination... and assassins have their rules. He knew that at some point or another he would have to perform an exorcism on campus... and no one could know it was him.
He had expected, no, counted on the intelligence of the necromancer. The man was perceptive as well. He didn't know if Talon had already run a scan to find out what metals he was made of... but if he had, then he would already have a minimum possible power output.
feigning dissappointment as he kept his heart-rate at normal, "I don't know. Regrettably, I've never even seen the people who designed me, let alone had a little heart-to-heart about my actual limitations as aposed to what they thought they were." This last part was true. He had never actually met the people who had messed with his preserved body and brought him back.
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