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originally posted in:The New Dojo
12/9/2016 7:45:50 PM
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"Oh. Welcome, then."
The man puts his hand forward, waiting for a handshake.
"Name's Vernon, but most around here call me JJ. And you arrived just a bit too late, we recently finished up a fighting tournament."
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Edited by Old Man Kent: 12/9/2016 9:03:45 PMHe completes the handshake, then crosses his arms. "I've heard people talking about the fight. But i didn't know you were the one apart of it. I heard you lost, and that they almost had to kill you," he checks one of the data pads on his wrist, then looks back up. "Would have been a shame if something like that were to happen. Especially if it was just a dual between to common-folk."
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Once the newcomer mentions "common-folk," Vernon begins to crack up, chuckling at the notion. He quickly regains his composure though, save for a few small bouts of laughter. "I don't know how 'common' we are, but it would've been a shame. Anyway, you said wound up here by accident. Where're you headed, Mr..." Vernon was obviously waiting for a response to his question, and a name.
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Edited by Old Man Kent: 12/10/2016 1:28:36 AMHe got stiff when the man laughed at what he had said. But replied anyway. "I was heading to a planet far away from here. You've probably never heard of it. And my name is Rhys, pleasure to meet you." [spoiler]Sorry for the late reply[/spoiler]
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Edited by jj1042: 12/10/2016 1:45:18 AM"Nice to meet you. And I've been more places than I can count, and heard of even more. Try me." Vernon spoke with complete confidence, even through the computerized voice. [spoiler]It's fine fam[/spoiler]
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Edited by Old Man Kent: 12/10/2016 3:00:02 AM"Alright. It's a planet called Beku. I was supposed to meet someone there. A... mutual friend of sorts." His voice deep and metallic.
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"That frozen hellhole? The only person that anyone would be crazy enough to go see there would be... Say, who was this mutual friend of yours?" The confidence and joyous tones left Vernon's voice, replaced completely by curiosity with an edge of hostility. Although, Vernon's actions didn't seem to indicate the hostility was leveled toward Rhys. Vernon looked around as he uttered the words, as if to make sure no one was paying any particular attention to the conversation.
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"I'm going to see Kent. If you've been to Beku, or at least have heard of the place. You'll know who I'm talking about. We're related."
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"Related? You sound younger, even through the computer. So... you're his son?" JJ maintained his previous tone.
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"Sure. Let's go with that." He says fidling with the cylinders in his waist.
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Vernon's gaze drifts to the cylinders, then back to Rhys's visor. "And I don't exactly like the way you're fingering those things at your waist..."
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He looks down, then looks back at Vernon. "Sorry, it's a force of habit. I tend to fiddle with things when I'm thinking"
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"I see... Well, what're you thinking about? Hopefully not using whatever I think is in those cylinders."
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"No. Just thinking about what I'm going to do. Because I have done nothing these past few hours except for walk."
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"Well, Beku's a dangerous place. So dangerous I'm afraid to go there. I could point you there, but I think some training would be useful. And you have come to a place with a culture centered around battle, so... you wanna see who can kick who's ass harder?"
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He ponders the question for a minute, then answers. "Sure. I could use some practice. Where would you choose to go?"
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Vernon ponders this for a moment before speaking. "Well, there is a simulation arena. That could work."
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"I guess that sounds fine. I'll follow you." He says as he stops fiddling with the cylindrical objects.
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"Alright. It's just down this way." Vernon motions for Rhys to follow him, beginning to walk away. Once they reach the arena and enter, the entire room around them seems to suddenly shift to an open grasslands. He then turns to Rhys, and his right gauntlet becomes a massive cannon, whirring with energy. "Ready?"
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Edited by Old Man Kent: 12/10/2016 5:04:42 PMRhys kneels down, grabbing the soil beneath them. He holds it in his palm; smoke begins to rise from it as his grip tightens. Orange circuits of electricity start to whirl around his finger tips - then slowly begin to travel up his arms, until finally, the lightning covers his body. As he stands, an exoskeleton of what seems like wings protrudes from his back. The lightning consumes them, making it appear as if there are electrified feathers. His hands then get wrapped in some form of gauntlets, they have an ominous glow around them. His wrist then opens up, and out forms a mechanical bow, the limbs snapping into place, and the wire magnetically strapping to each of the limb tips. An arrow gets notched into place for him, it's tip a bright yellow-orange; superheated. "Ready."
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"Okay, I'll admit. That was awesome. But, let's get this started." Vernon kicks the fight off by firing a charged shot at Rhys' chest, before running to the right and unleashing rapid, uncharged shots upon Rhys. Eight shots, and then he begins charging his cannon again.
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Rhys takes the first shot, just to see how powerful the cannon actually is. And when he does, he somewhat regrets it. But when Vernon fires the other eight, he lunges himself into the air at incredible speed, leaving a cloud of dust in his wake. When in the air, he fires a superheated arrow at Vernon's cannon arm, then another immediately after at his chest.
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Vernon sees Rhys notch and fire the first arrow, pulling his cannon away from the arrow's course. Unfortunately, he didn't see the second because of this. The arrow hits JJ diagonally in the chest, cutting through four layers of armor. "Jesus Christ, that wasn't pleasant. I have my own heat to dish out, though!" The orange energy inside of Vernon's cannon becomes red, and heat waves are visibly warping the air around Vernon's cannon. He fires a charged shot at the right shoulder of the flying Rhys, followed by three uncharged shots to his left.
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Rhys twirls in the air, dodging the shot to his right shoulder. Then, in a hurry, he creates a wall of lightning, which takes one of the shots, but the other two pass through hitting him. Those shots knock him back, but his wrist thrusters help him restabilize. He then rids himself of the bow, then takes the cylinders off of his chest. Blades construct themselves from what seems to be a hilt - which them cover themselves in lightning and... fire. Rhys blasts forward with incredible speed, plummeting towards the ground; his impact sending a shockwave of electricity. He stands, holding his blades in an 'X' fashion.
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Vernon leaps over the lightning shockwave, but it still arcs upward to collide with him. While it causes some damage to the circuits within the outer layers, the titanium layer keeps the electricity from harming Vernon directly. To retaliate, Vernon begins to back away as his visor swaps to a green color. Then, he dropped to one knee as a small missile rack appeared from his left shoulder. The missile was small, with a grey warhead, but it was still an explosive. Vernon fired said missile nearly as soon as the rack had fully extended. The missile roared towards Rhys, seeming to track his position. Vernon had a lock on Rhys.
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Rhys instinctively let out a stream of lightning at the missile, hoping to destroy it. Then due to the cover of the explosion, he notches another arrow, and fires it at Vernon's visor. Though to close the distance, he lunges forward at Vernon, punching him in the ribs multiple times with his spiked power gauntlets.
