03-26-2018, 10:15 PM
Kopaka unceremoniously dumped his partner to the ground, fully trusting her to be able to catch her own weight after the precipitous rescue. The Toa glared up at the towering aberration, looming above the pair like a mountain of gristle and malevolence. The universal witch light of the Nexus did wonders for highlighting the demon clown’s full terror; illuminated from all sides, Its bestial splendor was not diminished by any form of shadow or silhouette. Since cutting down that nameless wench bound for Camelot, Kopaka had been feeling a subtle smugness about being one of the Omniverse’s alpha predators. Now the frigid biomech bristled with resentment in the same manner as a Muaka standing against a Tarakava. But, like the Tarakava, Pennywise was every bit a dumb, toothy, fish out of water.
“I will preoccupy it until the beast returns to normal. Remain living until that time.” Kopaka muttered to Alexus as she flipped herself onto her feet. Before the frenetic caster could inquire into the Toa’s plans, he was dashing back towards Pennywise. The Kanohi’s countenance shifted back to the perennial grin of the Miru, and the Mask of Levitation sent Kopaka rocketing back into the sky to meet this undulating aberration head-on. Scything claws rippled through the air to catch the pesky mite, and at first, Kopaka would be sure that he would be faster than the hulking horror. As fate would have it, Pennywise hadn't lose one iota of alacrity in his expansion. Though the gigantic hand missed its first swipe, the spidery extremity simply snapped around on its wrist and snatched the Bionicle just as he had been approaching Its gaping maw.
Alexus watched in confounded horror as the ensnared Bionicle did not struggle, but in fact, seemed to change the grip on his ice sword as this insane foe gleefully shoved the entire biomech into Its inverted-hedgehog hell-mouth. As the grinding teeth and unspeakable flesh closed in around him, Kopaka breathed deep and bade his Kanohi Mask to change form once more. The Pakari sparked and popped into existence, and the Toa immediately felt his limbs surge with the strength and power to stand against the veritable avalanche of fangs. There came a lurching, undulating wave of motion as Pennywise tried to swallow his latest quarry but...something was wrong.
The cat-eared girl kept spell-wreathed hands at the ready as she watched the titanic jester's movements, but It seemed occupied. She was hesitant to compare its emotions to those of a human, but she might have even gone so far as to say the clown was confused. Deep rumblings and buzzings emanated from the carnivorous hillock, but no real motion occurred. Only when a bright, ice-polished blade burst out of Pennywise's flabby neck were her suspicions horribly realized. Kopaka had to have been completely insane to try and take It on from the inside. This was also the realization that Pennywise was arriving at; that something was very, very wrong indeed.
The inside of the clown's gullet was a maelstrom of bewildered deadlight and the metallic keening of a thousand razor teeth on metal. Kopaka grunted and bellowed as he clasped onto the ice sword, using his abysmally cold hands to adhere directly to the moist and warm flesh on every side. Normally this type of assault would have been impossible, but the outlandish might provided by the Kanohi Pakari made it possible. With another mighty roar, the Toa of Ice wrenched is weapon free from the throat wall pulled himself up against the tide of furious radulae before embedding the blade in the hellish chasm once more. Syrupy blood coated every surface, mixed with a considerable amount of Kopaka's own lavender ichor.
To say that this had been the optimal plan of attack would be an overstatement, but Kopaka had always known it would be his job to be in the line of fire while Dawn, Erika or whatever partner stayed back and took choice shots. If that meant keeping a behemoth monster at bay until its bizarre transformation passed, then so be it. But now that he had caused enough breaches in the throat tissue, it was time to force his own eviction. Holding on tightly to his erstwhile handholds, Kopaka closed his eyes and focused all of his elemental energy inwards. His protodermis hull became colder and more frigid until cobwebs of ice began to radiate outwards from his body and along the engorged, toothy throat around him.
Outside, Pennywise lost the remains of Its composure, caterwauling in a deafening roar that seemed to vibrate even the inert substrate of the Nexus. No more! No more! The demon harlequin stabbed into Its own throat, groping and reaching within its own flesh for the source of the agony. Kopaka was dragged out, sticky and flesh-covered, with only his shield attached to his arm. He did his best to call out to Alexus through his phlegm-choked vocalizer.
"Now!"
Alexus wasn't exactly sure what Kopaka had in mind, so she simply deferred to what she knew best. The huntress clenched a shaking fist and summoned a bolus of swirling flame into existence.
"Here's...dessert!" she cried, triumphantly flinging the blast of fire up into the rapidly closing throat wound. It managed to clear the opening just as Pennywise the Giant Clown flung Kopaka two dozen meters to Its left. The arcane firebomb detonated in this pocket of recently super-cooled flesh, and the resulting effect was to send meaty hunks of clown in several directions. For the first time, It was forced to Its knees as the pervasive screeching devolved into a cacophony of hacking and cyclopean retching.
Kopaka was not much better off. He had not managed to catch his landing and lay, still, on the unforgiving Nexus floor. The Kanohi had been knocked free from his face, and as Alexus rushed to his side, the morass of gore and mucus was enough to give even her demonic sensibilities pause.
"That was metal as fuck, dude."
“I will preoccupy it until the beast returns to normal. Remain living until that time.” Kopaka muttered to Alexus as she flipped herself onto her feet. Before the frenetic caster could inquire into the Toa’s plans, he was dashing back towards Pennywise. The Kanohi’s countenance shifted back to the perennial grin of the Miru, and the Mask of Levitation sent Kopaka rocketing back into the sky to meet this undulating aberration head-on. Scything claws rippled through the air to catch the pesky mite, and at first, Kopaka would be sure that he would be faster than the hulking horror. As fate would have it, Pennywise hadn't lose one iota of alacrity in his expansion. Though the gigantic hand missed its first swipe, the spidery extremity simply snapped around on its wrist and snatched the Bionicle just as he had been approaching Its gaping maw.
Alexus watched in confounded horror as the ensnared Bionicle did not struggle, but in fact, seemed to change the grip on his ice sword as this insane foe gleefully shoved the entire biomech into Its inverted-hedgehog hell-mouth. As the grinding teeth and unspeakable flesh closed in around him, Kopaka breathed deep and bade his Kanohi Mask to change form once more. The Pakari sparked and popped into existence, and the Toa immediately felt his limbs surge with the strength and power to stand against the veritable avalanche of fangs. There came a lurching, undulating wave of motion as Pennywise tried to swallow his latest quarry but...something was wrong.
The cat-eared girl kept spell-wreathed hands at the ready as she watched the titanic jester's movements, but It seemed occupied. She was hesitant to compare its emotions to those of a human, but she might have even gone so far as to say the clown was confused. Deep rumblings and buzzings emanated from the carnivorous hillock, but no real motion occurred. Only when a bright, ice-polished blade burst out of Pennywise's flabby neck were her suspicions horribly realized. Kopaka had to have been completely insane to try and take It on from the inside. This was also the realization that Pennywise was arriving at; that something was very, very wrong indeed.
The inside of the clown's gullet was a maelstrom of bewildered deadlight and the metallic keening of a thousand razor teeth on metal. Kopaka grunted and bellowed as he clasped onto the ice sword, using his abysmally cold hands to adhere directly to the moist and warm flesh on every side. Normally this type of assault would have been impossible, but the outlandish might provided by the Kanohi Pakari made it possible. With another mighty roar, the Toa of Ice wrenched is weapon free from the throat wall pulled himself up against the tide of furious radulae before embedding the blade in the hellish chasm once more. Syrupy blood coated every surface, mixed with a considerable amount of Kopaka's own lavender ichor.
To say that this had been the optimal plan of attack would be an overstatement, but Kopaka had always known it would be his job to be in the line of fire while Dawn, Erika or whatever partner stayed back and took choice shots. If that meant keeping a behemoth monster at bay until its bizarre transformation passed, then so be it. But now that he had caused enough breaches in the throat tissue, it was time to force his own eviction. Holding on tightly to his erstwhile handholds, Kopaka closed his eyes and focused all of his elemental energy inwards. His protodermis hull became colder and more frigid until cobwebs of ice began to radiate outwards from his body and along the engorged, toothy throat around him.
Outside, Pennywise lost the remains of Its composure, caterwauling in a deafening roar that seemed to vibrate even the inert substrate of the Nexus. No more! No more! The demon harlequin stabbed into Its own throat, groping and reaching within its own flesh for the source of the agony. Kopaka was dragged out, sticky and flesh-covered, with only his shield attached to his arm. He did his best to call out to Alexus through his phlegm-choked vocalizer.
"Now!"
Alexus wasn't exactly sure what Kopaka had in mind, so she simply deferred to what she knew best. The huntress clenched a shaking fist and summoned a bolus of swirling flame into existence.
"Here's...dessert!" she cried, triumphantly flinging the blast of fire up into the rapidly closing throat wound. It managed to clear the opening just as Pennywise the Giant Clown flung Kopaka two dozen meters to Its left. The arcane firebomb detonated in this pocket of recently super-cooled flesh, and the resulting effect was to send meaty hunks of clown in several directions. For the first time, It was forced to Its knees as the pervasive screeching devolved into a cacophony of hacking and cyclopean retching.
Kopaka was not much better off. He had not managed to catch his landing and lay, still, on the unforgiving Nexus floor. The Kanohi had been knocked free from his face, and as Alexus rushed to his side, the morass of gore and mucus was enough to give even her demonic sensibilities pause.
"That was metal as fuck, dude."
Quote:Kopaka activated Kaha Rawa for this turn only.
ATK: 4
DEF: 6
SPD: 3
TEC: 2
5/6 SP Remaining
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