Re: The Battle Majestic (Round 1 - Bubble Universe)
02-16-2010, 09:10 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Not The Author.
Jacob's gravity field failed just as he reached the top of a root. Pausing to catch his breath, he scanned for the others - most were still in the tree, but they were relatively secure on branches, and could be safely ignored. Still tired, but breathing evenly, he made his way down the gnarled root. Glancing at the rapidly-growing silvery hollow, he caught a flash of red and a blur of green. He grinned. <Have fun, you two...>
Before the trees fully obscured his view, Jacob caught a glimpse of a battered, overgrown stone basin. His expression immediately soured. Not that he couldn't get into the grove, nor that he couldn't defend himself, should it come to that. No, it was... out of everywhere in the entire bubble, they had to be fighting there. It was just... so... unfair? No, not that. Improbable? Well, yes, but this whole 'contest' thing was improbable... Inconvenient! That was it. It wasted the precious little time he already had and brought someone that much closer to dying, possibly eliminating what minute chance he had - any of them had - of escape.
Jacob sighed. Hopefully the tree hadn't plowed through the pods as it had with the sun... Forcing that thought from his mind, he brought up his sword, ready to fight. He opened a tunnel into the grove, stepped through the trees... and was knocked violently to the side by a dodging Alex. Both of them fell heavily to the ground. "Aaah! What the hell do you think you're doing?" "Right now?" Jacob shoved Alex away just in time to see Sen leaping towards them, claws ready to tear them to shreds. "Right now I'm saving your ass."
At that point, Alex saw the springing beast and scrambled to his feet, hands bursting into flame in lieu of his sword. Jacob didn't seem to care that they were about to be torn apart. "Rather, I'm saving myself, and you happened to get in the way." He sat up, glancing at the pyromancer who'd finally figured out that Sen was moving through the air a lot slower that he should have been. "By the way? Your sword's over there." Alex, of course, wasn't listening, and took the opportunity to throw a few fireballs towards the suspended tender. The flames only made it a few feet before they, too, slowed nearly to a halt.
Jacob stood and brushed himself off, grabbing his sword as he did so. "Ugh. A mage whose dump stat is intelligence." "Hey-" Jacob shoved him under Sen, back into realtime, where he slowly collapsed in a... snowdrift? But Jacob didn't give that much thought, as Sen was passing through the flames unaffected, and was getting dangerously close to the bubble of accelerated time. The chronomancer glanced impassively at his sword. "Tch. Gonna need more coffee soon."
He dissmissed his sphere and dived out of Sen's path, existence resuming its frenetic march.
Spoiler
Before the trees fully obscured his view, Jacob caught a glimpse of a battered, overgrown stone basin. His expression immediately soured. Not that he couldn't get into the grove, nor that he couldn't defend himself, should it come to that. No, it was... out of everywhere in the entire bubble, they had to be fighting there. It was just... so... unfair? No, not that. Improbable? Well, yes, but this whole 'contest' thing was improbable... Inconvenient! That was it. It wasted the precious little time he already had and brought someone that much closer to dying, possibly eliminating what minute chance he had - any of them had - of escape.
Jacob sighed. Hopefully the tree hadn't plowed through the pods as it had with the sun... Forcing that thought from his mind, he brought up his sword, ready to fight. He opened a tunnel into the grove, stepped through the trees... and was knocked violently to the side by a dodging Alex. Both of them fell heavily to the ground. "Aaah! What the hell do you think you're doing?" "Right now?" Jacob shoved Alex away just in time to see Sen leaping towards them, claws ready to tear them to shreds. "Right now I'm saving your ass."
At that point, Alex saw the springing beast and scrambled to his feet, hands bursting into flame in lieu of his sword. Jacob didn't seem to care that they were about to be torn apart. "Rather, I'm saving myself, and you happened to get in the way." He sat up, glancing at the pyromancer who'd finally figured out that Sen was moving through the air a lot slower that he should have been. "By the way? Your sword's over there." Alex, of course, wasn't listening, and took the opportunity to throw a few fireballs towards the suspended tender. The flames only made it a few feet before they, too, slowed nearly to a halt.
Jacob stood and brushed himself off, grabbing his sword as he did so. "Ugh. A mage whose dump stat is intelligence." "Hey-" Jacob shoved him under Sen, back into realtime, where he slowly collapsed in a... snowdrift? But Jacob didn't give that much thought, as Sen was passing through the flames unaffected, and was getting dangerously close to the bubble of accelerated time. The chronomancer glanced impassively at his sword. "Tch. Gonna need more coffee soon."
He dissmissed his sphere and dived out of Sen's path, existence resuming its frenetic march.