Dark on the Waters [Dark Data]

[Blink]

Cloud and Blink stood in front of the newly arrived stranger. He didn't appear overly threatening all at once, at least from his general appearance. He was pale with long red hair coming out of a rounded hat, and a few too many decorations on his armor that screamed 'pirate' for Blink's taste. The claw-like gadget at the end of one his arms and the over-sized blade made him look like he was trying too hard. Add to that the cocky and dismissive attitude, and he had earned the annoyance of the fuchsia mutant. He moved the sword from his shoulder to point it forward at the two liberators.

Blink summoned her signature emerald energy around his arms, letting it gather around in her palms and form two curved daggers. Cloud held his own giant blade out in both hands. Blink noted that as big as this pirate's big machete was, it was still nowhere near as blade as Cloud's, and somehow that made her feel good.

"I don't like this guy." Blink told her companion.

"Me neither." He responded.

"Let's get this over with!" The ginger pirate finally explained and suddenly swung his sword sharply towards them. At first it just seemed like a threatening gesture from that distance, but both liberators quickly realized that it released a wave of compressed air at them. Cloud took the chance to lunge forward, using his sword as a shield to block the attack. Blink found herself pushed back, but she bent forward and recovered her balance by stabbing one of her daggers to the ground to keep her in place. She looked up just in time to see the stranger and Cloud lock blades.

Claire watched as Cloud and the hoodlum matched swords. It was evident very quickly that this arrogant pirate was more then just talk, as he moved expertly in his sword movements against Cloud. He almost seemed to turn into another person as he danced in front of Cloud, the two swords cutting against each other at a much faster speed then Blink would have thought possible. She found herself both scared of their opponent, but also impressed with Cloud's swordsmanship for handling the weapon as well he did. It didn't take long for the crimson-haired Darkling to surprise Cloud with his bladed gauntlet and catch him off guard with a spinning attack, forcing the spikey blonde to jump backwards. Blink saw her moment.

Blink jumped forward, but disappeared into a puff of green mist mid-movement. She appeared behind the attacker, glowing daggers in her hand, ready to attack. She stabbed them both forward, aiming for his shoulder-blades. He disappeared. "What the-?"

"Look out!"

She didn't notice the movement behind her. Cloud suddenly tackled her sideways and sent her flying. The over-sized machete came crashing down to the ground and slammed against the cobblestone pavement, shattering it. Both Blink and Cloud rolling to their feet, surprised.

"Did you just teleport?" Blink asked, astounded. She realized she probably should have thanked Cloud for the save, but didn't.

"You're not the only one with that trick," the cocky red-head grinned.

"Who are you?" Cloud asked, moving back into position with his sword leaning forward, both hands at the hilt. Blink decided to match him and went into a fighting pose of her own, though it wasn't near as crisp or professional. She held one of her daggers out, and the other behind her back.

"You haven't heard o' me?" He was standing straight up again, the big sword he had just crushed the ground with resting against his shoulder. "I'm Bola. And this? This here is Cleaver." He pointed it forward again. "Let me introduce you some more."

Again, Bola was the one who initiated the attack. He moved forward with Cleaver raised up, and then brought it down. Cloud blocked it with his own sword and pushed him back, once again going back to matching sword movements. Blink began to slice forward with her daggers, but she realized that Bola could use his blade-arm with just as much swiftness in defense as he could with offense. She found herself unable to get through the solid fighting style of Bola, who had much more technical prowess with his blade then Blink did with either of her's. After a bit, Bola suddenly jumped backwards to avoid an upward clash from Cloud, and disappeared.

"Where did he go?!" Cloud asked as his sword missed, slicing through the cloud Bola left.

"I don't know!" Blink exclaimed, looking around. "Is this how people feel when they fight me? Because this sucks a lot!"

"Above us!"

Blink looked just in time to see Bola coming down from the sky. How could she not think of that!? She did it all the time! She disappeared into her own green rift to avoid another downward sword strike. Bola dropped, crashing into the stoned pavement right next to Cloud, who easily side-stepped away. "You guys are pretty boring!" Bola declared, chuckling.

The pink teleporter appeared alittle further back from where she almost got hit. She gritted her teeth, summoning more and more energy into her slender form. Her daggers disappeared as her eyes began to grow green and dark. Her teleportation energy took on a physical form around her body, looking almost like armor. Her power surged as she eyed the staircase behind Bola. They couldn't afford to play around here with this idiot. They had to get past him and stop the darkness from spreading.

"I'll show you boring!" Claire screamed out. Then she blinked away.

Blink is using Energy Surge (Tier 1 Power-Up) and will continue to use it until the start of her next post. I assume since she's not technically in Nebula Space yet, we're still on SP, so that's 2 SP!

She will mainly be using the surge to teleport very rapidly and distract Bola so Cloud (or anyone who joins in) can attack him. Her SPD is 7.