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by **NebulaQueen** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:44 pm

Silvie didn't know what she was chanting, but she knew that if Ettezan wasn't stopped, then it could be bad. Real bad. So, she did what any rational person would do in this situation: she dashed forward and swung the bike at her again, before she could finish off any of that freaky froo froo mage stuff.

by **ChristianC** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:46 am

Alexis wasn't rightly concerned with what Ettezan was doing, no more than how she felt about the ice stiffening up her joints. God damn cheating son of a...

Hoping she'd be able to at least land a blow within a reasonable amount of time, Alexis strained to reach the ice-queen. If and when she would, a series of fire-enhanced blows to her would be the proper treatment. She wanted to throw out another insult, but right now she was too busy swearing profusely.

by **Besyanteo** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:56 pm

As people shot less and attacked Ettezan head on more and more, Enzo decided that maybe his passive support role was less necesary here. They wanted this over as soon as possible so they could start freeing police, so he set to work quickly: He aimed his electro-cane at Ettezan again and let loose with another arc of electricity. Meanwhile, he messaged Janet back and the HQ:

Are the bosses familiar with what's going on? I'm not sure if these policemen have enough air to last them while we fight Ettezan. Also I don't know where to begin on the guys who aren't in cars. I hope they're not dead...

by **Kelne** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:22 pm

Well, clearly there wasn't going to be an end to this until somebody was cut down. Hopefully Ettezan, but she certainly hadn't fallen over so far, despite everyone piling in. Which raised a disturbing thought. What if Ettezan wasn't operating on her own? Sure she seemed like a loner, but if there was someone else around, they'd have a clear run at Casey.

She hated to leave the others on their own, but better they know if Ettezan was just a distraction for someone else - Oh, now that was just too good an opportunity to pass up. Emily reoriented herself and cranked the boosters up, intent on snatching Ettezan's sword out of the air where she'd so carelessly flung it.

by **Shinigori V2** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:40 am

The children close in on Ettezan, who throws a single hand into the air, cold energy pulsing off of it and super chilling the air. "Do you feel that chill running down your spine!?" She cackles, as she prepares a huge blast of ice magic!

(Ettezan is casting Howling Blast! RUN FOR COVER. Everyone's action is reset!)

Emmy grabs the runeblade as it hovers in the air, and finds that, while she CAN move it, it is EXTREMELY heavy and will slow her down substantially!

by **Idran1701** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:07 am

As Ettezan channels her magic, Sam shoulders his rifle, ducking behind the bulk of the APC to take cover. After their last fight, he's not going to take any chances with her ice magic.

by **Kelne** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:37 am

Well, Emily had the sword now. She wasn't going to abandon it just because stealing it might be a little difficult. Setting her boosters to full burn and hauling the dratted thing behind her through brute force, she made for the exit.

by **ChristianC** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:00 am

There wasn't any helping it, Alexis would be caught square in the blast of ice, and she wasn't very fond of the idea, not at all. So in a quick motion she slid in the Opposite-chip in her wrist, a wave of cold sweeping over her in an instant... And with her gun ready she began to run backwards, aiming and, if she had the time, firing at Ettezan with it.

by **Shinigori V2** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:36 am

A cold wind swirls through the air with increasing intensity, as the charge of icy magic Ettezan has collected builds further and further. She raises her hand, and prepares to slam it down to finish her Howling Blast, but can't resist one more quip- "You kids really should have brought warmer clothes! Your tights won't save you from THIS!"

Ettezan slams her fist down as the children- as many as possible- jump behind cover. There are, however, two unfortunates who can only watch as a wave of blistering cold washes over their metallic bodies- Emmy, who was too weighed down by Ettezan's sword, and Alexis, who's iced up joint prevented her from moving fast enough.

As it clears, the entire room is coated in a thin sheet of ice. The walls, the ceiling, the floor, everything except for small areas behind the junk piles, and a larger area behind the mech, are iced over. There's a lump on the floor- Alexis, frozen with a small block of ice like the police. And like them, she seemed to be frozen solid inside, not moving, not responding. Not far, lying on the floor, was Emmy. She was, luckily, unfrozen. She seemed hardly damaged, even. That was probably a good thing!

And most importantly, Ettezan was gone, but Emmy still has a firm grip on her sword.

(COMBAT IS OVER Because honestly I wasn't feeling it and I want to get moving. SPOILERS AHEAD. PLEASE DO NOT READ ANYONE ELSES SPOILERS. DUH.))

Alexis:

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Emmy:

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Everyone Else:

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by **Besyanteo** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:45 am

After the dramatic conclusion of Ettezan's icy blast, Enzo comes out form hiding behind some rubble and quickly assess the area. It was... not good. Alexis was down, Emma look like she'd at least been grazed, and the target was gone.

Lost contact with the target. Casey, where are you on the install? More importantly, are you still alone up there? Max, have a look around. See if Ettezan is still lurking about from the sky. I'll look at Emma right after I check on Alexis.

He ran over to Alexis, and after some tells over their wireless connections went unanswered he started punching his way through the ice between him and the back of her neck. Maybe her connection device was broken. Maybe she was shut down right now. Either way, he could talk to her once this was done and get a better idea of her condition. Assuming either of those things was what was wrong, of course.

by **Idran1701** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:07 am

As the blast fades, Sam looks back out of cover, trying to spot Ettezan. Seeing that she's vanished again, he turns his attention to the other Wunderkind. Most everyone looks fine, but Alexis and Emmy...

His first instinct is to run to Alexis, as she seems to be the worst off, but Enzo's already working at her. Instead, he goes to Emmy, checking what sort of condition she's in. Shaking her a little (and wincing reflexively from the cold, even though it doesn't really hurt exactly), he tries to bring her around. "Emmy? Emmy, wake up! Are you okay?" Just in case it might be causing problems, he glances to the sword. Looking it over and giving it a light scan, he tries to tell if it's connected to the cold.

...Or if maybe it actually protected her from being in the same state as Alexis?

by **Kelne** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:41 pm

Emily blinked, shaking off the last vestiges of the attack and pushing herself upright, keeping a good grip on the sword, "I'm okay," she assured Sam, "Pretty cold, but yeah, otherwise fine". She expected her breath to steam, but of course she didn't exactly breathe in the conventional sense. And while she might be able to shiver, it would be a conscious thing, rather than a bodily reaction to the cold. This might be a shadow of what it was like to be Ettezan. Forever cold but not physically affected by it. Definitely a thought that brought a shiver. "Yikes," she added, "I hope Alexis is okay in there." Alexis seemed to have taken the brunt of the attack, while she'd come through it fine. The sword perhaps? Almost certainly.

"Hang on, I'm going to try something." If the sword could protect her, perhaps it could also do something about the iceblocks? Sure, Ettezan hadn't seemed to care about letting anyone out, but surely she'd at least want the option. Emily headed over to the frozen wunderkind and, straining with the effort, swung the flat of the blade against the ice.

by **Shinigori V2** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:37 am

Casey responds fairly quickly! I'm 'bout half done, then I need ta connect it to th' network. It would be going faster if YALL WERE MORE QUIET DOWN THERE. I'mma 'bout ta grab th' Hackwrench an' go fix yall too!"

Emily swings the blade, and gets...Not much. The ice cracked a bit, but didn't shatter.

by **ChristianC** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:20 am

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by **Shinigori V2** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:26 am

Alexis:

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by **ChristianC** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:31 am

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by **Shinigori V2** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:40 am

Alexis:

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by **ChristianC** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:30 pm

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by **Shinigori V2** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:40 pm

Alexis:

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by **ChristianC** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:59 pm

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by **Shinigori V2** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:03 pm

Alexis:

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by **ChristianC** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:25 pm

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by **Shinigori V2** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:29 pm

Alexis:

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by **ChristianC** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:39 pm

Spoiler:

The cracked ice suddenly trembled and before the ice of everyone watching Alexis seemed to fade away inside it until there wasn't a single trace of her left.
Then, as if melting very quickly, the block of ice began to sink and contort, slowly forming into a perfect replica of Alexis... And not how she usually looked. Gone was the clunk armor, tights...

In their place was a Alexis how she would've looked if she was still alive. But she was ice, all ice, and when she opened his eyes you could barely see it, her entire body almost completely see-through, only white at the core.

by **Idran1701** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:54 pm

Staring as the ice shifts about and reforms, it's hard for Sam not to be terrified at Alexis's disappearance. But when she reforms, a wide grin splits his face. Darting up, he pulls Alexis into a tight hug. "You're okay! What happened? You're...made of ice now? Did Ettezan do something to you, Alexis?"

by **NebulaQueen** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:10 pm

"A...Alexis?"

Silvie pops her head up and steps out and away from her cover. She walks slowly towards Alexis, her eyes wide and wary.

"Is that you?"

by **ChristianC** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:25 pm

Alexis is taken completely by surprise by Sam's hug and she gives a startled noise before returning the hug.

"I... no, she didn't do anything. I guess, I sort of decided to..." when she talks, it's like the sound of ice rubbing against ice, "It's a bit complicated. Sorry, I don't know how to explain it..."

She looks over at Silvie and smiles a little, waving, "Yeah, yeah it's me. Sorry if I scared you guys."

by **NebulaQueen** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:34 pm

"Wait, you decided to turn into ice?" She scratched her head before her eyes lit up.

"Hey, I've seen something like this! Well, not seen seen, but something like it, on the TV! There was a cartoon where this guy crashlanded into this really cold ocean, and in order to survive, he formed an ice shield around himself! Like a-sploosh, and then AKRUNCH! Iceman!"

by **Idran1701** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:39 pm

"Oh yeah! I remember that show I think!" Sam lets Alexis go, as Sylvie's excitement starts to leak over to him. "And he had all kinds of neat powers and stuff, and a bunch of adventures, and then they saved the world?"

"Hey, does that mean you've got neat powers and stuff now too, Alexis? Can you do neat ice stuff? This is really awesome either way, but that'd be really awesome!"

by **Shinigori V2** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:52 pm

"Wait, hold on!" Kid says. "You can't just CHOOSE to be ice. I didn't just CHOOSE to be an elf! You can't CHOOSE to do this sort of thing! What the heck happened?!"

by **Kelne** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:52 pm

"Magic, I guess," Emily said, glad to see Alexis was acting fairly normally, even if she looked like an ice-cube in human form. "I mean, we've seen her throw fire around a fair bit, and Ettezan's been flinging ice and teleporting. This, well, this looks like a less combat-oriented kind of effect. Anyway, I'm going to go try and bust the police out of the ice. That's gotta be top priority here." With that, Emily headed outside, sword in tow, to see if it proved any more effective. She'd cracked Alexis's icy prison with it, maybe she just needed to get a few solid blows in. If nothing else, it was a nice solid object to bludgeon away at the ice with. Hopefully without hurting the poor people any more than they'd already been.

by **Besyanteo** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:49 pm

Enzo went to join Emily, hoping to get an officer or two out of a car if he could. He had more hope that they would still be alive than the men completely encased.

Backup is en route. Hopefully they'll have more specialized tools for this, but I'm with Emmy here. Let's see what we can do while we're here.

by **ChristianC** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:24 pm

"I'll explain later okay? I'm not sure how long I'll stay like this..." Alexis followed after Emily and Ezo to the frozen officers and looked at them with thoughtful eyes before she put both her hands on the ice.

"Hey..." she whispered to it, putting her forehead against it, "You're hurting them you know... I think you should do something else now..."

by **Shinigori V2** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:19 pm

With Alexis's urging, the entire wall of ice begins to lose a lot of it's frigidness, turning into a wet wall of crackling ice instead of a completely solid glacier.

Just right for striking with a large, blunt object. If someone were to hit the wall in just the right spot, the entire thing would probably shatter...

by **Kelne** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:38 am

Well, that looked like Emily's cue. She picked out a likely spot and swung the sword at full force.

by **Shinigori V2** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:12 pm

Emily's swing yields an ungodly loud crack from the entire wall of ice. A small crack forms where she hits...Before it grows. And grows, and grows. And then, the entire wall collapses on itself. The offices suddenly spring back to life, defending themselves from the last thing they saw before frozen- The oncoming wall of ice. None of them look worse for wear, other than probably being freezing cold. They'll all live.

by **ChristianC** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:09 pm

Alexis stepped back and put her hands on her hips. Removing cold felt instinctively bad... if she could, she'd make everyone as cold and comfortable as herself, but she knew they needed the warmth, so she just looked at the officers and then to the other kids.

"I don't think I can keep like this much longer... I'm a half-elemental... I think. I don't know. If I had died at the hospital, I would have become one, but Project Bluesky got to me before it happened."

by **Idran1701** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:23 pm

Sam gapes in astonishment as Alexis and Emily, working together, free the entire wall of policemen in one strike. When Alexis talks, he looks over to her, confused. "Um...oh. Okay...what's an elemental, though?"

by **NebulaQueen** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:10 pm

Silvie pumped her fist in the air with a loud "Whoop!" once the police were freed, but before she could pitch in, Sam's question caught her attention.

"Everyone knows what an elemental is!" she said, positively aghast that he didn't. "I mean, that's kid stuff. It's a creature that's made of the elements - but not the stuff on the periodic table, I'm talking magic elements, like earth, wind, fire, water...you know, froo froo new age nature stuff."

She felt very proud of her explanation for half a second until she realized that this led to bigger questions.

"But wait," she said to Alexis, "How can you be half-elemental? That sort of stuff only exists in stories- okay, okay, so people say that about kid robots and weird ice powers, but elementals are different."

by **BrainWalker** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:20 pm

((apologies for falling off the thread for like a month.))

Max had zoomed outside immediately after the blast to check for Ettezan. He landes and re-joined the group, a little irritated.

"No sign of her. Even with the infra-red, I couldn't find any trace of her. Wherever she went, it looks like she didn't go on foot." He looks over at what's left of the ice wall. "Nice job on the ice, by the way. That was way easier than I thought it wo-" Suddenly, Max notices Alexis, and pauses.

"... why is Alexis a moving ice sculpture? Ice doesn't even work like that."

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