08-29-2014, 09:31 AM
Since this never got posted, I thought I'd put it here. I have several attempts of this story of when my character Super Buu was in prison.
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The court room could almost have passed for a coliseum. It was bowl-shaped, with stands on every side, and stairs leading down to a massive, currently empty ‘pit’. Whispers echoed from every corner; people from all walks of life seemed to be packed into the wooden stands. Their words were carried into the stone walls, up into the wide ceiling, and back around the stadium for all to hear. Words of eagerness, of apprehension – and most of all, condemnation.
The judge, sitting just above the pit, was the only one who contained his thoughts. But he, too, could be seen glancing to the door – like everyone else, waiting for something to happen.
Just as the murmuring in the room began to reach a crescendo, that thing happened. Loud footsteps began to echo from the room’s entrance, causing every person in the room to stop talking and turn their heads to the door. As it opened, the subject of their interest became immediately apparent.
Even if he hadn’t been accompanied by an entire squadron of Earth’s forces, the ‘man’ would have been striking. He was naked, save for a pair of large brown boots and parachute pants that were almost as tall as the room’s occupants. Keeping it suspended around his bare waist was a black belt, adorned by a golden buckle upon which a stylised ‘M’ had been branded.
Much more striking than his clothes, however, was his body. Bright pink skin seemed to glow against the dull wooden floorboards, and his red-black eyes burned into every one of the onlookers, as if to say ‘if I wasn’t bound by a power restrictor, I’d tear you limb from limb’. Unfortunately for him, he was bound by a power restrictor, and he did have energy rifles trained on him by a squadron of Earth’s finest. So he stayed silent.
All eyes were on the prisoner as the soldiers marched him down to the centre of the room. Looks of suspicion hurriedly became expressions of neutrality as he passed those next to the aisles. Though his arms were locked behind his back with a pair of katchin handcuffs, they didn’t want to take any chances.
Finally, the parade reached the pit, and spread out in a small circle. When all of them were inside, the leader gave a signal to the guards surrounding the room, and a dome of energy sprang up around the pit. With that, the judge began speaking.
“Super Buu, you stand charged with the murder of twenty-seven Dante’s Abyss officials. In addition to this, you caused damage to the laboratory in which you were revived--”
“I wasn’t revived.”
A gasp of surprise went up from the crowd at the alien’s interruption, followed shortly by mutters of disapproval.
The judge’s face took on a stern expression. “Please do not interrupt me when I am speaking.”
Buu shrugged. “I’m just saying, I wasn’t revived, I regenerated myself. Might wanna get your facts straight.”
There was silence for a moment, besides the ever-present whisperings of the court. The judge looked as though he was considering replying, but thought better of the idea – he’d read about how argumentative the subject could be. Instead, he merely continued.
“As I was saying, you not only stand accused of homicide, but property damage equalling several hundred thousand zeni--”
“Dante are bitching about that?” Buu wore a look of incredulity. “They probably made millions from all the ratings, not to mention merchandising. They’re lucky I’m not suing them!”
“Silence!” barked the judge. “The next time you interrupt me, you will be sent out of this court for disorderly behaviour.”
Buu crossed his arms mutinously, but said nothing.
The judge paused to take his breath, as if to steel himself for what was coming. “Given your actions, we have no choice but to punish you within the full extent of our power. Under the law for all constructs, magical or otherwise, when under liability you are the responsibility of your legal guardian – your creator.”
Buu felt an ice-cold chill go down his back. A whisper escaped his lips. “No … they wouldn’t …” His lamp-like eyes searched the audience for that face – the face of the one who created him. The face of the one he had once thought to be dead.
Bibidi.
Before Super even had a chance to locate the wizard, his fears were confirmed by that all-too familiar screech. “Hello, son.”
Buu whipped around, and his red eyes instantly locked onto the squat green figure now standing at the front of the crowds. His heart was now thudding so hard he could feel it even from the pocket dimension it was located in. He was cornered now – with ordinary humans, his power gave him a bargaining chip, but with Bibidi here … he was at the mercy of whatever punishment they chose.
Right on cue, the judge’s booming voice sounded out once more. “With the help of, and under the recommendation of your legal guardian, Bibidi, you are to be stripped of your magically-imbued abilities.”
That was all the encouragement Buu needed. He looked up at the judge for a few moments, his eyes burning into those of the wig-clad figure … and then laughed. “You think … you think if I’m going down anyway, I’m just going to lie still and make it easier for you?” He stopped laughing. “Fuck that.”
The construct acted before anyone could. In a flash of crimson, his head smashed into that of the nearest guard, the force of the blow knocking the human into the side of the stasis field. By the time the rest of the soldiers had aimed their guns, another two were down.
“Aim high, bitches!” Buu crooned. As a criss-cross of laser beams zoomed in his direction, the golem ducked, holding his katchin-bound arms up in the line of fire. With a sizzle and a clunk, his severed hands fell to the floor, along with the power-suppressing cuffs.
“Hehe …” Buu stood up slowly, pumping his arms in relish of their new freedom. Meanwhile, two new hands bubbled from their respective sockets. “You just made a big mistake …”
“Don’t worry!” barked one of the soldiers. “He still can’t use ki within this stasis field! Fire at--wha?”
The gun flew out of the soldier’s hand, and into Buu’s.
“Oh shit …” murmured one of the other men. “He’s magnetokinetic! The guns!”
All of their weapons were flying up in the air, out of the reach of the soldiers. In the middle of it all, and despite the overwhelming odds that faced him, Super Buu looked as though he was enjoying himself. He simply stood levitating the guns with a grin on his face, as if to say ‘go ahead, try something else’.
“Activate the electricity field!” roared the captain. “Get him like we did last time!”
Buu sighed and raised his palms up, as the electrical diodes around the pit began to whirr into life. “That’s not going to work.” The arcs of lightning shot towards him … and then doubled back on themselves. “I can control electricity too, remember?”
The captain cursed under his breath. “That bastard’s a lot smarter than he looks.”
“You only got me last time because I was off-guard,” continued Buu, clenching his hands. “Cheap move,” he added, clenching his hands, “but I’ll pay you back for it … right now.”
Nothing happened for a moment. Then the machines at the side of the pit began to spark. The only things that were keeping Buu from tearing them all to shreds were now overloading with electricity.
Needless to say, those in the stands who hadn’t already evacuated at this point were now running as fast as they could.
“Now it’s just you guys against me,” chuckled Supes, grinning around at the soldiers. “This stasis field really worked against you in the end, huh?” A translucent bubble was beginning to build up around the monster. “Now that I can use my ki again, I’d like to show you a little something I’ve been saving up. I call it … BUBBLE OF DEATH!”
With that, the bubble around the monster began to expand. The tables had turned – with the remaining space in the stasis field getting smaller and smaller, the soldiers had nowhere to go. Now they were at the mercy of the devil.
“Let me go!” boomed Super Buu’s magically-enhanced voice from inside the field. “Or all these men will die, right now!”
“This is your last chance,” came the wavering voice of the judge. “Stop now, before you utterly condemn yourself.”
The Bubble of Death expanded further. Every man in the field was now pressed against the sides, inches away from disintegration. “No, judgie, this is your last chance. If you want the deaths of all these soldiers to be on your hands, you will turn off the stasis field. Now.”
Buu grinned. From inside the bubble, he could see nothing, but he could sense the judge’s ki. It was wavering, the way it did when someone was uncertain. He was going to be free.
And then he felt it. The voice in his head. Release the Bubble of Death. Lie on the floor with your arms behind you.
“What …?” the bubble faltered. “Bibidi … get out of my head!”
Do as I say.
“FUCK OFF!” screamed Buu. His mind was ablaze. It was as though all his strength, all his rock-hard skin, had been stripped away to leave only his mind – bare and vulnerable. Pain assaulted him from every side, coercing him into submission. The sphere of energy was beginning to shrink, as he felt his consciousness beginning to collapse under the psychic assault.
That’s right. Just give up and this will all be over.
Buu sighed, dropping the last of his resistance as the soldiers pressed in. It was over. He’d lost.
The soldiers were filled with a mixture of confusion and relief – their once-godly foe was now lying on the floor, showing none of his trademark resistance. He was clearly down, but they wouldn’t be fooled twice – they had to make sure. Ignoring the futile pleads of the golem, they picked up their weapons. Blast after blast of stunning laser added insult to injury, until at long last they had been convinced. The once-proud construct was now a smoking body, barely alive on the floor of the pit.
Super Buu’s fate was now sealed. His life as a demi-god was soon coming to an end.
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The court room could almost have passed for a coliseum. It was bowl-shaped, with stands on every side, and stairs leading down to a massive, currently empty ‘pit’. Whispers echoed from every corner; people from all walks of life seemed to be packed into the wooden stands. Their words were carried into the stone walls, up into the wide ceiling, and back around the stadium for all to hear. Words of eagerness, of apprehension – and most of all, condemnation.
The judge, sitting just above the pit, was the only one who contained his thoughts. But he, too, could be seen glancing to the door – like everyone else, waiting for something to happen.
Just as the murmuring in the room began to reach a crescendo, that thing happened. Loud footsteps began to echo from the room’s entrance, causing every person in the room to stop talking and turn their heads to the door. As it opened, the subject of their interest became immediately apparent.
Even if he hadn’t been accompanied by an entire squadron of Earth’s forces, the ‘man’ would have been striking. He was naked, save for a pair of large brown boots and parachute pants that were almost as tall as the room’s occupants. Keeping it suspended around his bare waist was a black belt, adorned by a golden buckle upon which a stylised ‘M’ had been branded.
Much more striking than his clothes, however, was his body. Bright pink skin seemed to glow against the dull wooden floorboards, and his red-black eyes burned into every one of the onlookers, as if to say ‘if I wasn’t bound by a power restrictor, I’d tear you limb from limb’. Unfortunately for him, he was bound by a power restrictor, and he did have energy rifles trained on him by a squadron of Earth’s finest. So he stayed silent.
All eyes were on the prisoner as the soldiers marched him down to the centre of the room. Looks of suspicion hurriedly became expressions of neutrality as he passed those next to the aisles. Though his arms were locked behind his back with a pair of katchin handcuffs, they didn’t want to take any chances.
Finally, the parade reached the pit, and spread out in a small circle. When all of them were inside, the leader gave a signal to the guards surrounding the room, and a dome of energy sprang up around the pit. With that, the judge began speaking.
“Super Buu, you stand charged with the murder of twenty-seven Dante’s Abyss officials. In addition to this, you caused damage to the laboratory in which you were revived--”
“I wasn’t revived.”
A gasp of surprise went up from the crowd at the alien’s interruption, followed shortly by mutters of disapproval.
The judge’s face took on a stern expression. “Please do not interrupt me when I am speaking.”
Buu shrugged. “I’m just saying, I wasn’t revived, I regenerated myself. Might wanna get your facts straight.”
There was silence for a moment, besides the ever-present whisperings of the court. The judge looked as though he was considering replying, but thought better of the idea – he’d read about how argumentative the subject could be. Instead, he merely continued.
“As I was saying, you not only stand accused of homicide, but property damage equalling several hundred thousand zeni--”
“Dante are bitching about that?” Buu wore a look of incredulity. “They probably made millions from all the ratings, not to mention merchandising. They’re lucky I’m not suing them!”
“Silence!” barked the judge. “The next time you interrupt me, you will be sent out of this court for disorderly behaviour.”
Buu crossed his arms mutinously, but said nothing.
The judge paused to take his breath, as if to steel himself for what was coming. “Given your actions, we have no choice but to punish you within the full extent of our power. Under the law for all constructs, magical or otherwise, when under liability you are the responsibility of your legal guardian – your creator.”
Buu felt an ice-cold chill go down his back. A whisper escaped his lips. “No … they wouldn’t …” His lamp-like eyes searched the audience for that face – the face of the one who created him. The face of the one he had once thought to be dead.
Bibidi.
Before Super even had a chance to locate the wizard, his fears were confirmed by that all-too familiar screech. “Hello, son.”
Buu whipped around, and his red eyes instantly locked onto the squat green figure now standing at the front of the crowds. His heart was now thudding so hard he could feel it even from the pocket dimension it was located in. He was cornered now – with ordinary humans, his power gave him a bargaining chip, but with Bibidi here … he was at the mercy of whatever punishment they chose.
Right on cue, the judge’s booming voice sounded out once more. “With the help of, and under the recommendation of your legal guardian, Bibidi, you are to be stripped of your magically-imbued abilities.”
That was all the encouragement Buu needed. He looked up at the judge for a few moments, his eyes burning into those of the wig-clad figure … and then laughed. “You think … you think if I’m going down anyway, I’m just going to lie still and make it easier for you?” He stopped laughing. “Fuck that.”
The construct acted before anyone could. In a flash of crimson, his head smashed into that of the nearest guard, the force of the blow knocking the human into the side of the stasis field. By the time the rest of the soldiers had aimed their guns, another two were down.
“Aim high, bitches!” Buu crooned. As a criss-cross of laser beams zoomed in his direction, the golem ducked, holding his katchin-bound arms up in the line of fire. With a sizzle and a clunk, his severed hands fell to the floor, along with the power-suppressing cuffs.
“Hehe …” Buu stood up slowly, pumping his arms in relish of their new freedom. Meanwhile, two new hands bubbled from their respective sockets. “You just made a big mistake …”
“Don’t worry!” barked one of the soldiers. “He still can’t use ki within this stasis field! Fire at--wha?”
The gun flew out of the soldier’s hand, and into Buu’s.
“Oh shit …” murmured one of the other men. “He’s magnetokinetic! The guns!”
All of their weapons were flying up in the air, out of the reach of the soldiers. In the middle of it all, and despite the overwhelming odds that faced him, Super Buu looked as though he was enjoying himself. He simply stood levitating the guns with a grin on his face, as if to say ‘go ahead, try something else’.
“Activate the electricity field!” roared the captain. “Get him like we did last time!”
Buu sighed and raised his palms up, as the electrical diodes around the pit began to whirr into life. “That’s not going to work.” The arcs of lightning shot towards him … and then doubled back on themselves. “I can control electricity too, remember?”
The captain cursed under his breath. “That bastard’s a lot smarter than he looks.”
“You only got me last time because I was off-guard,” continued Buu, clenching his hands. “Cheap move,” he added, clenching his hands, “but I’ll pay you back for it … right now.”
Nothing happened for a moment. Then the machines at the side of the pit began to spark. The only things that were keeping Buu from tearing them all to shreds were now overloading with electricity.
Needless to say, those in the stands who hadn’t already evacuated at this point were now running as fast as they could.
“Now it’s just you guys against me,” chuckled Supes, grinning around at the soldiers. “This stasis field really worked against you in the end, huh?” A translucent bubble was beginning to build up around the monster. “Now that I can use my ki again, I’d like to show you a little something I’ve been saving up. I call it … BUBBLE OF DEATH!”
With that, the bubble around the monster began to expand. The tables had turned – with the remaining space in the stasis field getting smaller and smaller, the soldiers had nowhere to go. Now they were at the mercy of the devil.
“Let me go!” boomed Super Buu’s magically-enhanced voice from inside the field. “Or all these men will die, right now!”
“This is your last chance,” came the wavering voice of the judge. “Stop now, before you utterly condemn yourself.”
The Bubble of Death expanded further. Every man in the field was now pressed against the sides, inches away from disintegration. “No, judgie, this is your last chance. If you want the deaths of all these soldiers to be on your hands, you will turn off the stasis field. Now.”
Buu grinned. From inside the bubble, he could see nothing, but he could sense the judge’s ki. It was wavering, the way it did when someone was uncertain. He was going to be free.
And then he felt it. The voice in his head. Release the Bubble of Death. Lie on the floor with your arms behind you.
“What …?” the bubble faltered. “Bibidi … get out of my head!”
Do as I say.
“FUCK OFF!” screamed Buu. His mind was ablaze. It was as though all his strength, all his rock-hard skin, had been stripped away to leave only his mind – bare and vulnerable. Pain assaulted him from every side, coercing him into submission. The sphere of energy was beginning to shrink, as he felt his consciousness beginning to collapse under the psychic assault.
That’s right. Just give up and this will all be over.
Buu sighed, dropping the last of his resistance as the soldiers pressed in. It was over. He’d lost.
The soldiers were filled with a mixture of confusion and relief – their once-godly foe was now lying on the floor, showing none of his trademark resistance. He was clearly down, but they wouldn’t be fooled twice – they had to make sure. Ignoring the futile pleads of the golem, they picked up their weapons. Blast after blast of stunning laser added insult to injury, until at long last they had been convinced. The once-proud construct was now a smoking body, barely alive on the floor of the pit.
Super Buu’s fate was now sealed. His life as a demi-god was soon coming to an end.
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