06-25-2015, 02:59 PM
Kopaka saw it as well. The cracks in this virtual ceiling that the kunemon had gnawed would be their own undoing. The Toa of Ice just hoped that he would be able to protect the two of them when it came crashing down. As soon as there came an ebb in the onslaught of energized silk, Kopaka pointed his sword towards the ceiling and let out blast of ice. Thankfully, the element reacted the exact way it did in the real world, allowing Kopaka to stitch a large seam of ice across all the cracks in the ceiling. He then formed a large knob of solid ice in the middle of it all.
Unfortunately, this ornate plan left the Toa open to the attacks of the kunemon, and he was soon enwrapped in a multitude of sticky, electrified web. The Toa let out a roar of pain and sank to one knee before glaring at Athena.
"Fire at the ice, now!" he shouted. Even behind her blindfold, Kopaka could see the woman's eyes widen in surprise at the sudden ferocity with which the otherwise quiet and collected Toa spoke. Still, the God-Soul fired a burst of scythe-fire at the frigid stalactite, shattering it, and with it, the rest of the damaged ceiling. Kopaka held his shield above them as Athena hunkered under his icy bulk. There came large shockwaves as chunks of digital superstructure slammed into the Toa's shield, but Kopaka did not waver. Once the rubble had ceased its fall, Kopaka stood up with a loud grunt, smacking one last chunk of virtual rock away from the pair of them. Everywhere, kunemon wriggled and groaned as they tried to free themselves from the crumbled stone.
Kopaka had moved to put one of the yellow worms down, but the pitiful creature suddenly shouted out in mercy.
"W-waaait! Please don't kill me! We...I...we'll go! We'll go back to the digiworld!" it gurgled, trying to pull free of a particularly massive boulder. Kopaka gave the creature a hard stare. The Toa of Ice was not so quick to trust, but he was also not so heartless as to slay a helpless beggar. He turned to Athena, the same sub-zero look in his eye.
"What say you, prime?" he asked in a hushed tone.
Unfortunately, this ornate plan left the Toa open to the attacks of the kunemon, and he was soon enwrapped in a multitude of sticky, electrified web. The Toa let out a roar of pain and sank to one knee before glaring at Athena.
"Fire at the ice, now!" he shouted. Even behind her blindfold, Kopaka could see the woman's eyes widen in surprise at the sudden ferocity with which the otherwise quiet and collected Toa spoke. Still, the God-Soul fired a burst of scythe-fire at the frigid stalactite, shattering it, and with it, the rest of the damaged ceiling. Kopaka held his shield above them as Athena hunkered under his icy bulk. There came large shockwaves as chunks of digital superstructure slammed into the Toa's shield, but Kopaka did not waver. Once the rubble had ceased its fall, Kopaka stood up with a loud grunt, smacking one last chunk of virtual rock away from the pair of them. Everywhere, kunemon wriggled and groaned as they tried to free themselves from the crumbled stone.
Kopaka had moved to put one of the yellow worms down, but the pitiful creature suddenly shouted out in mercy.
"W-waaait! Please don't kill me! We...I...we'll go! We'll go back to the digiworld!" it gurgled, trying to pull free of a particularly massive boulder. Kopaka gave the creature a hard stare. The Toa of Ice was not so quick to trust, but he was also not so heartless as to slay a helpless beggar. He turned to Athena, the same sub-zero look in his eye.
"What say you, prime?" he asked in a hushed tone.
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